Exhibit 4.8
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CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Transferor on and after June 1, 1996,
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
Transferor prior to June 1, 1996 and Servicer
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
Trustee
on behalf of the Series 1999-3 Certificateholders
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SERIES 1999-3 SUPPLEMENT
Dated as of September 29, 1999
to
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 1, 1996
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CHASE CREDIT CARD MASTER TRUST
Series 1999-3
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SERIES 1999-3 SUPPLEMENT, dated as of September 29, 1999 (this
"Series Supplement"), by and among CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION ("Chase USA"), as Transferor on and after June 1, 1996, THE CHASE
MANHATTAN BANK, as Transferor prior to June 1, 1996 and as Servicer, and THE
BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee under the Second Amended and Restated Pooling
and Servicing Agreement dated as of September 1, 1996 between Chase USA, the
Servicer and the Trustee (as may be amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time, the "Agreement").
Section 6.9 of the Agreement provides, among other things, that the
Transferor and the Trustee may at any time and from time to time enter into a
supplement to the Agreement for the purpose of authorizing the delivery by
the Trustee to the Transferor for the execution and redelivery to the Trustee
for authentication of one or more Series of Certificates;
Pursuant to this Series Supplement, the Transferor and the Trust
shall create a new Series of Investor Certificates and shall specify the
Principal Terms thereof;
On the Closing Date, the Certificates will be deposited by the
Transferor in the Chase Credit Card Owner Trust 1999-3 (the "Owner Trust")
and pledged by the Owner Trustee to an indenture trustee to secure certain
notes to be issued by the Owner Trust.
SECTION 1. Designation.
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(a) There is hereby created a Series of Investor Certificates to be
issued in a single class pursuant to the Agreement and this Series Supplement
and to be known as the "Series 1999-3 Certificates." The Series 1999-3
Certificates shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
(b) Series 1999-3 shall be included in Group One (as defined
below). Series 1999-3 shall not be subordinated to any other Series.
SECTION 2. Definitions.
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In the event that any term or provision contained herein shall
conflict with or be inconsistent with any provision contained in the
Agreement, the terms and provisions of this Series Supplement shall govern.
All Article, Section or subsection references herein shall mean Articles,
Sections or subsections of the Agreement, except as otherwise provided
herein. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein are defined in
the Agreement. Each capitalized term defined herein shall relate only to the
Investor Certificates and no other Series of Certificates issued by the
Trust.
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"Accumulation Period" shall mean, solely for the purposes of the
definition of Monthly Principal Payment as such term is defined in each
Supplement, the Controlled Accumulation Period.
"Accumulation Period Factor" shall mean, for each Monthly Period, a
fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the sum of the initial investor
interests (or other amounts specified in the applicable Supplement) of all
outstanding Series, and the denominator of which is equal to the sum of (a)
the Initial Investor Interest, (b) the initial investor interests (or other
amounts specified in the applicable Supplement) of all outstanding Series
(other than Series 1999-3) which are not expected to be in their revolving
periods, and (c) the initial investor interests (or other amounts specified
in the applicable Supplement) of all other outstanding Series which are not
allocating Shared Principal Collections to other Series and are in their
revolving periods.
"Accumulation Period Length" shall have the meaning assigned such
term in subsection 4.9(e).
"Accumulation Period Reserve Account" shall have the meaning
specified in subsection 4.14(a).
"Accumulation Period Reserve Account Funding Date" shall mean the
Transfer Date which occurs not later than the earliest of (a) the Transfer
Date with respect to the Monthly Period which commences three months prior to
the commencement of the Controlled Accumulation Period; (b) the first
Transfer Date for which the Portfolio Adjusted Yield is less than 2%, but in
such event the Accumulation Period Reserve Account Funding Date shall not be
required to occur earlier than the Transfer Date with respect to the Monthly
Period which commences 12 months prior to the commencement of the Controlled
Accumulation Period; (c) the first Transfer Date for which the Portfolio
Adjusted Yield is less than 3%, but in such event the Accumulation Period
Reserve Account Funding Date shall not be required to occur earlier than the
Transfer Date with respect to the Monthly Period which commences six months
prior to the commencement of the Controlled Accumulation Period; and (d) the
first Transfer Date for which the Portfolio Adjusted Yield is less than 4%,
but in such event the Reserve Account Funding Date shall not be required to
occur earlier than the Transfer Date with respect to the Monthly Period which
commences four months prior to the commencement of the Controlled
Accumulation Period.
"Accumulation Period Reserve Account Surplus" shall mean, with
respect to any date of determination, the amount by which the amount on
deposit in the Accumulation Period Reserve Account exceeds the Required
Accumulation Period Reserve Account Amount.
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"Accumulation Period Reserve Draw Amount" shall have the meaning
specified in subsection 4.14(c).
"Accumulation Shortfall" shall initially mean zero and shall
thereafter mean, with respect to any Monthly Period during the Controlled
Accumulation Period, the excess, if any, of the Controlled Deposit Amount for
the previous Monthly Period over the amount deposited into the Principal
Funding Account pursuant to subsection 4.9(c)(i) with respect to the
Certificates for the previous Monthly Period.
"Adjusted Investor Interest" shall mean, with respect to any date
of determination, an amount equal to the Investor Interest as of such date
minus the Principal Funding Account Balance as of such date.
"Aggregate Investor Default Amount" shall mean, with respect to any
Monthly Period, the sum of the Investor Default Amounts in respect of such
Monthly Period.
"Assignee" shall have the meaning specified in subsection 16(a).
"Available Accumulation Period Reserve Account Amount" shall mean,
with respect to any Transfer Date, the lesser of (a) the amount on deposit in
the Accumulation Period Reserve Account on such date (after taking into
account any interest and earnings retained in the Accumulation Period Reserve
Account pursuant to subsection 4.14(b) on such date, but before giving effect
to any deposit made or to be made in the Accumulation Period Reserve Account
on such date) and (b) the Required Accumulation Period Reserve Account
Amount.
"Available Investor Finance Charge Collections" shall mean, with
respect to any Monthly Period, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the Floating
Allocation of the Collections of Finance Charge Receivables allocated to the
Investor Certificates and deposited in the Finance Charge Account for such
Monthly Period (or to be deposited in the Finance Charge Account on the
related Transfer Date with respect to the preceding Monthly Period pursuant
to the third paragraph of subsection 4.3(a) and Section 2.8 of the Agreement
and subsection 3(b) of this Series Supplement), excluding the portion of
Collections of Finance Charge Receivables attributable to Servicer
Interchange, (b) with respect to any Monthly Period during the Controlled
Accumulation Period prior to the payment in full of the Investor Interest,
the Principal Funding Investment Proceeds arising pursuant to subsection
4.13(b), if any, with respect to the related Transfer Date and (c) the
Accumulation Period Reserve Draw Amount (up to the Available Accumulation
Period Reserve Account Amount) plus any amounts of interest and earnings
described in subsections 4.14(b) 4.14 (c) and 4.14(d) which will be deposited
into the Finance Charge Account on the related Transfer Date.
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"Available Investor Principal Collections" shall mean with respect
to any Monthly Period, an amount equal to (a) the Investor Principal
Collections for such Monthly Period, minus (b) the amount of Reallocated
Principal Collections with respect to such Monthly Period which pursuant to
Section 4.11 are required to fund the Class A Note Interest Requirement, the
Class B Note Interest Requirement and the Net Investor Servicing Fee, plus
(c) the amount of Shared Principal Collections with respect to other Series
that are allocated to Series 1999-3 in accordance with subsection 4.12(b).
"Base Rate" shall mean, with respect to any Monthly Period, the
annualized percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is
equal to the sum of the Class A Note Interest Requirement, the Class B Note
Interest Requirement and the Net Class C Note Interest Requirement, each for
the related Note Interest Period, and the Investor Servicing Fee with respect
to such Monthly Period and the denominator of which is the Investor Interest
as of the close of business on the last day of such Monthly Period; provided,
however, that with respect to the August 1999, September 1999 and October
1999 Monthly Periods, Base Rate shall mean the sum of (i) the weighted
average of the Class A Note Interest Rate, the Class B Note Interest Rate and
the Class C Note Interest Rate and (ii) 2%; provided that the Class C Note
Interest Rate shall be determined based on LIBOR as calculated for such
Monthly Periods pursuant to the Series 1999-1 Supplement to the Agreement
plus 0.95% per annum.
"Certificateholders" shall mean the Persons in whose names the
Series 1999-3 Certificates are registered in the Certificate Register.
"Certificate Reassignment Date" shall mean the date on which the
Investor Certificates are retransferred to the Transferor in accordance with
the terms specified in Section 4 of this Series Supplement and subsection
12.2(a) of the Agreement.
"Certificates" shall mean the certificates executed by the
Transferor and authenticated by or on behalf of the Trustee, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A hereto.
"Class A Note Interest Requirement" shall have the meaning set
forth in the Indenture.
"Class B Note Interest Requirement" shall have the meaning set
forth in the Indenture.
"Closing Date" shall mean September 29, 1999.
"Controlled Accumulation Amount" shall mean (a) for any Transfer
Date with respect to the Controlled Accumulation Period prior to the
Scheduled Principal Allocation Commencement Date, $70,833,334; provided,
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however, that if the commencement of the Controlled Accumulation Period is
determined to be less than 12 months pursuant to subsection 4.9(e), the
Controlled Accumulation Amount for each Transfer Date with respect to the
Controlled Accumulation Period prior to the Scheduled Principal Allocation
Commencement Date, will be equal to (x) 88% of the Initial Investor Interest
divided by (y) the number of Monthly Periods in the Controlled Accumulation
Period as determined pursuant to subsection 4.9(e) and (b) for any Transfer
Date with respect to the Controlled Accumulation Period after the Scheduled
Principal Allocation Commencement Date, zero.
"Controlled Accumulation Period" shall mean, unless a Pay Out Event
shall have occurred prior thereto, the period commencing at the close of
business on August 31, 2003 or such later date as is determined in accordance
with subsection 4.9(e) and ending on the first to occur of (a) the
commencement of the Rapid Amortization Period and (b) the Series 1999-3
Termination Date.
"Controlled Deposit Amount" shall mean, with respect to any
Transfer Date, the sum of (a) the Controlled Accumulation Amount for such
Transfer Date and (b) any existing Accumulation Shortfall.
"Covered Amount" shall mean, as of the Transfer Date with respect
to any Interest Period, an amount equal to one-twelfth of the product of (a)
the Class A Note Interest Rate and (b) the Principal Funding Account Balance
as of the close of business on the Distribution Date preceding such Transfer
Date (after giving effect to all of the transactions occurring on such date).
"Cumulative Series Principal Shortfall" shall mean the sum of the
Series Principal Shortfalls (as such term is defined in each of the related
Series Supplements) for each Series.
"Daily Principal Shortfall" shall mean, on any date of
determination, the excess of the Monthly Principal Payment for the Monthly
Period relating to such date over the month to date amount of Collections
processed in respect of Principal Receivables for such Monthly Period
allocable to investor certificates of all outstanding Series, not subject to
reallocation, which are on deposit or to be deposited in the Principal
Account on such date.
"Distribution Date" shall mean November 15, 1999 and the fifteenth
day of each calendar month thereafter, or if such fifteenth day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
"Excess Principal Funding Investment Proceeds" shall mean, with
respect to each Transfer Date relating to the Controlled Accumulation Period,
the amount, if any, by which the Principal Funding Investment Proceeds for
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such Transfer Date exceed the Covered Amount determined on such Transfer
Date.
"Finance Charge Shortfall" shall mean, with respect to any Transfer
Date, the excess, if any, of the amount distributable pursuant to subsections
4.9(a)(i) through (viii) over Available Investor Finance Charge Collections.
"Fitch" shall mean Fitch IBCA, Inc. or its successors.
