Exhibit 99.1
SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of March 1, 2003 (as
from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect,
this "Agreement"), by and among FORD CREDIT AUTO OWNER TRUST 2003-B (the
"Issuer"), a Delaware statutory trust, FORD CREDIT AUTO RECEIVABLES TWO LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, as seller (the "Seller"), and FORD MOTOR
CREDIT COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, as servicer (the "Servicer").
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to purchase a portfolio of
receivables and related property consisting of retail installment sale contracts
secured by new and used automobiles and light duty trucks generated by Ford
Motor Credit Company and PRIMUS in the ordinary course of their business and
conveyed to the Seller;
WHEREAS, the Seller is willing to sell such portfolio of
receivables and related property to the Issuer; and
WHEREAS, Ford Motor Credit Company is willing to service such
receivables on behalf of the Issuer;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual covenants herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto,
intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND USAGE
Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may
otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are
defined in Appendix A hereto, which also contains rules as to usage that are
applicable herein.
ARTICLE II
TRUST PROPERTY
Section 2.1 Conveyance of Trust Property. In consideration of the Issuer's sale
and delivery to, or upon the order of, the Seller of the Securities in an
aggregate principal amount equal to102% of the Pool Balance reduced by the Yield
Supplement Overcollateralization Amount on the Closing Date, the Seller does
hereby irrevocably sell, transfer, assign and otherwise convey to the Issuer
without recourse (subject to the obligations herein) all right, title and
interest of the Seller, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the
Trust Property. The transfer, assignment and conveyance made hereunder will not
constitute and is not intended to result in an assumption by the Issuer of any
obligation of the Seller to the Obligors, the Dealers or any other Person in
connection with the Receivables and the other Trust Property or any agreement,
document or instrument related thereto.
Section 2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Seller as to the Receivables.
The Seller makes the following representations and warranties as to the
Receivables on which the Issuer will be deemed to have relied in accepting the
Receivables. Such representations and warranties speak as of the Closing Date,
but will survive the transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Receivables to
the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture:
(i) Characteristics of Receivables. Each Receivable (a) has been originated
in the United States of America by a Dealer for the retail sale of a Financed
Vehicle in the ordinary course of such Dealer's business, has been fully and
properly executed by the parties thereto, has been purchased either (X) by the
Seller from Ford Credit, which in turn has purchased such Receivable from a
Dealer under an existing dealer agreement with Ford Credit, and which has been
validly assigned by such Dealer to Ford Credit and which in turn has been
validly assigned by Ford Credit to the Seller in accordance with its terms, or
(Y) by the Seller from Ford Credit, which has been assigned such Receivable by
PRIMUS, which in turn has purchased such Receivable from a Dealer or other
finance source (provided that such purchase relates to an individual Receivable
and not a bulk purchase) under an existing agreement with PRIMUS, and which has
been validly assigned by such Dealer or other finance source to PRIMUS and has
been validly assigned by PRIMUS to Ford Credit in the ordinary course of
business and which in turn has been validly assigned by Ford Credit to the
Seller in accordance with its terms, (b) creates or has created a valid,
subsisting, and enforceable first priority security interest in favor of Ford
Credit in the Financed Vehicle, which security interest has been assigned by
Ford Credit to the Seller, which in turn will be assignable by the Seller to the
Issuer, (c) contains customary and enforceable provisions such that the rights
and remedies of the holder thereof are adequate for realization against the
collateral of the benefits of the security, (d) provides for level monthly
payments (provided that the payment in the last month in the life of the
Receivable may be different but in no event more than twice the amount of the
level payment) that fully amortize the Amount Financed by maturity and yield
interest at the Annual Percentage Rate, (e) provides for, in the event that such
contract is prepaid, a prepayment that fully pays the Principal Balance, and (f)
is a Simple Interest Receivable.
(ii) Schedule of Receivables. The information set forth in the Schedule of
Receivables is true and correct in all material respects as of the opening of
business on the Cutoff Date, and no selection procedures believed to be adverse
to the Noteholders or the Certificateholders have been utilized in selecting the
Receivables from those receivables which meet the criteria contained herein. The
computer tape or other listing regarding the Receivables made available to the
Issuer and its assigns (which computer tape or other listing is required to be
delivered as specified herein) is true and correct in all material respects.
(iii) Compliance with Law. Each Receivable and the sale of the Financed
Vehicle complied at the time it was originated or made and at the execution of
this Agreement complies in all material respects with all requirements of
applicable federal, State, and local laws, and regulations thereunder,
including, without limitation, usury laws, the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act, the
Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt
Collection Practices Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxx
Warranty Act, the Federal Reserve Board's Regulations B and Z, and State
adaptations of the National Consumer Act and of the Uniform Consumer Credit
Code, and other consumer credit laws and equal credit opportunity and disclosure
laws.
(iv) Binding Obligation. Each Receivable represents the genuine, legal,
valid, and binding payment obligation of the Obligor, enforceable by the holder
thereof in accordance with its terms subject to the effect of bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally.
(v) No Government Obligor. None of the Receivables are due from the United
States of America or any State or from any agency, department, or
instrumentality of the United States of America, any State or political
subdivision of either thereof.
(vi) Security Interest in Financed Vehicle. Immediately prior to the
transfer, assignment and conveyance thereof, each Receivable is secured by a
first priority, validly perfected security interest in the Financed Vehicle in
favor of Ford Credit as secured party or all necessary and appropriate actions
have been commenced that would result in a first priority, validly perfected
security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of Ford Credit as secured
party.
(vii) Receivables in Force. No Receivable has been satisfied, subordinated,
or rescinded, nor has any Financed Vehicle been released from the lien granted
by the related Receivable in whole or in part.
(viii) No Waiver. No provision of a Receivable has been waived.
(ix) No Defenses. No right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim, or defense
has been asserted or threatened with respect to any Receivable.
(x) No Liens. To the best of the Seller's knowledge, no liens or claims
have been filed for work, labor, or materials relating to a Financed Vehicle
that are liens prior to, or equal with, the security interest in the Financed
Vehicle granted by the Receivable.
(xi) No Default. Except for payment defaults continuing for a period of not
more than thirty (30) days as of the Cutoff Date, no default, breach, violation,
or event permitting acceleration under the terms of any Receivable has occurred;
and no continuing condition that with notice or the lapse of time would
constitute a default, breach, violation, or event permitting acceleration under
the terms of any Receivable has arisen; and Ford Credit has not waived any of
the foregoing.
(xii) Insurance. Ford Credit, in accordance with its customary standards,
policies and procedures, has determined that, as of the date of origination of
each Receivable, the Obligor had obtained or agreed to obtain physical damage
insurance covering the Financed Vehicle.
(xiii) Title. It is the intention of the Seller that the sale, transfer,
assignment and conveyance herein contemplated constitute an absolute sale,
transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Receivables from the Seller to the
Issuer and that the beneficial interest in and title to the Receivables not be
part of the Seller's estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition
by or against the Seller under any bankruptcy law. No Receivable has been sold,
transferred, assigned, conveyed or pledged by the Seller to any Person other
than the Issuer. Immediately prior to the sale and transfer herein contemplated,
the Seller had good and marketable title to each Receivable free and clear of
all Liens, encumbrances, security interests, participations and rights of others
and, immediately upon the sale and transfer thereof, the Issuer will have good
and marketable title to each Receivable, free and clear of all Liens,
encumbrances, security interests, participations and rights of others; and the
sale and transfer has been perfected under the UCC.
(xiv) Valid Assignment. No Receivable has been originated in, or is subject
to the laws of, any jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer, assignment and
conveyance of such Receivable under this Agreement or pursuant to transfers of
the Securities would be unlawful, void, or voidable. The Seller has not entered
into any agreement with any account debtor that prohibits, restricts or
conditions the assignment of any portion of the Receivables.
(xv) All Filings Made. All filings (including, without limitation, UCC
filings) necessary in any jurisdiction to give the Issuer a first priority,
validly perfected ownership interest in the Receivables, and to give the
Indenture Trustee a first perfected security interest therein, will be made
within ten days of the Closing Date.
(xvi) Priority. Other than the security interest granted to the Issuer
pursuant to this Agreement, the Seller has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted
a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Receivables. The Seller
has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements
against the Seller that include a description of collateral covering the
Receivables other than any financing statement relating to the security interest
granted to the Issuer hereunder and by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee or
that has been terminated.
(xvii) Chattel Paper. Each Receivable constitutes "tangible chattel paper"
as defined in the UCC.
(xviii) One Original. There is only one original executed copy of each
Receivable. The Seller, or its custodian, has possession of such original with
respect to each Receivable. Such original does not have any marks or notations
indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any
Person other than Ford Credit. All financing statements filed or to be filed
against the Seller in favor of the Issuer in connection herewith describing the
Receivables contain a statement to the following effect: "A purchase of or
security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement will
violate the rights of the Issuer."
(xix) New and Used Vehicles. 80.25% of the aggregate Principal Balance of
the Receivables, constituting 72.42% of the number of Receivables as of the
Cutoff Date, represent vehicles financed at new vehicle rates, and the remainder
of the Receivables represent vehicles financed at used vehicle rates.
(xx) Amortization Type. By aggregate Principal Balance as of the Cutoff
Date, 100.00% of the Receivables constitute Simple Interest Receivables.
(xxi) Origination. Each Receivable has an origination date on or after June
2, 1997.
(xxii) PRIMUS. 12.10% of the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables
as of the Cutoff Date represent Receivables originated through PRIMUS and
assigned to Ford Credit, and the remainder of the Receivables were originated
through Ford Credit (excluding PRIMUS).
(xxiii) Maturity of Receivables. Each Receivable has an original maturity
of not greater than seventy-two (72) months. The percentage of Receivables by
Principal Balance with original terms greater than 60 months is 10.96%. The
percentage of Receivables by Principal Balance with remaining terms greater than
60 months is 8.18%.
(xxiv) Annual Percentage Rate. The Annual Percentage Rate of each
Receivable is between 0.00% to 29.99% (inclusive).
(xxv) Scheduled Payments. Each Receivable has a first scheduled due date on
or prior to February 28, 2003 and no Receivable has a payment that is more than
thirty (30) days overdue as of the Cutoff Date.
(xxvi) Location of Receivable Files. The Receivable Files are kept at one
or more of the offices of the Servicer in the United States or the offices of
one of the custodians specified in Schedule B hereto.
(xxvii) No Extensions. The number of scheduled due dates will not have been
extended on or before the Cutoff Date on any Receivable.
(xxviii) Rating Agencies. The rating agencies rating the Notes are Xxxxx'x,
Standard & Poor's and Fitch and the rating agencies rating the Class D
Certificates are Standard & Poor's and Fitch.
(xxix) Agreement. The representations and warranties of the Seller in
Section 6.1 are true and correct.
Section 2.3 Repurchase upon Breach. The Seller, the Servicer, the Issuer or the
Owner Trustee, as the case may be, will inform the other parties to this
Agreement, the Indenture Trustee and Ford Credit promptly, in writing, upon the
discovery of any breach of the Seller's representations and warranties made by
the Seller pursuant to Section 2.2. Unless the breach has been cured by the last
day of the second Collection Period following the discovery, the Indenture
Trustee will enforce the obligation of the Seller under this Section 2.3, and,
if necessary, the Seller or the Indenture Trustee will enforce the obligation of
Ford Credit under the Purchase Agreement, to repurchase any Receivable
materially and adversely affected by the breach as of such last day (or, at the
Seller's option, the last day of the first Collection Period following the
discovery). In consideration of the purchase of the Receivable, the Seller will
remit the Purchase Amount, in the manner specified in Section 4.6. The sole
remedy of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders
or the Certificateholders with respect to a breach of the Seller's
representations and warranties pursuant to Section 2.2 will be to require that
the Seller repurchase such Receivables pursuant to this Section 2.3 or to
enforce the obligation of Ford Credit to the Seller to repurchase such
Receivables pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. Neither the Owner Trustee nor
the Indenture Trustee will have any duty to conduct an affirmative investigation
as to the occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase of any Receivable
pursuant to this Section 2.3 or the eligibility of any Receivable for purposes
of this Agreement.
Section 2.4 Custody of Receivable Files. To assure uniform quality in servicing
the Receivables and to reduce administrative costs, the Issuer, upon the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, hereby revocably appoints the
Servicer, and the Servicer hereby accepts such appointment, to act as the agent
of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee as custodian of the following documents
or instruments, which are hereby constructively delivered to the Indenture
Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, with respect to
each Receivable (collectively, the "Receivable Files"):
(i) The original Receivable.
(ii) The original credit application fully executed by the Obligor or a
photocopy thereof or a record thereof on a computer file, diskette or
on microfiche.
(iii) The original certificate of title or such documents that the Servicer
or Ford Credit will keep on file, in accordance with its customary
standards, policies and procedures, evidencing the security interest of
Ford Credit in the Financed Vehicle.
(iv) Any and all other documents (including any computer file, diskette or
microfiche) that the Servicer or the Seller will keep on file, in
accordance with its customary procedures, relating to a Receivable, an
Obligor, or a Financed Vehicle.
