JOHN DEERE OWNER TRUST 2013, as Issuer, JOHN DEERE CAPITAL CORPORATION, as Administrator, and As Indenture Trustee ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT Dated as of April 10, 2013
Exhibit 99.2
EXECUTION VERSION
XXXX DEERE OWNER TRUST 2013,
as Issuer,
XXXX DEERE CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as Administrator,
and
U.S. Bank National Association
As Indenture Trustee
Dated as of April 10, 2013
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of April 10, 2013, among XXXX DEERE OWNER TRUST 2013, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuing Entity”), XXXX DEERE CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as administrator (the “Administrator”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”).
(a) Duties with Respect to the Depository Agreement and the Indenture.
(i) The Administrator agrees to perform all its duties as Administrator and the duties of the Issuing Entity and the Owner Trustee under the Depository Agreement. In addition, the Administrator shall consult with the Owner Trustee regarding the duties of the Issuing Entity under the Indenture and the Depository Agreement. The Administrator shall monitor the performance of the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee and shall advise the Owner Trustee when action is necessary to comply with the Issuing Entity’s or the Owner Trustee’s duties under the Indenture or the Depository Agreement. The Administrator shall prepare for execution by the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Indenture or the Depository Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Administrator shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty of the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee to take pursuant to the Indenture including, without limitation, such of the foregoing as are required with respect to the following matters under the Indenture (references are to sections of the Indenture):
(A) the duty to cause the Note Register to be kept and to give the Indenture Trustee notice of any appointment of a new Note Registrar and the location, or change in location, of the Note Register (Section 2.04);
(B) the notification of Noteholders of the final principal payment on their Notes (Section 2.07(b));
(C) the fixing or causing to be fixed of any special record date and the notification of the Indenture Trustee and Noteholders with respect to special payment dates, if any (Section 2.07(c));
(D) the preparation of or obtaining of the documents and instruments required for authentication of the Notes and delivery of the same to the Indenture Trustee (Section 2.02);
(E) the preparation, obtaining or filing of the instruments, opinions and certificates and other documents required for the release of collateral (Section 2.09);
(F) the duty to cause newly appointed Paying Agents, if any, to deliver to the Indenture Trustee the instrument specified in the Indenture regarding funds held in trust (Section 3.03);
(G) the direction to the Indenture Trustee to deposit monies with Paying Agents, if any, other than the Indenture Trustee (Section 3.03);
(H) the obtaining and preservation of the Issuing Entity’s qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument and agreement included in the Trust Estate (Section 3.04);
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(I) the preparation of all supplements, amendments, financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, in accordance with Section 3.05 of the Indenture, necessary to protect the Trust Estate (Section 3.05);
(J) the delivery of the Opinion of Counsel on the Closing Date and the annual delivery of Opinions of Counsel, in accordance with Section 3.06 of the Indenture, as to the Trust Estate, and the annual delivery of the Officers’ Certificate and certain other statements, in accordance with Section 3.09 of the Indenture, as to compliance with the Indenture (Sections 3.06 and 3.09);
(K) the identification to the Indenture Trustee in an Officers’ Certificate of a Person with whom the Issuing Entity has contracted to perform its duties under the Indenture (Section 3.07(b));
(L) the notification of the Indenture Trustee, and with respect to each Rating Agency the responsibility of making such notice available, of a Servicer Default pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and, if such Servicer Default arises from the failure of the Servicer to perform any of its duties under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the taking of all reasonable steps available to remedy such failure (Section 3.07(d));
(M) the preparation and obtaining of documents and instruments required for the release of the Issuing Entity from its obligation under the Indenture (Section 3.11);
(N) the delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee, and with respect to each Rating Agency the responsibility of making such written notice available to each Rating Agency, of each Event of Default, each default by the Servicer or Seller under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and each default by JDCC pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (Section 3.19);
(O) the monitoring of the Issuing Entity’s obligations as to the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the preparation of an Officers’ Certificate and the obtaining of the Opinion of Counsel and the Independent Certificate relating thereto (Section 4.01);
(P) the preparation and delivery of written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate to the Indenture Trustee of any event which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would become an Event of Default under clause (iii), (iv) or (v) of Section 5.01, the status of such event and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto (Section 5.01);
(Q) the compliance with any written directive of the Indenture Trustee with respect to the sale of the Trust Estate in a commercially reasonable manner if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (Section 5.04);
(R) the preparation and delivery of notice to Noteholders of the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee (Section 6.08);
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(S) the preparation of any written instruments required to confirm more fully the authority of any co-trustee or separate trustee and any written instruments necessary in connection with the resignation or removal of any co-trustee or separate trustee (Sections 6.08 and 6.10);
(T) the furnishing of the Indenture Trustee with the names and addresses of Noteholders during any period when the Indenture Trustee is not the Note Registrar (Section 7.01);
(U) the preparation and filing with the Commission, any applicable State agencies and the Indenture Trustee of documents required to be filed on a periodic basis with, and summaries thereof as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed by, the Commission and any applicable State agencies and the transmission of such summaries, as necessary, to the Noteholders (including, without limitation, the preparation, execution and filing of 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 thereunder unless otherwise required by law or regulation) (Section 7.03);
(V) the opening of one or more accounts in the Indenture Trustee’s name, the preparation of Issuing Entity Orders and Officers’ Certificates and Opinions of Counsel and all other actions necessary with respect to investment and reinvestment of funds in the Trust Accounts (Sections 8.02 and 8.03);
(W) the preparation of an Issuing Entity Request and Officers’ Certificate and the obtaining of an Opinion of Counsel and Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of the Trust Estate as defined in the Indenture (Sections 8.04 and 8.05);