"Fixed Investor Percentage" shall mean, with respect to any Monthly
Period, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is
the Investor Interest as of the close of business on the last day of the
Revolving Period and the denominator of which is the greater of (a) the sum
of (i) the aggregate amount of Principal Receivables in the Trust determined
as of the close of business on the last day of the prior Monthly Period and
(ii) the Excess Funding Amount as of the close of business on such last day
of the prior Monthly Period and (b) the sum of the numerators used to
calculate the Investor Percentages (as such term is defined in the Agreement)
for allocations with respect to Principal Receivables for all outstanding
Series on such date of determination; provided, however, that with respect to
any Monthly Period in which an Addition Date occurs or in which a Removal
Date occurs, the amount determined pursuant to clause (a)(i) hereof shall be
the quotient of (A) the sum of (I) the aggregate amount of Principal
Receivables in the Trust as of the close of business on the last day of the
prior Monthly Period multiplied by the actual number of days in the period
from and including the first day of such Monthly Period to but excluding the
related Addition Date or Removal Date and (II) the aggregate amount of
Principal Receivables in the Trust as of the beginning of the day on the
related Addition Date or Removal Date after adjusting for the aggregate
amount of Principal Receivables added to or removed from the Trust on the
related Addition Date or Removal Date, multiplied by the actual number of
days in the period from and including the related Addition Date or Removal
Date to and including the last day of such Monthly Period divided by (B) the
actual number of days in such Monthly Period.
"Floating Investor Percentage" shall mean, with respect to any
Monthly Period, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of
which is the Adjusted Investor Interest as of the close of business on the
last day of the prior Monthly Period (or with respect to the first Monthly
Period, the Initial Investor Interest) and the denominator of which is the
greater of (a) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of Principal Receivables
as of the close of business on the last day of the prior Monthly Period (or
with respect to the first calendar month in the first Monthly Period, the
aggregate amount of Principal Receivables in the Trust as of the close of
business on the day immediately preceding the Closing Date, and with respect
to the second calendar month in the first Monthly Period, the aggregate
amount of Principal Receivables as of the close of business on the last day
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of the first calendar month in the first Monthly Period) and (ii) the Excess
Funding Amount as of the close of business on such last day of the prior
Monthly Period and (b) the sum of the numerators used to calculate the
Investor Percentages (as such term is defined in the Agreement) for
allocations with respect to Finance Charge Receivables, Default Amounts or
Principal Receivables, as applicable, for all outstanding Series on such date
of determination; provided, however, that with respect to any Monthly Period
in which an Addition Date occurs or in which a Removal Date occurs, the
amount determined pursuant to clause (a)(i) hereof shall be the quotient of
(A) the sum of (I) the aggregate amount of Principal Receivables in the Trust
as of the close of business on the last day of the prior Monthly Period
multiplied by the actual number of days in the period from and including the
first day of such Monthly Period to but excluding the related Addition Date
or Removal Date and (II) the aggregate amount of Principal Receivables in the
Trust as of the beginning of the day on the related Addition Date or Removal
Date after adjusting for the aggregate amount of Principal Receivables added
to or removed from the Trust on the related Addition Date or Removal Date,
multiplied by the actual number of days in the period from and including the
related Addition Date or Removal Date to and including the last day of such
Monthly Period divided by (B) the actual number of days in such Monthly
Period.
"Group One" shall mean Series 1999-3 and each other Series
specified in the related Supplement to be included in Group One.
"Indenture" shall mean that certain agreement, dated as of
September 29, 1999 between the Chase Credit Card Owner Trust 1999-3 and The
Bank of New York, as indenture trustee.
"Initial Investor Interest" shall mean the initial aggregate
principal amount of the Certificates, which is $965,910,000.
"Initial Purchaser" shall have the meaning set forth in subsection
16(c).
"Interest Period" shall mean, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the period from and including the previous Distribution Date through
the day preceding such Distribution Date, except that the initial Interest
Period shall be the period from and including the Closing Date through the
day preceding the initial Distribution Date.
"Investor Certificateholders" shall mean the holders of record of
the Series 1999-3 Certificates.
"Investor Certificates" shall mean the Series 1999-3 Certificates.
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"Investor Charge-Offs" shall have the meaning specified in Section
4.10.
"Investor Default Amount" shall mean, with respect to any
Receivable in a Defaulted Account, an amount equal to the product of (a) the
Default Amount and (b) the Floating Investor Percentage on the day such
Account became a Defaulted Account.
"Investor Interest" shall mean, on any date of determination, an
amount equal to (a) the Initial Investor Interest, minus (b) the aggregate
amount of principal payments made to the Certificates prior to such date and
minus (c) the aggregate amount of Investor Charge-Offs pursuant to Section
4.10 and Reallocated Principal Collections pursuant to Section 4.11 plus (d)
the aggregate amount of Available Investor Finance Charge Collections
allocated and available on all prior Transfer Dates pursuant to subsection
4.9(a)(vi) for the purpose of reimbursing the amount of any reduction
pursuant to clause (c); provided, however, that the Investor Interest may not
be reduced below zero.
"Investor Percentage" shall mean for any Monthly Period, (a) with
respect to Collections of Finance Charge Receivables and Default Amounts at
any time and Collections of Principal Receivables during the Revolving
Period, the Floating Investor Percentage and (b) with respect to Collections
of Principal Receivables during the Controlled Accumulation Period or the
Rapid Amortization Period, the Fixed Investor Percentage.
"Investor Principal Collections" shall mean, with respect to any
Monthly Period, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount deposited into the
Principal Account for such Monthly Period pursuant to subsections 4.5(a)(ii),
4.5(b)(ii), or 4.5(c)(ii), in each case, as applicable to such Monthly Period
and (b) the aggregate amount to be treated as Investor Principal Collections
pursuant to subsections 4.9(a)(v) and (vi) for such Monthly Period (other
than such amount paid from Reallocated Principal Collections).
"Investor Servicing Fee shall have the meaning specified in
subsection 3(a) hereof.
"Minimum Transferor Interest Percentage" shall mean 7%.
"Monthly Period" shall have the meaning specified in the Agreement,
except that the first Monthly Period with respect to the Investor
Certificates shall begin on and include the Closing Date and shall end on and
include November 14, 1999.
"Monthly Principal Payment" shall mean with respect to any Monthly
Period, for all Series (including Series 1999-3) which are in an Amortization
Period or Accumulation Period (as such terms are defined in the related
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Supplements for all Series), the sum of (a) the Controlled Distribution
Amount for the related Transfer Date for any Series in its Controlled
Amortization Period (as such terms are defined in the related Supplements for
all Series), (b) the Controlled Deposit Amount for the related Transfer Date
for any Series in its Accumulation Period, other than its Rapid Accumulation
Period, if applicable (as such terms are defined in the related Supplements
for all Series), (c) the Investor Interest as of the end of the prior Monthly
Period taking into effect any payments to be made on the following
Distribution Date for any Series in its Principal Amortization Period or
Rapid Amortization Period (as such terms are defined in the related
Supplements for all Series), (d) the Adjusted Investor Interest as of the end
of the prior Monthly Period taking into effect any payments or deposits to be
made on the following Transfer Date and Distribution Date for any Series in
its Rapid Accumulation Period (as such terms are defined in the related
Supplements for all Series), and (e) such other amounts as may be specified
in the related Supplements for all Series.
"Monthly Principal Reallocation Amount" shall mean with respect to
any Monthly Period an amount equal to the sum of (A) the lower of (i) the
excess of the Class A Note Interest Requirement over the Available Investor
Finance Charge Collections allocated with respect thereto pursuant to
subsection 4.9(a)(i) and (ii) the greater of (a) (x) the product of (I) 12.0%
and (II) the Initial Investor Interest minus (y) the amount of unreimbursed
Investor Charge-Offs (after giving effect to Investor Charge-Offs for the
related Monthly Period) and unreimbursed Reallocated Principal Collections
(as of the previous Distribution Date) and (b) zero; and (B) the lower of (i)
the excess of the Class B Note Interest Requirement and the Net Investor
Servicing Fee over the Available Investor Finance Charge Collections
allocated with respect thereto pursuant to subsections 4.9(a)(i)and
4.9(a)(ii)and (ii) the greater of (a) the product of (I) 7.0% and (II) the
Initial Investor Interest minus the amount of unreimbursed Investor Charge-
Offs (after giving effect to Investor Charge-Offs for the related Monthly
Period) and unreimbursed Reallocated Principal Collections as of the previous
Distribution Date) and (b) zero.
"Net Class C Note Interest Requirement" shall have the meaning set
forth in the Indenture.
"Net Investor Servicing Fee" shall mean that portion of the
Investor Servicing Fee allocable to the Series 1999-3 Certificates with
respect to any Transfer Date.
"Net Servicing Fee Rate" shall mean 1.0% per annum.
"Note Interest Period" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Indenture.
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"Note Interest Requirement" shall have the meaning set forth in
subsection 4.6(a).
"Owner Trust Spread Account" shall have the meaning set forth in
the Indenture.
"Pay Out Commencement Date" shall mean the date on which a Trust
Pay Out Event is deemed to occur pursuant to Section 9.1 or a Series 1999-3
Pay Out Event is deemed to occur pursuant to Section 9 hereof.
"Portfolio Yield" shall mean, with respect to any Monthly Period,
the annualized percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is
an amount equal to the sum of (a) the amount of Collections of Finance Charge
Receivables deposited into the Finance Charge Account and allocable to the
Investor Certificates for such Monthly Period,(b) the Principal Funding
Investment Proceeds deposited into the Finance Charge Account on the Transfer
Date related to such Monthly Period and (c) the amount of the Accumulation
Period Reserve Draw Amount (up to the Available Accumulation Period Reserve
Account Amount) plus any amounts of interest and earnings described in
subsections 4.14(b), 4.14(c) and 4.14(d), each deposited into the Finance
Charge Account on the Transfer Date relating to such Monthly Period, such sum
to be calculated on a cash basis after subtracting the Investor Default
Amount for such Monthly Period, and the denominator of which is the Investor
Interest as of the close of business on the last day of such Monthly Period;
provided, however, that with respect to the August 1999, September 1999 and
October 1999 Monthly Periods, Portfolio Yield shall mean "Portfolio Yield" as
calculated in accordance with the definition thereof in the Series 1999-1
Supplement to the Agreement.
"Principal Funding Account" shall have the meaning set forth in
subsection 4.13(a).
"Principal Funding Account Balance" shall mean, with respect to any
date of determination, the principal amount, if any, on deposit in the
Principal Funding Account on such date of determination.
"Principal Funding Investment Proceeds" shall mean, with respect to
each Transfer Date, the investment earnings on funds in the Principal Funding
Account (net of investment expenses and losses) for the period from and
including the immediately preceding Transfer Date to but excluding such
Transfer Date.
"Principal Funding Investment Shortfall" shall mean, with respect
to each Transfer Date relating to the Controlled Accumulation Period, the
amount, if any, by which the Principal Funding Investment Proceeds for such
Transfer Date are less than the Covered Amount determined as of such Transfer
Date.
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"Rapid Amortization Period" shall mean the Amortization Period
commencing on the Pay Out Commencement Date and ending on the earlier to
occur of (a) the Series 1999-3 Termination Date and (b) the termination of
the Trust pursuant to Section 12.1.
"Rating Agency" shall mean Xxxxx'x, Standard & Poor's and Fitch.
"Rating Agency Condition" shall mean, with respect to Series 1999-
3, the written confirmation of the Rating Agency that a specified event or
modification of the terms of Series 1999-3 will not result in the withdrawal
or downgrade of the rating of any class of the Asset Backed Notes of Chase
Credit Card Owner Trust 1999-3 then in effect.
"Reallocated Principal Collections" shall mean with respect to any
Transfer Date, Investor Principal Collections applied in accordance with
Section 4.11 in an amount not to exceed the lesser of the Monthly Principal
Reallocation Amount for the related Monthly Period and the Investor Interest
after giving effect to any Investor Charge-Offs for such Transfer Date.
"Required Accumulation Factor Number" shall be equal to a fraction,
rounded upwards to the nearest whole number, the numerator of which is one
and the denominator of which is equal to the lowest monthly principal payment
rate on the Accounts, expressed as a decimal, for the 12 months preceding the
date of such calculation.
