Exhibit 4.1
Indenture dated as of November 1, 1997
[EXECUTION COPY]
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CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET TRUST 1997-B
Class A-1 5.805% Asset Backed Notes and
Class A-2 6.018% Asset Backed Notes
Class A-3 6.16% Asset Backed Notes
Class B 6.35% Asset Backed Notes
INDENTURE
Dated as of November 1, 1997
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
Indenture Trustee
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RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE
ACT OF 1939 AND INDENTURE PROVISIONS*
Trust Indenture
Act Section Indenture Section
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310(a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.11
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.11
(a)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.10
(a)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.08(a)(1)
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
311(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.12
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.12
312(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.01(a)
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.02(b)
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.02(c)
313(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.04
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.04
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.04
(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.04
314(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.09, 7.03(a)
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.06
(c)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.09, 8.04(b)
(c)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.09, 8.04(b), 11.01(a)
(c)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.09, 8.04(b), 11.01(a)
(d)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.09, 8.04(b), 11.01(a)
(d)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(d)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.01(a)
315(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.01(b)
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.05
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.01(b)
(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.01(b)
(d)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.01(b)
(d)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.01(c)
(d)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.01(c)
(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.13
316(a)(1)(A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.11
316(a)(1)(B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.12
316(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
316(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.07
317(a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.03
317(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.03
317(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.03
318(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.07
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*This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part
of the within indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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GRANTING CLAUSE
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. (a) Definitions.............................................. 2
(b) Other Definitional Provisions............................ 10
SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act............. 10
SECTION 1.03. [Reserved].................................................... 11
SECTION 1.04. Calculations of Interest...................................... 11
ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01. Form.......................................................... 11
SECTION 2.02. Execution, Authentication and Delivery........................ 11
SECTION 2.03. Temporary Notes............................................... 12
SECTION 2.04. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange........... 12
SECTION 2.05. Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Lost or Stolen Notes.................... 14
SECTION 2.06. Persons Deemed Owner.......................................... 14
SECTION 2.07. Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest......... 15
SECTION 2.08. Cancellation.................................................. 16
SECTION 2.09. Release of Collateral......................................... 16
SECTION 2.10. Book-Entry Notes.............................................. 16
SECTION 2.11. Notices to Clearing Agency.................................... 17
SECTION 2.12. Definitive Notes.............................................. 17
SECTION 2.13. Representations by Noteholders and Note Owners................ 17
ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
SECTION 3.01. Payment of Principal and Interest............................. 18
SECTION 3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency............................... 18
SECTION 3.03. Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust........................ 18
SECTION 3.04. Existence..................................................... 20
SECTION 3.05. Protection of Trust Estate.................................... 20
SECTION 3.06. Opinions as to Trust Estate................................... 21
SECTION 3.07. Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables.......... 21
SECTION 3.08. Negative Covenants............................................ 23
SECTION 3.09. Statements as to Compliance................................... 24
SECTION 3.10. Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms........... 24
SECTION 3.11. Successor or Transferee....................................... 26
SECTION 3.12. No Other Business............................................. 26
SECTION 3.13. No Borrowing.................................................. 26
SECTION 3.14. Servicer's Obligations........................................ 26
SECTION 3.15. Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities............. 26
SECTION 3.16. Capital Expenditures.......................................... 27
SECTION 3.17. Removal of Administrator...................................... 27
SECTION 3.18. Restricted Payments........................................... 27
SECTION 3.19. Notice of Events of Default................................... 27
SECTION 3.20. Further Instruments and Acts.................................. 27
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture....................... 27
SECTION 4.02. Application of Trust Money.................................... 29
SECTION 4.03. Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent...................... 29
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
SECTION 5.01. Events of Default............................................. 29
SECTION 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment............ 30
SECTION 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Indenture Trustee............................................. 31
SECTION 5.04. Remedies; Priorities.......................................... 33
SECTION 5.05. Optional Preservation of the Receivables...................... 34
SECTION 5.06. Limitation of Suits........................................... 35
SECTION 5.07. Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and
Interest...................................................... 36
SECTION 5.08. Restoration of Rights and Remedies............................ 36
SECTION 5.09. Rights and Remedies Cumulative................................ 36
SECTION 5.10. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver................................ 36
SECTION 5.11. Control by Noteholders........................................ 36
SECTION 5.12. Waiver of Past Defaults....................................... 37
(ii)
SECTION 5.13. Undertaking for Costs......................................... 37
SECTION 5.14. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.............................. 38
SECTION 5.15. Action on Notes............................................... 38
SECTION 5.16. Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations............ 38
ARTICLE VI
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.01. Duties of Indenture Trustee................................... 39
SECTION 6.02. Rights of Indenture Trustee................................... 40
SECTION 6.03. Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee........................ 41
SECTION 6.04. Indenture Trustee's Disclaimer................................ 41
SECTION 6.05. Notice of Defaults............................................ 41
SECTION 6.06. Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders....................... 41
SECTION 6.07. Compensation and Indemnity.................................... 41
SECTION 6.08. Replacement of Indenture Trustee.............................. 42
SECTION 6.09. Successor Indenture Trustee by Xxxxxx......................... 43
SECTION 6.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee....... 43
SECTION 6.11. Eligibility; Disqualification................................. 45
SECTION 6.12. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer.............. 45
SECTION 6.13. Appointment of Custodians..................................... 46
ARTICLE VII
NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS
SECTION 7.01. Issuer To Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of
Noteholders................................................... 46
SECTION 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders.... 46
SECTION 7.03. Reports by Issuer............................................. 46
SECTION 7.04. Reports by Indenture Trustee.................................. 47
ARTICLE VIII
ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
SECTION 8.01. Collection of Money........................................... 47
SECTION 8.02. Trust Accounts................................................ 48
SECTION 8.03. General Provisions Regarding Accounts......................... 49
SECTION 8.04. Release of Trust Estate....................................... 49
SECTION 8.05. Opinion of Counsel............................................ 50
(iii)
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders........ 50
SECTION 9.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders........... 51
SECTION 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.......................... 53
SECTION 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indenture.............................. 53
SECTION 9.05. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act........................... 53
SECTION 9.06. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures................. 53
ARTICLE X
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
SECTION 10.01. Redemption.................................................... 54
SECTION 10.02. Form of Redemption Notice..................................... 54
SECTION 10.03. Notes Payable on Redemption Date.............................. 55
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions etc...................... 55
SECTION 11.02. Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee.............. 57
SECTION 11.03. Acts of Noteholders........................................... 57
SECTION 11.04. Notices, etc. to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating
Agencies...................................................... 58
SECTION 11.05. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver................................ 59
SECTION 11.06. Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions....................... 59
SECTION 11.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act............................. 59
SECTION 11.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents...................... 60
SECTION 11.09. Successors and Assigns........................................ 60
SECTION 11.10. Separability.................................................. 60
SECTION 11.11. Benefits of Indenture......................................... 60
SECTION 11.12. Legal Holidays................................................ 60
SECTION 11.13. GOVERNING LAW................................................. 60
SECTION 11.14. Counterparts.................................................. 60
SECTION 11.15. Recording of Indenture........................................ 60
SECTION 11.16. Trust Obligation.............................................. 60
SECTION 11.17. No Petition................................................... 61
SECTION 11.18. Inspection.................................................... 61
(iv)
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A - Schedule of Receivables.....................................A-1
EXHIBIT B - Reserved....................................................B-1
EXHIBIT C - Form of Depository Agreement................................C-1
EXHIBIT D - Form of Class A Note........................................D-1
EXHIBIT E - Form of Class B Note........................................E-1
(v)
This INDENTURE dated as of November 1, 1997, is hereby executed by and
between CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET TRUST 1997-B, a Delaware business trust (the
"Issuer" or the "Trust"), and THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, as trustee and
not in its individual capacity (the "Indenture Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the
benefit of the Holders of the Issuer's Class A-1 5.805% Asset Backed Notes,
Class A-2 6.018% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3 6.16% Asset Backed Notes
(collectively, the "Class A Notes") and the Class B 6.35% Asset Backed Notes
(the "Class B Notes", and together with the Class A Notes, the "Notes") as
provided in this Indenture:
GRANTING CLAUSE
The Issuer hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee at the Closing Date, as
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, all of the
Issuer's right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in,
to and under (a) the Receivables and all obligations of the Obligors thereunder,
including all moneys (including accrued interest) due thereon on or after the
Cut-off Date; (b) the security interests in the Transaction Equipment granted by
Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and any other interest of the Issuer in the
Transaction Equipment; (c) any proceeds with respect to the Receivables from
claims on any physical damage, credit life and/or disability insurance policies
covering Financed Equipment or Obligors; (d) the Purchase Agreement, including
the right assigned to the Issuer to cause CFSC to repurchase Receivables from
the Seller under certain circumstances described therein; (e) the Trust Account
Property, including all money on deposit from time to time in the Trust
Accounts, including the Reserve Account Initial Deposit and the Yield Supplement
Deposit Amount, and in all investments and all income from the investment of
funds therein (including any accrued discount realized on liquidation of any
investment purchased at a discount); (f) the Sale and Servicing Agreement
(including all rights of the Seller under the Purchase Agreement assigned to the
Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement); (g) the rights of the
Seller in any proceeds from recourse to Dealers on Receivables or any other
amounts owing by Dealers on Receivables; and (h) all present and future claims,
demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing
and all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature
whatsoever in respect of any or all of the foregoing, including all proceeds,
products, rents, receipts or profits of the conversion, voluntary or
involuntary, into cash or other property, all cash and non-cash proceeds,
accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, contract rights, general
intangibles, documents, money, certificates of deposit, letters of credit,
advances of credit, goods, uncertificated securities, acceptances, chattel
paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, rights
to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables,
instruments and other property consisting of, arising from or relating to all or
any part of any of the foregoing or any proceeds thereof (collectively, the
"Collateral").
The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of principal of
and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes, ratably
without prejudice, priority
or distinction, and to secure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture,
all as provided in this Indenture.
The Indenture Trustee, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the
Notes, acknowledges such Xxxxx, accepts the trusts under this Indenture in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and agrees to perform its
duties as required in this Indenture.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. (a) DEFINITIONS. Except as otherwise specified herein or
as the context may otherwise require, the following terms have the respective
meanings set forth below for all purposes of this Indenture.
"ACT" has the meaning specified in SECTION 11.03(a).
"ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT" means the Administration Agreement dated as of
November 1, 1997, among the Administrator, the Issuer and the Trustee.
"ADMINISTRATOR" means CFSC or any successor Administrator under the
Administration Agreement.
"AFFILIATE" means, with respect to any specified Person, any other
Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such
specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used
with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management
and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
"controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"AUTHORIZED OFFICER" means, with respect to the Issuer, any officer of the
Owner Trustee who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee in matters relating
to the Issuer and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers,
containing the specimen signature of each such Person, delivered by the Owner
Trustee to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be
modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter) and, so long as the
Administration Agreement is in effect, any Vice President or more senior officer
of the Administrator who is authorized to act for the Administrator in matters
relating to the Issuer and to be acted upon by the Administrator pursuant to the
Administration Agreement and who is identified on the list of Authorized
Officers (containing the specimen signatures of such officers) delivered by the
Administrator to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be
modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
for purposes of SECTION 3.09 such officer of the Administrator must be any of
the chief executive officer, chief financial officer or chief accounting
officer.
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"BASIC DOCUMENTS" means the Certificate of Trust, the Trust Agreement, the
Purchase Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Administration
Agreement, the Depository Agreement, the Custodial Agreement, the Underwriting
Agreements and other documents and certificates delivered in connection
therewith.
"BOOK-ENTRY CLASS A NOTES" means a beneficial interest in the Class A
Notes, ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a
Clearing Agency as described in SECTION 2.10.
"BOOK-ENTRY CLASS B NOTES" means a beneficial interest in the Class B
Notes, ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a
Clearing Agency as described in SECTION 2.10.
"BOOK-ENTRY NOTES" means the Book-Entry Class A Notes and the Book-Entry
Class B Notes.
"BUSINESS DAY" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on
which banking institutions or trust companies in the City of New York, Chicago,
Illinois and Nashville, Tennessee or in such other location as the Corporate
Trust Office may be located are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or
executive order to remain closed.
"CERTIFICATE" has the meaning assigned to it in the Trust Agreement.
"CERTIFICATE OF TRUST" means the certificate of trust of the Issuer
substantially in the form of EXHIBIT B to the Trust Agreement.
"CFSC" means Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, and its successors.
"CLASS A NOTE OWNER" means, with respect to a Book-Entry Class A Note, the
Person who is the owner of such Book-Entry Class A Note, as reflected on the
books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account
with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an
indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing
Agency).
"CLASS A NOTES" means, collectively, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2
Notes and the Class A-3 Notes.
"CLASS A-1 NOTE" means any Note, substantially in the form of EXHIBIT D,
designated therein as a Class A-1 5.805% Asset Backed Note.
"CLASS A-2 NOTE" means any Note, substantially in the form of EXHIBIT D,
designated therein as a Class A-2 6.018% Asset Backed Note.
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"CLASS A-3 NOTE" means any Note, substantially in the form of EXHIBIT D,
designated therein as a Class A-3 6.16% Asset Backed Note.
"CLASS A-1 NOTE INTEREST RATE" means, for any Distribution Date, 5.805% per
annum.
"CLASS A-2 NOTE INTEREST RATE" means, for any Distribution Date, 6.018% per
annum.
"CLASS A-3 NOTE INTEREST RATE" means, for any Distribution Date, 6.16% per
annum.
"CLASS B NOTE OWNER" means, with respect to a Book-Entry Class B Note, the
Person who is the owner of such Book-Entry Class B Note, as reflected on the
books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account
with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an
indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing
Agency).
"CLASS B NOTES" means any Note, substantially in the form of EXHIBIT E,
designated therein as a Class B 6.35% Asset Backed Note.
"CLASS B NOTE RATE" means, for any Distribution Date, 6.35% per annum.
"CLEARING AGENCY" means an organization registered as a "clearing agency"
pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
"CLEARING AGENCY PARTICIPANT" means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing
Agency.
"CLOSING DATE" means November 25, 1997.
"CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time, and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
"COLLATERAL" has the meaning specified in the Granting Clause of this
Indenture.
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the principal office of the Indenture
Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered, which office at date of the execution of this Agreement is located
at Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention:
Corporate Trust Division, except that for purposes of SECTION 3.02, such term
shall mean the office or agency of the Indenture Trustee in the Borough of
Manhattan in the City of New York, which office at the date hereof is located at
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or at such other address
as the Indenture Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the
Noteholders and the Seller, or the principal corporate trust office of any
successor Indenture Trustee (the address of which the successor Indenture
Trustee will notify the Noteholders and the Seller); PROVIDED, that for the
purposes of Section 3.02, the address of any such office shall be in the Borough
of Manhattan in the City of New York.
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"DEFAULT" means any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time
or both would become, an Event of Default.
"DEFINITIVE NOTES" has the meaning specified in SECTION 2.10.
"DEPOSITORY AGREEMENT" means the agreement among the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee, the Administrator, and The Depository Trust Company, as the initial
Clearing Agency, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of
EXHIBIT C.
"DISTRIBUTION DATE" means the 25th day of each calendar month, or, if any
such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing
December 26, 1997.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in SECTION 5.01.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"EXECUTIVE OFFICER" means, with respect to any corporation, the Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President,
Executive Vice President, any Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer of
such corporation; and with respect to any partnership, any general partner
xxxxxxx.
"GRANT" means mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise,
release, convey, assign, transfer, create, and xxxxx x xxxx upon and a security
interest in and right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant
to this Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of any other agreement or
instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the
obligations) of the Granting party thereunder, including the immediate and
continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal
and interest payments in respect of the Collateral and all other moneys payable
thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make
waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring
Proceedings in the name of the Granting party or otherwise and generally to do
and receive anything that the Granting party is or may be entitled to do or
receive thereunder or with respect thereto.