The Servicer will provide an Officer's Certificate to the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee confirming that the Servicer has received on
behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee all the documents and instruments
necessary for the Servicer to act as the agent of the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee for the purposes set forth in this Section 2.4, including the documents
referred to herein, and the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee are hereby
authorized to rely on such Officer's Certificate.
Section 2.5 Duties of Servicer as Custodian.
(a) Safekeeping. The Servicer will hold the Receivable Files for the benefit of
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and maintain such accurate and complete
accounts, records, and computer systems pertaining to each Receivable File as
would enable the Servicer and the Issuer to comply with the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, and the Indenture Trustee to comply with the terms and
conditions of the Indenture. In performing its duties as custodian the Servicer
will act with reasonable care, using that degree of skill and attention that the
Servicer exercises with respect to the receivable files relating to all
comparable automotive receivables that the Servicer services for itself or
others and, consistent with such reasonable care, the Servicer may utilize the
services of third parties to act as custodian of physical Receivable Files,
subject to Section 7.5. In accordance with its customary standards, policies and
procedures with respect to its retail installment sale contracts, the Servicer
will conduct, or cause to be conducted, periodic audits of the Receivable Files
held by it under this Agreement, and of the related accounts, records, and
computer systems, in such a manner as would enable the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee to verify the accuracy of the Servicer's record keeping. The Servicer
will promptly report to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee any failure on its
part to hold the Receivable Files and maintain its accounts, records, and
computer systems as herein provided and promptly take appropriate action to
remedy any such failure. Nothing herein will be deemed to require an initial
review or any periodic review by the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee of the Receivable Files.
(b) Maintenance of and Access to Records. The Servicer will maintain each
Receivable File at one of its offices in the United States or the offices of one
of its custodians specified in Schedule B of this Agreement, or at such other
office as specified to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by written notice
not later than ninety (90) days after any change in location. The Servicer will
make available to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee or their duly authorized
representatives, attorneys, or auditors a list of locations of the Receivable
Files upon request. The Servicer will provide access to the Receivable Files,
and the related accounts, records, and computer systems maintained by the
Servicer at such times as the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee direct, but only
upon reasonable notice and during the normal business hours at the respective
offices of the Servicer.
(c) Release of Documents. Upon written instructions from the Indenture Trustee,
the Servicer will release or cause to be released any document in the Receivable
Files to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee's agent or the Indenture
Trustee's designee, as the case may be, at such place or places as the Indenture
Trustee may designate, as soon thereafter as is practicable. Any document so
released will be handled by the Indenture Trustee with due care and returned to
the Servicer for safekeeping as soon as the Indenture Trustee or its agent or
designee, as the case may be, has no further need therefor.
Section 2.6 Instructions; Authority to Act. All instructions from the Indenture
Trustee will be in writing and signed by an Authorized Officer of the Indenture
Trustee, and the Servicer will be deemed to have received proper instructions
with respect to the Receivable Files upon its receipt of such written
instructions.
Section 2.7 Custodian's Indemnification. The Servicer as custodian will
indemnify the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee for any and
all liabilities, obligations, losses, compensatory damages, payments, costs, or
expenses of any kind whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred, or asserted
against the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee as the result of
any improper act or omission in any way relating to the maintenance and custody
by the Servicer as custodian of the Receivable Files; provided, however, that
the Servicer will not be liable (i) to the Issuer for any portion of any such
amount resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence of the
Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the Issuer, (ii) to the Owner Trustee
for any portion of any such amount resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad
faith, or negligence of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the Issuer
and (iii) to the Indenture Trustee for any portion of any such amount resulting
from the willful misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence of the Indenture Trustee,
the Owner Trustee or the Issuer.
Section 2.8 Effective Period and Termination. The Servicer's appointment as
custodian will become effective as of the Cutoff Date and will continue in full
force and effect until terminated pursuant to this Section 2.8. If Ford Credit
resigns as Servicer in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or if
all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer have been terminated under
Section 8.1, the appointment of the Servicer as custodian hereunder may be
terminated by the Indenture Trustee, or by the Noteholders of Notes evidencing
not less than 25% of the Note Balance of the Notes Outstanding or, with the
consent of Noteholders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Note Balance
of the Notes Outstanding, by the Owner Trustee or by Certificateholders of
Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Aggregate Certificate Balance,
in the same manner as the Indenture Trustee or such Securityholders may
terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer under Section 8.1. As soon
as practicable after any termination of such appointment, the Servicer will
deliver to the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Trustee's agent the Receivable
Files and the related accounts and records maintained by the Servicer at such
place or places as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably designate.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF
RECEIVABLES AND TRUST PROPERTY
Section 3.1 Duties of Servicer. The Servicer will manage, service, administer,
and make collections on the Receivables with reasonable care, using that degree
of skill and attention that the Servicer exercises with respect to all
comparable automotive receivables that it services for itself or others. The
Servicer's duties will include collection and posting of all payments,
responding to inquiries of Obligors on such Receivables, investigating
delinquencies, sending payment coupons to Obligors, reporting tax information to
Obligors, accounting for collections, furnishing monthly and annual statements
to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee with respect to distributions,
and making Advances pursuant to Section 4.5. The Servicer will follow its
customary standards, policies and procedures in performing its duties as
Servicer. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer is
hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, the
Certificateholders, or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable
instruments, with respect to such Receivables or to the Financed Vehicles
securing such Receivables. If the Servicer commences a legal proceeding to
enforce a Receivable, the Owner Trustee (in the case of a Receivable other than
a Purchased Receivable) will thereupon be deemed to have automatically assigned,
solely for the purpose of collection, such Receivable to the Servicer. If in any
enforcement suit or legal proceeding it is held that the Servicer may not
enforce a Receivable on the ground that it is not a real party in interest or a
holder entitled to enforce the Receivable, the Owner Trustee will, at the
Servicer's expense and direction, take steps to enforce the Receivable,
including bringing suit in its name or the names of the Indenture Trustee, the
Noteholders, the Certificateholders, or any of them. The Owner Trustee will
furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents reasonably
necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and
administrative duties hereunder. The Servicer, at its expense, will obtain on
behalf of the Issuer and the Owner Trustee (or will cause the Owner Trustee to
obtain) all licenses, if any, required by the laws of any jurisdiction to be
held by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee in connection with ownership of the
Receivables, and will make all filings and pay all fees as may be required in
connection therewith during the term hereof.
Section 3.2 Collection of Receivable Payments. The Servicer will make reasonable
efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the
Receivables as and when the same becomes due and will follow such collection
procedures as it follows with respect to all comparable receivables that it
services for itself or others. Subject to Sections 3.6(iii) and (iv), the
Servicer may grant extensions, rebates, or adjustments on a Receivable;
provided, however, that if the Servicer extends the date for final payment by
the Obligor of any Receivable beyond 6 months past the Final Scheduled Maturity
Date, it will promptly purchase the Receivable in the manner provided in Section
3.7. The Servicer may in its discretion waive any late payment charge or any
other fees that may be collected in the ordinary course of servicing a
Receivable.
Section 3.3 Realization Upon Receivables. On behalf of the Issuer, the Servicer
will use reasonable efforts, consistent with its customary standards, policies
and procedures, to repossess or otherwise convert the ownership of the Financed
Vehicle securing any Receivable as to which the Servicer has determined eventual
payment in full is unlikely. The Servicer will follow such customary standards,
policies and procedures as it will deem necessary or advisable in its servicing
of comparable receivables, which may include reasonable efforts to realize upon
any Dealer Recourse and selling the Financed Vehicle at public or private sale.
The foregoing will be subject to the provision that, in any case in which the
Financed Vehicle has suffered damage, the Servicer will not be required to
expend funds in connection with the repair or the repossession of such Financed
Vehicle unless it determines in its discretion that such repair and/or
repossession will increase the Liquidation Proceeds by an amount greater than
the amount of such expenses.
Section 3.4 Allocations of Collections. If an Obligor is obligated under one or
more Receivables and also under one or more other assets owned by Ford Credit or
assigned by Ford Credit to third parties, then any payment on any such asset
received from or on behalf of such Obligor will, if identified as being made
with respect to a particular item or asset, be applied to such item, and
otherwise will be allocated by Ford Credit in accordance with its customary
standards, policies and procedures.
Section 3.5 Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles. The Servicer
will, in accordance with its customary standards, policies and procedures, take
such steps as are necessary to maintain perfection of the security interest
created by each Receivable in the related Financed Vehicle. The Issuer hereby
authorizes the Servicer to take such steps as are necessary to re-perfect such
security interest on behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the event
of the relocation of a Financed Vehicle or for any other reason.
Section 3.6 Covenants of Servicer. The Servicer will not (i) release the
Financed Vehicle securing each such Receivable from the security interest
granted by such Receivable in whole or in part except in the event of payment in
full by or on behalf of the Obligor thereunder, satisfaction of the payment
obligation evidenced by such Receivable, repossession, discounted settlement,
abandonment or by operation of law, in each case in accordance with the
Servicer's customary standards, policies and procedures, (ii) impair the rights
of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders in the Receivables, (iii) change
the Annual Percentage Rate with respect to any Receivable, or (iv) modify the
Amount Financed or the total number of originally scheduled due dates.
Section 3.7 Purchase of Receivables Upon Breach. (a) The Seller, the Servicer or
the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, promptly will inform the other parties to
this Agreement, in writing, upon the discovery of any breach pursuant to Section
3.2, 3.5 or 3.6. Unless the breach has been cured by the last day of the second
Collection Period following such discovery (or, at the Servicer's election, the
last day of the first following Collection Period), the Servicer will purchase
any Receivable affected by such breach at the Purchase Amount. In consideration
of the purchase of such Receivable, the Servicer will remit the Purchase Amount
in the manner specified in Section 4.6. For purposes of this Section 3.7, the
Purchase Amount will consist in part of a release by the Servicer of all rights
of reimbursement with respect to Outstanding Advances on the Receivable. The
sole remedy of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the
Noteholders or the Certificateholders with respect to a breach pursuant to
Section 3.2, 3.5 or 3.6 will be to require the Servicer to purchase Receivables
pursuant to this Section 3.7.
(b) The Seller, the Servicer or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, promptly
will inform the other parties to this Agreement in writing, upon the discovery
of any breach of the representations and warranties of Ford Credit, as seller,
set forth in Section 3.2(b) of the Purchase Agreement. Unless the breach has
been cured by the last day of the second Collection Period following the
discovery, the Servicer will enforce the obligation of Ford Credit under the
Purchase Agreement to repurchase any Receivable materially and adversely
affected by the breach as of such last day (or, at Ford Credit's option, the
last day of the first Collection Period following the discovery). In
consideration of the purchase of the Receivable, Ford Credit will remit,
pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Purchase Agreement, the Purchase Amount to the
Servicer and the Servicer will remit the Purchase Amount to the Collection
Account as specified in Section 4.6 hereof.
(c) With respect to all Receivables purchased pursuant to this Section 3.7, the
Issuer will assign to the Servicer or the Seller, as applicable, without
recourse, representation or warranty, all of the Issuer's right, title and
interest in and to such Receivables and all security and documents relating
thereto.
Section 3.8 Servicer Fee. The Servicer will be entitled to retain from
Collections on the Receivables all late fees, prepayment charges, extension fees
and other administrative fees or similar charges allowed by applicable law with
respect to Receivables during each Collection Period (the "Supplemental
Servicing Fee"). The Servicer also will be entitled to receive investment
earnings (net of investment losses and expenses) on funds deposited in the Trust
Accounts during each Collection Period. The Servicer also will be entitled to
the Servicing Fee, as provided in Section 4.7(c).
Section 3.9 Servicer's Certificate. (a) On or about the tenth day of each
calendar month, the Servicer will deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Note Paying
Agent and Certificate Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Swap
Counterparties and the Seller, with a copy to the Rating Agencies, a Servicer's
Certificate containing all information (including all specific dollar amounts)
necessary to make the transfers and distributions pursuant to Sections 4.4, 4.5,
4.6 and 4.7 for the Collection Period preceding the date of such Servicer's
Certificate, together with the written statements to be furnished by the Owner
Trustee to Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.9 and by the Indenture
Trustee to the Noteholders pursuant to Section 4.9 hereof and Section 6.6 of the
Indenture. Receivables purchased or to be purchased by the Servicer or the
Seller will be identified by the Servicer by the Seller's account number with
respect to such Receivable (as specified in the Schedule of Receivables).
(b) On or about the fifth (but in no event later than the tenth) calendar day of
each calendar month, the Servicer will deliver to the respective underwriters of
the Notes, the Note Pool Factor for each Class of Notes as of the close of
business on the Payment Date occurring in that month.
Section 3.10 Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Event of Servicing
Termination. (a) The Servicer will deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and each Rating Agency on or before April 30 of each year beginning
April 30, 2004, an Officer's Certificate, dated as of December 31 of the
preceding calendar year, stating that (i) a review of the activities of the
Servicer during the preceding 12-month (or shorter) period and of its
performance under this Agreement has been made under such officer's supervision
and (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge, based on such review, the
Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement throughout such
year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation,
specifying each such default known to such officer and the nature and status
thereof. Upon the written request of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee
shall promptly furnish the Owner Trustee a list of Noteholders as of the date
specified by the Owner Trustee.
