SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT among FORD CREDIT AUTO OWNER TRUST 2007-A, as Issuer, FORD CREDIT AUTO RECEIVABLES TWO LLC, as Depositor and FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC, as Servicer Dated as of June 1, 2007
among
as
Issuer,
FORD
CREDIT AUTO RECEIVABLES TWO LLC,
as
Depositor
and
FORD
MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC,
as
Servicer
Dated
as
of June 1, 2007
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
I USAGE AND DEFINITIONS
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ARTICLE
II TRUST PROPERTY; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE DEPOSITOR; CUSTODIAN
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Section
2.1
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Sale
of Trust Property
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1
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Section
2.2
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Savings
Clause
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1
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Section
2.3
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Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor About the Receivables
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2
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Section
2.4
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Repurchase
of Receivables Upon Breach of Representations or Warranties by the
Depositor
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2
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Section
2.5
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Custodian
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3
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ARTICLE
III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER TRUST
PROPERTY
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4
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Section
3.1
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Appointment;
Duties of the Servicer with Respect to the Servicing of the
Receivables
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4
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Section
3.2
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Purchase
of Receivables Upon Breach by the Servicer
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6
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Section
3.3
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Sales
of Charged off Receivables
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Section
3.4
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Duties
of the Servicer with Respect to the Servicing of the
Transaction; Annual Reports and Notices
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7
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Section
3.5
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Servicer's
Fees
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8
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Section
3.6
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Servicer's
Expenses
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8
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ARTICLE
IV TRUST ACCOUNTS; DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO NOTEHOLDERS AND
THE DEPOSITOR
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Section
4.1
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Accounts
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8
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Section
4.2
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Investment
of Funds on Deposit in the Bank Accounts
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10
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Section
4.3
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Remittances
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Section
4.4
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Calculations
and Distributions; Withdrawals from the Reserve Account
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12
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ARTICLE
V THE DEPOSITOR
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12
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Section
5.1
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Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor
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12
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Section
5.2
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Liability
of the Depositor
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Section
5.3
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Merger
or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the
Depositor
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14
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Section
5.4
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Depositor
May Own Notes
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14
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Section
5.5
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Depositor's
Designation of the Rating Agencies
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ARTICLE
VI THE SERVICER
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Section
6.1
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Representations
and Warranties of the Servicer
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Section
6.2
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Liability
of the Servicer
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Section
6.3
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Indemnities
of the Servicer
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Section
6.4
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Merger
or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the
Servicer; Assignment to Affiliate
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Section
6.5
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Delegation
of Duties
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Section
6.6
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Ford
Credit Not to Resign as Servicer
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Section
6.7
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Servicer
May Own Notes
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ARTICLE
VII SERVICING TERMINATION
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Section
7.1
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Events
of Servicing Termination
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Section
7.2
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Appointment
of Successor Servicer
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Section
7.3
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Notification
to Secured Parties and the Holder of the Residual Interest
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Section
7.4
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Waiver
of Events of Servicing Termination
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ARTICLE
VIII TERMINATION
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Section
8.1
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Clean-Up
Call
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ARTICLE
IX MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Section
9.1
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Amendment
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Section
9.2
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Protection
of Right, Title and Interest to the Trust Property
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Section
9.3
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Notices
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Section
9.4
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Assignment
by the Depositor or the Servicer
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Section
9.5
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Third-Party
Beneficiaries
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Section
9.6
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GOVERNING
LAW
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Section
9.7
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Submission
to Jurisdiction
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Section
9.8
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
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Section
9.9
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Severability
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Section
9.10
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Counterparts
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24
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Section
9.11
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Headings
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Section
9.12
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No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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Section
9.13
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Agent
for Service
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Section
9.14
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No
Petition
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Section
9.15
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Limitation
of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee
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Schedule
A Schedule
of Receivables
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SA-1
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Schedule
B Notice
Addresses
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SB-1
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Appendix
A
Usage
and Definitions
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AA-1
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Exhibit
A Form
of Monthly Investor Report
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EA-1
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ii
SALE
AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of June 1, 2007 (this "Agreement"), among
FORD CREDIT AUTO OWNER TRUST 2007-A, a Delaware statutory trust, as Issuer,
FORD
CREDIT AUTO RECEIVABLES TWO LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as
Depositor, and FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, as Servicer.
BACKGROUND
The
Depositor has purchased a pool of retail installment sale contracts secured
by
new and used cars and light trucks from Ford Credit.
The
Depositor wishes to sell and the Issuer wishes to purchase from the Depositor
such contracts and related property on the terms and conditions in this
Agreement.
The
Issuer wishes to appoint the Servicer to service the contracts and the Servicer
is willing to service the contracts for the Issuer.
ARTICLE
I
USAGE
AND
DEFINITIONS
Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement are defined in Appendix
A. Appendix A also contains rules as to usage applicable to this
Agreement. Appendix A is incorporated by reference into this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
II
TRUST
PROPERTY; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF
THE DEPOSITOR; CUSTODIAN
Section
2.1 Sale of Trust
Property. In
consideration of the Issuer's delivery to the Depositor of Notes with an
aggregate Note Balance of $2,031,808,000 and the rights to distributions under
Section 8.2 of the Indenture, the Depositor irrevocably sells to the Issuer,
without recourse (subject to the obligations of the Depositor under this
Agreement), all right, title and interest of the Depositor, whether now owned
or
hereafter acquired, in and to the Receivables and the other Trust
Property. The sale made under this Agreement does not constitute and
is not intended to result in an assumption by the Issuer of any obligation
of
the Depositor or Ford Credit to the Obligors, the Dealers or any other Person
in
connection with the Receivables and the other Trust Property.
Section
2.2 Savings
Clause. It
is the intention of the Depositor and the Issuer that (i) the sale pursuant
to
Section 2.1 constitutes an absolute sale of the Trust Property, conveying good
title free and clear of any Lien other than Permitted Liens, from the Depositor
to the Issuer and (ii) the Trust Property not be a part of the Depositor's
estate in the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of the
Depositor. If, notwithstanding the intention of the Depositor and the
Issuer, such transfer is deemed to be a pledge in connection with a financing
or
is otherwise deemed not to be a sale, the Depositor grants, and the parties
intend that the Depositor grant, to the Issuer a first priority perfected
security interest in all of the Depositor's right, title and interest in the
Trust Property to secure a loan in an amount equal to all amounts payable by
the
Depositor under this Agreement, all amounts payable as principal and interest
on
the Notes and all amounts payable as servicing fees under this Agreement and
all
fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, and in such
event, this Agreement will constitute a security agreement under applicable
law
and the Issuer will have all of the rights and remedies of a secured party
and
creditor under the UCC.
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Section
2.3 Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor About the Receivables.
(a) Representations
and Warranties from the Purchase Agreement. Ford
Credit made the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2 of
the
Purchase Agreement to the Depositor, and has consented to the transfer by the
Depositor to the Issuer of the Depositor's rights with respect to such
representations and warranties on which the Issuer is relying in acquiring
the
Receivables. Pursuant to Section 2.1, the Depositor has transferred
to the Issuer all of the Depositor's rights under the Purchase Agreement,
including the right to require Ford Credit to repurchase Receivables in
accordance with the Purchase Agreement if there is a breach of Ford Credit's
representations and warranties. In addition, the Depositor represents
and warrants as of the Closing Date, which representations and warranties the
Issuer has relied on in purchasing the Receivables and will survive the sale
of
the Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge of the Receivables to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to the Indenture, that the representations and warranties
set
forth in Section 3.2 of the Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all
material respects.
(b) Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor. The Depositor represents and
warrants as of the Closing Date, which representations and warranties the Issuer
has relied on in purchasing the Receivables and will survive the sale of the
Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge of the Receivables to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to the Indenture, that:
(i) immediately
before the sale under this Agreement, the Depositor had good and marketable
title to the Receivables and other Trust Property free and clear of any Lien
other than Permitted Liens, and
(ii) immediately
upon the sale under this Agreement, the Issuer will have good and marketable
title to the Receivables and other Trust Property, free and clear of any Lien
other than Permitted Liens.
Section
2.4 Repurchase
of Receivables Upon Breach of Representations or Warranties by the
Depositor.
(a) If
a Responsible Person of the Depositor has actual knowledge, or receives notice
from the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, of a breach of
the
representations or warranties made by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.3
that
materially and adversely affects any Receivable and such breach has not been
cured in all material respects by the last day of the second full Collection
Period (or, at the Depositor's option, the first full Collection Period) after
the Responsible Person obtains actual knowledge or is notified of such breach,
the Depositor will repurchase such Receivable by remitting (or causing to be
remitted) the Purchase Amount for such Receivable to the Collection Account
on
the Business Day preceding the Payment Date after such Collection Period (or,
with Rating Agency Confirmation, on such Payment Date). If Ford
Credit is the Servicer, the Depositor may cause any Purchase Amount to be
remitted any in accordance with Section 4.3(c).
(b) The
sole remedy for a breach of the representations and warranties of the Depositor
contained in Section 2.3 and Section 5.1 is (i) to require the Depositor to
repurchase such materially and adversely affected Receivable or (ii) to require
the Depositor or the Indenture Trustee to enforce the obligation of Ford Credit
to repurchase such materially and adversely affected Receivable pursuant to
Section 3.3(a) of the Purchase Agreement. None of the Servicer, the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor or the Administrator will
have any duty to conduct an investigation as to the occurrence of any condition
requiring the repurchase of any Receivable pursuant to Section
2.4(a).
(c) When
the Purchase Amount is included in Available Funds for a Payment Date, the
Issuer will, without further action, be deemed to have sold and assigned to
the
Depositor as of the last day of the preceding Collection Period all of the
Issuer's right, title and interest in and to the Receivable repurchased by
the
Depositor pursuant to Section 2.4(a) and security and documents relating to
such
Receivable. Such sale will not require any action by the Issuer and
will be without recourse, representation or warranty by the Issuer except the
representation that the Issuer owns the Receivable free and clear of any Liens
other than Permitted Liens. Upon such sale, the Servicer will
xxxx its computer records to indicate that such receivable is no longer a
Receivable and take any action necessary or appropriate to evidence the sale
of
such receivable, free from any Lien of the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee.
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Section
2.5 Custodian.
(a) Appointment
of Custodian. To reduce administrative costs and facilitate the
servicing of the Receivables by the Servicer, the Issuer appoints Ford Credit,
in its capacity as the Servicer, to act as the custodian of the Receivables
for
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee. Ford Credit accepts such
appointment and agrees to perform the custodial duties set forth in this Section
2.5. Ford Credit in its capacity as custodian under this Agreement is
referred to as the "Custodian."
(b) Custody
of Receivables Files. The Custodian will hold and maintain in
safekeeping the following documents and instruments for each Receivable (the
"Receivables Files") for the benefit of the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee:
(i) the
original Receivable;
(ii) the
credit application executed by the Obligor;
(iii) the
original certificate of title or such other documents evidencing the security
interest of Ford Credit in the Financed Vehicle; and
(iv) all
other documents, notices and correspondence that the Servicer generates relating
to the Receivable, the Obligor or the Financed Vehicle.
Unless
otherwise indicated above, any document or instrument in the Receivables Files
may be a photocopy or in electronic format. The Receivables Files are
constructively delivered to the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuer
pursuant to the Indenture, and the Custodian confirms to the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee that it has received the Receivables Files. No
initial review or any periodic review of the Receivables Files by the Issuer,
the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee is required.
(c) Maintenance
and Safekeeping of the Receivables Files. The Custodian will
accurately maintain and keep current the Receivables Files, including any
computer systems on which the Receivables Files are electronically stored,
all
in a manner that will permit the Servicer and the Issuer to comply with this
Agreement and the Indenture Trustee to comply with the Indenture. The
Custodian will act with reasonable care and in accordance with the Credit and
Collection Policy in performing its duties as custodian. The
Custodian will promptly take appropriate action to remedy any material failure
on its part to hold the Receivables Files and maintain its computer systems
as
provided in this Agreement and will report to the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee any such material failure that it is unable to remedy within a
reasonable time. The Custodian may destroy any document (other than
the original Receivable or certificate of title) in any Receivable File and
store such document in an electronic format in accordance with the Credit and
Collection Policy.
(d) Location
of Receivables Files. The Custodian will maintain the Receivables
Files (or access to any Receivables Files stored in an electronic format) at
one
of its offices or the offices of one of its custodians in the United
States. Upon request, the Custodian will provide a list of locations
of the Receivables Files to the Depositor, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee,
or their representatives, attorneys or auditors.
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(e) Access
to Receivables Files. The Custodian will provide the Depositor,
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee with access to the Receivables Files and
the related computer systems at offices designated by the Custodian without
charge, but only upon reasonable request, during normal business
hours. Such access will be subject to the Custodian's security and
confidentiality procedures and the terms and conditions of a confidentiality
agreement satisfactory to the Custodian. Nothing in this Section
2.5(e) will affect the obligation of the Indenture Trustee or the Custodian
to
observe any applicable privacy and confidentiality law prohibiting disclosures
of information regarding the Obligors and the failure of the Custodian to
provide access as a result of such obligations will not constitute a breach
of
this Section 2.5(e).
(f) Effective
Period and Termination of Custodian. Ford Credit's appointment as
custodian is effective as of the Cutoff Date and will continue until terminated
pursuant to this Section 2.5(f). If Ford Credit resigns as Servicer
in accordance with Section 6.6 or the Servicer is terminated pursuant to Section
7.1, the appointment of Ford Credit as custodian under this Agreement may be
terminated in the same manner as the Servicer may be terminated under Section
7.1. As soon as practicable after any termination of its appointment
as custodian, the Custodian will deliver to the Indenture Trustee or its agent
or designee the Receivables Files maintained by the Custodian at such place
as
the Indenture Trustee may reasonably designate. All reasonable costs
and expenses incurred in connection with transferring the Receivables Files
to
the successor custodian and amending this Agreement to reflect such
successor as custodian will be paid by the predecessor custodian upon
presentation of documentation of such costs and expenses.
(g) Servicer's
Access to Receivables Files; Indemnity. Notwithstanding any
termination of the Custodian pursuant to Section 2.5(f), the Servicer will
be
entitled to access the Receivables Files and, upon request from the Servicer,
the successor custodian will promptly release any document in the Receivables
Files to the Servicer. The Issuer will indemnify, defend and hold
harmless the Servicer against any and all costs, expenses, losses, claims and
liabilities resulting from the failure by a successor custodian to release
Receivables Files to the Servicer in a timely manner.
ARTICLE
III
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER TRUST PROPERTY
Section
3.1 Appointment;
Duties of the Servicer with Respect to the Servicing of the
Receivables.
(a) Appointment
and General Duties. The Issuer appoints Ford Credit to act as the
Servicer of the Receivables for the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee. The Servicer will manage, service, administer and collect on
the Receivables 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 accordance with the
Credit and Collection Policy. The Servicer's duties will
include:
(i) collecting
and applying all payments made on the Receivables,
(ii) investigating
delinquencies,
(iii) sending
invoices and responding to inquiries of Obligors,
(iv) processing
requests for extensions and modifications,
(v) administering
payoffs, defaults and delinquencies,
(vi) reporting
tax information to Obligors,
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(vii) repossessing
and then selling the Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable that the Servicer
determines is unlikely to eventually be paid in full,
(viii) maintaining
accurate and complete accounts and computer systems pertaining to servicing
the
Receivables,
(ix)
providing to
the Custodian copies, or access to, any documents, instruments, notices and
correspondence that modify information contained in the Receivables Files,
and
(x)
furnishing Monthly
Investor Reports and any other periodic reports required by the transaction
documents.
In
performing its duties as servicer of the Receivables, the Servicer will comply
with all material requirements of federal and State laws and
regulations.
(b) Collection
of Receivable Payments; Extensions, Rebates and Adjustments on
Receivables. The Servicer will make reasonable efforts to collect
all payments due under the terms of the Receivables. The Servicer may waive
any
late payment charge or any other fees that may be collected in the ordinary
course of servicing a Receivable and may grant extensions, refunds, rebates
or
adjustments with respect to any Receivable or amend any Receivable, in each
case
in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, except that if the Servicer
(i) grants payment extensions on a Receivable that extend the final payment
date
of the Receivable more than six months past the last original scheduled payment
date of any Receivable in the securitized pool, (ii) modifies the Amount
Financed under a Receivable, (iii) modifies the APR of a Receivable, or (iv)
increases the number of originally scheduled due dates of the Receivable, it
will purchase the Receivable in the manner provided in Section 3.2, unless
it is
required to take such action under law or pursuant to a court
order.
