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CNH EQUIPMENT TRUST 2001-A
TRUST AGREEMENT
between
CNH Capital Receivables Inc.
and
The Bank of New York,
as Trustee
Dated as of May 1, 2001
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Table of Contents
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.1. Definitions...................................................1
SECTION 1.2. Other Definitional Provisions...........................,.....1
ARTICLE II
Organization
SECTION 2.1. Name..........................................................2
SECTION 2.2. Office........................................................2
SECTION 2.3. Purposes and Powers...........................................2
SECTION 2.4. Appointment of Trustee........................................3
SECTION 2.5. Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate..................3
SECTION 2.6. Declaration of Trust..........................................3
SECTION 2.7. Liability of the Certificateholders...........................4
SECTION 2.8. Title to Trust Property.......................................4
SECTION 2.9. Situs of Trust................................................4
SECTION 2.10. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor...............4
SECTION 2.11. Federal Income Tax Allocations; Tax Treatment.................5
ARTICLE III
Trust Certificates and Transfer of Interests
SECTION 3.1. Initial Ownership.............................................7
SECTION 3.2. The Trust Certificates........................................7
SECTION 3.3. Authentication of Trust Certificates..........................7
SECTION 3.4. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust Certificates...8
SECTION 3.5. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Certificates.......9
SECTION 3.6. Persons Deemed Certificateholders............................10
SECTION 3.7. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses....10
SECTION 3.8. Maintenance of Office or Agency..............................10
SECTION 3.9. Appointment of Paying Agent..................................11
ARTICLE IV
Actions by Trustee
SECTION 4.1. Prior Notice to Certificateholders with Respect to Certain
Matters......................................................11
SECTION 4.2. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain
Matters......................................................12
SECTION 4.3. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy......12
SECTION 4.4. Restrictions on Certificateholders' Power....................13
SECTION 4.5. Majority Control.............................................13
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ARTICLE V
Application of Trust Funds; Certain Duties
SECTION 5.1. Establishment of Trust Account...............................13
SECTION 5.2. Applications of Trust Funds..................................14
SECTION 5.3. Method of Payment............................................14
SECTION 5.4. No Segregation of Moneys; No Interest........................15
SECTION 5.5. Accounting and Reports to the Noteholders, Certificateholders,
the Internal Revenue Service and Others......................15
SECTION 5.6. Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner....................15
ARTICLE VI
Authority and Duties of Trustee
SECTION 6.1. General Authority............................................16
SECTION 6.2. General Duties...............................................16
SECTION 6.3. Action upon Instruction......................................16
SECTION 6.4. No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in
Instructions.................................................17
SECTION 6.5. No Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions...18
SECTION 6.6. Restrictions.................................................18
ARTICLE VII
Concerning the Trustee
SECTION 7.1. Acceptance of Trusts and Duties..............................18
SECTION 7.2. Furnishing of Documents......................................20
SECTION 7.3. Representations and Warranties...............................20
SECTION 7.4. Reliance; Advice of Counsel..................................21
SECTION 7.5. Not Acting in Individual Capacity............................21
SECTION 7.6. Trustee Not Liable for Trust Certificates or Receivables.....22
SECTION 7.7. Trustee May Not Own Notes....................................22
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ARTICLE VIII
Compensation of Trustee
SECTION 8.1. Trustee's Fees and Expenses..................................22
SECTION 8.2. Indemnification..............................................23
SECTION 8.3. Payments to the Trustee......................................23
ARTICLE IX
Termination of Trust Agreement
SECTION 9.1. Termination of Trust Agreement................................23
ARTICLE X
Successor Trustees and Additional Trustees
SECTION 10.1. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.........................25
SECTION 10.2. Resignation or Removal of Trustee............................25
SECTION 10.3. Successor Trustee............................................26
SECTION 10.4. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee...........................27
SECTION 10.5. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee................27
ARTICLE XI
Miscellaneous
SECTION 11.1. Supplements and Amendments...................................28
SECTION 11.2. No Legal Title to Trust Estate in Certificateholders.........30
SECTION 11.3. Limitations on Rights of Others..............................30
SECTION 11.4. Notices......................................................30
SECTION 11.5. Severability.................................................31
SECTION 11.6. Separate Counterparts........................................31
SECTION 11.7. Successors and Assigns.......................................31
SECTION 11.8. Covenants of the Depositor...................................31
SECTION 11.9. No Petition..................................................31
SECTION 11.10. No Recourse..................................................32
SECTION 11.11. Headings.....................................................32
SECTION 11.12. Governing Law................................................32
SECTION 11.13. Administrator................................................32
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A Form of Trust Certificate
EXHIBIT B Form of Certificate of Trust
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TRUST AGREEMENT (as amended or supplemented from time to time,
this "Agreement") dated as of May 1, 2001 between CNH Capital Receivables
Inc., a Delaware corporation, as Depositor, and The Bank of New York, a New
York banking corporation, as Trustee.
