NISSAN MASTER OWNER TRUST RECEIVABLES, SERIES 2010-A AGREEMENT OF MODIFICATION TO TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS
EXHIBIT 99.2
NISSAN MASTER OWNER TRUST RECEIVABLES,
SERIES 2010-A
SERIES 2010-A
AGREEMENT OF MODIFICATION TO TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS
This AGREEMENT OF MODIFICATION TO TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, dated as of February 12, 2010 (this
“Agreement”), is by and among the signatories hereto.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the parties hereto have entered into the Transaction Documents;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to agree to modify the Transfer and Servicing Agreement and
the Trust Agreement as of the Effective Date in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth
below; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and
valuable consideration, receipt of which is acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
RECITALS AND DEFINITIONS
RECITALS AND DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Recitals. The foregoing Recitals are hereby incorporated in and made a
part of this Agreement.
Section 1.2 Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein have the
respective meanings assigned such terms in the Annex of Definitions attached to the Amended and
Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2003 (as amended, modified,
supplemented, amended or restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Transfer and
Servicing Agreement”), by and among Nissan Wholesale Receivables Corporation II, Nissan Master
Owner Trust Receivables, as issuer (the “Issuer”), and Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation.
ARTICLE II
MODIFICATIONS
MODIFICATIONS
Section 2.1 Agreements With Respect to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement. As of
the Effective Date:
(a) Section 1.02(c) of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement shall be modified in its entirety
to read as follows:
“As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this
Agreement, the Annex of Definitions or in any such certificate or other document to
the extent not defined, have the respective meanings given to them under Designated
Standards or regulatory accounting principles, as applicable and as in
effect on the date of this Agreement. To the extent that the definitions of
accounting terms in this Agreement, the Annex of Definitions or in any such
certificate or other document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under
Designated Standards or regulatory accounting principles in the United States, the
definitions contained in this Agreement, the Annex of Definitions or in any such
certificate or other document will control.”
(b) Section 3.06 of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement shall be modified in its entirety to
read as follows:
“Unless required otherwise by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, including the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder, the Servicer will cause a firm of independent certified
public accountants, who may also render other services to the Servicer or to the
Transferor, to deliver to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Rating
Agencies and each Series Enhancer on or before the last day of the third month after
the end of each fiscal year of the Servicer, beginning June 30, 2004, with respect
to the prior fiscal year (or with respect to the initial reports, the period from
the date of the initial Series Issuance Date to March 31, 2004), the consolidated
financial statements of the Servicer, together with a report that such firm has
audited the consolidated financial statements of the Servicer in accordance with the
Designated Standards, that such firm is independent of the Servicer within the
meaning of the Code of Professional Ethics of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants (“AICPA”), and expressing such firm’s opinion thereon.”
(c) Section 5.04(a) of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement shall be modified to add the
following proviso at the end of such Section 5.04(a):
“provided however, the Servicer is only required to pay any indemnity payments
pursuant to this Section 5.04(a) to the extent funds are available after making the
required monthly distributions in connection with any Public ABS Transaction for
which the Servicer, or any United States Affiliate thereof, acts as a depositor or
to the extent it receives additional funds designated for such purposes.
Additionally, no indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 5.04 shall constitute a
claim (as defined by the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §101 et seq.)
against the Servicer or recourse to the Servicer except to the extent funds are
available to the Seller as described herein.”
(d) Section 8.01(b) of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement shall be modified to replace each
reference to “66-2/3%” to “a majority”.
(e) Section 8.01(g) of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement shall be modified to replace each
reference to “66-2/3%” to “a majority”.
(f) Article VIII of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement shall be modified to add the
following Section 8.16:
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“Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right that it may have to a trial by
jury in respect to any legal action or proceeding relating to this agreement.”
(g) Clause (7) of the definition of “Eligible Account” in the Annex of Definitions shall be
modified in its entirety to read as follows:
“is in favor of a Dealer that is not classified by the Servicer as in “Status” (or
other comparable classification) for any reason at any time under the Floorplan
Financing Agreement or under any other lender floorplan program;”
(h) Clause (8) of the definition of “Eligible Investments” in the Annex of Definitions shall
be modified in its entirety to read as follows:
“any other investment upon providing ten days prior notice to each Rating Agency
then rating the Notes and so long as no Rating Agency informs the Servicer that the
additional form of investment will result in the withdrawal or reduction of the then
existing rating of the Series 2010-A Notes or any other outstanding series or class
of Notes for which it is providing a rating.”
(i) Clause (13) of the definition of “Eligible Receivable” in the Annex of Definitions shall
be modified in its entirety to read as follows:
“if generated from a Dealer rated “C” or “D” according to the Floorplan Financing
Guidelines, when added to the aggregate principal balance of Receivables generated
among Dealers rated “C” and “D” according to the Floorplan Financing Guidelines,
will not result in the aggregate principal balance of Receivables generated among
such Dealers exceeding 40% of the aggregate principal balance of Receivables as of
the date of transfer (after giving effect thereto); and”
(j) The definition of “Event of Default” in the Annex of Definitions shall be modified in its
entirety to read as follows:
“ “Event of Default” for any Series, means any of the following as well as any other
Events of Default described in the related Indenture Supplement:
(1) the Issuer fails to pay principal when it becomes due and payable on the Final
Maturity Date for those Notes;
(2) the Issuer fails to pay interest on those Notes when it becomes due and payable
and the default continues, or is not cured, for a period of thirty five (35) days;
(3) the occurrence of an Insolvency Event with respect to the Issuer; or
(4) the Issuer fails to observe or perform covenants or agreements made in the
Indenture and the failure continues, or is not cured, for 60 days after notice to
the
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Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by
Noteholders representing 50% or more of the outstanding principal balance of the
affected Series.”
