Exhibit 4.3
SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
among
XXXXXXXXXXX.XXX VEHICLE RECEIVABLES OWNER TRUST 2000-1,
Issuer,
PF FUNDING II, LLC,
Transferor,
PEOPLEFIRST FINANCE, LLC,
Seller and Servicer,
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES SECURED FINANCING CORPORATION,
Depositor
and
NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Indenture Trustee and Backup Servicer
Dated as of June 1, 2000
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS...................................................................... 1
SECTION 1.1. Definitions................................................................. 1
SECTION 1.2. Other Definitional Provisions............................................... 16
ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES........................................................ 17
SECTION 2.1. Conveyance of Receivables................................................... 17
SECTION 2.2. [RESERVED].................................................................. 18
SECTION 2.3. Conveyance from Transferor to Depositor..................................... 18
SECTION 2.4. Conveyance from Depositor to Trust.......................................... 18
SECTION 2.5. Closing..................................................................... 19
ARTICLE III THE RECEIVABLES.................................................................. 19
SECTION 3.1. Representations and Warranties.............................................. 19
SECTION 3.2. Repurchase upon Breach...................................................... 23
SECTION 3.3. Custody of Receivables Files................................................ 23
SECTION 3.4. Duties of Custodian......................................................... 23
SECTION 3.5. Retention and Termination of Servicer....................................... 23
ARTICLE IV ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES...................................... 24
SECTION 4.1. Appointment and Duties of Servicer.......................................... 24
SECTION 4.2. Collection and Allocation of Receivable Payments............................ 25
SECTION 4.3. Realization upon Receivables................................................ 26
SECTION 4.4. [RESERVED].................................................................. 26
SECTION 4.5. Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles...................... 26
SECTION 4.6. Covenants of Servicer....................................................... 27
SECTION 4.7. Purchase of Receivables upon Breach......................................... 27
SECTION 4.8. Servicing Fee............................................................... 27
SECTION 4.9. Servicer's Certificate...................................................... 28
SECTION 4.10. Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default........................ 28
SECTION 4.11. Financial Statements........................................................ 29
SECTION 4.12. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding Receivables....... 29
SECTION 4.13. Servicer Expenses........................................................... 29
SECTION 4.14. Appointment of Subservicer.................................................. 29
SECTION 4.15. Obligations under Basic Documents........................................... 30
SECTION 4.16. Reports to the Commission................................................... 30
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ARTICLE V DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS AND NOTEHOLDERS....................... 30
SECTION 5.1. Establishment of Trust Accounts.................................................. 30
SECTION 5.2. Collections...................................................................... 32
SECTION 5.3. Application of Collections....................................................... 33
SECTION 5.4. Deficiency Notice................................................................ 33
SECTION 5.5. Additional Deposits.............................................................. 33
SECTION 5.6. Distributions.................................................................... 33
SECTION 5.7. [RESERVED]....................................................................... 34
SECTION 5.8. Statements to Certificateholders and Noteholders................................. 34
SECTION 5.9. Net Deposits..................................................................... 35
SECTION 5.10. Optional Deposits by the Insurer................................................. 36
ARTICLE V-A THE POLICY............................................................................ 36
SECTION 5A.1 CLAIMS UNDER POLICY................................................................... 36
SECTION 5A.2 PREFERENCE CLAIMS; DIRECTION OF PROCEEDINGS........................................... 37
SECTION 5A.3 SURRENDER OF POLICY................................................................... 37
ARTICLE VI THE SELLER............................................................................ 38
SECTION 6.1. Representations of the Seller.................................................... 38
SECTION 6.2. Existence........................................................................ 39
SECTION 6.3. Liability of Seller; Indemnities................................................. 40
SECTION 6.4. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller.......... 41
SECTION 6.5. Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others..................................... 41
SECTION 6.6. Seller May Own Certificates or Notes............................................. 41
ARTICLE VII THE SERVICER.......................................................................... 42
SECTION 7.1. Representations of Servicer...................................................... 42
SECTION 7.2. Indemnities of Servicer.......................................................... 43
SECTION 7.3. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Servicer........ 44
SECTION 7.4. Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others................................... 44
SECTION 7.5. Servicer Not To Resign........................................................... 45
ARTICLE VII-A THE TRANSFEROR........................................................................ 45
SECTION 7A.1 REPRESENTATIONS OF THE TRANSFEROR..................................................... 45
SECTION 7A.2 EXISTENCE............................................................................. 47
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SECTION 7A.3 LIABILITY OF TRANSFEROR; INDEMNITIES............................................................ 47
SECTION 7A.4 LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF TRANSFEROR AND OTHERS................................................ 48
SECTION 7A.5 TRANSFEROR MAY OWN CERTIFICATES OR NOTES........................................................ 48
ARTICLE VII-B THE DEPOSITOR................................................................................... 48
SECTION 7B.1 REPRESENTATIONS OF THE DEPOSITOR................................................................ 48
SECTION 7B.2 EXISTENCE....................................................................................... 50
SECTION 7B.3 LIABILITY OF DEPOSITOR; INDEMNITIES............................................................. 00
XXXXXXX 0X.0 XXXXXXXXXX XX LIABILITY OF DEPOSITOR AND OTHERS................................................. 51
SECTION 7B.5 DEPOSITOR MAY OWN CERTIFICATES OR NOTES......................................................... 51
ARTICLE VIII DEFAULT......................................................................................... 51
SECTION 8.1. Servicer Default........................................................................... 51
SECTION 8.2. Appointment of Successor................................................................... 53
SECTION 8.3. Notification to Noteholders, Certificateholders and Backup Servicer........................ 54
SECTION 8.4. Waiver of Past Defaults.................................................................... 54
ARTICLE VIII-A THE BACKUP SERVICER............................................................................. 54
SECTION 8A.1 APPOINTMENT OF BACKUP SERVICER.................................................................. 54
SECTION 8A.2 DUTIES OF BACKUP SERVICER....................................................................... 54
SECTION 8A.3 BACKUP SERVICING STANDARD....................................................................... 55
SECTION 8A.4 LIMITATION ON RESIGNATION OF THE BACKUP SERVICER................................................ 55
SECTION 8A.5 RIGHTS IN RESPECT OF THE BACKUP SERVICER........................................................ 55
SECTION 8A.6 TERMINATION..................................................................................... 55
SECTION 8A.7 RESIGNATION OR TERMINATION OF BACKUP SERVICER................................................... 56
SECTION 8A.8 BACKUP SERVICING FEE............................................................................ 56
SECTION 8A.9 INDEMNITY....................................................................................... 56
SECTION 8A.10 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY......................................................................... 57
ARTICLE IX TERMINATION..................................................................................... 57
SECTION 9.1. Optional Purchase of All Receivables....................................................... 57
ARTICLE X ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES OF THE SERVICER........................................................... 58
SECTION 10.1. (a) Duties with respect to the Indenture, the Trust Agreement and Depository Agreement.... 58
SECTION 10.2. Records.................................................................................... 60
SECTION 10.3. Additional Information to be Furnished to the Issuer....................................... 60
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS........................................................................ 60
SECTION 11.1. Amendment.................................................................................. 60
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SECTION 11.2. Protection of Title to the Trust.................................. 61
SECTION 11.3. Assignments....................................................... 63
SECTION 11.3. Notices........................................................... 63
SECTION 11.5. Limitations on Rights of Others................................... 63
SECTION 11.6. Severability...................................................... 64
SECTION 11.7. Separate Counterparts............................................. 64
SECTION 11.8. Headings.......................................................... 64
SECTION 11.9. Governing Law..................................................... 64
SECTION 11.10. Assignment to Indenture Trustee................................... 64
SECTION 11.11. Nonpetition Covenants............................................. 64
SECTION 11.12. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee.... 64
SECTION 11.13. Independence of the Servicer...................................... 65
SECTION 11.14. No Joint Venture.................................................. 65
SECTION 11.15. Third-Party Beneficiaries......................................... 65
SECTION 11.16. Disclaimer by Insurer............................................. 65
SECTION 11.17. Insurer as Controlling Party...................................... 66
SECTION 11.18. Limited Recourse.................................................. 66
Exhibit A - [Reserved]
Exhibit B - Form of Monthly Certificateholder Statement
Exhibit C - Form of Monthly Noteholder Statement
Exhibit D - Form of Servicer's Certificate
Exhibit E - Form of Policy
Exhibit F - Form of Stamp
Schedule A - Schedule of Receivables
Schedule B - Location of Receivables
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SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT dated as of June 1, 2000, among
XXXXXXXXXXX.XXX VEHICLE RECEIVABLES OWNER TRUST 2000-1, a Delaware business
trust (the "Issuer"), PF FUNDING II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
as transferor (the "Transferor"), PEOPLEFIRST FINANCE, LLC, a California limited
liability company, as seller and servicer (the "Seller" and the "Servicer"),
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES SECURED FINANCING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as
depositor (the "Depositor) and NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a
national banking association, as Indenture Trustee and Backup Servicer.
WHEREAS the Transferor desires to purchase a portfolio of receivables
arising in connection with motor vehicle loans originated by the Seller;
WHEREAS the Seller is willing to sell such receivables to the Transferor;
WHEREAS the Depositor desires to obtain a transfer of such receivables from
the Transferor and the Transferor is willing to assign its interest in such
receivables to the Depositor;
WHEREAS the Issuer desires to obtain a transfer of the Depositor's interest
in such receivables and the Depositor desires to transfer its interest in such
receivables to the Issuer;
WHEREAS the Servicer is willing to service all such receivables;
WHEREAS the Backup Servicer is willing to act as backup servicer pursuant
to the terms hereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
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SECTION 1.1. Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following
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words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person
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controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person.
For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any
Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have
meanings correlative to the foregoing. A Person shall not be deemed to be an
Affiliate of any person solely because such other Person has the contractual
right or obligation to manage such Person unless such other Person controls such
Person through equity ownership or otherwise.
"Aggregate Principal Balance" means, with respect to any date of
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determination, the sum of the Principal Balances for all Receivables (other than
(i) any Receivable (other than a Purchased Receivable) that became a Liquidated
Receivable during the related Collection Period and (ii) any Receivable (other
than a Liquidated Receivable) that was purchased or repurchased by any Person
pursuant to this Agreement during the related Collection Period) as of the date
of determination.
"Agreement" means this Sale and Servicing Agreement, as the same may be
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amended and supplemented from time to time.
"Amount Financed" means, with respect to a Receivable, the amount advanced
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under such Receivable toward the purchase price or refinancing of the Financed
Vehicle and any related costs, including amounts advanced in respect of
accessories, insurance premiums, service, car club and warranty contracts, and
other items customarily financed as part of motor vehicle loans.
"Annual Percentage Rate" or "APR" of a Receivable means the annual
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percentage rate of finance charges or service charges, as stated in the related
Contract.
"Available Funds" means, with respect to any Determination Date, the sum of
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(i) the Collected Funds for the related Collection Period, (ii) all Purchase
Amounts deposited in the Collection Account during the related Collection
Period, and (iii) following the acceleration of the Notes pursuant to Section
5.2 of the Indenture, the amount of money or property collected pursuant to
Section 5.4 of the Indenture since the preceding Determination Date by the
Indenture Trustee for distribution pursuant to Section 5.6 of the Indenture.
"Average Principal Balance" means, with respect to any Collection Period,
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the sum of the Principal Balance of the Receivables as of the close of business
on the last day of the immediately preceding Collection Period and the Principal
Balance of the Receivables as of the close of business on the last day of such
Collection Period, divided by two.
"Backup Servicer" means Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, as
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the Backup Servicer, and each successor Backup Servicer pursuant to Section 8A.1
of the Agreement.
"Backup Servicer Duties" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
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8A.2.
"Backup Servicing Fee" means the monthly fee payable to the Backup
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Servicer, in an amount equal to the greater of (A) the product of one-twelfth of
0.03% per annum multiplied by the Outstanding Amount on the preceding Payment
Date after giving effect to distributions on such date or (B) $500.
"Backup Servicing Standard" has the meaning assigned to that term in
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Section 8A.3.
"Backup Servicing Tape" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
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8A.1 hereof.
"Base Servicing Fee" means, with respect to any Collection Period, the fee
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payable to the Servicer for services rendered during such Collection Period,
which shall be equal to one-twelfth of the Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the
Pool Balance as of the first day of such Collection Period.
"Basic Documents" means the Certificate of Trust, the Trust Agreement, the
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Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the Insurance Agreement, the
Reserve Account Agreement, the Custodial Agreement, the Depository Agreement,
the Policy, the Premium Letter, the FSA Indemnification Agreement, the Depositor
Indemnification Agreement, the Notes, the Certificates and the Pledge Agreement
and other documents and certificates delivered in connection therewith.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or other day
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on which commercial banks located in San Diego, California, Wilmington,
Delaware, Minneapolis, Minnesota or New York, New York are authorized or
obligated by law, executive order or governmental decree to be closed or the
principal place of business of any successor Servicer, successor Indenture
Trustee or successor Owner Trustee.
"Certificate" means a Trust Certificate (as defined in the Trust
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Agreement).
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"Certificate Balance" means, (i) with respect to the Class A Certificates,
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initially, $5,004,168.29 and thereafter equals the initial Certificate Balance
reduced by all amounts allocable to principal previously distributed to
Certificateholders, and (ii) with respect to the Class R Certificateholders,
zero.
"Certificate Distribution Account" has the meaning assigned to such term in
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Section 5.1(a) of the Trust Agreement.
"Certificate Pool Factor" as of the close of business on a Payment Date
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means a seven digit decimal figure equal to the Certificate Balance as of such
Payment Date after giving effect to principal distributions on such date divided
by the initial Certificate Balance.
"Certificate Majority" means the Holders of over 50% of the Outstanding
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Amount of the Class A Certificates and over 50% of Holders of the Class R
Certificates.
"Certificateholder" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust
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Agreement.
"Certificateholders' Distributable Amount" means with respect to any
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Payment Date, the sum of the Certificateholders' Principal Distributable Amount
and the Class R Certificateholders' Distributable Amount.
"Certificateholders' Percentage" means (i) for each Payment Date prior to
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the Payment Date on which the Class A-4 Notes are paid in full, 2%, (ii) on the
Payment Date on which the Class A-4 Notes are paid in full, the percentage
equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the excess, if any, of (x)
the Principal Distributable Amount for such Payment Date over (y) the
outstanding principal amount of the Class A-4 Notes immediately prior to such
Payment Date, and the denominator of which is the Principal Distributable Amount
for such Payment Date, and (iii) for each Payment Date thereafter to and
including the Payment Date on which the Certificate Balance is reduced to zero,
100%.
"Certificateholders' Principal Distributable Amount" means, with respect to
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any Payment Date, the Certificateholders' Percentage of the Principal
Distributable Amount.
"Class" means any of the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-
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3 Notes, the Class A-4 Notes, the Class A Certificates or the Class R
Certificates, as the context requires.
"Class A Certificate" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust
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Agreement.
"Class A-1 Note" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
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"Class A-2 Note" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
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"Class A-3 Note" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
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"Class A-4 Note" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
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"Class R Certificate" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust
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Agreement.
"Class R Certificateholders' Distributable Amount" means the amount
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available for distribution to the Class R Certificateholders pursuant to Section
5.6(a)(viii) hereof.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing agency"
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pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
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"Closing Date" means June 30, 2000.
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"Collateral" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
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"Collected Funds" means, with respect to any Determination Date, the amount
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of funds in the Collection Account representing collections on the Receivables
during the related Collection Period, including all Net Liquidation Proceeds
collected during the related Collection Period.
"Collection Account" means the account designated as such, established and
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maintained pursuant to Section 5.1(a) hereof.
"Collection Period" means the calendar month preceding the month in which
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each Payment Date occurs (or in the case of the initial Payment Date, from the
Cutoff Date to and including June 30, 2000).
"Computer Tape" means the computer tape or other electronic media furnished
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by the Seller to the Transferor and its assigns describing certain
characteristics of the Receivables as of the Cutoff Date.
"Contract" means a motor vehicle loan evidenced by a note and security
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agreement.
"Controlling Party" means, if no Insurer Default has occurred and is
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continuing, the Insurer, otherwise if Notes remain Outstanding, the Indenture
Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, or, after all unpaid principal and
interest on the Notes and all amounts owing to the Insurer have been paid in
full, the Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
"Corporate Trust Office" means (i) with respect to the Owner Trustee, the
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principal corporate trust office of the Owner Trustee, which at the time of
execution of this Agreement is 1100 North Market Street, Xxxxxx Square North,
Wilmington, Delaware 19898, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration and (ii)
with respect to the Indenture Trustee and the Indenture Collateral Agent, the
principal corporate trust office of the Indenture Trustee, which at the time of
execution of this Agreement is located at Norwest Center, Sixth Street and
Marquette Avenue, MAC N9311-161 Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention:
Corporate Trust Services/Asset Backed Administration.
"Cram Down Loss" means, with respect to a Receivable, if a court of
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appropriate jurisdiction in an insolvency proceeding shall have issued an order
reducing the amount owed on such Receivable or otherwise modifying or
restructuring the Scheduled Payments to be made on such Receivable, an amount
equal to (i) the excess of the principal balance of such Receivable immediately
prior to such order over the principal balance of such Receivable as so reduced
and/or (ii) if such court shall have issued an order reducing the effective rate
of interest on such Receivable, the excess of the net present value of the
remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to the Receivable before such court
order (using as the discount rate the APR on such remaining Scheduled Payments
with respect to such Receivable) over the net present value of the remaining
Scheduled Payments with respect to such Receivable after such court order (using
as the discount rate the higher of the APR on such Receivable and the rate of
interest, if any, specified by the court in such order) of the scheduled
payments as so modified or restructured. A "Cram Down Loss" shall be deemed to
have occurred on the date of issuance of such order.
"Custodial Agreement" means the agreement dated as of June 1, 2000 among
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the Seller, the Servicer, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Custodian,
as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time.
"Custodian" means The Bank of New York, its successors in interest and any
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successor Custodian under the Custodial Agreement.
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"Custodian Fee" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
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Custodial Agreement.
"Cutoff Date" means the beginning of business on June 1, 2000.
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"Default Rate" means, for any Determination Date, the product (expressed as
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a percentage) of (a) twelve and (b) a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is
the sum of (x) the aggregate Principal Balance of all Receivables that became
Defaulted Receivables during the related Collection Period and (y) the aggregate
Principal Balance of all Receivables that became Purchased Receivables during
the Collection Period and that were 31 or more days delinquent at the time of
repurchase, and (ii) the denominator of which is the Average Principal Balance
for the related Collection Period.
"Defaulted Receivable" means a Receivable with respect to which: (i) all or
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a portion of any Scheduled Payment is 90 or more days delinquent, (ii) the
Servicer has repossessed the related Financed Vehicle (and any applicable
redemption period has expired) or (iii) such Receivable is in default and the
Servicer has determined in good faith that payments thereunder are not likely to
be resumed.
"Deficiency Claim Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4
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of this Agreement.
"Deficiency Claim Date" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the fourth
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Business Day immediately preceding such Payment Date.
"Deficiency Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4 of this
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Agreement.
"Delinquency Ratio" means, with respect to any Collection Period, the
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quotient, expressed as a percentage, of (i) the Aggregate Principal Balance of
all Receivables with respect to which one or more payments are 31 or more days
past due at the last day of such Collection Period and (ii) the Pool Balance as
of the close of business on the last day of such Collection Period.
"Delivery" or "Deliver" when used with respect to Trust Account Property
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means the following and such additional or alternative procedures as may
hereafter become appropriate to effect the complete transfer of ownership of any
such Trust Account Property to the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Collateral
Agent, as applicable, free and clear of any adverse claims, consistent with
changes in applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof:
(a) with respect to bankers' acceptances, commercial paper,
negotiable certificates of deposit and other obligations that constitute
instruments and are susceptible of physical delivery ("Physical Property"):
(i) transfer of possession thereof to the Indenture Trustee,
indorsed to, or registered in the name of, the Indenture Trustee, or
its nominee or indorsed in blank;
(b) with respect to a certificated security:
(i) delivery thereof in bearer form to the Indenture Trustee;
or
(ii) delivery thereof in registered form to the Indenture
Trustee; and
(A) the certificate is indorsed to the Indenture Trustee
or in blank by effective endorsement; or
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(B) the certificate is registered in the name of the
Indenture Trustee, upon original issue or registration of
transfer by the issuer thereof;
(c) with respect to an uncertificated security:
(i) the delivery of the uncertificated security to the
Indenture Trustee; or
(ii) the issuer thereof has agreed that it will comply with
instructions originated by the Indenture Trustee without further
consent by the registered owner;
(d) with respect to any security issued by the U.S. Treasury, the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or by the Federal National Mortgage
Association that is a book-entry security held through the Federal Reserve
System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations;
(i) a Federal Reserve Bank by book entry credits the book-entry
security to the securities account (as defined in 31 CFR Part 357) of
a participant (as defined in 31 CFR Part 357) which is also a
securities intermediary; and
(ii) the participant indicates by book entry that the book-entry
security has been credited to the Indenture Trustee's securities
account;
(e) with respect to a security entitlement:
(i) the Indenture Trustee, becomes the entitlement holder; or
(ii) the securities intermediary has agreed that it will comply
with entitlement orders originated by the Indenture Trustee without
further consent by the entitlement holder;
(f) for the purpose of clauses (b) and (c) hereof "delivery" means:
(i) with respect to a certificated security:
(A) the Indenture Trustee acquires possession thereof;
(B) another person (other than a securities intermediary)
either acquires possession thereof on behalf of the Indenture
Trustee or, having previously acquired possession thereof,
acknowledges that it holds for the Indenture Trustee; or
(C) a securities intermediary acting on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee acquires possession of thereof, only if the
certificate is in registered form and has been specially indorsed
to the Indenture Trustee by an effective endorsement;
(ii) with respect to an uncertificated security:
(A) the issuer registers the Indenture Trustee as the
registered owner, upon original issue or registration of
transfer; or
(B) another person (other than a securities intermediary)
either becomes the registered owner thereof on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee or,
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having previously become the registered owner, acknowledges that
it holds for the Indenture Trustee;
(g) for purposes of this definition, except as otherwise indicated,
the following terms shall have the meaning assigned to each such term in the
UCC:
(i) "certificated security"
(ii) "effective endorsement"
(iii) "entitlement holder"
(iv) "instrument"
(v) "securities account"
(vi) "security entitlement"
(vii) "securities intermediary"
(viii) "uncertificated security"
(h) in each case of Delivery contemplated herein, the Indenture
Trustee shall make appropriate notations on its records, and shall cause the
same to be made on the records of its nominees, indicating that securities are
held in trust pursuant to and as provided in this Agreement.
"Depositor" means Prudential Securities Secured Financing Corporation, and
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its successors in interest.
"Depositor Indemnification Agreement" has the meaning assigned to such term
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in the Underwriting Agreement.
"Depositor Property" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.3
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hereof.
"Depository Agreement" means a Note Depository Agreement.
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"Determination Date" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the fifth
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Business Day prior to the related Payment Date.
"Distribution Amount" means, with respect to a Payment Date, the sum of (i)
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the Available Funds for the immediately preceding Determination Date, plus (ii)
any amounts received with respect to the Deficiency Claim Amount from the
Reserve Account, an Insurer Optional Deposit or otherwise, other than from draws
under the Policy, received by the Indenture Trustee from the Insurer with
respect to such Payment Date.
"Draw Date" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Insurance
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Agreement.
"Eligible Deposit Account" means either (a) a segregated account with an
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Eligible Institution or (b) a segregated trust account with the corporate trust
department of a depository institution organized under the laws of the United
States of America or any one of the states thereof or the District of Columbia
(or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), having corporate trust powers and
acting as trustee for funds
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deposited in such account, so long as any of the securities of such depository
institution have a credit rating from each Rating Agency in one of its generic
rating categories which signifies investment grade.
