Contract
Exhibit
99.2
EXECUTION
VERSION
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of
June 1, 2009, among XXXX DEERE OWNER TRUST 2009, a Delaware statutory trust (the
“Issuing
Entity”), XXXX DEERE CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as
administrator (the “Administrator”), and
U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, not in its
individual capacity but solely as indenture trustee (the “Indenture
Trustee”).
W I T N E
S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Issuing Entity is issuing
the Class A-1 1.13155% Asset Backed Notes (the “A-1 Notes”), the
Class A-2 1.96% Asset Backed Notes (the “A-2 Notes”), the
Class A-3 2.59% Asset Backed Notes (the “A-3 Notes”) and the
Class A-4 3.96% Asset Backed Notes (the “A-4 Notes” and
together with the A-1 Notes, A-2 Notes and A-3 Notes, the “Notes”) pursuant to
the Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2009 (as amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with the provisions thereof, the “Indenture”), between
the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee.
WHEREAS, the Issuing Entity has entered
into certain agreements in connection with the issuance of the Notes and the
issuance of certain beneficial ownership interests of the Issuing Entity,
including (i) a Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2009 (the
“Sale and Servicing
Agreement”), among the Issuing Entity, Xxxx Deere Capital Corporation, as
Servicer, and Xxxx Deere Receivables, Inc., a Nevada corporation, as seller (the
“Seller”), (ii)
a Depository Agreement, dated June 8, 2009 (the “Depository
Agreement”), between the Issuing Entity and The Depository Trust Company,
(iii) the Indenture and (iv) a Trust Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2009 (the
“Trust
Agreement”), between the Seller and BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, a
Delaware banking corporation, as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”)(the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Depository Agreement, the Indenture and the
Trust Agreement being hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Related
Agreements”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Related
Agreements, the Issuing Entity and the Owner Trustee are required to perform
certain duties in connection with (a) the Notes and the collateral therefor
pledged pursuant to the Indenture (the “Collateral”) and (b)
the beneficial ownership interests in the Issuing Entity (the holders of such
interests being referred to herein as the “Owners”);
WHEREAS, the Issuing Entity and the
Owner Trustee desire to have the Administrator perform certain of the duties of
the Issuing Entity and the Owner Trustee referred to in the preceding clause,
and to provide such additional services consistent with the terms of this
Agreement and the Related Agreements as the Issuing Entity and the Owner Trustee
may from time to time request; and
WHEREAS, the Administrator has the
capacity to provide the services required hereby and is willing to perform such
services for the Issuing Entity and the Owner Trustee on the terms set forth
herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as
follows:
1.
Duties of
the Administrator.
(a)
Duties
with Respect to the Depository Agreement and the Indenture.
(i) The
Administrator agrees to perform all its duties as Administrator and the duties
of the Issuing Entity and the Owner Trustee under the Depository
Agreement. In addition, the Administrator shall consult with the
Owner Trustee regarding the duties of the Issuing Entity under the Indenture and
the Depository Agreement. The Administrator shall monitor the
performance of the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee and shall advise the
Owner Trustee when action is necessary to comply with the Issuing Entity’s or
the Owner Trustee’s duties under the Indenture or the Depository
Agreement. The Administrator shall prepare for execution by the
Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee or shall cause the preparation by other
appropriate persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments,
certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuing Entity or the
Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Indenture or the
Depository Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, the
Administrator shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty of the
Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee to take pursuant to the Indenture including,
without limitation, such of the foregoing as are required with respect to the
following matters under the Indenture (references are to sections of the
Indenture):
(A) the duty to cause the Note
Register to be kept and to give the Indenture Trustee notice of any appointment
of a new Note Registrar and the location, or change in location, of the Note
Register (Section 2.04);
(B) the notification of
Noteholders of the final principal payment on their Notes (Section
2.07(b));
(C) the fixing or causing to be
fixed of any special record date and the notification of the Indenture Trustee
and Noteholders with respect to special payment dates, if any (Section
2.07(c));
(D) the preparation of or
obtaining of the documents and instruments required for authentication of the
Notes and delivery of the same to the Indenture Trustee (Section
2.02);
(E) the preparation, obtaining
or filing of the instruments, opinions and certificates and other documents
required for the release of collateral (Section 2.09);
(F) the duty to cause newly
appointed Paying Agents, if any, to deliver to the Indenture Trustee the
instrument specified in the Indenture regarding funds held in trust (Section
3.03);
(G) the direction to the
Indenture Trustee to deposit monies with Paying Agents, if any, other than the
Indenture Trustee (Section 3.03);