(b) The Servicer will deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and
each Rating Agency promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no
event later than five (5) Business Days thereafter, written notice in an
Officer's Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice or lapse of
time, or both, would become an Event of Servicing Termination under Section 8.1.
The Seller will deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and each
Rating Agency promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no event
later than five (5) Business Days thereafter, written notice in an Officer's
Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or
both, would become an Event of Servicing Termination under clause (a)(ii) of
Section 8.1.
(c) To the extent directed by the Administrator, the Servicer shall prepare,
execute and deliver all certificates or other documents required to be delivered
by the Trust pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 or the rules and
regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, for so long as such laws, rules and
regulations are in effect.
Section 3.11 Annual Independent Certified Public Accountant's Report. The
Servicer will cause a firm of independent certified public accountants, who may
also render other services to the Servicer or to the Seller or to Ford Credit,
to deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee on or before April 30
of each year beginning April 30, 2004 with respect to the prior calendar year a
report addressed to the board of directors of the Servicer and to the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, to the effect that such firm has audited the
financial statements of the Servicer and issued its report thereon and that such
audit (1) was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, (2)
included tests relating to automotive loans serviced for others in accordance
with the requirements of the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage
Bankers (the "Program"), to the extent the procedures in such Program are
applicable to the servicing obligations set forth in this Agreement, and (3)
except as described in the report, disclosed no exceptions or errors in the
records relating to automobile and light duty truck loans serviced for others
that such firm is required to report under the Program.
The report will also indicate that the firm is independent of
the Servicer within the meaning of the Code of Professional Ethics of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
A copy of the report referred to in this Section 3.11 may be
obtained by any Certificateholder by a request in writing to the Owner Trustee,
or by any Noteholder or Person certifying that it is a Note Owner by a request
in writing to the Indenture Trustee, in either case addressed to the applicable
Corporate Trust Office.
Section 3.12 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
Receivables. The Servicer will provide to the Certificateholders, the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholders access to the Receivable Files in such cases where
the Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders are required by
applicable statutes or regulations to review such documentation. Access will be
afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable request and during the normal
business hours at the respective offices of the Servicer. Nothing in this
Section 3.12 will affect the obligation of the Servicer to observe any
applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Obligors, and
the failure of the Servicer to provide access to information as a result of such
obligation will not constitute a breach of this Section 3.12. The Servicer will
provide such information with respect to the Receivables as the Rating Agencies
may reasonably request, including as soon as practicable a periodic report of
the aggregate principal balance of Receivables which become Liquidated
Receivables during each Collection Period.
Section 3.13 Servicer Expenses. The Servicer will be required to pay all
expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder, including
fees and disbursements of the Owner Trustee, independent accountants, taxes
imposed on the Servicer and expenses incurred in connection with distributions
and reports to Noteholders and Certificateholders.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; RESERVE ACCOUNT;
STATEMENTS TO NOTEHOLDERS AND CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 4.1 Accounts.
(a) Collection Account. The Servicer will, prior to the Closing Date,
establish and maintain a segregated trust account in the name "The Bank
of New York as Indenture Trustee, as secured party for Ford Credit Auto
Owner Trust 2003-B", at a Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust
Institution (which will initially be the corporate trust department of
The Bank of New York), that will be designated as the "Collection
Account". Initially, the Collection Account will be account number
879362 and will include any successor or replacement accounts thereto.
The Collection Account will be under the sole dominion and control of
the Indenture Trustee; provided, that the Servicer may make deposits to
and direct the Indenture Trustee in writing to make withdrawals from
the Collection Account in accordance with the terms hereof. The
Servicer may direct the Indenture Trustee to withdraw from the
Collection Account and pay to the Servicer amounts received from or on
behalf of Obligors on the Receivables that do not constitute Available
Collections for any Collection Period or that were deposited to the
Collection Account in error. The Collection Account and all amounts,
securities, investments, financial assets and other property deposited
in or credited to the Collection Account will be held by the Indenture
Trustee as secured party for the benefit of the Noteholders and, after
payment in full of the Notes, as agent of the Trust and as part of the
Trust Property and all deposits to and withdrawals therefrom will be
made subject to the terms hereof.
(b) Principal Distribution Account. The Servicer will, prior to the Closing
Date, establish and maintain a segregated subaccount within the
Collection Account at the bank or trust company then maintaining the
Collection Account, which subaccount will be designated as the
"Principal Distribution Account". The Principal Distribution Account is
established and maintained solely for administrative purposes.
(c) Certificate Distribution Accounts. The Servicer will, prior to the
Closing Date, establish and maintain two segregated trust accounts,
each in the name "Wachovia Bank of Delaware, National Association as
Owner Trustee" at a Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust
Institution (initially the corporate trust department of Wachovia Bank
of Delaware, National Association), that will be designated as the
"Certificate Interest Distribution Account" and the "Certificate
Principal Distribution Account", respectively. Each Certificate
Distribution Account will be under the sole dominion and control of the
Owner Trustee. All monies deposited from time to time in each
Certificate Distribution Account pursuant to this Agreement and the
Indenture will be held by the Owner Trustee as part of the Trust
Property and will be applied as provided in this Agreement.
(d) Payahead Account. The Servicer will, prior to the Closing Date,
establish and maintain a segregated trust account in the name of "The
Bank of New York as Indenture Trustee" at a Qualified Institution or
Qualified Trust Institution (initially the corporate trust department
of The Bank of New York), that will be designated as the "Payahead
Account". The Payahead Account will be held in trust for the benefit of
the Obligors. The Payahead Account will be under the sole dominion and
control of the Indenture Trustee; provided that the Servicer may make
deposits to and direct the Indenture Trustee in writing to make
withdrawals from the Payahead Account subject to the terms hereof. The
Payahead Account will not be a part of the Trust Property.
(e) (i) Reserve Account. The Seller will, prior to the Closing Date,
establish and maintain an account in the name "The Bank of New York as
Indenture Trustee, as secured party for Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust
2003-B" at a Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust Institution, that
will be designated as the "Reserve Account" (and together with the
Collection Account, including the Principal Distribution Account, the
"Trust Accounts" and together with the Payahead Account and the
Certificate Distribution Accounts, the "2003-B Bank Accounts").
Initially the Reserve Account will be account number 879363 and will
include any successor or replacement accounts thereto. The Reserve
Account will be under the sole dominion and control of the Indenture
Trustee; provided, that the Servicer may make deposits to and direct
the Indenture Trustee in writing to make withdrawals from the Reserve
Account subject to the terms hereof. The Reserve Account and all
amounts, securities, investments, financial assets and other property
deposited in or credited to the Reserve Account will be held by the
Indenture Trustee as secured party for the benefit of the Noteholders
and, after payment in full of the Notes, as agent of the Owner Trustee
and as part of the Trust Property, and all deposits to and withdrawals
therefrom will be made subject to the terms hereof. The Seller will be
permitted to sell, transfer, convey or assign in any manner its rights
in the Reserve Account under this Section 4.1(e), together with its
rights to receive amounts under Section 4.7(c)(xii) of this Agreement
and Sections 5.4(b)(xiv) and 8.2(c)(xii) of the Indenture, provided
that each of the following is satisfied:
(1) the Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained with respect to such
action;
(2) such action will not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the
Issuer to be characterized for federal or any then Applicable Tax State
income tax purposes as an association taxable as a corporation; and
(3) the transferee or assignee agrees in writing to take positions for
federal and any Applicable Tax State income tax purposes consistent
with the tax positions taken previously by the Seller.
(ii) Following the payment in full of the aggregate principal amount of the
Notes and the Aggregate Certificate Balance and of all other amounts
owing or to be distributed hereunder or under the Indenture or the
Trust Agreement to Noteholders and Certificateholders and the
termination of the Trust, the Indenture Trustee will distribute any
remaining funds on deposit in the Reserve Account to the Seller.
(f) Compliance. Each of the 2003-B Bank Accounts will be established and
maintained at a Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust Institution
pursuant to an account agreement that specifies New York law as the
governing law. The Servicer, with respect to the Collection Account,
and the Seller, with respect to the Reserve Account, will ensure that
the account agreement establishing the Collection Account and the
Reserve Account, respectively, requires the Qualified Institution or
Qualified Trust Institution maintaining such account to comply with
entitlement orders (as defined in Article 8 of the UCC) originated by
the Indenture Trustee without further consent of the Issuer for so long
as the Notes are outstanding and to act as a securities intermediary in
accordance with the terms of the UCC. All deposits to and withdrawals
from the 2003-B Bank Accounts will be made only upon the terms and
conditions of the Basic Documents.
(g) Maintenance of Accounts. If at any time an institution maintaining one
of the 2003-B Bank Accounts ceases to be a Qualified Institution or
Qualified Trust Institution, the Servicer, with respect to the
Collection Account, including the Principal Distribution Account, the
Certificate Distribution Accounts and the Payahead Account, and the
Seller, with respect to the Reserve Account, will, with the Indenture
Trustee's or Owner Trustee's assistance as necessary, within ten (10)
Business Days (or such longer period not to exceed thirty (30) calendar
days as to which each Rating Agency may consent), move such 2003-B Bank
Account to a Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust Institution.
Section 4.2 Investment of Funds on Deposit in the Reserve Account, the
Collection Account and Payahead Account.
(a) On the Closing Date, the Seller will deposit the Reserve Initial
Deposit into the Reserve Account from the net proceeds of the sale of
the Securities. For so long as no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, funds on deposit in the Reserve Account
will, to the extent permitted by applicable law, rules and regulations
be invested, as directed by the Seller or by any Person appointed by
the Seller, by the applicable Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust
Institution maintaining such account in Permitted Investments without
requiring any action from the Indenture Trustee. Funds on deposit in
the Reserve Account may be invested in Permitted Investments that
mature not later than the Business Day preceding the next Payment Date,
and such Permitted Investments will be held to maturity; provided,
however, that upon receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation, funds on
deposit in the Reserve Account may be invested in Permitted Investments
that will not mature prior to the next Payment Date and will not be
sold or liquidated to meet any shortfalls that may occur. All interest
and other income (net of losses and investment expenses) on funds on
deposit in the Reserve Account will be deposited therein.
(b) For so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, funds on deposit held in the Collection Account and the
Payahead Account will, to the extent permitted by applicable law, rules
and regulations, be invested, as directed in writing by the Servicer,
by the Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust Institution maintaining
such account in Permitted Investments that mature not later than the
Business Day immediately prior to the Payment Date for the Collection
Period to which such amounts relate and such Permitted Investments will
be held to maturity. All interest and other income (net of losses and
investment expenses) on funds on deposit in the Collection Account and
the Payahead Account will be withdrawn from the Collection Account and
the Payahead Account, as applicable, at the written direction of the
Servicer and will be paid to the Servicer.
(c) Neither the Seller, with respect to the Reserve Account, nor the
Servicer, with respect to the Collection Account or the Payahead
Account, will direct the Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust
Institution maintaining such account to make any investment of any
funds or to sell any investment held in the Reserve Account or the
Collection Account unless the security interest Granted and perfected
in the Reserve Account and the Collection Account in favor of the
Indenture Trustee will continue to be perfected in such investment or
the proceeds of such sale, in either case without any further action by
any Person. In connection with any direction by the Seller or the
Servicer, as applicable, to make any such investment or sale, if
requested by the Indenture Trustee (acting at the direction of not less
than 50% of the Controlling Note Class), the Seller or the Servicer, as
applicable, will deliver an Opinion of Counsel to the Indenture
Trustee, to such effect.
(d) If (i) the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, has failed to give
investment directions for any funds on deposit in the Reserve Account,
the Collection Account or the Payahead Account to the Qualified
Institution or Qualified Trust Institution maintaining such accounts by
11:00 a.m. New York Time (or such other time as may be agreed by the
Issuer and such Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust Institution)
on the Business Day preceding each Payment Date, (ii) a Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the
Notes but the Notes have not been declared due and payable pursuant to
Section 5.2 of the Indenture (notice of which will be provided to the
Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust Institution maintaining the
Reserve Account, the Collection Account and the Payahead Account by the
Indenture Trustee) or (iii) the Notes have been declared due and
payable following an Event of Default and amounts collected or received
from the Indenture Trust Estate are being applied in accordance with
Section 5.4 of the Indenture as if there had not been such a
declaration (notice of which will be provided to the Qualified
Institution or Qualified Trust Institution maintaining the Reserve
Account, the Collection Account and the Payahead Account by the
Indenture Trustee), the Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust
Institution will, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and
reinvest funds in the Reserve Account, the Collection Account and the
Payahead Account in one or more Permitted Investments described in
clause (b) of the definition thereof.
(e) With respect to funds on deposit in the Reserve Account, the Collection
Account and the Payahead Account:
(1) any such funds or property in such accounts that is a "financial asset"
as defined in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC will be physically
delivered to, or credited to an account in the name of, the Qualified
Institution or Qualified Trust Institution maintaining such account in
accordance with such institution's customary procedures such that such
institution establishes a "securities entitlement" in favor of the
Indenture Trustee with respect thereto; and
(2) any funds or property that are held in deposit accounts will be held
solely in the name of the Indenture Trustee at one or more depository
institutions having the Required Rating and each such deposit account
will be subject to the exclusive custody and control of the Indenture
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee has sole signature authority with
respect thereto.