(X) the preparation of Issuing Entity Orders and the obtaining of Opinions of Counsel with respect to the execution of supplemental indentures and the mailing to the Noteholders of, and with respect to the Rating Agencies the duty to make available to each Rating Agency, notices with respect to such supplemental indentures (Sections 9.01, 9.02 and 9.03);
(Y) the preparation and, after execution by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuing Entity, delivery of new Notes conforming to any supplemental indenture (Section 9.06);
(Z) the notification of Noteholders of redemption of the Notes or the duty to cause the Indenture Trustee to provide such notification (Section 10.02);
(AA) the duty to notify the Indenture Trustee, and with respect to each Rating Agency the duty to make such notice available to each Rating Agency, of the redemption of the Notes and to cause the Indenture Trustee to provide such notification to the Noteholders (Sections 10.01 and 10.02);
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(BB) the preparation and delivery of all Officers’ Certificates, Opinions of Counsel and Independent Certificates with respect to any requests by the Issuing Entity to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under the Indenture (Section 11.01(a));
(CC) the preparation and delivery of Officers’ Certificates and the obtaining of Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of property from the lien of the Indenture (Section 11.01(b));
(DD) the notification of the Rating Agencies, upon the failure of the Indenture Trustee to give such notification, of the information required pursuant to Section 11.04 (Section 11.04);
(EE) the preparation and delivery to Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee of any agreements with respect to alternate payment and notice provisions (Section 11.06); and
(FF) the recording of the Indenture, if applicable (Section 11.15).
(ii) The Administrator (other than at any time when the Indenture Trustee, in the capacity as successor Servicer, is also acting as successor Administrator) will:
(A) pay the Indenture Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(B) except as otherwise expressly provided in the Indenture, reimburse the Indenture Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with any provision of the Indenture (including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of its agents and either in-house counsel or outside counsel, but not both), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith;
(C) indemnify the Indenture Trustee and its agents for, and hold them harmless against, any losses, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the transactions contemplated by the Indenture, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties under the Indenture;
(D) pay the Owner Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by the Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(E) except as otherwise expressly provided in the Trust Agreement, reimburse the Owner Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Owner Trustee in accordance with any provision of the Trust Agreement (including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of its agents and either in-house counsel or outside counsel, but not both), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
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(F) indemnify the Owner Trustee and its agents for, and to hold them harmless against, any losses, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the transactions contemplated by the Trust Agreement, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties under the Trust Agreement.
(i) In addition to the duties of the Administrator set forth above, the Administrator shall perform such calculations and shall prepare or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Related Agreements, and at the request of the Owner Trustee shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty of the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee to take pursuant to the Related Agreements.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Related Agreements to the contrary, the Administrator shall be responsible for performance of the duties of the Owner Trustee set forth in Section 5.05 of the Trust Agreement with respect to, among other things, accounting and reports to the Owner.
(iii) The Administrator shall perform the duties of the Administrator specified in Section 10.02 of the Trust Agreement required to be performed in connection with the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee, and any other duties expressly required to be performed by the Administrator under the Trust Agreement.
(iv) In carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its other obligations under this Agreement, the Administrator may enter into transactions with or otherwise deal with any of its affiliates; provided, however, that the terms of any such transactions or dealings shall be in accordance with any directions received from the Issuing Entity and shall be, in the Administrator’s opinion, no less favorable to the Issuing Entity than would be available from unaffiliated parties.
(v) The Administrator hereby agrees to execute on behalf of the Issuing Entity all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuing Entity to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Basic Documents.
(vi) The Administrator shall make available to each Rating Agency notice of (i) the occurrence and continuation of any Servicer Default and shall specify in such notice the action, if any, being taken in respect of such default pursuant to Section 3.19 of the Indenture; (ii) any merger, consolidation or transfer of all or substantially all of the corporate trust business or assets of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.09 of the Indenture; (iii) any amendment to the Purchase Agreement pursuant to Section 6.05 of the Purchase Agreement; (iv) the Servicer’s Certificate prepared pursuant to Section 4.09 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement along with a copy thereof; (v) any event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default under Section 8.01(a) or 8.01(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement;
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(vi) the statements prepared by the Servicer in accordance with Section 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement along with copies thereof; (vii) any Servicer Default pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement; (viii) the termination of, or appointment of a successor to, the Servicer pursuant to Section 8.03 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement; (ix) notice of the Servicer’s optional purchase of the Owner Trust Estate and a copy of the Opinion of Counsel delivered in connection therewith pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement; (x) any amendment to the Sale and Servicing Agreement pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement; (xi) any merger, conversion or consolidation of the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 10.04 of the Trust Agreement; and (xii) any amendment to the Trust Agreement prior to and following execution thereof pursuant to Section 11.01 of the Trust Agreement; in the case of each of (i) through (xii), promptly upon the Administrator being notified thereof by the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, or the Servicer, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Basic Documents to the contrary, in each instance in which notice must be made available to the Rating Agencies, such notice shall be made available by the Administrator and, to the extent such notice or any other document or information is only made available through a website post, the Administrator shall inform each Rating Agency in writing that a notice, document or information has been posted.
