JOHN DEERE OWNER TRUST 2023-C TRUST AGREEMENT between JOHN DEERE RECEIVABLES LLC Depositor and COMPUTERSHARE DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY Owner Trustee Dated as of September 18, 2023
Exhibit 99.1
between
XXXX DEERE RECEIVABLES LLC
Depositor
and
COMPUTERSHARE DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY
Owner Trustee
Dated as of September 18, 2023
Article IV
Actions by Owner Trustee
Article V
Application of Trust Funds; Certain Duties
Article VI
Authority and Duties of Owner Trustee
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Article IX
Termination of Trust Agreement
Article X
Successor Owner Trustees and Additional Owner Trustees
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TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of September 18, 2023, between Xxxx Deere Receivables LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, as Depositor, and Computershare Delaware Trust Company, a Delaware limited purpose trust company, as Owner Trustee.
“Administration Agreement” shall mean the Administration Agreement to be dated as of September 19, 2023, among the Administrator, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
“Administrator” shall mean Xxxx Deere Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation, or any successor Administrator under the Administration Agreement.
“Agreement” shall mean this Trust Agreement, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.
“Basic Documents” shall mean the Purchase Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the Administration Agreement, the Depository Agreement, the Asset Representations Review Agreement and the other documents and certificates delivered in connection therewith.
“Certificate” shall mean a certificate evidencing the beneficial interest of the Owner in the Trust, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“Certificate Distribution Account” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01.
“Certificate of Trust” shall mean the Certificate of Trust in the form of Exhibit B to be filed for the Trust pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the Trust Statute.
“Certificate Register” and “Certificate Registrar” shall mean the register mentioned and the registrar appointed pursuant to Section 3.04.
“Certificateholder” shall mean the Depositor.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Corporate Trust Office” shall mean, (i) with respect to the Owner Trustee, the corporate trust office of the Owner Trustee located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Services; or at such other address as the Owner Trustee may designate by notice to the Owners and the Depositor, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Owner Trustee (the address of which the successor owner trustee will notify the Owners and the Depositor) and (ii) means with respect to the Paying Agent and the
Certificate Registrar, the office of the Indenture Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered which office at the date of the execution of this Agreement is located at 000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, XX-XX-XX0X, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: John Deere Owner Trust 2023-C, facsimile No.: 000-000-0000, or at such other address as the Paying Agent and the Certificate Registrar may designate from time to time by notice to the Owners and the Depositor, or the corporate trust office of any successor Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar (the address of which the successor paying agent and the certificate registrar will notify the Owners and the Depositor).
“Depositor” shall mean John Deere Receivables LLC, in its capacity as Depositor hereunder.
“Depository Agreement” shall mean the agreement executed by the Trust and delivered to The Depository Trust Company, dated on or about the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Indenture.
“Expenses” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.02.
“Indenture” shall mean the Indenture, to be dated as of September 19, 2023, between the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.
“Indenture Trustee” shall mean U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture.
“JDCC” shall mean Xxxx Deere Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“Owner” shall mean the Certificateholder.
“Owner Trust Estate” shall mean all right, title and interest of the Trust in and to the property and rights assigned to the Trust pursuant to Article II of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, all funds on deposit from time to time in the Trust Accounts and the Certificate Distribution Account and all other property of the Trust from time to time, including any rights of the Owner Trustee and the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Administration Agreement.
“Owner Trustee” shall mean Computershare Delaware Trust Company, a Delaware limited purpose trust company, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee under this Agreement, and any successor Owner Trustee hereunder.
“Paying Agent” shall mean any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.09 and shall initially be U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association.
“Purchase Agreement” shall mean the Purchase Agreement, to be dated as of September 19, 2023, between JDCC and the Depositor, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
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“Record Date” shall mean, with respect to any Payment Date, the close of business on the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in which the Payment Date occurs.
“Representatives” shall mean RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., and TD Securities (USA) LLC in their capacity as the representatives under the Underwriting Agreement.
“Responsible Officer” shall mean, with respect to the Owner Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Owner Trustee who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of the Trust Agreement and the other Basic Documents on behalf of the Owner Trustee, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary, or any other officer of the Owner 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” shall mean the Sale and Servicing Agreement among the Trust, the Depositor, as seller, and JDCC, as servicer, to be dated as of September 19, 2023, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
“Secretary of State” shall mean the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
“Treasury Regulations” shall mean regulations, including proposed or temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code. References herein to specific provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury Regulations.
“Trust” shall mean the trust established by this Agreement.
“Trust Company” shall mean Computershare Delaware Trust Company.
“Trust Statute” shall mean Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code Section 3801 et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Underwriting Agreement” shall mean the Underwriting Agreement dated September 12, 2023, among JDCC, the Depositor and the Representatives, each on their own behalf and as representatives of the underwriters set forth on the signature pages thereto.