(f) Except for any deposit accounts specified in clause (e)(2) above, the
funds on deposit in the Reserve Account, the Collection Account and
Payahead Account will only be invested in securities or in other assets
which the Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust Institution
maintaining such accounts agrees to treat as "financial assets" as
defined in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC.
Section 4.3 Remittances.
(a) Ford Credit will be required to remit payments it receives from or on behalf
Obligors on the Receivables (including Payaheads but excluding payments on
Purchased Receivables and amounts constituting the Supplemental Servicing Fee)
to the Collection Account (1) within two Business Days of receipt, or (2) if
Ford Credit's short term unsecured debt is rated at least "P-1" by Xxxxx'x,
"A-1" by S&P and "F1" by Fitch Ratings, on the Business Day preceding each
Payment Date (or, upon receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation, each Payment Date)
(this clause (2) is referred to as the "Monthly Remittance Condition");
provided, however, if Ford Credit's short term debt rating does not satisfy the
levels specified for the Monthly Remittance Condition for one or more of the
Rating Agencies, Ford Credit may remit collections less frequently than daily,
but not later than the Payment Date, if it provides to the Owner Trustee and
Indenture Trustee written confirmation from each Rating Agency that rates Ford
Credit lower than the rating required for the Monthly Remittance Condition that
such alternative remittance schedule will not result in a downgrade or
withdrawal by such Rating Agency of any of its ratings assigned to the
Securities. If Ford Credit is not the Servicer or an Event of Servicing
Termination occurs, the Servicer will be required to remit payments it receives
from or on behalf of Obligors on the Receivables (including Payaheads but
excluding payments on Purchased Receivables and amounts constituting the
Supplemental Servicing Fee), to the Collection Account within two Business Days
of receipt. Pending deposit into the Collection Account, such payments may be
used by the Servicer at its own risk and for its own benefit and are not
required to be segregated from its own funds.
(b) Subject to Section 4.3 (a), the Servicer will not be required to segregate
or otherwise hold separate any Payaheads but will be required to remit Payaheads
to the Collection Account in accordance with Section 4.7(a)(i). At any time that
the Monthly Remittance Condition is not satisfied, the Servicer will deposit
into the Payahead Account the amount of any Payaheads then held or received by
it (which amount will be at least equal to the Payahead Balance as of the close
of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Collection Period).
(c) The Trust and the Indenture Trustee will not be deemed to have knowledge of
any failure to satisfy the Monthly Remittance Condition or any Event of
Servicing Termination that would require remittances to the Collection Account
within two Business Days of receipt unless the Trust or the Indenture Trustee
has received notice of such event or circumstance from the Seller or the
Servicer in an Officer's Certificate or from the Noteholders of Notes evidencing
not less than 25% of the Note Balance of the Notes Outstanding or from the
Certificateholders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Aggregate
Certificate Balance or unless a Trustee Officer in the Corporate Trust Office
with knowledge thereof and familiarity therewith has actual knowledge of such
event or circumstance.
Section 4.4 Application of Collections. For the purposes of this Agreement, as
of the close of business on the last day of each Collection Period, all
collections for the Collection Period with respect to each Receivable (other
than a Purchased Receivable) will be applied by the Servicer as follows:
(a) Payments by or on behalf of the Obligor that are not late fees, prepayment
charges, or other administrative fees and expenses, or similar charges which
constitute the Supplemental Servicing Fee will be applied first to reduce
Outstanding Advances made with respect to such Receivable, as described in
Sections 4.5(a) and (b) below; and
(b) Next, any excess will be applied in the case of Simple Interest Receivables,
to interest and principal on the Receivable in accordance with the Simple
Interest Method.
Section 4.5 Advances.
(a) Simple Interest Advances. (i) Advance by Servicer for early payment on
Simple Interest Receivables. As of the close of business on the last
day of each Collection Period, the Servicer will advance an amount
equal to the amount of interest due on the Simple Interest Receivables
at their respective APRs for the related Collection Period (assuming
the Simple Interest Receivables pay on their respective due dates)
minus the amount of interest actually received on the Simple Interest
Receivables during the related Collection Period (such amount, a
"Simple Interest Advance"). The Servicer will be entitled to recoup
this Simple Interest Advance to the extent that subsequent payments of
interest on any Simple Interest Receivables received in any Collection
Period exceed one month's interest on the Simple Interest Receivable
and will be entitled to all payments of interest in excess of one
month's interest.
(ii) Advance by Servicer for non-payment on Simple Interest Receivables. The
Servicer will make a Simple Interest Advance on a Simple Interest
Receivable for which no payment was received as of the close of
business on the last day of each Collection Period to the extent that
the Servicer, in its sole discretion, determines that the Simple
Interest Advance will be recoverable from subsequent collections from
the related obligor or any related Liquidation Proceeds. If the
Servicer subsequently determines that such Simple Interest Advance will
be not be recoverable from these sources, the Servicer will be entitled
to recoup the Simple Interest Advance from any collections made on the
other Receivables in the Trust.
(iii) Mechanics. With respect to each Simple Interest Receivable, the Simple
Interest Advance will increase Outstanding Simple Interest Advances. If
such calculation results in a negative number, an amount equal to such
negative number will be paid to the Servicer and the amount of
Outstanding Simple Interest Advances will be reduced by such amount.
The Servicer will deposit Simple Interest Advances into the Collection
Account on the Business Day preceding the Payment Date or, with Rating
Agency Confirmation, on such Payment Date.
(iv) No Advances of Principal on Simple Interest Receivables. The Servicer
will not make any advance in respect of principal of Simple Interest
Receivables.
(b) Unreimbursable Advance by Servicer for full prepayment on a Receivable.
If an Obligor prepays a Receivable in full, and the related contract
did not require such Obligor to pay a full month's interest, for the
month of prepayment, at the APR, the Servicer will make an
unreimbursable advance of the amount of such interest.
(c) Payment of Advances from the Reserve Account. If the Servicer
determines on or before any Determination Date that it is required to
make an Advance and does not do so from its own funds, the Servicer
will promptly instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw
funds, in an amount specified by the Servicer from funds in the Reserve
Account and deposit them in the Collection Account to cover any
shortfall. Such payment will be deemed to have been made by the
Servicer pursuant to this Section 4.5 for purposes of making
distributions pursuant to this Agreement, but will not otherwise
satisfy the Servicer's obligation to deliver the amount of the Advances
to the Indenture Trustee. The Servicer will replace any funds in the
Reserve Account so used within two Business Days.
Section 4.6 Additional Deposits to the Collection Account and Withdrawals from
the Reserve Account. (a) The Servicer will deposit into the Collection Account
the aggregate Advances pursuant to Sections 4.5(a), (b) and (c). The Servicer
and the Seller will deposit into the Collection Account the aggregate Purchase
Amounts with respect to Purchased Receivables and the Servicer will deposit into
the Collection Account all amounts to be paid under Section 9.1. All such
deposits with respect to a Collection Period will be made, in immediately
available funds, on the Business Day preceding the Payment Date (or, with Rating
Agency Confirmation, on the Payment Date) related to such Collection Period.
(b) The Indenture Trustee will, on the Payment Date relating to each
Collection Period, make withdrawals from the Reserve Account:
(i) first, in an amount equal to the Reserve Account Release Amount,
(ii) second, in an amount equal to the amount (if positive), calculated by
the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.5(d),
(iii) third, in an amount equal to the amount (if positive) calculated by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 4.7(b)(ii),
(iv) fourth, in an amount equal to the amount (if positive) calculated by
the Servicer pursuant to the Section 4.7(b)(iii), and
(v) fifth in an amount equal to the amount (if positive) calculated by the
Servicer pursuant to the Section 4.7(b)(iv), and, in each case, will
deposit such funds in the Collection Account.
Section 4.7 Distributions. (a) On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee will
cause to be made the following transfers and distributions in the amounts set
forth in the Servicer's Certificate for such Payment Date:
(i) From the Payahead Account, or from the Servicer in accordance with
Section 4.3, to the Collection Account, in immediately available funds,
(x) the portion of Payaheads constituting Scheduled Payments or
prepayments in full, required by Sections 4.4 and 4.5(a), and (y) the
Payahead Balance, if any, relating to any Purchased Receivable.
(ii) From the Collection Account to the Payahead Account, or to the Servicer
in accordance with Section 4.3, in immediately available funds, the
aggregate Payaheads required by Section 4.4 for the Collection Period
related to such Payment Date.
(iii) From the Collection Account to the Servicer, in immediately available
funds, repayment of Outstanding Advances pursuant to Sections 4.5(a)
and (b).
(b) Prior to each Payment Date, the Servicer will on or before each
Determination Date calculate:
(i) the Available Collections, the Reserve Account Release Amount, the
Available Funds, the Servicing Fee and all unpaid Servicing Fees from
prior Collection Periods, if any, any Net Swap Payments, any Net Swap
Receipts, any Swap Termination Payments, the Accrued Class A Note
Interest, the First Priority Principal Distribution Amount, the Accrued
Class B Note Interest, the Second Priority Principal Distribution
Amount, the Accrued Class C Note Interest, the Third Priority Principal
Distribution Amount, the Accrued Class D Certificate Interest and the
Regular Principal Distribution Amount;
(ii) the difference, if any, between the Total Required Payment over the
Available Funds;
(iii) if such Determination Date is the Determination Date immediately
preceding the Final Scheduled Payment Date with respect to any Class of
Notes or the Class D Certificates, the difference, if any, between (x)
the amount required to pay such Class of Notes or the Class D
Certificates in full in accordance with the priorities set forth in
Sections 4.7(c) and (d), and (y) the sum of the Available Funds plus
the amount calculated in accordance with clause (ii) above; and
(iv) (x) the sum of the Available Funds plus the amounts calculated in
accordance with Section 4.7(b) (ii) and (iii) plus the amount remaining
on deposit in the Reserve Account after the withdrawal of the amounts
calculated in Section 4.7(b) (ii) and (iii), and (y) the amount
required to pay the Servicing Fee and principal and interest of each
Class of Notes and the Class D Certificates in full in accordance with
the priorities set forth in Sections 4.7(c) and (d).
(c) On each Payment Date, the Servicer will instruct the Indenture Trustee
(based on the information contained in the Servicer's Certificate
delivered on or before the related Determination Date pursuant to
Section 3.9), to make the following withdrawals from the Collection
Account and make deposits, distributions and payments, to the extent of
funds on deposit in the Collection Account with respect to the
Collection Period preceding such Payment Date (including funds, if any,
deposited therein from the Reserve Account pursuant to Section 4.6(b)
and from the Payahead Account pursuant to Section 4.7(a)), in the
following order of priority:
(i) first, to the Servicer, the Servicing Fee and all unpaid Servicing Fees
from prior Collection Periods;
(ii) second, to the Swap Counterparties, the amount of any Net Swap Payments
then due under the Interest Rate Swap Agreements (exclusive of any Swap
Termination Payments);
(iii) third, with the same priority and pro rata, in accordance with the
outstanding principal balance of the Class A Notes and the amount of
any Swap Termination Payments due and payable by the Issuer to the
Class A Swap Counterparties:
(1) to the Noteholders of Class A Notes, the Accrued Class A Note Interest,
and
(2) to the Class A Swap Counterparties, any Swap Termination Payments due
to them;
provided, that, if any amounts allocable to the Class A Notes are not needed to
pay interest due on such Notes, such amounts will be applied to pay the portion,
if any, of any Swap Termination Payments remaining unpaid to the Class A Swap
Counterparties, and provided, further, that if there are not sufficient funds
available to pay the entire amount of the Accrued Class A Note Interest, the
amounts available will be applied to the payment of such interest on the Class A
Notes on a pro rata basis;
(iv) fourth, to the Principal Distribution Account, the First Priority
Principal Distribution Amount;
(v) fifth, with the same priority and pro rata, in accordance with the
outstanding principal balance of the Class B Notes and the amount of
any Swap Termination Payments due and payable by the Issuer to the
Class B Swap Counterparty:
(1) to the Noteholders of Class B Notes, the Accrued Class B Note Interest,
and
(2) to the Class B Swap Counterparty, any Swap Termination Payments due to
it;
provided, that, if any amounts allocable to the Class B Notes are not needed to
pay interest due on such Notes, such amounts will be applied to pay the portion,
if any, of any Swap Termination Payments remaining unpaid to the Class B Swap
Counterparty, and provided, further, that if there are not sufficient funds
available to pay the entire amount of the Accrued Class B Note Interest, the
amounts available will be applied to the payment of such interest on the Class B
Notes on a pro rata basis;
(vi) sixth, to the Principal Distribution Account, the Second Priority
Principal Distribution Amount, if any;
(vii) seventh, to the Noteholders of Class C Notes, the Accrued Class C Note
Interest; provided that if there are not sufficient funds available to
pay the entire amount of the Accrued Class C Note Interest, the amounts
available will be applied to the payment of such interest on the Class
C Notes on a pro rata basis;
(viii) eighth, to the Principal Distribution Account, the Third Priority
Principal Distribution Amount, if any;
(ix) ninth, to the Certificate Interest Distribution Account, the Accrued
Class D Certificate Interest;
(x) tenth, to the Reserve Account, the amount, if any, required to bring
the amount in the Reserve Account up to the Specified Reserve Balance;
(xi) eleventh, to the Principal Distribution Account, the Regular Principal
Distribution Amount; and
(xii) twelfth, to the Seller, any funds remaining on deposit in the
Collection Account with respect to the Collection Period preceding such
Payment Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) following the occurrence
and during the continuation of an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(i),
5.1(ii), 5.1(iv) or 5.1(v) of the Indenture that has resulted in an acceleration
of the Notes (including the occurrence of such an Event of Default following the
occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(iii) of the Indenture
that has resulted in an acceleration of the Notes), the Servicer will instruct
the Indenture Trustee to transfer the funds on deposit in the Collection Account
remaining after the distribution of amounts pursuant to Section 4.7(c) (i), (ii)
and (iii) above to the Principal Distribution Account to the extent necessary to
reduce the principal amount of all the Class A Notes to zero, and then after
payment of amounts pursuant to Section 4.7(c)(v) above to the Principal
Distribution Account to the extent necessary to reduce the principal amount of
all the Class B Notes to zero, (B) following the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(iii) of the
Indenture that has resulted in an acceleration of the Notes, the Servicer will
instruct the Indenture Trustee to transfer the funds on deposit in the
Collection Account remaining after the distribution of amounts pursuant to
Section 4.7(c) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii) above to the
Principal Distribution Account to the extent necessary to reduce the principal
amount of all the Notes to zero, and (C) in the case of an event described in
clause (A) or (B), the Certificateholders will not receive any distributions of
principal or interest until the principal amount and accrued interest on all the
Notes has been paid in full.