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(H) the obtaining and
preservation of the Issuing Entity’s qualification to do business in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the
validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each
other instrument and agreement included in the Trust Estate (Section
3.04);
(I) the preparation of all
supplements, amendments, financing statements, continuation statements,
instruments of further assurance and other instruments, in accordance with
Section 3.05 of the Indenture, necessary to protect the Trust Estate (Section
3.05);
(J) the delivery of the Opinion
of Counsel on the Closing Date and the annual delivery of Opinions of Counsel,
in accordance with Section 3.06 of the Indenture, as to the Trust Estate, and
the annual delivery of the Officers’ Certificate and certain other statements,
in accordance with Section 3.09 of the Indenture, as to compliance with the
Indenture (Sections 3.06 and 3.09);
(K) the identification to the
Indenture Trustee in an Officers’ Certificate of a Person with whom the Issuing
Entity has contracted to perform its duties under the Indenture (Section
3.07(b));
(L) the notification of the
Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies of a Servicer Default pursuant to the
Sale and Servicing Agreement and, if such Servicer Default arises from the
failure of the Servicer to perform any of its duties under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the taking of all reasonable steps available to remedy such
failure (Section 3.07(d));
(M) the preparation and
obtaining of documents and instruments required for the release of the Issuing
Entity from its obligation under the Indenture (Section 3.11);
(N) the delivery of notice to
the Indenture Trustee of each Event of Default and each default by the Servicer
or Seller under the Sale and Servicing Agreement (Section 3.19);
(O) the monitoring of the
Issuing Entity’s obligations as to the satisfaction and discharge of the
Indenture and the preparation of an Officers’ Certificate and the obtaining of
the Opinion of Counsel and the Independent Certificate relating thereto (Section
4.01);
(P) the compliance with any
written directive of the Indenture Trustee with respect to the sale of the Trust
Estate in a commercially reasonable manner if an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing (Section 5.04);
(Q) the preparation and delivery
of notice to Noteholders of the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the
appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee (Section 6.08);
(R) the preparation of any
written instruments required to confirm more fully the authority of any
co-trustee or separate trustee and any written instruments necessary in
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connection
with the resignation or removal of any co-trustee or separate trustee (Sections
6.08 and 6.10);
(S) the furnishing of the
Indenture Trustee with the names and addresses of Noteholders during any period
when the Indenture Trustee is not the Note Registrar (Section
7.01);
(T) the preparation and filing
with the Commission, any applicable State agencies and the Indenture Trustee of
documents required to be filed on a periodic basis with, and summaries thereof
as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed by, the Commission and
any applicable State agencies and the transmission of such summaries, as
necessary, to the Noteholders (including, without limitation, the preparation,
execution and filing of all certificates or other documents required to be
delivered by the Trust pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 or the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder unless otherwise required by law or
regulation) (Section 7.03);
(U) the opening of one or more
accounts in the Indenture Trustee’s name, the preparation of Issuing Entity
Orders and Officers’ Certificates and Opinions of Counsel and all other actions
necessary with respect to investment and reinvestment of funds in the Trust
Accounts (Sections 8.02 and 8.03);
(V) the preparation of an
Issuing Entity Request and Officers’ Certificate and the obtaining of an Opinion
of Counsel and Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of the
Trust Estate as defined in the Indenture (Sections 8.04 and 8.05);
(W) the preparation of
Issuing Entity Orders and the obtaining of Opinions of Counsel with respect to
the execution of supplemental indentures and the mailing to the Noteholders of
notices with respect to such supplemental indentures (Sections 9.01, 9.02 and
9.03);
(X) the preparation and, after
execution by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuing Entity, delivery of new
Notes conforming to any supplemental indenture (Section 9.06);
(Y) the notification of
Noteholders of redemption of the Notes or the duty to cause the Indenture
Trustee to provide such notification (Section 10.02);
(Z) the preparation and delivery
of all Officers’ Certificates, Opinions of Counsel and Independent Certificates
with respect to any requests by the Issuing Entity to the Indenture Trustee to
take any action under the Indenture (Section 11.01(a));
(AA) the preparation and
delivery of Officers’ Certificates and the obtaining of Independent
Certificates, if necessary, for the release of property from the lien of the
Indenture (Section 11.01(b));
(BB) the notification of the
Rating Agencies, upon the failure of the Indenture Trustee to give such
notification, of the information required pursuant to Section 11.04 (Section
11.04);
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(CC) the preparation and
delivery to Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee of any agreements with respect
to alternate payment and notice provisions (Section 11.06); and
(DD) the recording of the
Indenture, if applicable (Section 11.15).