"Eligible Institution" means (a) the corporate trust department of the
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Indenture Trustee or any other entity specified in this Agreement or (b) a
depository institution organized under the laws of the United States of America
or any one of the states thereof or the District of Columbia (or any domestic
branch of a foreign bank), which (i) has either (A) a long-term unsecured debt
rating of AAA or better by Standard & Poor's and Aaa or better by Moody's or (B)
a certificate of deposit rating of A-1+ by Standard & Poor's and P-1 or better
by Moody's or any other short-term or certificate of deposit rating acceptable
to the Rating Agencies and the Insurer and (ii) whose deposits are insured by
the FDIC. If so qualified under clause (b) above, the Owner Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee may be considered an Eligible Institution.
"Eligible Investments" means book-entry securities, negotiable instruments
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or securities represented by instruments in bearer or registered form which
evidence:
(i) certain obligations of, or obligations guaranteed as to principal
and interest by, the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality of the
U.S. government, when such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit
of the U.S., provided however, such obligation (i) must be limited to those
instruments that have a predetermined fixed-dollar amount of principal due at
maturity that cannot vary or change, (ii) if the obligation is rated, it should
not have an 'r' highlighter affixed to its rating, (iii) if the investments may
be liquidated before their maturity or are being relied on to meet a certain
yield, subject to the applicable Rating Agency restrictions are necessary, and
(iv) has an interest rate tied to a single interest rate index plus a single
fixed spread, if any, and which changes proportionately with such index;
(j) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of any
depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the
United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia (or
any domestic branch of a foreign bank) and subject to supervision and
examination by Federal or state banking or depository institution authorities
(including depository receipts issued by any such institution or trust company
as custodian with respect to any obligation referred to in clause (a) above or
portion of such obligation for the benefit of the holders of such depository
receipts); provided, however, that at the time of the investment or contractual
commitment to invest therein (which shall be deemed to be made again each time
funds are reinvested following each Payment Date), the commercial paper or other
short-term senior unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligations the
rating of which is based on the credit of a Person other than such depository
institution or trust company) of such depository institution or trust company
shall have a credit rating from Standard & Poor's of A-1+ and from Moody's of P-
1;
(k) commercial paper having, at the time of the investment or
contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from Standard & Poor's of A-
1+ and from Moody's of P-1;
(l) investments in money market funds (including funds for which the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates is
investment manager or advisor) having a rating from Standard & Poor's of AAA-m
or AAAm-G and from Moody's of Aaa and having been approved by the Insurer;
(m) bankers' acceptances issued by any depository institution or
trust company referred to in clause (b) above;
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(n) repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is a
direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of America or
any agency or instrumentality thereof the obligations of which are backed by the
full faith and credit of the United States of America, in either case entered
into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) rated
A-1+ by S&P and P-1 by Moody's; and
(o) any other investment which would satisfy the Rating Agency
Condition and is consistent with the ratings of the Notes and which, so long as
no Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, has been approved by
the Insurer.
Any of the foregoing Eligible Investments may be purchased by or through
the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or any of its Affiliates.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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"FDIC" means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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"Final Scheduled Payment Date" means with respect to (i) the Class A-1
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Notes, July 15, 2001, (ii) the Class X-0 Xxxxx, Xxxx 00, 0000, (xxx) the Class
A-3 Notes, February 15, 2004, and the Class A-4 Notes, December 15, 2006.
"Financed Vehicle" means a new or used automobile, light-duty truck, van or
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motorcycle, securing an Obligor's indebtedness under the respective Receivable.
"FSA Indemnification Agreement" has the meaning assigned to the term
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"Indemnification Agreement" in the Insurance Agreement.
"Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of June 1, 2000, among the Issuer
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and the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time
to time.
"Indenture Collateral Agent" means the Person appointed pursuant to the
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terms of the Reserve Account Agreement and acting as Collateral Agent under the
Reserve Account Agreement, its successors in interest and any successor
Collateral Agent under the Reserve Account Agreement.
"Indenture Trustee" means the Person acting as Indenture Trustee under the
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Indenture and the other Basic Documents, its successors in interest and any
successor trustee under the Indenture.
"Indenture Trustee Fee" means the monthly fee payable to the Indenture
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Trustee in an amount equal to the product of (i) 1/12 and (ii) .005 percent per
annum and (iii) the Outstanding Amount on the preceding Payment Date after
giving effect to distributions on such date.
"Insolvency Event" means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) the
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filing of a petition against such Person or the entry of a decree or order for
relief by a court or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises
in respect of such Person or any substantial part of its property in an
involuntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver,
conservator, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator, or similar
official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding-up or liquidation or such Person's affairs, and such
petition, decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days; or (b) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case
under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry of an
order for relief in an involuntary case
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under any such law, or the consent by such Person to the appointment of or
taking possession by, a receiver, conservator, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator, or similar official for such Person or for any
substantial part of its property, or the making by such Person of any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by such Person generally
to pay its debts as such debts become due, or such Person admitting its
inability to pay its debts when due or the taking of action by such Person in
furtherance of any of the foregoing.
"Insurance Agreement" means the Insurance and Indemnity Agreement, dated as
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of June 1, 2000, among the Insurer, the Issuer, the Transferor, the Seller and
the Servicer.
"Insurance Agreement Event of Default" means an "Event of Default", as
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defined in the Insurance Agreement.
"Insurer" means Financial Security Assurance Inc., a monoline insurance
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company incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, its successors and
assigns.
"Insurer Default" means the occurrence and continuance of any of the
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following events:
(p) the Insurer shall have failed to make a payment required under
the Policy in accordance with its terms; or
(q) The Insurer shall have (i) filed a petition or commenced any case
or proceeding under any provision or chapter of the United States Bankruptcy
Code or any other similar federal or state any law relating to insolvency,
bankruptcy, rehabilitation, liquidation or reorganization, (ii) made a general
assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or (iii) had an order for relief
entered against it under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other similar
federal or state law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy, rehabilitation,
liquidation or reorganization which is final and nonappealable; or
(r) a court of competent jurisdiction, the New York Department of
Insurance or other competent regulatory authority shall have entered a final and
nonappealable order, judgment or decree (i) appointing a custodian, trustee,
agent or receiver for the Insurer or for all or any material portion of its
property or (ii) authorizing the taking of possession by a custodian, trustee,
agent or receiver of the Insurer (or the taking of possession of all or any
material portion of the property of the Insurer).
"Insurer Optional Deposit" means, with respect to any Payment Date, an
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amount delivered by the Insurer pursuant to Section 5.10 hereof, at its sole
option, to the Indenture Trustee for deposit into the Collection Account.
"Interest Period" means, with respect to (i) the initial Payment Date, the
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period from and including June 15, 2000 to but excluding such initial Payment
Date and (ii) with respect to any subsequent Payment Date, from and including
the most recent Payment Date on which interest has been paid to but excluding
such Payment Date.
"Interest Rate" means (i) with respect to the Class A-1 Notes, 6.713% per
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annum, (ii) the Class A-2 Notes, 7.275% per annum, (iii) the Class A-3 Notes,
7.365% per annum and (iv) the Class A-4 Notes, 7.405% per annum. The Interest
Rate for the Class A-1 Notes shall be computed on the basis of the actual number
of days elapsed in a 360 day year. The Interest Rate for each of the Class A-2
Notes, Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4 Notes shall be computed on the basis of a
360 day year consisting of twelve 30 day months.
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"Investment Earnings" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the
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investment earnings (net of losses and investment expenses) on amounts on
deposit in the Trust Accounts and the Certificate Distribution Account.
"Issuer" means XxxxxxXxxxx.xxx Vehicle Receivables Owner Trust 2000-1.
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"Lien" means a security interest, lien, charge, pledge, equity, or
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encumbrance of any kind, other than tax liens, mechanics' liens and any liens
that attach to the respective Receivable by operation of law as a result of any
act or omission by the related Obligor.
"Lien Certificate" means, with respect to a Financed Vehicle, an original
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certificate of title, certificate of lien or other notification issued by the
Registrar of Titles of the applicable state to a secured party which indicates
that the lien of the secured party on the Financed Vehicle is recorded on the
original certificate of title. In any jurisdiction in which the original
certificate of title is required to be given to the Obligor, the term "Lien
Certificate" shall mean only a certificate or notification issued to a secured
party.
"Liquidated Receivable" means, with respect to any Determination Date, a
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Receivable as to which, as of the last day of the related Collection Period, (i)
60 days have elapsed since the Servicer repossessed the Financed Vehicle, (ii)
the Servicer has determined in good faith that all amounts it expects to recover
have been received, (iii) all or a portion part of a Scheduled Payment is 120
days or more delinquent or (iv) the Financed Vehicle has been sold and the
proceeds received.
"Moody's" means Xxxxx'x Investors Services, Inc., or its successors.
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"Net Liquidation Losses" means, with respect to any Collection Period, (a)
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the sum of the Principal Balances (plus accrued interest through the end of such
Collection Period) of all Receivables that became Liquidated Receivables since
the Cutoff Date, minus (b) any Net Liquidation Proceeds received during such
Collection Period.
"Net Liquidation Proceeds" means as to any Liquidated Receivable, all
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amounts (including insurance proceeds) realized with respect to such Receivable
(other than amounts withdrawn from the Reserve Account, amounts paid pursuant to
Section 5.10 of this Agreement and drawings under the Policy) net of (i)
reasonable expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with the collection
of such Receivable and the repossession and disposition of the Financed Vehicle
and (ii) amounts that are required to be refunded to the Obligor on such
Receivable; provided, however, that the Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect to
any Receivable shall in no event be less than zero.
"Net Loss Rate" means, for any Determination Date, the quotient (expressed
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as a percentage) of (a) the product of (i) twelve and (ii) Net Liquidation
Losses, divided by (b) the Average Principal Balance for the related Collection
Period.
"Norwest" means Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, and its
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successors in interest.
"Note" means any of the Notes issued pursuant to the terms of the
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Indenture.
"Noteholder" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
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"Note Depository Agreement" means the agreement, if any, among the Issuer,
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the Indenture Trustee and The Depository Trust Company, as initial Clearing
Agency.
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"Note Distribution Account" means the account designated as such,
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established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.1(a) hereof.
"Note Majority" means the Holders of a majority in outstanding principal
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amount of the Notes.
"Noteholders' Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any Payment
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Date, the sum of the Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount and the
Noteholders' Interest Distributable Amount.
"Noteholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any
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Payment Date, the excess of the Noteholders' Interest Distributable Amount for
the preceding Payment Date, over the amount in respect of interest that was
actually deposited in the Note Distribution Account on such preceding Payment
Date, plus interest on the amount of interest due but not paid to Noteholders on
the preceding Payment Date, to the extent permitted by law, at the respective
Interest Rate borne by each such Class of Notes from such preceding Payment Date
to but excluding the current Payment Date.
"Noteholders' Interest Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any
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Payment Date, the sum of the Noteholders' Monthly Interest Distributable Amount
for such Payment Date and the Noteholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall for such
Payment Date.
"Noteholders' Monthly Interest Distributable Amount" means, with respect to
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any Payment Date, (x) for the Class A-1 Notes, the product of (i) the applicable
Interest Rate for the Class A-1 Notes (ii) the actual number of days elapsed
during the applicable period divided by 360 and (iii) the Outstanding Amount of
the Class A-1 Notes immediately preceding such Payment Date and (y) for the
Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, the sum of the
amount for each Class of Notes equal to the product of (i) the Interest Rate for
each Class of Notes, (ii) 1/12 and (iii) the Outstanding Amount of the Notes of
each such Class immediately preceding such Payment Date
"Noteholders' Percentage" means with respect to any Determination Date (i)
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relating to a Payment Date prior to the Payment Date on which the principal
amount of the Class A-4 Notes is reduced to zero, 98%; (ii) relating to the
Payment Date on which the principal amount of the Class A-4 Notes is reduced to
zero, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the
principal amount of the Class A-4 Notes immediately prior to such Payment Date,
and the denominator of which is the Principal Distributable Amount; and (iii)
relating to any other Payment Date, 0%.
"Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any
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Payment Date, (other than the Final Scheduled Payment Date for any Class of
Notes), the Noteholders' Percentage of the Principal Distributable Amount. The
Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount on the Final Scheduled Payment Date
for any Class of Notes will equal the greater of (x) the Noteholders' Percentage
of the Principal Distributable Amount or (y) the Outstanding Amount of such
Class of Notes on such Payment Date.
"Note Pool Factor" for each Class of Notes as of the close of business on a
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Payment Date means a seven-digit decimal figure equal to the outstanding
principal amount of such Class of Notes as of such Payment Date after giving
effect to principal distributions on such date divided by the original
Outstanding Amount of such Class of Notes.
"Notice of Claim" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5A.1(b)
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hereof.
"Obligor" on a Receivable means the purchaser or co-purchasers of the
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Financed Vehicle and any other Person who owes payments under the Receivable.
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"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by the (a) chairman of
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the board, the president, any executive vice president or any vice president and
(b) any treasurer, assistant treasurer, secretary or assistant secretary of the
Seller or the Servicer, as appropriate.
"Opinion of Counsel" means one or more written opinions of counsel who may
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be an employee of or counsel to the Seller or the Servicer, which counsel shall
be acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Insurer or the
Rating Agencies, as applicable.
"Original Pool Balance" means the sum, as of any date, of the Pool Balance
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as of the Cutoff Date.
"Outstanding" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
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"Outstanding Amount" means the aggregate principal amount of all Notes or
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Class of Notes or the Class of Certificates, as applicable, outstanding at the
date of determination.
"Owner Trust Estate" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Trust
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Agreement.
"Owner Trustee" means Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual
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capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, its successors
in interest or any successor Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement.
"Payment Date" means the fifteenth day of each calendar month and if such
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day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing on July
17, 2000.
"PeopleFirst" means PeopleFirst Finance, LLC, and its successors in
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interest.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, limited liability company,
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estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust
(including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated organization or government
or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Physical Property" has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition
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of "Delivery" above.
"Policy" means the financial guaranty insurance policy issued by the
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Insurer in accordance with the terms of the Insurance Agreement.
"Policy Claim Amount" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
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5A.1(a) hereof.
"Pool Balance" means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the
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Principal Balances of the Receivables (excluding Purchased Receivables and
Liquidated Receivables provided, however, that the Principal Balance of the
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Receivables that were required to be purchased by the Servicer or the Seller but
were not purchased shall only be excluded at the option of the Insurer).
"Preference Claim" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5A.2(b)
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hereof.
"Premium Letter" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Insurance
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Agreement.
"Pledge Agreement" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Insurance
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Agreement.
"Principal Balance" means, with respect to any Receivable, as of any date,
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the Amount Financed minus (i) that portion of all amounts received on or prior
to such date and allocable to principal in accordance with the terms of the
Receivable and the Simple Interest Method, and (ii) any Cram Down Loss in
respect of such Receivable.
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"Principal Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any Payment Date,
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the excess of (i) the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and Certificates as of the
day immediately preceding such Payment Date over (ii) the Pool Balance at the
end of the related Collection Period less the Yield Supplement
Overcollateralization Amount.
"Purchase Amount" means with respect to a Receivable, the Principal Balance
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and all accrued and unpaid interest on the Principal Balance of such Receivable
(including one month's interest thereon, in the month of payment, at the APR
less, so long as PeopleFirst is the Servicer, the Servicing Fee), after giving
effect to the receipt of any moneys collected (from whatever source) on such
Receivable, if any.
"Purchased Receivable" means a Receivable purchased as of the close of
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business on the last day of a Collection Period by the Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.7 of this Agreement or repurchased by the Seller pursuant to Section
3.2 of the Agreement.
"Rating Agency" means each of Standard & Poor's and Moody's, and together,
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the "Ratings Agencies". If no such organization or successor maintains a rating
on the Notes, "Rating Agency" shall be a nationally recognized statistical
rating organization or other comparable Person designated by the Seller and
acceptable to the Insurer (so long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred
and be continuing), notice of which designation shall be given to the Indenture
Trustee, Owner Trustee and the Servicer.
"Rating Agency Condition" means, with respect to any action, that each
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Rating Agency shall have been given 10 days' (or such shorter period as shall be
acceptable to each Rating Agency) prior notice thereof and that the Rating
Agencies shall have notified the Seller, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee,
Insurer, the Depositor, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in writing that
such action will not result in a reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the
then current rating of any Class of Notes.
"Realized Losses" means, with respect to any Receivable that becomes a
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Liquidated Receivable, the excess of the Principal Balance of such Liquidated
Receivable over Net Liquidation Proceeds to the extent allocable to principal.
"Receivable" means any Contract listed on Schedule A (which Schedule may be
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in the form of microfiche).
"Receivable Files" means the documents specified in Section 3 of the
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Custodial Agreement.
"Record Date" means, with respect to each Payment Date, the close of
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business on the Business Day preceding such Payment Date, unless otherwise
specified in this Agreement.
"Registrar of Titles" means, with respect to any state, the governmental
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agency or body responsible for the registration of, and the issuance of
certificates of title relating to, motor vehicles and liens thereon.
"Reserve Account" means the account designated as such, established and
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maintained pursuant to the Reserve Account Agreement.
"Reserve Account Agreement" means the Master Reserve Account Agreement
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dated as of November 1, 2000 as supplemented by the Series 2000-1 Supplement to
Reserve Account Agreement dated as of June 1, 2000, each among the Transferor,
the Insurer and the Indenture Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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"Reserve Account Balance" means, for any Payment Date, the amount on
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deposit in the Reserve Account. Unless specifically stated to the contrary, the
Reserve Account Balance shall be calculated after giving effect to all deposits
and withdrawals therefrom on the prior Payment Date (or, in the case of the
first Payment Date, the Closing Date) and all interest and other income (net of
losses and investment expenses) on such amounts during the related Collection
Period.
"Reserve Account Initial Deposit" means $2,500,041.68.
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"Scheduled Payment" on a Receivable means that portion of the payment
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required to be made by the Obligor during the respective Collection Period
sufficient to amortize the Principle Balance thereof under the Simple Interest
Method over the term of the Receivable and to provide interest at the APR.
"Seller" means PeopleFirst Finance, LLC, a California limited liability
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company, as Seller under this Agreement and its successors in interest to the
extent permitted hereunder.
"Service Contract" means, with respect to a Financed Vehicle, the
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agreement, if any, financed under the related Receivable that provides for the
repair of such Financed Vehicle, including any extended warranties.
"Servicer" means PeopleFirst Finance, LLC, as the servicer of the
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Receivables, and each successor Servicer pursuant to Section 7.3 or 8.2 of the
Agreement.
"Servicer Default" means an event specified in Section 8.1 of this
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Agreement.
"Servicer's Certificate" means an Officer's Certificate of the Servicer
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delivered pursuant to Section 4.9 of this Agreement, substantially in the form
of Exhibit D hereto.
"Servicing Fee" has the meaning specified in Section 4.8 of this Agreement.
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"Servicing Fee Rate" means 0.50% per annum.
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"Servicing Standard" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
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Section 4.1 hereof.
"Simple Interest Method" means the method of allocating a fixed level
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payment to principal and interest, pursuant to which the portion of such payment
that is allocated to interest is equal to the product of the fixed rate of
interest multiplied by the unpaid principal balance multiplied by the period of
time elapsed since the preceding payment of interest was made (in some states
assuming 30 day months), divided by the actual number of days in a year (360
days in states which assume 30 day months) and the remainder of such payment is
allocable to principal.
"Simple Interest Receivable" means any Receivable under which the portion
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of a payment allocable to interest and the portion allocable to principal is
determined in accordance with the Simple Interest Method.
"Standard & Poor's" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a division of
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The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., or its successors.
"Transferor" means PF Funding II, LLC, and its successors in interest.
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"Transferor Property" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1
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hereof.
"Trust" means the Issuer.
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"Trust Account Property" means the Trust Accounts, all amounts and
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investments held from time to time in any Trust Account (whether in the form of
deposit accounts, Physical Property, book-entry securities, uncertificated
securities or otherwise), and all proceeds of the foregoing.
"Trust Accounts" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.1 of the
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Agreement.
"Trust Agreement" means the Trust Agreement dated as of June 1, 2000,
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between the Depositor and the Owner Trustee, as the same may be amended and
supplemented from time to time.
"Trust Officer" means, (i) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, the
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chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or vice-
chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the president,
any vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any
assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or
assistant trust officer, the controller and any assistant controller or any
other officer of the Indenture Trustee customarily performing functions similar
to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with
respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such
matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject, and (ii) in the case of the Owner Trustee, any officer
in the corporate trust office of the Owner Trustee with direct responsibility
for the administration of this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents on behalf
of the Owner Trustee.
"Trust Property" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.4
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hereof.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New
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York on the date of the Agreement.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the agreement dated as of June 21, 2000,
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among the Depositor, PeopleFirst, XxxxxxXxxxx.xxx Inc., the Transferor, and
Prudential Securities Incorporated, as the same may be amended and supplemented
from time to time.
"Weighted Average Rate" means, with respect to any date of determination, a
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per annum rate equal to (A) the sum of (i) the product of (x) the Outstanding
Amount of the Class A-1 Notes on such date and (y) the Class A-1 Interest Rate,
plus (ii) the product of (x) the Outstanding Amount of the Class A-2 Notes on
such date and (y) the Class A-2 Interest Rate, plus (iii) the product of (x) the
Outstanding Amount of the Class A-3 Notes on such date and (y) the Class A-3
Interest Rate plus (iv) the product of (x) the Outstanding Amount of the Class
A-4 Notes on such date and (y) the Class A-4 Interest Rate divided by (B) the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes on such date; provided that if the date of
determination is a Payment Date, then the Outstanding Amount of any class of
Notes shall be determined after giving effect to all payments made on such date.
"Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount" means, with respect to any
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Payment Date the dollar amount set forth next to such Payment Date on Exhibit A
hereto.
SECTION 1.2. Other Definitional Provisions
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(a) Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture, or, if not defined therein,
in the Trust Agreement.
(b) All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined
meanings when used in any instrument governed hereby and in any certificate or
other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined
therein.
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(c) As used in this Agreement, in any instrument governed hereby and
in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or
thereto, accounting terms not defined in this Agreement or in any such
instrument, certificate or other document, and accounting terms partly defined
in this Agreement or in any such instrument, certificate or other document to
the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under
generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of this
Agreement or any such instrument, certificate or other document, as applicable.
To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms in this Agreement or in
any such instrument, certificate or other document are inconsistent with the
meanings of such terms under generally accepted accounting principles, the
definitions contained in this Agreement or in any such instrument, certificate
or other document shall control.
(d) The words "hereof," "herein," "hereunder" and words of similar
import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular provision of this Agreement; Section, Schedule and Exhibit
references contained in this Agreement are references to Sections, Schedules and
Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; and the term
"including" shall mean "including without limitation."
(e) The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the
singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well
as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
(f) Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to
herein or in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith
means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended,
modified or supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements or instruments)
references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein;
references to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.
ARTICLE II
Conveyance of Receivables
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SECTION 2.1. Conveyance of Receivables. In consideration of the
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Transferor's delivery to or upon the order of the Seller on the Closing Date of
the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes and the Certificates and the other
amounts to be distributed from time to time to the Seller in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, the Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over
and otherwise convey to Transferor, without recourse (subject to the obligations
set forth herein), all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to:
(a) the Receivables, and all moneys received thereon after the Cutoff
Date and all Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such Receivables;
(b) the security interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by
Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and any other interest of the Seller in
such Financed Vehicles;
(c) any proceeds with respect to the Receivables from claims on any
theft, physical damage, credit life or disability insurance policies covering
Financed Vehicles or Obligors and any proceeds from the liquidation of the
Receivables;
(d) all rights under any Service Contracts on the related Financed
Vehicles;
(e) the related Receivables Files; and
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(f) the proceeds of any and all of the foregoing (the items specified
in clauses (a) through (e) are referred to herein as the "Transferor Property").