"HOLDER" or "NOTEHOLDER" means the Person in whose name a Note is
registered on the Note Register.
"INDENTURE" means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to
time.
"INDENTURE TRUSTEE" means The First National Bank of Chicago, a national
banking association, as Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, or any successor
Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.
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"INDEPENDENT" means, when used with respect to any specified Person, that
the Person (a) is in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor upon the
Notes, the Seller and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons, (b) does
not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial
interest in the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Seller or any Affiliate of
any of the foregoing Persons and (c) is not connected with the Issuer, any such
other obligor, the Seller or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as an
officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person
performing similar functions.
"INDEPENDENT CERTIFICATE" means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to
the Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise
complying with, the applicable requirements of SECTION 11.01, made by an
Independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order and approved
by the Indenture Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care, and such opinion or
certificate shall state that the signer has read the definition of "Independent"
in this Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.
"ISSUER" means Caterpillar Financial Asset Trust 1997-B or any successor
thereto and, for purposes of any provision contained herein and required by the
TIA, each other obligor on the Notes.
"ISSUER ORDER" and "ISSUER REQUEST" means a written order or request signed
in the name of the Issuer by any one of its Authorized officers and delivered
to the Indenture Trustee.
"NET APR" means, with respect to a Receivable, its APR less the Servicing
Fee Rate.
"NOTE INTEREST RATE" means the per annum interest rate borne by a Note.
"NOTE OWNER" means a Class A Note Owner and a Class B Note Owner, as
applicable.
"NOTE REGISTER" and "NOTE REGISTRAR" have the respective meanings specified
in SECTION 2.04.
"NOTES" means, collectively, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the
Class A-3 Notes and the Class B Notes.
"OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE" means a certificate signed by any Authorized
Officer of the Issuer, under the circumstances described in, and otherwise
complying with, the applicable requirements of SECTION 11.01, and delivered to
the Indenture Trustee. Unless otherwise specified, any reference in this
Indenture to an Officer's Certificate shall be to an Officer's Certificate of
any Authorized Officer of the Issuer.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means one or more written opinions of counsel who may,
except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, be employees of or
counsel to CFSC and who shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, and
which opinion or opinions shall be addressed to the Indenture Trustee as
Indenture Trustee, shall comply with any applicable requirements of SECTION
11.01, and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee.
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"OUTSTANDING" means, as of the date of determination, all Notes theretofore
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture except:
(i) Notes theretofore cancelled by the Note Registrar or delivered
to the Note Registrar for cancellation;
(ii) Notes or portions thereof the payment for which money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee
or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Notes (PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption
has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor,
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, has been made); and
(iii) Notes in exchange for or in lieu of other Notes which have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes are
held by a bona fide purchaser;
PROVIDED that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Outstanding
Amount of the Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder or under any Basic Document, Notes owned by
the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Seller or any Affiliate of any
of the foregoing Persons shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding,
except that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in
relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver, only Notes that the Indenture Trustee knows to be so owned shall be
so disregarded; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that (i) at any time following an Event of
Default, in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Outstanding Amount
of the Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver hereunder or under any Basic Document, and (ii) at any time
following a Servicer Default, in determining whether the Holders of the
requisite Outstanding Amount may terminate all the rights and obligations of the
Servicer or waive any Servicer Default to the extent set forth in Section 8.01
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Class B Notes shall be disregarded and
deemed not to be Outstanding unless no Class A Notes are Outstanding. Notes
owned by the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Seller or any
Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons that have been pledged in good faith
may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of
the Indenture Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Notes
and that the pledgee is not any such person.
"OUTSTANDING AMOUNT" means the aggregate principal amount of all Notes, or
a class of Notes, as applicable, Outstanding at the date of determination.
"OWNER TRUSTEE" means Chase Manhattan Bank Delaware, a Delaware banking
corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under
the Trust Agreement, or any successor Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement.
"PAYING AGENT" means the Indenture Trustee or any Person that meets the
eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee specified in SECTION 6.11 and is
authorized by the Issuer to
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make the payments to and distributions from the Collection Account and the Note
Distribution Account, including payment of principal of or interest on the Notes
on behalf of the Issuer.
"PERSON" means any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust
(including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated organization or government
or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"PLAN" means any employee benefit plan or other plan or arrangement,
including an individual retirement account or annuity, Xxxxxx plan or collective
investment fund or insurance company general or separate account in which such
plans, accounts or arrangements are invested, that are subject to the fiduciary
responsibility and prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and/or Section
4975 of the Code.
"PLAN ASSETS" mean assets that are treated as "plan assets" of any Plan for
purposes of applying Title I of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code.
"PREDECESSOR NOTE" means, with respect to any particular Note, every
previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by
such particular Note; and, for the purpose of this definition, any Note
authenticated and delivered under SECTION 2.05 in lieu of a mutilated, lost,
destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.
"PROCEEDING" means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or
administrative proceeding.
"RATING AGENCY" means Xxxxx'x and Standard & Poor's. If no such
organization or successor is any longer in existence, "Rating Agency" shall be a
nationally recognized statistical rating organization or other comparable Person
designated by the Issuer, notice of which designation shall be given to the
Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Servicer.
"RATING AGENCY CONDITION" means, with respect to any action, that each
Rating Agency shall have been given 10 days prior notice thereof and that each
of the Rating Agencies shall have notified the Seller, the Servicer and the
Issuer in writing that such action will not result in a reduction or withdrawal
of the then current rating of any Class of the Notes.
"RECEIVABLE" means any Contract listed on the Schedule of Receivables.
"RECORD DATE" means, with respect to a Distribution Date or Redemption
Date, (i) if the Notes are held in book-entry form, the close of business on the
calendar day immediately preceding such Distribution Date or Redemption Date or
(ii) if the Notes are held in definitive form, the last calendar day of the
month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date or Redemption Date
occurs.
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"REDEMPTION DATE" means the Distribution Date specified by the Servicer or
the Issuer pursuant to SECTION 10.01.
"REDEMPTION PRICE" means in the case of a redemption of the Class A-3 Notes
and the Class B Notes pursuant to SECTION 10.01, an amount equal to the
principal amount of the Class A-3 Notes and the Class B Notes redeemed plus
accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the Class A-3 Note Interest Rate and the
Class B Note Interest Rate, as applicable, to but excluding the Redemption Date.
"REGISTERED HOLDER" means the Person in whose name a Note is registered in
the Note Register on the applicable Record Date.
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER" means, with respect to the Indenture Trustee, any
officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, including
any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Trust Officer, Secretary,
Assistant Secretary, or any other officer of the Indenture Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to
whom such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
"SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT" means the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated
as of November 1, 1997, among the Issuer, the Seller and the Servicer.
"SCHEDULE OF RECEIVABLES" means the listing of the Receivables set forth in
EXHIBIT A (which Exhibit may be in the form of microfiche).
"STATE" means any one of the 50 states of the United States of America or
the District of Columbia.
"SUCCESSOR SERVICER" has the meaning specified in SECTION 3.07(e).
"TRUST" means Caterpillar Financial Asset Trust 1997-B.
"TRUST AGREEMENT" means the Trust Agreement, as amended and restated as of
November 1, 1997, between the Seller and the Owner Trustee.
"TRUST ESTATE" means all money, instruments, rights and other property that
are subject or intended to be subject to the lien and security interest of this
Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders (including, without limitation, all
property and interests Granted to the Indenture Trustee), including all proceeds
thereof.
"TRUST INDENTURE ACT" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in
force on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.
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"UCC" means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Uniform Commercial
Code, as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction, as amended from time to time.
(b) OTHER DEFINITIONAL PROVISIONS. (1) Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined have the meanings assigned to them in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Trust Agreement.
(2) All terms defined in this Indenture shall have the defined meanings
when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto
unless otherwise defined therein.
(3) As used in this Indenture and in any certificate or other document
made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in
this Indenture or in any such certificate or other document, and accounting
terms partly defined in this Indenture or in any such certificate or other
document to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to
them under generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the
definitions of accounting terms in this Indenture or in any such certificate or
other document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally
accepted accounting principles, the definitions contained in this Indenture or
in any such certificate or other document shall control.
(4) The words "hereof," "herein," "hereunder," and words of similar import
when used in this Indenture shall refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Indenture; Section and Exhibit references
contained in this Indenture are references to Sections and Exhibits in or to
this Indenture unless otherwise specified; and the term "including" shall mean
"including without limitation."
(5) The definitions contained in this Indenture are applicable to the
singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well
as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
SECTION 1.02. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT. Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated
by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used
in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"indenture securities" means the Notes.
"indenture security holder" means a Noteholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Indenture Trustee.
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"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Issuer and any other
obligor on the indenture securities.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have
the meaning assigned to them by such definitions.
SECTION 1.03. [RESERVED]
SECTION 1.04. CALCULATIONS OF INTEREST. All calculations of interest made
hereunder shall be made, with respect to the Class A-1 Notes, on the basis of a
year of 360 days and the actual number of days elapsed and with respect to the
Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class B Notes, on the basis of a
year of 360 days of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01. FORM. The Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 Notes, in each
case together with the Indenture Trustee's certificate of authentication, shall
be in substantially the forms set forth in EXHIBIT D, and the Class B Notes,
together with the Indenture Trustee's certificate of authentication, shall be in
substantially the form set forth in EXHIBIT E, in each case with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by this Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or
other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as
may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes,
as evidenced by their execution of the Notes. Any portion of the text of any
Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference
thereto on the face of the Note.
The Definitive Notes shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods (with or without steel
engraved borders), all as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as
evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the
Class A Notes set forth in EXHIBIT D and the terms of the Class B Notes set
forth in EXHIBIT E are part of the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.02. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY. The Notes shall be
executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers. The
signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Notes may be manual or
facsimile.
Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at
any time Authorized Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer,
notwithstanding that such individuals or
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any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Notes or did not hold such offices at the date of such Notes.
The Indenture Trustee shall, upon written order of the Seller, authenticate
and deliver Class A-1 Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount
of $81,000,000, Class A-2 Notes for an original issue in an aggregate principal
amount of $110,900,000, Class A-3 Notes for an original issue in an aggregate
principal amount of $102,091,000 and Class B Notes for an original issue in an
aggregate principal amount of $12,577,000. The aggregate principal amount of
Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes , Class A-3 Notes and Class B Notes outstanding
at any time may not exceed such amounts, respectively, except as provided in
SECTION 2.05.
Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall
be issuable as registered Notes in the minimum denomination of $1,000 and in
integral multiples thereof.
No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid
or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate
of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the
Indenture Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories,
and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 2.03. TEMPORARY NOTES. Pending the preparation of definitive
Notes, the Issuer may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the Indenture
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, of the tenor of
the definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such variations
not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture as the officers executing such
Notes may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer will cause definitive Notes to be
prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Notes,
the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of
the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as
provided in SECTION 3.02, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for
cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuer shall execute, and
the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor, a
like principal amount of definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so
exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes.
SECTION 2.04. REGISTRATION; REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE. The
Issuer shall cause to be kept a register (the "Note Register") in which, subject
to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for
the registration of Notes and the registration of transfers of Notes. The
Indenture Trustee shall be the initial "Note Registrar" for the purpose of
registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. Upon any
resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor
or, if it elects not to make such an appointment, assume the duties of Note
Registrar.
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If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as
Note Registrar, the Issuer will give the Indenture Trustee prompt written notice
of the appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location, and any change in
the location, of the Note Register, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the
right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies
thereof, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to rely upon a
certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by an Executive Officer
thereof as to the names and addresses of the Holders of the Notes and the
principal amounts and number of such Notes.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or
agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in SECTION 3.02, if the
applicable requirements of Article 8 of the UCC are met the Issuer shall
execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall
obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Notes of the same Class in any authorized
denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of the
same class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal
amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency.
Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, if the applicable
requirements of Article 8 of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall execute, and the
Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the
Indenture Trustee, the Notes which the Noteholder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes
shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered
upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the
Holder thereof or such Xxxxxx's attorney duly authorized in writing, with such
signature guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company located, or having a
correspondent located, in the City of New York or the city in which the
Corporate Trust Office is located, or by a member firm of a national securities
exchange, and such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require.
No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, other than
exchanges pursuant to SECTION 2.03 or 9.06 not involving any transfer.
The preceding provisions of this section notwithstanding, the Issuer shall
not be required to make, and the Note Registrar need not register, transfers or
exchanges of Notes selected for redemption or of any Note for a period of 15
days preceding the due date for any payment with respect to the Note.
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SECTION 2.05. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN NOTES. If (i) any
mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee
receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Note, and (ii) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee such security or
indemnity as may be required by it to hold the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee
harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar or
the Indenture Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser,
and provided that the applicable requirements of Article 8 of the UCC are met,
the Issuer shall execute and upon its request the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note of the same class; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that if any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, but not a mutilated
Note, shall have become or within seven days shall be due and payable, or shall
have been called for redemption, instead of issuing a replacement Note, the
Issuer may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so due or payable or
upon the Redemption Date without surrender thereof. If, after the delivery of
such replacement Note or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to
the proviso to the preceding sentence, a bona fide purchaser of the original
Note in lieu of which such replacement Note was issued presents for payment such
original Note, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover
such replacement Note (or such payment) from the Person to whom it was delivered
or any Person taking such replacement Note from such Person to whom such
replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a bona
fide-purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity
provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by
the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection therewith.
Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section, the Issuer
may require the payment by the Holder of such Note of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and
any other reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Indenture
Trustee) connected therewith.
Except as set forth in the first paragraph of this Section 2.05, every
replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section in replacement of any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and
shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.
SECTION 2.06. PERSONS DEEMED OWNER. Prior to due presentment for
registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any
agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
any Note is registered (as of the day of determination) as the owner of such
Note for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and interest, if any,
on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such
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Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any agent of
the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 2.07. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST; DEFAULTED
INTEREST. (a) The Class A Notes shall accrue interest as provided in the form
of the Class A Note set forth in EXHIBIT D and the Class B Notes shall accrue
interest as provided in the form of the Class B Note set forth in EXHIBIT E, and
in each case such interest shall be payable on each Distribution Date as
specified therein, subject to SECTION 3.01. Any installment of interest or
principal, if any, or any other amount, payable on any Note which is punctually
paid or duly provided for by the Issuer on the applicable Distribution Date
shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor
Notes) is registered on the Record Date, by check mailed first-class, postage
prepaid to such Person's address as it appears on the Note Register on such
Record Date, (i) except that, unless Definitive Notes have been issued pursuant
to SECTION 2.12, with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name
of the nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede &
Co.), payment will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to
the account designated by such nominee and (ii) except for (A) the final
installment of principal payable with respect to such Note on a Distribution
Date and (B) the Redemption Price for any Note called for redemption pursuant to
SECTION 10.01(A), in each case which shall be payable as provided below. The
funds represented by any such checks returned undelivered shall be held in
accordance with SECTION 3.03.
(b) The principal of each Class A Note shall be payable in installments on
each Distribution Date as provided in the form of Class A Note set forth in
EXHIBIT D. The principal of the Class B Notes shall be payable in installments
on each Distribution Date as provided in the form of Class B Note set forth in
Exhibit E. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of
the Notes shall be due and payable, if not previously paid, on the date on which
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if the Indenture
Trustee or the Holders of the Notes representing a majority of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in
the manner provided in SECTION 5.02. All principal payments on each class of
Notes shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders of such Class entitled thereto.
Upon notice to the Indenture Trustee by the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee shall
notify the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on
the Record Date preceding the Distribution Date on which the Issuer expects that
the final installment of principal of and interest on such Note will be paid.
Such notice shall be mailed no later than five Business Days prior to such final
Distribution Date and shall specify that such final installment will be payable
only upon presentation and surrender of such Note and shall specify the place
where such Note may be presented and surrendered for payment of such
installment. Notices in connection with redemptions of Notes shall be mailed to
Noteholders as provided in SECTION 10.02.