"Required Accumulation Period Reserve Account Amount" shall mean,
with respect to any Transfer Date on or after the Accumulation Period Reserve
Account Funding Date, an amount equal to (a) the product of (i) 88.0%, (ii)
the Initial Investor Interest and (iii) 0.5% or (b) any other amount
designated by the Transferor; provided, however, that if such designation is
of a lesser amount, the Transferor shall (i) provide the Servicer and the
Trustee with evidence that the Rating Agency Condition shall have been
satisfied and (ii) deliver to the Trustee a certificate of an authorized
officer to the effect that, based on the facts known to such officer at such
time, in the reasonable belief of the Transferor, such designation will not
cause a Pay Out Event or an event that, after the giving of notice or the
lapse of time, would cause a Pay Out Event to occur with respect to Series
1999-3.
"Required Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.8.
"Required Owner Trust Spread Account Amount" shall have the meaning
set forth in the Indenture.
"Revolving Period" shall mean the period from and including the
Closing Date to, but not including, the earlier of (a) the day the Controlled
Accumulation Period commences and (b) the Pay Out Commencement Date.
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"Scheduled Principal Allocation Commencement Date" shall mean the
September 2004 Distribution Date.
"Series 1999-3" shall mean the Series of the Chase Credit Card
Master Trust represented by the Investor Certificates.
"Series 1999-3 Certificateholders" shall mean the holders of
records of Series 1999-3 Certificates.
"Series 1999-3 Pay Out Event" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 9 hereof.
"Series 1999-3 Termination Date" shall mean the earliest to occur
of (a) the Distribution Date on which the Investor Interest is paid in full,
(b) the January 2007 Distribution Date and (c) the Trust Termination Date.
"Series Principal Shortfall" shall mean with respect to any
Transfer Date, the excess, if any, of (a) (i) with respect to any Transfer
Date relating to the Controlled Accumulation Period, the Controlled Deposit
Amount for such Transfer Date, and (ii) with respect to any Transfer Date
during the Rapid Amortization Period, the Adjusted Investor Interest over (b)
the Investor Principal Collections minus the Reallocated Principal
Collections for such Transfer Date.
"Series Servicing Fee Percentage" shall mean 2.0%.
"Servicer Interchange" shall mean, for any Monthly Period, the
portion of Collections of Finance Charge Receivables allocated to the
Investor Certificates and deposited in the Finance Charge Account with
respect to such Monthly Period that is attributable to Interchange; provided,
however, that Servicer Interchange for a Monthly Period shall not exceed one-
twelfth of the product of (i) the Adjusted Investor Interest as of the last
day of such Monthly Period and (ii) 1.00%.
"Shared Excess Finance Charge Collections" shall mean, with respect
to any Distribution Date, as the context requires, either (x) the amount
described in subsection 4.9(a)(ix) allocated to the Series 1999-3
Certificates but available to cover shortfalls in amounts paid from
Collections of Finance Charge Receivables for other Series, if any or (y) the
aggregate amount of Collections of Finance Charge Receivables allocable to
other Series in excess of the amounts necessary to make required payments
with respect to such Series, if any, and available to cover shortfalls with
respect to the Investor Certificates.
"Shared Principal Collections" shall mean either (a) the amount
allocated to the Investor Certificates which may be applied to the Series
Principal Shortfall with respect to other outstanding Series or (b) the
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amounts allocated to the investor certificates of other Series which the
applicable Supplements for such Series specify are to be treated as "Shared
Principal Collections" and which may be applied to cover the Series Principal
Shortfall with respect to the Investor Certificates.
"Targeted Holder" shall mean each holder of a right to receive
interest or principal with respect to the Investor Certificates (or other
interests in the Trust), other than certificates (or other such interests)
with respect to which an opinion is rendered that such certificates (or other
such interests) will be treated as debt for federal income tax purposes, and
any holder of a right to receive any amount in respect of the Transferor
Interest; provided, that any Person holding more than one interest each of
which would cause such Person to be a Targeted Holder shall be treated as a
single Targeted Holder.
"Transfer" shall have the meaning specified in subsection 16(a).
SECTION 3. Servicing Compensation and Assignment of Interchange.
(a) The share of the Servicing Fee allocable to Series 1999-3 with respect to
any Transfer Date (the "Investor Servicing Fee") shall be equal to one-
twelfth of the product of (i) the Series Servicing Fee Percentage and (ii)
the Adjusted Investor Interest as of the last day of the Monthly Period
preceding such Transfer Date; provided, however, that with respect to the
first Transfer Date, the Investor Servicing Fee shall be equal to the product
of (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from and
including the Closing Date to and including the last day of the October 1999
Monthly Period and the denominator of which is 360, (ii) 2.0% and (iii) the
Initial Investor Interest on the Closing Date. On each Transfer Date a
portion of Interchange with respect to the related Monthly Period that is on
deposit in the Finance Charge Account shall be withdrawn from the Finance
Charge Account and paid to the Servicer in payment of a portion of the
Investor Servicing Fee with respect to such Monthly Period ("Servicer
Interchange"). Should the Servicer Interchange on deposit in the Finance
Charge Account on any Transfer Date with respect to the related Monthly
Period be less than one-twelfth of 1.00% of the Adjusted Investor Interest as
of the last day of such Monthly Period, the Investor Servicing Fee with
respect to such Monthly Period will not be paid to the extent of such
insufficiency of Servicer Interchange on deposit in the Finance Charge
Account. The share of the Investor Servicing Fee allocable to the
Certificateholders with respect to any Transfer Date (the "Net Investor
Servicing Fee") shall be equal to one-twelfth of the product of (i) the Net
Servicing Fee Rate and (ii) the Adjusted Investor Interest as of the last day
of the Monthly Period preceding such Transfer Date; provided, however, that
with respect to the first Transfer Date, the Net Investor Servicing Fee shall
be equal to the product of (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is the
number of days from and including the Closing Date to and including the last
day of the October 1999 Monthly Period and the denominator of which is 360,
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(ii) the Net Servicing Fee Rate and (iii) the Investor Interest on the
Closing Date. Except as specifically provided above, the Servicing Fee shall
be paid by the cash flows from the Trust allocated to the Transferor or the
certificateholders of other Series (as provided in the related Supplements)
and in no event shall the Trust, the Trustee or the Investor
Certificateholders be liable therefor. The Net Investor Servicing Fee shall
be payable to the Servicer solely to the extent amounts are available for
distribution in respect thereof pursuant to subsection 4.9(a)(iii).
(b) On or before each Transfer Date, the Transferor shall notify
the Servicer of the amount of Interchange to be included as Collections of
Finance Charge Receivables and allocable to the Investor Certificateholders
with respect to the preceding Monthly Period as determined pursuant to this
subsection 3(b). Such amount of Interchange shall be equal to the product of
(i) the aggregate amount of Interchange with respect to such Monthly Period
and (ii) the Investor Percentage with respect to Finance Charge Receivables
for such Monthly Period. On each Transfer Date, the Transferor shall pay to
the Servicer, and the Servicer shall deposit into the Finance Charge Account,
in immediately available funds, the amount of Interchange to be so included
as Collections of Finance Charge Receivables allocable to the Investor
Certificates with respect to the preceding Monthly Period.
SECTION 4. Reassignment and Transfer Terms. The Investor
Certificates shall be subject to retransfer to the Transferor at its option,
in accordance with the terms specified in subsection 12.2(a), on any
Distribution Date on or after the Distribution Date on which the Investor
Interest is reduced to an amount less than or equal to 5% of the Initial
Investor Interest. The deposit required in connection with any such
repurchase shall include the amount, if any, on deposit in the Principal
Funding Account and will be equal to the sum of (a) the Investor Interest and
(b) accrued and unpaid interest on the Investor Certificates through the day
preceding the Distribution Date on which the repurchase occurs.
SECTION 5. Delivery and Payment for the Investor Certificates.
The Transferor shall execute and deliver the Series 1999-3 Certificates to
the Trustee for authentication in accordance with Section 6.1. The Trustee
shall deliver such Certificates when authenticated in accordance with Section
6.2.
SECTION 6. Form of Delivery of Investor Certificates.
The Certificates shall be delivered as Registered Certificates as
provided in Section 6.1.
SECTION 7. Article IV of Agreement. Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3
shall be read in their entirety as provided in the Agreement. Article IV
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(except for Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 thereof) shall be read in its entirety
as follows and shall be applicable only to the Investor Certificates:
ARTICLE IV
RIGHTS OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS AND
ALLOCATION AND APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS
SECTION 4.4 Rights of the Certificateholders. The Investor
Certificates shall represent undivided interests in the Trust, consisting of
the right to receive, to the extent necessary to make the required payments
with respect to such Investor Certificates at the times and in the amounts
specified in this Agreement, (a) the Floating Investor Percentage and Fixed
Investor Percentage (as applicable from time to time) of Collections received
with respect to the Receivables and (b) funds on deposit in the Collection
Account, the Finance Charge Account, the Excess Funding Account, the
Principal Account, the Principal Funding Account, the Accumulation Period
Reserve Account and the Distribution Account. The Transferor Certificate
shall not represent any interest in the Collection Account, the Finance
Charge Account, the Principal Account, the Excess Funding Account, the
Principal Funding Account, the Accumulation Period Reserve Account or the
Distribution Account, except as specifically provided in this Article IV.
SECTION 4.5 Allocations.
(a) Allocations During the Revolving Period. During the Revolving
Period, the Servicer shall, prior to the close of business on the day any
Collections are deposited in the Collection Account, allocate to the Investor
Certificateholders or the Holder of the Transferor Certificate and pay or
deposit from the Collection Account the following amounts as set forth below:
(i) Deposit into the Finance Charge Account an amount equal to the
product of (A) the Investor Percentage on the Date of Processing of such
Collections and (B) the aggregate amount of Collections processed in
respect of Finance Charge Receivables on such Date of Processing to be
applied in accordance with Section 4.9.
(ii) (A) Deposit into the Principal Account an amount equal to the
product of (1) the Investor Percentage on the Date of Processing of such
Collections and (2) the aggregate amount of Collections processed in
respect of Principal Receivables on such Date of Processing; provided,
however, that the amount deposited into the Principal Account pursuant
to this subsection 4.5(a)(ii)(A) shall not exceed the Daily Principal
Shortfall, and (B) pay to the Holder of the Transferor Certificate an
amount equal to the excess, if any, identified in the proviso to clause
(A) above; provided, however, that the amount to be paid to the Holder
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of the Transferor Certificate pursuant to this subsection 4.5(a)(ii)(B)
with respect to any Date of Processing shall be paid to the Holder of
the Transferor Certificate only if the Transferor Interest on such Date
of Processing is greater than the Minimum Transferor Interest (after
giving effect to the inclusion in the Trust of all Receivables created
on or prior to such Date of Processing and the application of payments
referred to in subsection 4.3(b)) and otherwise shall be deposited into
the Excess Funding Account.
(b) Allocations During the Controlled Accumulation Period. During
the Controlled Accumulation Period, the Servicer shall, prior to the close of
business on the day any Collections are deposited in the Collection Account,
allocate to the Investor Certificateholders or the Holder of the Transferor
Certificate and pay or deposit from the Collection Account the following
amounts as set forth below:
(i) Deposit into the Finance Charge Account an amount equal to the
product of (A) the Investor Percentage on the Date of Processing of such
Collections and (B) the aggregate amount of Collections processed in
respect of Finance Charge Receivables on such Date of Processing to be
applied in accordance with Section 4.9.
(ii) (A) Deposit into the Principal Account an amount equal to the
product of (1) the Investor Percentage on the Date of Processing of such
Collections and (2) the aggregate amount of Collections processed in
respect of Principal Receivables on such Date of Processing; provided,
however, that the amount deposited into the Principal Account pursuant
to this subsection 4.5(b)(ii)(A) shall not exceed the Daily Principal
Shortfall, and (B) pay to the Holder of the Transferor Certificate an
amount equal to the excess, if any, identified in the proviso to clause
(A) above; provided, however, that the amount to be paid to the Holder
of the Transferor Certificate pursuant to this subsection 4.5(b)(ii)(B)
with respect to any Date of Processing shall be paid to the Holder of
the Transferor Certificate only if the Transferor Interest on such Date
of Processing is greater than the Minimum Transferor Interest (after
giving effect to the inclusion in the Trust of all Receivables created
on or prior to such Date of Processing and the application of payments
referred to in subsection 4.3(b)) and otherwise shall be deposited into
the Excess Funding Account.