(c) Maintenance
of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles. The Servicer
will take all necessary steps to maintain perfection of the security interest
created by each Receivable in the related Financed Vehicle. The
Issuer authorizes the Servicer to take all actions necessary to continue
perfection of such security interest on behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee if a Financed Vehicle is relocated to another State or for any other
reason. Unless required by law or court order, the Servicer will not
release any Financed Vehicle from the security interest granted by the related
Receivable, except (i) upon payment in full of the Receivable, (ii) in order
to
receive proceeds from insurance covering such Financed Vehicle, (iii) upon
repossession, (iv) upon discounted settlement of the Receivable, or (v) upon
abandonment, in each case in accordance with the Credit and Collection
Policy.
(d) No
Impairment. The Servicer will not impair in any material respect
the rights of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables except
in
accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy and as otherwise permitted
by
this Agreement.
(e) Other
Action.
(i) Effective
as of the date of this Agreement, all Receivables are assigned to the Servicer
solely for the purpose of fulfilling the Servicer's duties under this Agreement,
including commencement of or participation in legal proceedings to enforce
a
Receivable or otherwise related to a Receivable. If in any
enforcement suit or legal proceeding it is held that the Servicer may not
enforce a Receivable on the ground that it is not a real party in interest
or a holder entitled to enforce the Receivable, the Owner Trustee, on behalf
of
the Issuer, will, at the Servicer's expense and direction, assign the Receivable
to the Servicer solely for such purpose or take steps to enforce the Receivable,
including bringing suit in the names of the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders,
the Issuer or any of them. On request of the Servicer, the Owner
Trustee will furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other
documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry
out its servicing and administrative duties under this
Agreement.
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(ii) The
Servicer is authorized to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Issuer,
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, or any of them,
any
instruments of satisfaction, cancellation, partial or full release or discharge,
and any other comparable instruments, with respect to the Receivables and the
Financed Vehicles.
Section
3.2 Purchase
of Receivables Upon Breach by the Servicer.
(a) (i) If
a
Responsible Person of the Servicer has actual knowledge, or receives notice
from
the Depositor, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, of a
breach of the covenants set forth in Sections 3.1 (c) or (d) and such breach
is
not cured in all material respects by the end of the second full Collection
Period (or, at the Servicer's option, the first full Collection Period) after
the Responsible Person obtained actual knowledge or was notified of such breach,
the Servicer will purchase each Receivable materially and adversely affected
by
such breach by remitting the Purchase Amount for such Receivable to the
Collection Account on the Business Day preceding the Payment Date after such
Collection Period (or, with Rating Agency Confirmation, on such Payment
Date).
(ii) Upon
the occurrence of any of the conditions requiring purchase of a Receivable
set
forth in Section 3.1(b), the Servicer will repurchase the Receivable affected
by
such occurrence by remitting the Purchase Amount for such Receivable to the
Collection Account on the Business Day preceding the Payment Date after the
Collection Period (or, with Rating Agency Confirmation, on such Payment Date)
in
which such modification is made.
(iii) If
the Servicer, in its sole discretion, determines that as a result of a computer
systems error or computer systems limitation or for any other reason the
Servicer is unable to service any Receivable in accordance with the Credit
and
Collection Policy and the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer may purchase
such Receivable by remitting the Purchase Amount for such Receivable to the
Collection Account on the Business Day preceding the Payment Date after the
Collection Period (or, with Rating Agency Confirmation, on such Payment Date)
in
which such determination is made.
(iv) If
Ford Credit is the Servicer, it may remit any Purchase Amounts in accordance
with Section 4.3(c).
(b) The
sole remedy (except as provided in Section 6.3) of the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Secured Parties with respect to a breach
of
the covenants made by the Servicer in Section 3.1(c) or (d) or the occurrence
of
a condition specified in Section 3.1(b) is to require the Servicer to purchase
the Receivable as set forth in 3.2(a). None of the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, the Depositor or the Administrator will have
any duty to conduct an investigation as to the occurrence of any condition
requiring the purchase of any Receivable pursuant to Section
3.2(a).
(c) When
the Purchase Amount is included in Available Funds for a Payment Date, the
Issuer will be deemed to have sold and assigned to the Servicer as of the last
day of the second preceding Collection Period all of the Issuer's right, title
and interest in and to the Receivable purchased by the Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.2(a), and all security and documents relating to such
Receivable. Such sale will not require any action by the Issuer and
will be without recourse, representation or warranty by the Issuer except the
representation that the Issuer owns the Receivable free and clear of any Liens
other than Permitted Liens. Upon such sale, the Servicer will xxxx
its computer records indicating that any receivable purchased pursuant to
Section 3.2(a) is no longer a Receivable and take any action necessary or
appropriate to evidence the transfer of ownership of the Purchased Receivable
free from any Lien of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.
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Section
3.3 Sales of
Charged off Receivables. The
Servicer, in its sole discretion, may sell a Receivable that has been charged
off in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy. Proceeds of
any such sale allocable to the Receivable will constitute
Recoveries. If the Servicer elects to sell any charged off
Receivable, such Receivable will be deemed to have been sold and assigned by
the
Trust to the Servicer immediately prior to the sale by the
Servicer. The sole right of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee with
respect to any Receivables sold pursuant to this Section 3.3 will be to receive
the Recoveries. Upon such sale, the Servicer will xxxx its computer
records indicating that any such receivable sold is no longer a Receivable
and
take any action necessary or appropriate to evidence the sale of the receivable
free from any Lien of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.
Section
3.4 Duties of the
Servicer with Respect to the Servicing of the Transaction; Annual
Reports and Notices.
(a) Monthly
Investor Report. On or about the 10th day of each calendar
month, the Servicer will deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Note Paying Agent,
the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Counterparties, the Depositor and the Rating
Agencies, a servicing report substantially in the form of Exhibit A (the
"Monthly Investor Report") with respect to the preceding Collection
Period and the related Payment Date. A Responsible Person of the
Servicer will certify the accuracy of the information in each Monthly Investor
Report.
(b) Annual
Statement as to Compliance. To the extent required by
Regulation AB, the Servicer will deliver to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee,
the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency within 90 days after the end of
each calendar year beginning 2008, an Officer's Certificate, dated as of
December 31 of the preceding calendar year, signed by a Responsible Person
of
the Servicer to the effect that (i) a review of the Servicer's activities during
the preceding calendar year (or, in the case of the first certificate, the
portion of the preceding calendar year since the Closing Date) and of its
performance under this Agreement has been made under such Responsible Person's
supervision and (ii) to such Responsible Person's
knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled in all material
respects all of its obligations under this Agreement throughout such calendar
year (or applicable portion of such calendar year), or, if there has been a
failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect,
specifically identifying each such failure known to such Responsible Person
and the nature and status of such failure. If the Issuer is not
required to file periodic reports under the Exchange Act or otherwise required
by law to file an Officer's Certificate of the Servicer as to compliance, such
Officer's Certificate may be delivered on or before April 30 of each calendar
year. A copy of the Officer's Certificate referred to in this Section
3.4(b) may be obtained by any Noteholder or Person certifying it is a Note
Owner
by a request in writing to the Indenture Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office.
(c) Notice
of Event of Servicing Termination. The Servicer will notify the
Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency
of
any event that with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become
an Event of Servicing Termination under Section 7.1, no later than 5 Business
Days after a Responsible Person of the Servicer obtains actual knowledge of
such
event.
(d) Compliance
with Obligations under Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. If directed by
the Administrator, the Servicer will prepare, execute and deliver all
certificates or other documents required to be delivered by the Issuer pursuant
to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002.
(e) Report
on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria and
Attestation. The Servicer will:
(i) deliver
to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating
Agency, a report, dated as of December 31 of the preceding calendar year, on
its
assessment of compliance with the minimum servicing criteria during the
preceding calendar year, including disclosure of any identified material
instance of non-compliance identified by the Servicer, as specified by Rule
13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB under
the
Securities Act.
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(ii) cause
a firm of registered public accountants that is qualified and independent within
the meaning of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act to deliver
an attestation report that satisfies the requirements of Rule 13a-18 or Rule
15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB, as applicable,
on
the assessment of compliance with servicing criteria with respect to the prior
calendar year. Such attestation report will be addressed to the board
of directors of the Servicer and the Servicer will deliver copies to the Issuer,
the Owner Trustee, the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee. Such
attestation will be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. The
firm may render other services to the Servicer, the Depositor or Ford Credit,
but the firm must indicate in each attestation report that it is qualified
and
independent within the meaning of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act.
The
reports referred to in this Section 3.4(e) will be delivered within 90 days
after the end of each calendar year unless the Issuer is not required to file
periodic reports under the Exchange Act or any other law, in which case the
reports may be delivered on or before April 30 of each calendar year, beginning
in the year after the Closing Date. A copy of the reports referred to
in this Section 3.4(e) may be obtained by any Noteholder or Person certifying
it
is a Note Owner by a request in writing to the Indenture Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office.
(f) Delivery
of Tax Related Information. To the extent required by law, the
Servicer will deliver to the Owner Trustee for distribution to the holder of
the
Residual Interest information for the preparation of the holder of the Residual
Interest's federal and State income tax returns.
(g) Termination
of Reporting Obligation. The Servicer's obligation to deliver or
cause the delivery of reports under this Section 3.4, other than tax reports
under 3.4(f) will terminate upon the payment in full of the Notes, including
by
redemption in whole as contemplated by Section 8.1.
Section
3.5 Servicer's
Fees. On
each Payment Date, the Issuer will pay the Servicing Fee to the Servicer in
accordance with Section 8.2 of the Indenture. In addition, the
Servicer will be entitled to retain from Collections all Supplemental Servicing
Fees and receive investment earnings (net of investment losses and expenses)
on
funds deposited into the Bank Accounts during each Collection
Period.
Section
3.6 Servicer's
Expenses. Except
as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the Servicer will pay all expenses
incurred by it in connection with its activities under this Agreement, including
fees and disbursements of independent accountants, taxes imposed on the Servicer
and expenses incurred in connection with distributions and
reports. The Servicer may charge Obligors, and be reimbursed, for
collection, repossession, transportation and remarketing expenses in accordance
with the Credit and Collection Policy.
ARTICLE
IV
TRUST
ACCOUNTS; DISTRIBUTIONS;
STATEMENTS
TO NOTEHOLDERS AND THE DEPOSITOR
Section
4.1 Accounts.
(a) Collection
Account. The Servicer will, before the Closing Date, establish
and maintain a segregated trust account in the name "The Bank of New York as
Indenture Trustee, as secured party for Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2007-A"
at
a Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust Institution (initially the corporate
trust department of The Bank of New York), that is designated as the
"Collection Account". The Collection Account will initially be
account number 879479. The Collection Account will be under the sole
dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee, except that the Servicer may
make
deposits to and direct the Indenture Trustee to make withdrawals from the
Collection Account in accordance with this Agreement. The Servicer
may direct the Indenture Trustee to withdraw from the Collection Account and
pay
to the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer, as applicable, amounts that do not
constitute Available Funds for any Collection Period or that were deposited
into
the Collection Account in error.
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(b) Principal
Payment Account. The Servicer will, before the Closing Date,
establish and maintain a segregated subaccount within the Collection Account
or
a separate trust account that is designated as the "Principal Payment
Account". The Principal Payment Account will initially be
subaccount or account number 879481. The Principal Payment Account is
established and maintained solely for administrative purposes.
(c) Reserve
Account.
(i) The
Depositor or the Servicer acting on behalf of the Depositor will, before the
Closing Date, establish and maintain a segregated trust account in the name
"The
Bank of New York as Indenture Trustee, as secured party for Ford Credit Auto
Owner Trust 2007-A" at a Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust Institution
(initially the corporate trust department of The Bank of New York), that is
designated as the "Reserve Account". The Reserve
Account will initially be account number 879480. On the Closing Date,
the Depositor will deposit or cause to be deposited the Specified Reserve
Balance into the Reserve Account from the net proceeds of the sale of the
Notes. The Reserve Account will be under the sole dominion and
control of the Indenture Trustee, except that the Servicer may make deposits
to
and direct the Indenture Trustee to make withdrawals from the Reserve Account
in
accordance with this Agreement.
(ii) The
Indenture Trustee will transfer all funds on deposit in the Reserve Account
to
the Depositor, or if the Depositor has notified the Indenture Trustee of the
establishment of the Trust Distribution Account, to the Trust Distribution
Account, on the earlier of: (i) the first Payment Date on or after
which the Servicer has deposited into the Collection Account the amount
specified in Section 8.1(a) in connection with its exercising its option to
acquire the Trust Property pursuant to Section 8.1 and (ii) the date on
which the Note Balance of the Notes and of all other amounts owing or to be
distributed to the Secured Parties under the Indenture and this Agreement are
paid in full.
(d) Swap
Counterparty Collateral Account. The Depositor or
the Servicer acting on behalf of the Depositor will, before the Closing Date,
establish and maintain a segregated trust account in the name "The Bank of
New
York as Indenture Trustee, as secured party for Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust
2007-A" at a Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust Institution (initially
the
corporate trust department of The Bank of New York), that is designated as
the
"Swap Counterparty Collateral
Account". The Swap Counterparty Collateral Account will
initially be account number 879487. No deposit will be made to the
Swap Counterparty Collateral Account on the Closing Date. Amounts
will be deposited into the Swap Counterparty Collateral Account from time to
time by the Swap Counterparty pursuant to the posting requirements set forth
in
the Interest Rate Swap. The Swap Counterparty will be entitled to
interest earned on amounts on deposit in the Swap Counterparty Collateral
Account.
(e) Benefit
of Accounts; Deposits and Withdrawals. The Collection Account and
the Reserve Account and all amounts, securities, investments, financial assets
and other property deposited in or credited to them will be held by the
Indenture Trustee as secured party for the benefit of the Secured Parties and,
after payment in full of the Notes, as agent of the Issuer and as part of the
Trust Property. All deposits to and withdrawals from the Collection
Account, Principal Payment Account and the Reserve Account will be made in
accordance with the Basic Documents.
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(f) Maintenance
of Accounts. If an institution maintaining one of the Bank
Accounts ceases to be a Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust Institution,
the Servicer, with respect to the Collection Account and the Principal Payment
Account, or the Depositor, with respect to the Reserve Account, will, with
the
Indenture Trustee's or Owner Trustee's assistance as necessary, within 30
calendar days, move such Bank Account to a Qualified Institution or Qualified
Trust Institution.
(g) Compliance. Each
Bank Account will be established and maintained pursuant to the Control
Agreement. The Servicer, with respect to the Collection Account and
the Principal Payment Account, and the Depositor, with respect to the Reserve
Account, will ensure that the Control Agreement establishing each Bank Account
requires the Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust Institution maintaining
each such account to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Article
8 of
the UCC) originated by the Indenture Trustee without further consent of the
Issuer for so long as the Notes are Outstanding and to act as a securities
intermediary in accordance with the UCC.
(h) Trust
Distribution Account. The Depositor may establish and maintain a
segregated trust account in the name "U.S. Bank Trust National Association
as
Owner Trustee," that is designated as the "Trust Distribution Account"
and will promptly notify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee after
the
establishment of the Trust Distribution Account. The Trust
Distribution Account will be under the sole dominion and control of the Owner
Trustee, except that the Indenture Trustee may make deposits to the Trust
Distribution Account in accordance with the Basic Documents. All
deposits to and withdrawals from the Trust Distribution Account will be made
in
accordance with the Indenture and the Trust Agreement.
Section
4.2 Investment of
Funds on Deposit in the Bank Accounts.
(a) For
so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
Collections on deposit in the Collection Account (but not amounts in the
Principal Payment Account) and funds on deposit in the Reserve Account will,
to
the extent permitted by law, be invested in Permitted Investments by the
Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust Institution maintaining such accounts
as directed by the Servicer with respect to the Collection Account, and as
directed by the Depositor or by any Person appointed by the Depositor with
respect to the Reserve Account, in each case without requiring any action by
the
Indenture Trustee. The Servicer and the Depositor, as applicable, may
direct the Indenture Trustee to consent, vote, waive or take any other action,
or not to take any such action, with respect to any matters available to the
holder of such Permitted Investments.
(b) If
(i) the Servicer, with respect to the Collection Account and the Principal
Payment Account, or the Depositor, with respect to the Reserve Account, fails
to
give investment directions for any funds on deposit in a Bank Account to the
Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust Institution maintaining such Bank
Account by 11:00 a.m. New York time (or such other time as may be agreed by
the
Issuer and such Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust Institution) on the
Business Day preceding a Payment Date or (ii) a Default or Event of Default
has
occurred and is continuing with respect to the Notes and the Indenture Trustee
has provided notice to the Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust Institution
maintaining such Bank Account, the Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust
Institution maintaining such Bank Account will, pursuant to the Control
Agreement, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and reinvest funds on
deposit in such Bank Account in one or more investments described in clause
(b)
of the definition of Permitted Investments.