(c) If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the
Issuer shall pay defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to
the extent lawful) at the applicable Note Interest Rate in any lawful manner.
The Issuer may pay such defaulted interest to the persons who are Noteholders on
a subsequent special record date, which date shall be fixed or caused to be
fixed by the Issuer and shall be at least five Business Days prior to the
payment
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date. The Issuer shall fix or cause to be fixed any such payment date, and, at
least 15 days before any such special record date, the Issuer shall mail to each
Noteholder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and
the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.
SECTION 2.08. CANCELLATION. All Notes surrendered for payment,
registration of transfer, exchange or redemption shall, if surrendered to any
Person other than the Indenture Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee
and shall be promptly cancelled by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may at any
time deliver to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any
manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the
Indenture Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange
for any Notes cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Notes may be held or disposed of by
the Indenture Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or disposal
policy as in effect at the time unless the Issuer shall direct by an Issuer
Order that they be destroyed or returned to it; PROVIDED that such Issuer Order
is timely and the Notes have not been previously disposed of by the Indenture
Trustee.
SECTION 2.09. RELEASE OF COLLATERAL. Subject to SECTION 3.03 and SECTION
11.01, the Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this
Indenture only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer's
Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and Independent Certificates in accordance
with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314 (d)(1) or an Opinion of Counsel in lieu of such
Independent Certificates to the effect that the TIA does not require any such
Independent Certificates.
SECTION 2.10. BOOK-ENTRY NOTES. The Notes, upon original issuance, will
be issued in the form of a typewritten Note or Notes representing the Book-Entry
Notes, to be delivered to The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing
Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Issuer. Such Notes shall initially be
registered on the Note Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the
initial Clearing Agency, and no Note Owner will receive a Definitive Note
representing such Note Owner's interest in such Note, except as provided in
SECTION 2.12. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Notes (the
"Definitive Notes") have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to SECTION 2.12:
(i) the provisions of this Section shall be in full force and
effect;
(ii) the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled
to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Indenture
(including the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and the
giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole holder of the
Notes, and shall have no obligation to the Note Owners;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with
any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section
shall control;
(iv) the rights of Note Owners shall be exercised only through the
Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law and
agreements between such Note
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Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants
pursuant to the Depository Agreement. Unless and until Definitive Notes
are issued pursuant to SECTION 2.12, the initial Clearing Agency will make
book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and
transmit payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to such
Clearing Agency Participants; and
(v) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken
based upon instructions or directions of Holders of Notes evidencing a
specified percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the Clearing
Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent that
it has received instructions to such effect from Note Owners and/or
Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively, such
required percentage of the beneficial interest in the Notes and has
delivered such instructions to the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 2.11. NOTICES TO CLEARING AGENCY. Whenever a notice or other
communication to the Noteholders is required under this Indenture, unless and
until Definitive Notes shall have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to SECTION
2.12, the Indenture Trustee shall give all such notices and communications
specified herein to be given to Holders of the Notes to the Clearing Agency, and
shall have no obligation to the Note Owners.
SECTION 2.12. DEFINITIVE NOTES. If (i) the Issuer advises the Indenture
Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to
properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Notes, and the
Issuer is unable to locate a qualified successor, (ii) the Issuer at its option
advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the
book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or (iii) after the occurrence of
an Event of Default or a Servicer Default, Note Owners representing beneficial
interests aggregating a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes advise
the Clearing Agency in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system
through the Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interests of the Note
Owners, then the Clearing Agency shall notify all Note Owners and the Indenture
Trustee of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of
Definitive Notes to Note Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the
Indenture Trustee of the typewritten Note or Notes representing the Book-Entry
Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the
Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate the Definitive
Notes in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of the
Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee shall be liable for any
delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall
be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive
Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Notes
as Noteholders.
SECTION 2.13. REPRESENTATIONS BY NOTEHOLDERS AND NOTE OWNERS. Each
Noteholder and Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note, or in the case of a Note
Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, will be deemed to have represented and
warranted for the benefit of the Seller, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee,
the Owner Trustee and the Issuer that it did not purchase such Note or
beneficial interest in a Note with Plan Assets of any Plan if any of the Seller,
the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, any Certificateholder or
any of their
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respective affiliates (i) has investment or administrative discretion with
respect to the Plan Assets used to effect such purchase; (ii) has authority or
responsibility to give, or regularly gives, investment advice with respect to
such Plan Assets, for a fee and pursuant to an agreement or understanding that
such advice (a) will serve as a primary basis for investment decisions with
respect to such Plan Assets, and (b) will be based on the particular investment
needs of such Plan; or (iii) unless exemption relief is available under U.S.
Department of Labor Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60, 91-38 or 90-1,
is an employer maintaining or contributing to such Plan.
ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
SECTION 3.01. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. The Issuer will duly and
punctually pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Notes in accordance
with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture. Without limiting the foregoing,
the Issuer will cause to be distributed all amounts on deposit in the Class A
Note Distribution Account and the Class B Note Distribution Account on a
Distribution Date pursuant to SECTION 8.02(c). Amounts properly withheld under
the Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder of interest and/or
principal and/or premium shall be considered as having been paid by the Issuer
to such Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.02. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY. The Issuer will maintain
in the Borough of Manhattan, in the City of New York, an office or agency where
Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where
notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this
Indenture may be served. The Issuer hereby initially appoints the Corporate
Trust Office to serve as its agent for the foregoing purposes. The Issuer will
give prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee of the location, and of any
change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer
shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders, notices and demands
may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer hereby
appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders,
notices and demands.
SECTION 3.03. MONEY FOR PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST. As provided in
SECTION 8.02(a) and (b), all payments of amounts due and payable with respect to
any Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Collection
Account, the Class A Note Distribution Account and the Class B Note Distribution
Account pursuant to SECTION 8.02(c) shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the
Indenture Trustee or by another Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from
the Collection Account, the Class A Note Distribution Account and the Class B
Note Distribution Account for payments of Class A Notes and Class B Notes,
respectively, shall be paid over to the Issuer except as provided in this
Section.
At or before 12:00 noon (New York time) on each Distribution Date and the
Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit or cause to be deposited (a) in the
Class A Note Distribution
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Account an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due under
the Class A Notes, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto, and (b) in the Class B Note Distribution Account, an aggregate
sum sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due under the Class B Notes,
such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto.
Unless the Paying Agent is the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer shall promptly
notify the Indenture Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Issuer will cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee to
execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such Paying
Agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee acts
as Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of this
Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with
respect to the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed
of as herein provided and pay such sums to such Persons as herein provided;
(ii) give the Indenture Trustee notice of any default by the Issuer
(or any other obligor upon the Notes) of which it has actual knowledge in
the making of any payment required to be made with respect to the Notes;
(iii) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon
the written request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the
Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent;
(iv) immediately resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the
Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of Notes if
at any time it ceases to meet the standards required to be met by a Paying
Agent at the time of its appointment; and
(v) comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to the
withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes of any applicable
withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable
reporting requirements in connection therewith.
The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer Order direct any
Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such
Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon the same trusts
as those upon which the sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such
payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, any money held
by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of any
amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after
such amount has become due and
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payable shall be discharged from such trust, and the Indenture Trustee or
such Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall give prompt notice of such
occurrence to the Issuer and shall release such money to the Issuer on Issuer
Request; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured
general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof (but only to
the extent of the amounts so paid to the Issuer), and all liability of the
Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall
thereupon cease; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Indenture Trustee or such Paying
Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, shall at the expense
and direction of the Issuer cause to be published once, in a newspaper
published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day
and of general circulation in the City of New York, notice that such money
remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not
be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance
of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer. The Indenture
Trustee shall also adopt and employ, at the expense of the Issuer, any other
reasonable means of notification of such repayment (including, but not
limited to, mailing notice of such repayment to Holders whose Notes have been
called but have not been surrendered for redemption or whose right to or
interest in moneys due and payable but not claimed is determinable from the
records of the Indenture Trustee or of any Paying Agent, at the last address
of record for each such Holder).
SECTION 3.04. EXISTENCE. The Issuer will keep in full effect its
existence, rights and franchises as a business trust under the laws of the State
of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is or becomes,
organized under the laws of any other State or of the United States of America,
in which case the Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction) and will obtain and
preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other
instrument or agreement included in the Trust Estate.
SECTION 3.05. PROTECTION OF TRUST ESTATE. The Issuer will from time to
time take all actions necessary, including without limitation preparing,
executing, delivering and filing all such supplements and amendments hereto and
all such financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further
assurance and other instruments, if applicable, and will take such other action
necessary or advisable to:
(i) maintain or preserve the lien and security interest (and the
priority thereof) of this Indenture or carry out more effectively the
purposes hereof;
(ii) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant
made or to be made by this Indenture:
(iii) enforce any of the Collateral; or
(iv) preserve and defend title to the Trust Estate and the rights of
the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in such Trust Estate against the
claims of all persons and parties.
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The Issuer hereby designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and
attorney-in-fact to execute any financing statement, continuation statement or
other instrument required by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section.
SECTION 3.06. OPINIONS AS TO TRUST ESTATE. (a) On the Closing Date, the
Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken to
perfect the lien and security interest of this Indenture, including without
limitation with respect to the recording and filing of this Indenture, any
indentures supplemental hereto, and any other requisite documents, and with
respect to the execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation
statements, as are so necessary and reciting the details of such action, or
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to
maintain the perfection of such lien and security interest.
(b) On or before April 30 in each calendar year, beginning in 1998, the
Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken to
perfect the lien and security interest of this Indenture, including without
limitation with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of
this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite
documents and with respect to the execution and filing of any financing
statements and continuation statements as is so necessary and reciting the
details of such action or stating that in the opinion of such counsel no such
action is necessary to maintain the perfection of such lien and security
interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the recording, filing,
re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto
and any other requisite documents and the execution and filing of any financing
statements and continuation statements that will, in the opinion of such
counsel, be required to maintain the perfection of the lien and security
interest of this Indenture until April 30 in the following calendar year.
SECTION 3.07. PERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS; SERVICING OF
RECEIVABLES. (a) The Issuer will not take any action and will use its best
efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others that would release any
Person from any of such Person's material covenants or obligations under any
instrument or agreement included in the Trust Estate or that would result in the
amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair
the validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as
expressly provided in this Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or such
other instrument or agreement.
(b) The Issuer may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing
its duties under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person
identified to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer's Certificate of the Issuer
shall be deemed to be action taken by the Issuer. Initially, the Issuer has
contracted with the Administrator to assist the Issuer in performing its duties
under this Indenture.
(c) The Issuer will punctually perform and observe all of its obligations
and agreements contained in this Indenture, the Basic Documents and in the
instruments and agreements included in the Trust Estate, including but not
limited to filing or causing to be filed all UCC financing statements and
continuation statements required to be filed by it by the terms of this
Indenture
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and the Sale and Servicing Agreement in accordance with and within the time
periods provided for herein and therein. Except as otherwise expressly provided
therein, the Issuer shall not waive, amend, modify, supplement or terminate any
Basic Document or any provision thereof without the consent of the Indenture
Trustee or the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes.
(d) If the Issuer shall have knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicer
Default under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly notify
the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies thereof, and shall specify in such
notice the action, if any, the Issuer is taking with respect of such default.
If a Servicer Default shall arise from the failure of the Servicer to perform
any of its duties or obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement with
respect to the Receivables, the Issuer shall take all reasonable steps available
to it to remedy such failure.
(e) As promptly as possible after the giving of notice of termination to
the Servicer of the Servicer's rights and powers pursuant to Section 8.01 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall appoint a successor servicer (the
"Successor Servicer"), and such Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment
by a written assumption in a form acceptable to the Indenture Trustee. In the
event that a Successor Servicer has not been appointed and accepted its
appointment at the time when the Servicer ceases to act as Servicer, the
Indenture Trustee without further action shall automatically be appointed the
Successor Servicer. The Indenture Trustee may resign as the Servicer by giving
written notice of such resignation to the Issuer and in such event will be
released from such duties and obligations, such release not to be effective
until the date a new servicer enters into a servicing agreement with the Issuer
as provided below. Upon delivery of any such notice to the Issuer, the Issuer
shall obtain a new servicer as the Successor Servicer under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement. Any Successor Servicer other than the Indenture Trustee
shall (i) be an established financial institution having a net worth of not less
than $50,000,000 and whose regular business includes the servicing of equipment
receivables and (ii) enter into a servicing agreement with the Issuer having
substantially the same provisions as the provisions of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement applicable to the Servicer. If within 30 days after the delivery of
the notice referred to above, the Issuer shall not have obtained such a new
servicer, the Indenture Trustee may appoint, or may petition a court of
competent jurisdiction to appoint, a Successor Servicer. In connection with any
such appointment, the Indenture Trustee may make such arrangements for the
compensation of such successor as it and such successor shall agree, subject to
the limitations set forth below and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and in
accordance with Section 8.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer
shall enter into an agreement with such successor for the servicing of the
Receivables (such agreement to be in form and substance satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee). If the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the Servicer's
duties as servicer of the Receivables as provided herein, it shall do so in its
individual capacity and not in its capacity as Indenture Trustee and,
accordingly, the provisions of ARTICLE VI hereof shall be inapplicable to the
Indenture Trustee in its duties as the successor to the Servicer and the
servicing of the Receivables. In case the Indenture Trustee shall become
successor to the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture
Trustee shall be entitled to appoint as Servicer any one
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of its Affiliates, provided that it shall be fully liable for the actions and
omissions of such Affiliate in such capacity as Successor Servicer.
(f) Upon any termination of the Servicer's rights and powers pursuant to
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly notify the Indenture
Trustee. As soon as a Successor Servicer is appointed, the Issuer shall notify
the Indenture Trustee of such appointment, specifying in such notice the name
and address of such Successor Servicer.
(g) Without derogating from the absolute nature of the assignment granted
to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture or the rights of the Indenture
Trustee hereunder, the Issuer agrees that it will not, without the prior written
consent of the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of a majority in Outstanding
Amount of the Notes, amend, xxxxxx, waiver, supplement, terminate or surrender,
or agree to any amendment, modification, supplement, termination, waiver or
surrender of, the terms of any Collateral (except to the extent otherwise
permitted pursuant to the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement) or the
Basic Documents, or waive timely performance or observance by the Servicer or
the Seller under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or by CFSC under the Purchase
Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such amendment shall (i) except to the
extent otherwise provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, increase or
reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of,
collections of payments on Receivables or distributions that are required to be
made for the benefit of the Noteholders or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage
of the Notes which are required to consent to any such amendment, without the
consent of the holders of all the outstanding Notes. If any such amendment,
modification, supplement or waiver shall be so consented to by the Indenture
Trustee or such Holders, the Issuer agrees, promptly following a request by the
Indenture Trustee to do so, to execute and deliver, in its own name and at its
own expense, such agreements, instruments, consents and other documents as the
Indenture Trustee may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate under the
circumstances.
SECTION 3.08. NEGATIVE COVENANTS. So long as any Notes are Outstanding,
the Issuer shall not:
(i) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, the Purchase
Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, sell, transfer, exchange or
otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets of the Issuer,
including those included in the Trust Estate, unless directed to do so by
the Indenture Trustee;
(ii) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal
or interest payable in respect of, the Notes (other than amounts properly
withheld from such payments under the Code or applicable state law) or
assert any claim against any present or former Noteholder by reason of the
payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Trust Estate;
(iii) dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part; or
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(iv) (A) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to
be impaired, or permit the lien of this Indenture to be amended,
hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person
to be released from any covenants or obligations with respect to the Notes
under this Indenture except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (B)
permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security interest, mortgage or
other encumbrance (other than the lien of this Indenture) to be created on
or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Trust Estate or any part
thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof (other than tax
liens, mechanics' liens and other liens that arise by operation of law, in
each case on Financed Equipment and arising solely as a result of an action
or omission of the related Obligor) or (C) permit the lien of this
Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority perfected security
interest in the Trust Estate (other than with respect to any such tax,
mechanics' or other lien).