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The Trust shall not engage in any activity other than in connection with the foregoing or other than as required or authorized by the terms of this Agreement or the Basic Documents.
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powers and duties set forth herein and in the Trust Statute with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust. In no event shall the Trust elect to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation.
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constitute conclusive evidence that such Certificate shall have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. The Certificate shall be dated the date of its authentication.
At the option of the Certificateholder, the Certificate may be exchanged for other Certificates representing the same undivided beneficial interest in the Trust upon surrender of the Certificate to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.08.
Every Certificate presented or surrendered for exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of exchange in a form satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Certificateholder or its attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Owner Trustee in accordance with its customary practice.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of the Certificate, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of the Certificate.
No transfer of a Certificate or any interest therein shall be made unless the holder of such Certificate shall have first surrendered such Certificate to the Certificate Registrar for registration of transfer, or if such Certificate shall have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, the holder of such Certificate shall first comply with Section 3.05 hereof.
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registered in the Certificate Register as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to Section 5.02 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any Paying Agent shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.
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federal income tax purposes and will not cause the Note to be recharacterized as stock pursuant to Treasury Regulations under section 385 of the Code.
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the Trust without the prior written approval of the Owner and the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the delivery to the Owner Trustee by the Owner of a certificate certifying that the Owner reasonably believes that the Trust is insolvent.
The Paying Agent shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds on deposit from time to time in the Certificate Distribution Account and in all proceeds thereof. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Certificate Distribution Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Paying Agent for the benefit of the Certificateholder. If, at any time, the Certificate Distribution Account ceases to be an Eligible Deposit Account, the Paying Agent (or the Depositor on behalf of the Paying Agent, if the Certificate Distribution Account is not then held by the Paying Agent or an affiliate thereof) shall within 10 Business Days following notification of such occurrence (or such longer period, not to exceed 30 calendar days, as to which the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied) establish a new Certificate Distribution Account as an Eligible Deposit Account and shall transfer any cash and/or any investments to such new Certificate Distribution Account.
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default or failure of the Administrator to carry out its obligations under the Administration Agreement.
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otherwise take or refrain from taking any action under, or in connection with, any document contemplated hereby to which the Owner Trustee is a party, except as expressly provided by the terms of this Agreement or in any document or written instruction received by the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 6.03; and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or any Basic Document against the Owner Trustee.
The Owner Trustee shall have no responsibility for the preparation, correctness, accuracy, existence, validity or perfection of any financing statement (or similar filing) or for filing any financing or continuation statement (or similar filing) in any public office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien granted to it hereunder or to prepare or file any Securities and Exchange Commission filing for the Trust or to record this Agreement or any Basic Document. The Trust Company nevertheless agrees that it will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take all action as may be necessary to discharge any liens on any part of the Owner Trust Estate that result from actions by, or claims against, the Trust Company that are not related to the Trust Company’s role as Owner Trustee or the ownership or the administration of the Owner Trust Estate.
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Documents and this Agreement. The Owner Trustee shall not be answerable or accountable hereunder or under any Basic Document under any circumstances, except for (i) its own willful misconduct or negligence or (ii) the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in Section 7.03 expressly made by the Owner Trustee. In particular, but not by way of limitation (and subject to the exceptions set forth in the preceding sentence):
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The Owner Trustee acknowledges and agrees that the purpose of this Section 7.02(b) is to facilitate compliance by the Xxxx Deere Parties with the Repurchase Rules and Regulations. The
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Owner Trustee acknowledges that interpretations of the requirements of the Repurchase Rules and Regulations may change over time, whether due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, consensus among participants in the asset-backed securities markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise, and agrees to comply with reasonable requests made by the John Deere Parties in good faith for delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of evolving interpretations of the Repurchase Rules and Regulations. The Owner Trustee shall cooperate fully with the Xxxx Deere Parties to deliver any and all records and any other information necessary in the good faith determination of the Xxxx Deere Parties to permit them to comply with the provisions of the Repurchase Rules and Regulations.
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In the event that the Certificateholder shall not surrender its Certificate for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the above mentioned written notice, the Owner Trustee shall give a second written notice to the Certificateholder to surrender its Certificate for cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice the Certificate shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Owner Trustee may take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the Certificateholder concerning surrender of its Certificate, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets that shall remain subject to this Agreement. Any funds remaining in the Trust after exhaustion of such remedies shall be distributed by the Owner Trustee to the Depositor (subject to applicable escheatment laws).