(c) Permitted
Investments of Collections on deposit in the Collection Account (or any
reinvestments of such Permitted Investments) will mature no later than the
Business Day preceding the Payment Date on which such Collections are required
to be distributed under the Indenture. Permitted Investments of funds
on deposit in the Reserve Account will mature no later than the Business Day
preceding the first Payment Date following the date of investment, except that
such funds may be invested in Permitted Investments that will not mature before
the next Payment Date if Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained with
respect to the investment. Permitted Investments will be held to
their maturity, except that Permitted Investments may be sold or disposed of
before their maturity in connection with the sale or liquidation of the
Collateral following an Event of Default as provided in Section 5.6 of the
Indenture. All interest and other income (net of losses and
investment expenses) on funds on deposit in the Bank Accounts will be paid
to
the Servicer on each Payment Date pursuant to Section 3.5.
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(d) None
of the Depositor, the Servicer or the Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust
Institution maintaining any Bank Account will be liable for the selection of
Permitted Investments or for investment losses incurred thereon (other than
in
the capacity as obligor thereon, if applicable).
(e) Neither
the Servicer, with respect to the Collection Account and the Principal Payment
Account, nor the Depositor, with respect to the Reserve Account, will direct
the
Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust Institution maintaining such account
to
make any investment of any funds or to sell any investment held in such account
unless the security interest Granted and perfected in such account in favor
of
the Indenture Trustee will continue to be perfected in such investment or the
proceeds of such sale, in each case without any further action by any
Person.
(f) With
respect to funds on deposit in the Bank Accounts:
(i) any
such funds or property in such accounts that is a "financial asset" as defined
in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC will be physically delivered to, or credited
to an account in the name of, the Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust
Institution maintaining the applicable account in accordance with such
institution's customary procedures such that the institution establishes a
"securities entitlement" in favor of the Indenture Trustee with respect to
such
funds or property; and
(ii) any
funds or property that are held in deposit accounts will be held solely in
the
name of the Indenture Trustee at one or more depository institutions having
the
Required Ratings, each such deposit account will be subject to the exclusive
custody and control of the Indenture Trustee and the Indenture Trustee will
have
sole signature authority with respect to each such deposit account.
(g) The
Servicer, with respect to the Collection Account and the Principal Payment
Account, and the Depositor, with respect to the Reserve Account, will ensure
that the Qualified Institution or Qualified Trust Institution maintaining each
such account, in its capacity as securities intermediary, agrees in the Control
Agreement that each item of property credited to each such account will be
treated as a "financial asset" within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of
the
UCC.
Section
4.3 Remittances.
(a) If
Ford Credit's short term unsecured debt is rated at least "P-1" by Xxxxx'x,
"A-1" by Standard & Poor's and "F1" by Fitch (this rating requirement, the
"Monthly Remittance Required Ratings"), Ford Credit may remit
Collections on the Business Day preceding each Payment Date or, with Rating
Agency Confirmation, on each Payment Date.
(b) If
Ford Credit's short term unsecured debt is not rated at least equal to the
Monthly Remittance Required Ratings:
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(i) on
the Closing Date, the Servicer will remit to the Collection Account all amounts
received and applied as interest or principal on the Receivables in accordance
with the Credit and Collection Policy during the period from the Cutoff Date
to
two Business Days preceding the Closing Date and
(ii) on
and after the Closing Date, Ford Credit will remit to the Collection Account
all
amounts received and applied as interest or principal on the Receivables in
accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy within two Business Days after
such application.
(c) If
Ford Credit is the Servicer and for any Payment Date, the sum of (i) Collections
for the related Collection Period, plus (ii) Purchase Amounts for
such Payment Date, exceeds the amounts remitted pursuant to Section 4.3(b)
for
the related Collection Period, Ford Credit will remit an amount equal to such
excess to the Collection Account on the Business Day preceding such Payment
Date
or, with Rating Agency Confirmation, on such Payment Date. If, for
any Payment Date, the amounts remitted pursuant to Section 4.3(b) for the
related Collection Period exceed the sum of (i) Collections for the related
Collection Period, plus (ii) Purchase Amounts for such Payment Date,
the Indenture Trustee will pay to Ford Credit an amount equal to such excess
within two Business Days of Ford's Credit's request, but in no event later
than
such Payment Date. Upon the Indenture Trustee's request, Ford Credit
will provide the Indenture Trustee reasonable support for Ford Credit's
calculation of the amounts to be remitted or paid pursuant to this Section
4.3(c).
(d) Ford
Credit may make the remittances pursuant to this Section 4.3 net of Servicing
Fees to be paid to Ford Credit. Nonetheless, the Servicer will
account for all of the above described remittances and distributions in the
Monthly Investor Report as if the amounts were remitted, deposited and/or
transferred separately.
(e) If
Ford Credit (or a successor of Ford Credit pursuant to Section 6.4) is not
the
Servicer or an Event of Servicing Termination occurs, the Servicer will be
required to remit Collections to the Collection Account within 2 Business Days
after receipt.
(f) Pending
deposit into the Collection Account, amounts collected by the Servicer may
be
used by the Servicer at its own risk and for its own benefit and will not be
segregated from its own funds.
Section
4.4 Calculations and
Distributions; Withdrawals from the Reserve
Account.
(a) On
or before each Determination Date, the Servicer will calculate the Reserve
Account Draw Amount for the following Payment Date and will instruct the
Indenture Trustee to withdraw from the Reserve Account and deposit the Reserve
Account Draw Amount into the Collection Account on such Payment
Date.
(b) On
or before each Determination Date, the Servicer will instruct the Indenture
Trustee (based on the most recent Monthly Investor Report) to make the
withdrawals, deposits, distributions and payments required to be made on the
following Payment Date pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Indenture.
ARTICLE
V
THE
DEPOSITOR
Section
5.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor. The
Depositor represents and warrants to the Issuer as of the date of this Agreement
and as of the Closing Date, on which the Issuer is relying in acquiring the
Trust Property and which will survive the sale of the Trust Property to the
Issuer and the pledge of the Trust Property by the Issuer to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to the Indenture:
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(a) Organization
and Qualification. The Depositor is duly organized and
validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the
laws
of the State of Delaware. The Depositor is qualified as a foreign
limited liability company in good standing and has obtained all necessary
licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease
of
its properties or the conduct of its activities requires such qualification,
license or approval, unless the failure to obtain such qualifications, licenses
or approvals could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on the Depositor's ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement
or
the other Basic Documents to which it is a party.
(b) Power,
Authorization and Enforceability. The Depositor has the power and
authority to execute deliver and perform the terms of each of the Basic
Documents to which it is a party and to acquire, own and sell the Receivables
and the other Trust Property and has duly authorized the sale of the Receivables
and other Trust Property to the Issuer by all necessary action. The
Depositor has authorized the execution, delivery and performance of the terms
of
each of the Basic Documents to which it is a party. Each of the Basic
Documents to which the Depositor is a party is the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Depositor enforceable against the Depositor, except as may
be
limited by insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other laws relating to
the
enforcement of creditors' rights or by general equitable
principles.
(c) Valid
Sale. This Agreement evidences a valid sale of the Trust Property
from the Depositor to the Issuer, enforceable against creditors of and
purchasers from the Depositor.
(d) No
Conflicts and No Violation. The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Basic Documents to which the Depositor is a party and the
fulfillment of the terms of the Basic Documents to which the Depositor is a
party will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under any indenture, mortgage, deed
of
trust, loan agreement, guarantee or similar agreement or instrument under which
the Depositor is a debtor or guarantor, (ii) result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or
assets of the Depositor pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee or similar agreement or instrument
(other than this Agreement), (iii) violate the Certificate of Formation or
Limited Liability Company Agreement, or (iv) violate any law or, to the
Depositor's 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, in each case which conflict, breach, default, lien, or violation
would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
Depositor's ability to perform its obligations under the Basic
Documents.
(e) No
Proceedings. To the Depositor's knowledge, there are no
proceedings or investigations pending or overtly threatened in writing, before
any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties: (i)
asserting the invalidity of any of the Basic Documents or the Notes, (ii)
seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of
the
transactions contemplated by any of the Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any
determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the Depositor's ability to perform its obligations under,
or
the validity or enforceability of, any of the Basic Documents or the Notes,
or
(iv) relating to Ford Credit or the Depositor that would reasonably be expected
to (A) affect the treatment of the Notes as indebtedness for U.S. federal income
or Applicable Tax State income or franchise tax purposes, (B) be deemed to
cause
a taxable exchange of the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (C) cause
the Issuer to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership
taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, or (D) cause
the
Issuer to incur Michigan Single Business Tax liability other than such
proceedings that would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect upon the Depositor or materially and adversely affect the performance
by
the Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity and enforceability
of, the Basic Documents or the Notes.
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(f) Valid
Security Interest. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing
security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Trust Property
in
favor of the Issuer that is prior to all other Liens other than Permitted Liens
and is enforceable as such against all other creditors of and purchasers from
the Depositor.
Section
5.2 Liability of the
Depositor. The
Depositor will be liable in accordance with this Agreement only to the extent
of
the obligations specifically undertaken by the Depositor under this
Agreement.
(a) The
Depositor will not be liable to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Noteholders, the Servicer or any other Person for any action taken,
or not taken, in good faith pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in
judgment. All such liability is expressly waived and released as a
condition of, and consideration for, the execution of this Agreement by the
Depositor and the issuance of the Notes. Notwithstanding the
preceding two sentences, this Section 5.2 will not protect the Depositor against
any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of Depositor's, willful
misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties under
this
Agreement.
(b) The
Depositor will pay any and all taxes levied or assessed upon the Issuer or
upon
all or any part of the Trust Property.
(c) The
Depositor and any officer, director, employee or agent of the Depositor may
rely
in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document believed to be genuine
and to have been executed by the proper party in respect of any matters arising
under this Agreement.
(d) The
Depositor will be under no obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any
legal action that is unrelated to its obligations under this Agreement and
that,
in its opinion, may cause it to incur any expense or liability.
Section
5.3 Merger or
Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the
Depositor. Any
Person (a) into which the Depositor is merged or consolidated, (b) resulting
from any merger or consolidation to which the Depositor is a party or (c)
succeeding to the business of the Depositor, if more than 50% of the voting
stock or voting power and 50% or more of the economic equity of such Person
is
owned, directly or indirectly, by Ford Motor Company, will be the successor
to
the Depositor under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any
document or any further act except those actions required under this Section
5.3. Within 15 Business Days after any such merger, consolidation or
succession such Person will (i) execute an agreement of assumption to perform
every obligation of the Depositor under this Agreement, (ii) deliver to the
Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel each stating that such merger, consolidation or succession and such
agreement of assumption comply with this Section 5.3, (iii) deliver to the
Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
either (A) upon the later of the attachment of the security interest and the
filing of the necessary financing statements, the security interest in favor
of
the Issuer in the Trust Property and the Indenture Trustee in the Collateral
will be perfected or (B) no such action is necessary to preserve and protect
such security interest, and (iv) provide notice of such merger, consolidation
or
succession to the Swap Counterparties and to the Rating Agencies.
Section
5.4 Depositor
May Own Notes. The
Depositor and any Affiliate of the Depositor, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights as
it
would have if it were not the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor except
as otherwise provided in any Basic Document. Notes owned by or
pledged to the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor will have an equal
and proportionate benefit under the Basic Document, without preference, priority
or distinction, except as otherwise provided in any Basic Document.
Section
5.5 Depositor's
Designation of the Rating Agencies. The
Depositor designates Fitch, Xxxxx'x and Standard & Poor's as the Rating
Agencies rating the Notes.
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ARTICLE
VI
THE
SERVICER
Section
6.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Servicer. The
Servicer represents and warrants to the Issuer as of the date of this Agreement,
on which the Issuer is relying in acquiring the Trust Property and which will
survive the sale of the Trust Property to the Issuer and the pledge of the
Trust
Property by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture:
(a) Organization
and Qualification. The Servicer is duly incorporated and validly
existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of
the
State of Delaware. The Servicer is qualified as a foreign limited
liability company in good standing and has obtained all necessary licenses
and
approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its properties
or the conduct of its activities requires such qualification, license or
approval, unless the failure to obtain such qualifications, licenses or
approvals would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on
the Servicer's ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the
other Basic Documents to which it is a party.
(b) Power,
Authorization and Enforceability. The Servicer has the power and
authority to execute deliver and perform the terms of each of the Basic
Documents to which it is a party and to acquire, own, hold, service and sell
the
Receivables and to hold the Receivables Files as custodian on behalf of the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee. The Servicer has authorized the
execution, delivery and performance of the terms of each of the Basic Documents
to which it is a party. Each of the Basic Documents to which the
Servicer is a party is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer
enforceable against the Servicer, except as may be limited by insolvency,
bankruptcy, reorganization or other laws relating to the enforcement of
creditors' rights or by general equitable principles.
(c) No
Conflicts and No Violation. The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Basic Documents to which the Servicer is a party and the
fulfillment of the terms of the Basic Documents to which the Servicer is a
party
will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach of the terms or provision
of,
or constitute a default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, guarantee or similar agreement or instrument under which the Servicer
is a debtor or guarantor (other than this Agreement), (ii) result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the
properties or assets of the Servicer pursuant to the terms of any such
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee or similar
agreement, (iii) violate the Certificate of Formation or the Limited Liability
Company Agreement of the Servicer, or (iv) violate any law or, to 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; in each case, which conflict, breach, default, lien, or
violation would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
the
Servicer's ability to perform its obligations under the Basic
Documents.
(d) No
Proceedings. To the Servicer's knowledge, there are no
proceedings or investigations pending or overtly threatened in writing before
any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Servicer or its properties: (i)
asserting the invalidity of any of the Basic Documents or the Notes, (ii)
seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of
the
transactions contemplated by any of the Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any
determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the Servicer's ability to perform its obligations under,
or
the validity or enforceability of, any of the Basic Documents or the Notes,
or
(iv) relating to the Servicer that would reasonably be expected to (A) affect
the treatment of the Notes as indebtedness for U.S. federal income or Applicable
Tax State income or franchise tax purposes, (B) be deemed to cause a taxable
exchange of the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (C) cause the Issuer
to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a
corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (D) cause the Issuer to
incur Michigan Single Business Tax liability other than such proceedings that,
to the Servicer's knowledge, would not reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect upon the Servicer and its subsidiaries considered as a whole
or
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its
obligations under, or the validity and enforceability of, any of the Basic
Documents or the Notes.
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Section
6.2 Liability of the
Servicer.
(a) The
Servicer will be liable to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee,
the Noteholders and to the Depositor only to the extent of the obligations
specifically undertaken by the Servicer under this Agreement. All
other liability is expressly waived and released as a condition of, and
consideration for, the execution of this Agreement by the
Servicer. This Section 6.2 will not protect the Servicer against any
liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of the Servicer's willful
misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties under
this
Agreement. The Servicer and any subservicer may rely in good faith on
any document of any kind that appears on its face to be properly executed and
submitted by any Person with respect to any matters arising under this
Agreement.
(b) The
obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement are solely corporate
obligations of the Servicer, and no recourse may be taken, directly or
indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Servicer against any owner,
beneficiary, agent, officer, director, or employee of the Servicer in their
individual capacities except for any liability that would otherwise be imposed
by reason of such Person's willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the
performance of its duties.
(c) The
Servicer will not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend
any
legal action that is not 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. The Servicer may in its sole discretion (but
will not be required to) undertake any legal action that it may deem necessary
or desirable to protect the interests of the Noteholders or the Depositor under
the Basic Documents. In such event, the legal expenses, costs and
liabilities of such action and any liability resulting from such action will
be
expenses, costs and liabilities of the Servicer.
(d) The
Servicer will not be in default under this Agreement if it is unable to perform
any of its obligations as a result of an act of God, act of war, terrorism,
fires, earthquake or other natural disaster. The Servicer will make
commercially reasonable efforts to resume the performance of its obligations
under this Agreement as soon as reasonably practicable after any such
event.
Section
6.3 Indemnities of the
Servicer.
(a) The
Servicer will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee, and their respective officers, directors, employees
and agents from and against any and all costs, losses, claims and liabilities
arising out of, or imposed upon any such Person through the Servicer's
(including in its capacity as Custodian) willful misconduct, bad faith or
negligence (except for errors in judgment) in the performance of its duties
under any Basic Document to which it is a party.