(c) Allocations During the Rapid Amortization Period. During the
Rapid Amortization Period, the Servicer shall, prior to the close of business
on the day any Collections are deposited in the Collection Account, allocate
to the Investor Certificateholders and pay or deposit from the Collection
Account the following amounts as set forth below:
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(i) Deposit into the Finance Charge Account an amount equal to the
product of (A) the Investor Percentage on the Date of Processing of such
Collections and (B) the aggregate amount of Collections processed in
respect of Finance Charge Receivables on such Date of Processing to be
applied in accordance with Section 4.9.
(ii) (A) Deposit into the Principal Account an amount equal to the
product of (1) the Investor Percentage on the Date of Processing of such
Collections and (2) the aggregate amount of Collections processed in
respect of Principal Receivables on such Date of Processing; provided,
however, that the amount deposited into the Principal Account pursuant
to this subsection 4.5(c)(ii)(A) shall not exceed the sum of the
Investor Interest as of the close of business on the last day of the
prior Monthly Period (after taking into account any payments to be made
on the Distribution Date relating to such prior Monthly Period and
deposits and any adjustments to be made to the Investor Interest to be
made on the Transfer Date relating to such Monthly Period) and any
Reallocated Principal Collections relating to the Monthly Period in
which such deposit is made and (B) pay to the Holder of the Transferor
Certificate an amount equal to the excess, if any, identified in the
proviso to clause (A) above; provided, however, that the amount to be
paid to the Holder of the Transferor Certificate pursuant to this
subsection 4.5(c)(ii)(B) with respect to any Date of Processing shall be
paid to the Holder of the Transferor Certificate only if the Transferor
Interest on such Date of Processing is greater than the Minimum
Transferor Interest (after giving effect to the inclusion in the Trust
of all Receivables created on or prior to such Date of Processing and
the application of payments referred to in subsection 4.3(b)) and
otherwise shall be deposited into the Excess Funding Account.
(d) Limitation on Required Deposits. With respect to the Investor
Certificates, and notwithstanding anything in the Agreement or this Series
Supplement to the contrary, whether or not the Servicer is required to make
monthly or daily deposits from the Collection Account into the Finance Charge
Account or the Principal Account pursuant to subsections 4.5(a), 4.5(b) and
4.5(c), with respect to any Monthly Period (i) the Servicer will only be
required to deposit Collections from the Collection Account into the Finance
Charge Account or the Principal Account in an amount equal to the lesser of
(x) the amount required to be deposited into any such deposit account
pursuant to subsection 4.5(a), 4.5(b) or 4.5(c) and (y) the amount required
to be distributed on or prior to the related Distribution Date to the
Investor Certificateholders and (ii) if at any time prior to such
Distribution Date the amount of Collections deposited in the Collection
Account exceeds the amount required to be deposited pursuant to clause (i)
above, the Servicer will be permitted to withdraw the excess from the
Collection Account. To the extent that, in accordance with this subsection
4.5(d), the Servicer has retained amounts which would otherwise be required
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to be deposited in the Finance Charge Account or the Principal Account with
respect to any Monthly Period, the Servicer shall be required to deposit such
amounts in the Finance Charge Account or the Principal Account on the related
Transfer Date to the extent necessary to make required distributions to the
Investor Certificateholders on the related Distribution Date, including any
amounts which are required to be applied as Reallocated Principal
Collections.
For so long as the Servicer shall (i) satisfy the conditions
specified in the third paragraph of subsection 4.3(a) of the Agreement and
(ii) be making deposits to the Principal Account and Finance Charge Account
on a monthly basis, all requirements herein to deposit amounts on a daily
basis shall be deemed to be satisfied to the extent that the required monthly
deposit is made and all references to amounts on deposit in such accounts
shall be deemed to include amounts which would otherwise have been deposited
therein on a daily basis.
SECTION 4.6 Determination of Required Monthly Interest Payment.
The amount of monthly interest distributable to the Series Certificates
shall be an amount equal to the sum of the Class A Note Interest Requirement,
the Class B Note Interest Requirement and the Net Class C Note Interest
Requirement (collectively, the "Note Interest Requirement"); provided,
however, that with respect to the first Distribution Date, each of the Class
A Note Interest Requirement, the Class B Note Interest Requirement and the
Net Class C Note Interest Requirement will include, accrued interest at the
applicable Note Interest Rate from the Closing Date through November 14,
1999.
SECTION 4.7 Determination of Monthly Principal Payments.
The amount of monthly principal distributable from the Principal
Account with respect to the Investor Certificates on each Transfer Date,
beginning with the Transfer Date in the month following the month in which
the Controlled Accumulation Period or, if earlier, the Rapid Amortization
Period, begins, shall be equal to the least of (i) the Available Investor
Principal Collections on deposit in the Principal Account with respect to
such Transfer Date, (ii) for each Transfer Date with respect to the
Controlled Accumulation Period, the Controlled Deposit Amount for such
Transfer Date and (iii) the Adjusted Investor Interest on such Transfer Date
prior to any deposit into the Principal Funding Account to be made on such
day.
SECTION 4.8 Coverage of Required Amount. On or before each
Transfer Date, the Servicer will determine the amount (the "Required Amount")
by which (A) the sum of (i) the Class A Note Interest Requirement, (ii) the
Class B Note Interest Requirement and (iii) the Net Class C Note Interest
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Requirement plus (B) the Net Investor Servicing Fee for the prior Monthly
Period plus (C) the Net Investor Servicing Fee, if any, due but not paid on
any prior Transfer Date plus, (D) the Investor Default Amount for the prior
Monthly Period, if any, exceeds the amount of Available Investor Finance
Charge Collections for such Monthly Period. In the event the Required Amount
is greater than zero, the Servicer shall give written notice to the Trustee
of such positive Required Amount for such Transfer Date and all or a portion
of the Shared Excess Finance Charge Collections allocable to Series 1999-3
with respect to such Transfer Date in an amount equal to the Required Amount,
to the extent available, for such Transfer Date shall be distributed from the
Finance Charge Account on such Transfer Date in accordance with the priority
of payments set forth in subsection 4.9(a).
SECTION 4.9 Monthly Payments. On or before each Transfer Date,
the Servicer shall instruct the Trustee in writing (which writing shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto) to withdraw and the Trustee,
acting in accordance with such instructions, shall withdraw on such Transfer
Date or the related Distribution Date, as applicable, to the extent of
available funds, the amounts required to be withdrawn from the Finance Charge
Account, the Principal Account, the Principal Funding Account and the
Distribution Account as follows:
(a) An amount equal to the Available Investor Finance Charge
Collections for the related Monthly Period shall be distributed on each
Transfer Date in the following priority:
(i) an amount equal to Class A Note Interest Requirement for the
related Transfer Date, shall be distributed by the Servicer or the
Trustee to the Certificateholders;
(ii) an amount equal the Class B Note Interest Requirement for the
related Transfer Date shall be distributed by the Servicer or the
Trustee to the Certificateholders;
(iii) an amount equal to the Net Investor Servicing Fee for such
Transfer Date plus the amount of any Net Investor Servicing Fee due but
not paid to the Servicer on any prior Transfer Date shall be distributed
to the Servicer;
(iv) an amount equal to the Net Class C Note Interest Requirement
for the related Transfer Date, shall be distributed by the Servicer or
the Trustee to the Certificateholders;
(v) an amount equal to the Investor Default Amount, if any, for
the preceding Monthly Period shall be treated as a portion of Available
Investor Principal Collections and deposited into the Principal Account on
such Transfer Date;
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(vi) an amount equal to the aggregate amount by which the Investor
Interest has been reduced below the Initial Investor Interest for
reasons other than the payment of principal to the Certificateholders
(but not in excess of the aggregate amount of such reductions which have
not been previously reimbursed) shall be deposited in the Principal
Account on such Transfer Date and treated as a portion of Available
Investor Principal Collections;
(vii) on and after the Accumulation Period Reserve Account Funding
Date, but prior to the date on which the Accumulation Period Reserve
Account terminates, the Trustee will deposit an amount up to the excess,
if any, of the Required Accumulation Period Reserve Account Amount over
the Available Accumulation Period Reserve Account Amount into the
Accumulation Period Reserve Account;
(viii) an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Required
Owner Trust Spread Account Amount over the amount then on deposit in the
Owner Trust Spread Account will be paid to the Certificateholders; and
(ix) the balance, after payments made pursuant to clauses (i)
through (viii) above, first will be treated as Excess Finance Charge
Collections which will be available to cover shortfalls, if any, in
amounts payable from collections of Finance Charge Receivables with
respect to other Series in accordance with the Agreement, and then the
balance, if any, remaining after any such sharing will be paid to the
Certificateholders.
To the extent of the Finance Charge Shortfall, if any, following
the application on each Transfer Date of Available Investor Finance Charge
Collections as described above, the Servicer shall instruct the Trustee in
writing (which writing shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B
hereto) to apply Shared Excess Finance Charge Collections with respect to
Group One allocable to Series 1999-3 in the priority set forth above.
(b) During the Revolving Period, an amount equal to the Available
Investor Principal Collections deposited into the Principal Account for the
related Monthly Period shall be distributed on each Transfer Date in the
following priority:
(i) an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the product of (1) a
fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the Available Investor
Principal Collections and the denominator of which is equal to the sum
of the Available Investor Principal Collections available for sharing as
specified in the related Supplement for each Series and (2) the
Cumulative Series Principal Shortfall and (B) Available Investor
Principal Collections, shall remain in the Principal Account to be
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treated as Shared Principal Collections and applied to Series other than
this Series 1999-3; and
(ii) an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the Available
Investor Principal Collections for such Transfer Date over (B) the
applications specified in subsection 4.9(b)(i) above shall be paid to
the Holder of the Transferor Certificate; provided, however, that the
amount to be paid to the Holder of the Transferor Certificate pursuant
to this subsection 4.9(b)(ii) with respect to such Transfer Date shall
be paid to the Holder of the Transferor Certificate only if the
Transferor Interest on such Date of Processing is greater than the
Minimum Transferor Interest (after giving effect to the inclusion in the
Trust of all Receivables created on or prior to such Transfer Date and
the application of payments referred to in subsection 4.3(b)) and
otherwise deposited into the Excess Funding Account.
(c) During the Controlled Accumulation Period or the Rapid
Amortization Period, an amount equal to the Available Investor Principal
Collections deposited into the Principal Account for the related Monthly
Period shall be distributed on each Transfer Date in the following priority:
(i) an amount equal to the least of (i) the Available Investor
Principal Collections on deposit in the Principal Account with respect
to such Transfer Date, (ii) for each Transfer Date with respect to the
Controlled Accumulation Period, the applicable Controlled Deposit Amount
for such Transfer Date and (iii) the Adjusted Investor Interest prior to
any deposits on such Transfer Date, shall be (A) during the Controlled
Accumulation Period, deposited into the Principal Funding Account, and
(B) during the Rapid Amortization Period paid to the Certificateholders;
and
(ii) an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the product of (1) a
fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the Available Investor
Principal Collections remaining after the application specified in
subsection 4.9(c)(i) above and the denominator of which is equal to the
sum of the Available Investor Principal Collections available for
sharing as specified in the related Supplement for each Series and (2)
the Cumulative Series Principal Shortfall and (B) Available Investor
Principal Collections, shall remain in the Principal Account to be
treated as Shared Principal Collections and applied to Series other than
this Series 1999-3; and
(iii) an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the Available
Investor Principal Collections for such Transfer Date over (B) the
applications specified in subsection 4.9(c)(i) and (ii) above shall be
paid to the Holder of the Transferor Certificate; provided, however,
that the amount to be paid to the Holder of the Transferor Certificate
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pursuant to this subsection 4.9(c)(iii) with respect to such Transfer
Date shall be paid to the Holder of the Transferor Certificate only if
the Transferor Interest on such Date of Processing is greater than the
Minimum Transferor Interest (after giving effect to the inclusion in the
Trust of all Receivables created on or prior to such Transfer Date and
the application of payments referred to in subsection 4.3(b)) and
otherwise shall be deposited into the Excess Funding Account.