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the Indenture Trustee of the occurrence of such event and (iii) the Indenture Trustee shall, upon receipt of written notice of such Insolvency Event from the Owner Trustee or the Depositor, give prompt written notice to the Noteholders of the occurrence of such event; provided, however, that any failure to give a notice required by this sentence shall not prevent or delay, in any manner, a dissolution of the Trust pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 9.02. Upon a dissolution pursuant to this Section, the Owner Trustee shall direct the Indenture Trustee promptly to sell the assets of the Trust (other than the Trust Accounts) in a commercially reasonable manner and on commercially reasonable terms. The proceeds of such a sale of the assets of the Trust shall be treated as collections under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
If at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.01 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Administrator, or if at any time the Owner Trustee shall be legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Owner Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Owner Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the Administrator may remove the Owner Trustee. If at any time the Owner Trustee shall fail to
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comply with any of its obligations under Section 10.02 or Section 10.04 of this Agreement or Section 4.16 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement during the period that the Seller is required to file Exchange Act Reports with respect to the Trust and such failure is not remedied within the lesser of ten calendar days and the period of time in which the related Exchange Act Report is required to be filed (without taking into account any extensions), then the Seller may remove the Owner Trustee. If the Administrator or Seller shall remove the Owner Trustee under the authority of the two immediately preceding sentences, the Administrator shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee, by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the outgoing Owner Trustee so removed, one copy to the successor Owner Trustee, and one copy to the Seller, together with the basis for removal and shall pay all fees owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee and appointment of a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 10.03 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee. The Administrator shall provide notice of such resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee to each of the Rating Agencies.
The Depositor shall pay all expenses associated with replacing the Owner Trustee with a successor owner trustee, unless the removal is a result of the willful misconduct or negligence of the Owner Trustee, in which case, such expenses will be the responsibility of the replaced Owner Trustee.
No successor Owner Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Owner Trustee shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Administrator shall mail notice of the successor of such Owner Trustee to all Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and shall make such notice available to
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the Rating Agencies. If the Administrator shall fail to mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee, the Depositor shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Administrator.
Each separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
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Any notice, request or other writing given to the Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions of this Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Owner Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Owner Trustee. Each such instrument shall be filed with the Owner Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Administrator.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Owner Trustee, as its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Owner Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.
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This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor and the Owner Trustee, with prior written notice made available to the Rating Agencies by the Administrator, with the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the consent of the Certificateholder (which consents will not be unreasonably withheld) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholder; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (a) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on Receivables or distributions that shall be required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders or the Certificateholder or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes required to consent to any such amendment or eliminate the consent of the Certificateholder to any such amendment, without the consent of the holders of all the outstanding Notes and the Certificate.
Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Owner Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to the Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator, which shall make such notification available to each of the Rating Agencies.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Certificateholder, the Noteholders or the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to the Certificate of Trust, the Owner Trustee shall cause the filing of such amendment with the Secretary of State.
Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or the Certificate of Trust, the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent to the execution of such amendment have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Owner Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
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or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.
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as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any other party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall, together, constitute one and the same instrument. For avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings and authentication of securities when required under the Trust Statute, the UCC or other Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings.
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only and does not represent interests in or obligations of the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any Affiliate thereof and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated in this Agreement, the Certificate or the Basic Documents.
The Owner Trustee will not be responsible for delays attributable to the Administrator’s failure to deliver any information related to any communication with a Rating Agency (with respect to this section, the “Information”), defects in the Information supplied to the Rating Agency or Administrator or other circumstances beyond the control of the Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall be under no obligation to make any determination as to the veracity or
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applicability of any Information provided to it, or whether any such Information is required to be maintained on a website or other public medium.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written.
COMPUTERSHARE DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY,
as Owner Trustee,
By:
Name:
Title:
XXXX DEERE RECEIVABLES LLC, as Depositor,
By:
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged, Accepted and Agreed:
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity but solely
as Certificate Registrar and Paying Agent,
By:
Name:
Title:
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SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATE
evidencing an undivided beneficial interest in the Trust, as defined below, the property of which includes a pool of equipment retail installment sale and loan contracts secured by new and used agricultural and construction equipment and sold to the Trust (as defined below) by John Deere Receivables LLC.
(This Certificate does not represent an interest in or obligation of Xxxx Deere Receivables LLC, Xxxx Deere Capital Corporation, Deere & Company or any of their respective affiliates, except to the extent described below.)
THIS CERTIFIES THAT John Deere Receivables LLC is the registered owner of the undivided beneficial interest in John Deere Owner Trust 2023-C (the “Trust”) formed by Xxxx Xxxxx Receivables LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the “Seller”).
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE.
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is the Certificate referred to in the within-mentioned Trust Agreement.
Computershare Delaware Trust Company,
as Owner Trustee
By:
or
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar and Paying Agent
By:
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The Trust was created pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated as of September 18, 2023 (the “Trust Agreement”), between the Depositor and Computershare Delaware Trust Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth below. To the extent not otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Trust Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement to be dated as of September 19, 2023 (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), among the Trust, the Seller and Xxxx Deere Capital Corporation, as servicer (the “Servicer”), as applicable.