(b) Promptly
upon receipt by the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or any
of
their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (each, for purposes
of this Section 6.3(b), an "Indemnified Person") of notice of the
commencement of any Proceeding against any such Indemnified Person, such
Indemnified Person will, if a claim in respect of such Proceeding will be made
against the Servicer under this Section 6.3, notify the Servicer of the
commencement of such Proceeding. The Servicer may participate in and
assume the defense and settlement of any such Proceeding at the Servicer's
expense. No settlement of such Proceeding may be made without the
approval of the Servicer and such Indemnified Person, which approvals will
not
be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. The Servicer's
indemnification obligation will include the reasonable fees and expenses of
counsel and the expenses of litigation. After notice from the
Servicer to such Indemnified Person of the Servicer's intention to assume the
defense of such Proceeding with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
Indemnified Person, and so long as the Servicer so assumes the defense of such
Proceeding in a manner reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person,
the
Servicer will not be liable for any legal expenses of counsel to such
Indemnified Person unless there is a conflict between the interests of the
Servicer and such Indemnified Person, in which case the Servicer will pay for
the separate counsel to such Indemnified Person.
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(c) For
purposes of this Section 6.3, if the Servicer is terminated pursuant to Section
7.1 or if the Servicer resigns pursuant to Section 6.6, such Servicer will
be
deemed to continue to be the Servicer until a Successor Servicer (other than
the
Indenture Trustee) has assumed the obligations of the Servicer in accordance
with Section 7.2.
(d) The
Servicer's obligations under this Section 6.3 with respect to the period such
Person was (or was deemed to be) the Servicer will survive the termination
of or
resignation by such Person as Servicer, the termination of this Agreement and
the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or
the
termination of the Issuer. If the Servicer makes any indemnity
payments pursuant to this Section 6.3 and the Person to or on behalf of whom
such payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts from others,
such
Person will promptly repay such amounts to the Servicer, without
interest.
Section
6.4 Merger or
Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the
Servicer; Assignment to Affiliate. Any
Person (a) into which the Servicer is merged or consolidated, (b) resulting
from
any merger or consolidation to which the Servicer is a party, (c) succeeding
to
the business of the Servicer or (d) that is an Affiliate of the Servicer to
whom
the Servicer has assigned this Agreement, will be the successor to the Servicer
under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any document or any
further act except those actions required under this Section
6.4. Within 15 Business Days after any such merger, consolidation,
succession or assignment, such Person will (i) execute an agreement of
assumption to perform every obligation of the Servicer under this Agreement,
(ii) deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such merger,
consolidation, succession or assignment and such agreement of assumption comply
with this Section 6.4, (iii) deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that either (A) upon the later
of
the attachment of the security interest and the filing of the necessary
financing statements, the security interest in favor of the Issuer in the Trust
Property and the Indenture Trustee in the Collateral will be perfected or (B)
no
such action is necessary to preserve and protect such security interest, and
(iv) provide notice of such merger, consolidation, succession or assignment
to
the Rating Agencies.
Section
6.5 Delegation of
Duties. So
long as Ford Credit acts as Servicer or Custodian, the Servicer or Custodian
may
without notice or consent delegate any or all of its duties under this Agreement
to Ford Motor Company or any company or other business entity of which Ford
Motor Company owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting stock
or
voting power and 50% or more of the economic equity. The Servicer or
Custodian may perform any of its duties through subcontractors. No
such delegation or subcontracting will relieve the Servicer or Custodian of
its
responsibilities with respect to such duties and the Servicer will remain
primarily responsible with respect to such duties. The Servicer or
Custodian will be responsible for the fees of any such
subcontractors.
Section
6.6 Ford Credit Not to
Resign as Servicer. Neither
Ford Credit nor any successor Servicer will resign as Servicer under this
Agreement except upon determining that the performance of its duties under
this
Agreement is no longer permissible under law. Notice of any
determination permitting the resignation of Ford Credit as Servicer or a
successor Servicer will be delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee as soon as practicable (and, if not given in writing, will be confirmed
in writing as soon as practicable). Any determination permitting the
resignation of Ford Credit as Servicer or a successor Servicer will be evidenced
by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Owner Trustee and
the
Indenture Trustee with or promptly following delivery of such
notice.
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Section
6.7 Servicer May Own
Notes. The
Servicer and any Affiliate of the Servicer, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights as
it
would have if it were not the Servicer or an Affiliate of the Servicer, except
as otherwise provided in any Basic Document. Notes owned by or
pledged to the Servicer or any Affiliate of the Servicer will have an equal
and
proportionate benefit under the Basic Document, without preference, priority
or
distinction, except as otherwise provided in any Basic Document.
ARTICLE
VII
SERVICING
TERMINATION
Section
7.1 Events of
Servicing Termination.
(a) The
occurrence and continuation of any of the following events will be an "Event
of Servicing Termination":
(i) Any
failure by the Servicer to deliver to the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee
any proceeds or payment required to be delivered under this Agreement that
continues unremedied for a period of 5 Business Days after the earlier of the
date on which (x) notice of such failure is given to the Servicer by the Owner
Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or (y) a Responsible Person of the Servicer
learns of such failure, unless:
(1) (A)
such failure is caused by an event outside the control of the Servicer that
the
Servicer could not have avoided through the exercise of due care, (B) such
failure does not continue for more than 10 Business Days after the earlier
of
the date on which notice of such failure is given to the Servicer by the Owner
Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or a Responsible Person of the Servicer
learns of such failure, (C) during such period the Servicer uses all
commercially reasonable efforts to perform its obligations under this Agreement
and (D) the Servicer provides the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the
Depositor and the Noteholders with prompt notice of such failure that includes
a
description of the Servicer's efforts to remedy such failure, or
(2) (A) such
failure would not reasonably be expected to, or upon investigation and
quantification does not, result in the failure in paying or depositing an amount
greater than 0.05% of the sum of the Note Balances of all Notes and (B) such
failure is remedied (i) if the Servicer's long-term debt is rated investment
grade by all Rating Agencies rating the Notes, not later than 90 days after
a
Responsible Person of the Servicer learns of such failure or (ii) if the
Servicer's long-term debt is not so rated, then not later than 90 days after
such failure,
(ii) Any
failure by the Servicer to observe or to perform in any material respect any
other covenants or agreements of the Servicer set forth in this Agreement,
which
failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the Noteholders and
continues unremedied for a period of 90 days after the Servicer receives notice
of such failure from the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders
of at least 25% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class, or
(iii) The
occurrence of an Insolvency Event with respect to the Servicer.
(b) If
an Event of Servicing Termination occurs, the Indenture Trustee will promptly
notify each Rating Agency. So long as such Event of Servicing
Termination has not been remedied, either the Indenture Trustee or the
Noteholders of at least a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class
(or, if no Notes are Outstanding, the Owner Trustee, at the direction of the
holder of the Residual Interest), by notice to the Servicer and the Rating
Agencies (and to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee if given by the
Noteholders), may terminate all of the rights and obligations (other than the
obligations set forth in Section 6.3 and the rights set forth in Section 6.2)
of
the Servicer under this Agreement. Upon the receipt by the Servicer
of such notice (or such later date as may be specified in such notice of
termination), all authority and power of the Servicer under this Agreement
will
pass to and be vested in the Indenture Trustee or such Successor Servicer as
may
be appointed under Section 7.2. In such event, the Indenture Trustee
and the Owner Trustee are authorized to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
predecessor 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 termination of the predecessor Servicer
and to complete the transfer of the Receivables Files and related documents
to
the Indenture Trustee or the successor Servicer or the successor
Custodian.
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(c) Upon
termination of the Servicer under this Section 7.1, the predecessor Servicer
will cooperate with the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Successor
Servicer in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of
the
predecessor Servicer under this Agreement, including, as soon as practicable,
the transfer to the Indenture Trustee or such Successor Servicer of all cash
amounts that are held by the predecessor Servicer for deposit, or thereafter
received with respect to a Receivable and the delivery of the Receivables Files
and the related accounts and records maintained by the Servicer. In
no event, however, will the Servicer be obligated to provide, license or assign
its processes, procedures, models, servicing software or other applications
to
any Successor Servicer or any other third party, or provide anything covered
by
a restriction on transfer or assignment or a confidentiality
agreement. All reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys'
fees) incurred by the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Successor
Servicer associated with (i) the transition of servicing duties to the Successor
Servicer, and (ii) amending this Agreement to reflect a succession of the
Servicer pursuant to this Section 7.1 will be paid by the predecessor Servicer
upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and
expenses.
Section
7.2 Appointment of
Successor Servicer.
(a) If
the Servicer is terminated pursuant to Section 7.1, it will continue to perform
its functions as Servicer under this Agreement until the date specified in
the
notice of termination. If the Servicer resigns pursuant to Section
6.6, it will continue to perform its functions as Servicer under this Agreement
until (i) if the resigning Servicer is Ford Credit, the earlier to occur of
(A)
the Indenture Trustee or a Successor Servicer assuming the responsibilities
and
obligations of Ford Credit as Servicer in accordance with this Section 7.2
and
as the Administrator in accordance with Section 5.2 of the Administration
Agreement or (B) the date upon which any regulatory authority requires such
resignation and (ii) if the resigning Servicer is not Ford Credit, the earlier
to occur of (A) the date 45 days from the delivery to the Indenture Trustee
and
the Owner Trustee of the notice of such resignation in accordance with Section
6.6 or (B) the date upon which the Servicer is legally unable to act as Servicer
as specified in the notice of resignation and accompanying Opinion of
Counsel.
(b) If
the Servicer resigns or is terminated under this Agreement, the Indenture
Trustee will (i) provide notice of such termination or resignation to the Issuer
and (ii) as promptly as possible, appoint an institution having a net worth
of
not less than $50,000,000 whose business includes the servicing of motor vehicle
receivables, as the successor to the Servicer under this
Agreement. Such successor will accept its appointment (including its
appointment as Administrator under the Administration Agreement as set forth
in
Section 7.2(d)) by (x) entering into a servicing agreement with the Issuer
having substantially the same provisions as the provisions of this Agreement
applicable to the Servicer, in a form acceptable to the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee and (y) delivering a copy of such servicing agreement to
the
Indenture Trustee and the Issuer (such a successor, a "Successor
Servicer"). Promptly following a Successor Servicer's acceptance
of its appointment, the Indenture Trustee will notify the Issuer of such
appointment, specifying in such notice the name and address of the Successor
Servicer.
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(c) If
no Person has accepted its appointment as Successor Servicer when the
predecessor Servicer ceases to act as Servicer in accordance with this Section
7.2, the Indenture Trustee, without further action, will be automatically
appointed the Successor Servicer. However, if the Indenture Trustee
is unwilling or legally unable to act as Successor Servicer, it will appoint,
or
petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, an institution having
a
net worth of not less than $50,000,000 whose business includes the servicing
of
motor vehicle receivables, as successor. The Indenture Trustee will
be released from its duties and obligations as Successor Servicer on the date
that a new servicer enters into a servicing agreement with the Issuer and
delivers a copy of such servicing agreement to the Indenture Trustee and the
Issuer as provided in Section 7.2(b).
(d) Upon
acceptance of its appointment as Successor Servicer, the Successor Servicer
will
(i) be the successor in all respects to the predecessor Servicer and will be
subject to all of the responsibilities, duties, and liabilities following such
Successor Servicer's appointment placed on the predecessor Servicer relating
to
such predecessor Servicer's performance of its duties as Servicer and (ii)
become the Administrator under the Administration Agreement in accordance with
Section 5.2 of the Administration Agreement.
(e) In
connection with any appointment of a Successor Servicer, the Indenture Trustee
may make such arrangements for the compensation of such Successor Servicer
out
of payments on Receivables as it and such Successor Servicer may agree, provided
that no such compensation will be in excess of the amount paid to the
predecessor Servicer under this Agreement. The Indenture Trustee
and such Successor Servicer will take such action, consistent with this
Agreement, as will be necessary to effectuate any such succession.
(f) If
the Indenture Trustee succeeds to the Servicer's duties as provided in Section
7.2(c), it will do so in its individual capacity and not in its capacity as
Indenture Trustee and, accordingly, Article VI of the Indenture will be
inapplicable to the Indenture Trustee in its duties as Successor
Servicer. In case the Indenture Trustee becomes Successor Servicer
pursuant to Section 7.2(c), the Indenture Trustee will be entitled to appoint
as
Servicer any one of its Affiliates, provided that the Indenture Trustee, in
its
capacity as Successor Servicer, will be liable for the actions and omissions
of
such Affiliate in its capacity as Servicer.
Section
7.3 Notification to
Secured Parties and the Holder of the Residual Interest. Upon
any termination of the Servicer, or appointment of a Successor Servicer pursuant
to this Article VII, the Indenture Trustee will promptly notify the Secured
Parties and each Rating Agency, and the Owner Trustee will promptly notify
the
holder of the Residual Interest.
Section
7.4 Waiver of Events
of Servicing Termination. The
Noteholders of at least a majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class
or, if no Notes are Outstanding, the Owner Trustee, at the direction of the
holder of the Residual Interest, may waive any Event of Servicing Termination
and its consequences, except an event resulting from the failure to make any
required deposits to or payments from any of the Bank Accounts in accordance
with this Agreement that resulted in an Event of Default in the payment of
principal or interest on any of the Notes (other than an Event of Default
relating to failure to pay principal due only by reason of acceleration) under
the Indenture. Upon any such waiver of an Event of Servicing
Termination, such Event of Servicing Termination will cease to exist and will
be
deemed to have been remedied for every purpose under this
Agreement. No such waiver will extend to any subsequent or other
event or impair any right resulting from such waiver. The Issuer will
notify the Rating Agencies of any such waiver.
ARTICLE
VIII
TERMINATION
Section
8.1 Clean-Up
Call.
(a) If
the Pool Balance is equal to or less than 5% of the Initial Pool Balance on
the
last day of any Collection Period, the Servicer has the option to purchase
the
Trust Property (other than the amounts on deposit in or invested in Permitted
Investments maturing on or before the following Payment Date in the Trust
Accounts). The Servicer may exercise its option to purchase the Trust
Property by (i) notifying the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the
Rating Agencies at least 10 days before the Payment Date related to such
Collection Period and (ii) remitting to the Collection Account the purchase
price for the Trust Property equal to the aggregate Principal Balance of the
Receivables as of the last day of such Collection Period in immediately
available funds on the Business Day preceding the Payment Date (or, with Rating
Agency Confirmation, on the Payment Date) related to such Collection
Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer will not be
permitted to purchase the Trust Property unless the sum of (i) such purchase
price, (ii) the Collections on deposit in the Collection Account for such
Collection Period and (iii) any Purchased Amounts paid by the Depositor or
the
Servicer relating to such Collection Period is greater than or equal to the
sum
of (i) the Note Balance of the Notes Outstanding, and all accrued but
unpaid interest thereon, (ii) all amounts due under the Interest Rate Swaps
from
the Issuer to the Swap Counterparties and (iii) all amounts due to the Indenture
Trustee under the Indenture. The amount deposited into the Collection
Account pursuant to this Section 8.1(a) will be used on the related Payment
Date
to make payments in full to the Noteholders in the manner set forth in Section
8.2 of the Indenture.
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(b) When
the purchase price for the Trust Property is included in Available Funds for
a
Payment Date, the Issuer will be deemed to have sold and assigned as of the
last
day of the preceding Collection Period all of the Issuer's right, title and
interest in and to the Trust Property, including the Receivables and all
security and documents relating to such Receivables. Such sale will
not require any action by the Issuer and will be without recourse,
representation or warranty by the Issuer except the representation that the
Issuer owns the Receivable free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted
Liens. Upon such sale, the Servicer will xxxx its computer records
indicating that any receivables purchased pursuant to Section 8.1(a) are no
longer Receivables, file UCC termination or amendment statements or take any
other action necessary or appropriate to evidence the transfer of ownership
of
the purchased Receivables free from any Lien of the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee. The Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as
applicable, will execute such documents and instruments and any and all further
instruments, including any authorizations to file UCC financing statement
amendments, required or reasonably requested by the Servicer to effect such
transfer.
ARTICLE
IX
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Section
9.1 Amendment.
(a) Subject
to Section 9.1(f), this Agreement may be amended by the Depositor, the Servicer
and the Issuer, with prior notice to the Rating Agencies (and the consent of
the
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee to the extent that their respective
rights or obligations will be materially and adversely affected, which consent
may not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), but without the
consent of any of the Noteholders subject to the following
conditions:
(i) the
Depositor, the Servicer or the Issuer delivers an Officer's Certificate to
the
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee to the effect that such amendment will
not materially and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder,
and
(ii) the
Depositor, the Servicer or the Issuer delivers an Opinion of Counsel to the
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee to the effect that such amendment will
not (A) cause any Note to be deemed sold or exchanged for purposes of Section
1001 of the Code, (B) cause the Issuer to be treated as an association or
publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income
tax
purposes or (C) adversely affect the treatment of the Notes as debt for U.S.
federal income tax purposes.