SECTION 3.09. STATEMENTS AS TO COMPLIANCE. (a) The Issuer will deliver
to the Indenture Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of
the Issuer (commencing within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year 1997),
an Officer's Certificate stating, as to the Authorized Officer signing such
Officer's Certificate, that
(i) a review of the activities of the Issuer during the 12-month
period ending at the end of such fiscal year (or in the case of the fiscal
year ending December 31, 1997, the period from the Closing Date to December
31, 1997) and of performance under this Indenture has been made under such
Authorized Officer's supervision; and
(ii) to the best of such Authorized Officer's knowledge, based on
such review, the Issuer has complied with all conditions and covenants
under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default
in the compliance of any such condition or covenant, specifying each such
default known to such Authorized Officer and the nature and status thereof.
SECTION 3.10. ISSUER MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN
TERMS. (a) The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other
Person, unless
(i) the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving
such consolidation or merger shall be a Person organized and existing under
the laws of the United States of America or any State and shall expressly
assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the
Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the due
and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the
performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture
on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided
herein;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with
respect to such transaction;
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(iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and
shall have delivered copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect
that such transaction will not have any material adverse tax consequence to
the Issuer, any Noteholder or any Certificateholder;
(v) any action as is necessary to maintain the lien and security
interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken; and
(vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an
Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
consolidation or merger and such supplemental indenture comply with this
ARTICLE III and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing required
by the Exchange Act).
(b) Other than as set forth in clauses (x) and (y) of SECTION 3.18, the
Issuer shall not convey or transfer any of its properties or assets, including
those included in the Trust Estate, to any Person, unless
(i) the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the
properties and assets of the Issuer the conveyance or transfer of which is
hereby restricted shall (A) be a United States citizen or a Person
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or
any State, (B) expressly assumes, by an indenture supplemental hereto,
executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to
the Indenture Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and
interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every agreement
and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or
observed, all as provided herein, (C) expressly agrees by means of such
supplemental indenture that all right, title and interest so conveyed or
transferred shall be subject and subordinate to the rights of Holders of
the Notes, (D) unless otherwise provided in such supplemental indenture,
expressly agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer against
and from any loss, liability or expense arising under or related to this
Indenture and the Notes and (E) expressly agrees by means of such
supplemental indenture that such Person (or if a group of Persons, then one
specified Person) shall make all filings with the Commission (and any other
appropriate Person) required by the Exchange Act in connection with the
Notes;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
(iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with
respect to such transaction;
(iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and
shall have delivered copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect
that such transaction will
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not have any material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer, any Noteholder
or any Certificateholder;
(v) any action as is necessary to maintain the lien and security
interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken; and
(vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an
Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
conveyance or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this
ARTICLE III and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing required
by the Exchange Act).
SECTION 3.11. SUCCESSOR OR TRANSFEREE. (a) Upon any consolidation or
merger of the Issuer in accordance with SECTION 3.10(a), the Person formed by or
surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) shall succeed
to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had been
named as the Issuer herein.
(b) Upon a conveyance or transfer of all the assets and properties of the
Issuer pursuant to SECTION 3.10(b), Caterpillar Financial Asset Trust 1997-B
will be released from every covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be
observed or performed on the part of the Issuer with respect to the Notes
immediately upon the delivery to the Indenture Trustee of the Officer's
Certificate and Opinion of Counsel specified in SECTION 3.10(b)(vi) stating that
Caterpillar Financial Asset Trust 1997-B is to be so released.
SECTION 3.12. NO OTHER BUSINESS. The Issuer shall not engage in any
business other than the purposes and powers set forth in Section 2.03 of the
Trust Agreement.
SECTION 3.13. NO BORROWING. The Issuer shall not issue, incur, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any
indebtedness except for the Notes.
SECTION 3.14. SERVICER'S OBLIGATIONS. The Issuer shall cause the Servicer
to comply with all of its obligations under the Basic Documents, including
without limitation those set forth in Sections 4.09, 4.10, 4.11 and 5.06 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 3.15. GUARANTEES, LOANS, ADVANCES AND OTHER LIABILITIES. Except
as contemplated by the Sale and Servicing Agreement or this Indenture, the
Issuer shall not make any loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee (directly
or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuring another's
payment or performance on any obligation or capability of so doing or
otherwise), endorse or otherwise become contingently liable, directly or
indirectly, in connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or own,
purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so) any stock,
obligations, assets or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any
capital contribution to, any other Person.
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SECTION 3.16. CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. The Issuer shall not make any
expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets
(either realty or personalty).
SECTION 3.17. REMOVAL OF ADMINISTRATOR. So long as any Notes are
Outstanding, the Issuer shall not remove the Administrator without cause unless
the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied in connection with such
removal.
SECTION 3.18. RESTRICTED PAYMENTS. The Issuer shall not, directly or
indirectly, (i) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of
capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination
thereof, to the Owner Trustee or any owner of a beneficial interest in the
Issuer or otherwise with respect to any ownership or equity interest or security
in or of the Issuer or to the Servicer, (ii) redeem, purchase, retire or
otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or security or
(iii) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Issuer may make, or cause to be made, (x)
distributions to the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Certificateholder as
permitted by, and to the extent funds are available for such purpose under, the
Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Trust Agreement and (y) payments to the
Indenture Trustee and the Administrator pursuant to the Administration
Agreement. The Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, make payments to or
distributions from the Collection Account except in accordance with this
Indenture and the Basic Documents.
SECTION 3.19. NOTICE OF EVENTS OF DEFAULT. The Issuer agrees to give the
Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies prompt written notice of each Event of
Default hereunder and, immediately after obtaining knowledge of any of the
following occurrences, written notice of each default on the part of the
Servicer or the Seller of its obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement
and each default on the part of CFSC of its obligations under the Purchase
Agreement.
SECTION 3.20. FURTHER INSTRUMENTS AND ACTS. Upon request of the Indenture
Trustee, the Issuer will execute and deliver such further instruments and do
such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more
effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 4.01. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE. This Indenture
shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes except as to (i)
rights of registration of transfer and exchange, (ii) substitution of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (iii) rights of Noteholders to receive payments
of principal thereof and interest thereon, (iv) SECTIONS 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.08,
3.10, 3.12, 3.13 and 11.17, (v) the rights, obligations and immunities of the
Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee under
SECTION 6.07 and the obligations of the Indenture Trustee under SECTION 4.02)
and (vi) the rights of Noteholders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the
property so deposited with the Indenture
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Trustee payable to all or any of them, and the Indenture Trustee, on demand of
and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, when
(A) either
(1) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i)
Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced
or paid as provided in SECTION 2.05 and (ii) Notes for whose payment money
has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by
the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such
trust, as provided in SECTION 3.03) have been delivered to the Indenture
Trustee for cancellation; or
(2) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for
cancellation:
(i) have become due and payable;
(ii) will become due and payable at (A) the Class A-1 Final
Scheduled Distribution Date with respect to the Class A-1 Notes, (B)
the Class A-2 Final Scheduled Distribution Date with respect to the
Class A-2 Notes, (C) the Class A-3 Final Scheduled Distribution Date
with respect to the Class A-3 Notes and (D) the Class B Final Scheduled
Distribution Date with respect to the Class B Notes; or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee for the giving of
notice of redemption by the Indenture Trustee in the name, and at the
expense, of the Issuer;
and the Issuer, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Indenture Trustee
cash or direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United
States of America (which will mature prior to the date such amounts are
payable), in trust for such purpose, in an amount sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore delivered
to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation when due to (x) the Class A-1
Final Scheduled Distribution Date, Class A-2 Final Scheduled Distribution
Date, Class A-3 Final Scheduled Distribution Date or Class B Final
Scheduled Distribution Date, as applicable, or Redemption Date (if Notes
shall have been called for redemption pursuant to SECTION 10.01(a)), as the
case may be;
(B) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Issuer; and
(C) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer's
Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA or the Indenture
Trustee) an Independent Certificate from a firm of certified public accountants,
each meeting the applicable requirements of SECTION
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11.01(a) and each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied
with.
SECTION 4.02. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY. All moneys deposited with the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to SECTION 4.01 hereof shall be held in trust and
applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, as the
Indenture Trustee may determine, to the Holders of the particular Notes for the
payment or redemption of which such moneys have been deposited with the
Indenture Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and
interest; PROVIDED such moneys need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required herein or in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or required by
law.
SECTION 4.03. REPAYMENT OF MONEYS HELD BY PAYING AGENT. In connection
with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes,
all moneys then held by any Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee under
the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such Notes shall, upon demand
of the Issuer, be paid to the Indenture Trustee to be held and applied according
to SECTION 3.03, and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all
further liability with respect to such moneys.
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
SECTION 5.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. "Event of Default", wherever used
herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(i) default in the payment of any interest on any Note when the
same becomes due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period
of five days; or
(ii) default in the payment of the principal of or any installment
of the principal of any Note when the same becomes due and payable; or
(iii) default in the observance or performance of any covenant or
agreement of the Issuer made in this Indenture (other than a covenant or
agreement, a default in the observance or performance of which is elsewhere
in this Section specifically dealt with), or any representation or warranty
of the Issuer made in this Indenture or in any certificate or other writing
delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith proving to have been
incorrect in any material respect as of the time when the same shall have
been made, and such default shall continue or not be cured, or the
circumstance or condition in respect of which such representation or
warranty was incorrect shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured,
for a period of 30 days after there shall have
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been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture
Trustee or to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of at
least 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, a written notice
specifying such default or incorrect representation or warranty and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of
Default" hereunder; or
(iv) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Issuer or any substantial
part of the Trust Estate in an involuntary case under any applicable
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Issuer or for
any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or ordering the winding-up or
liquidation of the Issuer's affairs, and such decree or order shall remain
unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or
(v) the commencement by the Issuer of a voluntary case under any
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now
or hereafter in effect, or the consent by the Issuer to the entry of an
order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent
by the Issuer to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official
of the Issuer or for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or the
making by the Issuer of any general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or the failure by the Issuer generally to pay its debts as such
debts become due, or the commencement of the termination of the Trust
pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Trust Agreement, or the taking of action by
the Issuer in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
The Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee, within five days after
the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer's Certificate
of any event which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would become
an Event of Default under clause (iii) or clause (v), its status and what action
the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.02. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT. If an
Event of Default should occur and be continuing, then and in every such case the
Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes representing not less than a majority
of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes may declare all the Notes to be
immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the
Indenture Trustee if declared by Noteholders), and upon any such declaration the
unpaid principal amount of the Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest
thereon through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and
payable.
At any time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity has been
made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been
obtained by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter in this ARTICLE V provided, the
Holders of Notes representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount
of the Notes, by written notice to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, may
rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
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(i) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Indenture Trustee a
sum sufficient to pay
(A) all payments of principal of and interest on all Notes
and all other amounts that would then be due hereunder or upon such
Notes if the Event of Default giving rise to such acceleration had not
occurred; and
(B) all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee
hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel; and
(ii) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the
principal of the Notes that has become due solely by such acceleration,
have been cured or waived as provided in SECTION 5.12.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereto.
SECTION 5.03. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY
INDENTURE TRUSTEE. (a) The Issuer covenants that if (i) default is made in the
payment of any interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and
such default continues for a period of five days, or (ii) default is made in the
payment of the principal of or any installment of the principal of any Note when
the same becomes due and payable, the Issuer will, upon demand of the Indenture
Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the whole
amount then due and payable on such Notes for principal and interest, with
interest upon the overdue principal, and, to the extent payment at such rate of
interest shall be legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest, at
the applicable Note Interest Rate borne by the Notes, and in addition thereto
will pay such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel.
(b) In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such
demand, the Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express
trust, may institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and
unpaid, and may prosecute such Proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may
enforce the same against the Issuer or other obligor upon such Notes and collect
in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or other obligor
upon such Notes, wherever situated, the moneys adjudged or decreed to be
payable.
(c) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee
may, as more particularly provided in SECTION 5.04, in its discretion, proceed
to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders, by such
appropriate Proceedings as the Indenture Trustee shall deem most effective to
protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any
covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power
granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable
right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
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(d) In case there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer or any other
obligor upon the Notes or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in
the Trust Estate, Proceedings under Title 11 of the United States Code or any
other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law,
or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization,
liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or
taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor or Person,
or in case of any other comparable judicial Proceedings relative to the Issuer
or other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer
or such other obligor, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether the
principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by
declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee shall
have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceedings or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of
principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and to file
such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to
have the claims of the Indenture Trustee (including any claim for
reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor
Indenture Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and
for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all
advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture
Trustee, except as a result of negligence or bad faith) and of the
Noteholders allowed in such Proceedings;
(ii) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote
on behalf of the Holders of Notes in any election of a trustee, a standby
trustee or Person performing similar functions in any such Proceedings;
(iii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute all amounts received with
respect to the claims of the Noteholders and of the Indenture Trustee on
their behalf; and
(iv) to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as
may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture
Trustee or the Holders of Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings
relative to the Issuer, its creditors and its property;
and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in
any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by each of such Noteholders to make
payments to the Indenture Trustee, and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee
shall consent to the making of payments directly to such Noteholders, to pay to
the Indenture Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable
compensation to the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and
their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each
predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith.
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(e) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture
Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of
any Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to
authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Noteholder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election
of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar Person.
(f) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or
under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the
possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any trial or other
Proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or Proceedings instituted by
the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express
trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses,
disbursements and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor
Indenture Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
(g) In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any
Proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to
which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party), the Indenture Trustee shall be
held to represent all the Holders of the Notes, and it shall not be necessary to
make any Noteholder a party to any such Proceedings.
SECTION 5.04. REMEDIES; PRIORITIES. (a) If an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee may do one or more of the
following (subject to SECTION 5.05):
(i) institute Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an
express trust for the collection of all amounts then payable on the Notes
or under this Indenture with respect thereto, whether by declaration or
otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect from the Issuer and
any other obligor upon such Notes moneys adjudged due;
(ii) institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or
partial foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Trust Estate;
(iii) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the UCC and
take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and
remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Notes; and
(iv) in the event that all the Notes have been declared due and
payable pursuant to Section 5.02, sell the Trust Estate or any portion
thereof or rights or interest therein, at one or more public or private
sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by law;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise
liquidate the Trust Estate following an Event of Default, other than an Event of
Default described in SECTION 5.01(i), unless (A) the Holders of 100% of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes consent
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thereto, (B) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation distributable to the
Noteholders are sufficient to discharge in full all amounts then due and unpaid
upon such Notes for principal and interest or (C) the Indenture Trustee
determines that the Trust Estate will not continue to provide sufficient funds
for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes as they would have
become due if the Notes had not been declared due and payable, and the Indenture
Trustee obtains the consent of Holders of at least 66-2/3% of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes. In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with
respect to clause (B) and (C), the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain
and rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm
of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to
the sufficiency of the Trust Estate for such purpose.
(b) If the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to
this ARTICLE V following the acceleration of the maturities of the Notes
pursuant to Section 5.02 (so long as such declaration shall not have been
rescinded or annulled), it shall pay out the money or property (other than the
Servicer's Yield, which may be retained by the Servicer in accordance with
Section 5.07 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement) in the following order:
FIRST: to the Indenture Trustee for amounts due under SECTION 6.07;
SECOND: to Class A Noteholders for amounts due and unpaid on the
Class A Notes for interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Class A Notes for
interest;
THIRD: to Holders of Class A Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the
Class A Notes for principal, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Class A Notes for
principal;
FOURTH: to Holders of Class B Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the
Class B Notes for interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Class B Notes for
interest;
FIFTH: to Holders of Class B Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the
Class B Notes for principal, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Class B Notes for
principal; and
SIXTH: to the Issuer for distribution to the Certificateholder
pursuant to the Trust Agreement.