(d) On each Payment Date, the Servicer will instruct the Indenture Trustee
(based on the information contained in the Servicer's Certificate
delivered on or before the related Determination Date pursuant to
Section 3.9), to withdraw the funds on deposit in the Principal
Distribution Account with respect to the Collection Period preceding
such Payment Date and make distributions and payments in the following
order of priority:
(i) first, to the Noteholders of the Class A-1 Notes in reduction of
principal until the principal amount of the Outstanding Class A-1 Notes
has been paid in full; provided that if there are not sufficient funds
available to pay the principal amount of the Outstanding Class A-1
Notes in full, the amounts available will be applied to the payment of
principal on the Class A-1 Notes on a pro rata basis;
(ii) second, to the Noteholders of the Class A-2 Notes in reduction of
principal until the principal amount of the Outstanding Class A-2 Notes
has been paid in full; provided that if there are not sufficient funds
available to pay the principal amount of the Outstanding Class A-2
Notes in full, the amounts available will be applied to the payment of
principal on the Class A-2 Notes on a pro rata basis based on the
principal balances of the Class A-2a Notes and the Class A-2b Notes;
(iii) third, to the Noteholders of the Class A-3 Notes in reduction of
principal until the principal amount of the Outstanding Class A-3 Notes
has been paid in full; provided that if there are not sufficient funds
available to pay the principal amount of the Outstanding Class A-3
Notes in full, the amounts available will be applied to the payment of
principal on the Class A-3 Notes on a pro rata basis based on the
principal balances of the Class A-3a Notes and the Class A-3b Notes;
(iv) fourth, to the Noteholders of the Class A-4 Notes in reduction of
principal until the principal amount of the Outstanding Class A-4 Notes
has been paid in full; provided that if there are not sufficient funds
available to pay the principal amount of the Outstanding Class A-4
Notes in full, the amounts available will be applied to the payment of
principal on the Class A-4 Notes on a pro rata basis based on the
principal balances of the Class A-4 Notes;
(v) fifth, to the Noteholders of the Class B Notes in reduction of
principal until the principal amount of the Outstanding Class B Notes
has been paid in full; provided that if there are not sufficient funds
available to pay the principal amount of the Outstanding Class B Notes
in full, the amounts available will be applied to the payment of
principal on the Class B Notes on a pro rata basis;
(vi) sixth, to the Noteholders of the Class C Notes in reduction of
principal until the principal amount of the Outstanding Class C Notes
has been paid in full; provided that if there are not sufficient funds
available to pay the principal amount of the Outstanding Class C Notes
in full, the amounts available will be applied to the payment of
principal on the Class C Notes on a pro rata basis;
(vii) seventh, to the Certificate Principal Distribution Account, in
reduction of the Certificate Balance of the Class D Certificates, until
the Certificate Balance of the Class D Certificates has been reduced to
zero;
(viii) eighth, to the Seller, any funds remaining on deposit in the Principal
Distribution Account.
Section 4.8 Net Deposits. Ford Credit may make the remittances pursuant to
Sections 4.3(a) and 4.6(a), net of amounts to be distributed to Ford Credit
pursuant to Section 4.7(c). Nonetheless, the Servicer will account for all of
the above described remittances and distributions in the Servicer's Certificate
as if the amounts were deposited and/or transferred separately.
Section 4.9 Statements to Noteholders and Certificateholders. On each Payment
Date, the Servicer will provide to the Indenture Trustee (with copies to the
Rating Agencies, the Swap Counterparties and each Note Paying Agent) for the
Indenture Trustee to forward to each Noteholder of record as of the most recent
Record Date (which delivery by the Indenture Trustee to the Noteholders may be
made by making such statement available to the Noteholders through the Indenture
Trustee's website, which initially is located at xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx and to the
Owner Trustee (with copies to the Rating Agencies and to each Certificate Paying
Agent) for the Owner Trustee to forward to each Certificateholder of record as
of the most recent Record Date a statement based on information in the
Servicer's Certificate furnished pursuant to Section 3.9, setting forth for the
Collection Period relating to such Payment Date the following information as to
the Securities to the extent applicable:
(i) the amount of such distribution allocable to principal allocable to
each Class of Securities;
(ii) the amount of such distribution allocable to interest allocable to each
Class of Securities;
(iii) the amount of such distribution allocable to draws from the Reserve
Account, if any;
(iv) the Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the
preceding Collection Period;
(v) the Specified Overcollateralization Amount and the Specified Credit
Enhancement Amount as of such Payment Date;
(vi) the amount of the Servicing Fee paid to the Servicer with respect to
the related Collection Period and the amount of any unpaid Servicing
Fees and the change in such amount from that of the prior Payment Date;
(vii) the amounts of the Noteholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall and the
Certificateholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall, if any, on such
Payment Date and the change in such amounts from the preceding Payment
Date;
(viii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of each Class of Notes, the
Note Pool Factor for each Class of Notes, the Certificate Balance of
the Class D Certificates and the Certificate Pool Factor of the Class D
Certificates as of such Payment Date;
(ix) the amount of any previously due and unpaid payment of principal of the
Notes or of the Certificate Balance, as applicable, and the change in
such amount from that of the prior Payment Date;
(x) the balance of the Reserve Account on such Payment Date, after giving
effect to distributions made on such Payment Date and the change in
such balance from the preceding Payment Date;
(xi) the amount of the aggregate Realized Losses, if any, with respect to
the related Collection Period;
(xii) the aggregate Purchase Amount of Receivables repurchased by the Seller
or purchased by the Servicer, if any, with respect to the related
Collection Period; and
(xiii) the amount of Advances, if any, on such Payment Date.
Each amount set forth on the Payment Date statement pursuant
to clauses (i), (ii), (vii) and (ix) above will be expressed as a dollar amount
per $1,000 of original principal amount or original Certificate Balance of a
Note or a Certificate, as applicable.
ARTICLE V
Intentionally Omitted
ARTICLE VI
THE SELLER
Section 6.1 Representations and Warranties of Seller. The Seller makes the
following representations and warranties on which the Issuer will be deemed to
have relied in acquiring the Trust Property. The representations and warranties
speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and will survive the
conveyance of the Trust Property to the Issuer and the pledge thereof by the
Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Seller has been duly organized and is
validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws
of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own its properties and to
conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is
presently conducted, and had at all relevant times, and will have, power,
authority and legal right to acquire and own the Receivables.
(b) Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
limited liability company in good standing, and has obtained all necessary
licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions (including Pennsylvania) in which
the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualifications.
(c) Power and Authority. The Seller has the power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party and
to carry out their respective terms. The Seller has full power and authority to
convey and assign the property to be conveyed and assigned to and deposited with
the Issuer and has duly authorized such conveyance and assignment to the Issuer
by all necessary action; and the execution, delivery, and performance of this
Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Seller by all necessary action.
(d) Valid Conveyance; Binding Obligation. This Agreement evidences a valid sale,
transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Receivables and the other Trust
Property conveyed by the Seller to the Issuer hereunder, enforceable against
creditors of and purchasers from the Seller; and this Agreement and the other
Basic Documents to which the Seller is a party constitute legal, valid, and
binding obligations of the Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance
with their respective terms, subject, as to enforceability, to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, conservatorship, receivership,
liquidation and other similar laws and to general equitable principles.
(e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which the Seller is a party and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof will not conflict with, result in
any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or
without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under the Certificate of
Formation or Limited Liability Company Agreement, any indenture, mortgage, deed
of trust, loan agreement, guarantee, lease financing agreement or similar
agreement or instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which the Seller is
bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee, lease financing
agreement or similar agreement or instrument; nor violate any law or, to the
best of the Seller's knowledge, any order, rule, or regulation applicable to the
Seller of any federal or State regulatory body, administrative agency, or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or its
properties.
(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or, to
the Seller's best knowledge, threatened, before any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency, or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction
over the Seller or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement, the Indenture, any of the other Basic Documents or the Securities,
(ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Securities or the consummation of
any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture or any of
the other Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that might
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations
under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, the Indenture, any
of the other Basic Documents or the Securities, or (iv) relating to the Seller
that might adversely affect the federal or Applicable Tax State income, excise,
franchise or similar tax attributes of the Securities.
(g) Valid Security Interest. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing
security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Receivables, in
favor of the Issuer which security interest is prior to all other Liens and is
enforceable as such as against all other creditors of and purchasers from the
Seller.
Section 6.2 Liability of Seller; Indemnities. The Seller will be liable in
accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically
undertaken by the Seller under this Agreement, and hereby agrees to the
following:
(a) The Seller will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee from and against any taxes that may at any
time be asserted against any such Person with respect to, and as of the date of,
the conveyance of the Receivables to the Issuer or the issuance and original
sale of the Securities, including any sales, gross receipts, general
corporation, tangible personal property, privilege, or license taxes (but, in
the case of the Issuer, not including any taxes asserted with respect to
ownership of the Receivables or federal or other Applicable Tax State income
taxes arising out of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
other Basic Documents) and costs and expenses in defending against the same.
(b) The Seller will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders from
and against any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of (i) the
Seller's willful misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence (other than errors in
judgment) in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, or by reason of
reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement and (ii)
the Seller's violation of federal or State securities laws in connection with
the registration or the sale of the Securities.
(c) The Seller will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Owner Trustee and
the Indenture Trustee and their respective officers, directors, employees and
agents from and against all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages and
liabilities arising out of or incurred in connection with the acceptance or
performance of the trusts and duties contained herein and in the Trust
Agreement, in the case of the Owner Trustee, and in the Indenture, in the case
of the Indenture Trustee, except to the extent that such cost, expense, loss,
claim, damage or liability: (i) in the case of the Owner Trustee, is due to the
willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (except for errors in judgment) of
the Owner Trustee or, in the case of the Indenture Trustee, is due to the
willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (except for errors in judgment) of
the Indenture Trustee; or (ii) in the case of the Owner Trustee arises from the
breach by the Owner Trustee of any of its representations or warranties set
forth in Section 7.3 of the Trust Agreement or (iii) in the case of the
Indenture Trustee arises from the breach by the Indenture Trustee of any of its
representations and warranties set forth in the Indenture.
(d) The Seller will pay any and all taxes levied or assessed upon all or any
part of the Owner Trust Estate.
(e) The Seller will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Issuer from and
against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities,
arising out of or resulting from the failure of a Receivable to be originated in
compliance with all requirements of law and for any breach of any of the
Seller's representations and warranties as set forth in Section 2.2, provided,
that any indemnification amounts owed pursuant to this Section 6.2 with respect
to a Receivable will give effect to and not be duplicative of the Purchase
Amount paid by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof.
(f) Indemnification under this Section 6.2 will survive the resignation or
removal of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and the termination of
this Agreement and will include, without limitation, reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Seller has made any
indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 6.2 and the Person to or on behalf
of whom such payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts from
others, such Person will promptly repay such amounts to the Seller, without
interest.
(g) The Seller's obligations under this Section 6.2 are obligations solely of
the Seller and will not constitute a claim against the Seller to the extent that
the Seller does not have funds sufficient to make payment of such obligations.