(d) On the Transfer Date immediately preceding the Scheduled
Principal Allocation Commencement Date (and on each Distribution Date
thereafter during the Controlled Accumulation Period), the Trustee, acting in
accordance with instructions from the Servicer, shall pay to the
Certificateholders an amount equal to the amount on deposit in the Principal
Funding Account on the related Transfer Date.
(e) The Controlled Accumulation Period is scheduled to commence at
the close of business on the last day of the August 2003 Monthly Period;
provided, however, that, if the Accumulation Period Length (determined as
described below) is less than 12 months, the date on which the Controlled
Accumulation Period actually commences will be delayed to the first Business
Day of the month that is the number of whole months prior to the Scheduled
Principal Allocation Commencement Date at least equal to the Accumulation
Period Length and, as a result, the number of Monthly Periods in the
Controlled Accumulation Period will at least equal the Accumulation Period
Length. On the June 2003 Determination Date, and each Determination Date
thereafter until the Controlled Accumulation Period begins, the Servicer will
determine the "Accumulation Period Length" which will equal the number of
whole months such that the sum of the Accumulation Period Factors for each
month during such period will be equal to or greater than the Required
Accumulation Factor Number; provided, however, that the Accumulation Period
Length will not be determined to be less than one month.
SECTION 4.10 Investor Charge-Offs.
On or before each Transfer Date, the Servicer shall calculate the
Investor Default Amount. If on any Transfer Date, the Investor Default
Amount for the prior Monthly Period exceeds the sum of the amount allocated
with respect thereto pursuant to subsection 4.9(a)(v), with respect to such
Monthly Period, the Investor Interest (after giving effect to reductions for
any Reallocated Principal Collections on such Transfer Date) will be reduced
by the amount of such excess (such amount, an "Investor Charge-Off"), but not
by more than the lesser of the Investor Default Amount and the Investor
Interest (after giving effect to reductions for any Reallocated Principal
Collections on such Transfer Date) for such Transfer Date. In the event that
such reduction would cause the Investor Interest to be a negative number, the
Investor Interest will be reduced to zero, and no further amounts shall be
allocated to the Investor Certificate. If the Investor Interest has been
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reduced by the amount of any Investor Charge-Offs or Reallocated Principal
Collections, such reductions will be reimbursed on any Transfer Date (but not
by an amount in excess of the aggregate unreimbursed Investor Charge-Offs and
unreimbursed Reallocated Principal Collections) by the amount of Available
Investor Finance Charge Collections allocable to Series 1999-3 allocated and
available for such purpose pursuant to subsection 4.9(a)(vi).
SECTION 4.11 Reallocated Principal Collections. On or before each
Transfer Date, the Servicer shall instruct the Trustee in writing (which
writing shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto) to withdraw
from the Principal Account and apply Reallocated Principal Collections with
respect to such Transfer Date in an amount equal to the lesser of the
Available Principal Collections and the Monthly Principal Reallocation Amount
for the preceding Monthly Period, and apply such amounts on such Transfer
Date in accordance with the priority set forth in Section 4.9(a) hereof. On
each Transfer Date the Investor Interest shall be reduced by the amount of
Reallocated Principal Collections for such Transfer Date.
SECTION 4.12 Shared Principal Collections.
(a) The portion of Shared Principal Collections on deposit in the
Principal Account equal to the amount of Shared Principal Collections
allocable to Series 1999-3 on any Transfer Date shall be applied as Available
Investor Principal Collections pursuant to Section 4.9 and shall be deposited
in the Distribution Account.
(b) Shared Principal Collections allocable to Series 1999-3 with
respect to any Transfer Date shall mean an amount equal to the Series
Principal Shortfall, if any, with respect to Series 1999-3 for such Transfer
Date; provided, however, that if the aggregate amount of Shared Principal
Collections for all Series for such Transfer Date is less than the Cumulative
Series Principal Shortfall for such Transfer Date, then Shared Principal
Collections allocable to Series 1999-3 on such Transfer Date shall equal the
product of (i) Shared Principal Collections for all Series for such Transfer
Date and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Series Principal
Shortfall with respect to Series 1999-3 for such Transfer Date and the
denominator of which is the aggregate amount of the Cumulative Series
Principal Shortfall for all Series for such Transfer Date.
SECTION 4.13 Principal Funding Account.
(a) The Trustee shall establish and maintain, in the name of the
Trust, on behalf of the Trust, for the benefit of the Investor
Certificateholders, an Eligible Deposit Account (the "Principal Funding
Account"), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited
therein are held for the benefit of the Investor Certificateholders. The
Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds on deposit
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from time to time in the Principal Funding Account and in all proceeds
thereof. The Principal Funding Account shall be under the sole dominion and
control of the Trustee for the benefit of the Investor Certificateholders.
If at any time the Principal Funding Account ceases to be an Eligible Deposit
Account, the Transferor shall notify the Trustee, and the Trustee upon being
notified (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall, within 10 Business Days,
establish a new Principal Funding Account which meets the conditions
specified in the definition of Eligible Deposit Account, and shall transfer
any cash or any investments to such new Principal Funding Account. The
Trustee, at the direction of the Servicer, shall (i) make withdrawals from
the Principal Funding Account from time to time, in the amounts and for the
purposes set forth in this Series Supplement, and (ii) on each Transfer Date
(from and after the commencement of the Controlled Accumulation Period) prior
to termination of the Principal Funding Account make a deposit into the
Principal Funding Account in the amount specified in, and otherwise in
accordance with, subsection 4.9(c).
(b) Funds on deposit in the Principal Funding Account shall be
invested at the direction of the Servicer by the Trustee in Permitted
Investments. Funds on deposit in the Principal Funding Account on any
Transfer Date, after giving effect to any withdrawals from the Principal
Funding Account on such Transfer Date, shall be invested in such investments
that will mature so that such funds will be available for withdrawal on or
prior to the next succeeding Transfer Date. The Trustee shall maintain for
the benefit of the Investor Certificateholders possession of the negotiable
instruments or securities, if any, evidencing such Permitted Investments. No
Permitted Investment shall be disposed of prior to its maturity.
On the Transfer Date occurring in the month following the
commencement of the Controlled Accumulation Period, and on each Transfer Date
thereafter with respect to the Controlled Accumulation Period, the Trustee,
acting at the Servicer's direction given before each Transfer Date, shall
transfer from the Principal Funding Account to the Finance Charge Account the
Principal Funding Investment Proceeds, but not in excess of the Covered
Amount, for application as Available Investor Finance Charge Collections
applied pursuant to subsection 4.9(a).
Any Excess Principal Funding Investment Proceeds shall be included
as Available Investor Finance Charge Collections for such Transfer Date. An
amount equal to any Principal Funding Investment Shortfall shall be deposited
in the Finance Charge Account on each Transfer Date from the Accumulation
Period Reserve Account to the extent funds are available pursuant to
subsection 4.14(d) and included as Available Investor Finance Charge
Collections for such Transfer Date. Principal Funding Investment Proceeds
(including reinvested interest) shall not be considered part of the amounts
on deposit in the Principal Funding Account for purposes of this Series
Supplement.
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SECTION 4.14 Accumulation Period Reserve Account.
(a) The Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of the
Trust, for the benefit of the Investor Certificateholders, an Eligible
Deposit Account (the "Accumulation Period Reserve Account"), bearing a
designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for
the benefit of the Investor Certificateholders. The Trustee shall possess
all right, title and interest in all funds on deposit from time to time in
the Accumulation Period Reserve Account and in all proceeds thereof. The
Accumulation Period Reserve Account shall be under the sole dominion and
control of the Trustee for the benefit of the Investor Certificateholders.
If at any time the institution holding the Accumulation Period Reserve
Account ceases to be an Eligible Deposit Account, the Transferor shall notify
the Trustee, and the Trustee upon being notified (or the Servicer on its
behalf) shall, within 10 Business Days, establish a new Accumulation Period
Reserve Account meeting the conditions specified in the definition of
Eligible Deposit Account, and shall transfer any cash or any investments to
such new Accumulation Period Reserve Account. The Trustee, at the direction
of the Servicer, shall (i) make withdrawals from the Accumulation Period
Reserve Account from time to time in an amount up to the Available
Accumulation Period Reserve Account Amount at such time, for the purposes set
forth in this Series Supplement, and (ii) on each Transfer Date (from and
after the Accumulation Period Reserve Account Funding Date) prior to
termination of the Accumulation Period Reserve Account make a deposit into
the Accumulation Period Reserve Account in the amount specified in, and
otherwise in accordance with, subsection 4.9(a)(vii).
(b) Funds on deposit in the Accumulation Period Reserve Account
shall be invested at the direction of the Servicer by the Trustee in
Permitted Investments. Funds on deposit in the Accumulation Period Reserve
Account on any Transfer Date, after giving effect to any withdrawals from the
Accumulation Period Reserve Account on such Transfer Date, shall be invested
in such investments that will mature so that such funds will be available for
withdrawal on or prior to the next succeeding Transfer Date. The Trustee
shall maintain for the benefit of the Investor Certificateholders possession
of the negotiable instruments or securities, if any, evidencing such
Permitted Investments. No Permitted Investment shall be disposed of prior to
its maturity. On each Transfer Date, all interest and earnings (net of
losses and investment expenses) accrued since the preceding Transfer Date on
funds on deposit in the Accumulation Period Reserve Account shall be retained
in the Accumulation Period Reserve Account (to the extent that the Available
Accumulation Period Reserve Account Amount is less than the Required
Accumulation Period Reserve Account Amount) and the balance, if any, shall be
deposited into the Finance Charge Account and included in Available Investor
Finance Charge Collections for such Transfer Date. For purposes of
determining the availability of funds or the balance in the Accumulation
Period Reserve Account for any reason under this Series Supplement, except as
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otherwise provided in the preceding sentence, investment earnings on such
funds shall be deemed not to be available or on deposit.
(c) On or before each Transfer Date with respect to the Controlled
Accumulation Period prior to the payment in full of the Investor Interest and
on or before the first Transfer Date with respect to the Rapid Amortization
Period, the Servicer shall calculate the "Accumulation Period Reserve Draw
Amount" which shall be equal to the Principal Funding Investment Shortfall
with respect to each Transfer Date with respect to the Controlled
Accumulation Period or the first Transfer Date with respect to the Rapid
Amortization Period; provided, however, that such amount will be reduced to
the extent that funds otherwise would be available for deposit in the
Accumulation Period Reserve Account under Section 4.9(vii) with respect to
such Transfer Date.
(d) In the event that for any Transfer Date the Accumulation Period
Reserve Draw Amount is greater than zero, the Accumulation Period Reserve
Draw Amount, up to the Available Accumulation Period Reserve Account Amount,
shall be withdrawn from the Accumulation Period Reserve Account on such
Transfer Date by the Trustee (acting in accordance with the instructions of
the Servicer), deposited into the Finance Charge Account and included in
Available Investor Finance Charge Collections for such Transfer Date.
(e) In the event that the Accumulation Period Reserve Account
balance on any Transfer Date, after giving effect to all deposits to and
withdrawals from the Accumulation Period Reserve Account with respect to such
Transfer Date, is greater than zero, the Trustee, acting in accordance with
the instructions of the Servicer, shall withdraw from the Accumulation Period
Reserve Account, and include as Available Investor Finance Charge Collections
for such Transfer Date, an amount equal to such Accumulation Period Reserve
Account Surplus.
(f) Upon the earliest to occur of (i) the termination of the Trust
pursuant to Article XII of the Agreement, (ii) if the Controlled Accumulation
Period has not commenced, the first Transfer Date relating to the Rapid
Amortization Period and (iii) if the Controlled Accumulation Period has
commenced, the earlier of the first Transfer Date with respect to the Rapid
Amortization Period and the Transfer Date immediately preceding the Scheduled
Principal Allocation Commencement Date, the Trustee, acting in accordance
with the instructions of the Servicer, shall withdraw from the Accumulation
Period Reserve Account and deposit all such amounts, if any, into the
Finance Charge Account to be treated as Available Investor Finance Charge
Collections and the Accumulation Period Reserve Account shall be deemed to
have terminated for purposes of this Series Supplement.