In connection with such sale, the Seller agrees to record and file, at its
own expense, financing statements (and continuation statements with respect to
such financing statements when applicable) with respect to the Receivables for
the sale of accounts and chattel paper meeting the requirements of applicable
state law in such manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect
the sale and assignment of the Receivables to the Issuer.
It is the intention of the Seller that the transfer and assignment
contemplated by this Agreement shall constitute a sale of the Receivables and
other Transferor Property from the Seller to the Transferor and the beneficial
interest in and title to the Receivables and the other Transferor Property shall
not be part of the Seller's estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy
petition by or against the Seller under any bankruptcy law. In the event that,
notwithstanding the intent of the Seller, the transfer and assignment
contemplated hereby is held not to be a sale, this Agreement shall constitute a
security agreement and the Seller does hereby grant a security interest in the
property referred to in this Section 2.1 for the benefit of the Transferor.
SECTION 2.2. [RESERVED].
SECTION 2.3. Conveyance from Transferor to Depositor. For valuable
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consideration, the transfer of which is hereby acknowledged, the Transferor does
hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Depositor, all
right title and interest of the Transferor (but none of its obligations) in the
Transferor Property, this Agreement and the Custodial Agreement, including all
of the duties and obligations of each party hereto and thereto (collectively,
the "Depositor Property").
It is the intention of the Transferor that the transfer and assignment
contemplated by this Section 2.3 shall constitute a sale of the Receivables and
other Depositor Property from the Transferor to the Depositor and the beneficial
interest in and title to the Receivables and the other Depositor Property shall
not be part of the Transferor's estate in the event of the filing of a
bankruptcy petition by or against the Transferor under any bankruptcy law. In
the event that, notwithstanding the intent of the Transferor, the transfer and
assignment contemplated hereby is held not to be a sale, this Agreement shall
constitute a security agreement and the Transferor does hereby grant a security
interest in the property referred to in this Section 2.3 for the benefit of the
Depositor.
SECTION 2.4. Conveyance from Depositor to Trust. For valuable
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consideration, the transfer of which is hereby acknowledged, the Depositor does
hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Trust, all right
title and interest of the Depositor (but none of its obligations) in the
Depositor Property, this Agreement and the Custodial Agreement, including all of
the duties and obligations of each party hereto and thereto collectively, the
"Trust Property").
It is the intention of the Depositor that the transfer and assignment
contemplated by this Section 2.4 shall constitute a sale of the Receivables and
other Trust Property from the Depositor to the Trust and the beneficial interest
in and title to the Receivables and the other Trust Property shall not be part
of the Depositor's estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by
or against the Depositor under any bankruptcy law. In the event that,
notwithstanding the intent of the Depositor, the transfer and assignment
contemplated hereby is held not to be a sale, this Agreement shall constitute a
security agreement and the Depositor does hereby grant a security interest in
the property referred to in this Section 2.4 for the benefit of the Noteholders,
Certificateholders and the Insurer.
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SECTION 2.5. Closing. The conveyance of the Receivables shall take place
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at the offices of Xxxxxxxx Chance Xxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000 on the Closing Date, simultaneously with the closing of the
transactions related to the Notes and the Certificates. Upon the acceptance by
the Depositor of the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes, the ownership of
each Receivable and the contents of the related Receivable File will be vested
in the Issuer, subject to the lien of the Indenture.
ARTICLE III
The Receivables
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SECTION 3.1. Representations and Warranties. The Seller makes the
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following representations and warranties to the Transferor, on which the
Transferor, is deemed to have relied in acquiring the Receivables and (ii)
Transferor makes the following representations and warranties upon which each of
the Depositor and the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the
Receivables and upon which the Insurer shall be deemed to rely in issuing the
Policy. Such representations and warranties speak as of the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, but shall survive the
sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the Transferor, the
Depositor and the Trust and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant
to the Indenture.
(a) Title. It is the intention of (i) the Seller that the transfer
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and assignment herein contemplated constitute a sale of the Receivables from the
Seller to the Transferor and that the beneficial interest in and title to such
Receivables not be part of the debtor's estate in the event of the filing of a
petition for receivership by or against the Seller under any bankruptcy law,
(ii) the Transferor that the transfer and assignment herein contemplated
constitute an assignment of the Receivables from the Transferor to the Depositor
and that the beneficial interest in and title to such Receivables not be part of
the debtor's estate in the event of the filing of a petition for receivership by
or against the Transferor under any bankruptcy law and (iii) the Depositor that
the transfer and assignment herein contemplated constitute an assignment of the
Receivables from the Depositor to the Trust and that the beneficial interest in
and title to such Receivables not be part of the debtor's estate in the event of
the filing of a petition for receivership by or against the Depositor under any
bankruptcy law. Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment herein
contemplated, (i) the Seller had good and marketable title to each Receivable,
free and clear of all Liens and, immediately upon the transfer thereof, (ii) the
Transferor shall have good and marketable title to each such Receivable, free
and clear of all Liens, and (iii) the Depositor shall have good and marketable
title to each such Receivable, free and clear of all Liens; and the transfer of
the Receivables to the Transferor, the Depositor and the Issuer has been
perfected under the UCC. No Dealer or any other Person has any right to receive
proceeds of any Receivables.
(b) All Filings Made. All filings (including, without limitation, UCC
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filings) necessary in any jurisdiction to give the Transferor, Depositor, the
Issuer and Indenture Trustee, a first priority perfected ownership interest in
the Receivables, and to give the Transferor, Depositor and Indenture Trustee a
first priority perfected security interest therein, shall have been made.
(c) Characteristics of Receivables. Each Receivable (i) shall have
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been originated in the United States of America by the Seller in the ordinary
course of the Seller's business in accordance with its underwriting guidelines
and shall have been fully and properly executed by the parties thereto, (ii)
shall have created or shall create a valid, subsisting and enforceable first
priority security interest in favor of the Seller in the Financed Vehicle, which
security interest has been assigned by the Seller to the Transferor which
security interest has been assigned from the Transferor to the Depositor and
from the Depositor to the Issuer, which has assigned such security interest to
the Indenture Trustee, (iii) shall contain customary and enforceable provisions
such that the rights and remedies of the holder thereof shall
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be adequate for realization against the collateral of the benefits of the
security, (iv) shall be Simple Interest Receivables and shall provide for level
monthly payments (provided that the payment in the first or last month in the
life of the Receivable may be minimally different from the level payment) that
fully amortize the Amount Financed over the original term and yield interest at
the rate per annum specified on Schedule A hereto, and has not been amended or
collections with respect to which have been waived and (v) shall be denominated
in U.S. dollars.
(d) Not more than [1.0%] of Obligors with respect to the Receivables
shall have a minimum FICO score of less than [680].
(e) As of the Cutoff Date, at least 90% of Obligors make their
Scheduled Payments by means of ACH withdrawal by or on behalf of the Servicer.
(f) Schedule of Receivables. The information set forth in Schedule A
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to this Agreement is true and correct in all material respects as of the close
of business on the Cutoff Date and no selection procedures believed by the
Seller to be adverse to the Noteholders, the Certificateholders or the Insurer
were utilized in selecting the Receivables. The Computer Tape regarding the
Receivables is true and correct in all material respects as of the Cutoff Date
and will be true and correct as of each Subsequent Cutoff Date.
(g) Compliance With Law. Each Receivable complied at the time it was
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originated or made and at the execution of this Agreement complies in all
material respects with all requirements of applicable Federal, state and local
laws and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, usury laws, the
Federal Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit
Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Federal Trade
Commission Act, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxx Warranty Act, the Xxxx-Xxxxxxxx Act, the
Federal Reserve Board's Regulations B and Z, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil
Relief Act of 1940, state adaptations of the National Consumer Act, the Uniform
Consumer Credit Code and other consumer credit laws and equal credit opportunity
and disclosure laws.
(h) Binding Obligation. Each Receivable represents the legal, valid
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and binding payment obligation in writing of the Obligor thereunder, enforceable
by the holder thereof in accordance with its terms except as such enforceability
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization and similar laws now or hereafter in effect related
to or affecting creditors' rights generally and subject to general principles of
equity (whether applied in a proceeding at law or in equity); and all parties to
each Receivable had full legal capacity to execute and deliver such Receivable
and all other documents related thereto and to grant the security interest
purported to be granted thereby.
(i) No Government Obligor. None of the Receivables are due from the
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United States of America or any State or from any agency, department,
instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any
state.
(j) Security Interest in Financed Vehicle. Immediately prior to the
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assignment and transfer thereof to the Trust, each Receivable is secured by a
validly perfected first priority security interest in the Financed Vehicle in
favor of PeopleFirst as secured party or all necessary and appropriate actions
have been commenced that will result in the valid perfection of a first priority
security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of PeopleFirst as secured
party within 120 days of the origination of each such Receivable. Immediately
after the assignment and transfer thereof to the Trust, although the Lien
Certificate (or such other document kept by the Servicer consistent with its
customary servicing procedures) will not indicate the Trust or the Owner Trustee
as secured party, each Receivable will be
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secured by an enforceable and perfected security interest in the Financed
Vehicle in favor of the Trust as secured party, which security interest is prior
to all other Liens in such Financed Vehicle.
(k) Receivables in Force. No Receivable has been satisfied,
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subordinated or rescinded, nor has any Financed Vehicle been released from the
Lien granted by the related Receivable in whole or in part unless another
vehicle has been substituted as collateral securing the Receivable without any
other modification to such Receivable.
(l) No Waiver or Amendment. No provision of a Receivable has been
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waived or amended except as permitted pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof. Such
Receivable has not been modified as a result of application of the Soldiers' and
Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended.
(m) No Defenses. No right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or
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defense has been asserted or threatened with respect to any Receivable.
(n) No Liens. There are no Liens or claims, including Liens for work,
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labor, storage, materials or unpaid state or federal taxes relating to any
Financed Vehicle securing the related Receivable, that are or may be prior to or
equal to the Lien granted by such Receivable.
(o) No Default. No Receivable has a payment that is more than 30 days
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delinquent as of the Cutoff Date and, except as permitted in this paragraph, no
default, breach, violation or event (in any such case) permitting acceleration
under the terms of any Receivable has occurred; and no continuing condition that
with notice or the lapse of time would constitute a default, breach, violation
or event (in any such case) permitting acceleration under the terms of any
Receivable shall have arisen as of the Cutoff Date; and the Seller has not
waived and shall not waive any of the foregoing.
(p) No Bankruptcies. No Obligor on any Receivable was the subject of
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a bankruptcy proceeding commenced following the execution of the related
Contract.
(q) No Repossessions. As of the Cutoff Date, no Financed Vehicle
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securing any Receivable is in repossession status.
(r) Adverse Selection. No selection procedures adverse to the
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Noteholders, the Certificateholders or the Insurer were utilized in selecting
the Receivables from those owned by the Seller which met the selection criteria
contained in this Agreement.
(s) Chattel Paper. Each Receivable constitutes "chattel paper" as
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defined in the UCC.
(t) Insurance. The Obligor with respect to each Receivable agreed in
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the related Contract to obtain insurance covering the Financed Vehicle insuring
against loss and damage due to fire, theft, transportation, collision and other
risks generally covered by comprehensive and collision insurance coverage (i) in
an amount at least equal to the lesser of (x) its maximum insurable value or (y)
the Principal Balance due from the Obligor under such Receivable and (ii) naming
PeopleFirst as loss payee.
(u) Lawful Assignment. No Receivable was originated as of the Cutoff
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Date, is subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer
and assignment of such Receivable under this Agreement is unlawful, void or
voidable. The Seller has not entered into any agreement with any Obligor or
other Person that prohibits, restricts or conditions the assignment of any
portion of the Receivables.
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(v) One Original. There is only one original executed copy of each
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Receivable.
(w) Location of Receivable Files. The Receivable Files shall be kept
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at one or more of the locations listed in Schedule B and each item required to
be in a Receivable File is in such Receivable File.
(x) Computer Records. As of the Closing Date, the accounting and
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computer records relating to the Receivables of the Seller have been marked to
show the absolute ownership by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust of the
Receivables.
(y) Taxes. There are no state or local taxing jurisdictions which
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have asserted that nonresident holders of certificates in, or notes issued by,
an entity which holds assets similar to the assets to be held by the Trust are
subject to the jurisdiction's income or other taxes solely by reason of the
location in the jurisdiction of the Owner Trustee, the Seller, the Servicer or
the Obligors or the assets securing the Receivables held by the Trust, or the
issuer of a financial guaranty insurance policy.
(z) Maturity of Receivables. Each Receivable has a final maturity
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date not later than six (6) months before November 30, 2006; each Receivable has
an original term to stated maturity of not more than 72 months; the weighted
average original term of the Receivables is approximately 55.599 months; the
weighted average remaining term of the Receivables is approximately 52.832
months as of the Cutoff Date.
(aa) Financing. Approximately 55.17% of the aggregate Principal
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Balance of the Receivables, constituting approximately 6,661 of the Receivables
as of the Cutoff Date, represent new vehicles; approximately 29.59% of the
aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables, constituting approximately 5,183
Receivables as of the Cutoff Date, represent used vehicles; approximately 10.48%
of the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables, constituting
approximately 1,672 of the Receivables as of the Cutoff Date, represent
refinances of existing loans; and approximately 4.75% of the aggregate Principal
Balance of the Receivables, constituting approximately 782 of the Receivables as
of the Cutoff Date, represent lease buyouts; all of the aggregate Principal
Balance of the Receivables as of the Cutoff Date represent Simple Interest
Receivables. The aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables, as of the
Cutoff Date, is $252,514,897.94.
(bb) APR. The weighted average Annual Percentage Rate of the
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Receivables as of the Cutoff Date is approximately 7.911%. Each Receivable has
an APR equal to or greater than 6.750%.
(cc) Number. As of the Cutoff Date, there are 14,298 Receivables.
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(dd) Balance. Each Receivable has a remaining principal balance of
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not less than $712.35 and not more than $84,500; as of the Cutoff Date, the
average Principal Balance of the Receivables is $17,660.85.
(ee) Security. Each Receivable is secured by a new or used
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automobile, light-duty truck, van or motorcycle.
(ff) Advance Payments. Each Receivable had not been paid more than
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three months in advance as of the close of business on the Cutoff Date.
(gg) No Force Placed Insurance. As of the close of business on the
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Cutoff Date with respect to Receivables, each Receivable was secured by a
Financed Vehicle that was not insured by a force placed insurance policy or any
vendor's single interest and non-filing insurance policy.
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SECTION 3.2. Repurchase upon Breach. (a) The Seller, the Servicer, the
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Insurer or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, shall inform the other
parties to this Agreement and the Insurer promptly, in writing, upon the
discovery of any breach of the Seller's representations and warranties made
pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof. As of the last day of the second (or, if the
Seller so elects, the first) month following the discovery by the Seller or
receipt by the Seller of notice from any of the Servicer, the Insurer or the
Indenture Trustee of such breach, unless such breach is cured by such date, the
Seller shall repurchase from the Trust any Receivable in which the interests of
the Noteholders, the Certificateholders or the Insurer are materially and
adversely affected by any such breach as of such date. The "second month" shall
mean the month following the month in which discovery occurs or notice is given,
and the "first month" shall mean the month in which discovery occurs or notice
is given. In consideration of and simultaneously with the repurchase of a such
Receivable, the Seller shall remit to the Indenture Trustee for deposit to the
Collection Account the Purchase Amount in the manner specified in Section 5.5
and the Issuer shall execute such assignments and other documents reasonably
requested by such person in order to effect such repurchase. The sole remedy of
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, the
Certificateholders or the Insurer with respect to a breach of representations
and warranties made pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof shall be the repurchase of
Receivables pursuant to this Section. Subject to the conditions contained
herein, neither the Owner Trustee, the Issuer nor the Indenture Trustee shall
have a duty to conduct any affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of any
conditions requiring the repurchase of any Receivable pursuant to this Section.
(b) Pursuant to (i) Section 2.3 hereof, the Transferor conveyed to
the Depositor and (ii) Section 2.4 hereof, the Depositor conveyed to the Trust,
all of the such party's right, title and interest in its rights and benefits,
but none of its obligations or burdens, under this Agreement including the
Seller's and the Transferor's representations and warranties and the cure or
repurchase obligations of the Seller hereunder. Each of the Seller and the
Transferor hereby represents and warrants to the Trust that such assignment is
valid, enforceable and effective to permit the Trust to enforce such obligations
of the Seller hereunder.
SECTION 3.3. Custody of Receivables Files. To assure uniform quality in
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servicing the Receivables and to reduce administrative costs, a custodian shall
be appointed pursuant to the terms of the Custodial Agreement, to act
exclusively as the agent for the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the
Noteholders, and the Insurer until the Notes are paid in full and thereafter, on
behalf of the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders as custodian of
certain documents or instruments which shall be delivered to the Custodian, as
of the Cutoff Date in accordance with the terms of the Custodial Agreement.
SECTION 3.4. Duties of Custodian. The duties and obligations of the
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Custodian are set forth in full in the Custodial Agreement.
SECTION 3.5. Retention and Termination of Servicer. The Servicer hereby
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covenants and agrees to act as such under this Agreement for an initial term,
commencing on the Closing Date and ending on September 30, 2000, which term
shall be extendible by the Insurer (provided no Insurer Default has occurred and
is continuing) for successive quarterly terms ending on each successive December
31, March 31, June 30 and September 30 (or, pursuant to revocable written
standing instructions from time to time to the Servicer and the Indenture
Trustee for any specific number of terms greater than one), until the Notes are
paid in full. Each such notice (including each notice pursuant to standing
instructions, which shall be deemed delivered at the end of successive quarterly
terms for so long as such instructions are in effect) (a "Servicer Extension
Notice") shall be delivered by the Insurer to the Indenture Trustee and the
Servicer. The Servicer hereby agrees that, as of the date hereof and upon its
receipt of any such Servicer Extension Notice, the Servicer shall become bound,
for the initial term beginning on the Closing Date and for the duration of the
term covered by Servicer Extension Notice, to continue as Servicer subject to
and
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in accordance with the other provisions of this Agreement. Until such time as an
Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee
agrees that if as of the fifteenth day prior to the last day of any term of the
Servicer, the Indenture Trustee shall not have received any Servicer Extension
Notice from the Insurer, the Indenture Trustee shall, within five (5) days
after, give written notice of such non-receipt to the Insurer and the Servicer
and the Servicer's term shall not be extended unless a Servicer Extension Notice
is received on or before the last day of such term. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event an Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Servicer Extension Notice shall be deemed to have been delivered as of the last
day of the current term of the Servicer and extended until the next quarterly
period.
ARTICLE IV
Administration and Servicing of Receivables
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SECTION 4.1. Appointment and Duties of Servicer. (a) The managing,
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servicing, administering and making collections on the Contracts shall be
conducted by the Person so designated from time to time as Servicer in
accordance with this Agreement. PeopleFirst is hereby initially designated as,
and hereby agrees to perform, the duties and obligations of the Servicer
pursuant to the terms hereof and the other Basic Documents. Subject to the
resignation of PeopleFirst as Servicer pursuant to Section 7.5 or the
termination of PeopleFirst as Servicer pursuant to Section 8.1 and, in either
case, the assumption by the Backup Servicer, or the designation of a successor
Servicer hereunder as the case may be, of the Servicer's duties and
responsibilities in accordance with Section 8A.7, PeopleFirst shall continue to
manage, service, administer and collect on the Receivables pursuant to this
Agreement, unless and until expressly agreed otherwise by the Seller, the Issuer
and the Controlling Party. The Servicer, as agent for the Issuer and the
Insurer (to the extent provided herein), shall manage, service, administer and
make collections on the Receivables (other than Purchased Receivables) in
accordance with all applicable federal, state or local laws and regulations and
with reasonable care, using that degree of skill and attention that the Servicer
exercises with respect to all comparable automotive receivables that it services
for itself or others, and in any event with no less degree of skill and care
than would be exercised by a prudent servicer of motor vehicle loans (the
"Servicing Standard"), except that the Servicer shall not be obligated, and does
not currently intend, to (i) obtain force-placed insurance concerning any
Financed Vehicle or (ii) monitor any Obligor's maintenance of such insurance.
The Servicer's duties shall include collection and posting of all payments,
responding to inquiries of Obligors on such Receivables, investigating
delinquencies, sending payment statements to Obligors, accounting for
collections and furnishing monthly and annual statements to the Owner Trustee,
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer with respect to distributions, reporting tax
information, if any, to Obligors and delivering Receivable Files to the
Custodian. Subject to the provisions of Section 4.2, the Servicer shall follow
its customary standards, policies and procedures in performing its duties as
Servicer. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer is
authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer, the
Certificateholders and the Noteholders or any of them, any and all instruments
of satisfaction or cancellation, or partial or full release or discharge, and
all other comparable instruments without recourse to the Trust, with respect to
such Receivables or to the Financed Vehicles securing such Receivables. If the
Servicer shall commence a legal proceeding to enforce a Receivable, the Trust
(in the case of a Receivable other than a Purchased Receivable) shall thereupon
be deemed to have automatically assigned, solely for the purpose of collection,
such Receivable to the Servicer. If in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding
it shall be held that the Servicer may not enforce a Receivable on the ground
that it shall not be a real party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce
such Receivable, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee shall, at the
Servicer's expense and direction, take steps to enforce such Receivable,
including bringing suit in its name or the name of the Trust, the Owner Trustee,
the Certificateholders, Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders. The Owner Trustee
and the Insurer shall upon the written request of the Servicer furnish the
Servicer with any powers
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of attorney and other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate (as
certified to the Owner Trustee and/or the Insurer by the Servicer) to enable the
Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder.
(b) PeopleFirst hereby agrees that upon the designation of a
successor Servicer hereunder or the assumption by the Backup Servicer of the
Servicer's duties and responsibilities in accordance with Section 8A.7,
PeopleFirst will terminate its activities as Servicer hereunder in accordance
with Section 8.1 and, in any case, in a manner which the Indenture Trustee
reasonably determines will facilitate the transition of the performance of such
activities to such successor Servicer or the Backup Servicer, as the case may
be, and PeopleFirst shall cooperate with and assist such successor Servicer or
the Backup Servicer, as the case may be.
SECTION 4.2. Collection and Allocation of Receivable Payments. (a) The
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Servicer shall collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of
the Receivables as and when the same shall become due and shall follow such
collection procedures as is consistent with the Servicing Standard. The
Servicer shall allocate collections between principal and interest in accordance
with its customary servicing procedures.
(b) The Servicer may at any time agree to a modification, amendment
or extension of a Receivable in order to (i) change the Obligor's regular due
date to a date within the Collection Period in which such due date occurs, (ii)
reamortize the scheduled payments on the Receivable following a partial
prepayment of principal and (iii) grant extensions of a Receivable, provided
that the Servicer shall not be permitted to extend the monthly payments on a
Receivable more than two times in any twelve-month period, and provided further
that the aggregate period of all extensions on a Receivable shall not exceed six
months. The Servicer may in its discretion waive any late payment charge or any
other fees that may be collected in the ordinary course of servicing a
Receivable.