In furtherance of and not in derogation of the foregoing, the Issuer, the
Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, by entering into or
accepting this agreement, acknowledge and agree that they have no right, title
or interest in or to the Other Assets of the Seller. To the extent that,
notwithstanding the agreements and provisions contained in the preceding
sentence, the Issuer, Servicer, Indenture Trustee or Owner Trustee either (i)
asserts an interest or claim to, or benefit from, Other Assets, or (ii) is
deemed to have any such interest, claim to, or benefit in or from Other Assets,
whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to applicable provisions of
insolvency laws or otherwise (including by virtue of Section 1111(b) of the
Bankruptcy Code or any successor provision having similar effect under the
Bankruptcy Code), then such Issuer, Servicer, Indenture Trustee or Owner Trustee
further acknowledges and agrees that any such interest, claim or benefit in or
from Other Assets is and will be expressly subordinated to the indefeasible
payment in full, which, under the terms of the relevant documents relating to
the securitization or conveyance of such Other Assets, are entitled to be paid
from, entitled to the benefits of, or otherwise secured by such Other Assets
(whether or not any such entitlement or security interest is legally perfected
or otherwise entitled to a priority of distributions or application under
applicable law, including insolvency laws, and whether or not asserted against
the Seller), including the payment of post-petition interest on such other
obligations and liabilities. This subordination agreement will be deemed a
subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy
Code. The Issuer, Servicer, Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee each further
acknowledges and agrees that no adequate remedy at law exists for a breach of
this Section 6.2(g) and the terms of this Section 6.2(g) may be enforced by an
action for specific performance. The provisions of this Section 6.2(g) will be
for the third party benefit of those entitled to rely thereon and will survive
the termination of this Agreement.
Section 6.3 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of,
Seller. Any Person (i) into which the Seller may be merged or consolidated, (ii)
resulting from any merger, conversion, or consolidation to which the Seller is a
party, (iii) succeeding to the business of the Seller, or (iv) more than 50% of
the voting stock or voting power and 50% or more of the economic equity of which
is owned directly or indirectly by Ford Motor Company, which Person in any of
the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every
obligation of the Seller under this Agreement, will be the successor to the
Seller under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any document or
any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement; provided,
however, that (x) the Seller has delivered to the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each
stating that such merger, conversion, consolidation or succession and such
agreement of assumption comply with this Section 6.3 and that all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction
have been complied with and (y) the Seller has delivered to the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements
and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to
preserve and protect the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee,
respectively, in the Receivables and the other Trust Property, and reciting the
details of such filings, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no
such action is necessary to preserve and protect such interest. The Seller will
provide notice of any merger, conversion, consolidation, or succession pursuant
to this Section 6.3 to the Rating Agencies. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, the execution of the foregoing agreement of assumption and
compliance with clauses (x) and (y) of this Section 6.3 will be conditions to
the consummation of the transactions referred to in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii)
of this Section 6.3.
Section 6.4 Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others. The Seller and any
officer or employee or agent of the Seller may rely in good faith on the advice
of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and
submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Seller
will not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute, or defend any legal
action that is not incidental to its obligations under this Agreement, and that
in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.
Section 6.5 Seller May Own Securities. The Seller, and any Affiliate of the
Seller, may in its individual or any other capacity become the owner or pledgee
of Securities with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Seller or
an Affiliate thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in the
other Basic Documents. Except as set forth herein or in the other Basic
Documents, Securities so owned by or pledged to the Seller or any such Affiliate
will have an equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of this
Agreement and the other Basic Documents, without preference, priority, or
distinction as among all of the Securities.
ARTICLE VII
THE SERVICER
Section 7.1 Representations of Servicer. The Servicer makes the following
representations on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the
Trust Property. The representations speak as of the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and will survive the conveyance of the Trust Property to the
Issuer and the pledge thereof by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Servicer has been duly organized and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of its incorporation, with power and authority to own its properties and to
conduct its business in each jurisdiction in the United States of America in
which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties requires
such qualifications, and had at all relevant times, and has, the power,
authority, and legal right to acquire, own, sell and service the Receivables and
to hold the Receivable Files as custodian on behalf of the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee.
(b) Due Qualification. The Servicer is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses
and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property
or the conduct of its business (including the servicing of the Receivables as
required by this Agreement) require such qualifications.
(c) Power and Authority. The Servicer has the power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party and
to carry out their respective terms, and the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party have been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Servicer by all necessary
corporate action.
(d) Binding Obligation. This Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which
the Servicer is a party constitute legal, valid, and binding obligations of the
Servicer, enforceable against the Servicer in accordance with their respective
terms, subject, as to enforceability, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, conservatorship, receivership, liquidation and other similar
laws and to general equitable principles.
(e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which the Servicer is a party and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof will not conflict with, result in
any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or
without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under (in each case material
to the Servicer and its subsidiaries considered as a whole), the articles of
incorporation or by-laws of the Servicer, or any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement, guarantee, lease financing agreement or similar agreement
or instrument to which the Servicer is a party or by which it is bound, nor
result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance (in each
case material to the Servicer and its subsidiaries considered as a whole) upon
any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee, lease financing agreement or similar
agreement or instrument (other than this Agreement); nor violate any law or, to
the best of the Servicer's knowledge, any order, rule, or regulation applicable
to the Servicer of any court or any federal or State regulatory body,
administrative agency, or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction
over the Servicer or its properties.
(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or, to
the Servicer's best knowledge, threatened, before any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency, or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction
over the Servicer or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement, the Indenture, any of the other Basic Documents or the Securities,
(ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Securities or the consummation of
any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture or any of
the other Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that might
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its
obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, the
Indenture, any of the other Basic Documents or the Securities, or (iv) relating
to the Servicer that might adversely affect the federal or Applicable Tax State
income, excise, franchise or similar tax attributes of the Securities.
Section 7.2 Indemnities of Servicer. The Servicer will be liable in accordance
herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the
Servicer under this Agreement, and hereby agrees to the following:
(a) The Servicer will defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, the Certificateholders and the
Seller from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and
liabilities, arising out of or resulting from the use, ownership or operation by
the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof of a Financed Vehicle.
(b) The Servicer will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee from and against any taxes that may at any
time be asserted against any such Person with respect to the transactions
contemplated herein or in the other Basic Documents, if any, including, without
limitation, any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal
property, privilege, or license taxes (but, in the case of the Issuer, not
including any taxes asserted with respect to, and as of the date of, the
conveyance of the Receivables to the Issuer or the issuance and original sale of
the Securities, or asserted with respect to ownership of the Receivables, or
federal or other Applicable Tax State income taxes arising out of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Basic Documents) and
costs and expenses in defending against the same.
(c) The Servicer will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, the Certificateholders and the
Seller from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages,
and liabilities to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage, or
liability arose out of, or was imposed upon any such Person through, the
negligence, willful misfeasance, or bad faith (other than errors in judgment) of
the Servicer in the performance of its duties under this Agreement or any other
Basic Document to which it is a party, or by reason of reckless disregard of its
obligations and duties under this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which
it is a party.
(d) The Servicer will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Owner Trustee and
the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, from and against all costs, expenses,
losses, claims, damages, and liabilities arising out of or incurred in
connection with the acceptance or performance of the trusts and duties contained
herein and in the other Basic Documents, if any, except to the extent that such
cost, expense, loss, claim, damage, or liability: (i) is due to the willful
misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence (except for errors in judgment) of the
Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable; (ii) in the case of the
Owner Trustee, arises from the Owner Trustee's breach of any of its
representations or warranties set forth in Section 7.3 of the Trust Agreement
or, in the case of the Indenture Trustee, from the Indenture Trustee's breach of
any of its representations or warranties set forth in the Indenture; or (iii) in
the case of the Indenture Trustee, arises out of or is incurred in connection
with the performance by the Indenture Trustee of the duties of a Successor
Servicer hereunder.
For purposes of this Section 7.2, in the event of the
termination of the rights and obligations of Ford Credit (or any successor
thereto pursuant to Section 8.2) as Servicer pursuant to Section 8.1, or a
resignation by such Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, such Servicer will be
deemed to continue to be the Servicer pending appointment of a Successor
Servicer (other than the Indenture Trustee) pursuant to Section 8.2.
(e) Indemnification under this Section 7.2 by Ford Credit (or any successor
thereto pursuant to Section 8.2) as Servicer, with respect to the period such
Person was (or was deemed to be) the Servicer, will survive the termination of
such Person as Servicer or a resignation by such Person as Servicer as well as
the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Owner
Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and will include reasonable fees and expenses
of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Servicer has made any indemnity
payments pursuant to this Section 7.2 and the Person to or on behalf of whom
such payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such
Person will promptly repay such amounts to the Servicer, without interest.
Section 7.3 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of,
Servicer. Any Person (i) into which the Servicer may be merged or consolidated,
(ii) resulting from any merger, conversion, or consolidation to which the
Servicer is a party, (iii) succeeding to the business of the Servicer, or (iv)
so long as Ford Credit acts as Servicer, any company or other business entity of
which Ford Motor Company owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the
voting stock or voting power and 50% or more of the economic equity, which
Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to
perform every obligation of the Servicer under this Agreement, will be the
successor to the Servicer under this Agreement without the execution or filing
of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this
Agreement; provided, however, that (x) the Servicer has delivered to the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel each stating that such merger, conversion, consolidation, or succession
and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section 7.3 and that all
conditions precedent provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction
have been complied with and (y) the Servicer has delivered to the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements
and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to
preserve and protect the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee,
respectively, in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings, or
(B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to
preserve and protect such interests. The Servicer will provide notice of any
merger, conversion, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section 7.3 to
the Rating Agencies. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
execution of the foregoing agreement or assumption and compliance with clauses
(x) and (y) of this Section 7.3 will be conditions to the consummation of the
transactions referred to in clauses (i), (ii), or (iii) this Section 7.3.
Section 7.4 Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others. (a) Neither the
Servicer nor any of the directors or officers or employees or agents of the
Servicer will be under any liability to the Issuer, the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders, except as provided under this Agreement, for any action
taken or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement
or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision will not
protect the Servicer or any such Person against any liability that would
otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance or bad faith in the
performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and
duties under this Agreement, or by reason of negligence in the performance of
its duties under this Agreement (except for errors in judgment). The Servicer
and any director, officer or employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good
faith on any Opinion of Counsel or on any Officer's Certificate of the Seller or
certificate of auditors believed to be genuine and to have been signed by the
proper party in respect of any matters arising under this Agreement.
(b) Except as provided in this Agreement, the Servicer will not be under any
obligation to appear in, prosecute, or defend any legal action that is not
incidental to its duties to service the Receivables in accordance with this
Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability;
provided, however, that the Servicer may undertake any reasonable action that it
may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the rights and
duties of the parties to this Agreement and the interests of the Noteholders and
Certificateholders under this Agreement. In such event, the legal expenses and
costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom will be expenses,
costs and liabilities of the Servicer.
Section 7.5 Delegation of Duties. So long as Ford Credit acts as Servicer, the
Servicer may at any time without notice or consent delegate some of or
substantially all of its duties under this Agreement to Ford Motor Company or
any company or other business entity of which Ford Motor Company owns, directly
or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting stock or voting power and 50% or more
of the economic equity. The Servicer may at any time perform specific duties as
servicer under the Agreement through sub-contractors; provided that no such
delegation or subcontracting will relieve the Servicer of its responsibilities
with respect to such duties as to which the Servicer will remain primarily
responsible with respect thereto and the Servicer will be solely responsible for
the fees of any such sub-contractors.
Section 7.6 Ford Credit Not to Resign as Servicer. Subject to the provisions of
Section 7.3, Ford Credit will not resign from the obligations and duties hereby
imposed on it as Servicer under this Agreement except upon determination that
the performance of its duties under this Agreement is no longer permissible
under applicable law. Notice of any such determination permitting the
resignation of Ford Credit will be communicated to the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee at the earliest practicable time (and, if such communication
is not in writing, will be confirmed in writing at the earliest practicable
time) and any such determination will be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to
such effect delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
concurrently with or promptly after such notice. No such resignation will become
effective until the Indenture Trustee or a Successor Servicer has (i) taken the
actions required by Section 8.1(b), (ii) assumed the responsibilities and
obligations of Ford Credit in accordance with Section 8.2 and (iii) become the
Administrator under the Administration Agreement pursuant to Section 9 thereof.
Section 7.7 Servicer May Own Securities. The Servicer, and any Affiliate of the
Servicer, may, in its individual or any other capacity, become the owner or
pledgee of Securities with the same rights as it would have if it were not the
Servicer or an Affiliate thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided herein
or in the other Basic Documents. Except as set forth herein or in the other
Basic Documents, Securities so owned by or pledged to the Servicer or such
Affiliate will have an equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of
this Agreement, without preference, priority or distinction as among all of the
Securities.