The Indenture Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any
payment to Noteholders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such
record date, the Issuer shall mail to each Noteholder and the Indenture Trustee
a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be
paid.
SECTION 5.05. OPTIONAL PRESERVATION OF THE RECEIVABLES. If the Notes have
been declared to be due and payable under SECTION 5.02 following an Event of
Default and such
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declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, the
Indenture Trustee may, but need not, elect to maintain possession of the Trust
Estate. It is the desire of the parties hereto and the Noteholders that there
be at all times sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and interest on
the Notes, and the Indenture Trustee shall take such desire into account when
determining whether or not to maintain possession of the Trust Estate. In
determining whether to maintain possession of the Trust Estate, the Indenture
Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent
investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the
feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Trust
Estate for such purpose.
SECTION 5.06. LIMITATION OF SUITS. No Holder of any Note shall have any
right to institute any Proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless:
(i) such Holder has previously given written notice to the
Indenture Trustee of a continuing Event of Default;
(ii) the Holders of not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of
the Notes have made written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute
such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as
Indenture Trustee hereunder;
(iii) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in complying with such request;
(iv) the Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute such
Proceedings; and
(v) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Indenture Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of
a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Notes shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other
Holders of Notes or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over
any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the
manner herein provided.
In the event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or
inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Notes,
each representing less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes,
the Indenture Trustee in its sole discretion may determine what action, if any,
shall be taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture.
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SECTION 5.07. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHTS OF NOTEHOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL AND
INTEREST. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive
payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on such Note on or after the
respective due dates thereof expressed in such Note or in this Indenture (or, in
the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date) and to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired
without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 5.08. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. If the Indenture
Trustee or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or
remedy under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued or
abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely to the Indenture
Trustee or to such Noteholder, then and in every such case the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall, subject to any determination in
such Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former
positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholders shall continue as though no such Proceeding had been
instituted.
SECTION 5.09. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. No right or remedy herein
conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders is
intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 5.10. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT A WAIVER. No delay or omission of the
Indenture Trustee or any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy
accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or
remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this ARTICLE V or by law
to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders may be exercised from time to
time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee or by
the Noteholders, as the case may be.
SECTION 5.11. CONTROL BY NOTEHOLDERS. The Holders of a majority of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes shall have the right to direct the time, method
and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture
Trustee with respect to the Notes or exercising any trust or power conferred on
the Indenture Trustee; PROVIDED that
(i) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law
or with this Indenture;
(ii) subject to the express terms of SECTION 5.04, any direction to
the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be by the
Holders of Notes representing not less than 100% of the Outstanding Amount
of the Notes;
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(iii) if the conditions set forth in SECTION 5.05 have been
satisfied and the Indenture Trustee elects to retain the Trust Estate
pursuant to such Section, then any direction to the Indenture Trustee by
Holders of Notes representing less than 100% of the Outstanding Amount of
the Notes to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be of no force and
effect; and
(iv) the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper
by the Indenture Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, subject to SECTION 6.01, the Indenture Trustee need not
take any action that it determines might involve it in liability or might
materially adversely affect the rights of any Noteholders not consenting to such
action.
SECTION 5.12. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS. Prior to the declaration of the
acceleration of the maturity of the Notes as provided in SECTION 5.02, the
Holders of Notes of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the
Notes may waive any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences except
a Default (a) in payment of principal of or interest on any of the Notes or (b)
in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended
without the consent of the Holder of each Note. In the case of any such waiver,
the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Notes shall be restored
to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; PROVIDED that no
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right
consequent thereto.
Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist and be deemed to
have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, for every
purpose of this Indenture; PROVIDED that no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereto.
SECTION 5.13. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS. All parties to this Indenture agree,
and each Holder of any Note by such Xxxxxx's acceptance thereof shall be deemed
to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for
the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit
against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as
Indenture Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; PROVIDED that
the provisions of this Section shall not apply to (a) any suit instituted by the
Indenture Trustee, (b) any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or group of
Noteholders, in each case holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes or (c) any suit instituted by any Noteholder for
the enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Note on or
after the respective due dates expressed in such Note and in this Indenture (or,
in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
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SECTION 5.14. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS. The Issuer covenants (to
the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon,
or plead or in any manner whatsoever, claim or take the benefit or advantage of,
any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in
force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and
the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives
all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder,
delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Indenture
Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though
no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 5.15. ACTION ON NOTES. The Indenture Trustee's right to seek and
recover judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture shall not be affected by
the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or with respect
to this Indenture. Neither the lien of this Indenture nor any rights or remedies
of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders shall be impaired by the recovery of
any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Issuer or by the levy of any
execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Trust Estate or upon any
of the assets of the Issuer. Any money or property collected by the Indenture
Trustee shall be applied in accordance with SECTION 5.04(b).
SECTION 5.16. PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS.
(a) Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and
at the Seller's expense, the Issuer agrees to take all such lawful action as
the Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and
observance by (x) the Seller and the Servicer, as applicable, of each of
their obligations to the Issuer under or in connection with the Sale and
Servicing Agreement or (y) CFSC of its obligations under or in connection
with the Purchase Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof, and to
exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully
available to the Issuer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing
Agreement to the extent and in the manner directed by the Indenture Trustee,
including the transmission of notices of default on the part of the Seller or
the Servicer thereunder and the institution of legal or administrative
actions or proceedings to compel or secure performance by the Seller or the
Servicer of each of their obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(b) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture
Trustee may, and, at the direction (which direction shall be in writing or by
telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter)) of the Holders of at least
66-2/3% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes shall, exercise all rights,
remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against the Seller or the
Servicer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement, including
the right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance or
observance by the Seller or the Servicer of each of their obligations to the
Issuer thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval,
extension or waiver under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and any right of the
Issuer to take such action shall be suspended.
(c) Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and
at the Seller's expense, the Issuer agrees to take all such lawful action as the
Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and observance
by CFSC of each of its obligations to the Seller under or in connection with the
Purchase Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof,
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and to exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully
available to the Issuer under or in connection with the Purchase Agreement to
the extent and in the manner directed by the Indenture Trustee, including the
transmission of notices of default on the part of the Seller thereunder and the
institution of legal or administrative actions or proceedings to compel or
secure performance by CFSC of each of its obligations under the Purchase
Agreement.
(d) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture
Trustee may, and, at the direction (which direction shall be in writing or by
telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter)) of the Holders of at least
66-2/3% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes shall, exercise all rights,
remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Seller against CFSC under or in
connection with the Purchase Agreement, including the right or power to take any
action to compel or secure performance or observance by CFSC of each of its
obligations to the Seller thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice,
direction, approval, extension or waiver under the Purchase Agreement, and any
right of the Seller to take such action shall be suspended.
ARTICLE VI
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.01. DUTIES OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE. (a) If an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall exercise the rights and
powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill
in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and
only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against
the Indenture Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Indenture Trustee
may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the Indenture Trustee
shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not
they conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture.
The Indenture Trustee shall not be required to determine, confirm or
recalculate the information contained in the Servicer's Certificate delivered to
it pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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(c) The Indenture Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own wilful misconduct,
except that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of SUBSECTION
6.01(b);
(ii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is proved
that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts; and
(iii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
direction received by it pursuant to SECTION 5.11.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the
Indenture Trustee is subject to SUBSECTIONS 6.01(a), (b) and (c);
(e) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money
received by it except as the Indenture Trustee may agree in writing with the
Issuer.
(f) Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law or the terms of this
Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Indenture Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayments
of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it.
(h) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting
the liability of or affording protection to the Indenture Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the TIA.
SECTION 6.02. RIGHTS OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE. (a) The Indenture Trustee may
rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper person. The Indenture Trustee need not investigate any
fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
require an Officer's Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture
Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith in reliance on the Officer's Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through
agents or attorneys or a custodian or nominee, and the Indenture Trustee shall
not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence
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on the part of, or for the supervision of, any such agent, attorney, custodian
or nominee appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its
rights or powers; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Indenture Trustee's conduct does
not constitute wilful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
(e) The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or
opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and
the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability
in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good
faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
SECTION 6.03. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE. The Indenture
Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee
of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its affiliates with the same
rights it would have if it were not Indenture Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Note
Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights.
However, the Indenture Trustee must comply with SECTIONS 6.11 and 6.12.
SECTION 6.04. INDENTURE TRUSTEE'S DISCLAIMER. The Indenture Trustee shall
not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of the Trust Estate, this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be
accountable for the Issuer's use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall
not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer in the Indenture or in any
document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other
than the Indenture Trustee's certificate of authentication.
SECTION 6.05. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS. If a Default occurs and is continuing
and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder notice of the Default within 90
days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default in payment of principal
of or interest on any Note (including payments pursuant to the mandatory
redemption provisions of such Note), the Indenture Trustee may withhold the
notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith
determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Noteholders.
SECTION 6.06. REPORTS BY INDENTURE TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS. The Indenture
Trustee shall deliver to each Noteholder such information as may be required to
enable such holder to prepare its federal and state income tax returns, which
shall include the information required to be distributed pursuant to the second
to last paragraph of SECTION 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The
Indenture Trustee shall only be required to provide to the Noteholders the
information given to it by the Servicer. The Indenture Trustee shall not be
required to determine, confirm or recompute any such information.
SECTION 6.07. COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY. The Issuer shall pay to the
Indenture Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services.
The Indenture Trustee's
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compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an
express trust. The Issuer shall reimburse the Indenture Trustee for all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of
collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses
shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Indenture Trustee's agents, counsel, accountants and experts.
The Issuer shall indemnify the Indenture Trustee against any and all loss,
liability or expense (including the fees of either in-house counsel or outside
counsel, but not both) incurred by it in connection with the administration of
this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder. The Indenture Trustee
shall notify the Issuer and the Administrator promptly of any claim for which it
may seek indemnity. Failure by the Indenture Trustee to so notify the Issuer
and the Administrator shall not relieve the Issuer of its obligations hereunder.
The Issuer shall defend the claim and the Indenture Trustee may have separate
counsel and the Issuer shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The
Issuer need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability
or expense incurred by the Indenture Trustee through the Indenture Trustee's own
wilful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
The Issuer's payment obligations to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Section shall survive the discharge of this Indenture. When the Indenture
Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in SECTION
5.01(iv) or (v) with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of the United States Code
or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Indenture Trustee's
right to enforce any of the Issuer's payment obligations pursuant to this
SECTION 6.07 shall be subject to the provisions of SECTION 11.17.
SECTION 6.08. REPLACEMENT OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE. No resignation or removal
of the Indenture Trustee and no appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee
shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor
Indenture Trustee pursuant to this SECTION 6.08. The Indenture Trustee may
resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer. The Holders of a majority in
Outstanding Amount of the Notes may remove the Indenture Trustee by so notifying
the Indenture Trustee and may appoint a successor Indenture Trustee. The Issuer
shall remove the Indenture Trustee if:
(i) the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with SECTION 6.11;
(ii) the Indenture Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent;
(iii) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the
Indenture Trustee or its property; or
(iv) the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If the Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in
the office of Indenture Trustee for any reason (the Indenture Trustee in such
event being referred to herein
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as the retiring Indenture Trustee), the Issuer shall promptly appoint a
successor Indenture Trustee, which successor shall be reasonably acceptable to
the Seller.
A successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Indenture Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective,
and the successor Indenture Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties
of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Indenture Trustee
shall mail a notice of its succession to Noteholders. The retiring Indenture
Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Indenture Trustee to
the successor Indenture Trustee.
If a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 60 days after
the retiring Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Indenture
Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of not less than a majority in Outstanding
Amount of the Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.
If the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with SECTION 6.11, any Noteholder
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.
Notwithstanding the replacement of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Section, the Issuer's obligations under SECTION 6.07 shall continue for the
benefit of the retiring Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 6.09. SUCCESSOR INDENTURE TRUSTEE BY MERGER. If the Indenture
Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or
substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation
or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or
banking association without any further act shall be the successor Indenture
Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall provide the Rating Agencies prior written
notice of any such transaction; PROVIDED that such corporation or banking
association shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under SECTION 6.11.
In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or
consolidation to the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by
this Indenture any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered,
any such successor to the Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate of
authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so
authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been
authenticated, any successor to the Indenture Trustee may authenticate such
Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the
successor to the Indenture Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates
shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture
provided that the certificate of the Indenture Trustee shall have.
SECTION 6.10. APPOINTMENT OF CO-TRUSTEE OR SEPARATE INDENTURE TRUSTEE.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any time, for the
purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part
of the Trust may at the time
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be located, the Indenture Trustee shall have the power and may execute and
deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons reasonably acceptable to
the Issuer to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or
separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust, and to vest in such Person
or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Noteholders, such title
to the Trust, or any part hereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this
Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture
Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee
hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor
trustee under SECTION 6.11 and no notice to Noteholders of the appointment of
any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under SECTION 6.08 hereof.
(b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or
imposed upon the Indenture Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and
exercised or performed by the Indenture Trustee and such separate trustee
or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or
co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Indenture
Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of
any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed
the Indenture Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such
act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations
(including the holding of title to the Trust or any portion thereof in any
such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate
trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Indenture
Trustee;
(ii) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of
any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and
(iii) the Indenture Trustee may at any time accept the resignation
of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
(c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee
shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and
co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and
the conditions of this ARTICLE VI. 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
Indenture Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the
provisions of this Indenture, specifically including every provision of this
Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording
protection to, the Indenture Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with
the Indenture Trustee.
(d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the
Indenture Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority,
to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in 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
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of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be
exercised by the Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the
appointment of a new or successor trustee.
SECTION 6.11. ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION. The Indenture Trustee shall
at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a). The Indenture
Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set
forth in its most recent published annual report of condition and its long-term
unsecured debt shall be rated at least Baa3 by Moody's and BBB- by Standard &
Poor's. The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b), including
the optional provision permitted by the second sentence of TIA Section
310(b)(9); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that there shall be excluded from the operation of
TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities
of the issuer are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth
in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met.
Within 90 days after ascertaining the occurrence of an Event of Default
which shall not have been cured or waived, unless authorized by the Commission,
the Indenture Trustee shall resign with respect to the Class A Notes and/or the
Class B Notes in accordance with Section 6.08 of this Indenture, and the Issuer
shall appoint a successor Indenture Trustee for one or both of such Classes, as
applicable, so that there will be separate Indenture Trustees for the Class A
Notes and the Class B Notes. In the event the Indenture Trustee fails to comply
with the terms of the preceding sentence, the Indenture Trustee shall comply
with clauses (ii) and (iii) of TIA Section 310(b).
In the case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Indenture Trustee
with respect to any Class of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.11, the Issuer,
the retiring Indenture Trustee and the successor Indenture Trustee with respect
to such Class of Notes shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental
hereto wherein each successor Indenture Trustee shall accept such appointment
and which (i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable
to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, the successor Indenture Trustee all
the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Indenture Trustee with
respect to the Notes of the Class to which the appointment of such successor
Indenture Trustee relates, (ii) if the retiring Indenture Trustee is not
retiring with respect to all Classes of Notes, shall contain such provisions as
shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes of
each Class as to which the retiring Indenture Trustee is not retiring shall
continue to be vested in the Indenture Trustee, and (iii) shall add to or change
any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or
facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Indenture
Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental
indenture shall constitute such Indenture Trustees co-trustees of the same trust
and that each such Indenture Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by
any other such Indenture Trustee; and upon the removal of the retiring Indenture
Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein.
SECTION 6.12. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST ISSUER. The
Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). An
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Indenture Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to
TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.
SECTION 6.13. APPOINTMENT OF CUSTODIANS. The Indenture Trustee may, with
the consent of the Servicer and notice to the Rating Agencies, appoint The First
National Bank of Chicago as Custodian to hold the Receivables Files in
accordance with the Custodial Agreement. Subject to this Article VI, the
Indenture Trustee agrees to comply with the terms of each Custodial Agreement
and to enforce the terms and provisions thereof against the Custodian for the
benefit of the Noteholders.