(k) The Annex of Definitions shall be modified to add the following definitions in appropriate
alphabetical order:
“ “Designated Standards” means generally accepted accounting principles or
international financial reporting standards, as selected by NMAC.
“Public ABS Transaction” means any publicly registered issuance of
securities backed by (i) a certificate representing the beneficial interest in a
pool of vehicle leases originated in the United States for a lessee with a United
States address and the related leased vehicles, (ii) motor vehicle retail
installment contracts originated in the United States, or (iii) dealer floorplan or
wholesale financing arrangements originated in the United States and, for clause
(i), clause (ii) and clause (iii), for which NWRC II, or any United States Affiliate
thereof, acts as a transferor.”
Section 2.2 Agreements With Respect to the Trust Agreement. As of the Effective
Date:
(a) Section 1.01 of the Trust Agreement shall be modified to add the following definitions in
appropriate alphabetical order:
“ “Benefit Plan” means an “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3)
of ERISA, which is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, a “plan” described
in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code, an entity whose underlying assets
include “plan assets” by reason of an employee benefit plan’s or plan’s investment
in the entity, or any other employee benefit plan that is subject to a law that is
similar to the fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions of
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.”
(b) Section 1.02(c) of the Trust Agreement shall be modified in its entirety to read as
follows:
“As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this
Agreement, the Annex of Definitions or in any such certificate or other document to
the extent not defined, have the respective meanings given to them under Designated
Standards or regulatory accounting principles, as applicable and as in effect on the
date of this Agreement. To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms in
this Agreement, the Annex of Definitions or in any such certificate or other
document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms
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under Designated Standards or regulatory accounting principles in the United States,
the definitions contained in this Agreement, the Annex of Definitions or in any such
certificate or other document will control.”
(c) Section 3.04 of the Trust Agreement shall be modified to add the following to the end of
such Section 3.04:
“No transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Owner Trustee shall have
received a representation from the transferee of such Certificate to the effect that
such transferee is not a Benefit Plan. Notwithstanding anything else to the
contrary herein, any purported transfer of a Certificate to or on behalf of a
Benefit Plan or utilizing the assets of a Benefit Plan shall be void and of no
effect.”
(d) The first sentence of Section 9.02 of the Trust Agreement shall be modified in its
entirety to read as follows:
“If at any time the Owner Trustee ceases to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of Section 9.01, or if the Administrator, by unilateral act, decides to
remove the Owner Trustee and provides the Owner Trustee with notice thereof, or if
the Owner Trustee fails to resign after written request therefor by the
Administrator, or if at any time the Owner Trustee is legally unable to act, or is
adjusted bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Owner Trustee or of its
property is appointed, or any public officer takes charge or control of the Owner
Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation, then the Administrator may, but will not be required
to, remove the Owner Trustee.”
(e) Article X shall be modified to add the following Section 10.1
“Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right that it may have to a trial by
jury in respect to any legal action or proceeding relating to this agreement.”
ARTICLE III
EFFECTIVE DATE
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 3.1 Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective immediately after
repayment of the Series 2007-A Notes and receipt of consent of the noteholders of the 2008-1
Warehouse Series Notes (such date, the “Effective Date”), without further action by any
party.
ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 4.1 Transaction Documents Unaffected. Except as modified herein, the
parties acknowledge that the provisions of the Transaction Documents remain in full force and
effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed by the parties hereto. To the extent of any conflict
between the Transaction Documents and this Agreement, this Agreement shall control. After
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the Effective Date all references in the Transaction Documents to a particular Transaction
Document shall mean such Transaction Document as modified hereby.
Section 4.2 Governing Law. This Agreement, as it pertains to the Transfer and
Servicing Agreement, shall be governed by the governing law described in Section 8.05 of
the Transfer and Servicing Agreement. This Agreement, as it pertains to the Trust Agreement,
shall be governed by the governing law described in Section 10.11 of the Trust Agreement.
Section 4.3 Captions. The various captions in this Agreement are included for
convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this
Agreement or any provision hereof.
Section 4.4 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall
be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any
provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under the laws of any applicable
jurisdiction, such provision, as to jurisdiction, shall be ineffective to the extent of such
prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining
provisions of this Agreement as to such jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction.
Section 4.5 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
Section 4.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto on separate signature pages, each such executed
counterpart constituting an original but all together only one Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered
as of the date first above written.
NISSAN MASTER OWNER TRUST RECEIVABLES |
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By: | Wilmington Trust Company, | |||||
not in its individual capacity, but solely as | ||||||
Owner Trustee | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Assistant Vice President | ||||||
NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, |
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as Servicer | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||||||
Title: President | ||||||
NISSAN WHOLESALE RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II, |
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as Transferor | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Treasurer | ||||||
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, | ||||||
as Owner Trustee | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Assistant Vice President |
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