(ii) The
Administrator (other than at any time when the Indenture Trustee, in the
capacity as successor Servicer, is also acting as successor Administrator)
will:
(A) pay the Indenture Trustee
from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by the
Indenture Trustee under the Indenture (which compensation shall not be limited
by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust);
(B) except as otherwise
expressly provided in the Indenture, reimburse the Indenture Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made
by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with any provision of the Indenture
(including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of its agents
and either in-house counsel or outside counsel, but not both), except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith;
(C) indemnify the Indenture
Trustee and its agents for, and hold them harmless against, any losses,
liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part,
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the
transactions contemplated by the Indenture, including the reasonable costs and
expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection
with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties under the
Indenture;
(D) pay the Owner Trustee from
time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by the Owner
Trustee under the Trust Agreement (which compensation shall not be limited by
any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust);
(E) except as otherwise
expressly provided in the Trust Agreement, reimburse the Owner Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made
by the Owner Trustee in accordance with any provision of the Trust Agreement
(including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of its agents
and either in-house counsel or outside counsel, but not both), except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith; and
(F) indemnify the Owner Trustee
and its agents for, and to hold them harmless against, any losses, liability or
expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part, arising out of
or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the transactions
contemplated by the Trust Agreement, including the reasonable costs and expenses
of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the
exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties under the Trust
Agreement.
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(b)
Additional Duties.
(i) In
addition to the duties of the Administrator set forth above, the Administrator
shall perform such calculations and shall prepare or shall cause the preparation
by other appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports, filings,
instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuing
Entity or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Related
Agreements, and at the request of the Owner Trustee shall take all appropriate
action that it is the duty of the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee to take
pursuant to the Related Agreements.
(ii) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement or the Related Agreements to the contrary, the
Administrator shall be responsible for performance of the duties of the Owner
Trustee set forth in Section 5.05 of the Trust Agreement with respect to, among
other things, accounting and reports to the Owner.
(iii) The
Administrator shall perform the duties of the Administrator specified in Section
10.02 of the Trust Agreement required to be performed in connection with the
resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee, and any other duties expressly
required to be performed by the Administrator under the Trust
Agreement.
(iv) In
carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its other obligations under this
Agreement, the Administrator may enter into transactions with or otherwise deal
with any of its affiliates; provided, however, that the
terms of any such transactions or dealings shall be in accordance with any
directions received from the Issuing Entity and shall be, in the Administrator’s
opinion, no less favorable to the Issuing Entity than would be available from
unaffiliated parties.
(v) The
Administrator hereby agrees to execute on behalf of the Issuing Entity all such
documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall
be the duty of the Issuing Entity to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the
Basic Documents.
(vi) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement or the Related Agreements to the contrary, the
Administrator shall, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, execute and deliver any
agreements, undertakings, certifications, notices or authorizations required or
that it deems advisable for purposes of the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan
Facility created and authorized by the rules of the United States Department of
the Treasury and the Federal Reserve, as such may be amended from time to time
or replaced by a similar program from time to time.
(c)
Non-Ministerial Matters.
(i) With
respect to matters that in the reasonable judgment of the Administrator are
non-ministerial, the Administrator shall not take any action unless within a
reasonable time before the taking of such action, the Administrator shall have
notified the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of the proposed action and
the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall not have withheld consent or
provided an alternative direction. For the purpose of the preceding
sentence, “non-ministerial matters” shall include, without
limitation:
(A) the amendment of or any
supplement to the Indenture;
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(B) the initiation of any claim
or lawsuit by the Issuing Entity and the compromise of any action, claim or
lawsuit brought by or against the Issuing Entity;
(C) the amendment, change or
modification of the Related Agreements;
(D) the appointment of successor
Note Registrars, successor Paying Agents and successor Indenture Trustees
pursuant to the Indenture or the appointment of successor Administrators or
successor Servicers, or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar,
Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee of its obligations under the Indenture;
and
(E) the removal of the Indenture
Trustee.
(ii) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Administrator shall not be
obligated to, and shall not, (x) make any payments to the Noteholders under the
Related Agreements, (y) sell the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.04 of the
Indenture or (z) take any other action that the Issuing Entity directs the
Administrator not to take on its behalf.
2.
Records. The Administrator shall maintain appropriate books of
account and records relating to services performed hereunder, which books of
account and records shall be accessible for inspection by the Issuing Entity,
the Owner Trustee and the Depositor and their respective agents at any time
during normal business hours.
3.