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SECTION 4.15 Transferor's or Servicer's Failure to Make a Deposit
or Payment.
If the Servicer or the Transferor fails to make, or give
instructions to make, any payment or deposit (other than as required by
subsections 2.4(d) and (e) and 12.2(a) or Sections 10.2 and 12.1) required to
be made or given by the Servicer or Transferor, respectively, at the time
specified in the Agreement (including applicable grace periods), the Trustee
shall make such payment or deposit from the applicable Investor Account
without instruction from the Servicer or Transferor. The Trustee shall be
required to make any such payment, deposit or withdrawal hereunder only to
the extent that the Trustee has sufficient information to allow it to
determine the amount thereof; provided, however, that the Trustee shall in
all cases be deemed to have sufficient information to determine the Class A
Note Interest Requirement, the Class B Note Interest Requirement, the Class C
Interest Requirement, the Net Class C Interest Requirement and the amount of
the Principal Payment on each Distribution Date. The Servicer shall, upon
request of the Trustee, promptly provide the Trustee with all information
necessary to allow the Trustee to make such payment, deposit or withdrawal.
Such funds or the proceeds of such withdrawal shall be applied by the Trustee
in the manner in which such payment or deposit should have been made by the
Transferor or the Servicer, as the case may be.
SECTION 8. Article V of the Agreement. Article V of the Agreement
shall read in its entirety as follows and shall be applicable only to the
Investor Certificateholders:
ARTICLE V
DISTRIBUTIONS AND REPORTS TO THE INVESTOR
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
SECTION 5.1 Distributions. On each Transfer Date, the Trustee
shall distribute (in accordance with the certificates delivered on or before
the related Transfer Date by the Servicer to the Trustee pursuant to
subsection 3.4(b)) to the Investor Certificateholders of record on the
immediately preceding Record Date (other than as provided in subsection
2.4(e) or Section 12.3 respecting a final distribution)the amounts on deposit
in the Distribution Account which are payable to the Investor
Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.9 by check mailed to the
Certificateholders (at the Certificateholders' addresses as they appear in
the Certificate Register), except that in the event the Investor Certificates
are registered in the name of the nominee of a Clearing Agency or the Owner
Trust, such distribution shall be made in immediately available funds.
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SECTION 5.2 Monthly Series 1999-3 Certificateholders' Statement.
(a) On or before each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall forward
to the Series 1999-3 Certificateholders, each Rating Agency and the Owner
Trustee a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit C to this Series
Supplement prepared by the Servicer, delivered to the Trustee and setting
forth, among other things, the following information (which, in the case of
subclauses (i) and (ii) below, shall be stated on the basis of an original
principal amount of $1,000 per Certificate and, in the case of subclauses
(viii) and (ix) shall be stated on an aggregate basis and on the basis of an
original principal amount of $1,000 per Certificate, as applicable):
(i) the amount of the current distribution allocable to the
payment of principal with respect to the Certificates
(ii) the amount of the current distribution allocable to the Class
A Note Interest Requirement, Class B Note Interest Requirement, and the
Net Class C Note Interest Requirement, respectively;
(iii) the amount of Collections of Principal Receivables processed
during the related Monthly Period and allocated in respect of the
Certificates;
(iv) the amount of Collections of Finance Charge Receivables
processed during the related Monthly Period and allocated in respect of
the Certificates;
(v) the aggregate amount of Principal Receivables, the Investor
Interest, the Adjusted Investor Interest, the Floating Investor
Percentage and the Fixed Investor Percentage as of the close of business
on the Distribution Date preceding such Transfer Date (after giving
effect to all of the transactions occurring on such date);
(vi) the aggregate outstanding balance of Accounts which were 30
to 59, 60 to 89, and 90 or more days delinquent as of the end of the day
on the Record Date;
(vii) the Aggregate Investor Default Amount for the related
Monthly Period;
(viii) the aggregate amount of Investor Charge-Offs, for the
related Monthly Period;
(ix) the aggregate amount of Investor Charge-Offs, reimbursed on
the Transfer Date immediately preceding such Distribution Date;
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(x) the amount of the Investor Servicing Fee for the related
Monthly Period;
(xi) the Portfolio Yield for the preceding Monthly Period;
(xii) the amount of Reallocated Principal Collections with respect
to such Distribution Date;
(xiii) the Accumulation Shortfall;
(xiv) the Principal Funding Investment Proceeds transferred to the
Finance Charge Account on the related Transfer Date;
(xv) the Principal Funding Investment Shortfall on the related
Transfer Date;
(xvi) the amount of Available Investor Finance Charge Collections
on deposit in the Finance Charge Account on the related Transfer Date;
and
(xvii) such other items as are set forth in Exhibit C to this
Series Supplement.
(b) Annual Certificateholders' Tax Statement. On or before January
31 of each calendar year, beginning with calendar year 2000, the Trustee
shall distribute to each Person who at any time during the preceding calendar
year was a Series 1999-3 Certificateholder, a statement prepared by the
Servicer containing the information required to be contained in the regular
monthly report to the Series 1999-3 Certificateholders, as set forth in
subclauses (i) and (ii) above, aggregated for such calendar year or the
applicable portion thereof during which such Person was a Series 1999-3
Certificateholder, together with such other customary information (consistent
with the treatment of the Certificates as debt) as the Servicer deems
necessary or desirable to enable the Series 1999-3 Certificateholders to
prepare its tax returns. Such obligations of the Trustee shall be deemed to
have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information
shall be provided by the Trustee pursuant to any requirements of the Internal
Revenue Code as from time to time in effect.
SECTION 9. Series 1999-3 Pay Out Events. If any one of the
following events shall occur with respect to the Investor Certificates:
(a) failure on the part of the Transferor (i) to make any payment
or deposit required by the terms of (A) the Agreement or (B) this Series
Supplement, on or before the date occurring five days after the date such
payment or deposit is required to be made herein or (ii) duly to observe or
perform in any material respect any covenants or agreements of the Transferor
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set forth in the Agreement or this Series Supplement, which failure has a
material adverse effect on the Investor Certificateholders and which
continues unremedied for a period of 60 days after the date on which written
notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been
given to the Transferor by the Trustee, or to the Transferor and the Trustee
by the Holder of the Investor Certificates and continues to affect materially
and adversely the interests of the Series 1999-3 Certificateholders;
(b) any representation or warranty made by the Transferor in the
Agreement or this Series Supplement, or any information contained in a
computer file or microfiche list required to be delivered by the Transferor
pursuant to Section 2.1 or 2.6, (i) shall prove to have been incorrect in any
material respect when made or when delivered, which continues to be incorrect
in any material respect for a period of 60 days after the date on which
written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have
been given to the Transferor by the Trustee, or to the Transferor and the
Trustee by the Holders of the Investor Certificates, and (ii) as a result of
which the interests of the Series 1999-3 Certificateholders are materially
and adversely affected and continue to be materially and adversely affected
for such period; provided, however, that a Series 1999-3 Pay Out Event
pursuant to this subsection 9(b) shall not be deemed to have occurred
hereunder if the Transferor has accepted reassignment of the related
Receivable, or all of such Receivables, if applicable, during such period in
accordance with the provisions of the Agreement;
(c) the average Portfolio Yield for any three consecutive Monthly
Periods is reduced to a rate which is less than the average of the Base Rates
for such period;
(d) the Transferor shall fail to convey Receivables arising under
Additional Accounts, or Participations, to the Trust, as required by
subsection 2.6(a);
(e) any Servicer Default shall occur which would have a material
adverse effect on the Series 1999-3 Certificateholders;
(f) the Investor Interest shall not be paid in full on the second
Distribution Date following the Scheduled Principal Allocation Commencement
Date; or
(g) the occurrence of an Event of Default under the Indenture;
then, in the case of any event described in subsection 9(a), (b) or (e)
hereof, after the applicable grace period set forth in such subsections,
either the Trustee or the Noteholders representing not less than 50% of the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes by notice then given in writing to
the Transferor and the Servicer (and to the Trustee if given by the
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Noteholders) may declare that a pay out event (a "Series 1999-3 Pay Out
Event") has occurred with respect to the Series Certificates as of the date
of such notice, and in the case of any event described in subsection 9(c),
(d), (f) or (g) hereof, a Series 1999-3 Pay Out Event shall occur without any
notice or other action on the part of the Trustee or the Noteholders
immediately upon the occurrence of such event.
SECTION 10. Series 1999-3 Termination. The right of the Investor
Certificateholders to receive payments from the Trust will terminate on the
first Business Day following the Series 1999-3 Termination Date.
SECTION 11. Counterparts. This Series Supplement may be executed
in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to
be an original, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but
one and the same instrument.
SECTION 12. (a) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS, AND
WITHOUT, LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE IMMUNITY AND STANDARD
OF CARE OF THE TRUSTEE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST HEREUNDER SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) Article 8. The Series Certificates shall be securities
governed by Article 8 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, as amended
from time to time. The foregoing declaration shall not be amended, modified,
revoked or otherwise changed during the effectiveness of this Agreement
without the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 13. No Petition. The Transferor, the Servicer and the
Trustee, by entering into this Series Supplement and the Certificateholders,
by accepting Series 1999-3 Certificates hereby covenant and agree that they
will not at any time institute against the Trust, or join in any institution
against the Trust of, any bankruptcy proceedings under any United States
Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations
relating to the Investor Certificateholders, the Agreement or this Series
Supplement.
SECTION 14. Amendment to Agreement. By purchasing its Series
1999-3 Certificates the Investor Certificateholders shall be deemed to have
consented that The Chase Manhattan Bank shall be replaced as Servicer with
Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National Association, as a successor servicer
pursuant to an amendment of the Agreement to be executed at such time as
shall be agreed to by the parties thereto.
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SECTION 15. Tax Representation and Covenant. Any
Certificateholder shall be required to represent and covenant in connection
with such acquisition that (x) it has neither acquired, nor will it sell,
trade or transfer any interest in the Trust or cause any interest in the
Trust to be marketed on or through an "established securities market" within
the meaning of Code section 7704(b)(1), including without limitation an
interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell
quotations by identified brokers or dealers by electronic means or otherwise,
(y) unless the Transferor consents otherwise, such holder (i) is properly
classified as, and will remain classified as, a "corporation" as described in
Code section 7701(a)(3) and (ii) is not, and will not become, an S
corporation as described in Code section 1361, and (z) it will (i) cause any
participant with respect to such interest otherwise permitted hereunder to
make similar representations and covenants for the benefit of the Transferor
and the Trust and (ii) forward a copy of such representations and covenants
to the Trustee. Each such Holder shall further agree in connection with its
acquisition of such interest that, in the event of any breach of its (or its
participant's) representation and covenant that it (or its participant) is
and shall remain classified as a corporation other than an S corporation, the
Transferor shall have the right to procure a replacement investor to replace
such holder (or its participant), and further that such holder shall take all
actions necessary to permit such replacement investor to succeed to its
rights and obligations as a holder (or to the rights of its participant).
SECTION 16. Transfers of the Certificates. (a) No portion of the
Certificate or any interest therein may be sold (including in the initial
offering), conveyed, assigned, hypothecated, pledged, participated, or
otherwise transferred (each, a "Transfer") except in accordance with this
Section 16. No portions of the Certificates or any interest therein may be
Transferred to any Person (other than Wilmington Trust Company, not in its
individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee for the Chase Credit Card
Owner Trust 1999-3 and The Bank of New York, not in its individual capacity
but solely in its capacity as indenture trustee for the Chase Credit Card
Owner Trust 1999-3) (each, an "Assignee"), unless the Assignee shall have
executed and delivered the certification referred to in subsection 16(e)
below. Any attempted Transfer that would cause the number of Targeted
Holders to exceed ninety-nine shall be void.