ARTICLE VIII
SERVICING TERMINATION
Section 8.1 Events of Servicing Termination. (a) If any one of the
following events ("Events of Servicing Termination") occur and be continuing:
(i) Any failure by the Servicer or the Seller to deliver to the Owner
Trustee or the Indenture Trustee any proceeds or payment required to be so
delivered under the terms of the Securities and this Agreement that continues
unremedied for a period of three (3) Business Days after written notice of such
failure is received by the Servicer or the Seller, as the case may be, from the
Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or after discovery of such failure by an
officer of the Servicer or the Seller, as the case may be; or
(ii) Failure on the part of the Servicer or the Seller duly to observe or
to perform in any material respect any other covenants or agreements of the
Servicer or the Seller, as the case may be, set forth in the Securities or in
this Agreement, which failure (a) materially and adversely affects the rights of
Noteholders or Certificateholders and (b) continues unremedied for a period of
ninety (90) days after the date on which written notice of such failure,
requiring the same to be remedied, has been given (1) to the Servicer or the
Seller, as the case may be, by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, or
(2) to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Seller and the Servicer by
the Noteholders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Note Balance of the
Controlling Note Class or, if no Notes are outstanding, by Certificateholders of
Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Certificate Balance of the
Controlling Certificate Class; or
(iii) The entry of a decree or order by a court or agency or supervisory
authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a
conservator, receiver, or liquidator for the Servicer or the Seller in any
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities, or
similar proceedings, or for the winding up or liquidation of its respective
affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect
for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days; or
(iv) The consent by the Servicer or the Seller to the appointment of a
conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets and liabilities, or similar proceedings of or relating to
the Servicer of or relating to substantially all of its property; or the
Servicer admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they
become due, files a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or
reorganization statute, makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
voluntary suspends payment of its obligations or become insolvent;
then the Indenture Trustee will promptly notify each Rating Agency, and in each
and every case, so long as an Event of Servicing Termination has not been
remedied, either the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders of Notes evidencing
not less than a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Note Class (or,
if no Notes are outstanding, the Owner Trustee or Certificates evidencing not
less than a majority of the Certificate Balance of the Controlling Certificate
Class), by notice given in writing to the Servicer (and to the Indenture Trustee
and the Owner Trustee if given by the Noteholders and to the Owner Trustee if
given by the Certificateholders) (with a copy in either case to the Rating
Agencies) may terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under
this Agreement. On or after the receipt by the Servicer of such written notice,
all authority and power of the Servicer under this Agreement, whether with
respect to the Securities or the Trust Property or otherwise, will pass to and
be vested in the Indenture Trustee or such Successor Servicer as may be
appointed under Section 8.2. In such event, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee are hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of
the predecessor Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all
documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or
things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of
termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement of the Receivables
and related documents, or otherwise.
(b) Upon termination of the Servicer under Section 8.1(a), the predecessor
Servicer will cooperate with the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and such
Successor Servicer in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and
rights of the predecessor Servicer under this Agreement, including the transfer
to the Indenture Trustee or such Successor Servicer for administration of all
cash amounts that are at the time held by the predecessor Servicer for deposit,
or will thereafter be received with respect to a Receivable and the delivery of
the Receivable Files and the related accounts and records maintained by the
Servicer. All reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred
in connection with transferring the Receivable Files to the Successor Servicer
and amending this Agreement to reflect such succession as Servicer pursuant to
this Section 8.1 will be paid by the predecessor Servicer upon presentation of
reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses.
Section 8.2 Appointment of Successor Servicer.
(a) Upon the Servicer's receipt of notice of termination pursuant to Section 8.1
or the Servicer's resignation in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
the predecessor Servicer will continue to perform its functions as Servicer
under this Agreement, in the case of termination, only until the date specified
in such termination notice or, if no such date is specified in a notice of
termination, until receipt of such notice and, in the case of resignation, until
the later of (x) the date 45 days from the delivery to the Indenture Trustee and
the Owner Trustee of written notice of such resignation (or written confirmation
of such notice) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (y) the date
upon which the predecessor Servicer is unable to act as Servicer, as specified
in the notice of resignation and accompanying Opinion of Counsel. If the
Servicer resigns or is terminated hereunder, the Issuer will appoint a Successor
Servicer, and the Successor Servicer will accept its appointment by a written
assumption in form acceptable to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
(with a copy to each Rating Agency). If a Successor Servicer has not been
appointed at the time when the predecessor Servicer ceases to act as Servicer in
accordance with this Section 8.2, the Indenture Trustee without further action
will automatically be appointed the Successor Servicer. Notwithstanding the
above, the Indenture Trustee, if it is legally unable so to act, will appoint,
or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established
institution, having a net worth of not less than $100,000,000 and whose regular
business will include the servicing of automotive receivables, as the successor
to the Servicer under this Agreement.
(b) Upon appointment, the Successor Servicer will be the successor in all
respects to the predecessor Servicer and will be subject to all the
responsibilities, duties, and liabilities arising thereafter relating thereto
placed on the predecessor Servicer, by the terms and provisions of this
Agreement.
(c) In connection with such appointment, the Indenture Trustee may make such
arrangements for the compensation of such Successor Servicer out of payments on
Receivables as it and such Successor Servicer will agree; provided, however,
that no such compensation will be in excess of the amount paid to the
predecessor Servicer under this Agreement. The Indenture Trustee and such
Successor Servicer will take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as
will be necessary to effectuate any such succession.
Section 8.3 Repayment of Advances. The predecessor Servicer will be entitled to
receive, to the extent of available funds, reimbursement for Outstanding
Advances pursuant to Section 4.3 and 4.4, in the manner specified in Section
4.6, with respect to all Advances made by the predecessor Servicer.
Section 8.4 Notification to Noteholders and Certificateholders. Upon any
termination of, or appointment of a successor to, the Servicer pursuant to this
Article VIII, the Indenture Trustee will give prompt written notice thereof to
Noteholders, and the Owner Trustee will give prompt written notice thereof to
Certificateholders at their respective addresses of record and to each Rating
Agency.
Section 8.5 Waiver of Past Events of Servicing Termination. The Noteholders of
Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling
Note Class (or, if no Notes are outstanding, the Owner Trustee or Certificates
evidencing not less than a majority of the Certificate Balance of the
Controlling Certificate Class) may, on behalf of all Noteholders and
Certificateholders, waive any Event of Servicing Termination hereunder and its
consequences, except an event resulting from the failure to make any required
deposits to or payments from any of the Trust Accounts, either Certificate
Distribution Account or the Payahead Account in accordance with this Agreement.
Upon any such waiver of a past Event of Servicing Termination, such Event of
Servicing Termination will cease to exist, and will be deemed to have been
remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver will extend to any
subsequent or other event or impair any right consequent thereon. The Issuer
will provide written notice of any such waiver to the Rating Agencies.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.1 Optional Purchase of All Receivables. On the last day of any
Collection Period as of which the Pool Factor is equal to or less than the
Optional Purchase Percentage, the Servicer has the option to purchase the corpus
of the Trust. To exercise such option, the Servicer will deposit pursuant to
Section 4.5 into the Collection Account an amount equal to the aggregate
Purchase Amount for the Receivables, plus the appraised value of any other
property held by the Trust, such value to be determined by an appraiser mutually
agreed upon by the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, and
will succeed to all interests in and to the Trust. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Servicer will not be permitted to exercise such option unless the
amount to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to the preceding
sentence is greater than or equal to the sum of the outstanding principal amount
of the Securities and all accrued but unpaid interest (including any overdue
interest) thereon. The amount deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to
this Section 9.1 will be used on the next Payment Date to make payments in full
to Noteholders and Certificateholders in the manner set forth in Article IV.
Section 9.2 Succession Upon Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. Following
the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the payment in full of the
principal of and interest on the Notes, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, the Indenture Trustee will continue to carry out its obligations hereunder
as agent for the Owner Trustee, including without limitation making
distributions from the Payahead Account and the Collection Account in accordance
with Section 4.7 and making withdrawals from the Reserve Account in accordance
with Section 4.1(e) and Section 4.6(b).
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.1 Amendment. (a) This Agreement may be amended by the Seller, the
Servicer and the Issuer, with the consent of the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee to the extent that their respective rights or obligations may be
affected thereby (which consent may not be unreasonably withheld), but without
the consent of any of the Noteholders, the Swap Counterparties or
Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provisions in this Agreement, or to add any provisions to or change or eliminate
any provisions or to modify the rights of the Noteholders, the Swap
Counterparties or Certificateholders; provided, however, that (i) such action
will not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interests of any
Noteholder or Certificateholder and (ii) either (x) such action will not, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee, adversely affect the rights or obligations of the Swap
Counterparties under the Interest Rate Swap Agreements or modify the obligations
of, or impair the ability of the Issuer to fully perform any of its obligations
under, the Interest Rate Swap Agreements, or (y) the Swap Counterparties have
consented thereto (which consent may not be unreasonably withheld and which
consent will be deemed to have been given if the Swap Counterparties do not
object in writing within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of a written request
for such consent); and provided further that such action will not, as evidenced
by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Issuer to be characterized for federal or
any then Applicable Tax State income tax purposes as an association taxable as a
corporation.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Seller, the
Servicer and the Issuer, with the consent of the Swap Counterparties to the
extent such amendment adversely affects the rights or obligations of the Swap
Counterparties under the Interest Rate Swap Agreements or modifies the
obligations of, or impairs the ability of the Issuer to fully perform any of its
obligations under the Interest Rate Swap Agreements (which consent may not be
unreasonably withheld and which consent will be deemed to have been given if the
Swap Counterparties do not object in writing within ten (10) Business Days of
receipt of a written request for such consent), and with the consent of the
Owner Trustee to the extent that its rights or obligations may be affected
thereby (which consent may not be unreasonably withheld) and with the consent of
(i) the Indenture Trustee, to the extent that its rights or obligations would be
affected by such amendment, (ii) the Noteholders of Notes evidencing not less
than a majority of the Note Balance of each Class of the Notes and (iii) the
Certificateholders of Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the
Aggregate Certificate Balance (which consent of any Noteholder of a Note or
Certificateholder of a Certificate given pursuant to this Section 10.1 or
pursuant to any other provision of this Agreement will be conclusive and binding
on such Note or Certificate, as the case may be, and on all future Noteholders
of such Note or Certificateholders of such Certificate, as the case may be, and
of any Note or Certificate, as applicable, issued upon the transfer thereof or
in exchange thereof or in lieu thereof whether or not notation of such consent
is made upon such Note or the Certificate), 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 Certificateholders; provided, however, that no such amendment may (A)
increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the
timing of, or change the allocation or priority of, collections of payments on
Receivables or distributions that are required to be made on any Note or
Certificate or change any Note Interest Rate or any Certificate Rate or, without
receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation, the Specified Reserve Balance, without
the consent of all adversely affected Noteholders or Certificateholders or (B)
reduce the aforesaid percentage required to consent to any such amendment,
without the consent of the Noteholders of all Notes and Certificateholders of
all Certificates affected thereby; and provided further that such action will
not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Issuer to be characterized
for federal or any then Applicable Tax State income tax purposes as an
association taxable as a corporation.
(c) Prior to the execution of any such amendment or consent the Servicer will
provide, and the Owner Trustee will distribute, written notification of the
substance of such amendment or consent to each Rating Agency.
(d) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Owner
Trustee will mail a copy to the Swap Counterparties and will furnish written
notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to each
Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency and the
Indenture Trustee will provide notification of the substance of such amendment
or consent to each Noteholder. It will not be necessary for the consent of
Noteholders or the Certificateholders pursuant to this Section 10.1 to approve
the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be
sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. The manner of
obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders and
Certificateholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the
authorization of the execution thereof by Noteholders and Certificateholders
will be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee may prescribe, including the establishment of record dates
pursuant to paragraph number 2 of the Note Depository Agreement.
(e) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee will be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion
of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or
permitted by this Agreement and the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section
10.2(i)(1). The Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee may, but will not be
obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects such Owner Trustee's
or Indenture Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or
otherwise.
Section 10.2 Protection of Title to Trust Property. (a) The Seller will execute
and file such financing statements and cause to be executed and filed such
continuation statements, all in such manner and in such places as may be
required by law fully to preserve, maintain, and protect the interest of the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders in the
Receivables and in the proceeds thereof. The Seller will deliver (or cause to be
delivered) to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies
of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as
available following such filing.
(b) Neither the Seller nor the Servicer will change its name, identity, or
corporate structure in any manner that would, could, or might make any
financing statement or continuation statement filed by the Seller in
accordance with paragraph (a) above seriously misleading within the
meaning of ss. 9-506 of the UCC, unless it has given the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee at least five (5) days' prior written notice
thereof, with a copy to the Rating Agencies, and has promptly filed
appropriate amendments to all previously filed financing statements or
continuation statements.
(c) The Seller and the Servicer will give the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee at least sixty (60) days' prior written notice of any
relocation of its principal executive office if, as a result of such
relocation, the applicable provisions of the UCC would require the
filing of any amendment of any previously filed financing or
continuation statement or of any new financing statement and will
promptly file any such amendment or new financing statement. The
Servicer will at all times maintain each office from which it will
service Receivables, and its principal executive office, within the
United States of America.
(d) The Servicer will maintain accounts and records as to each Receivable
accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to
know at any time the status of such Receivable, including payments and
recoveries made and payments owing (and the nature of each) and (ii)
reconciliation between payments or recoveries on (or with respect to)
each Receivable and the amounts from time to time deposited in the
Collection Account, the Payahead Account and the Reserve Account in
respect of such Receivable.