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined herein are defined in Appendix A to the Indenture dated as of
the date hereof between CNH Equipment Trust 2001-A and Bank One, National
Association.
SECTION 1.2. Other Definitional Provisions. (a) All terms defined in
this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate
or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise
defined therein.
(a) As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other
document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting
terms not defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or
other document, and accounting terms partly defined in this
Agreement or in any such certificate or other document to the
extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to
them under generally accepted accounting principles in effect on
the date hereof. To the extent that the definitions of accounting
terms in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other
document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under
generally accepted accounting principles, the definitions
contained in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other
document shall control.
(b) The words "hereof", "herein", "hereunder" and words of
similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement; Section and Exhibit references contained in this
Agreement are references to Sections and Exhibits in or to this
Agreement unless otherwise specified; and the term "including"
shall mean "including without limitation".
(c) The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable
to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to
the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of
such terms.
ARTICLE II
Organization
SECTION 2.1. Name. The Trust created hereby shall be known as "CNH
Equipment Trust 2001-A", in which name the Trustee may conduct the business
of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of
the Trust and xxx and be sued.
SECTION 2.2. Office. The office of the Trust shall be in care of the
Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office or at such other address in Delaware as
the Trustee may designate by written notice to the Certificateholders and the
Depositor.
SECTION 2.3 Purposes and Powers. The purpose of the Trust is, and the
Trust shall have the power and authority to, engage in the following activities:
(a) to issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Trust
Certificates pursuant to this Agreement and to sell the Notes and the
Trust Certificates in one or more transactions;
(b) with the proceeds of the sale of the Notes and the Trust
Certificates, to fund the Pre-Funding Account and to purchase the
Receivables pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement;
(c) to assign, grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey the
Trust Estate pursuant to the Indenture and to hold, manage and
distribute to the Certificateholders pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement any portion of the Trust Estate released from
the Lien of, and remitted to the Trust pursuant to, the Indenture;
(d) to enter into and perform its obligations under the Basic
Documents to which it is to be a party;
(e) to engage in those activities, including entering into
agreements, that are necessary, suitable or convenient to
accomplish the foregoing or are incidental thereto or connected
therewith; and
(f) subject to compliance with the Basic Documents, to engage in
such other activities as may be required in connection with
conservation of the Trust Estate and the making of distributions
to the Certificateholders and the Noteholders.
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The Trust shall not engage in any activity other than in connection
with the foregoing or other than as required or authorized by this Agreement or
the Basic Documents.
SECTION 2.4. Appointment of Trustee. The Depositor hereby appoints the
Trustee as trustee of the Trust effective as of the date hereof, to have all
the rights, powers and duties set forth herein. Pursuant to a Co-Trustee
Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the "Co-Trustee Agreement"), the
Depositor shall appoint The Bank of New York (Delaware) to serve as the trustee
(the "Delaware Trustee") of the Trust in the State of Delaware for the sole
purpose of satisfying the requirement of Section 3807 of the Trust Statute that
the Trust have at least one trustee with a principal place of business in
Delaware. The Delaware Trustee shall have none of the rights, duties or
liabilities of the Trustee. The rights, duties and liabilities of the Delaware
Trustee shall be limited to those expressly set forth in the Co-Trustee
Agreement. To the extent that, at law or in equity, the Delaware Trustee has
rights, duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating to the
Trust or the Certificateholders, such rights, duties and liabilities are
replaced by the rights, duties and liabilities of the Delaware Trustee
expressly set forth in the Co-Trustee Agreement.
SECTION 2.5. Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate. The
Depositor hereby contributes to the Trustee, as of the date hereof, the sum of
$1.00. The Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt in trust from the Depositor, as
of the date hereof, of the foregoing contribution, which shall constitute the
initial Trust Estate and shall be deposited in the Certificate Distribution
Account. The Depositor shall pay organizational expenses of the Trust as
they may arise or shall, upon the request of the Trustee, promptly
reimburse the Trustee for any such expenses paid by the Trustee. The
Depositor may also take steps necessary, including the execution and filing
of any necessary filings, to ensure that the Trust is in compliance with
any applicable state securities law.