This Certificate is the duly authorized Certificate designated as the “Asset Backed Certificate” (herein called the “Certificate”). Also issued under the Indenture, to be dated as of September 19, 2023, between the Trust and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Indenture Trustee, are the Class A-1 5.650% Asset Backed Notes, the Class A-2 5.76% Asset Backed Notes, the Class A-3 5.48% Asset Backed Notes and the Class A-4 5.39% Asset Backed Notes (collectively, the “Notes”). This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Trust Agreement, to which Trust Agreement the holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such holder is bound. The property of the Trust includes a pool of retail installment sale and loan contracts for agricultural and construction equipment (the “Receivables”), all monies received after July 30, 2023 from payments on the Receivables, security interests in the equipment financed thereby, certain bank accounts and the proceeds thereof, proceeds from claims on certain insurance policies and certain other rights under the Trust Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement, all right, title, and interest of the Seller in and to the Purchase Agreement, to be dated as of September 19, 2023, between Xxxx Deere Capital Corporation and the Seller and all proceeds of the foregoing. The rights of the holders of the Certificate are subordinated to the rights of the holders of the Notes, as set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Under the Trust Agreement, there will be distributed on the 15th day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day (the “Payment Date”), commencing on October 16, 2023, to the person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last day of the month (the “Record Date”) immediately preceding the month in which such Payment Date occurs the Certificateholder’s undivided interest in the amount to be distributed to the Certificateholder on such Payment Date.
The holder of this Certificate acknowledges and agrees that its rights to receive distributions in respect of this Certificate are subordinated to the rights of the Noteholders as described in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Indenture.
It is the intention of the parties that the Trust will be disregarded as an entity separate from the Certificateholder for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Certificate, covenants and agrees that the Certificateholder will not at any time institute against the Seller, or join in any institution against the Seller of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any U.S. federal or State bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Certificate, the Notes, the Trust Agreement or any of the Basic Documents.
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Distributions on this Certificate will be made as provided in the Trust Agreement by the Paying Agent by wire transfer or check mailed to the Certificateholder of record in the Certificate Register without the presentation or surrender of this Certificate or the making of any notation hereon. Except as otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement and notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Owner Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency maintained for the purpose by the Owner Trustee.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not entitle the holder hereof to any benefit under the Trust Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and not in its individual capacity, has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
By: COMPUTERSHARE DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely
as Owner Trustee
Dated: September 19, 2023By:
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(Reverse of Certificate)
The Certificate does not represent an obligation of, or an interest in, the Seller, the Servicer, Deere & Company, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or any affiliates of any of them and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated herein or in the Trust Agreement or the Basic Documents. In addition, this Certificate is not guaranteed by any governmental agency or instrumentality and is limited in right of payment to certain collections with respect to the Receivables (and certain other amounts), all as more specifically set forth herein and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Certificate is limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries respecting the Receivables, all as more specifically set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. A copy of each of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Trust Agreement may be examined during normal business hours at the principal office of the Seller, and at such other places, if any, designated by the Seller, by the Certificateholder upon written request.
The Trust Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Seller and the rights of the Certificateholder under the Trust Agreement at any time by the Seller and the Owner Trustee with the consent of the holders of the Notes voting as a class evidencing not less than a majority of the outstanding Notes and the consent of the Certificateholder (which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld). Any such consent by the holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on the holder of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Trust Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the holder of the Certificate.
As provided in the Trust Agreement, this Certificate is nontransferable. The initial Certificate Registrar appointed under the Trust Agreement is U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association.
The Certificate is issuable only as a registered Certificate without coupons. As provided in the Trust Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Certificate is exchangeable for new Certificates evidencing the same undivided beneficial interest in the Trust, as requested by the holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for any such exchange, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may treat the person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The obligations and responsibilities created by the Trust Agreement and the Trust created thereby shall terminate upon the payment to the Certificateholder of all amounts required to be paid to it pursuant to the Trust Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the disposition of all property held as part of the Trust. The Servicer of the Receivables may at its option purchase the corpus of the Trust at a price specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
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and such purchase of the Receivables and other property of the Trust will effect early retirement of the Certificate; however, such right of purchase is exercisable only as of the last day of any Collection Period as of which the note value is less than or equal to 10% of the initial note value of the Receivables.
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CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
THIS Certificate of Trust of John Deere Owner Trust 2023-C (the “Trust”) is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as trustee, to form a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. Code, Section 3801 et seq.) (the “Act”).
0.Xxxx. The name of the statutory trust formed hereby is John Deere Owner Trust 2023-C.
2.Delaware Trustee. The name and address of the trustee of the Trust with a principal place of business in the State of Delaware are Computershare Delaware Trust Company, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
3.This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon filing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act.
COMPUTERSHARE DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee of the Trust.
By:
Name:
Title:
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