(c) The Servicer may grant payment extensions or deferrals on, or
other modifications or amendments to, a Receivable (in addition to those
modifications permitted by Section 4.2(a)) in accordance with its customary
procedures if the Servicer believes in good faith that such extension, deferral,
modification or amendment is necessary to avoid a default on such Receivable,
will maximize the amount to be received by the Trust with respect to such
Receivable, and is otherwise in the best interests of the Trust; provided
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however, that:
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(i) In no event may a Receivable be extended beyond the
Collection Period immediately preceding the Final Scheduled
Distribution Date;
(ii) So long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and
be continuing, the Servicer shall not amend or modify a Receivable
(except as provided in Section 4.2(b)) without the consent of the
Insurer;
(iii) So long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and
be continuing, the Aggregate Principal Balance of Receivables which
have been extended during any Collection Period (A) shall not exceed
1.0% of the Aggregate Principal Balance of Receivables during such
Collection Period (computed as of the Accounting Date immediately
prior to the first date of the related Collection Period) and (B)
shall not exceed 1.0% of the average of the Aggregate Principal
Balance of Receivables for such Collection Period and the three prior
Collection Periods (computed as of the Determination Date immediately
prior to the first day of the related Collection Period);
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(iv) So long as an Insurer Default shall not have occurred and
be continuing, the Aggregate Principal Balance of Receivables for
which payment deferrals have been granted during any Collection Period
(A) shall not exceed 1.0% of the Aggregate Principal Balance of
Receivables during such Collection Period (computed as of the
Accounting Date immediately prior to the first day of the related
Collection Period) and (B) shall not exceed 1.0% of the average of the
Aggregate Principal Balance of Receivables for such Collection Period
and the three prior Collection Periods (computed as of the
Determination Date immediately prior to the first day of the related
Collection Period);
(v) No such extension, modification or amendment shall be
granted if such action, when aggregated with all previous extensions,
modifications and amendments of Receivables, would have the effect of
causing any Notes to be deemed to have been exchanged for other Notes
within the meaning of Section 1001 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, or any proposed, temporary or final Treasury
Regulations issued thereunder; and
(vi) If an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Servicer may not extend or modify any Receivable
(other than as permitted by Section 4.2(b)).
(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the
Servicer may refinance any Receivable by accepting a new promissory note from
the related Obligor and depositing the full outstanding Principal Balance of
such Receivable into the Collection Account. The receivable created by the
refinancing shall not be property of the Issuer.
SECTION 4.3. Realization upon Receivables. The Servicer shall, in
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accordance with the Servicing Standard and in a manner consistent with its
customary servicing procedures, repossess or otherwise convert the ownership of
the Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable as to which the Servicer shall have
determined eventual payment in full is unlikely. From time to time, as
appropriate for servicing or foreclosing upon any Receivable, the Owner Trustee
shall, upon written request of the Servicer, execute or shall cause to be
executed such documents as shall be reasonably necessary to prosecute any such
proceedings. The Servicer shall follow such customary and usual practices and
procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable, consistent with the
Servicing Standard, which practices and procedures may include the sale of the
related Financed Vehicles at a public or private sale, the submission of claims
under an insurance policy and other actions by the Servicer to realize upon a
Receivable. The foregoing shall be subject to the provision that, in any case
in which the Financed Vehicle shall have suffered damage, the Servicer shall not
expend funds in connection with the repair or the repossession of such Financed
Vehicle unless it shall determine in its reasonable discretion that such repair
and/or repossession will increase the Net Liquidation Proceeds by an amount
greater than the amount of such expenses.
SECTION 4.4. [RESERVED]
SECTION 4.5. Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles. (a)
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The Servicer shall, in accordance with the Servicing Standard and its customary
procedures, take such steps as are necessary to maintain perfection of the first
priority security interest created by each Receivable in the related Financed
Vehicle in favor of the Seller. The Servicer is hereby authorized to take such
steps as are necessary to re-perfect such security interest on behalf of the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the event of the relocation of a Financed
Vehicle or for any other reason.
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(b) Upon the occurrence of an Insurance Agreement Event of Default,
and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Controlling Party may
instruct the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer to take or cause to be taken,
upon the occurrence of a Servicer Default, the Owner Trustee and the Servicer
shall take or cause to be taken such action as may, in the opinion of counsel to
the Controlling Party, be necessary to perfect or reperfect the security
interests in the Financed Vehicles securing the Receivables in the name of the
Indenture Trustee by amending the title documents of such Financed Vehicles or
by such other reasonable means as may, in the opinion of counsel to the
Controlling Party, be necessary or prudent. The Servicer hereby agrees to pay
all expenses related to such perfection or reperfection and to take all action
necessary therefor.
SECTION 4.6. Covenants of Servicer. The Servicer shall not release the
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Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable from the security interest granted by
such Receivable in whole or in part except in the event of payment in full by
the Obligor thereunder or payment in full less a deficiency which the Servicer
would not attempt to collect in accordance with the Servicing Standard and its
customary procedures or in connection with repossession or except as may be
required by an insurer in order to receive proceeds from insurance covering such
Financed Vehicle, nor shall the Servicer impair the rights of the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Certificateholders, the Insurer or the
Noteholders in such Receivables, nor shall the Servicer amend or otherwise
modify a Receivable (including the grant of any extension thereunder), except as
provided in Section 4.2 hereof.
SECTION 4.7. Purchase of Receivables upon Breach. The Seller, the
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Servicer, the Owner Trustee, or the Insurer, as the case may be, shall inform
the other parties and the Indenture Trustee promptly, in writing, upon the
discovery of any breach of the Servicer's covenants pursuant to Section 4.2(b),
4.5 or 4.6, or of any breach of the Servicer's representations and warranties
made pursuant to Section 7.1; provided, however, that the failure to give any
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such notice shall not affect the obligation of the Servicer under this Section
4.7. As of the last day of the first month following the discovery by the
Servicer or receipt by the Servicer of notice from any of the Seller, the
Servicer, the Owner Trustee, Insurer or the Indenture Trustee of such breach,
unless such breach is cured by such date, the Servicer shall (i) purchase any
Receivable in which the interests of the Insurer, the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders are materially and adversely affected by such breach as of
such date. The "first month" shall mean the calendar month following the month
in which discovery occurs or notice is given. In consideration of the purchase
of any such Receivable pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Servicer shall
remit the Purchase Amount in the manner specified in Section 5.5. The sole
remedy of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer, the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders with respect to a breach pursuant to Section 4.2(b), 4.5 or
4.6, or to a breach of representations and warranties pursuant to Section 7.1,
shall be limited to the purchase of Receivables in accordance with this Section
4.7. The Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee shall have no duty to conduct
any affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of any condition requiring
the purchase of any Receivable pursuant to this Section 4.7.
SECTION 4.8. Servicing Fee. The Servicing Fee for a Payment Date shall
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equal the sum of the Base Servicing Fee, all Investment Earnings on the
Collection Account plus any reimbursement pursuant to Section 5.2. The Servicer
also shall be entitled to retain from collections the Base Servicing Fee as
provided herein. The Servicer, in its discretion at its election, may defer
receipt of all or any portion of the Servicing Fee for any Collection Period to
and until a later Collection Period for any reason, including in order to avoid
a shortfall in any payments due on any Notes or Certificates. Any such deferred
amount shall be payable to (or may be retained from subsequent collections by)
the Servicer on demand.
SECTION 4.9. Servicer's Certificate. No later than 12:00 noon New York
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City time on each Determination Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer, the Backup Servicer, the Indenture
Collateral Agent and each Rating Agency, a Servicer's Certificate containing,
among other things, (i) all information necessary to enable the Indenture
Trustee to make any
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withdrawal and deposit required by Section 5.6, to give any notice required by
Section 5.4 and make the distributions required by Section 5.6 and 5.7; (ii) all
information necessary to enable the Indenture Trustee to send the statements
required by Section 5.8 to the Owner Trustee, the Noteholders, each Rating
Agency and the Insurer; (iii) a listing of all Purchased Receivables for the
related Collection Period; (iv) all information necessary to enable the
Indenture Trustee to reconcile all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the
Collection Account for the related Collection Period and Payment Date, including
the accounting required by Section 5.9; (v) the Delinquency Ratio, the
Cumulative Default Rate and the Cumulative Net Loss Rate for such Determination
Date; (vi) whether any Insurance Agreement Event of Default has occurred as of
such Determination Date; (vii) whether any Insurance Agreement Event of Default
that may have occurred as of a prior Determination Date is cured as of such
Determination Date; (viii) whether to the knowledge of the Servicer an Insurer
Default has occurred; (ix) if the Servicer has granted payment extensions on, or
other modifications or amendments to, any Receivables during the related
Collection Period, the number of such Receivables extended, modified or amended,
the Aggregate Principal Balance of such Receivables and the Principal Balance of
such Receivables expressed as a percentage of the outstanding Aggregate
Principal Balance as of the related Determination Date and (x) the amount of any
unpaid fees and expenses of the Owner Trustee. Receivables purchased by the
Servicer, the Seller and each receivable which became a Liquidated Receivable or
which was paid in full during the related Collection Period shall be identified
by account number (as set forth in the Schedule of Receivables on Schedule A
hereof). A copy of such certificate may be obtained by any Noteholder or by any
Certificateholder by a request in writing to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee, respectively, addressed to the applicable Corporate Trust Office. The
Indenture Trustee shall not be under any obligation to confirm or reconcile the
information provided pursuant to this Section 4.9.
If a Servicer's Certificate contains a manifest error, the Insurer's
written notice to the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee,
containing the corrected information shall be deemed to amend such Servicer's
Certificate.
SECTION 4.10. Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default. (a)
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The Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the
Backup Servicer, and the Insurer, on or before April 30 of each year beginning
April 30, 2001, an Officer's Certificate, dated as of the preceding December 31,
stating that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer during the preceding
12-month period and of its performance under this Agreement has been made under
such officer's supervision and (ii) based on such review, the Servicer has
fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement throughout such year or, if
there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying
each such default known to such officers and the nature and status thereof. The
Indenture Trustee shall send a copy of such certificate and the report referred
to in Section 4.11 to the Rating Agencies. A copy of such certificate and the
report referred to in Section 4.11 may be obtained by any Certificateholder by a
request in writing to the Owner Trustee addressed to the Corporate Trust Office
or by any Noteholder by a request in writing to the Indenture Trustee addressed
to the Corporate Trust Office.
(b) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Indenture Collateral Agent, the Insurer and
the Rating Agencies, promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no
event later than five (5) Business Days thereafter, an Officer's Certificate
specifying any event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both,
would become a Servicer Default under Section 8.1.
SECTION 4.11. Financial Statements. (a) The Servicer shall cause a
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firm of nationally recognized independent certified public accountants, which
may also render other services to the Servicer or the Seller, to deliver to the
Seller, the Backup Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the
Insurer on or before April 30 of each year beginning April 30, 2001, an agreed-
upon procedures report addressed to the Servicer, the Seller, the Owner Trustee,
the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and each
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Rating Agency, expressing a summary of findings (based on certain procedures
performed on the documents, records and accounting records that such accountants
considered appropriate under the circumstances) relating to the servicing of the
Receivables, or the administration of the Receivables and of the Trust, as the
case may be, during the preceding calendar year and that, on the basis of the
accounting and auditing procedures considered appropriate under the
circumstances, such firm is of the opinion that such servicing or administration
was conducted in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, except for (i)
such exceptions as such firm shall believe to be immaterial and (ii) such other
exceptions as shall be set forth in such report. In the event such accounting
firm requires the Backup Servicer to agree to the procedures to be reported on
by such accounting firm in any report delivered pursuant to this Section 4.11,
the Servicer shall direct the Backup Servicer in writing to so agree. It is
understood and agreed that the Backup Servicer will deliver such letter of
agreement in conclusive reliance upon the direction of the Servicer, and that
the Backup Servicer will not make any independent inquiry or investigation as
to, and shall have no obligation or liability with respect to, the sufficiency,
validity or correctness of such procedures.
Such report will also indicate that the firm is independent of the Servicer
within the meaning of the Code of Professional Ethics of the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants.
(b) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Backup
Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer on or before the 45/th/ day
following the end of each calendar quarter the unaudited balance sheet of the
Servicer as of the end of the most recent calendar quarter and the related
unaudited statements of income and retained earnings of the Servicer for such
calendar quarter and for the period equal to the portion of the calendar year
ending with such calendar quarter.
SECTION 4.12. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
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Receivables. The Servicer shall provide to representatives of the Indenture
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Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Insurer, and the Backup Servicer reasonable
access to the Receivable Files and if there is a single Holder of the Notes or
if there is a single Holder of the Certificates, each such Holder. The Servicer
shall provide to the Certificateholders and Noteholders access to the Receivable
Files in such cases where the Certificateholders or Noteholders shall be
required by applicable statutes or regulations to review such documentation as
demonstrated by evidence satisfactory to the Servicer in its reasonable
judgment. Access shall be afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable
request and during the normal business hours at the respective offices of the
Servicer. Nothing in this Section shall affect the obligation of the Servicer
to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding
the Obligors and the failure of the Servicer to provide access to information as
a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section.
SECTION 4.13. Servicer Expenses. The Servicer shall be required to pay
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all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder and
under any of the Basic Documents, including fees and disbursements of
independent accountants, taxes imposed on the Servicer and expenses incurred in
connection with distributions and reports to Certificateholders and Noteholders.
SECTION 4.14. Appointment of Subservicer. The Servicer may at any time,
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with the consent of the Insurer (unless an Insurer Default shall have occurred
and be continuing), appoint a subservicer to perform all or any portion of its
obligations as Servicer hereunder; provided, however, that the Rating Agency
Condition shall have been satisfied in connection therewith; provided further,
that the Servicer shall remain obligated and be liable to the Transferor, the
Depositor, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the
Certificateholders, the Insurer and the Noteholders for the servicing and
administering of the Receivables in accordance with the provisions hereof
without diminution of such obligation and liability by virtue of the appointment
of such subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and
conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the
Receivables. The Insurer's
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consent shall not be required for appointment of subservicers or agents in
connection with repossession of any Financed Vehicle. The fees and expenses of
the subservicer shall be as agreed between the Servicer and its subservicer from
time to time and none of the Transferor, the Depositor, the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Certificateholders, the Insurer or the
Noteholders shall have any responsibility therefor. Any such subservicer shall
perform its duties with the same standard of care applicable to the Servicer
pursuant to Section 4.1 of this Agreement.
SECTION 4.15. Obligations under Basic Documents. The Servicer shall
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perform all of its obligations under the Basic Documents.
SECTION 4.16. Reports to the Commission. The Servicer shall, on behalf
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of the Trust, cooperate with Depositor in connection with the filing with the
Commission any periodic reports required to be filed under the provisions of the
Exchange Act, and the rules and the regulations of the Commission thereunder.
SECTION 4.17. Autodebit Account Power of Attorney. On the Closing Date,
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the Servicer shall execute and deliver an express power of attorney (stating
therein that such power is irrevocable and coupled with an interest) granting
the Controlling Party, upon the occurrence of an event that constitutes a
Servicer Default (or that constitutes a servicer default, as defined in the
prior and any future securitization series for which the Servicer and
Controlling Party are also parties thereto (a "Related Transaction")), the power
to control and direct any autodebit account payments on the Receivables and all
receivables under all Related Transactions.
ARTICLE V
Distributions; Statements to Certificateholders and Noteholders
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SECTION 5.1. Establishment of Trust Accounts.
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(a) (i) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Servicer, for
the benefit of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, the
Owner Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders, and the Insurer,
shall establish and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an
Eligible Deposit Account (the "Collection Account"), bearing a
designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are
held for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Noteholders, the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders and
the Insurer. Investment Earnings on funds in the Collection Account
shall be paid to the Servicer. The Collection Account shall initially
be established with the Indenture Trustee.
(ii) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Reserve Account
shall be established in accordance with the terms of the Reserve
Account Agreement. On the Closing Date, the Transferor will deposit
the Reserve Account Initial Deposit into the Reserve Account from the
net proceeds of the sale of the Receivables.
(iii) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Servicer, for
the benefit of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders,
shall establish and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an
Eligible Deposit Account (the "Note Distribution Account"), bearing a
designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are
held for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Noteholders and the Insurer. The Note Distribution Account shall
initially be established with the Indenture Trustee.
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(b) Funds on deposit in the Collection Account and the Note
Distribution Account (the "Trust Accounts") and the Certificate Distribution
Account shall be invested by the Indenture Trustee (or any custodian with
respect to funds on deposit in any such account) in Eligible Investments
selected in writing by the Servicer (pursuant to standing instructions or
otherwise); provided, however, it is understood and agreed that the Indenture
Trustee shall not be liable for any loss arising from such investment in
Eligible Investments. If the Servicer does not provide the Indenture Trustee,
with written direction as to the Eligible Investments, the funds in the Trust
Accounts and Certificate Distribution Account shall be invested in the
investments specified in clause (1) of the definition of Eligible Investments.
All such Eligible Investments shall be held by or on behalf of the Indenture
Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders and/or the Certificateholders, as
applicable. Other than as permitted by the Rating Agencies and the Insurer,
funds on deposit in the Collection Account, the Note Distribution Account and
the Certificate Distribution Account shall be invested in Eligible Investments
that will mature so that such funds will be available at the close of business
on the Business Day immediately preceding the following Payment Date. Funds
deposited in a Trust Account or the Certificate Distribution Account on the day
immediately preceding a Payment Date upon the maturity of any Eligible
Investments are not required to be invested overnight.
(c) (i) The Indenture Trustee shall possess all right, title and
interest in all funds on deposit from time to time in the Trust Accounts and in
all proceeds thereof (excluding all Investment Earnings on the Collection
Account) and all such funds, investments, proceeds and income shall be part of
the Owner Trust Estate. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trust Accounts
shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee. If, at
any time, any of the Trust Accounts or the Certificate Distribution Account
ceases to be an Eligible Deposit Account, the Indenture Trustee (or the Servicer
on its behalf) shall within ten (10) Business Days (or such longer period as to
which each Rating Agency and the Insurer may consent) establish a new Trust
Account or a new Certificate Distribution Account, as applicable, as an Eligible
Deposit Account and shall transfer any cash and/or any investments to such new
Trust Account or a new Certificate Distribution Account, as applicable. In
connection with the foregoing, the Servicer agrees that, in the event that any
of the Trust Accounts are not accounts with the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer
shall notify the Indenture Trustee in writing promptly upon any of such Trust
Accounts ceasing to be an Eligible Deposit Account.
(ii) With respect to the Trust Account Property, the Indenture
Trustee, and with respect to the Certificate Distribution Account, the
Owner Trustee agrees, by its respective acceptance hereof, that:
(A) any Trust Account Property or any property in the
Certificate Distribution Account that is held in deposit accounts
shall be held solely in the Eligible Deposit Accounts subject to
the penultimate sentence of Section 5.1(c)(i); and, except as
otherwise provided herein, each such Eligible Deposit Account
shall be subject to the exclusive custody and control of the
Indenture Trustee with respect to the Trust Accounts and the
Owner Trustee (and Certificate Paying Agent) with respect to the
Certificate Distribution Account, and the Indenture Trustee or
the Owner Trustee (and Certificate Paying Agent), as applicable,
shall have sole signature authority with respect thereto;
(B) any Trust Account Property that constitutes Physical
Property shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee in
accordance with paragraph (a) of the definition of "Delivery" and
shall be held, pending maturity or disposition, solely by the
Indenture Trustee or a securities intermediary (as such term is
defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC) acting for the
Indenture Trustee;
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(C) any Trust Account Property that is a "certificated
security" under Article 8 of the UCC shall be delivered to the
Indenture Trustee in accordance with paragraph (b) of the
definition of "Delivery" and shall be held, pending maturity or
disposition, solely by the Indenture Trustee or a securities
intermediary (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of
the UCC) acting for the Indenture Trustee;
(D) any Trust Account Property that is a book-entry
security held through the Federal Reserve System pursuant to
Federal book-entry regulations shall be delivered in accordance
with paragraph (d) of the definition of "Delivery" and shall be
maintained by the Indenture Trustee, pending maturity or
disposition, through continued book-entry registration of such
Trust Account Property in the name of the Indenture Trustee or a
securities intermediary (as such term is defined in Section 8-
102(a)(14) of the UCC) acting for the Indenture Trustee's;
(E) any Trust Account Property that is an "uncertificated
security" under Article 8 of the UCC and that is not governed by
clause (D) above shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee in
accordance with paragraph (c) of the definition of "Delivery" and
shall be maintained by the Indenture Trustee, pending maturity or
disposition, through continued registration of the Indenture
Trustee's (or its nominee's) ownership of such security; and
(F) any Trust Account Property held through a securities
intermediary (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of
the UCC) shall be held in a securities account (as such term is
defined in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC) that is established by
such securities intermediary in the name of the Indenture Trustee
for which the Indenture Trustee is the sole entitlement holder
(as defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the UCC).
SECTION 5.2. Collections. (a) The Servicer shall remit within two (2)
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Business Days of receipt thereof to the Collection Account all payments by or on
behalf of the Obligors with respect to the Receivables (other than Purchased
Receivables) and all Liquidation Proceeds, both as collected during the
Collection Period less any payments owed thereon to the Servicer. For purposes
of this Article V, the phrase "payments by or on behalf of Obligors" shall mean
payments made with respect to the Receivables by Persons other than the Servicer
or the Seller.
(b) The Servicer will be entitled to be reimbursed from amounts on
deposit in the Collection Account with respect to a Collection Period for
amounts previously deposited in the Collection Account but later determined by
the Servicer to have resulted from mistaken deposits or postings or checks
returned for insufficient funds. The amount to be reimbursed hereunder shall be
paid to the Servicer on the related Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.6(a) upon
certification by the Servicer of such amounts and the provision of such
information to the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer as may be necessary in the
opinion of the Insurer to verify the accuracy of such certification. In the
event that the Insurer has not received evidence satisfactory to it of the
Servicer's entitlement to reimbursement pursuant to Section 5.2(b), the Insurer
(unless an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing) shall give the
Indenture Trustee notice to such effect following receipt of which the Indenture
Trustee shall not make a distribution to the Servicer in respect of such amount
pursuant to Section 5.6, or if the Servicer prior thereto has been reimbursed
pursuant to Section 5.6 or Section 5.9, the Indenture Trustee shall withhold
such amounts from amounts otherwise distributable to the Servicer on the next
succeeding Payment Date.
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(c) If at any time the percentage of Obligors using the automated
payment option, which percentage shall be the equivalent of a fraction, the
numerator of which is the aggregate Principal Balance of such Obligors'
Receivables calculated as of the last day of the immediately preceding
Collection Period and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Principal
Balance calculated as of the last day of the immediately preceding Collection
Period, is below 75%, then the Servicer shall cause all payments by or on behalf
of the Obligors that are not using the automated payment option to be deposited
into a lockbox account established at a depository institution acceptable to
Insurer.
SECTION 5.3. Application of Collections. All collections for the
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Collection Period shall be applied by the Servicer as follows:
With respect to each Receivable (other than a Purchased Receivable),
payments by or on behalf of the Obligor shall be applied first to interest and
then to principal in accordance with the Simple Interest Method.
SECTION 5.4. Deficiency Notice. (a) In the event that the Servicer's
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Certificate with respect to any Determination Date shall state that the amount
of the Available Funds with respect to such Determination Date is less than the
sum of the amounts payable on the related Payment Date pursuant to clauses (i)
through (v) of Section 5.6(a) (such deficiency being a "Deficiency Claim
Amount"), then on the Deficiency Claim Date immediately preceding such Payment
Date, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Indenture Collateral Agent, the
Insurer, the Owner Trustee, the Servicer and the Backup Servicer, by hand
delivery, telex or facsimile transmission, a written notice (a "Deficiency
Notice"), specifying the Deficiency Claim Amount for such Payment Date.
(b) Any Deficiency Notice shall be delivered by 10:00 am, New York
City time, on the related Deficiency Claim Date.