(b) Each Assignee shall certify to the Transferor, the Servicer,
and the Trustee that it is either (A)(i) a citizen or resident of the U.S.,
(ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity organized in or under the
laws of the U.S. or any political subdivision thereof which, if such entity
is a tax-exempt entity, recognizes that payments with respect to the
Certificate may constitute unrelated business taxable income or (iii) a
Person not described in (i) or (ii) whose ownership of any interest in the
Certificates is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business
within the United States (within the meaning of the Code) or (B) an estate or
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trust the income of which is includible in gross income for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. Each Assignee also shall agree that (a) if it is a
person described in clause (A)(i) or (A)(ii) above, it will furnish to the
Person from whom it is acquiring any interest in the Certificate, the
Servicer and the Trustee, a properly executed U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Form W-9 (and will agree to furnish a new Form W-9, or any successor
applicable form, upon the expiration or obsolescence of any previously
delivered form) or (b) if it is a person described in clause (A)(iii) above,
it will furnish to the person from whom it is acquiring any interest in the
Certificates, the Servicer and the Trustee, a properly executed U.S. Internal
Revenue Service Form 4224 (and will agree to furnish a new Form 4224, or any
successor applicable form, upon the expiration or obsolescence of any
previously delivered form and comparable statements in accordance with
applicable U.S. laws), and, in each case, such other certifications,
representations or opinions of counsel as may be requested by the Trustee.
(c) Each Initial Purchaser of any interest in the Certificates and
any Assignee thereof shall certify to the Transferor, the Servicer and the
Trustee that, in the case of any Assignee, it has not acquired and, in the
case of each Initial Purchaser and any Assignee, it will not sell, trade or
transfer any interest in the Certificates or cause an interest in the
Certificates to be marketed on or through an "established securities market"
within the meaning of Section 7704(b)(1) of the Code and any treasury
regulation thereunder, including, without limitation, an over-the-counter-
market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm
buy or sell quotations. In addition, any Assignee shall certify, prior to
any delivery or Transfer to it of any Certificates that it is not and will
not become, for so long as it holds an interest in the Certificates, a
partnership, Subchapter S corporation or grantor trust for U.S. federal
income tax purposes or, if it is such a Person, the Certificates will
represent not more than 50% of the value of all of its assets. Each Initial
Purchaser of an interest in the Certificates acknowledges that the Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the Trust will not be treated as a publicly traded
partnership taxable as a corporation is dependent in part on the accuracy of
its certifications described in this subsection 16(c). For purposes of this
Section 16, "Initial Purchaser" shall mean the Transferor, Wilmington Trust
Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee for the
Chase Credit Card Owner Trust 1999-3 and The Bank of New York not in its
individual capacity but solely in its capacity as indenture trustee for the
Chase Credit Card Owner Trust 1999-3.
(d) Each Initial Purchaser of any interest in the Certificates
shall, by its acceptance of the Certificates, be deemed to have certified and
each Assignee shall certify to the Transferor, the Servicer and the Trustee
(i) that it has purchased its interest in the Certificates for investment
only and not with a view to any public distribution thereof, (ii) that it
will not offer, sell, pledge or otherwise transfer its interest in all or any
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portion of the Certificates, except in compliance with the Securities Act and
other applicable laws and only (1) to the Transferor or (2) to a limited
number of institutional "accredited investors" (as defined in rule 501(a)(1),
(2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act) and in a transaction exempt from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act (upon delivery of the
documentation required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and, if the
Trustee so requires, an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee) and
(iii) its purchase of its interest in the Certificates is not being made in
reliance on the Prospectus. Each holder by acquiring the Certificates must
represent that it is an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in
rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act).
(e) Any request for registration of transfer of all or any portion
of the Certificates shall be made at the office of the Transfer Agent and
Registrar and shall be accompanied by letters of representations from the
prospective Certificateholders substantially in the form attached as Exhibit
D, executed by the ultimate beneficial purchaser of the Investor Interest (or
any portion thereof) in person or by such prospective Certificateholders'
attorney thereunto duly authorized in writing, and receipt by the Trustee of
the written consent of each of the Transferor and the Servicer to such
transfer, the Certificates (or such portion thereof) shall be transferred
upon the Certificate Register. Such transfers of all or any portion of the
Certificates shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section
16 and to such other restrictions as shall be set forth in the letter of
representations, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D, executed by
the purchasing Certificateholders. Successive registrations and
registrations of transfers as aforesaid may be made from time to time as
desired, and each such registration shall be noted on the Certificate
Register.
(f) The Transferor and the Servicer will facilitate any transfer
of the Certificates consistent with the requirements of this Section 16,
including assisting in the determination as to whether the number of Targeted
Holders would exceed ninety-nine.
SECTION 17. Compliance with Withholding Requirements.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, the Trustee and any
Paying Agent shall comply with all Federal withholding requirements with
respect to payments to the Certificateholders of interest, original issue
discount, or other amounts that the Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Servicer
or the Transferor reasonably believes are applicable under the Code. The
consent of the Certificateholders shall not be required for any such
withholding. In the event the Trustee or the Paying Agent withholds any
amount from payments made to any Certificateholders pursuant to federal
withholding requirements, the Trustee or the Paying Agent shall indicate to
such Certificateholders the amount withheld and all such amounts shall be
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deemed to have been paid to such Certificateholder Holder and the
Certificateholders shall have no claim therefor.
SECTION 18. Tax Characterization of the Certificates. It is the
intention of the parties hereto that the provisions of Section 3.7 of the
Agreement shall not apply to cause the Certificates to be treated as debt for
Federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes, but rather it is
the intention of the parties hereto that the Certificates be treated for
Federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes as representing an
undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust.
SECTION 19. ERISA Legend. Each Certificate will bear a legend or
legends substantially in the following form:
EACH PURCHASER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHASE
MANHATTAN BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, THAT UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER, AT ITS
EXPENSE, DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER AND THE TRANSFEROR AN OPINION
OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THEM TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PURCHASE OR HOLDING OF
THIS CERTIFICATE BY SUCH PURCHASER WILL NOT RESULT IN THE ASSETS OF THE TRUST
BEING DEEMED TO BE "ASSETS OF THE BENEFIT PLAN" OR SUBJECT TO THE PROHIBITED
TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF
1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA") AND THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED
(THE "CODE") AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE TRUSTEE, THE TRANSFEROR OR THE SERVICER
TO ANY OBLIGATION IN ADDITION TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN IN THE POOLING AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT, SUCH PURCHASER IS NOT (I) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN (AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) ERISA) THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I
OF ERISA, (II) A PLAN DESCRIBED IN SECTION 4975 (E)(1) OF THE CODE, OR (III)
AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN'S
INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferor, the Servicer and the Trustee
have caused this Series 1999-3 Supplement to be duly executed by their
respective officers as of the day and year first above written.
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Transferor on and after June 1, 1996
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
Transferor prior to June 1, 1996 and
Servicer
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
Trustee
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF CERTIFICATE
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EACH PURCHASER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, THAT UNLESS SUCH
PURCHASER, AT ITS EXPENSE, DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE, THE SERVICER AND
THE TRANSFEROR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THEM TO THE
EFFECT THAT THE PURCHASE OR HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY SUCH
PURCHASER WILL NOT RESULT IN THE ASSETS OF THE TRUST BEING DEEMED TO
BE "ASSETS OF THE BENEFIT PLAN" OR SUBJECT TO THE PROHIBITED
TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT
OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA") AND THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986,
AS AMENDED (THE "CODE") AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE TRUSTEE, THE
TRANSFEROR OR THE SERVICER TO ANY OBLIGATION IN ADDITION TO THOSE
UNDERTAKEN IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, SUCH PURCHASER IS
NOT (I) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) ERISA)
THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF ERISA, (II) A PLAN
DESCRIBED IN SECTION 4975 (E)(1) OF THE CODE, OR (III) AN ENTITY
WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN'S
INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY.
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No. 1 $965,910,000
CHASE CREDIT CARD MASTER TRUST
SERIES 1999-3 CERTIFICATE
Evidencing an Undivided Interest in a trust, the corpus of which consists of
a portfolio of MasterCard (Registered Trademark) and VISA (Registered
Trademark) credit card receivables generated or acquired by Chase
Manhattan Bank USA, National Association ("Chase USA") and other assets and
interests constituting the Trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
described below.
(Not an interest in or obligation of
Chase USA
or any Affiliate thereof.)
This certifies that CHASE CREDIT CARD OWNER TRUST
1999-3 (the "Certificateholder") is the registered owner of an Undivided
Interest in a trust (the "Trust"), the corpus of which consists of a
portfolio of receivables (the "Receivables") now existing or hereafter
created and arising in connection with selected MasterCard and VISA credit
card accounts (the "Accounts") of Chase USA, all monies due or to become due
in payment of the Receivables (including all Finance Charge Receivables), the
right to certain amounts received as Interchange and Recoveries (if any), all
proceeds of the foregoing and the other assets and interests constituting the
Trust pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of September 1, 1996 as supplemented by the Series 1999-3
Supplement dated as of September 29, 1999 (collectively, the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"), by and among Chase USA, as Transferor on and after
June 1, 1996, The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Transferor prior to June 1, 1996
and as Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (the "Trustee"). To
the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the
respective meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the
terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to
which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the
Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the
Certificateholder is bound. This Certificate is a duly authorized Investor
Certificate entitled "Series 1999-3 Certificate" (the "Certificate"), which
represents an Undivided Interest in the Trust, including the right to receive
the Collections and other amounts allocated to the Certificates at the times
and in the amounts specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and to be
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deposited in the Investor Accounts, the Principal Funding Account and the
Accumulation Period Reserve Account or paid to the Certificateholder.
The aggregate interest represented by the Certificate at any
time in the Principal Receivables in the Trust shall not exceed an amount
equal to the Investor Interest at such time. As of the Closing Date, the
Initial Investor Interest is $965,910,000.
The Investor Interest on any date of determination will be
an amount equal to (a) the Initial Investor Interest minus (b) the aggregate
amount of principal payments made to the Certificateholder prior to such
date, and minus (c) the excess, if any, of the aggregate amount of Investor
Charge-Offs and Reallocated Principal Collections over Investor Charge-Offs
and Reallocated Principal Collections reimbursed prior to such date of
determination; provided, however, that the Investor Interest may not be
reduced below zero.
For the purpose of allocating Collections of Finance Charge
Receivables and Receivables in Defaulted Accounts for each Monthly Period
during the Controlled Accumulation Period, the Investor Interest will be
further reduced (such reduced amount, the "Adjusted Investor Interest") by
the aggregate principal amount of funds on deposit in the Principal Funding
Account.
In addition to the Certificate, a Transferor Certificate
representing an undivided interest in the Trust will be issued to the
Transferor pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferor
Certificate will represent the interest in the Principal Receivables not
represented by all of the Investor Certificate issued by the Trust. The
Transferor Certificate may be exchanged by the Transferor pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement for a newly issued Series of Investor
Certificates and a reissued Transferor Certificate upon the conditions set
forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Trust shall pay to the Series Certificateholder an
amount equal to the sum of the Class A Note Interest Requirement, the Class B
Note Interest Requirement and the Net Class C Note Interest Requirement from
the Closing Date through November 14, 1999, and with respect to each Interest
Period thereafter, as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (collectively, the "Note Interest Amount"), and will be
distributed on the Business Day preceding November 15, 1999 and the 15th day
of each calendar month thereafter, or if such day is not a Business Day, on
the next succeeding Business Day (a "Distribution Date"), to the
Certificateholder of record as of the last Business Day of the calendar month
preceding such Distribution Date (the "Record Date"). During the Rapid
Amortization Period, in addition to the Note Interest Amount, principal will
be distributed to the Certificateholder on each Distribution Date to the
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extent of Available Investor Principal Collections until the Certificate has
been paid in full. During the Controlled Accumulated Period, in addition to
monthly payments of the Note Interest Amounts, the amount on deposit in the
Principal Funding Account will be distributed as principal to the
Certificateholders on the Business Day preceding the September 2004
Distribution Date (the "Scheduled Principal Allocation Commencement Date"),
unless distributed earlier as a result of the occurrence of a Pay Out Event
in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
On or before each Transfer Date, the Servicer shall instruct
the Trustee in writing to withdraw and the Trustee, acting in accordance with
such instructions, shall withdraw on such Transfer Date, from the Finance
Charge Account to the extent of funds on deposit therein (i) Collections of
Finance Charge Receivables processed as of the end of the preceding Monthly
Period which have been allocated to the Series 1999-3 Certificate, (ii) from
other amounts constituting Available Investor Finance Charge Collections, the
following amounts: (x) an amount equal to the sum of (A) Class A Note
Interest Requirement, (B) Class B Note Interest Requirement, and (C) Net
Class C Note Interest Requirement.