(b) Subject
to Section 9.1(f), this Agreement also may be amended by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Issuer, with prior notice to the Rating Agencies and with
the
consent of (i) the Indenture Trustee, to the extent that its rights or
obligations will be materially and adversely affected by such amendment (which
consent may not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (ii) the
Owner Trustee, to the extent that its rights and obligations will be materially
and adversely affected by such amendment (which consent may not be unreasonably
withheld, delayed or conditioned) and (iii) the Noteholders of at least a
majority of the Note Balance of each Class of the Notes Outstanding (with each
Class voting separately, except that all Noteholders of Class A Notes will
vote
together as a single class).
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(c) Notwithstanding
anything else stated in Section 9.1(a) or (b), no such amendment: (i) may (A)
increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the
timing of, or change the allocation or priority of, Collections or distributions
that are required to be made for the benefit of the Secured Parties or (B)
reduce the percentage of the Note Balance of the Notes Outstanding required
to
consent to any such amendment without the consent of all affected Noteholders
or
(ii) may change the Specified Reserve Balance without receipt of Rating Agency
Confirmation and the consent of all affected Noteholders.
(d) Promptly
upon the execution of any amendment in accordance with this Section 9.1, the
Owner Trustee will send a copy of such amendment to the Indenture Trustee and
each Rating Agency, and the Indenture Trustee will notify each Noteholder of
the
substance of such amendment.
(e) If
the consent of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders
is
required, they do not need to approve the particular form of any proposed
amendment so long as their consent approves the substance of the proposed
amendment.
(f) Before
executing any amendment to this Agreement, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee will be entitled to request, receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel
delivered by the Depositor stating that the execution of such amendment is
authorized or permitted by this Agreement.
Section
9.2 Protection of
Right, Title and Interest to the Trust Property.
(a) The
Depositor will file financing statements and continuation statements, in the
manner and place required by law to preserve, maintain and protect the interest
of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties
in the Trust Property. The Depositor will deliver to the Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any
financing statement and continuation statement promptly upon such document
becoming available following filing. The Depositor authorizes the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee to file any financing or continuation
statements, and amendments to such statements, in all jurisdictions and with
all
filing offices as the Issuer or the Indenture may determine are necessary or
advisable to preserve, maintain and protect the interest of the Issuer and
the
Indenture Trustee in the Trust Property. Such financing and
continuation statements may describe the Trust Property in any manner as the
Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may reasonably determine to ensure the
perfection of the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the Trust
Property. The Issuer or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, will
deliver to the Depositor file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for,
any such financing statement and continuation statement promptly upon such
document becoming available following filing.
(b) The
(i) Depositor, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, if required or reasonably
requested by the other or by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and
(ii)
Owner Trustee, if required or reasonably requested by the Indenture Trustee,
agree to do and perform any and all acts and to execute any and all further
instruments to more fully effect the purposes of this Agreement.
(c) Each
of the Depositor and the Servicer will give the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee at least 60 days' prior notice of any change in its corporate structure,
form of organization or jurisdiction of organization if, as a result of such
relocation or change, Section 9-307 of the UCC could require the filing of
a new
financing statement or an amendment to a previously filed financing or
continuation statement and will promptly file any such new financing statement
or amendment. Each of the Depositor and the Servicer will maintain
its chief executive office, and the Servicer will maintain each office from
which it will service the Receivables, within the United States and will
maintain its jurisdiction of organization in only one State.
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(d) Neither
the Depositor nor the Servicer will change its name in any manner that could
make any financing statement or continuation statement filed by the Depositor,
the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 9.2(a) seriously
misleading within the meaning of Section 9-506 of the UCC, unless it has given
the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at least 5 days' prior notice
thereof and promptly files appropriate amendments to all previously filed
financing statements.
(e) On
and after the Closing Date until a Receivable has been paid in full or
repurchased, the Servicer will maintain its computer systems to indicate clearly
that such Receivable is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
(f) At
any time the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee has reasonable grounds
to
believe that a list of all Receivables (by contract number) then included in
the
Trust Property is necessary in connection with the performance of its duties
under any Basic Agreement, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee may
request such a list from the Depositor and the Depositor will furnish such
list
to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee within 30 Business Days of the
request.
(g) The
Depositor will, to the extent required by applicable law, cause the Notes to
be
registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section
12(b)
or Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, within the time periods specified in
such
sections.
Section
9.3 Notices.
(a) All
notices, requests, demands, consents, waivers or other communications to or
from
the parties to this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have
been
given and made:
(i) upon
delivery or, in the case of a letter mailed by registered first class mail,
postage prepaid, 3 days after deposit in the mail,
(ii) in
the case of a fax, when receipt is confirmed by telephone, reply email or reply
fax from the recipient,
(iii) in
the case of an email, when receipt is confirmed by telephone or reply email
from
the recipient, and
(iv) in
the case of an electronic posting to a password-protected website to which
the
recipient has been provided access, upon delivery of an email to such recipient
stating that such electronic posting has occurred.
Any
such
notice, request, demand, consent or other communication must be delivered or
addressed as set forth on Schedule B to this Agreement or at such other address
as any party may designate by notice to the other parties.
(b) Any
notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Noteholder must be sent by
overnight delivery, mailed by registered first class mail, postage prepaid,
or
sent by fax, to the address of such Person as shown in the Note
Register. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this
Agreement will be conclusively presumed to have been properly given, whether
or
not the Noteholder receives such notice.
Section
9.4 Assignment by the
Depositor or the Servicer. Except
as provided in Sections 6.4, 6.6 and 7.2, this Agreement may not be assigned
by
the Depositor or the Servicer without the prior consent of the Owner Trustee,
the Indenture Trustee, the holder of the Residual Interest and the Noteholders
of at least 66 2/3% of the Note Balance of the Notes
Outstanding.
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Section
9.5 Third-Party
Beneficiaries. This
Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties to this
Agreement. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Secured Parties will be third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement entitled
to
enforce this Agreement against the Depositor and the Servicer. Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no other Person will have any right
or
obligation under this Agreement.
Section
9.6 GOVERNING
LAW. THIS AGREEMENT WILL
BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
Section
9.7 Submission to
Jurisdiction. The
parties submit to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York and of any New York State Court
sitting in New York, New York for purposes of all legal proceedings arising
out
of or relating to this Agreement. The parties irrevocably waive, to the fullest
extent they may do so, any objection that they may now or hereafter have to
the
laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any
claim
that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum.
Section
9.8 WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL. EACH
PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
BY
THIS AGREEMENT.
Section
9.9 Severability. If
any of the covenants, agreements or terms of this Agreement is held invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, then it will be deemed severable from the remaining
covenants, agreements or terms of this Agreement and will in no way affect
the
validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining Agreement.
Section
9.10 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts. Each
counterpart will be an original, and all counterparts will together constitute
one and the same instrument.
Section
9.11 Headings. The
headings in this Agreement are included for convenience only and will not affect
the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
Section
9.12 No Waiver;
Cumulative Remedies. No
failure or delay of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders
in exercising any power, right or remedy under this Agreement will operate
as a
waiver. No single or partial exercise of any power, right or remedy
precludes any other or further exercise of such power, right or remedy or the
exercise of any other power, right or remedy. The powers, rights and
remedies provided in this Agreement are in addition to any powers, rights and
remedies provided by law.
Section
9.13 Agent for
Service.
(a) The
agent for service of the Depositor in respect of this Agreement will be the
person holding the office of Corporate Secretary of the Depositor, at the
following address:
Ford
Credit Auto Receivables Two LLC
c/o
Ford
Motor Credit Company LLC
World
Headquarters
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000-X0
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000.
Attention:
Securitization Operations Supervisor
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
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(b) The
agent for service of the Servicer in respect of this Agreement will be the
person holding the office of Corporate Secretary of the Servicer, at the
following address:
Ford
Motor Credit Company LLC
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
0000, Xxxxxx 000-000
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000.
Attention: Corporate
Secretary
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Section
9.14 No
Petition. The
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Servicer each covenants
and agrees that, before the date that is 1 year and 1 day after the payment
in
full of all securities issued by the Depositor or by a trust for which the
Depositor was the depositor, it will not institute against, or join any other
Person in instituting against, the Depositor any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings under
any federal or State bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any
obligations relating to the Notes or any of the Basic Documents. This
Section 9.14 will survive the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee under
the Trust Agreement or the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture and the
termination of this Agreement.
Section
9.15 Limitation of
Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement has been
countersigned by U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of the Issuer and in no event will U.S.
Bank Trust National Association in its individual capacity or, except as
provided in the Trust Agreement, as Owner Trustee of the Issuer have any
liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or
other obligations of the Issuer under this Agreement or in any of the
certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant to this
Agreement. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of
its duties or obligations under this Agreement or in the performance of any
duties or obligations of the Issuer under this Agreement, the Owner Trustee
will
be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, Articles V, VI and VII of the
Trust Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement has been
accepted by The Bank of New York, not in its individual capacity but solely
as
Indenture Trustee, and in no event will The Bank of New York have any liability
for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations
of the Issuer under this Agreement or in any of the certificates, notices or
agreements delivered pursuant to this Agreement.
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EXECUTED
BY:
FORD
CREDIT AUTO RECEIVABLES TWO LLC,
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as
Depositor
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title: Secretary
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as
Issuer
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By:
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U.S.
BANK TRUST
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NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
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not
in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Title: Vice
President
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FORD
MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC,
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as
Servicer
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By:
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/s/
M. B. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx
X Xxxxxx
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Title: Assistant
Treasurer
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AGREED
AND ACCEPTED BY:
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THE
BANK OF NEW YORK,
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not
in its individual capacity
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but
solely as Indenture Trustee
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By:
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/s/
Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name:
Xxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Vice
President
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U.S.
BANK TRUST
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NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
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not
in its individual capacity
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but
solely as Owner Trustee
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Title: Vice
President
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FORD
MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC,
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as
Custodian
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By:
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/s/
M. B. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title: Assistant
Treasurer
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SCHEDULE
A
Schedule
of Receivables
Delivered
on CD-ROM to Indenture Trustee at Closing
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SCHEDULE
B
Notice
Addresses
1.
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If
to Ford Credit, in its individual capacity or as Servicer, Custodian,
Administrator or Sponsor under the Purchase
Agreement:
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Ford
Motor Credit Company LLC
c/o
Ford
Motor Company
World
Headquarters
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000-X0
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Securitization
Operations Supervisor
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
With
a
copy to:
Ford
Motor Credit Company LLC
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
0000, Xxxxxx 000-000
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate
Secretary
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
2.
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If
to the Depositor:
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Ford
Motor Credit Company LLC
c/o
Ford
Motor Company
World
Headquarters
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000-X0
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Ford
Credit SPE Management Office
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
With
a
copy to:
Ford
Motor Credit Company LLC
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
0000, Xxxxxx 000-000
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate
Secretary
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
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3.
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If
to the Issuer:
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c/o
the
Owner Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Owner Trustee
With
copies to:
Ford
Motor Credit Company LLC
c/o
Ford
Motor Company
World
Headquarters
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000-X0
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Ford
Credit SPE Management Office
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
and
Ford
Motor Credit Company LLC
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
0000, Xxxxxx 000-000
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate
Secretary
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
4.
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If
to the Owner Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Owner
Trustee
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5.
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If
to the Indenture Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture
Trustee;
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6.
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If
to Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.:
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Xxxxx'x
Investors Service, Inc.
ABS
Monitoring Department
00
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
7.
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If
to Standard & Poor's:
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Standard
& Poor's
00
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Asset
Backed Surveillance Department
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
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8.
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If
to Fitch, Inc.:
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Fitch,
Inc.
0
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Asset
Backed Surveillance
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
9.
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If
to the Swap Counterparties:
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BNP
Paribas,
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Legal and Transaction Management Group – ISDA
Telephone
No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
With
a
copy to:
BNP
Paribas, Paris, 0 Xxx Xxxxxxxx, 00000 Xxxxx
Legal
and
Transaction Management Group – ISDA
Telephone
No: (33) (0) 0 0000 0000
Facsimile
No: (33) (0) 0 0000 0000 / 7511
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APPENDIX
A
USAGE
AND
DEFINITIONS
Usage
The
following rules of construction and usage apply to this Appendix, any agreement
that incorporates this Appendix and any document made or delivered pursuant
to
any such agreement:
(a) The
term "documents" includes any and all documents, agreements, instruments,
certificates, notices, reports, statements or other writings however evidenced,
whether in electronic or physical form.
(b) Accounting
terms not defined or not completely defined in this Appendix will be construed
in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles as in effect
on
the date of the document that incorporates this Appendix.
(c) References
to "Article," "Section," "Exhibit," "Schedule" or another subdivision of or
to
an attachment are, unless otherwise specified, to an article, section, exhibit,
schedule or subdivision of or an attachment to the document in which such
reference appears.
(d) Any
document defined or referred to in this Appendix or in any document that
incorporates this Appendix means such document as from time to time amended,
modified, supplemented or replaced, including by waiver or consent, and includes
all attachments to and instruments incorporated in such document.
(e) Any
statute defined or referred to in this Appendix or in any document that
incorporates this Appendix means such statute as from time to time amended,
modified, supplemented or replaced, including by succession of comparable
successor statutes, and includes any rules and regulations promulgated under
such statute and any judicial and administrative interpretations of such
statute.
(f) Calculation
of any amount on or as of any date will be determined at or as of the close
of
business on such day after the application of any monies, payments and other
transactions to be applied on such day, except that calculations as of the
Cutoff Date will be determined as of the open of business on such day prior
to
the application of any monies, payments and other transactions to be applied
on
such day.
(g) In
the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified
date, the word "from" means "from and including," the word "to" means "to but
excluding" and the word "through" means "to and including."
(h) All
terms defined in this Appendix apply to the singular and plural forms of such
terms and the term "including" means "including without
limitation."
(i) References
to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.
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Definitions
"Accrued
Note Interest" means, for a Class and a Payment Date, the sum of the Note
Monthly Interest and the Note Interest Shortfall.
"Act
of Noteholders" has the meaning specified in Section 11.3(a) of the
Indenture.
"Adjusted
Pool Balance" means, on the Closing Date, an amount equal to:
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(a)
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the
Initial Pool Balance, minus
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(b)
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the
Yield Supplement Overcollateralization
Amount,
|
and
means, on a Payment Date, an amount (not less than zero) equal to:
|
(a)
|
the
Pool Balance as of the last day of the preceding Collection Period,
minus
|
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(b)
|
the
Yield Supplement Overcollateralization
Amount.
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"Administration
Agreement" means the Administration Agreement, dated as of the Cutoff Date,
among the Administrator, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.
"Administrator"
means Ford Credit, in its capacity as administrator under the Administration
Agreement.
"Affiliate"
means, for a specified Person, any other Person controlling, 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.
"Amount
Financed" means, for a Receivable, the amount financed by the Obligor for
the purchase of the Financed Vehicle, the purchase of extended warranty
protection plans, physical damage, credit life and disability insurance policies
and similar products, prior balances on trade-in vehicles and other related
fees
and charges.
"Annual
Percentage Rate" or "APR" of a Receivable means the annual rate of
finance charges stated in the Receivable or in any federal Truth In Lending
Act
correction notice related to the Receivable.
"Applicable
Tax State" means the State in which the Owner Trustee maintains its
Corporate Trust Office, the State in which the Owner Trustee maintains its
principal executive offices and the State of Michigan.
"Authenticating
Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(a) of the
Indenture.
"Available
Funds" means, for a Payment Date, the sum of the following amounts for such
Payment Date:
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(a)
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Collections
for the related Collection Period on deposit in the Collection Account,
plus
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(b)
|
Purchase
Amounts received on Receivables that became Purchased Receivables
during
the related Collection Period,
plus
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(c)
|
any
amounts deposited by the Servicer to purchase the Trust Property
on such
Payment Date pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
plus
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(d)
|
any
Net Swap Receipts received by the Issuer,
plus
|
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(e)
|
any
Swap Termination Receipts received by the Issuer and not paid to
a
replacement Swap Counterparty,
plus
|
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(f)
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the
Reserve Account Draw
Amount.
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"Bank
Accounts" means the Reserve Account, the Collection Account and the
Principal Payment Account.
"Bankruptcy
Code" means the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. 101
etseq.
"Basic
Documents" means the Certificate of Formation, the Limited Liability Company
Agreement, the Certificate of Trust, the Trust Agreement, the Purchase
Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the Administration
Agreement, the Interest Rate Swaps, the DTC Letter and the Control
Agreement.
"Book-Entry
Note" means a beneficial interest in any of the Class A-1 Notes, the Class
A-2a Notes, the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-3a Notes, the Class A-3b Notes,
the Class A-4a Notes, the Class A-4b Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C
Notes
and the Class D Notes, in each case issued in book-entry form as described
in
Section 2.10 of the Indenture.
"Business
Day" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions or trust companies in New York, New York or the State of Delaware
are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to
close.
"Calculation
Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 3.19 of the
Indenture.
"Certificate
of Formation" means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of
Ford Credit Auto Receivables Two LLC.