SECTION 5.5. Additional Deposits. The Servicer and the Seller, as
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applicable, shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the Collection Account on
the Determination Date following the date on which such obligations are due the
aggregate Purchase Amount with respect to Purchased Receivables. The Indenture
Trustee shall remit to the Collection Account any amounts delivered to the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 5.10 hereof. All such deposits with
respect to a Collection Period shall be made in immediately available funds no
later than 10:00 a.m. New York City time, on the Business Day immediately
preceding the Payment Date related to such Collection Period.
SECTION 5.6. Distributions.
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(a) On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall (based solely
on the information contained in the Servicer's Certificate delivered with
respect to the related Determination Date) distribute the following amounts and
in the following order of priority:
(i) from the Distribution Amount, to the Servicer, the Base
Servicing Fee for the related Collection Period, and any amounts
specified in Section 5.2(b), to the extent the Servicer has not
reimbursed itself in respect of such amounts pursuant to Section 5.9
and to the extent not retained by the Servicer;
(ii) from the Distribution Amount, pro rata, to the Indenture
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Trustee, the Indenture Trustee Fee, to the Backup Servicer, the Backup
Servicer Fee and expenses (provided that all expenses incurred by the
Backup Servicer in connection with its assumption of the role of
Servicer shall not exceed $35,000 in the aggregate, at any time when
the Notes are Outstanding);
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(iii) from the Distribution Amount, to the Note Distribution
Account, the Noteholders' Interest Distributable Amount;
(iv) from the Distribution Amount, to the Note Distribution
Account, the Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount;
(v) from the Distribution Amount, to the Insurer, to the
extent of any amounts owing to the Insurer under the Insurance
Agreement and not paid;
(vi) from the Available Funds, to the Reserve Account, all
Available Funds remaining after distributions pursuant to clauses (i)
through (v) above;
(vii) from amounts, if any, released from the Reserve Account on
such Payment Date pursuant to the terms of the Reserve Account
Agreement for deposit in the Certificate Distribution Account.
provided, however, that, (A) following an acceleration of the Notes or, (B)
if an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, following the
occurrence of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5.1(i), 5.1(ii), 5.1(iii),
5.1(v) or 5.1(vi) of the Indenture, amounts deposited in the Note Distribution
Account and the Certificate Distribution Account shall be paid to the
Noteholders and the Certificateholders in accordance with the provisions of
Section 5.6 of the Indenture.
(b) In the event that the Collection Account is maintained with an
institution other than the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer shall instruct and
cause such institution to make all deposits and distributions pursuant to
Section 5.6(a) on the related Payment Date.
SECTION 5.7. [RESERVED].
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SECTION 5.8. Statements to Certificateholders and Noteholders. On or
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prior to each Determination Date, the Servicer shall provide to the Indenture
Trustee (with a copy to the Insurer and the Rating Agencies) for the Indenture
Trustee to forward to each Noteholder of record, and to the Owner Trustee (or
Certificate Paying Agent) for the Owner Trustee to forward to each
Certificateholder of record, statements substantially in the form of Exhibit B
and Exhibit C, respectively, setting forth at least the following information
with respect to distributions on the related Payment Date as to the Notes and
the Certificates to the extent applicable:
(i) the amount of such distribution allocable to principal of
each Class of Notes and to the Certificate Balance of the Class A
Certificates;
(ii) the amount of such distribution allocable to interest on
or with respect to each Class of Notes;
(iii) the amount of such distribution payable pursuant to a
Deficiency Notice;
(iv) the amount of such distribution payable pursuant to a
Notice of Claim, specifying, in addition to the foregoing, any
remaining amount available to be draw under the Policy;
(v) the Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last
day of the preceding Collection Period;
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(vi) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of each Class
of the Notes, the Note Pool Factor for each such Class, the
Certificate Balance and the Certificate Pool Factor after giving
effect to payments allocated to principal reported under (i) above;
(vii) the amount of the Servicing Fee paid to the Servicer with
respect to the related Collection Period and/or due but unpaid with
respect to such Collection Period or prior Collection Periods, as the
case may be;
(viii) the Noteholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall;
(ix) the amount of the aggregate Realized Losses, if any, for
the second preceding Collection Period;
(x) the aggregate Purchase Amounts for Receivables, if any,
that were repurchased in such period;
(xi) the Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount for the
next Payment Date;
(xii) the amounts which were collected by the Servicer;
(xiii) the aggregate amount which was received by the Trust from
the Servicer;
(xiv) any reimbursements to the Insurer; and
(xv) delinquency information relating to Receivables which are
30, 60 or 90 days delinquent.
Each amount set forth pursuant to paragraph (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and
(viii) above shall be expressed as a dollar amount per $1,000 of the initial
principal balance of the Notes (or Class thereof) or the initial Certificate
Balance, as applicable.
SECTION 5.9. Net Deposits. As an administrative convenience, unless a
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Servicer Default has occurred and is continuing, the Servicer is required to
remit collections within two (2) Business Days of receipt thereof. The Servicer
will be permitted to make the deposit of collections on the Receivables and
Purchase Amounts for or with respect to each Collection Period net of
distributions to be made to the Servicer with respect to such Collection Period;
provided, however, that if an error is made by the Servicer in calculating the
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amount to be deposited or retained by it, with the result that an amount less
than required is deposited into the Collection Account, the Servicer shall make
a payment of the deficiency to the Collection Account immediately upon becoming
aware or receiving notice from the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, the Insurer
or any Noteholders of such error. The Servicer, however, will account to the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Collateral Agent, the
Noteholders and the Certificateholders as if all deposits, distributions and
transfers were made individually.
SECTION 5.10. Optional Deposits by the Insurer. The Insurer shall at
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any time, and from time to time, with respect to a Payment Date, have the option
(but shall not be required, except in accordance with the terms of the Policy)
to deliver amounts from its own funds to the Indenture Trustee for deposit into
the Collection Account for any of the following purposes: (i) to provide funds
in respect of the payment of fees or expenses of any provider of services to the
Issuer with respect to such Payment Date, or (ii) to include such amount to the
extent that without such amount a draw would be required to be made on the
Policy.
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ARTICLE V-A
The Policy
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SECTION 5A.1 Claims Under Policy.
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(a) In the event that the Indenture Trustee has delivered a
Deficiency Notice with respect to any Determination Date, if the Policy Claim
Amount for the related Payment Date is greater than zero, the Indenture Trustee
shall furnish to the Insurer (with a copy to the Servicer) no later than 12:00
noon New York City time on the related Deficiency Claim Date a completed Notice
of Claim in the amount of the Policy Claim Amount. Amounts paid by the Insurer
under the Policy shall be deposited by the Indenture Trustee into the Note
Distribution Account on the Business Day immediately preceding the Payment Date
for payment to Noteholders on the related Payment Date. The "Policy Claim
Amount" for any Payment Date shall equal the lesser of (i) the sum of the
Noteholders' Interest Distributable Amount and the Noteholders' Principal
Distributable Amount for such Payment Date and (ii) the excess, if any, of the
amount required to be distributed pursuant to clauses (i) through (iv) of
Section 5.6(a) over the Distribution Amount for such Payment Date.
(b) Any notice delivered by the Indenture Trustee to the Insurer
pursuant to subsection 5A.1(a) shall specify the Policy Claim Amount claimed
under the Policy and shall constitute a "Notice of Claim" under the Policy. In
accordance with the provisions of the Policy, the Insurer is required to pay to
the Indenture Trustee the Policy Claim Amount properly claimed thereunder by
12:00 noon, New York City time, on the later of (i) the third Business Day
following receipt on a Business Day of the Notice of Claim, and (ii) the
Business Day preceding the applicable Payment Date. Any payment made by the
Insurer under the Policy shall be applied solely to the payment of the Notes,
and for no other purpose.
(c) The Indenture Trustee shall (i) receive as attorney-in-fact of
each Noteholder any Policy Claim Amount from the Insurer and (ii) deposit the
same in the Collection Account for disbursement to the Noteholders as set forth
in the Indenture. Any and all Policy Claim Amounts disbursed by the Indenture
Trustee from claims made under the Policy shall not be considered payment by the
Issuer with respect to such Notes, and shall not discharge the obligations of
the Issuer with respect thereto. The Insurer shall, to the extent it makes any
payment with respect to the Notes, become subrogated to the rights of the
recipients of such payments to the extent of such payments. Subject to and
conditioned upon any payment with respect to the Notes by or on behalf of the
Insurer, the Indenture Trustee shall assign to the Insurer all rights to the
payment of interest or principal with respect to the Notes which are then due
for payment to the extent of all payments made by the Insurer and the Insurer
may exercise any option, vote, right, power or the like with respect to the
Notes to the extent that it has made payment pursuant to the Policy. To
evidence such subrogation, the Note Registrar shall note the Insurer's rights as
subrogee upon the register of Noteholders upon receipt from the Insurer of proof
of payment by the Insurer of any Noteholders' Interest Distributable Amount or
Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount.
(d) The Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to enforce on behalf of
the Noteholders the obligations of the Insurer under the Policy.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any Basic Document, the
Noteholders are not entitled to make a claim directly under the Policy or
institute proceedings directly against the Insurer.
(e) The Indenture Trustee shall keep a complete and accurate record
of all funds on deposit in the Collection Account and the Note Distribution
Account and the allocation of such funds to payments of interest on and
principal paid in respect of any Note. The Insurer shall have the right to
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inspect such records at reasonable times upon one (1) Business Day's prior
notice to the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 5A.2 Preference Claims; Direction of Proceedings.
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(a) In the event that the Indenture Trustee has received a certified
copy of an order of the appropriate court that any Noteholders' Interest
Distributable Amount or Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount paid on a
Note has been avoided in whole or in part as a preference payment under
applicable bankruptcy law, the Indenture Trustee shall so notify the Insurer,
shall comply with the provisions of the Policy to obtain payment by the Insurer
of such avoided payment, and shall, at the time it provides notice to the
Insurer, notify Holders of the Notes by mail that, in the event that any
Noteholder's payment is so recoverable, such Noteholder will be entitled to
payment pursuant to the terms of the Policy. Pursuant to the terms of the
Policy, the Insurer will make such payment on behalf of the Noteholder to the
receiver, conservator, debtor-in-possession or trustee in bankruptcy named in
the Order (as defined in the Policy) and not to the Indenture Trustee or any
Noteholder directly (unless a Noteholder has previously paid such payment to the
receiver, conservator, debtor-in-possession or trustee in bankruptcy, in which
case the Insurer will make such payment to the Indenture Trustee for
distribution to such Noteholder upon proof of such payment satisfactory to the
Insurer).
(b) The Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the Insurer of any
proceeding or the institution of any action (of which a responsible officer of
the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge) seeking the avoidance as a
preferential transfer under applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership,
rehabilitation or similar law (a "Preference Claim") of any distribution made
with respect to the Notes. Each Holder, by its purchase of Notes, and the
Indenture Trustee hereby agree that so long as an Insurer Default shall not have
occurred and be continuing, the Insurer may at any time during the continuation
of any proceeding relating to a Preference Claim direct all matters relating to
such Preference Claim including, without limitation, (i) the direction of any
appeal of any order relating to any Preference Claim and (ii) the posting of any
surety, supercede as or performance bond pending any such appeal at the expense
of the Insurer, but subject to reimbursement as provided in the Insurance
Agreement. In addition, and without limitation of the foregoing, as set forth
in Section 5A.1(c), the Insurer shall be subrogated to, and each Noteholder and
the Indenture Trustee hereby delegate and assign, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, the rights of the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder in the
conduct of any proceeding with respect to a Preference Claim, including, without
limitation, all rights of any party to an adversary proceeding action with
respect to any court order issued in connection with any such Preference Claim.
SECTION 5A.3 Surrender of Policy. The Indenture Trustee shall surrender
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the Policy to the Insurer for cancellation upon the expiration of such Policy in
accordance with the terms thereof.
ARTICLE VI
The Seller
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SECTION 6.1. Representations of the Seller. The Seller makes the
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following representations on which each of the Transferor, the Depositor and the
Issuer are deemed to have relied in acquiring its interest in the Receivables.
The representations speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
as of the Closing Date, and shall survive the sale of the Receivables to the
Transferor, the transfer thereof to the Depositor, the transfer by the Depositor
to the Issuer and pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture.
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(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Seller is duly organized and
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validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws
of the State of California with the limited liability company power and
authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties
are currently owned and such business is presently conducted, and had at all
relevant times, and has, the power, authority and legal right to acquire and own
the Receivables.
(b) Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business as
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a foreign company in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and
approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property,
including the Receivables, or the conduct of its business shall require such
qualifications.
(c) Power and Authority of the Seller. The Seller has the power and
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authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations
under this Agreement and each of the Basic Documents to which the Seller is a
party; the Seller has full power and authority to sell and assign the property
to be sold and assigned to and deposited with the Transferor, and the Seller has
duly authorized such sale and assignment to the Transferor by all necessary
limited liability company action, and the execution, delivery and performance of
each of the Basic Documents to which the Seller is a party has been duly
authorized by the Seller by all necessary limited liability company action.
(d) Binding Obligation; Valid Sale. This Agreement effects a valid
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sale, transfer, and assignment of the Receivables, enforceable against creditors
of and purchasers from the Seller. This Agreement and each of the Basic
Documents to which the Seller is a party constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Seller, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization and similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to
creditors' rights generally and subject to general principles of equity (whether
applied in a proceeding at law or in equity).
(e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated
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by this Agreement and each of the Basic Documents to which the Seller is a party
and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof do not result in any breach
of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or without notice or
lapse of time or both) a default under, the operating agreement of the Seller,
or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a party
or by which it is bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien
upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture,
agreement or other instrument (other than pursuant to the Basic Documents); nor
violate any law or, to the best of its knowledge, any order, rule or regulation
applicable to the Seller of any court or of any federal or state regulatory
body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having
jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties.
(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations
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pending against the Seller or, to its best knowledge, threatened against the
Seller, before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or its
properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any of the Basic
Documents to which the Seller is a party, the Notes or the Certificates, (ii)
seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the Certificates or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of
the Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that could
reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on the performance
by the Seller of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of,
this Agreement, the Basic Documents to which the Seller is a party, or the Notes
or the Certificates or (iv) that might adversely affect the federal, state and
local income tax attributes of the Issuer, the Notes or the Certificates or
seeking to impose any excise, franchise, transfer or similar tax upon the Notes,
the Certificates or the sale and assignment of the Receivables and the other
Transferor Property hereunder.
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(g) All Consents. All authorizations, consents, orders or approvals
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of or registrations or declarations with any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other government instrumentality required to be
obtained, effected or given by the Seller in connection with the execution and
delivery by the Seller of this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents to which
it is a party and the performance by the Seller of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents to which it is a party, have
been duly obtained, effected or given and are in full force and effect, except
where failure to obtain the same would not have a material and adverse effect
upon the rights of the Issuer, or the Noteholders.
(h) Chief Executive Office. The chief executive office of the Seller
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is at 000 Xxxx X Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, 00000.
(i) Upon the transfer of each Receivable to the Transferor and other
items of Transferor Property delivered by the Seller to the Transferor under
this Agreement or any Subsequent Transfer Agreement, the Transferor will have
good title to such Receivable and such other items of Transferor Property, free
and clear of any lien, charge, mortgage, encumbrance or rights of others (other
than liens that will be simultaneously released).
SECTION 6.2. Existence. (a) During the term of this Agreement, the
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Seller will keep in full force and effect its existence, rights and franchises
as a limited liability company under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in
each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to
protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, any Subsequent
Transfer Agreement, the Basic Documents and each other instrument or agreement
necessary or appropriate to the proper administration of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) During the term of this Agreement, the Seller shall observe the
applicable legal requirements for the recognition of the Transferor as a legal
entity separate and apart from the Seller and its other Affiliates, including as
follows:
(i) the Transferor shall maintain corporate records and books
of account separate from those of the Seller and its other Affiliates;
(ii) except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the
Transferor shall not commingle its assets and funds with those of the
Seller or its other Affiliates;
(iii) the Transferor shall hold such appropriate meetings of its
Board of Directors as are necessary to authorize all the Transferor's
limited liability company actions required by law to be authorized by
the Board of Directors, shall keep minutes of such meetings and of
meetings of its members and observe all other customary limited
liability company formalities (and any successor Transferor not a
corporation shall observe similar procedures in accordance with its
governing documents and applicable law);
(iv) the Transferor shall at all times hold itself out to the
public under its own name as a legal entity separate and distinct from
the Seller and its other Affiliates; and
(v) all transactions and dealings between the Transferor and
the Seller and its other Affiliates will be conducted on an arm's-
length basis.
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SECTION 6.3. Liability of Seller; Indemnities. (a) The Seller shall be
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liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically
undertaken by the Seller under this Agreement.
(b) The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Transferor, the Depositor, the Backup Servicer, the Insurer, the Owner Trustee,
the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Indenture Collateral Agent from and
against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against any such Person with
respect to the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and any of the Basic
Documents (except any income taxes arising out of fees paid to the Owner Trustee
or the Indenture Trustee and except any taxes to which the Owner Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee may otherwise be subject to), including any sales, gross
receipts, general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege or license
taxes (but, in the case of the Issuer, not including any taxes asserted with
respect to, federal or other income taxes arising out of distributions on the
Certificates and the Notes) and costs and expenses in defending against the
same.
(c) The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Depositor, the Backup Servicer, the Transferor, the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Collateral Agent, the Insurer, the
Certificateholders and the Noteholders from and against any loss, liability or
expense incurred by reason of (i) the Seller's willful misfeasance, bad faith or
negligence in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, or by reason
of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or (ii)
the Seller's, the Transferor's or the Issuer's violation of Federal or state
securities laws in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes and the
Certificates or (iii) the failure of any Receivable conveyed to the Transferor
hereunder to comply with all requirements of applicable law and for breach of
its representations and warranties contained herein or failure to perform in all
material respects its obligations and duties contained herein.
(d) The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and the Indenture Collateral Agent
and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents from and against
any and all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out
of, or incurred in connection with the acceptance or performance of the trusts
and duties set forth herein and in the Basic Documents except to the extent that
such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or liability shall be due to the
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (except for errors in judgment) of the
Insurer or the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Collateral Agent, as the case
may be or, in the case of the Owner Trustee, if such cost, expense, loss, claim,
damage or liability arises or results from any of the matters described in the
third sentence of Section 7.1 of the Trust Agreement.
Indemnification under this Section shall survive the resignation or removal
of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer or the
Indenture Collateral Agent and the termination of this Agreement, the Indenture
or the Trust Agreement, as applicable and shall include reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel and other expenses of litigation. If the Seller shall have
made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section and the Person to or on
behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter shall collect any of such
amounts from others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the
Seller, without interest.
SECTION 6.4. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations
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of, Seller. Any Person (a) into which the Seller may be merged or consolidated,
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(b) which may result from any merger or consolidation to which the Seller shall
be a party or (c) which may succeed to the properties and assets of the Seller
substantially as a whole, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an
agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Seller under this
Agreement, shall be the successor to the Seller hereunder without the execution
or filing of any document or any further act by any of the parties to this
Agreement; provided, however, that (i) the Seller shall have received the
written consent of the Controlling Party prior to entering into any such
transaction, (ii) immediately after giving effect to such
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transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 3.1 shall
have been breached and no Servicer Default or an Insurance Agreement Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would
become a Servicer Default or Insurance Agreement Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, (iii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Rating Agencies and the Insurer an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation,
merger or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section
and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement
relating to such transaction have been complied with, (iv) the Rating Agency
Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such transaction and (v) the
Seller shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the
Insurer an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel,
either (A) all financing statements and continuation statements and amendments
thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and
protect the interest of the Transferor, the Depositor, the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, respectively, in the Receivables and reciting
the details of such filings or (B) no such action shall be necessary to preserve
and protect such interest. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
execution of the foregoing agreement of assumption and compliance with clauses
(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above shall be conditions to the consummation of
the transactions referred to in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above.
SECTION 6.5. Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others. The Seller
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and any director or officer or employee or agent of the Seller may rely in good
faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima facie
properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising
under any Basic Document. The Seller shall not be under any obligation to
appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not be incidental to
its obligations under this Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in
any expense or liability.
SECTION 6.6. Seller May Own Certificates or Notes. The Seller and any
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Affiliate thereof may in its individual or any other capacity become the owner
or pledgee of Certificates or Notes with the same rights as it would have if it
were not the Seller or an Affiliate thereof, except as expressly provided herein
or in any Basic Document. Notes or Certificates so owned by the Seller or such
Affiliate shall have an equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of
the Basic Documents, without preference, priority, or distinction as among all
of the Notes or Certificates, provided, however, that any Notes or Certificates
owned by the Seller or any Affiliate thereof, during the time such Notes or
Certificates are owned by them, shall be without voting rights for any purpose
set forth in the Basic Documents and will not be entitled to the benefits of the
Policy. The Seller shall notify the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and
the Insurer promptly after it or any of its Affiliates become the owner of a
Certificate or a Note.
ARTICLE VII
The Servicer
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SECTION 7.1. Representations of Servicer. The Servicer makes the
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following representations on which the Insurer shall be deemed to have relied in
executing and delivering the Policy and on which each of the Transferor, the
Depositor and the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the Receivables.
The representations speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
as of the Closing Date, and shall survive the sale of the Receivables from the
Seller to the Transferor, the Transferor to the Depositor and the Depositor to
the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture.
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Servicer is duly organized
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and validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the
laws of the state of its formation, with the limited liability company power and
authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such
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properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted, and had
at all relevant times, and has, the power, authority and legal right to acquire,
own, sell and service the Receivables.
(b) Due Qualification. The Servicer is duly qualified to do business
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and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in
which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business
(including the servicing of the Receivables as required by this Agreement) shall
require such qualifications, and was duly qualified and had all licenses in all
relevant jurisdictions required for the origination of the Receivables.
(c) Power and Authority of the Servicer. The Servicer has the power
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and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its
obligations hereunder, and the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement have been duly authorized by the Servicer by all necessary action.
All authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of or registrations or
declarations with any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other
government instrumentality required to be obtained, effected or given by the
Servicer in connection with the execution and delivery by the Servicer of this
Agreement or any of the Basic Documents to which it is a party and the
performance by the Servicer of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or any of the Basic Documents to which it is a party, have been duly obtained,
effected or given and are in full force and effect, except where failure to
obtain the same would not have a material adverse effect upon the rights of the
Issuer, the Insurer, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders.
(d) Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
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binding obligation of the Servicer, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization and similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to
creditors' rights generally, and subject to general principles of equity
(whether applied in a proceeding at law or in equity).
(e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated
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by this Agreement and the Basic Documents and the fulfillment of the terms
hereof and thereof do not result in any breach of any of the terms and
provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default
under the organizational documents of the Servicer, or any indenture, agreement
or other instrument to which the Servicer is a party or by which it shall be
bound; or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its
properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other
instrument (other than pursuant to the Basic Documents); or violate any law or,
to the best of the Servicer's knowledge, any order, rule or regulation
applicable to the Servicer of any court or of any federal or state regulatory
body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having
jurisdiction over the Servicer or its properties.
(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations
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pending against the Servicer, or, to its best knowledge, threatened against the
Servicer, before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Servicer or its
properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any of the Basic
Documents to which the Servicer is a party or the Notes or the Certificates,
(ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents to
which the Servicer is a party, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that
might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its
obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of
the Basic Documents to which the Servicer is a party or the Notes or the
Certificates or (iv) relating to the Servicer and which might adversely affect
the federal income tax or ERISA attributes of the Issuer or the Notes or the
Certificates or seeking to impose any excise, franchise, transfer or similar tax
upon the Notes or the Certificates or the sale and assignment of the Receivables
hereunder.
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(g) Fidelity Bond. The Servicer maintains a fidelity bond in such
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form and amount as is customary for finance companies acting as custodian of
funds and documents in respect of motor vehicle loans.