ARTICLE VII
NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS
SECTION 7.01. ISSUER TO FURNISH INDENTURE TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF
NOTEHOLDERS. The Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture
Trustee (a) not more than five days after the earlier of (i) each Record Date
and (ii) three months after the last Record Date, a list, in such form as the
Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Holders of Notes as of such Record Date, (b) at such other times as the
Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the
Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not
more than 10 days prior to the time such list is furnished; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that so long as the Indenture Trustee is the Note Registrar, no such list shall
be required to be furnished.
SECTION 7.02. PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS TO
NOTEHOLDERS. (a) The Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as
is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes
contained in the most recent list furnished to the Indenture Trustee as provided
in SECTION 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders of Notes received by the
Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may
destroy any list furnished to it as provided in such SECTION 7.01 upon receipt
of a new list so furnished.
(b) Noteholders may communicate, pursuant to TIA Section 312(b), with
other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the
Notes.
(c) The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar shall have
the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 7.03. REPORTS BY ISSUER. (a) The Issuer shall:
(i) file with the Indenture Trustee, within 15 days after the
Issuer is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the
annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or
copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from
time to time by rules and regulations prescribe)
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which the Issuer may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
(ii) file with the Indenture Trustee and the Commission in
accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission such additional information, documents and reports with respect
to compliance by the Issuer with the conditions and covenants of this
Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and
regulations; and
(iii) supply to the Indenture Trustee (and the Indenture Trustee
shall transmit by mail to all Noteholders described in TIA Section 313(c))
such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be
filed by the Issuer pursuant to CLAUSES (i) and (ii) of this SECTION
7.03(a) as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to
time by the Commission.
(b) Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the Issuer
shall end on December 31 of each year.
SECTION 7.04. REPORTS BY INDENTURE TRUSTEE. If required by TIA Section
313(a), within 60 days after each March 31 beginning with March 31, 1998, the
Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder as required by TIA Section
313(c) a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA Section
313(a). The Indenture Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Noteholders shall be
filed by the Indenture Trustee with the Commission and each stock exchange, if
any, on which the Notes are listed. The Issuer shall notify the Indenture
Trustee if and when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.
ARTICLE VIII
ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
SECTION 8.01. COLLECTION OF MONEY. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, the Indenture Trustee may demand payment or delivery of, and shall
receive and collect, directly and without intervention or assistance of any
fiscal agent or other intermediary, all money and other property payable to or
receivable by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture. The Indenture
Trustee shall apply all such money received by it as provided in this Indenture.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, if any default occurs
in the making of any payment or performance under any agreement or instrument
that is part of the Trust Estate, the Indenture Trustee may take such action as
may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the
institution and prosecution of appropriate Proceedings. Any such action shall
be without prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of Default under
this Indenture and any right to proceed thereafter as provided in ARTICLE V.
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SECTION 8.02. TRUST ACCOUNTS. (a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the
Issuer shall cause the Servicer to establish and maintain, in the name of the
Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Certificateholder
the Trust Accounts as provided in Section 5.01 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
(b) On or before the second Business Day preceding each Distribution Date,
the Total Distribution Amount with respect to the preceding Collection Period
will be deposited in the Collection Account as provided in Section 5.02 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement. On or before the Business Day preceding each
Distribution Date, the Noteholders' Distributable Amount with respect to the
preceding Collection Period will be transferred from the Collection Account
and/or the Reserve Account, as applicable, to the Class A Note Distribution
Account and the Class B Note Distribution Account as provided in Sections 5.04
and 5.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(c) On each Distribution Date and Redemption Date, the Indenture Trustee
shall distribute all amounts on deposit in the Class A Note Distribution Account
to the Class A Noteholders to the extent of amounts due and unpaid on the Class
A Notes for principal and interest in the following amounts and in the following
order of priority (except as otherwise provided in SECTION 5.04(b)):
(i) accrued and unpaid interest on the Class A Notes; PROVIDED
that if there are not sufficient funds in the Class A Note Distribution
Account to pay the entire amount of accrued and unpaid interest then due on
the Class A Notes, the amount in the Class A Note Distribution Account
shall be applied to the payment of such interest on each class of the Class
A Notes pro rata on the basis of the total such interest due on the Class A
Notes;
(ii) to the Holders of the Class A-l Notes until the Outstanding
Amount of the Class A-l Notes is reduced to zero;
(iii) to the Holders of the Class A-2 Notes until the Outstanding
Amount of the Class A-2 Notes is reduced to zero; and
(iv) to the Holders of the Class A-3 Notes until the Outstanding
Amount of the Class A-3 Notes is reduced to zero.
(d) On each Distribution Date and Redemption Date, the Indenture Trustee
shall distribute all amounts on deposit in the Class B Note Distribution Account
to the Class B Noteholders in respect of the Class B Notes to the extent of
amounts due and unpaid on the Class B Notes for principal and interest in the
following amounts and in the following order of priority (except as otherwise
provided in SECTION 5.04(b)):
(i) accrued and unpaid interest on the Class B Notes; and
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(ii) to the Holders of the Class B Notes until the Outstanding
Amount of the Class B Notes is reduced to zero.
SECTION 8.03. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING ACCOUNTS. (a) So long as no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all or a
portion of the funds in the Trust Accounts shall be invested in Eligible
Investments and (except with respect to the Certificate Distribution Account)
reinvested by the Indenture Trustee upon Issuer Order, subject to the provisions
of Section 5.01(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement (which Issuer Order may
be upon direction of the Servicer). All income or other gain from investments
of moneys deposited in the Trust Accounts shall be deposited by the Indenture
Trustee in the Collection Account, and any loss resulting from such investments
shall be charged to such account. The Issuer will not direct the Indenture
Trustee to make any investment of any funds or to sell any investment held in
any of the Trust Accounts unless the security interest granted and perfected in
such account will continue to be perfected in such investment or the proceeds of
such sale, and, in connection with any direction to the Indenture Trustee to
make any such investment or sale, if requested by the Indenture Trustee, the
Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, acceptable
to the Indenture Trustee, to such effect.
(b) Subject to SECTION 6.01(c), the Indenture Trustee shall not in any way
be held liable by reason of any insufficiency in any of the Trust Accounts
resulting from any loss on any Eligible Investment included therein except for
losses attributable to the Indenture Trustee's failure to make payments on such
Eligible Investments issued by the Indenture Trustee, in its commercial capacity
as principal obligor and not as trustee, in accordance with their terms.
(c) If (i) the Issuer shall have failed to give investment directions for
any funds on deposit in the Trust Accounts to the Indenture Trustee by 12:00
noon New York Time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Issuer and
Indenture Trustee) on any Business Day; or (ii) a Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Notes but the Notes
shall not have been declared due and payable pursuant to SECTION 5.02, or, if
such Notes shall have been declared due and payable following an Event of
Default, amounts collected or receivable from the Trust Estate are being applied
in accordance with SECTION 5.05 as if there had not been such a declaration;
then the Indenture Trustee shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and
reinvest funds in the Trust Accounts in Eligible Investments maturing prior to
the succeeding Distribution Date in accordance with Section 5.01(b) of the Sale
and Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 8.04. RELEASE OF TRUST ESTATE. (a) Subject to the payment of its
fees and expenses pursuant to SECTION 6.07, the Indenture Trustee may, and when
required by the provisions of this Indenture shall, execute instruments to
release property from the lien of this Indenture, or convey the Indenture
Trustee's interest in the same, in a manner and under circumstances that are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture. No party relying upon an
instrument executed by the Indenture Trustee as provided in this ARTICLE VIII
shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee's authority, inquire into the
satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any
moneys.
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(b) The Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes
Outstanding and all sums due the Indenture Trustee pursuant to SECTION 6.07 have
been paid, release any remaining portion of the Trust Estate that secured the
Notes from the lien of this Indenture and release to the Issuer or any other
Person entitled thereto any funds then on deposit in the Trust Accounts. The
Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture
pursuant to this SECTION 8.04(b) only upon receipt of an Issuer Request
accompanied by an Officer's Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required
by the TIA) Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and
314(d)(1) meeting the applicable requirements of SECTION 11.01.
SECTION 8.05. OPINION OF COUNSEL. The Indenture Trustee shall receive at
least seven days' notice when requested by the Issuer to take any action
pursuant to SECTION 8.04(a), accompanied by copies of any instruments involved,
and the Indenture Trustee shall also require, as a condition to such action, an
Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee,
stating the legal effect of any such action, outlining the steps required to
complete the same, and concluding that all conditions precedent to the taking of
such action have been complied with and such action will not materially and
adversely impair the security for the Notes or the rights of the Noteholders in
contravention of the provisions of this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such
Opinion of Counsel shall not be required to express an opinion as to the fair
value of the Trust Estate. Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely, without
independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate or
other instrument delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection with any such
action.
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 9.01. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF NOTEHOLDERS. (a)
Without the consent of the Holders of any Notes but with prior notice to the
Rating Agencies, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an
Issuer Order, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more
indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the TIA
as in force at the date of the execution thereof), in form satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(i) to correct or amplify the description of any property at any
time subject to the lien of this Indenture, or better to assure, convey and
confirm unto the Indenture Trustee any property subject or required to be
subjected to the lien of this Indenture, or to subject to the lien of this
Indenture additional property;
(ii) to evidence the succession, in compliance with the applicable
provisions hereof, of another person to the Issuer, and the assumption by
any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer herein and in the Notes
contained;
(iii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer, for the benefit of the
Holders of the Notes, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred
upon the Issuer;
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(iv) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property
to or with the Indenture Trustee;
(v) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be inconsistent with any
other provision herein or in any supplemental indenture or to make any
other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Indenture or in any supplemental indenture; PROVIDED that such action shall
not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of the Holders of the Notes;
(vi) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment
hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Notes and to add to or
change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to
facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one
trustee, pursuant to the requirements of ARTICLE VI; or
(vii) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this
Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the qualification
of this Indenture under the TIA or under any similar federal statute
hereafter enacted and to add to this Indenture such other provisions as may
be expressly required by the TIA.
The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any
such supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and
stipulations that may be therein contained.
(b) The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer
Order, may, also without the consent of any of the Holders of the Notes but with
prior notice to the Rating Agencies, enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this
Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of
any Noteholder.
SECTION 9.02. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF NOTEHOLDERS. The
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, also may,
with prior notice to the Rating Agencies and with the consent of the Holders of
not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, by Act of such
Holders delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any
provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of
the Notes under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such supplemental
indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note
affected thereby:
(i) change the date of payment of any installment of principal of
or interest on any Note, or reduce the principal amount thereof, the
interest rate thereon or the
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Redemption Price with respect thereto, change the provisions of this
Indenture relating to the application of collections on, or the proceeds of
the sale of, the Trust Estate to payment of principal of or interest on the
Notes, or change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in
which, any Note or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to
institute suit for the enforcement of the provisions of this Indenture
requiring the application of funds available therefor, as provided in
ARTICLE V, to the payment of any such amount due on the Notes on or after
the respective due dates thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or
after the Redemption Date);
(ii) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes,
the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental
indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is required for any
waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain
defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture;
(iii) modify or alter the provisions of the proviso to the
definition of the term "Outstanding";
(iv) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes
required to direct the Indenture Trustee to direct the Issuer to sell or
liquidate the Trust Estate pursuant to SECTION 5.04;
(v) modify any provision of this SECTION 9.02 except to increase
any percentage specified herein or to provide that certain additional
provisions of this Indenture or the Basic Documents cannot be modified or
waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected
thereby;
(vi) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture in such manner
as to affect the calculation of the amount of any payment of interest or
principal due on any Note on any Distribution Date (including the
calculation of any of the individual components of such calculation) or to
affect the rights of the Holders of Notes to the benefit of any provisions
for the mandatory redemption of the Notes contained herein; or
(vii) permit the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a
parity with the lien of this Indenture with respect to any part of the
Trust Estate or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated herein,
terminate the lien of this Indenture on any property at any time subject
hereto or deprive the Holder of any Note of the security provided by the
lien of this Indenture.
The Indenture Trustee may in its discretion determine whether or not any
Notes would be affected by any supplemental indenture and any such determination
shall be conclusive upon the Holders of all Notes, whether theretofore or
thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder. The Indenture Trustee shall
not be liable for any such determination made in good faith.
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It shall not be necessary for any Act of Noteholders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section, the Indenture Trustee shall
mail to the Holders of the Notes to which such amendment or supplemental
indenture relates a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such
supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Indenture Trustee to mail such
notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect
the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
SECTION 9.03. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. In executing, or
permitting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this ARTICLE IX or the modifications thereby of the trusts created
by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and
subject to SECTIONS 6.01 and 6.02, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee may, but shall
not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the
Indenture Trustee's own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 9.04. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE. Upon the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture shall
be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith with respect
to the Notes affected thereby, and the respective rights, limitations of rights,
obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under this Indenture of the
Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Notes shall thereafter be
determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such
modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such
supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and
conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
SECTION 9.05. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. Every amendment of
this Indenture and every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this
ARTICLE IX shall conform to the requirements of the TIA as then in effect so
long as this Indenture shall then be qualified under the TIA.
SECTION 9.06. REFERENCE IN NOTES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. Notes
authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to this ARTICLE IX may, and if required by the Indenture Trustee shall,
bear a notation in form approved by the Indenture Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion
of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the
Indenture Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Notes.
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ARTICLE X
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
SECTION 10.01. REDEMPTION. The Class A-3 Notes and the Class B Notes
shall be redeemed in whole, but not in part, on any Distribution Date after the
Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes have been paid in full on which the
Servicer exercises the option to purchase the Owner Trust Estate pursuant to
Section 9.01(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
such purchase is subject to such payment resulting in the Issuer having
available funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price for the Class A-3 Notes
and the Class B Notes and to reduce the Certificate Balance to zero (together
with payment to the Certificateholder of accrued and unpaid interest on the
Certificate at the Certificate Rate). The Issuer shall furnish the Rating
Agencies notice of such redemption. If the Class A-3 Notes and the Class B
Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to this SECTION 10.01, the Issuer shall
furnish notice of such redemption to the Indenture Trustee not later than 15
days prior to the Redemption Date, and the Issuer shall deposit with the
Indenture Trustee in the (i) Class A Note Distribution Account the Redemption
Price of the Class A-3 Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the Class B Note
Distribution Account the Redemption Price of the Class B Notes to be redeemed,
whereupon all such Class A-3 Notes and Class B Notes shall be due and payable on
the Redemption Date upon the furnishing of a notice complying with SECTION 10.02
to each Holder of the Notes.
SECTION 10.02. FORM OF REDEMPTION NOTICE. (a) Notice of redemption under
SECTION 10.01 shall be given by the Indenture Trustee by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, mailed not less than five days prior to the applicable
Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes, as of the close of business on the
Record Date preceding the applicable Redemption Date, at such Holder's address
appearing in the Note Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price; and
(iii) the place where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment
of the Redemption Price (which shall be the office or agency of the Issuer
to be maintained as provided in SECTION 3.02).
Notice of redemption of the Notes shall be given by the Indenture Trustee
in the name and at the expense of the Issuer. Failure to give notice of
redemption, or any defect therein, to any Holder of any Note shall not impair or
affect the validity of the redemption of any other Note.