"Certificate
of Trust" means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Trust of Ford Credit
Auto Owner Trust 2007-A.
"Class"
means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-2b Notes, the
Class
A-3a Notes, the Class A-3b Notes, the Class A-4a Notes, the Class A-4b Notes,
the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes or the Class D Notes, as
applicable.
"Class
A-1 Note Transfer" has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(i) of the
Indenture.
"Class
A Notes" means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-2b
Notes, the Class A-3a Notes, the Class A-3b Notes, the Class A-4a Notes and
the
Class A-4b Notes.
"Class
A-1 Note Purchase Agreement" means the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement,
dated as of June 19, 2007, among ABN AMRO Incorporated, BNP Paribas Securities
Corp. and Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, as the
"Class A-1 Note Purchasers," and the Depositor.
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"Class
A-1 Notes" means the $466,000,000 Class A-1 5.34852% Asset Backed Notes
issued by the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 to the
Indenture.
"Class
A-2 Notes" means the Class A-2a Notes and the Class A-2b Notes,
collectively.
"Class
A-2a Notes" means the $300,000,000 Class A-2a 5.42% Asset Backed Notes
issued by the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2a to the
Indenture.
"Class
A-2b Interest Rate Swap" means the swap transaction entered into between the
Issuer as Party B, and the Class A-2b Swap Counterparty, as Party A, pursuant
to
the ISDA Master Agreement, the related schedule thereto and the confirmation,
each dated as of June 19, 2007 together with any additional or replacement
swap
entered into by the Issuer on or after the Closing Date, in respect of the
Class
A-2b Notes.
"Class
A-2b Notes" means the $287,596,000 Class A-2b Floating Rate Asset Backed
Notes issued by the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2b to the
Indenture.
"Class
A-2b Swap Counterparty" means BNP Paribas under the Class A-2b Interest Rate
Swap.
"Class
A-3 Notes" means the Class A-3a Notes and the Class A-3b Notes,
collectively.
"Class
A-3a Notes" means the $255,444,000 Class A-3a 5.40%
Asset Backed Notes issued by the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit
A-3a to the Indenture.
"Class
A-3b Interest Rate Swap" means the swap transaction entered into between the
Issuer as Party B, and the Class A-3b Swap Counterparty, as Party A, pursuant
to
the ISDA Master Agreement, the related schedule thereto and the confirmation,
each dated as of June 19, 2007 together with any additional or replacement
swap
entered into by the Issuer on or after the Closing Date, in respect of the
Class
A-3b Notes.
"Class
A-3b Notes" means the $294,000,000 Class A-3b Floating Rate Asset Backed
Notes issued by the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-3b to the
Indenture.
"Class
A-3b Swap Counterparty" means BNP Paribas under the Class A-3b Interest Rate
Swap.
"Class
A-4 Notes" means the Class A-4a Notes and the Class A-4b Notes,
collectively.
"Class
A-4a Notes" means the $144,330,000 Class A-4a 5.47% Asset Backed Notes
issued by the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-4a to the
Indenture.
"Class
A-4b Interest Rate Swap" means the swap transaction entered into between the
Issuer as Party B, and the Class A-4b Swap Counterparty, as Party A, pursuant
to
the ISDA Master Agreement, the related schedule thereto and the confirmation,
each dated as of June 19, 2007, together with any additional or replacement
swap
entered into by the Issuer on or after the Closing Date, in respect of the
Class
A-4b Notes.
"Class
A-4b Notes" means the $145,000,000 Class A-4b Floating Rate Asset Backed
Notes issued by the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-4b to the
Indenture.
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"Class
A-4b Swap Counterparty" means initially BNP Paribas under the Class A-4b
Interest Rate Swap.
"Class
B Notes" means the $59,759,000 Class B 5.60% Asset Backed Notes issued by
the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the
Indenture.
"Class
C Notes" means the $39,840,000 Class C 5.80% Asset Backed Notes issued by
the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the
Indenture.
"Class
D Note Purchase Agreement" means the Class D Note Purchase Agreement, dated
as of June 19, 2007, between ABN AMRO Incorporated, as the "Class D Note
Purchaser", and the Depositor.
"Class
D Note Transfer" has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(i) of the
Indenture.
"Class
D Notes" means the $39,839,000 Class D 7.05% Asset Backed Notes issued by
the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit D to the
Indenture.
"Clearing
Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing agency" pursuant to
Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
"Closing
Date" means June 27, 2007.
"Code"
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
"Collateral"
means (a) the Trust Property, (b) the Issuer's rights under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, (c) the Issuer's rights under the Interest Rate Swaps,
(d)
all present and future claims, demands, causes of action and choses in action
in
respect of the foregoing, and (e) all payments on or under and all proceeds
of
the foregoing, but excluding, the Trust Distribution Account (if
established) and all funds deposited in the Trust Distribution Account, if
any.
"Collection
Account" means the account or accounts established and maintained pursuant
to Section 4.1(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
"Collection
Period" means each calendar month commencing with the Cutoff
Date. For any Payment Date and Determination Date or for purposes of
determining the Principal Balance, Pool Balance or Note Pool Factor, the related
Collection Period means the Collection Period preceding (a) such Payment Date
or
Determination Date or (b) the month in which the Principal Balance, Pool Balance
or Note Pool Factor is determined.
"Collections"
means, for a Collection Period, all amounts received and applied by the Servicer
on the Receivables during such Collection Period, including, without
duplication:
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(a)
|
payments
received from Obligors, plus
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|
(b)
|
payments
received on behalf of Obligors, including amounts under physical
damage,
credit life and disability insurance policies,
plus
|
|
(c)
|
partial
prepayments due to refunds of cancelled items originally included
in the
Amount Financed, such as extended warranty protection plan costs
or
physical damage, credit life, disability insurance premiums and similar
products, plus
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(d)
|
Liquidation
Proceeds, plus
|
|
(e)
|
Recoveries,
|
but
excluding
|
(a)
|
amounts
constituting the Supplemental Servicing Fee,
plus
|
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(b)
|
amounts
on any Receivable for which the Purchase Amount is included in the
Available Funds for the related Payment
Date.
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"Control
Agreement" means the Collateral Account Control Agreement, dated as of the
Cutoff Date, among the Depositor, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and The
Bank
of New York, in its capacity as a securities intermediary.
"Controlling
Class" means (a) the Outstanding Class A Notes, (b) if no Class A Notes are
Outstanding, the Outstanding Class B Notes, (c) if no Class B Notes are
Outstanding, the Outstanding Class C Notes, and (d) if no Class C Notes are
Outstanding, the Outstanding Class D Notes.
"Corporate
Trust Office" means,
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(a)
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with
respect to the Owner Trustee:
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000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
or
at
such other address in the State of Delaware as the Owner Trustee may designate
by notice to the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator and the Depositor, or
the
principal corporate trust office of any successor Owner Trustee (the address
of
which the successor Owner Trustee will notify the Indenture Trustee, the
Administrator and the Depositor), and
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(b)
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with
respect to the Indenture Trustee:
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000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
0
Xxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Structured Finance Services – Asset Backed Securities
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
or
at
such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate by notice to the
Owner
Trustee and the Administrator, or the principal corporate trust office of any
successor Indenture Trustee (the address of which the successor Indenture
Trustee will notify the Owner Trustee and the Administrator).
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"Credit
and Collection Policy" means the credit and collection policies and
procedures of Ford Credit relating to retail installment sale contracts
originated or purchased and serviced by Ford Credit as they may change from
time
to time.
"Custodian"
has the meaning specified in Section 2.5 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
"Cutoff
Date" means June 1, 2007.
"Dealer"
means the seller of a Financed Vehicle, originator of the related Receivable
and
seller of the Receivable to Ford Credit.
"Dealer
Recourse" means all recourse rights against the originating Dealer on a
Receivable.
"Default"
means any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time or both would
become, an Event of Default.
"Definitive
Notes" has the meaning specified in Section 2.10 of the
Indenture.
"Delaware
Limited Liability Company Act" means Chapter 18 of Title 6 of the Delaware
Code.
"Delaware
Statutory Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware
Code.
"Delinquent"
means a Receivable on which more than $49.99 of the scheduled payment required
to be paid by the Obligor is past due.
"Depositor"
means Ford Credit Auto Receivables Two LLC.
"Determination
Date" means, for a Collection Period, the Business Day immediately preceding
the related Payment Date.
"DTC
Letter" means the letter of representations for the Notes, dated June 26,
2007 among the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and The Depository Trust
Company.
"Event
of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(a) of the
Indenture.
"Event
of Servicing Termination" has the meaning specified in Section 7.1 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement.
"Exchange
Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
"Final
Scheduled Payment Date" means, for each Class, the Payment Date specified
below:
Class
|
Final
Scheduled Payment Date
|
Class
A-1
|
July
15, 2008
|
Class
A-2a
|
April
15, 2010
|
Class
A-2b
|
April
15, 2010
|
Class
A-3a
|
August
15, 2011
|
Class
X-0x
|
Xxxxxx
00, 0000
|
Class
A-4a
|
June
15, 2012
|
Class
A-4b
|
June
15, 2012
|
Class
B
|
October
15, 2012
|
Class
C
|
February
15, 2013
|
Class
D
|
December
15, 2013
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"Financed
Vehicle" means a new or used car or light truck and all related accessories
securing an Obligor's indebtedness under a Receivable.
"First
Priority Principal Payment" means, for a Payment Date, the greater
of:
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(a)
|
an
amount (not less than zero) equal to the Note Balance of the Class
A Notes
as of the preceding Payment Date minus the Adjusted Pool Balance,
and
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|
(b)
|
on
and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date of any Class A Notes,
the Note
Balance of such Class A Notes.
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"Fitch"
means Fitch, Inc., d/b/a Fitch Ratings.
"Floating
Rate Notes" means the Class A-2b Notes, Class A-3b Notes and the Class A-4b
Notes.
"Ford
Credit" means Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
"Grant"
means to mortgage, pledge, assign and to xxxxx x xxxx upon and a security
interest in the relevant property.
"Indemnified
Person" has the meaning specified in Section 6.7(c) of the Indenture,
Section 6.3(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section 7.2(b) of the
Trust Agreement, as applicable.
"Indenture"
means the Indenture, dated as of the Cutoff Date, between the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee.
"Indenture
Trustee" means The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, not in
its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee under the
Indenture.
"Independent"
means that the relevant Person (a) is independent of the Issuer, the Depositor
and their Affiliates, (b) does not have any direct financial interest or any
material indirect financial interest in the Issuer, the Depositor or their
Affiliates, and (c) is not an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee,
partner, director or person performing similar functions of or for the Issuer,
the Depositor or their Affiliates.
"Independent
Certificate" means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the Indenture
Trustee under Section 11.1 of the Indenture, signed by an Independent appraiser
or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order and approved by the Indenture
Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care, and stating that the signer has
read
the definition of "Independent" and that the signer is Independent.
"Initial
Pool Balance" means $2,224,998,964.25, the aggregate Principal Balance of
the Receivables as of the Cutoff Date.
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"Initial
Purchaser" means Ford Credit Auto Receivables Two LLC.
"Insolvency
Event" means, for a Person, (a) the making of a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors, (b) the filing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy,
(c)
being adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or having had an order entered against
such Person for relief in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, (d) the
filing by such Person of a petition or answer seeking reorganization,
liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation,
(e) seeking, consenting to or acquiescing in the appointment of a trustee,
liquidator, receiver or similar official of such Person or of all or any
substantial part of such Person's assets, (f) the failure to obtain dismissal
or
a stay within 60 days of the commencement of or the filing by such Person
of an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material
allegations of a petition filed against such Person in any proceeding against
such Person seeking (i) reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or similar
relief under any statute, law or regulation or (ii) the appointment of a
trustee, liquidator, receiver or similar official of such Person or of all
or
any substantial part of such Person's assets, or (g) the failure by such Person
generally to pay its debts as such debts become due.
"Interest
Period" means, for a Payment Date, (a) for the Class A-1 Notes and the
Floating Rate Notes, from the preceding Payment Date (or the Closing Date in
the
case of the first Payment Date) to the following Payment Date and (b) for each
other Class of Notes, from the 15th day of the calendar month preceding each
Payment Date (or the Closing Date in the case of the first Payment Date) to
the
15th day of the following calendar month.
"Interest
Rate Swaps" means the Class A-2b Interest Rate Swap, the Class A-3b Interest
Rate Swap and the Class A-4b Interest Rate Swap.
"Issuer"
means Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2007-A.
"Issuer
Order" and "Issuer Request" has the meaning specified in Section
11.1(a) of the Indenture.
"LIBOR"
means (i) with respect to the first Interest Period, 5.32% and (ii) with respect
to any subsequent Interest Period, the following rate, as determined by the
Calculation Agent:
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(a)
|
the
rate for U.S. dollar deposits for a period of one month which appears
on
the Reuters Telerate Service Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m., London time,
on
the LIBOR Determination Date; and
|
|
(b)
|
if
such rate does not appear on the Reuters Telerate Service Page 3750,
the
rate determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S.
Dollars are offered by the LIBOR Reference Banks at approximately
11:00
a.m., London time, on the LIBOR Determination Date to prime banks
in the
London interbank market for a period of one month commencing on such
LIBOR
Determination Date and in a principal amount of at least U.S.$1,000,000,
the Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of
each of
the LIBOR Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If
at least
two such quotations are provided, the rate will be the arithmetic
mean of
the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided as requested,
the rate will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by three
major
banks in New York City, selected by the Calculation Agent, at
approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on that LIBOR Determination
Date for loans in U.S. Dollars to leading European banks for a period
of
one month commencing on the LIBOR Determination Date and in a principal
amount of at least U.S.$1,000,000; provided however, that if the
banks
selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting rates
as
mentioned in this sentence, LIBOR for such Interest Period will be
the
same as LIBOR for the immediately preceding Interest
Period.
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"LIBOR
Determination Date" means, the date that is two London Banking Days prior to
the first day of the applicable Interest Period.
"LIBOR
Reference Banks" means four major banks in the London interbank market
selected by the Calculation Agent.
"Lien"
means a security interest, lien, charge, pledge or
encumbrance.
"Limited
Liability Company Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Limited
Liability Company Agreement of the Depositor, dated as of March 1, 2001,
executed by Ford Credit, as sole member; or the Limited Liability Company
Agreement of Ford Credit, dated as of April 30, 2007 and effective on May 1,
2007, as the context requires.
"Liquidated
Receivable" means a Receivable for which the Servicer has received and
applied the proceeds of a sale by auction or other disposition of the related
Financed Vehicle.
"Liquidation
Proceeds" means, for a Collection Period and any Liquidated Receivable and
any other Receivable that is charged off during such Collection Period in
accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, an amount equal
to:
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(a)
|
all
amounts received and applied by the Servicer with respect to such
Receivable from whatever source, whether allocable to interest or
principal, during such Collection Period,
minus
|
|
(b)
|
Recoveries
with respect to such Receivable,
minus
|
|
(c)
|
the
sum of any amounts expended by the Servicer for the account of the
related
Obligor in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, including
collection expenses and all amounts paid to third parties in connection
with the repossession, transportation, reconditioning and disposition
of
the related Financed Vehicle,
minus
|
|
(d)
|
any
amounts required by law or under the Credit and Collection Policy
to be
remitted to the related Obligor.
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"London
Banking Day" shall mean any day on which commercial banks are open for
general business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency
deposits) in London.
"Monthly
Investor Report" has the meaning specified in Section 3.4(a) of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
"Monthly
Remittance Required Ratings" has the meaning specified in Section 4.3(a) of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
"Moody's"
means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
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"Net
Swap Payment" means, for any Payment Date, the net amount, if any, payable
by the Issuer to a Swap Counterparty on such Payment Date, excluding any Swap
Termination Payments and any Swap Termination Receipts.
"Net
Swap Receipt" means, for any Payment Date, the net amount, if any, payable
by a Swap Counterparty to the Issuer on such Payment Date, excluding any Swap
Termination Payments and any Swap Termination Receipts.
"Note
Balance" means, for a Note or Class of Notes, the initial aggregate
principal amount of such Note or Class of Notes minus all amounts
distributed on such Note or Class of Notes that is allocable to
principal.
"Note
Interest Rate" means, for each Class, the interest rate per annum specified
below:
Class
|
Note
Interest Rate
|
Class
A-1
|
5.34852%
|
Class
A-2a
|
5.42%
|
Class
A-2b
|
one-month
LIBOR + 0.01%
|
Class
A-3a
|
5.40%
|
Class
A-3b
|
one-month
LIBOR + 0.03%
|
Class
A-4a
|
5.47%
|
Class
A-4b
|
one-month
LIBOR + 0.05%
|
Class
B
|
5.60%
|
Class
C
|
5.80%
|
Class
D
|
7.05%
|
"Note
Interest Shortfall" means, for a Class of Notes and a Payment Date, an
amount equal to:
|
(a)
|
the
Note Monthly Interest for the preceding Payment Date for such Class,
plus
|
|
(b)
|
any
outstanding Note Interest Shortfall for that Class for the preceding
Payment Date together with interest on such Note Interest Shortfall,
to
the extent lawful, at the Note Interest Rate for such Class for the
related Interest Period,
minus
|
|
(c)
|
the
amount of interest that was paid to the Noteholders of such Class
on such
preceding Payment Date.