(e) The Servicer will maintain its computer systems so that, from and after
the time of conveyance under this Agreement of the Receivables to the
Issuer, the Servicer's master computer records (including any back-up
archives) that refer to a Receivable will indicate clearly the interest
of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in such Receivable and that
such Receivable is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. Indication of the Issuer's
and the Indenture Trustee's interest in a Receivable will not be
deleted from or modified on the Servicer's computer systems until, and
only until, the Receivable has been paid in full or repurchased.
(f) If at any time the Seller or the Servicer proposes to sell, grant a
security interest in, or otherwise transfer any interest in automotive
receivables to any prospective purchaser, lender, or other transferee,
the Servicer will give to such prospective purchaser, lender, or other
transferee computer tapes, records, or print-outs (including any
restored from back-up archives) that, if they refer in any manner
whatsoever to any Receivable, will indicate clearly that such
Receivable has been conveyed to and is owned by the Issuer and has been
pledged to the Indenture Trustee.
(g) The Servicer, upon receipt of reasonable prior notice, will permit the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and their respective agents at any
time during normal business hours to inspect, audit, and make copies of
and to obtain abstracts from the Servicer's records regarding any
Receivable.
(h) Upon request, the Servicer will furnish to the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee, within twenty (20) Business Days, a list of all
Receivables (by contract number and name of Obligor) then held as part
of the Trust, together with a reconciliation of such list to the
Schedule of Receivables and to each of the Servicer's Certificates
furnished before such request indicating removal of Receivables from
the Trust.
(i) The Servicer will deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee:
(1) promptly after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and of each
amendment thereto, an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in
the opinion of such Counsel, all financing statements and continuation
statements have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to
preserve and protect the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings or
referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given,
or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such Counsel, no such action is
necessary to preserve and protect such interest; and
(2) within 120 days after the beginning of each calendar year beginning
with the first calendar year beginning more than three months after the
Cutoff Date, an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of a date during such
120-day period, either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements have been
executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the
interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables,
and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions
of Counsel in which such details are given, or (B) stating that, in the
opinion of such Counsel, no such action is necessary to preserve and
protect such interest.
Each Opinion of Counsel referred to in clause (i)(1) or (i)(2)
above will specify any action necessary (as of the date of such opinion) to be
taken in the following year to preserve and protect such interest.
(j) The Seller will, to the extent required by applicable law, cause the
Securities to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant
to Section 12(b) or Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 within
the time periods specified in such sections.
(k) For the purpose of facilitating the execution of this Agreement and for
other purposes, this Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which counterparts will be deemed to be an original, and all of which
counterparts will constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 10.3 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS, AND REMEDIES OF
THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH
LAWS.
Section 10.4 Notices. All demands, notices, and communications under this
Agreement will be in writing, personally delivered, sent by telecopier,\
overnight courier or mailed by registered mail, and will be deemed to have been
duly given upon receipt:
(a) in the case of the Seller or the Servicer, to the agent for service as
specified in Section 10.11 hereof, or at such other address as may be designated
by such party in a written notice to the other parties to this Agreement,
(b) in the case of the Owner Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Owner
Trustee,
(c) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Indenture Trustee,
(d) in the case of Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., at the following address:
Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., ABS Monitoring Department, 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
(e) in the case of Standard & Poor's, at the following address: Standard &
Poor's, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Asset
Backed Surveillance Department,
(f) in the case of Fitch, Inc., at the following address: Fitch, Inc., 0 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance,
(g) in the case of Xxxx Xxx, XX, Xxxx Xxx, XX, 0 Bank Xxx Xxxxx - Xxxxx
0XX-0000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, and
(h) in the case of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Capital Services Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000.
Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Noteholder
or Certificateholder will be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the
address of such Person as shown in the Note Register or the Certificate
Register, as applicable. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this
Agreement will be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not
the Noteholder or Certificateholder receives such notice.
Section 10.5 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants,
agreements, provisions, or terms of this Agreement is for any reason whatsoever
held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions, or terms will be
deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions, or terms
of this Agreement and will in no way affect the validity or enforceability of
the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Securities or the rights of the
holders thereof.
Section 10.6 Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, except as provided in Sections 7.3 and 8.2 and as provided in the
provisions of this Agreement concerning the resignation of the Servicer, this
Agreement may not be assigned by the Seller or the Servicer without the prior
written consent of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders of
Notes evidencing not less than 66b% of the Note Balance of the Notes Outstanding
and the Certificateholders of Certificates evidencing not less than 66b% of the
Aggregate Certificate Balance.
Section 10.7 Further Assurances. The Seller and the Servicer agree to do and
perform, from time to time, any and all acts and to execute any and all further
instruments required or reasonably requested by the Owner Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee more fully to effect the purposes of this Agreement,
including, without limitation, the execution of any financing statements or
continuation statements relating to the Receivables for filing under the
provisions of the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction.
Section 10.8 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay
in exercising, on the part of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the
Noteholders or the Certificateholders, any right, remedy, power or privilege
hereunder, will operate as a waiver thereof; nor will any single or partial
exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other
or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or
privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges therein provided are
cumulative and not exhaustive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges
provided by law.
Section 10.9 Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement will inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the parties hereto, the Noteholders, the
Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee and their
respective successors and permitted assigns and each of the Indenture Trustee
and the Owner Trustee may enforce the provisions hereof as if they were parties
thereto. Except as otherwise provided in this Article X, no other Person will
have any right or obligation hereunder. The parties hereto hereby acknowledge
and consent to the pledge of this Agreement by the Issuer to the Indenture
Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders pursuant to the Indenture.
Section 10.10 Actions by Noteholders or Certificateholders. (a) Wherever in this
Agreement a provision is made that an action may be taken or a notice, demand,
or instruction given by Noteholders or Certificateholders, such action, notice,
or instruction may be taken or given by any Noteholder or Certificateholder, as
applicable, unless such provision requires a specific percentage of Noteholders
or Certificateholders.
(b) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or
other act by a Noteholder or Certificateholder will bind such Noteholder or
Certificateholder and every subsequent holder of such Note or Certificate issued
upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by the Owner Trustee,
the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such action is made upon such Note or Certificate.
Section 10.11 Agent for Service. The agent for service of the Seller and the
Servicer in respect of this Agreement will be Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq., Office of
the General Counsel, of Ford Motor Company, Ford Motor Company World
Headquarters, Office of the General Counsel, Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 0000-X0,
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
Section 10.12 No Bankruptcy Petition. The Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee,
the Issuer and the Servicer each covenants and agrees that, prior to the date
which is one year and one day after the payment in full of all securities issued
by the Seller or by a trust for which the Seller was the depositor which
securities were rated by any nationally recognized statistical rating
organization it will not institute against, or join any other Person in
instituting against, the Seller any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any federal or
State bankruptcy or similar law. This Section 10.12 will survive the resignation
or removal of the Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement or the Indenture
Trustee under the Indenture or the termination of this Agreement.
Section 10.13 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement
has been countersigned by Wachovia Bank of Delaware, National Association not in
its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the
Issuer and in no event will Wachovia Bank of Delaware, National Association in
its individual capacity or, except as expressly provided in the Trust Agreement,
as Owner Trustee of the Issuer have any liability for the representations,
warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder
or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto,
as to all of which recourse will be had solely to the assets of the Issuer. For
all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or obligations
hereunder or in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer
hereunder, the Owner Trustee will be subject to, and entitled to the benefits
of, the terms and provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust
Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement
has been accepted by The Bank of New York, not in its individual capacity but
solely as Indenture Trustee, and in no event will The Bank of New York have any
liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other
obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or
agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse will be had
solely to the assets of the Issuer.
Section 10.14 Savings Clause. It is the intention of the Seller and the Issuer
that the transfer of the Trust Property contemplated herein constitute an
absolute sale of the Trust Property, conveying good title to the Trust Property
from the Seller to the Issuer. However, in the event that such sale is deemed to
be a pledge, the Seller hereby grants to the Issuer a first priority security
interest in all of the Seller's right, title and interest in, to and under the
Trust Property, and all proceeds thereof, to secure a loan in an amount equal to
all amounts payable under the Securities, and in such event, this Agreement will
constitute a security agreement under applicable law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Sale and
Servicing Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto
duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
FORD CREDIT AUTO RECEIVABLES TWO LLC, as Seller
By:
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Secretary
FORD CREDIT AUTO OWNER TRUST
2003-B, as Issuer
By: WACHOVIA BANK OF DELAWARE,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Owner Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY,
as Servicer
By:
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Secretary
Accepted and agreed:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Indenture Trustee
By:
Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
WACHOVIA BANK OF DELAWARE,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Owner Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
SCHEDULE A
SCHEDULE OF RECEIVABLES
Delivered to Indenture Trustee at Closing
SCHEDULE B
Location of Receivable Files
at Third Party Custodians for Ford Credit
Security Archives
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
MSX International, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Iron Mountain Records Management
00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
APPENDIX A
Definitions and Usage
SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
by and among
FORD CREDIT AUTO OWNER TRUST 2003-B,
as Issuer,
FORD CREDIT AUTO RECEIVABLES TWO LLC,
as Seller,
and
FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY,
as Servicer
Dated as of March 1, 2003
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND USAGE
ARTICLE II
TRUST PROPERTY
Section 2.1 Conveyance of Trust Property..................................................1
Section 2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Seller as to the Receivables............2
Section 2.3 Repurchase upon Breach........................................................6
Section 2.4 Custody of Receivable Files...................................................7
Section 2.5 Duties of Servicer as Custodian...............................................7
Section 2.6 Instructions; Authority to Act................................................8
Section 2.7 Custodian's Indemnification...................................................8
Section 2.8 Effective Period and Termination..............................................9
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES
AND TRUST PROPERTY
Section 3.1 Duties of Servicer............................................................9
Section 3.2 Collection of Receivable Payments............................................10
Section 3.3 Realization Upon Receivables.................................................10
Section 3.4 Allocations of Collections...................................................10
Section 3.5 Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles.......................10
Section 3.6 Covenants of Servicer........................................................11
Section 3.7 Purchase of Receivables Upon Breach..........................................11
Section 3.8 Servicer Fee.................................................................12
Section 3.9 Servicer's Certificate.......................................................12
Section 3.10 Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Event of Servicing Termination..12
Section 3.11 Annual Independent Certified Public Accountant's Report......................13
Section 3.12 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding Receivables........13
Section 3.13 Servicer Expenses............................................................14
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; RESERVE ACCOUNT; STATEMENTS
TO NOTEHOLDERS AND CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
Section 4.1 Accounts.....................................................................14
Section 4.2 Investment of Funds on Deposit in the Reserve Account,
the Collection Account and Payahead Account..................................16
Section 4.3 Remittances..................................................................18
Section 4.4 Application of Collections...................................................19
Section 4.5 Advances.....................................................................19
Section 4.6 Additional Deposits to the Collection Account and Withdrawals
from the Reserve Account.....................................................21
Section 4.7 Distributions................................................................21
Section 4.8 Net Deposits.................................................................26
Section 4.9 Statements to Noteholders and Certificateholders.............................26
ARTICLE V
Intentionally Omitted
ARTICLE VI
THE SELLER
Section 6.1 Representations and Warranties of Seller.....................................28
Section 6.2 Liability of Seller; Indemnities.............................................29
Section 6.3 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller......31
Section 6.4 Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others.................................31
Section 6.5 Seller May Own Securities....................................................32
ARTICLE VII
THE SERVICER
Section 7.1 Representations of Servicer..................................................32
Section 7.2 Indemnities of Servicer......................................................33
Section 7.3 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Servicer....35
Section 7.4 Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others...............................35
Section 7.5 Delegation of Duties.........................................................36
Section 7.6 Ford Credit Not to Resign as Servicer........................................36
Section 7.7 Servicer May Own Securities..................................................36
ARTICLE VIII
SERVICING TERMINATION
Section 8.1 Events of Servicing Termination..............................................37
Section 8.2 Appointment of Successor Servicer............................................38
Section 8.3 Repayment of Advances........................................................39
Section 8.4 Notification to Noteholders and Certificateholders...........................39
Section 8.5 Waiver of Past Events of Servicing Termination...............................39
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
Section 9.1 Optional Purchase of All Receivables.........................................40
Section 9.2 Succession Upon Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture......................40
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.1 Amendment....................................................................40
Section 10.2 Protection of Title to Trust Property........................................42
Section 10.3 Governing Law................................................................44
Section 10.4 Notices......................................................................44
Section 10.5 Severability of Provisions...................................................45
Section 10.6 Assignment...................................................................45
Section 10.7 Further Assurances...........................................................46
Section 10.8 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies...............................................46
Section 10.9 Third-Party Beneficiaries....................................................46
Section 10.10 Actions by Noteholders or Certificateholders.................................46
Section 10.11 Agent for Service............................................................46
Section 10.12 No Bankruptcy Petition.......................................................47
Section 10.13 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee...............47
Section 10.14 Savings Clause...............................................................47
Schedule ASchedule of Receivables.....................................................................SA-1
Schedule B Location of Receivable
Files at Third Party Custodians
for FordCredit ......................................................................B-1
Appendix A Definitions and Usage...............................................................AA-1