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SECTION 10.03. NOTES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE. The Notes or portions
thereof to be redeemed shall, following notice of redemption as required by
SECTION 10.02, on the Redemption Date become due and payable at the Redemption
Price and (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Redemption
Price) no interest shall accrue on the Redemption Price for any period after the
date to which accrued interest is calculated for purposes of calculating the
Redemption Price.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS ETC. (a) Upon any
application or request by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action
under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture
Trustee (i) an Officer's Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if
any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with, (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such
counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with and (iii)
(if required by the TIA) an Independent Certificate from a firm of certified
public accountants meeting the applicable requirements of this Section, except
that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing
of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture,
no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(i) a statement that each signatory of such certificate or opinion
has read or has caused to be read such covenant or condition and the
definitions herein relating thereto;
(ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such signatory, such
signatory has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable such signatory to express an informed opinion as to whether or not
such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
signatory, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
(b) (i) Prior to the deposit of any Collateral or other property or
securities with the Indenture Trustee that is to be made the basis for the
release of any property or securities subject to the lien of this
Indenture, the Issuer shall, in addition to any obligation imposed in
SECTION 11.01(a) or elsewhere in this Indenture, furnish to the
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Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the
opinion of each person signing such certificate as to the fair value
(within 90 days of such deposit) to the Issuer of the Collateral or other
property or securities to be so deposited.
(ii) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture
Trustee an Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any
signer thereof as to the matters described in clause (i) above, the Issuer
shall also deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as
to the same matters, if the fair value to the Issuer of the securities to
be so deposited and of all other such securities made the basis of any such
withdrawal or release since the commencement of the then-current fiscal
year of the Issuer, as set forth in the certificates delivered pursuant to
clause (i) above and this clause (ii), is 10% or more of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes, but such a certificate need not be furnished with
respect to any securities so deposited if the fair value thereof to the
Issuer as set forth in the related Officer's Certificate is less than
$25,000 or less than one percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes.
(iii) Other than with respect to the release of any Purchased
Receivables or Liquidated Receivables or payments pursuant to SECTION 3.03,
whenever any property or securities are to be released from the lien of
this Indenture, the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an
Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each person
signing such certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of such
release) of the property or securities proposed to be released and stating
that in the opinion of such person the proposed release will not impair the
security under this Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof.
(iv) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture
Trustee an Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any
signer thereof as to the matters described in clause (iii) above, the
Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Independent
Certificate as to the same matters if the fair value of the property or
securities and of all other property, other than Purchased Receivables and
Liquidated Receivables or payments pursuant to SECTION 3.03, or securities
released from the lien of this Indenture since the commencement of the then
current calendar year, as set forth in the certificates required by clause
(iii) above and this clause (iv), equals 10% or more of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes, but such certificate need not be furnished in the case
of any release of property or securities if the fair value thereof as set
forth in the related Officer's Certificate is less than $25,000 or less
than one percent of the then Outstanding Amount of the Notes.
(v) Notwithstanding SECTION 2.09 or any other provision of this
Section, the Issuer may, without complying with clauses (i)-(iv) above, (A)
collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of Receivables and Financed
Equipment as and to the extent permitted or required by the Basic Documents
and (B) make cash payments out of the Trust Accounts as and to the extent
permitted or required by the Basic Documents.
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SECTION 11.02. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO INDENTURE TRUSTEE. In any
case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify
or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such
Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of,
or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which such officer's certificate or opinion is
based are erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer or Opinion of
Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the
Servicer, the Seller, the Issuer or the Administrator, stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Servicer, the Seller, the Issuer or the Administrator, unless such officer or
counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or
certificate or report to the Indenture Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer
shall deliver any document as a condition of the granting of such application,
or as evidence of the Issuer's compliance with any term hereof, it is intended
that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or
at the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the
facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions
precedent to the right of the Issuer to have such application granted or to the
sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be
construed to affect the Indenture Trustee's right to rely upon the truth and
accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided
in ARTICLE VI.
SECTION 11.03. ACTS OF NOTEHOLDERS. (a) Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be given or taken by Noteholders may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such Noteholders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and except as
herein otherwise expressly provided such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered to the Indenture Trustee, and, where it
is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and
the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred
to as the "Act" of the Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof
of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent
shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and
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(subject to SECTION 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the
Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved in any manner that the Indenture Trustee
deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action by the Holder of any Notes shall bind the Holder of every Note
issued upon the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof,
in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Indenture
Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such
action is made upon such Note.
SECTION 11.04. NOTICES, ETC. TO INDENTURE TRUSTEE, ISSUER AND RATING
AGENCIES. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or Act of Noteholders or other documents provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to or filed with:
(a) the Indenture Trustee by any Noteholder or by the Issuer shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed
in writing to or with the Indenture Trustee and received at its Corporate
Trust Office, or
(b) the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by any Noteholder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed,
first-class, postage prepaid, to the Issuer addressed to: Caterpillar
Financial Asset Trust 1997-B, in care of Chase Manhattan Bank Delaware, as
Owner Trustee, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Corporate Trust Department, with a copy to the Administrator, at
the following address: Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation, 0000
Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-1071 or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee by Issuer or the
Administrator. The Issuer shall promptly transmit any notice received by
it from the Noteholders to the Indenture Trustee.
(c) the Rating Agencies by the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner Trustee shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in
writing, personally delivered or mailed by certified mail, return receipt
requested to (i) in the case of Moody's, at the following address: Xxxxx'x
Investors Service, Inc., ABS Monitoring Department, 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 and (ii) in the case of Standard & Poor's, at the
following address: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, 00 Xxxxxxxx (00xx
Xxxxx), Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention of Asset Backed Surveillance
Department; or as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall
be designated by written notice to the other parties.
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SECTION 11.05. NOTICES TO NOTEHOLDERS; WAIVER. Where this Indenture
provides for notice to Noteholders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing
and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid to each Noteholder affected by such
event, at such Noteholder's address as it appears on the Note Register, not
later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed
for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Noteholders is given
by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so
mailed to any particular Noteholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice
with respect to other Noteholders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner
herein provided shall conclusively be presumed to have been duly given.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be
waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before
or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.
Waivers of notice by Noteholders shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such a waiver.
In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of
a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail
notice of any event to Noteholders when such notice is required to be given
pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such
notice as shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to be a
sufficient giving of such notice.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to the Rating Agencies, failure to
give such notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations created
hereunder and shall not under any circumstance constitute a Default or Event of
Default.
SECTION 11.06. ALTERNATE PAYMENT AND NOTICE PROVISIONS. Notwithstanding
any provision of this Indenture or any of the Notes to the contrary, to the
extent satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer may enter into any
agreement with any Holder of a Note providing for a method of payment, or notice
by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent to such Holder, that is different
from the methods provided for in this Indenture for such payments or notices.
The Issuer will furnish to the Indenture Trustee a copy of each such agreement
and the Indenture Trustee will cause payments to be made and notices to be given
in accordance with such agreements.
SECTION 11.07. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. If any provision hereof
limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof that is required to
be included in this indenture by any of the provisions of the TIA, such required
provision shall control.
The provisions of TIA Sections 310 through 317 that impose duties on any
person (including the provisions automatically deemed included herein unless
expressly excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture,
whether or not physically contained herein.
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SECTION 11.08. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 11.09. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. All covenants and agreements in
this Indenture and the Notes by the Issuer shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not. All covenants and agreements of the
Indenture Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors, co-trustees and
agents of the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 11.10. SEPARABILITY. In case any provision in this Indenture or
in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby.
SECTION 11.11. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE. Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties
hereto and their successors hereunder, and the Noteholders, and any other party
secured hereunder, and any other Person with an ownership interest in any part
of the Trust Estate, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 11.12. LEGAL HOLIDAYS. In any case where the date on which any
payment is due shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of the Notes or this Indenture) payment need not be made on such date,
but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and
effect as if made on the date on which nominally due, and no interest shall
accrue for the period from and after any such nominal date.
SECTION 11.13. GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS, AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 11.14. COUNTERPARTS. This Indenture may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original,
but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
SECTION 11.15. RECORDING OF INDENTURE. If this Indenture is subject to
recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such recording is to be
effected by the Issuer and at its expense accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel
(which may be counsel to the Indenture Trustee or any other counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such recording is
necessary either for the protection of the Noteholders or any other Person
secured hereunder or for the enforcement of any right or remedy granted to the
Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.
SECTION 11.16. TRUST OBLIGATION. No recourse may be taken, directly or
indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or
the Indenture Trustee on the
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Notes or under this Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in
connection herewith or therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, (ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in
the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director,
employee or agent of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its
individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the
Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any
such Person may have expressly agreed (it being understood that the Indenture
Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their individual
capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully
liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration
for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call
owing to such entity. For all purposes of this Indenture, in the performance of
any duties or obligations of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be
subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Article
VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.
SECTION 11.17. NO PETITION. Notwithstanding any prior termination of this
Indenture, the Indenture Trustee, by entering into this Indenture, and each
Noteholder, by accepting a Note, hereby covenant and agree that they will not at
any time institute against the Seller or the Trust, or voluntarily join in any
institution against the Seller or the Trust of, any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under
any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with
any obligations relating to the Notes, this Indenture or any of the Basic
Documents.
SECTION 11.18. INSPECTION. The Issuer agrees that, on reasonable prior
notice, it will permit any representative of the Indenture Trustee, during the
Issuer's normal business hours, to examine all the books of account, records,
reports, and other papers of the Issuer, to make copies and extracts therefrom,
to cause such books to be audited by Independent certified public accountants,
and to discuss the Issuer's affairs, finances and accounts with the Issuer's
officers, employees, and Independent certified public accountants, all at such
reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested. The Indenture
Trustee shall, and shall cause its representatives, to hold in confidence all
such information except to the extent disclosure may be required by law (and all
reasonable applications for confidential treatment are unavailing) and except to
the extent that the Indenture Trustee may reasonably determine that such
disclosure is consistent with its obligations hereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers, thereunto duly
authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.
CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET
TRUST 1997-B,
By: CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
DELAWARE, not in its individual capacity
but solely as Owner Trustee,
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
not in its individual capacity but as
Indenture Trustee,
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
STATE OF NEW YORK, )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK, )
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for said
County and State, on this day personally appeared Xxxx X. Xxxxxx known to me to
be the person and officer whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument
and acknowledged to me that the same was the act of the said Vice President and
that she/he executed the same as the corporation for the purpose and
consideration therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this the 25th day of November,
1997.
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Notary Public
[Seal]
My commission expires:
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STATE OF NEW YORK, )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK,)
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for said
County and State, on this day personally appeared Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx known to me
to be the person and officer whose name is subscribed to the foregoing
instrument and acknowledged to me that the same was the act of the said
Assistant Vice President and Assistant Secretary and that she/he executed the
same as the corporation for the purpose and consideration therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this the 25th day of November,
1997.
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Notary Public
[Seal]
My commission expires:
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EXHIBIT A
SCHEDULE OF RECEIVABLES
A-1
EXHIBIT B
[RESERVED]
B-1
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF DEPOSITORY AGREEMENT
C-1
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CLASS A NOTE
REGISTERED $___________*
No. ____
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
CUSIP NO.________
UNLESS THIS CLASS A NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CLASS A
NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) - ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS CLASS A NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH
HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CLASS A NOTE AT
ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.
[THIS CLASS A NOTE WAS ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 25, 1997. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
APPLICABLE LAW AND PROPOSED TREASURY REGULATIONS COULD BE INTERPRETED TO PROVIDE
THAT ALL INTEREST PAYMENTS ON THIS CLASS A NOTE ARE TO BE TREATED AS PART OF THE
STATED REDEMPTION PRICE AT MATURITY OF THIS CLASS A NOTE (I.E., PRINCIPAL)
THEREBY CAUSING THIS CLASS A NOTE TO BE TREATED AS HAVING BEEN ISSUED WITH
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ("OID") FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. IN SUCH CASE,
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WOULD BE APPLICABLE, ASSUMING THAT THIS CLASS A NOTE
PAYS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROJECTED CASH FLOWS BASED ON CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS USED
IN PRICING THE CLASS A NOTES: (I) THE AMOUNT
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* Denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
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OF OID AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CLASS A NOTE
WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY ____%; AND (II) THE ANNUAL YIELD OF THIS CLASS A NOTE FOR
PURPOSES OF COMPUTING OID WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY ___% PER ANNUM. THE ACTUAL
YIELD TO MATURITY AND OID ON THIS CERTIFICATE MAY DIFFER FROM THE PROJECTED
AMOUNTS. THE PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION USED IN DETERMINING THE ANNUAL YIELD FOR
FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES IS ___% OF CPR.]
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CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET TRUST 1997-B
[5.805%] [6.018%] [6.16%] [CLASS A-l] [CLASS A-2] [CLASS A-3]
ASSET BACKED NOTES
Caterpillar Financial Asset Trust 1997-B, a business trust organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the
"Issuer"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [_________], or
registered assigns, the principal sum of [____________] DOLLARS payable on each
Distribution Date in an amount equal to the result obtained by multiplying (i) a
fraction the numerator of which is $[INSERT INITIAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF CLASS A
NOTE] and the denominator of which is [$81,000,000] [for Class A-1 Notes]]
[$110,900,000] [for Class A-2 Notes]] [$102,091,000][for Class A-3 Notes] ] by
(ii) the aggregate amount, if any, payable from the Class A Note Distribution
Account in respect of principal on the [Class A-1] [Class A-2] [Class A-3] Notes
pursuant to SECTION 8.02(c) of the Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, entire unpaid
principal amount of this Class A Note shall be due and payable on the earlier of
[the November 1998 Distribution Date [for Class A-1]] [the January 2001
Distribution Date [for Class A-2]] [and September 2003 Distribution for the
[Class A-3]] and the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to SECTION 10.01 of the
Indenture. No payments of principal of the Class A-2 Notes shall be made until
the principal of the Class A-l Notes has been paid in its entirety, and no
payments of principal of the Class A-3 Notes shall be made until the principal
of the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes has been paid in its entirety.
The Issuer will pay interest on this Class A Note at the [Class A-1] [Class A-2]
[Class A-3] Note Interest Rate on each Distribution Date until the principal of
this Class A Note is paid or made available for payment, on the principal amount
of this Class A Note outstanding on the preceding Distribution Date after giving
effect to all payments of principal made on such preceding Distribution Date (or
in the case of the first Distribution Date, on the initial principal amount of
this Class A Note). Interest on this Class A Note will accrue for each
Distribution Date from and including the most recent Distribution Date on which
interest has been paid to but excluding such Distribution Date or, for the
initial Distribution Date from November 25, 1997 to but excluding such
Distribution Date. Interest will be computed, with respect to the Class A-1
Notes, on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed and,
with respect to the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes, on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30 day months. Such principal of and interest on this
Class A Note shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.
The principal of and interest on this Class A Note are payable in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the Issuer
with respect to this Class A Note shall be applied first to interest due and
payable on this Class A Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal
of this Class A Note.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Class A Note set forth
on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set
forth on the face of this Class A Note.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Indenture Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Class A
Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the
reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed,
manually or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer.
Date: CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET
TRUST 1997-B
By: Chase Manhattan Bank Delaware, not
in its individual capacity but
solely as Owner Trustee under
the Trust Agreement,
By:
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Name:
Title:
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INDENTURE TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class A Notes designated above and referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Indenture Trustee,
By:
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Name:
Title:
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[REVERSE OF NOTE]
This Class A Note is one of the [Class A-1] [Class A-2] [Class A-3] Notes
of a duly authorized issue of Class A Notes of the Issuer, designated as its
[5.805%] [6.018%] [6.16%] [Class A-1] [Class A-2] [Class A-3] Asset Backed Notes
(herein called the "Class A Notes"), all issued under an Indenture dated as of
November 1, 1997 (such indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein called
the "Indenture"), between the Issuer and The First National Bank of Chicago, as
trustee (the "Indenture Trustee", which term includes any successor Indenture
Trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental
thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and
obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of
the Notes. The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. All terms used
in this Class A Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or
amended, shall have the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the
Indenture, as so supplemented or amended.
The Class A Notes are and will be equally and ratably secured by the
collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture.
Principal of the Class A Notes will be payable on each Distribution Date in
an amount described on the face hereof. "DISTRIBUTION DATE" means the 25th day
of each calendar month, or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day, commencing December 26, 1997.