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"Note
Monthly Interest" means, for a Class of Notes and a Payment Date, the
aggregate amount of interest accrued on the Note Balance of that Class at the
Note Interest Rate for such Class for the related Interest Period.
"Note
Owner" means, for a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the beneficial owner
of a Book-Entry Note as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency or on
the
books of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (as a direct
participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with
the
rules of such Clearing Agency).
"Note
Paying Agent" means the Indenture Trustee and any other Person appointed as
Note Paying Agent pursuant to Section 2.13 of the Indenture.
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"Note
Pool Factor" means, for a Class of Notes and a Payment Date, a seven-digit
decimal figure equal to the Note Balance of such Class after giving effect
to
any principal payments to be made on that Class on that Payment Date divided
by
the initial Note Balance of such Class.
"Note
Register" and "Note Registrar" have the meanings specified in Section
2.4 of the Indenture.
"Noteholder"
means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note
Register.
"Notes"
means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-2b Notes, the
Class
A-3a Notes, the Class A-3b Notes, the Class A-4a Notes, the Class A-4b Notes,
the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Class D Notes,
collectively.
"Obligor"
means the purchaser or co-purchasers of the Financed Vehicle or any guarantor
or
other Person who owes payments under the related Receivable (not including
any
Dealer for Dealer Recourse).
"Officer's
Certificate" means (a) for the Issuer, a certificate signed by a Responsible
Person of the Issuer and (b) for the Depositor or the Servicer, a certificate
signed by any officer of the Depositor or the Servicer, as
applicable.
"Opinion
of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel which counsel is reasonably
acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Rating Agencies,
as applicable.
"Other
Assets" means any assets or interests in any assets (other than the Trust
Property) conveyed or purported to be conveyed by the Depositor to any Person
other than the Issuer, whether by way of a sale, capital contribution, the
Grant
of a Lien or otherwise.
"Outstanding"
means, as of any date, all Notes authenticated and delivered under the Indenture
on or before such date except (a) Notes that have been cancelled by the Note
Registrar or delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation, (b) Notes or
portions of Notes to the extent an amount necessary to pay all or a portion
of
such Notes has been deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Note Paying
Agent in trust for the Noteholders of such Notes on or before such date,
providedthat if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such
redemption has been given pursuant to the Indenture or provision for such notice
has been made in a manner satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, and (c) Notes
in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to the Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser,
providedthat in determining (i) whether Noteholders evidencing the
required Note Balance have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver under any Basic Document, Notes owned by the Issuer,
the Depositor, the Servicer or their Affiliates will be deemed not to be
Outstanding and (ii) whether the Indenture Trustee is protected in relying
on
any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver,
only Notes that a Responsible Person of the Indenture Trustee knows to be so
owned will be deemed not to be Outstanding. Notes owned by the
Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer or their Affiliates that have been pledged
in good faith will be treated as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to
the
satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee the pledgee's right to act with respect
to
such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer
or their Affiliate.
"Owner
Trustee" means U.S. Bank Trust National Association, a national banking
association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under
the Trust Agreement.
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"Payment
Date" means the 15th day of each calendar month or, if not a Business Day,
the next Business Day, commencing in the first full month after the Closing
Date.
"Permitted
Investments" means book-entry securities, negotiable instruments or
securities represented by instruments in bearer or registered form that
evidence:
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(a)
|
direct
non-callable obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as
to timely
payment by, the United States,
|
|
(b)
|
demand
deposits, time deposits, certificates of deposit or bankers' acceptances
of any depository institution or trust company (i) incorporated under
the
laws of the United States or any State or any United States branch
or
agency of a foreign bank, (ii) subject to supervision and examination
by
federal or State banking or depository institution authorities, and
(iii)
that at the time the investment or contractual commitment to invest
is
made, the commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations
(other than obligations with a rating based on the credit of a Person
other than such depository institution or trust company) of such
depository institution or trust company have the Required
Rating,
|
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(c)
|
commercial
paper, including asset-backed commercial paper, having, at the time
the
investment or contractual commitment to invest is made, the Required
Rating,
|
|
(d)
|
investments
in money market funds having, at the time the investment or contractual
commitment to invest is made, a rating in the highest investment
grade
category from each of the Rating Agencies (including funds for which
the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee or any of their Affiliates
is
investment manager or advisor),
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(e)
|
repurchase
obligations with respect to any security that is a direct non-callable
obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States or any agency
or
instrumentality of the United States the obligations of which are
backed
by the full faith and credit of the United States, in either case
entered
into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as
principal) described in clause (b) above,
and
|
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(f)
|
any
other investment for which the Issuer or the Administrator has received
Rating Agency Confirmation.
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"Permitted
Lien" means a tax, mechanics' or other Lien that attaches by operation of
law, or any security interest of the Depositor in the Purchased Property under
the Purchase Agreement, the Issuer in the Trust Property under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement or the Indenture Trustee in the Collateral under the
Indenture.
"Person"
means any legal person, including any corporation, natural person, joint
venture, limited liability company, partnership, trust, business trust,
association, government, any department or agency of any government or any
other
entity of whatever nature.
"Pool
Balance" means, on the last day of a Collection Period, an amount equal to
the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables as of such day, excluding
Purchased Receivables.
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"Preliminary
Prospectus" means the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated June 17, 2007
to the Depositor's prospectus, dated June 17, 2007.
"Principal
Balance" means, for a Receivable as of the close of business on the last day
of a Collection Period, an amount (not less than zero) equal to:
|
(a)
|
the
Amount Financed, minus
|
|
(b)
|
the
portion of all Collections applied on or prior to such date allocable
to
principal, minus
|
|
(c)
|
Realized
Losses.
|
"Principal
Payment Account" means the administrative subaccount of the Collection
Account established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.1(b) of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
"Proceeding"
means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative
proceeding, or governmental investigation.
"Prospectus"
means (a) the Preliminary Prospectus, together with the final prospectus
supplement, dated June 19, 2007, to the Depositor's prospectus, dated June
17,
2007, relating to the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-2b Notes, the Class A-3a
Notes, the Class A-3b Notes, the Class A-4a Notes, the Class A-4b Notes, the
Class B Notes and the Class C Notes, (b) the preliminary offering memorandum,
dated June 17, 2007, and the final offering memorandum, dated June 19, 2007,
relating to the Class A-1 Notes and (c) the preliminary offering memorandum,
dated June 17, 2007, and the final offering memorandum, dated June 19, 2007,
relating to the Class D Notes.
"Purchase
Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Cutoff Date,
between the Sponsor and the Depositor.
"Purchase
Amount" means, for a Receivable for which the Purchase Amount is to be
included in Available Funds for a Payment Date, the Principal Balance of the
Receivable as of the last day of the second preceding Collection Period plus
30
days of interest at the applicable APR or, if such Receivable has been charged
off, an amount equal to the Realized Loss on such Receivable minus any
Recoveries through the last day of the preceding Collection Period.
"Purchased
Property" means (a) the Receivables, (b) all amounts received and applied on
the Receivables on or after the Cutoff Date, (c) the security interests in
the
Financed Vehicles granted by Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and any other
interest of Ford Credit in the Financed Vehicles, (d) rights to receive proceeds
from claims on any physical damage, credit life, credit disability or other
insurance policies covering Financed Vehicles or Obligors, (e) Dealer Recourse,
(f) the Receivables Files, (g) all property securing the Receivables, (h)
rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies and other
items financed under the Receivables in effect as of the Cutoff Date, (i) all
present and future claims, demands, causes of action and choses in action in
respect of any of the foregoing, and (j) all payments on or under and all
proceeds in respect of any of the foregoing.
"Purchased
Receivable" means, for a Collection Period, a Receivable (a) purchased by
the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.2(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
(b)
repurchased by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.4(a) of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, or (c) repurchased by Ford Credit pursuant to Section
3.3(a) of the Purchase Agreement and for which, in each case, the Purchase
Amount is included in Available Funds for the related Payment
Date.
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"QIB"
has the meaning specified in Section 2.4 of the Indenture.
"Qualified
Institution" means any bank or depository institution organized under the
laws of the United States or any State or any United States branch or agency
of
a foreign bank or depository institution that (a) is subject to supervision
and
examination by federal or State banking authorities, (b) has a short-term
deposit rating of "P-1" by Moody's and "A-1+" by Standard & Poor's, (c) if
such institution holds any Bank Accounts other than as segregated trust accounts
and the deposits are to be held in such accounts more than 30 days, has a
long-term unsecured debt rating or issuer rating of not less than "AA-" by
Standard & Poor's, and (d) if such institution is organized under the laws
of the United States, whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation.
"Qualified
Trust Institution" means the corporate trust department of The Bank of New
York, U.S. Bank Trust National Association, or any other bank or depository
institution organized under the laws of the United States or any State or any
United States branch or agency of a foreign bank or depository institution
that
is subject to supervision and examination by federal or State banking
authorities that (a) is authorized under such laws to act as a trustee or in
any
other fiduciary capacity and (b) has a long-term deposit rating of not less
than
"Baa3" from Xxxxx'x.
"Rating
Agency" means, as of any date, each nationally recognized statistical rating
organization that has been designated by the Depositor to provide a rating
on
the Notes and is then rating the Notes.
"Rating
Agency Confirmation" means, for an action or request, that each of the
Rating Agencies (other than Moody's) has notified the Depositor, the Servicer,
the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee that such action or request will
not
result in a reduction or withdrawal of its then current rating of the Notes
and, with respect to Moody's, that (i) except as provided in clause (ii), the
Issuer has given 10 days prior written notice to Moody's and Moody's has not
notified the Depositor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee in writing that such action will result in a downgrade or withdrawal
of
the then current rating on any of the Notes and (ii) in the case of an action
described in clause (f) of the definition of "Permitted Investments" or in
connection with the remittance of amounts on the related Payment Date pursuant
to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, including Section 3.2 or Section 4.3
thereof, Moody's has notified the Depositor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee
and
the Indenture Trustee in writing that such action will not result in a reduction
or withdrawal of its then current rating of the Notes.
"Realized
Loss" means, for a Receivable that is charged off by the Servicer in
accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, an amount (not less than
zero)
equal to:
|
(a)
|
the
Principal Balance of such Receivable as of the last day of the Collection
Period preceding the Collection Period in which the Receivable is
charged
off, minus
|
|
(b)
|
any
Liquidation Proceeds received in the Collection Period in which the
Receivable is charged off.
|
"Receivable"
means, for a Collection Period, any retail installment sale contract listed
on
the Schedule of Receivables, excluding any such contract that became a Purchased
Receivable during a preceding Collection Period.
"Receivables
Files" has the meaning specified in Section 2.5 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
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"Record
Date" means, for a Payment Date and a Note in global form, the close of
business on the day before such Payment Date and, for a Payment Date and a
Definitive Note, the last day of the month preceding the month in which such
Payment Date occurs.
"Recoveries"
means, for a Receivable that has been charged off in accordance with the Credit
and Collection Policy (whether or not such Receivable is a Liquidated
Receivable) and a Collection Period, an amount equal to:
|
(a)
|
all
amounts received and applied by the Servicer during such Collection
Period
with respect to such Receivable from whatever source, whether allocable
to
interest or principal, after the date it was charged off,
minus
|
|
(b)
|
the
sum of any amounts expended by the Servicer for the account of the
related
Obligor in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, including
collection expenses and all amounts paid to third parties in connection
with the repossession, transportation, reconditioning and disposition
of
the related Financed Vehicle to the extent such amounts have not
been
included in calculating Liquidation Proceeds for such Collection
Period,
minus
|
|
(c)
|
any
amounts required by law or under the Credit and Collection Policy
to be
remitted to the Obligor.
|
"Redemption
Date" means the Payment Date specified by the Servicer for a redemption of
the Notes pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Indenture.
"Registered
Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note
Register on the applicable Record Date.
"Regular
Principal Payment" means, for a Payment Date, an amount (not less than zero)
equal to:
|
(a)
|
the
greater of:
|
(i) the
Note Balance of the Class A-1 Notes as of the preceding Payment Date or the
Closing Date, as the case may be, and
(ii) an
amount equal to:
(A)
|
the
aggregate Note Balances of all Notes as of the preceding Payment
Date or
the Closing Date, as the case may be,
minus
|
|
(B)
|
the
Pool Balance as of the last day of the preceding Collection Period
minus the Targeted Overcollateralization
Amount,
|
|
minus
|
|
(b)
|
the
sum of the First Priority Principal Payment, the Second Priority
Principal
Payment and the Third Priority Principal
Payment;
|
except
that on and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date of the Class D Notes, the
Regular Principal Payment will be the Note Balance of the Class D
Notes.
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"Regulation
AB" means Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17
C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as clarified and interpreted by the Securities and
Exchange Commission or its staff.
"Residual
Interest" means a beneficial ownership interest in the Issuer, as recorded
on the Trust Register.
"Required
Rating" means, for short-term unsecured debt obligations, a rating of (a)
"P-1" by Moody's, (b) "A-1+" by Standard & Poor's and (c) if rated by
Fitch, "F1+" by Fitch.
"Reserve
Account" means the account established and maintained pursuant to Section
4.1(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
"Reserve
Account Draw Amount" means, for a Payment Date, the least of:
|
(a)
|
an
amount (not less than zero) equal to the Total Required Payment
minus Available Funds determined without regard to the Reserve
Account Draw Amount, and
|
|
(b)
|
the
amount in the Reserve Account minus any investment
earnings.
|
"Responsible
Person" means:
|
(a)
|
for
the Administrator, the Depositor, the Sponsor and the Servicer, any
Person
designated in an Officer's Certificate of such Person or other notice
signed by an officer of such Person as authorized to act for such
Person,
which Officer's Certificate or other notice has been sent to all
other
transaction parties including the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee,
|
|
(b)
|
with
respect to the Issuer, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office
of
the Owner Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president,
secretary, assistant secretary or any other officer of the Owner
Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any
of the
above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular
matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such
officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject,
and
for so long as the Administration Agreement is in effect, any Responsible
Person of the Administrator, and
|
|
(c)
|
with
respect to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, any officer
within
the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee,
as the case may be, including any vice president, assistant vice
president, secretary, assistant secretary or any other officer of
the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter,
any
other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and also
means,
with respect to the Owner Trustee, for so long as the Administration
Agreement is in effect, any Responsible Person of the
Administrator.
|
"Rule
144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
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"Rule
144A Information" has the meaning specified in Section 2.4 of the
Indenture.
"Sale
and Servicing Agreement" means the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
the Cutoff Date, among the Issuer, the Depositor and the Servicer.
"Schedule
of Receivables" means the schedule or file identifying the Receivables
attached as Exhibit A to the Purchase Agreement and Schedule A to the Sale
and
Servicing Agreement and the Indenture.
"Second
Priority Principal Payment" means, for a Payment Date, the greater
of:
|
(a)
|
an
amount (not less than zero) equal
to:
|
(i) the
aggregate Note Balances of the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes as of the
preceding Payment Date, minus
(ii) the
Adjusted Pool Balance, minus
(iii) the
First Priority Principal Payment,
|
and
|
|
(b)
|
on
and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date of the Class B Notes,
the Note
Balance of such Class B Notes.
|
"Secured
Parties" means the Noteholders and the Swap Counterparties.
"Securities
Account" means each account established and maintained pursuant to Section 1
of the Control Agreement.
"Securities
Act" means the Securities Act of 1933.
"Senior
Swap Termination Payment" means any termination payment payable by the
Issuer to a Swap Counterparty other than a Subordinated Swap Termination
Payment.
"Servicer"
means Ford Credit or the Successor Servicer.
"Servicing
Fee" means, for a Collection Period, the fee payable to the Servicer for
services rendered during such Collection Period in an amount equal to the
product of:
|
(a)
|
one-twelfth
of 1.0%, times
|
|
(b)
|
the
Pool Balance as of the last day of the preceding Collection
Period.
|
"Specified
Reserve Balance" means $11,124,994.82, or 0.50% of the Initial Pool
Balance.
"Sponsor"
means Ford Credit.
"Standard
& Poor's" means Standard & Poor's, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc.
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"State"
means any state or commonwealth of the United States, or the District of
Columbia.