SECTION 2.6. Declaration of Trust. The Trustee hereby declares that it
will hold the Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the conditions set
forth herein for the use and benefit of the Certificateholders, subject to the
obligations of the Trust under the Basic Documents. It is the intention of
the parties hereto that the Trust constitute a business trust under the
Trust Statute and that this Agreement and the Co-Trustee Agreement (as
defined in Section 2.4) constitute the governing instrument of such
business trust. It is the intention of the parties hereto that, solely for
income and franchise tax purposes, until the Certificates are held by more
than one Person, the Trust be disregarded as an entity separate from its
Owner and the Notes be treated as debt of the Depositor. At such time that
the Certificates are held by more than one person, it is the intention of
the parties hereto that, solely for income and franchise tax purposes, the
Trust be treated as a partnership, with the assets of the partnership being
the Receivables and other assets held by the Trust, the partners of the
partnership being the Certificateholders (including the Depositor (or its
successor in interest) in its capacity as recipient of distributions from
the Spread Account), and the Notes being debt of the partnership. The
parties agree that, unless otherwise required by appropriate tax
authorities, until the Certificates are held by more than one Person the
Trust will not file or cause to be filed annual or other necessary returns,
reports and other forms consistent with the characterization of the Trust
as an entity separate from its Owner. Effective as of the date hereof, the
Trustee shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in
the Trust Statute with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust.
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SECTION 2.7. Liability of the Certificateholders. No Certificateholder
shall have any personal liability for any liability or obligation of the Trust.
SECTION 2.8. Title to Trust Property. Subject to the Lien granted in
the Indenture, legal title to all the Trust Estate shall be vested at all times
in the Trust as a separate legal entity except where applicable law in any
jurisdiction requires title to any part of the Trust Estate to be vested in
a trustee or trustees, in which case title shall be deemed to be vested in
the Trustee, a co-trustee and/or a separate trustee, as the case may be.
SECTION 2.9. Situs of Trust. The Trust will be located and
administered in the State of New York. All bank accounts maintained by the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall be located in the State of Delaware or the
State of New York. The Trust shall not have any employees in any state other
than New York; provided, however, that nothing herein shall restrict or prohibit
the Trustee from having employees within or without the State of Delaware.
Payments will be received by the Trust only in Delaware or New York, and
payments will be made by the Trust only from Delaware or New York.
SECTION 2.10. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor. The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee that:
(a) The Depositor is duly organized and validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, with power and authority to own its properties and to
conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and
such business is presently conducted.
(b) The Depositor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary
licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the
ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business
shall require such qualifications.
(c) The Depositor has the power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Depositor
has full power and authority to sell and assign the property to be
sold and assigned to and deposited with the Trust and the
Depositor has duly authorized such sale and assignment and deposit
to the Trust by all necessary corporate action; and the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly
authorized by the Depositor by all necessary corporate action.
(d) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict
with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of,
or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default
under, the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the
Depositor, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to
which the Depositor is a party or by which it is bound; or result
in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its
properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement
or other instrument (other than pursuant to the Basic Documents);
or violate any law or, to the best of the 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.
(e) The Depositor has duly executed and delivered this
Agreement, and this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Depositor, enforceable in accordance
with its terms, except as enforceability may be subject to or
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and
by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
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SECTION 2.11. Federal Income Tax Allocations; Tax Treatment. If
Certificates are held by more than one Person, interest payments on the
Certificates at the Pass-Through Rate (including interest on amounts
previously due on the Certificates but not yet distributed) shall be
treated as "guaranteed payments" under Section 707(c) of the Code. Net
income of the Trust for any month as determined for Federal income tax
purposes (and each item of income, gain, loss and deduction entering into
the computation thereof) shall be allocated:
(1) among the Certificateholders as of the close of business on
the last day of such month, in proportion to their ownership of
principal amount of Trust Certificates on such date, an amount of
net income up to the sum of: (i) the portion of the market
discount on the Receivables accrued during such month that is
allocable to the excess, if any, of the Initial Certificate
Balance over their initial aggregate issue price, and (ii) any
other amounts of income payable to the Certificateholders for such
month; and such sum of amounts specified in clauses (i) and (ii)
of this sentence shall be reduced by any amortization by the Trust
of premium on Receivables that corresponds to any excess of the
issue price of Trust Certificates over their principal amount; and
(2) to the Depositor, and other holders of interests in the
Spread Account, to the extent of any remaining net income, in
accordance with their respective interests therein.