As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Class A Note
shall be due and payable on the earlier of [the November 1998 Distribution Date
[for Class A-1]] [the January 2001 Distribution Date [for Class A-2] [the
September 2003 Distribution Date [for Class A-3]] and the Redemption Date, if
any, pursuant to SECTION 10.01 of the Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the entire unpaid principal amount of the Class A Notes shall be due and payable
on the date on which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
and the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of the Class A Notes representing a
majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Class A Notes have declared the Class
A Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in SECTION 5.02
of the Indenture. All principal payments on the Class A Notes of a Class shall
be made pro rata to the Class A Noteholders of such Class entitled thereto.
Payments of interest on this Class A Note due and payable on each
Distribution Date, together with the installment of principal, if any, to the
extent not in full payment of this Class A Note, shall be made by check mailed
to the Person whose name appears as the Registered Holder of this Class A Note
(or one or more Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of
business on each Record Date, except that with respect to Class A Notes
registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency
(initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payments will be made by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such
nominee. Such checks shall be mailed to the Person entitled thereto at the
address of such Person as it appears on the Note Register as of the applicable
Record Date
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without requiring that this Class A Note be submitted for notation of payment.
Any reduction in the principal amount of this Class A Note (or any one or more
Predecessor Notes) effected by any payments made on any Distribution Date shall
be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Class A Note issued
upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu
hereof, whether or not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be available, as
provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the then remaining unpaid
principal amount of this Class A Note on a Distribution Date, then the Indenture
Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who
was the Registered Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such
Distribution Date by notice mailed within five days of such Distribution Date
and the amount then due and payable shall be payable only upon presentation and
surrender of this Class A Note at the Indenture Trustee's principal Corporate
Trust Office or at the office of the Indenture Trustee's agent appointed for
such purposes located in the City of New York.
The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the
[Class A-l] [Class A-2] [Class A-3] Note Interest Rate to the extent lawful.
[As provided in the Indenture, the Class A-3 Notes may be redeemed in
whole, but not in part, by the Issuer, upon the exercise by the Servicer of its
option to repurchase the Receivables on any Distribution Date on or after the
date on which the Pool Balance is ten percent or less of the Initial Pool
Balance.]
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth
therein, the transfer of this Class A Note may be registered on the Note
Register upon surrender of this Class A Note for registration of transfer at the
office or agency designated by the issuer pursuant to the Indenture, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or
such Xxxxxx's attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature
guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company located, or having a
correspondent located, in the City of New York or the city in which the
Corporate Trust Office is located, or a member firm of a national securities
exchange, and such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, and
thereupon one or more new Class A Notes of authorized denominations and in the
same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of transfer
or exchange of this Class A Note, but the transferor may be required to pay a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with any such registration of transfer or exchange.
Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Class A Note or, in the
case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Class A Note, covenants and
agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to
the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on
the Class A Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing
delivered in connection therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (ii) any owner of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent,
officer, director or employee of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee
in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial interest in the
Issuer, the Owner
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Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as
any such Person may have expressly agreed and except that any such partner,
owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by
applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital
contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity.
Each Class A Noteholder or Class A Note Owner, by acceptance of a Class A
Note or, in the case of a Class A Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Class A
Note, covenants and agrees that by accepting the benefits of the Indenture that
such Noteholder will not at any time institute against the Trust or the Seller,
or join in any institution against the Trust or the Seller of, any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under any
United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any
obligations relating to the Class A Notes, the Indenture or the Basic Documents.
It is the intent of the Seller, the Class A Noteholders, the Class B
Noteholders, the Class A Note Owners, the Class B Note Owners, the Issuer, the
Certificateholder and the Certificate Owner that the Class A Notes will be
classified as indebtedness of the Issuer for all United States tax purposes.
The Class A Noteholders, by acceptance of a Class A Note, agree to treat, and to
take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, the Notes for such tax
purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.
Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Class A
Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Class A Note (as of
the day of determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the
Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not
this Class A Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor
any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any
time by the Issuer with the consent of the Holders of Notes representing a
majority of the Outstanding Amount of all Notes at the time Outstanding. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of Notes representing
specified percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, on behalf of the
Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and
their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Class A
Note (or any one of more Predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive and binding upon
such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Class A Note and of any Class A
Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in
lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Class A Note. The Indenture also permits the Indenture Trustee to amend or
waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the
consent of Holders of the Notes issued thereunder.
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The term "Issuer" as used in this Class A Note includes any successor to
the Issuer under the Indenture.
The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to
merge or consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the
Holders of Notes under the Indenture.
The Class A Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as
provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.
This Class A Note and the Indenture shall be construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law
provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder
and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Class A Note
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the issuer, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Class A
Note at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency herein
prescribed.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly
provided in the Basic Documents, neither Chase Manhattan Bank Delaware in its
individual capacity, any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, nor any
of their respective partners, beneficiaries, agents, officers, directors,
employees or successors or assigns shall be personally liable for, nor shall
recourse be had to any of them for, the payment of principal of or interest on,
or performance of, or omission to perform, any of the covenants, obligations or
indemnifications contained in this Class A Note or the Indenture, it being
expressly understood that said covenants, obligations and indemnifications have
been made by the Owner Trustee for the sole purposes of binding the interests of
the Owner Trustee in the assets of the Issuer. The Holder of this Class A Note
by the acceptance hereof agrees that, except as expressly provided in the Basic
Documents in the case of an Event of Default under the Indenture, the Holder
shall have no claim against any of the foregoing for any deficiency, loss or
claim therefrom; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing contained herein shall be taken
to prevent recourse to, and enforcement against, the assets of the Issuer for
any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings contained in the Indenture
or in this Class A Note.
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ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
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(name and address of assignee)
the within Class A Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably
constitutes and appoints attorney, to transfer said Class A Note on the books
kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: *
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Signature Guaranteed:
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* NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the
registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every
particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF CLASS B NOTE
REGISTERED $___________*
No. ____
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
CUSIP NO.________
UNLESS THIS CLASS B NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CLASS B
NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) - ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS CLASS B NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH
HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CLASS B NOTE AT
ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.
[THIS CLASS B NOTE WAS ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 25, 1997. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
APPLICABLE LAW AND PROPOSED TREASURY REGULATIONS COULD BE INTERPRETED TO PROVIDE
THAT ALL INTEREST PAYMENTS ON THIS CLASS B NOTE ARE TO BE TREATED AS PART OF THE
STATED REDEMPTION PRICE AT MATURITY OF THIS CLASS B NOTE(I.E., PRINCIPAL)
THEREBY CAUSING THIS CLASS B NOTE TO BE TREATED AS HAVING BEEN ISSUED WITH
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ("OID") FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. IN SUCH CASE,
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WOULD BE APPLICABLE, ASSUMING THAT THIS CLASS B NOTE
PAYS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROJECTED CASH FLOWS BASED ON CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS USED
IN PRICING THE CLASS B NOTES: (I) THE AMOUNT
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* Denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
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OF OID AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CLASS B NOTES
WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY ____%; AND (II) THE ANNUAL YIELD OF THIS CLASS B NOTES
FOR PURPOSES OF COMPUTING OID WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY ___% PER ANNUM. THE ACTUAL
YIELD TO MATURITY AND OID ON THIS CERTIFICATE MAY DIFFER FROM THE PROJECTED
AMOUNTS. THE PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION USED IN DETERMINING THE ANNUAL YIELD FOR
FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES IS ___% OF CPR.]
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CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET TRUST 1997-B
CLASS B 6.35% ASSET BACKED NOTES
Caterpillar Financial Asset Trust 1997-B, a business trust organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the
"Issuer"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [_________], or
registered assigns, the principal sum of [____________] DOLLARS payable on each
Distribution Date in an amount equal to the result obtained by multiplying (i) a
fraction the numerator of which is $[INSERT INITIAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF CLASS B
NOTE] and the denominator of which is [$12,577,000] by (ii) the aggregate
amount, if any, payable from the Class B Note Distribution Account in respect of
principal on the Class B Notes pursuant to SECTION 8.02(c) of the Indenture;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, entire unpaid principal amount of this Note shall be due and
payable on the earlier of the September 2003 Distribution Date and the
Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to SECTION 10.01 of the Indenture. No
payments of principal of the Class B Notes shall be made until the principal of
the Class A Notes has been paid in its entirety. The Issuer will pay interest
on this Class B Note at the Class B Note Interest Rate on each Distribution Date
until the principal of this Class B Note is paid or made available for payment,
on the principal amount of this Class B Note outstanding on the preceding
Distribution Date after giving effect to all payments of principal made on such
preceding Distribution Date (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, on
the initial principal amount of this Class B Note). Interest on this Class B
Note will accrue for each Distribution Date from and including the most recent
Distribution Date on which interest has been paid to but excluding such
Distribution Date or, for the initial Distribution Date from November 25, 1997
to but excluding such Distribution Date. Interest will be computed on the basis
of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Such principal of and interest on
this Class B Note shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.
The principal of and interest on this Class B Note are payable in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the Issuer
with respect to this Class B Note shall be applied first to interest due and
payable on this Class B Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal
of this Class B Note.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Class B Note set forth
on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set
forth on the face of this Class B Note.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Indenture Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Class B
Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the
reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed,
manually or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer.
Date: CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET
TRUST 1997-B,
By: CHASE MANHATTAN BANK DELAWARE,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Owner Trustee under
the Trust Agreement,
By:
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Name:
Title:
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INDENTURE TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Class B Notes designated above and referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Indenture Trustee,
By:
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Name:
Title:
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[REVERSE OF CLASS B NOTE]
This Class B Note is one of the Class B Notes of a duly authorized issue of
Class B Notes of the Issuer, designated as its 6.35% Class B Asset Backed Notes
(herein called the "Class B Notes"), all issued under an Indenture dated as of
November 1, 1997 (such indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein called
the "Indenture"), between the Issuer and The First National Bank of Chicago, as
trustee (the "Indenture Trustee," which term includes any successor Indenture
Trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental
thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and
obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of
the Notes. The Class B Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. All
terms used in this Class B Note that are defined in the Indenture, as
supplemented or amended, shall have the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant
to the Indenture, as so supplemented or amended.
The Class B Notes are and will be secured by the collateral pledged as
security therefor as provided in the Indenture.
Principal of the Class B Notes will be payable on each Distribution Date in
an amount described on the face hereof. "DISTRIBUTION DATE" means the 25th day
of each calendar month, or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day, commencing December 26, 1997.
As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Class B Note
shall be due and payable on the earlier of the September 2003 Distribution Date
and the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to SECTION 10.01 of the Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Class B
Notes shall be due and payable on the date on which an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing and the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of the
Class B Notes representing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Class B
Notes have declared the Class B Notes to be immediately due and payable in the
manner provided in SECTION 5.02 of the Indenture. All principal payments on the
Class B Notes shall be made pro rata to the Class B Noteholders entitled
thereto.
Payments of interest on this Class B Note due and payable on each
Distribution Date, together with the installment of principal, if any, to the
extent not in full payment of this Class B Note, shall be made by check mailed
to the Person whose name appears as the Registered Holder of this Class B Note
(or one or more Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of
business on each Record Date, except that with respect to the Class B Notes
registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency
(initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payments will be made by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such
nominee. Such checks shall be mailed to the Person entitled thereto at the
address of such Person as it appears on the Note Register as of the applicable
Record Date without requiring that this Class B Note be submitted for notation
of payment. Any reduction in the principal amount of this Class B Note (or any
one or more Predecessor Notes) effected by any payments made on any Distribution
Date shall be binding upon all future
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Holders of this Class B Note and of any Class B Note issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether
or not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the
Indenture, for payment in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of
this Class B Note on a Distribution Date, then the Indenture Trustee, in the
name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who was the
Registered Holder hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Distribution Date
by notice mailed within five days of such Distribution Date and the amount then
due and payable shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this
Class B Note at the Indenture Trustee's principal Corporate Trust Office or at
the office of the Indenture Trustee's agent appointed for such purposes located
in the City of New York.
The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the
Class B Note Interest Rate to the extent lawful.
As provided in the Indenture, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class B Notes may
be redeemed in whole, but not in part, by the Issuer, upon the exercise by the
Servicer of its option to repurchase the Receivables on any Distribution Date on
or after the date on which the Pool Balance is ten percent or less of the
Initial Pool Balance.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth
therein, the transfer of this Class B Note may be registered on the Note
Register upon surrender of this Class B Note for registration of transfer at the
office or agency designated by the issuer pursuant to the Indenture, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or
such Xxxxxx's attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature
guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company located, or having a
correspondent located, in the City of New York or the city in which the
Corporate Trust Office is located, or a member firm of a national securities
exchange, and such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, and
thereupon one or more new Class B Notes of authorized denominations and in the
same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of transfer
or exchange of this Class B Note, but the transferor may be required to pay a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with any such registration of transfer or exchange.
Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Class B Note or, in the
case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Class B Note, covenants and
agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to
the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the
Class B Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing
delivered in connection therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (ii) any owner of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer,
director or employee of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its
individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the
Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any
such Person may have expressly agreed and except that any such partner, owner or
beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent
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provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid
capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such
entity.
Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Class B Note or, in the
case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Class B Note, covenants and
agrees that by accepting the benefits of the Indenture that such Noteholder will
not at any time institute against the Trust or the Seller, or join in any
institution against the Trust or the Seller of, any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under any United States
federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations
relating to the Class B Notes, the Indenture or the Basic Documents.
It is the intent of the Seller, the Class A Noteholders, the Class B
Noteholders, the Class A Note Owners, the Class B Note Owners, the Issuer, the
Certificateholders and the Certificate Owners that, the Class B Notes will be
classified as indebtedness of the Issuer for all United States tax purposes.
The Class B Noteholders, by acceptance of a Class B Note, agree to treat, and to
take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, the Class B Notes for such
tax purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.
Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Class B
Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Class B Note (as of
the day of determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the
Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not
this Class B Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor
any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any
time by the Issuer with the consent of the Holders of Notes representing a
majority of the Outstanding Amount of all Notes at the time Outstanding. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of Notes representing
specified percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, on behalf of the
Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and
their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Class B
Note (or any one of more Predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive and binding upon
such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Class B Note and of any Class B
Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in
lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Class B Note. The Indenture also permits the Indenture Trustee to amend or
waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the
consent of Holders of the Notes issued thereunder.
The term "Issuer" as used in this Class B Note includes any successor to
the Issuer under the Indenture.
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The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances, to
merge or consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the
Holders of Notes under the Indenture.
The Class B Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as
provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.
This Class B Note and the Indenture shall be construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law
provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder
and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Class B Note
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the issuer, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Class B
Note at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency herein
prescribed.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly
provided in the Basic Documents, neither Chase Manhattan Bank Delaware in its
individual capacity, any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, nor any
of their respective partners, beneficiaries, agents, officers, directors,
employees or successors or assigns shall be personally liable for, nor shall
recourse be had to any of them for, the payment of principal of or interest on,
or performance of, or omission to perform, any of the covenants, obligations or
indemnifications contained in this Class B Note or the Indenture, it being
expressly understood that said covenants, obligations and indemnifications have
been made by the Owner Trustee for the sole purposes of binding the interests of
the Owner Trustee in the assets of the Issuer. The Holder of this Class B Note
by the acceptance hereof agrees that, except as expressly provided in the Basic
Documents in the case of an Event of Default under the Indenture, the Holder
shall have no claim against any of the foregoing for any deficiency, loss or
claim therefrom; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing contained herein shall be taken
to prevent recourse to, and enforcement against, the assets of the Issuer for
any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings contained in the Indenture
or in this Class B Note.
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ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
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(name and address of assignee)
the within Class B Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably
constitutes and appoints attorney, to transfer said Class B Note on the books
kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: *
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Signature Guaranteed:
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* NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the
registered owner as it appears on the face fo the within Note in every
particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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