"Subordinated
Swap Termination Payment" means any termination payment payable by the
Issuer to a Swap Counterparty where the related termination results from either
(a) an "event of default" under the related Interest Rate Swap where the Swap
Counterparty is the "defaulting party" or (b) a "termination event" under the
related Interest Rate Swap for which the Swap Counterparty is the sole "affected
party."
"Successor
Servicer" means a successor Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 7.2 of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
"Supplemental
Servicing Fee" means, for a Collection Period, all late fees, prepayment
charges, extension fees and other administrative fees or similar charges on
the
Receivables.
"Swap
Counterparties" means Class A-2b Swap Counterparty, Class A-3b Swap
Counterparty and Class A-4b Swap Counterparty.
"Swap
Required Ratings" means ratings at least equal to (i) a short term unsecured
debt rating of "A-1" by Standard & Poor's (or, if the applicable Swap
Counterparty has no short term unsecured debt rating by Standard & Poor's, a
long term unsecured debt rating of "A+" by Standard & Poor's), (ii) a short
term unsecured debt rating of "P-1" by Moody's together with a long term
unsecured debt rating of "A2" or better by Moody's (or if applicable Swap
Counterparty has no short unsecured debt rating from Moody's, a long term
unsecured debt rating of "A1" or better from Moody's), and (iii) either a short
term unsecured debt rating of "F1" or better from Fitch or a long term unsecured
debt rating of "A" or better by Fitch.
"Swap
Termination Payments" means Senior Swap Termination Payments and
Subordinated Swap Termination Payments.
"Swap
Termination Receipt" means any swap termination payment payable by a Swap
Counterparty to the Issuer.
"Targeted
Credit Enhancement Amount" means, for a Payment Date, the greater
of:
|
(a)
|
the
Specified Reserve Balance, and
|
|
(b)
|
1%
of the Pool Balance as of the last day of the preceding Collection
Period.
|
"Targeted
Overcollateralization Amount" means, for a Payment Date, an amount equal
to:
|
(a)
|
the
Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount,
plus
|
|
(b)
|
the
Targeted Credit Enhancement Amount,
minus
|
|
(c)
|
the
Specified Reserve Balance.
|
"Third
Priority Principal Payment" means, for a Payment Date, the greater
of:
|
(a)
|
an
amount (not less than zero) equal
to:
|
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(i)
the aggregate Note Balances of the Class A Notes,
the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes as of the preceding Payment Date,
minus
(ii)
the Adjusted Pool Balance, minus
(iii) the
sum of the First Priority Principal Payment and the Second Priority Principal
Payment,
|
and
|
|
(b)
|
on
and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date of the Class C Notes,
the Note
Balance of the Class C Notes.
|
"Total
Required Payment" means, for a Payment Date, the sum of
|
(a)
|
the
amount, up to a maximum of $150,000, due and payable to the Indenture
Trustee under Section 6.7 of the Indenture and to the Owner Trustee
under
Sections 7.1 and 7.2 of the Trust Agreement,
plus
|
|
(b)
|
the
Servicing Fee and all unpaid Servicing Fees from preceding Collection
Periods, plus
|
|
(c)
|
the
Accrued Note Interest for all Classes of Notes,
plus
|
|
(d)
|
any
Net Swap Payment payable to the Swap Counterparties,
plus
|
|
(e)
|
any
Senior Swap Termination Payments payable to the Swap Counterparties,
plus
|
|
(d)
|
the
First Priority Principal Payment,
plus
|
|
(e)
|
the
Second Priority Principal Payment,
plus
|
|
(f)
|
the
Third Priority Principal Payment,
plus
|
|
(g)
|
on
or after the Final Scheduled Payment Date of the Class D Notes, the
sum of
the Note Balance of the Class D Notes and any outstanding Subordinated
Swap Termination Payments.
|
Following
an Event of Default and an acceleration of the Notes or an Insolvency Event
or
dissolution of the Depositor, until the Note Balances of all Notes have been
paid in full, the Total Required Payment will also include the aggregate Note
Balances of all Notes.
"Trust
Accounts" means the Bank Accounts and the Trust Distribution Account (if
established).
"Trust
Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated as of the
Cutoff Date, between the Depositor and the Owner Trustee.
"Trust
Distribution Account" means the account that may be established and
maintained pursuant to Section 4.1(g) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
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"Trust
Indenture Act" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of
1939.
"Trust
Property" means (a) the Purchased Property, (b) the Depositor's rights under
the Purchase Agreement, (c) the Depositor's rights under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, (d) all security entitlements relating to the Trust Accounts and
the
property deposited in or credited to any of the Trust Accounts, (e) all present
and future claims, demands, causes of action and choses in action in respect
of
any of the foregoing, and (f) all payments on or under and all proceeds in
respect of any of the foregoing.
"Trust
Register" and "Trust Registrar" have the meanings specified in
Section 3.2 of the Trust Agreement.
"UCC"
means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant
jurisdiction.
"Underwriting
Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement, dated June 19, 2007, between
the Depositor and ABN AMRO Incorporated, BNP Paribas Securities Corp. and
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, as the representatives
of the underwriters named in such agreement.
"U.S.
Bank Trust" means U.S. Bank Trust National Association, a national banking
association.
"Void
Class A-1 Note Transfer" has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(i) of the
Indenture.
"Void
Class D Note Transfer" has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(i) of the
Indenture.
"Yield
Supplement Overcollateralization Amount" means, for the Closing Date and
each Payment Date, the amount specified on the Yield Supplement
Overcollateralization Schedule for such date. The Yield Supplement
Overcollateralization Amount has been calculated for the Closing Date and each
Payment Date as the sum for each Receivable of the amount (not less than zero)
equal to:
|
(a)
|
the
future payments on such Receivable discounted to present value as
of the
last day of the preceding Collection Period (or the Cutoff Date,
for the
Closing Date) at the APR of the Receivable,
minus
|
|
(b)
|
such
future payments on such Receivable discounted to present value as
of the
last day of the preceding Collection Period at
9.00%.
|
For
purposes of this calculation, the future payments on each Receivable are the
equal monthly payments that would reduce the Receivable's outstanding Principal
Balance as of the Cutoff Date to zero on the Receivable's final scheduled
payment date, at an interest rate equal to the APR of the Receivable and without
any delays, defaults or prepayments.
"Yield
Supplement Overcollateralization Schedule" means, for the Closing Date and
each Payment Date, the following schedule:
Closing
Date
|
233,030,246.40
|
July
2007
|
225,484,261.09
|
August
2007
|
218,064,087.48
|
September
2007
|
210,770,921.34
|
October
2007
|
203,603,726.31
|
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November
2007
|
196,559,292.40
|
December
2007
|
189,634,312.08
|
January
2008
|
182,828,621.99
|
February
2008
|
176,142,574.00
|
March
2008
|
169,576,070.80
|
April
2008
|
163,129,224.21
|
May
2008
|
156,802,361.85
|
June
2008
|
150,595,792.92
|
July
2008
|
144,510,461.59
|
August
2008
|
138,547,337.91
|
September
2008
|
132,707,386.68
|
October
2008
|
126,991,473.45
|
November
2008
|
121,400,375.75
|
December
2008
|
115,934,972.66
|
January
2009
|
110,596,128.46
|
February
2009
|
105,384,697.15
|
March
2009
|
100,301,490.76
|
April
2009
|
95,347,271.82
|
May
2009
|
90,522,662.02
|
June
2009
|
85,828,160.14
|
July
2009
|
81,264,254.96
|
August
2009
|
76,831,300.12
|
September
2009
|
72,529,627.65
|
October
2009
|
68,359,267.04
|
November
2009
|
64,320,233.77
|
December
2009
|
60,412,815.60
|
January
2010
|
56,637,126.93
|
February
2010
|
52,993,291.99
|
March
2010
|
49,481,123.96
|
April
2010
|
46,100,342.53
|
May
2010
|
42,850,294.49
|
June
2010
|
39,729,653.15
|
July
2010
|
36,736,402.42
|
August
2010
|
33,868,331.71
|
September
2010
|
31,125,898.04
|
October
2010
|
28,509,290.23
|
November
2010
|
26,018,393.19
|
December
2010
|
23,653,433.84
|
January
2011
|
21,414,655.55
|
February
2011
|
19,302,284.19
|
March
2011
|
17,316,369.75
|
April
2011
|
15,456,937.44
|
May
2011
|
13,723,650.55
|
June
2011
|
12,115,554.14
|
July
2011
|
10,630,683.39
|
August
2011
|
9,266,043.16
|
September
2011
|
8,018,877.25
|
October
2011
|
6,885,458.01
|
November
2011
|
5,861,725.27
|
December
2011
|
4,945,206.65
|
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January
2012
|
4,132,173.25
|
February
2012
|
3,418,117.11
|
March
2012
|
2,798,922.90
|
April
2012
|
2,269,834.59
|
May
2012
|
1,824,389.49
|
June
2012
|
1,451,441.20
|
July
2012
|
1,138,255.96
|
August
2012
|
872,705.72
|
September
2012
|
653,949.98
|
October
2012
|
480,124.86
|
November
2012
|
347,131.56
|
December
2012
|
239,525.34
|
January
2013
|
155,561.85
|
February
2013
|
92,546.53
|
March
2013
|
48,245.85
|
April
2013
|
20,100.41
|
May
2013
|
5,235.02
|
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EXHIBIT
A
Ford
Credit Auto Owner Trust 2007-A
Monthly
Investor Report
Collection
Period
Payment
Date
Transaction
Month
Additional
information about the structure, cashflows, defined terms and parties for this
transaction can be found in the prospectus supplement, available on the SEC
website (xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx) under the registration number 333-143316 and at
xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxx.xxxxx.
I.
ORIGINAL DEAL PARAMETERS
Dollar
Amount
|
#
of Receivables
|
Weighted
Avg Remaining
Term
at Cutoff
|
|
Initial
Pool Balance
|
|||
Original
Securities:
|
Dollar
Amount
|
Note
Interest Rate
|
Legal
Final Maturity
|
Class
A-1 Notes
|
%
|
||
Class
A-2a Notes
|
%
|
||
Class
A-2b Notes
|
%
|
||
Class
A-3a Notes
|
%
|
||
Class
A-3b Notes
|
%
|
||
Class
A-4a Notes
|
%
|
||
Class
A-4b Notes
|
%
|
||
Class
B Notes
|
%
|
||
Class
C Notes
|
%
|
||
Class
D Notes
|
%
|
||
Total
|
II.
AVAILABLE FUNDS
Interest:
Interest
Collections
Principal:
Principal
Collections
Prepayments
in Full
Liquidation
Proceeds
Recoveries
Sub
Total
Collections
Purchase
Amounts:
Purchase
Amounts Related to Principal
Purchase
Amounts Related to Interest
Sub
Total
Clean-up
Call
Reserve
Account Draw Amount
EA-1
Net
Swap
Receipt – Tranche A-2b
Net
Swap
Receipt – Tranche A-3b
Net
Swap
Receipt – Tranche A-4b
Swap
Termination Receipt – Tranche A-2b
Swap
Termination Receipt – Tranche A-3b
Swap
Termination Receipt – Tranche A-4b
Available
Funds - Total
Ford
Credit Auto Owner Trust 2007-A
Monthly
Investor Report
Collection
Period
Payment
Date
Transaction
Month
III.
DISTRIBUTIONS
|
|||||
Calculated
Amount
|
Amount
Paid
|
Shortfall
|
Carryover
Shortfall
|
Remaining
Available Funds
|
|
Owner
Trustee Fees and Expenses
|
|||||
Indenture
Trustee Fees and Expenses
|
|||||
Servicing
Fee
|
|||||
Net
Swap Payment – Tranche A-2b
|
|||||
Net
Swap Payment – Tranche A-3b
|
|||||
Net
Swap Payment – Tranche A-4b
|
|||||
Senior
Swap Termination
|
|||||
Payments
– Tranche A-2b
|
|||||
Senior
Swap Termination
|
|||||
Payments–
Tranche A-3b
|
|||||
Senior
Swap Termination
|
|||||
Payments
– Tranche A-4b
|
|||||
Interest
- Class A-1 Notes
|
|||||
Interest
- Class A-2a Notes
|
|||||
Interest
- Class A-2b Notes
|
|||||
Interest
- Class A-3a Notes
|
|||||
Interest
- Class A-3b Notes
|
|||||
Interest
- Class A-4a Notes
|
|||||
Interest
- Class A-4b Notes
|
|||||
First
Priority Principal Payment
|
|||||
Interest
- Class B Notes
|
|||||
Second
Priority Principal Payment
|
|||||
Interest
- Class C Notes
|
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Third
Priority Principal Payment
|
|||||
Interest
- Class D Notes
|
|||||
Reserve
Account Deposit
|
|||||
Regular
Principal Payment
|
|||||
Subordinated
Swap
|
|||||
Termination
Payments – Tranche A-2b
|
|||||
Subordinated
Swap
|
|||||
Termination
Payments – Tranche A-3b
|
|||||
Subordinated
Swap
|
|||||
Termination
Payments – Tranche A-4b
|
|||||
Additional
Trustee Fees and Expenses
|
|||||
Residual
Released to Depositor
|
|||||
Total
|
Principal
Payment:
|
|
First
Priority Principal Payment
|
|
Second
Priority Principal Payment
|
|
Third
Priority Principal Payment
|
|
Regular
Principal Payment
|
|
Total
|
IV.
NOTEHOLDER PAYMENTS
Noteholder
Principal Payments
|
Noteholder
Interest Payments
|
Total
Payment
|
||||
Actual
|
Per
$1,000 of
|
Actual
|
Per
$1,000 of
|
Actual
|
Per
$1,000 of
|
|
Original
|
Original
|
Original
|
||||
Balance
|
Balance
|
Balance
|
||||
Class
A-1 Notes
|
||||||
Class
A-2a Notes
|
||||||
Class
A-2b Notes
|
||||||
Class
A-3a Notes
|
||||||
Class
A-3b Notes
|
||||||
Class
A-4a Notes
|
||||||
Class
A-4b Notes
|
||||||
Class
B Notes
|
||||||
Class
C Notes
|
||||||
Class
D Notes
|
||||||
Total
|
Ford
Credit Auto Owner Trust 2007-A
Monthly
Investor Report
EA-3
Collection
Period
Payment
Date
Transaction
Month
V.
NOTE BALANCE AND POOL INFORMATION
Beginning
of Period
|
End
of Period
|
|||
Balance
|
Note
Factor
|
Balance
|
Note
Factor
|
|
Class
A-1 Notes
|
||||
Class
A-2a Notes
|
||||
Class
A-2b Notes
|
||||
Class
A-3a Notes
|
||||
Class
A-3b Notes
|
||||
Class
A-4a Notes
|
||||
Class
A-4b Notes
|
||||
Class
B Notes
|
||||
Class
C Notes
|
||||
Class
D Notes
|
||||
Total
|
Pool
Information
Weighted
Average APR
Weighted
Average Remaining Term
Number
of
Receivables Outstanding
Pool
Balance
Adjusted
Pool Balance (Pool Balance - YSOC Amount)
Pool
Factor
VI.
OVERCOLLATERALIZATION INFORMATION
Specified
Reserve Balance
Targeted
Credit Enhancement Amount
Yield
Supplement Overcollateralization Amount
Targeted
Overcollateralization Amount
Actual
Overcollateralization Amount (EOP Pool Balance -EOP Note
Balance)
VII.
RECONCILIATION OF RESERVE ACCOUNT
Beginning
Reserve Account Balance
Reserve
Account Deposits Made
Reserve
Account Draw Amount
Ending
Reserve Account Balance
Change
in
Reserve Account Balance
Specified
Reserve Balance
EA-4
Ford
Credit Auto Owner Trust 2007-A
Monthly
Investor Report
Collection
Period
Payment
Date
Transaction
Month
VIII.
NET LOSSES AND DELINQUENT
ACCOUNTS
#
of Receivables
|
Amount
|
Realized
Loss
(Recoveries)
Net
Losses for Current Collection Period
Cumulative
Net Losses Last Collection
Cumulative
Net Losses for all Collection Periods
Ratio
of
Net Losses for Current Collection Period to Beginning of Period Pool Balance
(annualized)
Delinquent
Receivables:
%
of EOP Pool
|
#
of Receivables
|
Amount
|
31-60
Days Delinquent
61-90
Days Delinquent
Over
120
Days Delinquent
Total
Delinquent Receivables
Repossesion
Inventory:
Repossesed
in Current Collection Period
Total
Repossesed Inventory
Ratio
of Net Losses to the Average Pool Balance for the Collection
Period:
Second
Preceding Collection Period
Preceding
Collection Period
Current
Collection Period
Three
Month Average
Number
of 61+ Delinquent Receivables to EOP Number of Outstanding
Receivables:
Second
Preceding Collection Period
Preceding
Collection Period
Current
Collection Period
Three
Month Average
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