(h) [The Servicer shall not re-direct autodebit payments nor revoke
the automated payment option with respect to any Obligors using such option,
without prior written consent of the Controlling Party.]
SECTION 7.2. Indemnities of Servicer. (a) The Servicer shall be liable
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in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically
undertaken by the Servicer under this Agreement and the representations made by
the Servicer herein.
(b) The Servicer shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the
Transferor, the Depositor, the Backup Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Issuer, the Indenture Collateral Agent, the Insurer, the
Noteholders, the Certificateholders and the Seller from and against any and all
costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims, and liabilities, arising out of or
resulting from the use, ownership or operation by the Servicer or any Affiliate
thereof of a Financed Vehicle.
(c) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Transferor, the Depositor, the Backup Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Seller, the Issuer, the Indenture Collateral Agent, the Insurer,
their respective officers, directors, agents and employees and the Noteholders
and the Certificateholders from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses,
claims, damages, and liabilities to the extent that such cost, expense, loss,
claim, damage, or liability arose out of, or was imposed upon any such Person
through, (i) the negligence, misfeasance or bad faith of the Servicer in the
performance of its duties under this Agreement or (ii) by reason of disregard of
its obligations and duties under this Agreement.
(d) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Transferor, the Depositor, the Backup Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Insurer and the Indenture Collateral Agent and their respective
officers, directors, employees and agents from and against all costs, expenses,
losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out of or incurred in connection
with the acceptance or performance of the trusts and duties herein contained and
in the Trust Agreement, except to the extent that such costs, expense, loss,
claim, damage or liability shall be due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith or
negligence (except for errors in judgment) of the Transferor, the Depositor, the
Backup Servicer, or in the case of the Owner Trustee, if such cost, expense,
loss, claim, damage or liability arises or results from any of the matters
described in the third sentence of Section 7.1 of the Trust Agreement, the
Indenture Trustee, the Insurer or the Indenture Collateral Agent, as the case
may be.
For purposes of this Section, in the event of the termination of the rights
and obligations of PeopleFirst (or any successor thereto pursuant to Section
7.3) as Servicer pursuant to Section 8.1, or a resignation by such Servicer
pursuant to this Agreement, such Servicer shall be deemed to be the Servicer
pending appointment of a successor Servicer (other than the Indenture Trustee)
pursuant to Section 8.2.
Indemnification under this Section shall survive the resignation or removal
of the Backup Servicer, Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture
Collateral Agent, and the termination of this Agreement or the Indenture or the
Trust Agreement, as applicable, and shall include reasonable fees and expenses
of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Servicer shall have made any
indemnity payments pursuant to this Section and the recipient thereafter
collects any of such amounts from others, such Person shall promptly repay such
amounts to the Servicer, without interest.
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SECTION 7.3. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations
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of, Servicer. Any Person (a) into which the Servicer may be merged or
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consolidated, (b) which may result from any merger, conversion or consolidation
to which the Servicer shall be a party or (c) which may succeed to the
properties and assets of the Servicer, substantially as a whole or (d) with
respect to the Servicer's obligations hereunder, which is a corporation or
limited liability company 50% or more of the voting interest of which is owned,
directly or indirectly, by PeopleFirst, which Person executed an agreement of
assumption to perform every obligation of the Servicer hereunder shall be the
successor to the Servicer under the Agreement without further act on the part of
any of the parties to the Agreement; provided, however, that (i) the Servicer
shall have received the written consent of the Controlling Party prior to
entering into any such transaction; (ii) immediately after giving effect to such
transaction, no Servicer Default or Insurance Agreement Event of Default and no
event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer
Default or Insurance Agreement Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, (iii) the Servicer shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee, the Rating Agencies and the Insurer an Officer's Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger or
succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section and that
all conditions precedent provided for in this Agreement relating to such
transaction have been complied with, (iv) the Rating Agency Condition shall have
been satisfied with respect to such transaction and (v) the Servicer shall have
delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Rating Agencies and
the Insurer an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel,
either (A) all financing statements and continuation statements and amendments
thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and
protect the interest of the Owner Trustee and, the Indenture Trustee in the
Receivables and reciting the details of such filings or (B) no such action shall
be necessary to preserve and protect such interest. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the execution of the foregoing agreement of assumption
and compliance with clauses (i), (ii),(iii), (iv) and (v) above shall be
conditions to the consummation of the transactions referred to in clauses (a),
(b), (c) or (d) above. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
compliance with clause (i) shall not apply if the Backup Servicer becomes the
Servicer.
SECTION 7.4. Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others. Neither the
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Servicer nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be under
any liability to the Issuer, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders except as
provided under this Agreement, for any action taken or for refraining from the
taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in judgment;
provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any
such person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason
of reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement. The
Servicer or any subservicer and any of their respective directors, officers,
employees or agents may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima
facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters
arising under this Agreement.
Except as provided in this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be under any
obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not be
incidental to its duties to service the Receivables in accordance with this
Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability;
provided, however, that the Servicer, may (but shall not be required to)
undertake any reasonable action that it may deem necessary or desirable to
protect the interests the Certificateholders under the Trust Agreement of the
Noteholders under the Indenture.
SECTION 7.5. Servicer Not To Resign. Subject to the provisions of
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Section 7.3, the Servicer may not resign from the obligations and duties hereby
imposed on it as Servicer under this Agreement except upon determination that by
reason of a change in legal requirements the performance of its duties under
this Agreement would cause it to be in violation of such legal requirements in a
manner which would result in a material adverse effect on the Servicer and the
Controlling Party does not elect to waive
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the obligations of the Servicer to perform the duties which render it legally
unable to act or does not elect to delegate those duties to another Person.
Notice of any such determination permitting the resignation of the Servicer
shall be communicated to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Controlling
Party at the earliest practicable time (and, if such communication is not in
writing, shall be confirmed in writing at the earliest practicable time) and any
such determination shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect
delivered to and satisfactory to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and
the Insurer concurrently with or promptly after such notice. No such resignation
of the Servicer shall become effective until a successor servicer shall have
assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the resigning servicer in
accordance with Section 8.2 of this Agreement.
ARTICLE VII-A
The Transferor
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SECTION 7A.1 Representations of the Transferor. The Transferor makes the
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following representations to the Depositor and the Issuer on which the Depositor
and the Issuer are deemed to have relied in acquiring the Receivables and the
Insurer is deemed to have relied in issuing the Policy. The representations
speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing
Date and shall survive the sale of the Receivables to the Depositor and the
Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture.
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Transferor is duly organized
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and validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware with the power and authority to own its properties
and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such
business is presently conducted, and had at all relevant times, and has, the
power, authority and legal right to acquire and own the Receivables.
(b) Due Qualification. The Transferor is duly qualified to do
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business as a foreign company in good standing, and has obtained all necessary
licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of
property, including the Receivables, or the conduct of its business shall
require such qualifications.
(c) Power and Authority of the Transferor. The Transferor has the
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power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its
obligations under this Agreement and each of the Basic Documents to which the
Transferor is a party; the Transferor has full power and authority to sell and
assign the property to be sold and assigned to the Depositor and deposited with
the Issuer, and the Transferor has duly authorized such sale and assignment to
the Issuer by all necessary limited liability company action, and the execution,
delivery and performance of each of the Basic Documents to which the Transferor
is a party has been duly authorized by the Transferor by all necessary limited
liability company action.
(d) Binding Obligation; Valid Transfer. This Agreement effects a
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valid transfer, and assignment of the Receivables, enforceable against creditors
of and purchasers from the Transferor. This Agreement and each of the Basic
Documents to which the Transferor is a party constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Transferor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject
to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization and similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to
creditors' rights generally and subject to general principles of equity (whether
applied in a proceeding at law or in equity).
(e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated
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by this Agreement and each of the Basic Documents to which the Transferor is a
party and the fulfillment of the
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terms hereof and thereof do not result in any breach of any of the terms and
provisions of, nor constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both)
a default under, the operating agreement of the Transferor, or any indenture,
agreement or other instrument to which the Transferor is a party or by which it
is bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its
properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other
instrument (other than pursuant to the Basic Documents); nor violate any law or,
to the best of its knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the
Transferor of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction
over the Transferor or its properties.
(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations
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pending against the Transferor or, to its best knowledge, threatened against the
Transferor, before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Transferor or its
properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any of the Basic
Documents to which the Transferor is a party, the Notes or the Certificates,
(ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the Certificates or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of
the Basic Documents to which the Transferor is a party, (iii) seeking any
determination or ruling that could reasonably be expected to have a material and
adverse effect on the performance by the Transferor of its obligations under, or
the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, the Basic Documents to which
the Transferor is a party, or the Notes or the Certificates or (iv) that might
adversely affect the federal, state or local income tax attributes of the
Issuer, the Notes or the Certificates or seeking to impose any excise,
franchise, transfer or similar tax upon the Notes, the Certificates or the sale
and assignment of the Receivables and other Depositor Property hereunder.
(g) All Consents. All authorizations, consents, orders or approvals
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of or registrations or declarations with any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other government instrumentality required to be
obtained, effected or given by the Transferor in connection with the execution
and delivery by the Transferor of this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents
to which it is a party and the performance by the Transferor of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents to which it is a
party, have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in full force and
effect, except where failure to obtain the same would not have a material and
adverse effect upon the rights of the Issuer, or the Noteholders.
(h) Chief Executive Office. The chief executive office of the
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Transferor is at 000 Xxxx X Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, 00000.
(i) Upon the transfer of each Receivable to the Depositor and other
items of Depositor Property delivered by the Transferor to the Depositor under
this Agreement, the Depositor will have good title to such Receivable and such
other items of Depositor Property, free and clear of any lien, charge, mortgage,
encumbrance or rights of others (other than liens that will be simultaneously
released).
SECTION 7A.2 Existence.
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(a) During the term of this Agreement, the Transferor will keep in
full force and effect its existence, rights and franchises as a limited
liability company under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and
will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction
in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Agreement, the Basic Documents and each other instrument
or agreement necessary or appropriate to the proper administration of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
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(b) During the term of this Agreement, the Transferor shall observe
the applicable legal requirements for the recognition of the Transferor as a
legal entity separate and apart from its Affiliates, including as follows:
(i) the Transferor shall maintain limited liability company
records and books of account separate from those of its Affiliates;
(ii) except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the
Transferor shall not commingle its assets and funds with those of its
Affiliates;
(iii) the Transferor shall hold such appropriate meetings of its
Board of Directors as are necessary to authorize all the Transferor's
limited liability company actions required by law to be authorized by
the Board of Directors, shall keep minutes of such meetings and of
meetings of its members and observe all other customary limited
liability company formalities (and any successor Transferor not a
corporation shall observe similar procedures in accordance with its
governing documents and applicable law);
(iv) the Transferor shall at all times hold itself out to the
public under the Transferor's own name as a legal entity separate and
distinct from its Affiliates; and
(v) all transactions and dealings between the Transferor and
its Affiliates will be conducted on an arm's-length basis.
SECTION 7A.3 Liability of Transferor; Indemnities.
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(a) The Transferor shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the
extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Transferor under this
Agreement.
(b) The Transferor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Depositor, the Backup Servicer, the Issuer, the Insurer, the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Collateral Agent, the Certificateholders and
the Noteholders from and against any taxes that may at any time be asserted
against any such Person with respect to the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement and any of the Basic Documents (except any income taxes arising out of
fees paid to the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and except any taxes to
which the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee may otherwise be subject to),
including any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal
property, privilege or license taxes (but, in the case of the Issuer, not
including any taxes asserted with respect to, federal or other income taxes
arising out of distributions on the Certificates and the Notes) and costs and
expenses in defending against the same.
(c) The Transferor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Depositor, the Backup Servicer, the Issuer, the Insurer, the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Collateral Agent, the Certificateholders and
the Noteholders from and against any loss, liability or expense incurred by
reason of (i) the Transferor's willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in
the performance of its duties under this Agreement, or by reason of reckless
disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or (ii) the failure
of any Receivable conveyed to the Depositor hereunder to comply with all
requirements of applicable law and for breach of its representations and
warranties contained herein or failure to perform in all material respects its
obligations and duties contained herein.
Indemnification under this Section shall survive the resignation or removal
of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer or the
Indenture Collateral Agent and the termination of this
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Agreement, the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as applicable and shall include
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and other expenses of litigation
provided however, that the liability of the Transferor for payments under this
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Section 7A.3 shall be subject to the availability of funds therefor. If the
Transferor shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section and
the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter shall
collect any of such amounts from others, such Person shall promptly repay such
amounts to the Transferor, without interest.
SECTION 7A.4 Limitation on Liability of Transferor and Others. The
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Transferor and any director or officer or employee or agent of the Transferor
may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind,
prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters
arising under any Basic Document. The Transferor shall not be under any
obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not be
incidental to its obligations under this Agreement, and that in its opinion may
involve it in any expense or liability.
SECTION 7A.5 Transferor May Own Certificates or Notes. The Transferor and
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any Affiliate thereof may in its individual or any other capacity become the
owner or pledgee of Certificates or Notes with the same rights as it would have
if it were not the Transferor or an Affiliate thereof, except as expressly
provided herein or in any Basic Document. Notes or Certificates so owned by the
Transferor or such Affiliate shall have an equal and proportionate benefit under
the provisions of the Basic Documents, without preference, priority, or
distinction as among all of the Notes or Certificates, provided, however, that
any Notes or Certificates owned by the Transferor or any Affiliate thereof,
during the time such Notes or Certificates are owned by them, shall be without
voting rights for any purpose set forth in the Basic Documents and will not be
entitled to the benefits of the Policy. The Transferor shall notify the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer promptly after it or any of its
Affiliates become the owner of a Certificate or a Note.
ARTICLE VII-B
The Depositor
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SECTION 7B.1 Representations of the Depositor. The Depositor makes the
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following representations on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in
acquiring the Receivables and on which the Insurer is deemed to have relied in
issued in the Policy. The representations speak as of the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, and shall survive the
sale of the Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Depositor is duly organized
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and validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware with the power and authority to own its properties and to
conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is
presently conducted, and had at all relevant times, and has, the power,
authority and legal right to acquire and own the Receivables.
(b) Due Qualification. The Depositor is duly qualified to do business
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as a foreign company in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses
and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property,
including the Receivables, or the conduct of its business shall require such
qualifications.
(c) Power and Authority of the Depositor. The Depositor has the power
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and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its
obligations under this Agreement and each of the Basic Documents to which the
Depositor is a party; the Depositor has full power and authority to sell and
assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited with the Issuer,
and the Depositor
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has duly authorized such sale and assignment to the Issuer by all necessary
corporate action, and the execution, delivery and performance of each of the
Basic Documents to which the Depositor is a party has been duly authorized by
the Depositor by all necessary corporate action.
(d) Binding Obligation; Valid Transfer. This Agreement effects a
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valid transfer, and assignment of the Receivables, enforceable against creditors
of and purchasers from the Depositor. This Agreement and each of the Basic
Documents to which the Depositor is a party constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Depositor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject
to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization and similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to
creditors' rights generally and subject to general principles of equity (whether
applied in a proceeding at law or in equity).
(e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated
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by this Agreement and each of the Basic Documents to which the Depositor is a
party and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof do not result in any
breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or without
notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, the certificate of
incorporation or by-laws of the Depositor, or any indenture, agreement or other
instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it is bound; nor result
in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to
the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than
pursuant to the Basic Documents); nor violate any law or, to the best of its
knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Depositor of any
court or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its
properties.
(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations
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pending against the Depositor or, to its best knowledge, threatened against the
Depositor, before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its
properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any of the Basic
Documents, the Notes or the Certificates, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance
of the Notes or the Certificates or the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any
determination or ruling that could reasonably be expected to have a material and
adverse effect on the performance by the Depositor of its obligations under, or
the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, the Basic Documents, or the
Notes or the Certificates or (iv) that might adversely affect the federal, state
or local income tax attributes of the Issuer, the Notes or the Certificates or
seeking to impose any excise, franchise, transfer or similar tax upon the Notes,
the Certificates or the sale and assignment of the Receivables and other Trust
Property hereunder.
(g) All Consents. All authorizations, consents, orders or approvals
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of or registrations or declarations with any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other government instrumentality required to be
obtained, effected or given by the Depositor in connection with the execution
and delivery by the Depositor of this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents to
which it is a party and the performance by the Depositor of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents to which it is a
party, have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in full force and
effect, except where failure to obtain the same would not have a material and
adverse effect upon the rights of the Issuer, or the Noteholders.
(h) Chief Executive Office. The chief executive office of the
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Depositor is at Xxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000.
(i) Upon the transfer of each Receivable or interests therein to the
Issuer and other items of Trust Property delivered by the Depositor to the
Issuer under this Agreement the Issuer will have good title to such Receivable
or interests therein and such other items of Trust Property, free and clear of
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any lien, charge, mortgage, encumbrance or rights of others (other than liens
that will be simultaneously released) granted by the Depositor.
SECTION 7B.2 Existence.
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(a) During the term of this Agreement, the Depositor will keep in
full force and effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and will obtain and
preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Agreement, the Basic Documents and each other instrument
or agreement necessary or appropriate to the proper administration of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) During the term of this Agreement, the Depositor shall observe
the applicable legal requirements for the recognition of the Depositor as a
legal entity separate and apart from its Affiliates, including as follows:
(i) the Depositor shall maintain corporate records and books of
account separate from those of its Affiliates;
(ii) except as otherwise provided in this Agreement and except
as expressly permitted by any other agreement to which it is a party,
the Depositor shall not commingle its assets and funds with those of
its Affiliates;
(iii) the Depositor shall hold such appropriate meetings of its
Board of Directors as are necessary to authorize all the Depositor's
corporate actions required by law to be authorized by the Board of
Directors, shall keep minutes of such meetings and of meetings of its
stockholder(s) and observe all other customary corporate formalities
(and any successor Depositor not a corporation shall observe similar
procedures in accordance with its governing documents and applicable
law);
(iv) the Depositor shall at all times hold itself out to the
public under the Depositor's own name as a legal entity separate and
distinct from its Affiliates; and
(v) all transactions and dealings between the Depositor and its
Affiliates will be conducted on an arm's-length basis.
SECTION 7B.3 Liability of Depositor; Indemnities.
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(a) The Depositor shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the
extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Depositor under this
Agreement.
(b) The Depositor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Backup Servicer, the Servicer, the Insurer, the Owner Trustee, the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Collateral Agent, the Noteholders and the
Certificateholders from and against any loss, liability or expense incurred by
reason of (i) the Depositor's willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in
the performance of its duties under this Agreement, or (ii) by reason of
reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or (iii)
for breach of its representations and warranties contained herein or failure to
perform in all material respects its obligations and duties contained herein.
Indemnification under this Section shall survive the resignation or removal
of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Collateral Agent
and the termination of this Agreement, the
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Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as applicable and shall include reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel and other expenses of litigation. If the Depositor
shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section and the Person
to or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter shall collect any of
such amounts from others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the
Depositor, without interest.
SECTION 7B.4 Limitation on Liability of Depositor and Others. The
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Depositor and any director or officer or employee or agent of the Depositor may
rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind,
prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters
arising under any Basic Document. The Depositor shall not be under any
obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not be
incidental to its obligations under this Agreement, and that in its opinion may
involve it in any expense or liability.
SECTION 7B.5 Depositor May Own Certificates or Notes. The Depositor and
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any Affiliate thereof may in its individual or any other capacity become the
owner or pledgee of Certificates or Notes with the same rights as it would have
if it were not the Depositor or an Affiliate thereof, except as expressly
provided herein or in any Basic Document. Notes or Certificates so owned by the
Depositor or such Affiliate shall have an equal and proportionate benefit under
the provisions of the Basic Documents, without preference, priority, or
distinction as among all of the Notes or Certificates, provided, however, that
any Notes or Certificates owned by the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof,
during the time such Notes or Certificates are owned by them, shall be without
voting rights for any purpose set forth in the Basic Documents and will not be
entitled to the benefits of the Policy. The Depositor shall notify the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer promptly after it or any of its
Affiliates become the owner of a Certificate or a Note.
ARTICLE VIII
Default
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SECTION 8.1. Servicer Default. If any one of the following events (a
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"Servicer Default") shall occur and be continuing:
(a) Any failure by the Servicer to deliver to the Owner Trustee or
the Indenture Trustee any deposit or payment proceeds or payment required to be
so made, which failure continues unremedied for a period of one Business Day
after the written notice of such failure is received by the Servicer from the
Insurer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or after discovery of such
failure by the Servicer; or
(b) The breach of any representation or warranty or covenant of the
Servicer or failure by the Servicer duly to observe or to perform in any
material respect any covenants or agreements of the Servicer or the Seller (as
the case may be) set forth in the Notes, the Certificates, this Agreement or any
other Basic Document, which breach or failure shall (i) materially and adversely
affect the rights of the Insurer, Certificateholders or the Noteholders and (ii)
continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which written
notice of such breach or failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have
been given (A) to the Servicer by the Indenture Trustee or the Controlling Party
or (B) to the Servicer, the Insurer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
by the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the outstanding
principal amount of the Notes or Holders of Certificates evidencing not less
than 25% of the outstanding Certificate Balance, as applicable (or for such
longer period, not in excess of 60 days, as may be reasonably necessary to
remedy such default; provided that such default is capable of remedy within 60
days and the Servicer delivers an Officers' Certificate to the Insurer, the
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Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee to such effect and to the effect that
the Servicer has commenced or will promptly commence, and will diligently
pursue, all reasonable efforts to remedy such default); or
(c) An Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Servicer or any
successor;
(d) Failure to deliver a Servicer's Certificate within 3 days of the
related Determination Date;
(e) Failure to deliver the annual statement of compliance required to
be delivered pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof within 30 days of the date on which
such statement is required to be delivered.
(f) Unless an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
an Insurance Agreement Event of Default described in Section 5.1 of the
Insurance Agreement shall have occurred.
(g) Unless an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
failure of the Insurer to deliver a Servicer Extension Notice pursuant to
Section 3.5 hereof.
then, and in each and every case, the Controlling Party or holders of Notes
representing not less than 25% of the voting rights thereof (or, if the Notes
have been paid in full and the Indenture has been discharged in accordance with
its terms, by holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the voting
interest thereof) in any case by notice given in writing to the Servicer (and to
the Indenture Trustee if given by the Insurer or, as applicable, the Noteholders
or the Certificateholders) may terminate all of the rights and obligations of
the Servicer under this Agreement. For purposes of Section 8.1(b), any
determination of an adverse effect on the interest of the Certificateholders or
the Noteholders pursuant to Section 8.1(b) shall be made without consideration
of the availability of funds under the Policy. On or after the receipt by the
Servicer of such written notice, all authority, power, obligations and
responsibilities of the Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to
the Notes, the Certificates, the Receivables, the autodebit account payments,
the other Trust Property or otherwise, automatically shall pass to, be vested in
and become obligations and responsibilities of the Backup Servicer (or such
other successor Servicer appointed by the Controlling Party); provided, however,
that the successor Servicer shall have no liability with respect to any
obligation which was required to be performed by the prior Servicer prior to the
date that the successor Servicer becomes the Servicer or any claim of a third
party based on any alleged action or inaction of the prior Servicer. The
successor Servicer is authorized and empowered by this Agreement, as successor
Servicer to execute and deliver, on behalf of the prior Servicer, as attorney-
in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments and to do or
accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the
purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and
endorsement of the Receivables and the other Trust Property and related
documents, to show the Issuer or Indenture Trustee as lienholder or secured
party on the related Lien Certificates, or otherwise. The prior Servicer agrees
to cooperate with the successor Servicer in effecting the termination of the
responsibilities and rights of the prior Servicer under this Agreement,
including, without limitation, the transfer to the successor Servicer for
administration by it of all cash amounts that shall at the time be held by the
prior Servicer for deposit, or have been deposited by the prior Servicer, in the
Collection Account or thereafter received with respect to the Receivables and
the delivery to the successor Servicer of all Receivables Files, records and a
computer tape in readable form containing all information necessary to enable
the successor Servicer to service the Receivables and the other Trust Property.