Compensation. As
compensation for the performance of the Administrator’s obligations under this
Agreement and as reimbursement for its expenses related thereto, the
Administrator shall be entitled to $100 per month which shall be solely an
obligation of the Issuing Entity.
4.
Additional Information
to Be Furnished to the Issuing Entity. The Administrator shall
furnish to the Issuing Entity from time to time such additional information
regarding the Collateral as the Issuing Entity shall reasonably
request.
5.
Independence of the
Administrator. For all purposes of this Agreement, the
Administrator shall be an independent contractor and, except as set forth
herein, shall not be subject to the supervision of the Issuing Entity or the
Owner Trustee with respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the
performance of its obligations hereunder. Unless expressly authorized
by the Issuing Entity, the Administrator shall have no authority to act for or
represent the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee in any way and shall not
otherwise be deemed an agent of the Issuing Entity or the Owner
Trustee.
6.
No Joint
Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement (i) shall
constitute the Administrator and either of the Issuing Entity 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.
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7.
Other Activities of
the Administrator. Nothing herein shall prevent the
Administrator or its affiliates from engaging in other businesses or, in its
sole discretion, from acting in a similar capacity as an administrator for any
other person or entity even though such person or entity may engage in business
activities similar to those of or in competition with the Issuing Entity, the
Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
8.
Term of Agreement;
Resignation and Removal of the Administrator.
(a) This
Agreement shall continue in force until the termination of the Issuing Entity,
upon which event this Agreement shall automatically terminate.
(b) Subject
to Section 8(e), the Administrator may resign its duties hereunder by providing
the Issuing Entity with at least 60 days’ prior written notice.
(c) Subject
to Section 8(e), the Issuing Entity may remove the Administrator without cause
by providing the Administrator with at least 60 days’ prior written
notice.
(d) Subject
to Section 8(e), at the sole option of the Issuing Entity, the Administrator may
be removed immediately upon written notice of termination from the Issuing
Entity to the Administrator if any of the following events shall
occur:
(i) the
Administrator shall default in the performance of any of its duties under this
Agreement and, after notice of such default, shall not cure such default within
ten days (or, if such default cannot be cured in such time, shall not give
within ten days such assurance of cure as shall be reasonably satisfactory to
the Issuing Entity);
(ii) a
court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for
relief, and such decree or order shall not have been vacated within 60 days, in
respect of the Administrator in any involuntary case under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or
appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or
similar official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its property
or order the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs; or
(iii) the
Administrator shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall consent to the
entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or shall
consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
custodian, sequestrator or similar official for the Administrator or any
substantial part of its property, shall consent to the taking of possession by
any such official of any substantial part of its property, shall make any
general assignment for the benefit of creditors or shall fail generally to pay
its debts as they become due.
The Administrator agrees that if any of
the events specified in clause (ii) or (iii) of this Section shall occur, it
shall give written notice thereof to the Issuing Entity and the Indenture
Trustee within seven days after the happening of such event.
(e) No
resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to this Section shall be
effective until (i) a successor Administrator shall have been appointed by the
Issuing Entity and
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(ii) such
successor Administrator shall have agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of
this Agreement in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder;
provided, however, that, if a successor Administrator has not been appointed and
accepted its appointment hereunder as administrator (x) within 60 days following
delivery of the notice referred to in Section 8(b) or 8(c) or (y) upon the
removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(d), then the Servicer shall
automatically become successor Administrator.
(f) The
appointment of any successor Administrator shall be effective only after
satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with respect to the proposed
appointment.
9.
Action upon
Termination, Resignation or Removal. Promptly upon the
effective date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8(a) or the
resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or (c),
respectively, the Administrator shall be entitled to be paid all fees and
reimbursable expenses accruing to it to the date of such termination,
resignation or removal. The Administrator shall forthwith upon such
termination pursuant to Section 8(a) deliver to the Issuing Entity all property
and documents of or relating to the Collateral then in the custody of the
Administrator. In the event of the resignation or removal of the
Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or (c), respectively, the Administrator
shall cooperate with the Issuing Entity and take all reasonable steps requested
to assist the Issuing Entity in making an orderly transfer of the duties of the
Administrator.
10.