On each Transfer Date, the Trustee shall apply the Available
Investor Finance Charge Collections withdrawn from the Finance Charge
Account, as required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, in the following
order of priority: (i) an amount equal to the Class A Note Interest
Requirement for the related Payment Date, (ii) an amount equal to the Class B
Note Interest Requirement for the related Payment Date, (iii) the amount of
any Net Investor Servicing Fee for such Transfer Date plus the amount of any
Net Investor Servicing Fee due but not paid on any prior Transfer Date, (iv)
an amount equal to the Net Class C Note Interest Requirement for the related
Payment Date, (v) an amount equal to the Investor Default Amount, if any, for
the preceding Monthly Period, (vi) an amount equal to the sum of the Investor
Charge-Offs and the amount of Reallocated Principal Collections which have
not been previously reimbursed,(vii) in accordance with the terms of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, an amount equal to the excess of the
Required Accumulation Period Reserve Account Amount over the Available
Accumulation Period Reserve Account Amount and (viii) the excess, if any, of
the Required Owner Trust Spread Account Amount over the amount then on
deposit in the Owner Trust Spread Account.
On or before the Transfer Date immediately succeeding the
Monthly Period in which the Controlled Accumulated Period or the Rapid
Amortization Period commences and on or before each Transfer Date thereafter,
the Servicer shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw, and the
Trustee, acting in accordance with such instructions, shall withdraw on such
Transfer Date from the Principal Account an amount equal to the least of (a)
the Available Investor Principal Collections on deposit in the Principal
Account, (b) the applicable Controlled Deposit Amount and (c) the Adjusted
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Investor Interest prior to any deposits on such date and from such amounts,
and deposit such amount(i) during the Controlled Accumulation Period, deposit
such amount into the Principal Funding Account, and (ii) during the Rapid
Amortization Period, pay such amount to the Certificateholder.
Distributions with respect to this Series 1999-3 Certificate
will be made by the Trustee by, except as otherwise provided in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, wire transfer or check mailed to the address of the
Series 1999-3 Certificateholder of record appearing in the Certificate
Register and except for the final distribution in respect of this Series
1999-3 Certificate, without the presentation or surrender of this Series
1999-3 Certificate or the making of any notation thereon.
This Certificate represents an interest in only the Chase
Credit Card Master Trust. This Certificate does not represent an obligation
of, or an interest in, the Transferor or the Servicer, and neither the
Certificate nor the Accounts or Receivables are insured or guaranteed by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency. This
Series 1999-3 Certificate is limited in right of payment to certain
collections respecting the Receivables, all as more specifically set forth
hereinabove and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Transfer of this Certificate shall be registered in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this agency maintained by the Transfer
Agent and Registrar accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in a form
satisfactory to the Trustee and the Transfer Agent and Registrar duly
executed by the Certificateholder or such Certificateholder's attorney-in-
fact duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate Undivided Interests
will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Servicer, the Trustee and the Transfer Agent and
Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name
this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and
neither the Servicer, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Transfer Agent and
Registrar, nor any agent of any of them or of any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary except in certain circumstances described
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that the right
of the Series 1999-3 Certificateholder to receive payment from the Trust will
terminate on the first Business Day following the Series 1999-3 Termination
Date. Upon the termination of the Trust pursuant to Section 12.1 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trustee shall assign and convey to the
Holder of the Transferor Certificate (without recourse, representation or
warranty) all right, title and interest of the Trust in the Receivables,
whether then existing or thereafter created, and all proceeds of such
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Receivables and Insurance Proceeds relating to such Receivables. The Trustee
shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer and assignment, in
each case without recourse, as shall be prepared by the Servicer reasonably
requested by the Holder of the Transferor Certificate to vest in such Holder
all right, title and interest which the Trustee had in the Receivables.
This Series 1999-3 Certificate is a security governed by
Article 8 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, as amended from time to
time. The foregoing declaration shall not be amended, modified, revoked or
otherwise changed during the effectiveness of the Series Supplement without
the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by or on behalf of the Trustee, by manual signature, this
Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National
Association, has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
By:________________________________
Authorized Officer
Dated:
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF MONTHLY PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS
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AND NOTIFICATION TO THE TRUSTEE
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OF THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
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[TO COME]
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XXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXX BANK CERTIFICATEHOLDERS STATEMENT
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[TO COME]
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EXHIBIT D
[DATE]
Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National Association
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
The Bank of New York
Xxxxx Xxxx Center
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Re: Chase Credit Card Master Trust, Series 1999-3
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed purchase of $[ ] in
principal amount of the Chase Credit Card Master Trust, Series 1999-3
certificates(the "Certificates"), we confirm that:
1. We have received such information and documentation as we
deem necessary in order to make our investment decision. We understand that
such information and documentation speaks only as of its date and that the
information contained therein may not be correct or complete as of any time
subsequent to such date.
2. We agree to be bound by the restrictions and conditions
relating to the Certificates set forth in the Second Amended and Restated
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 1996, as amended
and as supplemented by the Series 1999-3 Supplement dated as of September 29,
1999 (the "Series 1999-3 Supplement" and together with the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), each by and
among Chase USA, as Transferor on and after June 1, 1996, The Chase Manhattan
Bank, as Transferor prior to June 1, 1996 and as Servicer, and The Bank of
New York, as Trustee ("Trustee"), and agree to be bound by, and not to
reoffer, resell, pledge or otherwise transfer (any such act, a "Transfer")
the Certificates except in compliance with such restrictions and conditions
including but not limited to those in Section 16 of the Series 1999-3
Supplement.
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3. We agree that the Certificates may be reoffered, resold,
pledged or otherwise transferred only in compliance with the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and other applicable laws and only
(i) to the Transferor or (ii) to a limited number of institutional
"accredited investors" (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under
the Securities Act) and in a transaction exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act (upon delivery of the documentation
required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and, if the Trustee so
requires, an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee).
4. We have neither acquired nor will we Transfer the
Certificates we acquire (or any interest therein) or cause any part of the
certificates (or any interest therein) to be marketed on or through an
"established securities market" within the meaning of Section 7704(b)(1) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") and any treasury
regulation thereunder, including, without limitation, an over-the-counter-
market or an interdealer quotation system that regularly disseminates firm
buy or sell quotations.
5. We are not and will not become, for so long as we own any
interest in the Certificates, a partnership, Subchapter S corporation or
grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes or, if we are
such a Person, the Certificates do not represent more than 50% of the value
of all of our assets.
6. We are a person who is either (A)(i) a citizen or resident
of the United States, (ii) a corporation or other entity organized in or
under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof or
(iii) a person not described in (i) or (ii) whose ownership of the
Certificates is effectively connected with a such person's conduct of a trade
or business within the United States (within the meaning of the Code) or (B)
an estate or trust the income of which is includible in gross income for
United States federal income tax purposes. We agree that (a) if we are a
person described in clause (A)(i) or (A)(ii) above, we will furnish to the
person from whom we are acquiring an interest in the Certificates, the
Servicer and the Trustee, a properly executed U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Form W-9 and a new Form W-9, or any successor applicable form, upon the
expiration or obsolescence of any previously delivered form or (b) if we are
a person described in clause (A)(iii) above, we will furnish to the person
from whom we are acquiring an interest in the Certificates, the Servicer and
the Trustee, a properly executed U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form 4224 and
a new Form 4224, or any successor applicable form, upon the expiration or
obsolescence of any previously delivered form (and, in each case, such other
certifications, representations or opinions of counsel as may be requested by
the Trustee). We recognize that if we are a tax-exempt entity, payments with
respect to the Certificates may constitute unrelated business taxable income.
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7. We understand that a subsequent Transfer of the Certificates
will be void if such Transfer would cause the number of Targeted Holders (as
defined in the Series 1999-3 Supplement) to exceed ninety nine.
8. We understand that the opinion of tax counsel that the Trust
is not a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation is dependent in
part on the accuracy of the representations in paragraphs 4 and 5.
9. We are an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in
Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act)
and have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as
to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the
Certificates, and we and any account for which we are acting are each able to
bear the economic risk of our or its investment.
10. We are acquiring the Certificates purchased by us for our
own account or for a single account (each of which is an institutional
"accredited investor") as to which we exercise sole investment discretion.
11. We are not (a) an "employee benefit plan" (as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA), including governmental plans and church plans, (b) a
plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code") including individual retirement accounts and Xxxxx
plans, or (c) any other entity whose underlying assets include "plan assets"
(as defined in United States Department of Labor ("DOL") Regulation Section
2510.3-101, 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101 or otherwise under ERISA) by reason
of a plan's investment in the entity, including, without limitation, an
insurance company general account
12. We understand that any purported Transfer of any portion of
the Certificates in contravention of the restrictions and conditions in
paragraphs 1 through 11 above (including any violation of the representation
in paragraph 5 by an investor who continues to hold an interest in the
Certificates occurring any time after the Transfer in which it acquired such
Certificates) shall be null and void and the purported transferee shall not
be recognized by the Trust or any other person as a Certificate Holder for
any purpose.
13. We further understand that, on any proposed resale, pledge
or transfer of the Certificates, we will be required to furnish to the
Trustee and the Registrar, such certifications and other information as the
Trustee or the Registrar may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed
sale complies with the foregoing restrictions and with the restrictions and
conditions of the Certificates and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
pursuant to which the Certificates were issued and we agree that if we
determine to Transfer the Certificates, we will cause our proposed transferee
to provide the Transferor, the Servicer and the Trustee with a letter
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substantially in the form of this letter. We further understand that the
Certificates purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.
14. The person signing this letter on behalf of the ultimate
beneficial purchaser of the Certificates has been duly authorized by such
beneficial purchaser of the Certificates to do so.
You are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably
authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in
any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to
the matters covered hereby.
Very truly yours,
[full legal name of purchaser]
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
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Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
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This is the Certificate of Chase Credit Card Master Trust,
Series 1999-3, referred to in the within-mentioned Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
Trustee
By:________________________________
Authorized Signatory
Dated:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
SECTION 1. Designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 2. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 3. Servicing Compensation and Assignment of Interchange . 13
SECTION 4. Reassignment and Transfer Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 5. Delivery and Payment for the Investor Certificates . . 14
SECTION 6. Form of Delivery of Investor Certificates . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 7. Article IV of Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 4.4 Rights of the Certificateholders . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 4.5 Allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 4.6 Determination of Required Monthly Interest Payment . . 18
SECTION 4.7 Determination of Monthly Principal . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 4.8 Coverage of Required Amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 4.9 Monthly Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 4.10 Investor Charge-Offs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 4.11 Reallocated Principal Collections . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 4.12 Shared Principal Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 4.13 Principal Funding Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 4.14 Accumulation Period Reserve Account . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 4.15 Transferor's or Servicer's Failure to Make a Deposit or
Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 8. Article V of the Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 5.1 Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 5.2 Monthly Series 1999-3 Certificateholders' Statement . . 28
SECTION 9. Series 1999-3 Pay Out Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 10. Series 1999-3 Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 11. Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 12. (a) Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 13. No Petition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 14. Amendment to Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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SECTION 17. Compliance with Withholding Requirements . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 18. Tax Characterization of the Certificates . . . . . . . 35
SECTION 19. ERISA Legend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A Form of Certificate
EXHIBIT B Form of Monthly Payment Instructions
and Notification to the Trustee
EXHIBIT C Form of Monthly Series 1999-3
Certificateholder's Statement
EXHIBIT D Form of Transferee Representation Letter
SCHEDULE I Schedule to Exhibit C of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
with respect to the Investor Certificate
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ENDNOTES
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MasterCard (Registered Trademark) and VISA (Registered Trademark) are
federally registered servicemarks of MasterCard International Inc.
and of Visa U.S.A., Inc., respectively.
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