(i) With respect to matters that in the reasonable judgment of the Administrator are non-ministerial, the Administrator shall not take any action unless within a reasonable time before the taking of such action, the Administrator shall have notified the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of the proposed action and the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall not have withheld consent or provided an alternative direction. For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “non-ministerial matters” shall include, without limitation:
(A) the amendment of or any supplement to the Indenture;
(B) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuing Entity and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Issuing Entity;
(C) the amendment, change or modification of the Related Agreements;
(D) the appointment of successor Note Registrars, successor Paying Agents and successor Indenture Trustees pursuant to the Indenture or the appointment of successor Administrators or successor Servicers, or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee of its obligations under the Indenture; and
(E) the removal of the Indenture Trustee.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not, (x) make any payments to the Noteholders under the Related Agreements, (y) sell the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.04 of the Indenture or (z) take any other action that the Issuing Entity directs the Administrator not to take on its behalf.
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(a) This Agreement shall continue in force until the termination of the Issuing Entity, upon which event this Agreement shall automatically terminate.
(b) Subject to Section 8(e), the Administrator may resign its duties hereunder by providing the Issuing Entity with at least 60 days’ prior written notice.
(c) Subject to Section 8(e), the Issuing Entity may remove the Administrator without cause by providing the Administrator with at least 60 days’ prior written notice.
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(d) Subject to Section 8(e), at the sole option of the Issuing Entity, the Administrator may be removed immediately upon written notice of termination from the Issuing Entity to the Administrator if any of the following events shall occur:
(i) the Administrator shall default in the performance of any of its duties under this Agreement and, after notice of such default, shall not cure such default within ten days (or, if such default cannot be cured in such time, shall not give within ten days such assurance of cure as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Entity);
(ii) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief, and such decree or order shall not have been vacated within 60 days, in respect of the Administrator in any involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its property or order the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs; or
(iii) the Administrator shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or similar official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its property, shall consent to the taking of possession by any such official of any substantial part of its property, shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due.
The Administrator agrees that if any of the events specified in clause (ii) or (iii) of this Section shall occur, it shall give written notice thereof to the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee within seven days after the happening of such event.
(e) No resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to this Section shall be effective until (i) a successor Administrator shall have been appointed by the Issuing Entity, (ii) such successor Administrator shall have agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder, (iii) such successor Administrator shall have agreed to coordinate with the Issuing Entity or Xxxx Deere Capital Corporation regarding communications to the Rating Agencies; provided, however, that, if a successor Administrator has not been appointed and accepted its appointment hereunder as administrator (x) within 60 days following delivery of the notice referred to in Section 8(b) or 8(c) or (y) upon the removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(d), then the Servicer shall automatically become successor Administrator.
(f) The appointment of any successor Administrator shall be effective only after satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with respect to the proposed appointment.
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The Administrator shall forthwith upon such termination pursuant to Section 8(a) deliver to the Issuing Entity all property and documents of or relating to the Collateral then in the custody of the Administrator. In the event of the resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b), (c), or (d) respectively, the Administrator shall cooperate with the Issuing Entity and take all reasonable steps requested to assist the Issuing Entity in making an orderly transfer of the duties of the Administrator.
(a) if to the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee, to
Xxxx Deere Owner Trust 2013
c/o Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, N.A.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Services
(b) if to the Administrator, to
Xxxx Deere Capital Corporation
Xxxxx 000
0 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Manager
with a copy to
Deere & Company
Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Treasury Department, Assistant Treasurer
(c) if to the Indenture Trustee, to
U.S. Bank National Association
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Floor
Mail Code MK-IL-SL7R
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: JDOT 2013
or to such other address as any party shall have provided to the other parties in writing. Any notice required to be in writing hereunder shall be deemed given if such notice is mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, sent by facsimile or hand-delivered to the address of such party as provided above, except that notices to the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee are effective only upon receipt.
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14. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this instrument has been countersigned by Xxxxx Fargo Delaware Trust Company, N.A. not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuing Entity and in no event shall Xxxxx Fargo Delaware Trust Company, N.A. in its individual capacity or any beneficial owner of the Issuing Entity have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuing Entity hereunder, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuing Entity. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuing Entity hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall 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 countersigned by U.S. Bank National Association not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee, and in no event shall U.S. Bank National Association have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuing Entity hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuing Entity.
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XXXX DEERE OWNER TRUST 2013 | ||||
By: XXXXX FARGO DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
XXXX DEERE CAPITAL CORPORATION, as Administrator | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Assistant Secretary | |||