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Notices. Any
notice, report or other communication given hereunder shall be in writing
and addressed as follows:
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(a)
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if
to the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee,
to
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Xxxx
Deere Owner Trust 2009
x/x XXX
Xxxxxx Trust of Delaware
000 Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx, Vice President
with a
copy to
The Bank of New York Mellon
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0X
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Assistant Treasurer
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(b)
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if
to the Administrator, to
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Xxxx
Deere Capital Corporation
Xxxxx
000
0 Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Manager
with a
copy to
Deere
& Company
Xxx Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Treasury
Department, Assistant Treasurer
(c)
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if
to the Indenture Trustee, to
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U.S. Bank
National Association
000 X.
XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
JDOT 2009
or to
such other address as any party shall have provided to the other parties in
writing. Any notice required to be in writing hereunder shall be
deemed given if such notice is mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, sent
by facsimile or hand-delivered to the address of such party as provided above,
except that notices to the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee are effective only upon receipt.
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Amendments. This
Agreement may be amended from time to time by a written amendment duly executed
and delivered by the Issuing Entity, the Administrator and the Indenture
Trustee, with the written consent of the Owner Trustee, without the consent of
the Noteholders and the Certificateholder, 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 Certificateholder; provided that such amendment will not, materially and
adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder or the Certificateholder;
provided further that 10 days' prior written notice of any such amendment be
given to each Rating Agency and, if a Rating Agency notifies the Owner Trustee
that such amendment will result in a downgrading or withdrawal of the then
current rating of any class of the Notes, such amendment shall become effective
with the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of
the Outstanding Amount of the Notes; provided further, that any solicitation of
such consent shall disclose the downgrading or withdrawal that would result from
such amendment. This Agreement may also be amended by the Issuing
Entity, the Administrator and the Indenture Trustee with the written consent of
the Owner Trustee and the holders of Notes evidencing at least a majority in the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the holder of the Certificate (which
consents, will not be unreasonably withheld) for the purpose of adding any
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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 Noteholders or the
Certificateholder; provided, however, that no such
amendment may (i) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate
or delay the timing of, collections of payments on Receivables or distributions
that are required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders or the
Certificateholder or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the holders of
Notes which are required to consent to any such amendment or eliminate the
consent of the Certificateholder, without the consent of the holders of all the
outstanding Notes and the Certificate. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Administrator may not amend this Agreement without the permission of Xxxx
Deere Receivables, Inc., as Depositor under the Trust Agreement, which
permission shall not be unreasonably withheld.
12.
Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned by the
Administrator unless such assignment is previously consented to in writing by
the Issuing Entity and the Owner Trustee and subject to the satisfaction of the
Rating Agency Condition in respect thereof. An assignment with such
consent and satisfaction, if accepted by the assignee, shall bind the assignee
hereunder in the same manner as the Administrator is bound
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be
assigned by the Administrator without the consent of the Issuing Entity or the
Owner Trustee to a corporation or other organization that is a successor (by
merger, consolidation or purchase of assets) to the Administrator, provided that
such successor organization executes and delivers to the Issuing Entity, the
Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an agreement in which such corporation
or other organization agrees to be bound hereunder by the terms of said
assignment in the same manner as the Administrator is bound
hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind any
successors or assigns of the parties hereto.
13.
Definitions. Capitalized
terms shall have the meanings set forth herein or in the recitals
hereto. Any capitalized term used herein but not defined herein or in
the recitals hereto shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
Indenture.
14.
GOVERNING
LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
15.
Headings. The
section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience of reference only and
shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this
Agreement.
16.
Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed shall
together constitute but one and the same agreement.
17.
Severability. Any
provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall 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.
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18.
Not Applicable to Xxxx
Deere Capital Corporation in Other Capacities. Nothing in this
Agreement shall affect any obligation Xxxx Deere Capital Corporation may have in
any other capacity.
19.
Limitation of
Liability of the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, this instrument has been
countersigned by BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware not in its individual capacity but
solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuing Entity and in no event
shall BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware in its individual capacity or any beneficial
owner of the Issuing Entity have any liability for the representations,
warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuing Entity
hereunder, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the
Issuing Entity. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the
performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuing Entity hereunder, the
Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms
and provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been countersigned
by U.S. Bank National Association not in its individual capacity but solely as
Indenture Trustee, and in no event shall U.S. Bank National Association have any
liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other
obligations of the Issuing Entity hereunder or in any of the certificates,
notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse
shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuing Entity.
20.
Third-Party
Beneficiary. The Owner Trustee is a third-party beneficiary to
this Agreement and is entitled to the rights and benefits hereunder and may
enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto.
12
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have
caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year
first above written.
XXXX
DEERE OWNER TRUST 2009
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By: BNY
MELLON TRUST OF DELAWARE, not in its individual capacity but solely as
Owner Trustee
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By: |
/s/
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as
Indenture Trustee
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By: |
/s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
XXXX
DEERE CAPITAL CORPORATION, as
Administrator
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By: |
/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||