The terminated Servicer shall grant the successor Servicer, the Indenture
Trustee, the Insurer (so long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing) and the Owner Trustee reasonable access to the terminated Servicer's
premises at the terminated Servicer's expense.
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SECTION 8.2. Appointment of Successor. (a) Upon the Servicer's receipt
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of notice of termination pursuant to Section 8.1 or the Servicer's resignation
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the predecessor Servicer shall
continue to perform its functions as Servicer under this Agreement, in the case
of termination, only until the date specified in such termination notice or, if
no such date is specified in a notice of termination, until receipt of such
notice and, in the case of resignation, until the later of (x) the date 45 days
from the delivery to the Owner Trustee, the Controlling Party, the Backup
Servicer and the Indenture Trustee of written notice of such resignation (or
written confirmation of such notice) in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and (y) the date upon which the predecessor Servicer shall become
unable to act as Servicer, as specified in the notice of resignation and
accompanying Opinion of Counsel. In the event of the Servicer's termination
hereunder, the Backup Servicer shall assume the obligations of Servicer
hereunder and shall accept its appointment by a written assumption in form
acceptable to the Controlling Party. Notwithstanding the above, the Indenture
Trustee with the prior written consent of the Controlling Party, or the
Controlling Party shall, if the Indenture Trustee shall be unwilling or legally
unable so to act, appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to
appoint, any established institution having a net worth of not less than
$50,000,000 and whose regular business shall include the servicing of automotive
receivables as the successor to the Servicer under the Agreement.
(b) Upon appointment, the successor Servicer (including the Backup
Servicer acting as successor Servicer) shall be the successor in all respects to
the predecessor Servicer and shall be subject to all the responsibilities,
duties and liabilities arising thereafter relating thereto placed on the
predecessor Servicer, and shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee and all the
rights granted to the predecessor Servicer by the terms and provisions of this
Agreement. In addition, the successor Servicer shall have (i) no obligation to
perform any repurchase or advancing obligations, if any, of the Servicer, (ii)
no obligation to pay any taxes required to be paid by the Servicer, (iii) no
obligation to pay any of the fees and expenses of any other party involved in
this transaction and (iv) no liability or obligation with respect to any
Servicer indemnification obligations of any prior Servicer including the
original Servicer. The terminated Servicer shall also grant an express power of
attorney to the successor Servicer so that the successor Servicer as Servicer
shall have control over and the right to direct any autodebit account payments.
Furthermore, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the
contrary, the successor Servicer as Servicer is authorized to accept and rely on
all of the accounting, records and work of the prior Servicer relating to the
Receivables (collectively, "Predecessor Servicer Work Product") without any
audit or other examination thereof, and the successor Servicer as Servicer shall
have no duty, responsibility, obligation or liability for the acts and omissions
of any prior Servicer. If any error, inaccuracy or omission (collectively,
"Errors") exist in any Predecessor Servicer Work Product received by the
successor Servicer from the prior Servicer and such Errors should cause or
materially contribute to the successor Servicer as Servicer making or continuing
any Errors (collectively, "Continued Errors"), the successor Servicer as
Servicer shall have no duty, responsibility, obligation or liability for such
Continued Errors; provided, however, that the successor Servicer agrees to
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perform its duties as successor Servicer in accordance with the standard of care
set forth in Section 4.1. In the event that the successor Servicer as Servicer
becomes aware of Errors or Continued Errors, the successor Servicer shall use
its best efforts to reconstruct and reconcile such data as is commercially
reasonable to correct such Errors and Continued Errors and to prevent future
Continued Errors. The successor Servicer as Servicer shall be entitled to
recover from the Trust its costs thereby expended.
SECTION 8.3. Notification to Noteholders, Certificateholders and Backup
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Servicer. Upon any Servicer Default or any termination of, or appointment of a
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successor to, the Servicer pursuant to this Article VIII the Owner Trustee shall
give prompt written notice thereof to Certificateholders and the Indenture
Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to Noteholders, the Insurer and
to the Rating Agencies.
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SECTION 8.4. Waiver of Past Defaults. So long as no Insurer Default
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shall have occurred and be continuing, the Insurer (or, if an Insurer Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Controlling Party) may, on behalf of
all Noteholders and Certificateholders, waive any default by the Servicer in the
performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences, except a default
in making any required deposits to or payments from any of the Trust Accounts in
accordance with this Agreement. Upon any such waiver of a past default, such
default shall cease to exist, and any Servicer Default arising therefrom shall
be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right
consequent thereto.
ARTICLE VIII-A
THE BACKUP SERVICER
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SECTION 8A.1 Appointment of Backup Servicer. On or before each
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Determination Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the
Backup Servicer a computer tape in a format acceptable to the Indenture Trustee
and the Backup Servicer containing the information with respect to the
Receivables for the preceding Collection Period necessary for the preparation of
the Servicer's Certificate and the verification required under Section 8A.2
relating to such Collection Period (the "Backup Servicer Tape"). The duties of
the Backup Servicer set forth in Section 8A.2 (the "Backup Servicer Duties")
shall be conducted by the Person so designated from time to time as Backup
Servicer in accordance with this Agreement. Norwest is hereby initially
designated as, and hereby agrees to perform, the duties and obligations of the
Backup Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof and each other Basic Document to
which the Backup Servicer is a party. Subject to the resignation of Norwest as
Backup Servicer pursuant to Section 8A.4 or the termination of Norwest as Backup
Servicer pursuant to Section 8A.6 and, in either case, the designation of a
successor Backup Servicer hereunder, Norwest shall continue to perform the
Backup Servicer Duties, unless and until expressly agreed otherwise by the
Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer.
SECTION 8A.2 Duties of Backup Servicer. The Backup Servicer, for the
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benefit of the Issuer, the Insurer and the Noteholders, shall perform the
following duties:
(a) use the Backup Servicer Tape to verify the following information:
(w) the aggregate Principal Balance of each Receivable, (x) a list of
Receivables that are (I) 1-30; (II) 31-60, (III) 61-90, (IV) 91-120 days or (V)
121+ delinquent in any scheduled payment, (y) the amount of principal and
interest payments on the Receivables received during the Collection Period, and
(z) the Default Rate and the Delinquency Ratio for the Collection Period;
(b) in the event that the Backup Servicer discovers a discrepancy or
discrepancies, with respect to such independent reconciliation described above,
the Backup Servicer shall (x) notify the Issuer, the Seller, the Depositor, the
Insurer, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee of such discrepancy or
discrepancies, and (y) attempt to reconcile such discrepancy or discrepancies
with the Servicer; and
(c) such other duties as may be agreed to in writing by the Issuer,
the Seller, the Depositor, the Backup Servicer and the Insurer from time to
time.
SECTION 8A.3 Backup Servicing Standard. The Backup Servicer, for the
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benefit of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer, the Noteholders and
the Certificateholders, shall perform the Backup Servicer Duties in accordance
with all applicable federal, state or local laws and regulations and with the
degree of skill, care and diligence of prudent lenders in the industry for the
servicing of comparable assets, but in no event, with less skill, care and
diligence that the Backup Servicer exercises with respect to all comparable
assets that it services for itself or others (such standards, the "Backup
Servicing
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Standard"). Other than the duties specifically set forth in this Agreement, the
Backup Servicer shall have no obligations hereunder, including, without
limitation to supervise, verify, monitor, or administer the performance of the
Servicer. The duties and obligations of the Backup Servicer shall be determined
solely by the express provisions of this Agreement and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Backup Servicer.
SECTION 8A.4 Limitation on Resignation of the Backup Servicer. The Backup
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Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it
except (a) by mutual agreement among the Backup Servicer, the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Insurer or (b) upon determination that its duties
hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law. Any determination
under clause (b) above permitting the resignation of the Backup Servicer shall
be evidenced by an opinion of counsel (which counsel shall be acceptable to the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer) to such effect delivered to the
Issuer, the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee and the Insurer. No such
resignation shall become effective until a successor backup servicer shall have
assumed the Backup Servicer's responsibilities, duties, liabilities and
obligations hereunder. Any such successor backup servicer must be an
established servicer of consumer motor vehicle loans and must be approved in
writing by the Issuer, the Depositor, Indenture Trustee and Insurer.
SECTION 8A.5 Rights in Respect of the Backup Servicer. The Backup
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Servicer shall afford the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer, the Depositor, and the
Insurer, upon two (2) Business Days prior notice, during normal business hours
access to all records maintained by the Backup Servicer in respect of its rights
and obligations hereunder and access to officers of the Backup Servicer
responsible for such obligations. Upon request, the Backup Servicer shall
furnish the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer, the Depositor, and the Insurer such
information as the Backup Servicer possesses regarding the transactions
contemplated hereby and any circumstance that could reasonably be expected to
affect the Backup Servicer's ability to perform its obligations hereunder. The
Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Insurer shall not have any responsibility
or liability for any action or failure to act by the Backup Servicer, and are
not obligated to supervise the performance of the Backup Servicer under this
Agreement or otherwise.
SECTION 8A.6 Termination.
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(a) Upon 30 days' written notice, the Controlling Party may terminate
all the rights and obligations of the Backup Servicer under this Agreement as to
any or all of the Receivables or Backup Servicer Duties.
(b) In the event that (a) notice of termination of this Agreement, or
of termination of the rights and obligations of the Backup Servicer hereunder,
is given, or (b) the Backup Servicer resigns in accordance with Section 8A.4,
the Backup Servicer covenants that all funds and any item comprising a
Receivable File in its possession relating to the affected Receivables
(collectively, the "Backup Contract Records") shall, at the option of the
Controlling Party, immediately upon receipt of notice of termination or the
resignation of the Backup Servicer, be submitted to the control of the Indenture
Trustee.
(c) Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, or of all or a
portion of the rights and obligations of the Backup Servicer hereunder, the
Backup Servicer shall not be relieved of liability for all amounts due, or
responsibilities owed the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer, the
Noteholders or the Certificateholders in respect of its obligations hereunder
while it served as the Backup Servicer. The Backup Servicer forthwith upon such
termination or resignation shall (a) use its best efforts to effect the orderly
and efficient transfer of Backup Servicer Duties to a new backup servicer or
other designee selected by the Controlling Party, and (b) arrange for the
physical transfer and delivery to the Controlling Party or to a new backup
servicer or other designee selected by the Controlling Party of all Contract
Receivable Records and copies thereof in its possession. Any successor servicer
hereunder shall
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meet the requirements and be selected in accordance with the procedures
specified in Section 8A.4. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, or
any termination of all the rights and obligations of the Backup Servicer
hereunder as to all or any number of Receivables, or any resignation of the
Backup Servicer, in any case pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, the
Backup Servicer shall be entitled to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it
under this Agreement from the Borrower in accordance with Section 8A.8 hereof.
SECTION 8A.7 Resignation or Termination of Backup Servicer. Upon the
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termination of the Servicer in accordance with Article VIII or the resignation
of the Servicer in accordance with Section 7.5, the Backup Servicer shall either
(i) assume all of the responsibilities, duties, liabilities and obligations the
Servicer hereunder, without further action by any Person, or (ii) designate a
successor Servicer who shall (x) assume all of the responsibilities, duties,
liabilities and obligations the Servicer hereunder, without further action by
any Person, and (y) be acceptable to the Controlling Party in its sole
discretion. Any such assumption or appointment by the Backup Servicer pursuant
to this Section 8A.7 shall occur as soon as reasonably practical (but, in any
event, no later than 30 days) after the Indenture Trustee provides notice to the
Backup Servicer of any such resignation or termination of the Servicer. Neither
the Backup Servicer nor any successor Backup Servicer shall have (i) any
liability with respect to any obligation which was required to be performed by
the terminated Backup Servicer prior to the date that the successor Backup
Servicer or the Backup Servicer became the Servicer or any claim of a third
party based on any alleged action or inaction of the terminated Backup Servicer
and (ii) any obligation to pay any of the fees and expense of any other party
involved in this transaction.
SECTION 8A.8 Backup Servicing Fee. At any time the Backup Servicer or
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one of its Affiliates is not the Servicer hereunder, the Backup Servicer shall
be paid the Backup Servicer Fee for the performance of its obligations as Backup
Servicer hereunder and under the Basic Documents.
SECTION 8A.9 Indemnity. The Backup Servicer its officers, directors,
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agents and employees shall be indemnified and held harmless in accordance with
the terms of the separate agreement between the Servicer and the Backup
Servicer, against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages or expenses
(including, but not limited to, attorney's fees, court costs and costs of
investigation) of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of or in connection
with this Agreement that may be imposed upon, incurred by or asserted against
the Backup Servicer, except in each case to the extent arising from the Backup
Servicer's misfeasance, bad faith or negligence. The provisions of this Section
8A.9 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Backup Servicer and the
termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 8A.10 Limitation of Liability.
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(a) In the absence of bad faith, negligence or misconduct on the part
of the Backup Servicer, the Backup Servicer shall not be liable to the Issuer,
the Indenture Trustee, the Seller, the Indenture Collateral Agent, the Insurer
or any other Person with respect to any action taken or not taken by it in the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement. The obligations of the
Backup Servicer shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this
Agreement. No representation, warranty, covenant, agreement, obligation or duty
of the Backup Servicer shall be implied with respect to this Agreement or the
Backup Servicer's services hereunder.
(b) The Backup Servicer may rely, and shall be protected in acting or
refraining to act, upon and need not verify the accuracy of, any written
instruction, notice, order, request, direction, certificate, opinion or other
instrument or document believed by the Backup Servicer to be genuine and to have
been signed and presented by the proper party or parties, which, with respect to
the Issuer, Indenture Trustee, Indenture Collateral Agent or Insurer, shall mean
signature and presentation by Authorized
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Representatives (as such term is defined in the Custodial Agreement) whether
such presentation is by personal delivery, express delivery or facsimile.
(c) The Backup Servicer may consult with counsel selected by it with
regard to legal questions arising out of or in connection with this Agreement,
and the advice or opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered
by the Backup Servicer in reasonable reliance, in good faith, and in accordance
therewith.
(d) Except as expressly provided for herein, the provisions of this
Agreement shall not require the Backup Servicer to expend or risk its own funds
or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of its duties under
this Agreement if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment
of such funds or adequate indemnity is not reasonably assured to it.
(e) The Backup Servicer shall not be responsible or liable for, and
makes no representation or warranty with respect, the validity, adequacy or
perfection of any lien upon, or security interest in any Receivables or
Custodian's Receivable Files (as such term is defined in the Custodial
Agreement) purported to be granted at any time to the Indenture Trustee.
ARTICLE IX
Termination
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SECTION 9.1. Optional Purchase of All Receivables. (a) On the last day
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of any Collection Period as of which the Pool Balance shall be less than or
equal to 15% of the Original Pool Balance, the Transferor shall have the option
to purchase the Owner Trust Estate, other than the Trust Accounts and the
Certificate Distribution Account (with the consent of the Insurer if such
purchase would result in a claim on either Policy or would result in any amount
owing to the Insurer under the Insurance Agreement remaining unpaid); provided
however, that the amount to be paid for such purchase (as set forth in the
following sentence) shall be sufficient to pay the full amount of principal,
premium, if any, and interest then due and payable on the Notes and the
Certificates. To exercise such option, the Servicer shall deposit pursuant to
Section 5.5 in the Collection Account an amount equal to the amount set forth in
the preceding sentence.
(b) Notice of any termination of the Trust pursuant to subsection (a)
of this Section 9.1 shall be given by the Servicer to the Owner Trustee, Issuer
and the Indenture Trustee, the Insurer and the Rating Agencies as soon as
practicable after the Servicer has received notice thereof.
FOLLOWING THE SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF THE INDENTURE AND THE PAYMENT
IN FULL OF THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE NOTES AND ALL AMOUNTS DUE TO THE
INSURER UNDER THE INSURANCE AGREEMENT, THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS WILL SUCCEED TO
THE RIGHTS OF THE NOTEHOLDERS AND THE INSURER HEREUNDER AND THE OWNER TRUSTEE
WILL SUCCEED TO THE RIGHTS OF, AND ASSUME THE OBLIGATIONS (OTHER THAN ANY
SERVICING OBLIGATION) OF, THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT.
ARTICLE X
Administrative Duties of the Servicer
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SECTION 10.1. (a) Duties with respect to the Indenture, the Trust
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Agreement and Depository Agreement. The Servicer shall perform all its duties
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and the duties of the Issuer under the Indenture, the
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Trust Agreement and the Depository Agreement. In addition, the Servicer shall
consult with the Owner Trustee as the Servicer deems appropriate regarding the
duties of the Issuer under the Indenture, the Trust Agreement and the Depository
Agreement. The Servicer shall monitor the performance of the Issuer and shall
advise Owner Trustee when action is necessary to comply with the Issuer's duties
under the Indenture, the Trust Agreement and the Depository Agreement. The
Servicer shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or shall cause the
preparation by other appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports,
filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the
Issuer to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Indenture, the Trust
Agreement and the Depository Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, the
Servicer shall take all necessary action that is the duty of the Issuer to take
pursuant to the Indenture, the Trust Agreement and the Depository Agreement,
including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 2.7, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9,
7.2, 7.3, 11.1 and 11.15 of the Indenture.
(b) Duties with Respect to the Issuer.
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(i) In addition to the duties of the Servicer set forth in this
Agreement or any of the Basic Documents, the Servicer shall perform
such calculations and shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or the
Owner Trustee or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate
Persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments,
certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer or the
Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to this Agreement
or any of the Basic Documents, and at the request of the Owner
Trustee, shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty of the
Issuer to take pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Basic
Documents, including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 2.6 and
2.11 of the Trust Agreement. In accordance with the directions of the
Issuer or the Owner Trustee, the Servicer shall administer, perform or
supervise the performance of such other activities in connection with
the Collateral (including the Basic Documents) as are not covered by
any of the foregoing provisions and as are expressly requested by the
Issuer or the Owner Trustee and are reasonably within the capability
of the Servicer.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any of the
Basic Documents to the contrary, the Servicer shall be responsible for
promptly notifying the Owner Trustee in the event that any withholding
tax is imposed on the Issuer's payments (or allocations of income) to
a Certificateholder as contemplated in Section 5.2(f) of the Trust
Agreement. Any such notice shall be in writing and specify the amount
of any withholding tax required to be withheld by the Owner Trustee
pursuant to such provision.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Basic
Documents to the contrary, the Servicer shall be responsible for
performance of the duties of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee and the
Depositor set forth in Section 5.6(a), (b), (c) and (d) of the Trust
Agreement with respect to, among other things, accounting and reports
to Holders (as defined in the Trust Agreement); provided, however,
that once prepared by the Servicer the Owner Trustee shall retain
responsibility for the distribution of the Schedule K-1s necessary to
enable each Certificateholder to prepare its federal and state income
tax returns.
(iv) The Servicer shall perform the duties of the Servicer
specified in Section 10.2 of the Trust Agreement required to be
performed in connection with the resignation or removal of the Owner
Trustee, and any other duties expressly required to be performed by
the Servicer under this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents.
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(v) In carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its other
obligations under this Agreement, the Servicer may enter into
transactions with or otherwise deal with any of its Affiliates;
provided, however, that the terms of any such transactions or dealings
shall be in accordance with any directions received from the Issuer
and shall be, in the Servicer's opinion, no less favorable to the
Issuer in any material respect.
(c) Tax Matters. The Servicer shall prepare and the Owner Trustee
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shall file, on behalf of the Depositor, all tax returns, tax elections,
financial statements and such annual or other reports of the Issuer as are
necessary for preparation of tax reports as provided in Article V of the Trust
Agreement, including without limitation Forms 1099 and 1066. All tax returns
will be signed by the Transferor.
(d) Non-Ministerial Matters. With respect to matters that in the
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reasonable judgment of the Servicer are non-ministerial, the Servicer shall not
take any action pursuant to this Article X unless within a reasonable time
before the taking of such action, the Servicer shall have notified the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of the proposed action and the Owner Trustee
and, with respect to items (A), (B), (C) and (D) below, the Indenture Trustee
shall not have withheld consent or provided an alternative direction. For the
purpose of the preceding sentence, "non-ministerial matters" shall include:
(A) the amendment of or any supplement to the Indenture;
(B) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuer
and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or
against the Issuer (other than in connection with the collection
of the Receivables);
(C) the amendment, change or modification of this Agreement
or any of the Basic Documents;
(D) the appointment of successor Note Registrars, successor
Paying Agents and successor Indenture Trustees pursuant to the
Indenture or the appointment of successor Servicers or the
consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent or
Indenture Trustee of its obligations under the Indenture; and
(E) the removal of the Indenture Trustee.
(e) Exceptions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
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Agreement, except as expressly provided herein or in the other Basic Documents,
the Servicer, in its capacity hereunder, shall not be obligated to, and shall
not, (1) make any payments to the Noteholders or Certificateholders under the
Basic Documents, (2) sell the Owner Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.5 of the
Indenture, (3) take any other action that the Issuer directs the Servicer not to
take on its behalf or (4) in connection with its duties hereunder assume any
indemnification obligation of any other Person.
SECTION 10.2. Records. The Servicer shall maintain appropriate books of
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account and records relating to services performed under this Agreement, which
books of account and records shall be accessible for inspection by the Issuer
and the Insurer at any time during normal business hours.
SECTION 10.3. Additional Information to be Furnished to the Issuer. The
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Servicer shall furnish to the Issuer from time to time such additional
information regarding the Collateral as the Issuer shall reasonably request.
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ARTICLE XI
Miscellaneous Provisions
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SECTION 11.1. Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended except that
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this Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Seller, the Transferor,
the Depositor, the Servicer the Backup Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee, with the prior written consent of the Insurer (so long as no Insurer
Default has occurred and is continuing), but without the consent of any of the
Noteholders or Certificateholders to cure any ambiguity, to correct or
supplement any provisions in this Agreement, to comply with any changes in the
Code, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions
arising under this Agreement which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this Agreement or the Insurance Agreement; provided, however, that such
action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Owner
Trustee, Insurer, the Rating Agencies and the Indenture Trustee, adversely
affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder or
Certificateholder.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Seller, the
Transferor, the Depositor, the Servicer, the Backup Servicer and the Indenture
Trustee, with (i) the consent of the Insurer, if the Insurer is the Controlling
Party, but without the consent of any Noteholders or Certificateholders, or (ii)
if the Insurer is no longer the Controlling Party, with the consent of a Note
Majority and the consent of the holders of Certificates evidencing not less than
a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Certificates,
for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders; provided,
however, that no such amendment shall (a) increase or reduce in any manner the
amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on
Receivables or distributions that shall be required to be made for the benefit
of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders or (b) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and the Certificate
Balance, the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment,
without the consent of the Holders of all the outstanding Notes and the Holders
(as defined in the Trust Agreement) of all the outstanding Certificates, of each
class affected thereby provided further, that if an Insurer Default has occurred
and is continuing, such action shall not materially adversely affect the
interest of the Insurer.
Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Owner
Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or
consent to each Certificateholder and the Rating Agencies. It shall not be
necessary for the consent of Noteholders or Certificateholders pursuant to this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but
it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The
manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Noteholders or
Certificateholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing the
authorization of any action by Noteholders or Certificateholders shall be
subject to such reasonable requirements as the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee, as may prescribe.
Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or
permitted by this Agreement and the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section
11.2(b) has been delivered. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may,
but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the
Issuer's, the Owner Trustee's or the Indenture Trustee's, as applicable, own
rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
SECTION 11.2. Protection of Title to the Trust. (a) The Seller, the
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Transferor and the Depositor shall execute and file such financing statements
and cause to be executed and filed such continuation statements, all in such
manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain
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and protect the interest of the Issuer and the interests of the Indenture
Trustee in the Receivables and in the proceeds thereof. The Seller, the
Transferor and the Depositor shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the
Insurer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies of, or
filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available
following such filing.
(b) None of the Seller, the Transferor and the Depositor or the
Servicer shall change its name, identity or organizational structure in any
manner that would, could or might make any financing statement or continuation
statement filed in accordance with paragraph (a) above seriously misleading
within the meaning of Section 9-402(7) of the UCC, unless it shall have given
the Insurer, Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at least five (5) days'
prior written notice thereof and shall have promptly filed appropriate
amendments to all previously filed financing statements or continuation
statements. Promptly upon such filing, the Seller or the Servicer, the
Transferor and the Depositor, as the case may be, shall deliver an Opinion of
Counsel to the Insurer and the Indenture Trustee, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Insurer, stating either (A) all financing
statements and continuation statements have been executed and filed that are
necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Transferor, the
Depositor, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, in the
Receivables and the other Transferor Property, other Depositor Property and
other Trust Property, as the case may be, and reciting the details of such
filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are
given, or (B) no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such
interest.
(c) Each of the Seller, the Servicer, the Transferor and the
Depositor shall have an obligation to give the Insurer, the Owner Trustee, the
Backup Servicer and the Indenture Trustee at least 60 days' prior written notice
of any relocation of its principal executive office if, as a result of such
relocation, the applicable provisions of the UCC would require the filing of any
amendment of any previously filed financing or continuation statement or of any
new financing statement and shall promptly file any such amendment. The Servicer
shall at all times maintain each office from which it shall service Receivables,
and its principal executive office, within the United States of America.
(d) The Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to each
Receivable accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof
to know at any time the status of such Receivable, including payments and
recoveries made and payments owing (and the nature of each) and (ii)
reconciliation between payments or recoveries on (or with respect to) each
Receivable and the amounts from time to time deposited in the Collection Account
in respect of such Receivable.
(e) The Servicer shall maintain its computer systems so that, from
and after the time of sale under this Agreement of the Receivables to the
Issuer, the Servicer's master computer records (including any backup archives)
that refer to a Receivable shall indicate clearly the interest of the Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee in such Receivable and that such Receivable is owned by
the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee. Indication of the
Issuer's and the Indenture Trustee's interest in a Receivable shall be deleted
from or modified on the Servicer's computer systems when, and only when, the
related Receivable shall have been paid in full or repurchased.
(f) If at any time the Seller or the Servicer shall propose to sell,
grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any interest in automotive
receivables to any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, the
Servicer shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee
computer tapes, records or printouts (including any restored from backup
archives) that, if they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable,
shall indicate clearly that such Receivable has been sold and is owned by the
Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee.
(g) The Servicer shall permit the Indenture Trustee, the Backup
Servicer, and the Insurer and their respective agents at any time during normal
business hours to inspect, audit and make
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copies of and abstracts from the Servicer's records regarding any Receivable or
any other portion of the Trust Property. The preceding sentence shall not create
any duty or obligation on the part of the Indenture Trustee to perform any such
acts.
(h) Upon request, the Servicer shall furnish to the Insurer, the
Owner Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Depositor, or to the Indenture Trustee,
within five (5) Business Days, a list of all Receivables (by contract number and
name of Obligor) then held as part of the Trust Property, together with a
reconciliation of such list to the Schedule of Receivables and to each of the
Servicer's Certificates furnished before such request indicating removal of
Receivables from the Trust Property.
(i) The Servicer shall deliver to the Insurer, the Depositor, Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee:
(1) promptly after the execution and delivery of the
Agreement and, if required pursuant to Section 11.1, of each
amendment, an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee, either (A) all financing statements and
continuation statements have been executed and filed that are
necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Trust and
the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables, and reciting the details of
such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such
details are given, or (B) no such action shall be necessary to
preserve and protect such interest; and
(2) within 90 days after the beginning of each calendar
year beginning with the first calendar year beginning more than three
months after the Cutoff Date, an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of a
date during such 90-day period, stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, either (A) all financing statements and continuation
statements have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to
preserve and protect the interest of the Trust and the Indenture
Trustee in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings
or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are
given, or (B) no such action shall be necessary to preserve and
protect such interest.
Each Opinion of Counsel referred to in clause (l) or (2) above shall
specify any action necessary (as of the date of such opinion) to be taken in the
following year to preserve and protect such interest.
(j) The Seller shall, to the extent required by applicable law, cause
the Notes to be registered with the Commission pursuant to Section 12(b) or
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act within the time periods specified in such
sections.
SECTION 11.3. Notices. All demands, notices and communications upon or
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to the Seller, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the
Rating Agencies under this Agreement shall be in writing, personally delivered,
or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be deemed to
have been duly given upon receipt (a) in the case of the Seller and the
Servicer, to PeopleFirst Finance LLC, 000 Xxxx X Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, 00000 Attention: W. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, (b) in the case of the
Issuer or the Owner Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Owner Trustee,
(c) in the case of PF Funding II, LLC, c/o PeopleFirst Finance LLC, 000 Xxxx X
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, 00000, Attention: W. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, (d) in the case of the Depositor, to Prudential Securities Secured
Financing Corporation, Xxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx, 00/xx/ Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
00000, Attention: Asset-Backed Group, (e) in the case of the Indenture Trustee,
the Indenture Collateral Agent or the Backup Servicer, at the Corporate Trust
Office, (f) in the case of the Insurer, to Financial Security Assurance Inc.,
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000; Attention: Senior Vice President,
Surveillance (in each case in which notice or other communication to the Insurer
refers to
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a Servicer Default, a claim on the Policy, a Deficiency Notice pursuant to
Section 5.4 of this Agreement or with respect to which failure on the part of
the Insurer to respond shall be deemed to constitute consent or acceptance, then
a copy of such notice or other communication should also be sent to the
attention of each of the General Counsel and the Head Financial Guaranty Group
and shall be marked to indicate "URGENT MATERIAL ENCLOSED"); (g) in the case of
Moody's, to Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., ABS Monitoring Department, 00
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000; and (h) in the case of Standard &
Poor's, to Standard & Poor's Structured Finance Ratings, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance
Department. Upon the written request of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee
will promptly furnish the Owner Trustee a list of Noteholders as of the date
specified by the Owner Trustee. Each Noteholder, by its acceptance of a Note,
shall be deemed to agree that the Indenture Trustee shall be under no liability
for providing the list of Noteholders to the Owner Trustee as described in the
immediately preceding sentence. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to
a Noteholder or Certificateholder shall be given by first class mail, postage
prepaid, at the address of such Holder as shown in the Certificate Register or
Note Register, as applicable. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in
the Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or
not the Certificateholder or Noteholder shall receive such notice.
SECTION 11.4. Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
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contained herein, except as provided in Sections 6.4 and 7.3 and as provided in
the provisions of this Agreement concerning the resignation of the Servicer,
this Agreement may not be assigned by the Seller or the Servicer without the
prior written consent of the Owner Trustee, the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee
and the Insurer (or if an Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing
the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 66% of the principal amount of the
outstanding Notes and the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 66%
of the Certificate Balance).
SECTION 11.5. Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this
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Agreement are solely for the benefit of the parties hereto, the Insurer and the
Noteholders, as third-party beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement, whether
express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person, other than
express third-party beneficiaries, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
in the Owner Trustee Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any
covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.
SECTION 11.6. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is
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prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 11.7. Separate Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by
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the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and
delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 11.8. Headings. The headings of the various Articles and
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Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or
limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 11.9. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
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ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 OF
THE GENERAL OBLIGATION LAW, BUT OTHERWISE 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.
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SECTION 11.10. Assignment to Indenture Trustee. Each of the Seller, the
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Transferor and the Depositor hereby acknowledge and consent to any mortgage,
pledge, assignment and grant of a security interest expressly as contemplated by
this Agreement and by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders of all right, title and interest of
the Issuer in, to and under the Receivables and/or the assignment of any or all
of the Issuer's rights and obligations hereunder to the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 11.11. Nonpetition Covenants. (a) Notwithstanding any prior
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termination of this Agreement, none of the Backup Servicer, the Servicer, the
Seller, the Transferor (with respect to the Issuer) or the Depositor shall,
prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of this
Agreement with respect to the Transferor or the Issuer, acquiesce, petition or
otherwise invoke or cause any of the Transferor or the Issuer to invoke the
process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or
sustaining a case against the Issuer under any federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of any of the
Transferor or the Issuer or any substantial part of its property, or ordering
the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer.
(b) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, none of
the Backup Servicer, the Custodian, the Transferor, the Seller or the Servicer
shall, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the termination of
this Agreement with respect to the Depositor, acquiesce to, petition or
otherwise invoke or cause the Depositor to invoke the process of any court or
government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against
the Depositor under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law,
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator,
or other similar official of the Depositor or any substantial part of its
property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the
Depositor.
SECTION 11.12. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture
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Trustee. (a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
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Agreement has been countersigned by Wilmington Trust Company not in its
individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuer
and in no event shall Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity or,
except as expressly provided in the Trust Agreement, as Owner Trustee have any
liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other
obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or
agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had
solely to the assets of the Issuer. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the
performance of its duties or obligations hereunder or in the performance of any
duties or obligations of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be
subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of
Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
Agreement has been accepted by Norwest, not in its individual capacity but
solely as Indenture Trustee and Backup Servicer and in no event shall Norwest
have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or
other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices
or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be
had solely to the assets of the Issuer.
(c) It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that
(a) this Sale and Servicing Agreement is executed and delivered by Wilmington
Trust Company, not individually or personally but solely as Owner Trustee of
XxxxxxXxxxx.xxx Vehicle Receivables Owner Trust 2000-1, in the exercise of the
powers and authority conferred and vested in it, (b) each of the
representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the
Trust is made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings and
agreements by Wilmington Trust Company but is made and intended for the purpose
for binding only the Trust, (c) nothing herein contained shall be construed as
creating any
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liability on Wilmington Trust Company, individually or personally, to perform
any covenant either expressed or implied contained herein, all such liability,
if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and (d) under no
circumstances shall Wilmington Trust Company be personally liable for the
payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Trust or be liable for the breach
or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or
undertaken by the Trust under this Sale and Servicing Agreement or any other
related documents.
SECTION 11.13. Independence of the Servicer. For all purposes of this
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Agreement, the Servicer shall be an independent contractor and shall not be
subject to the supervision of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee with respect to
the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations
hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, the
Servicer shall have no authority to act for or represent the Issuer in any way
and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee.
SECTION 11.14. No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement
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(i) shall constitute the Servicer and any of the Issuer, the Depositor, the
Transferor or the Owner Trustee as members of any partnership, joint venture,
association, syndicate, unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii)
shall be construed to impose any liability as such on any of them or (iii) shall
be deemed to confer on any of them any express, implied or apparent authority to
incur any obligation or liability on behalf of the others.
SECTION 11.15. Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to
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the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns. The Insurer and its successors and assigns
shall be a third-party beneficiary to the provisions of this Agreement, and
shall be entitled to rely upon and directly to enforce such provisions of this
Agreement so long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Except as expressly stated otherwise herein or in the Basic Documents, any right
of the Insurer to direct, appoint, consent to, approve of, or take any action
under this Agreement, shall be a right exercised by the Insurer in its sole and
absolute discretion.
SECTION 11.16. Disclaimer by Insurer. The Insurer may disclaim any of
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its rights and powers under this Agreement (but not its duties and obligations
under the Policies) upon delivery of a written notice to the Owner Trustee and
the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 11.17. Insurer as Controlling Party. Each Noteholder by
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purchase of Notes and Certificateholder by purchase of a Certificate
acknowledges that the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, and the
Owner Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders, as partial consideration for
issuance of the Policy, has agreed that the Insurer shall have certain rights
hereunder for so long as no Insurer Default shall have occurred and be
continuing. Any provision giving the Insurer the right to direct, appoint or
consent to, approve of, or take any action under this Agreement shall be
inoperative during the prior of such Insurer Default and shall instead vest in
the Servicer, or in the event that Notes remain Outstanding, the Indenture
Trustee at the direction of a Note Majority or in the event that no Notes remain
Outstanding, the Owner Trustee, at the direction of a Certificate Majority, as
applicable.
SECTION 11.18. Limited Recourse. Notwithstanding anything to the
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contrary contained in this Agreement, the obligations of each of the Depositor,
the Transferor and Issuer under this Agreement are solely the limited liability
company obligations of the Transferor, corporate obligations of the Depositor or
the trust obligations of Issuer, as applicable, and shall be payable by the
Depositor, Transferor or Issuer, as applicable, solely as provided in this
Section 11.18 Each of the Depositor, Transferor and the Issuer shall only be
required to pay (a) any fees, expenses, indemnities or other liabilities that it
may incur under this Agreement to the extent it has funds available therefor on
the date of such determination and (b) any expenses, indemnities or other
liabilities that it may incur under this Agreement only to the extent
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it receives funds designated for such purposes or to the extent it has funds
available therefor. In addition, no amount owing by any of the Depositor, the
Transferor or Issuer hereunder (other than principal and interest in respect of
the Notes) in excess of the liabilities that it is required to pay in accordance
with the preceding sentence shall constitute a "claim" (as defined in
Section101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code) against it. No recourse shall be had for
the payment of any amount owing hereunder or for the payment of any fee
hereunder or any other obligation of, or claim against, the Depositor,
Transferor or the Issuer arising out of or based upon this Agreement, against
any member, employee, officer, agent, director or authorized person of the
Depositor, Transferor or affiliate thereof or any stockholder, employee,
officer, director, incorporator or Affiliate thereof; provided, however, that
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the foregoing shall not relieve any such person or entity of any liability they
might otherwise have as a result of fraudulent actions or omissions taken by
them. The obligation of the parties under this Section 11.18 shall survive
termination of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of
the day and year first above written.
XXXXXXXXXXX.XXX VEHICLE
RECEIVABLES OWNER TRUST 2000-1
By Wilmington Trust Company,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner
Trustee on behalf of the Issuer,
By /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
_____________________________
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice-President
PEOPLEFIRST FINANCE, LLC,
Seller and Servicer,
By /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
_____________________________
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
PF FUNDING II, LLC,
as Transferor,
By /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
_____________________________
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Treasurer
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES SECURED
FINANCING CORPORATION,
as Depositor,
By /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
_____________________________
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice-President
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NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Backup Servicer,
By /s/ X. Xxxxxx
_____________________________
Name: X. Xxxxxx
Title: Corporate Trust Officer
NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
individual capacity, but solely as Indenture
Trustee,
By /s/ X. Xxxxxx
_____________________________
Name: X. Xxxxxx
Title: Corporate Trust Officer
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EXHIBIT A
A-1
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF MONTHLY CERTIFICATEHOLDER STATEMENT
XXXXXXXXXXX.XXX VEHICLE RECEIVABLES
OWNER TRUST 2000-1
CLASS A CERTIFICATES
CLASS R CERTIFICATES
Payment Date:
Collection Period:
Under the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of June 1, 2000 among
XXXXXXXXXXX.XXX VEHICLE RECEIVABLES OWNER TRUST 2000-1, a Delaware business
trust (the "Issuer"), PF FUNDING II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
as transferor (the "Transferor") PEOPLEFIRST FINANCE, LLC, a California limited
liability company and as seller and servicer (the "Seller" and the "Servicer"),
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES SECURED FINANCING CORPORATION, as depositor (the
"Depositor") and NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Indenture
Trustee and Backup Servicer, the Servicer is required to prepare certain
information each month regarding current distributions to Certificateholders and
the performance of the Trust during the previous month. The information that is
required to be prepared with respect to the Payment Date and Collection Period
listed above is set forth below. Certain of the information is presented on the
basis of an original principal amount of $1,000 per Certificate, and certain
other information is presented based upon the aggregate amounts for the Trust as
a whole.
A. Information Regarding the Current Monthly Distribution.
1. Certificates.
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(a) The aggregate amount of the distribution to the
Certificateholders...............................$________
(b) The amount of the distribution set forth in paragraph
A.1.(a) above in respect of interest on the
Certificates.....................................$________
(c) The amount of the distribution set forth in paragraph
A.1.(a) above in respect of principal of the
Certificates.....................................$________
(d) The amount of the distribution set forth in paragraph
A.1.(a) above per $1,000 interest in the
Certificates.....................................$________
(e) The amount of the distribution set forth in paragraph
A.1.(b) above per $1,000 interest in the
Certificates.....................................$________
(f) The amount of the distribution set forth in paragraph
A.1.(c) above per $1,000 interest in the
Certificates.....................................$________
(g) The amount of the distribution set forth in paragraph
A.1.(d) above per $1,000 interest in the
Certificates.....................................$________
B-1
B. Information Regarding the Performance of the Trust.
1. Pool Balance and Certificate Principal Balance.
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(a) The Pool Balance at the close of business on the last day of
the Collection
Period...........................................$________
(b) The Certificate Principal Balance after giving effect to
payments allocated to principal as set forth in Paragraph
A.1(c)...........................................$________
(c) The Certificate Pool Factor after giving affect to the
payments set forth in paragraph A.1(c)...........$________
(d) The amount of aggregate Realized Losses for the second
preceding Collection
Period...........................................$________
(e) The aggregate Purchase Amount for all Receivables that were
repurchased in the Collection
Period...........................................$________
2. Servicing Fee.
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(a) The aggregate amount of the Servicing Fee paid to the
Servicer with respect to the preceding Collection
Period...........................................$________
3. (a) The aggregate amount of collections by the Servicer during
the preceding Collection
Period...........................................$________
(b) The aggregate amount which was received by the Trust from
the Servicer.....................................$________
(c) The aggregate amount of reimbursements to the Security
Insurer..........................................$________
(d) The number of Receivables that are delinquent for over:
30 days..........................................$________
60 days..........................................$________
90 days..........................................$________
B-2
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF MONTHLY NOTEHOLDER STATEMENT
XXXXXXXXXXX.XXX VEHICLE RECEIVABLES
OWNER TRUST 2000-1
Class A-1 6.713% Asset Backed Notes
Class A-2 7.275% Asset Backed Notes
Class A-3 7.365% Asset Backed Notes
Class A-4 7.405% Asset Backed Notes
Payment Date:
Collection Period:
Under the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of June 1, 2000 among
XXXXXXXXXXX.XXX VEHICLE RECEIVABLES OWNER TRUST 2000-1, a Delaware business
trust (the "Issuer"), PF FUNDING II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
as transferor (the "Transferor") PEOPLEFIRST FINANCE, LLC, a California limited
liability company and as seller and servicer (the "Seller" and the "Servicer"),
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES SECURED FINANCING CORPORATION, as depositor (the
"Depositor") and NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Indenture
Trustee and Backup Servicer, the Servicer is required to prepare certain
information each month regarding current distributions to Noteholders and the
performance of the Trust during the previous month. The information that is
required to be prepared with respect to the Payment Date and Collection Period
listed above is set forth below. Certain of the information is presented on the
basis of an original principal amount of $1,000 per Note, and certain other
information is presented based upon the aggregate amounts for the Trust as a
whole.
A. Information Regarding the Current Monthly Distribution.
1. Notes.
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(a) The aggregate amount of the distribution with respect to:
the Class A-1 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-2 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-3 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-4 Notes..............................$________
(b) The amount of the distribution set forth in paragraph
A.1.(a) above in respect of interest on:
the Class A-1 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-2 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-3 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-4 Notes..............................$________
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(c) The amount of the distribution set forth in paragraph
A.1.(a) above in respect of principal of:
the Class A-1 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-2 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-3 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-4 Notes..............................$________
(d) The amount of the distribution in A.1.(a) payable pursuant
to a claim on the Policy with respect to:
the Class A-1 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-2 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-3 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-4 Notes..............................$________
(e) The remaining outstanding balance available to be drawn
under the Policy.................................$________
(f) The amount of the distribution set forth in paragraph
A.1.(a) above per $1,000 interest in:
the Class A-1 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-2 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-3 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-4 Notes..............................$________
(g) The amount of the distribution set forth in paragraph
A.1.(b) above per $1,000 interest in:
the Class A-1 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-2 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-3 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-4 Notes..............................$________
(h) The amount of the distribution set forth in paragraph
A.1.(c) above per $1,000 interest in:
the Class A-1 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-2 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-3 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-4 Notes..............................$________
(i) The amount of the distribution set forth in paragraph
A.1.(d) above per $1,000 interest in:
the Class A-1 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-2 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-3 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-4 Notes..............................$________
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B. Information Regarding the Performance of the Trust.
1. Pool Balance and Note Principal Balance.
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(a) The Pool Balance at the close of business on the last day of
the Collection
Period...........................................$________
(b) The aggregate outstanding principal amount of each Class of
Notes after giving effect to payments allocated to principal
as set forth in Paragraph A.1(c) above with respect to:
the Class A-1 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-2 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-3 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-4 Notes..............................$________
(c) The Note Pool Factor for each Class of Notes after giving
affect to the payments set forth in paragraph A.1(c) with
respect to:
the Class A-1 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-2 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-3 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-4 Notes..............................$________
(d) The amount of aggregate Realized Losses for the second
preceding Collection
Period...........................................$________
(e) The aggregate Purchase Amount for all Receivables that were
repurchased in the Collection
Period.......................................... $________
2. Servicing Fee.
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The aggregate amount of the Servicing Fee paid to the Servicer
with respect to the preceding Collection
Period............................................... $________
3. Payment Shortfalls.
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(a) The amount of the Noteholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall
after giving effect to the payments set forth in paragraph
A.1(b) above with respect to:
the Class A-1 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-2 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-3 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-4 Notes..............................$________
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(b) The amount of the Noteholders' Interest Carryover Shortfall
set forth in paragraph B.3.(a) above per $1,000 interest
with respect to:
the Class A-1 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-2 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-3 Notes..............................$________
the Class A-4 Notes..............................$________
4. The aggregate amount of collections by the Servicer during
preceding Collection
Period...........................................$________
(a) The aggregate amount which was received by the Trust from
the Servicer.....................................$________
(b) The aggregate amount of reimbursements to the
insurer..........................................$________
(c) The number of Receivables that are delinquent for over:
30 days..........................................$________
60 days..........................................$________
90 days..........................................$________
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EXHIBIT D
Form of Servicer's Certificate
[Omitted]
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EXHIBIT E
Form of Policy
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EXHIBIT F
Form of Stamp
THIS CONTRACT/NOTE IS SUBJECT TO A SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO
NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, FOR
WHICH UCC-1 FINANCING STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN FILED WITH THE
SECRETARY OF STATE OF DELAWARE. AS THE LIEN WILL BE RELEASED ONLY
BY FILINGS IN SUCH OFFICES, PURCHASE DOCUMENTS MUST REFER TO SUCH
FILINGS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE LIEN HAS BEEN RELEASED.
XXXXXXXXXXX.XXX VEHICLE RECEIVABLES
OWNER TRUST 2000-1
CLASS A-1 6.713% Asset Backed Notes
CLASS A-2 7.275% Asset Backed Notes
CLASS A-3 7.365% Asset Backed Notes
CLASS A-4 7.405% Asset Backed Notes
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INDENTURE
Dated as of June 1, 2000
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NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Trustee, and Indenture Collateral Agent
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SCHEDULE A
Schedule of Receivables
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SCHEDULE B
Location of Receivables
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
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