If the net income of the Trust for any month is insufficient for the
allocations described in clause (1), subsequent net income shall first be
allocated to make up such shortfall before being allocated as provided in
the preceding sentence. Net losses of the Trust, if any, for any month as
determined for Federal income tax purposes (and each item of income, gain,
loss and deduction entering into the computation thereof) shall be
allocated to the Depositor (or other holders of interests in the Spread
Account) to the extent the Depositor (or such holders) are reasonably
expected to bear the economic burden of such net losses, and any remaining
net losses shall be allocated among the remaining Certificateholders as of
the close of business on the last day of such month in proportion to their
ownership of principal amount of Trust Certificates on such day. The
Depositor is authorized to modify the allocations in this paragraph if
necessary or appropriate, in its sole discretion, for the allocations to
fairly reflect the economic income, gain or loss to the Depositor (or other
holders of interests in the Spread Account) or to the Certificateholders,
or as otherwise required by the Code. Notwithstanding anything provided in
this Section 2.11, if the Certificates are held solely by the Depositor,
the application of this Section 2.11 shall be disregarded.
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ARTICLE III
Trust Certificates and Transfer of Interests
SECTION 3.1. Initial Ownership. Upon the formation of the Trust by
the contribution by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.5, and until the
issuance of the Trust Certificates, the Depositor shall
be the sole beneficiary of the Trust.
SECTION 3.2. The Trust Certificates. The Trust Certificates shall be
issued in denominations of $1,000 or in greater whole-dollar denominations in
excess thereof. The Trust Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the
Trust by manual or facsimile signature of an authorized officer of the
Trustee. Trust Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were, at the time when such signatures shall have been
affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Trust, shall be, when
authenticated pursuant to Section 3.3, validly issued and entitled to the
benefits of this Agreement, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of
them shall have ceased to be so authorized prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Trust Certificates or did not hold such offices at the
date of authentication and delivery of such Trust Certificates.
SECTION 3.3. Authentication of Trust Certificates. Concurrently with
the sale of the Receivables to the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the Trustee shall cause the Trust Certificates in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the Initial Certificate Balance to be executed on
behalf of the Trust, authenticated and delivered to or upon the written
order of the Depositor, signed by its chairman of the board, its president
or any vice president, without further corporate action by the Depositor,
in authorized denominations. No Trust Certificate shall entitle its Holder
to any benefit under this Agreement, or shall be valid for any purpose,
unless there shall appear on such Trust Certificate a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, executed
by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized
signatories; such certificate of authentication shall constitute conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Trust Certificate shall have
been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Trust Certificates
shall be dated the date of their authentication. No further Trust
Certificates shall be issued except pursuant to Section 3.4 or 3.5
hereunder.
SECTION 3.4. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust
Certificates. The Trust shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency
maintained pursuant to Section 3.8, a register (the "Certificate Register")
in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Issuer shall provide for the registration of Trust Certificates and of
transfers and exchanges of Trust Certificates. The Paying Agent shall be
the "Certificate Registrar" for the purpose of registering Trust
Certificates and the transfers of Trust Certificates as herein provided.
Upon any resignation of any Certificate Registrar, the Depositor shall
promptly appoint a successor or, if it elects not to make such an
appointment, assume the duties of the Certificate Registrar.
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Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Trust
Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.8, if
the requirements of Section 8-401(a) of the UCC are met, the Trustee shall
execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee
or transferees, one or more new Trust Certificates in authorized
denominations of a like aggregate principal amount.
At the option of a Holder, Trust Certificates may be exchanged for
other Trust Certificates of authorized denominations, of a like aggregate
principal amount, upon surrender of the Trust Certificates to be exchanged
at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.8. Whenever any
Trust Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, if the requirements of
Section 8-401(a) of the UCC are met, the Trustee shall execute,
authenticate and deliver the Trust Certificates that the Certificateholder
making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Trust Certificates issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Trust Certificates shall be entitled to the same benefits under
this Agreement as the Trust Certificates surrendered upon such registration
of transfer or exchange.
Every Trust Certificate presented or surrendered for registration
of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing. No transfer of a Trust Certificate shall be
registered unless the transferee shall have provided (i) an opinion of
counsel that no registration is required under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, or applicable state laws, and (ii) an Officer's Certificate as
to compliance with Section 6.6 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Each
Trust Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be canceled and subsequently disposed of by the Trustee in accordance
with its customary practice.
No service charge shall be made to a Certificateholder for any
registration of transfer or exchange of Trust Certificates, but the Trustee
or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Trust
Certificates.
The Trust Certificates and any beneficial interest in such Trust
Certificates may not be acquired by: (a) an employee benefit plan (as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provisions of
Title I of ERISA, (b) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or
(c) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a
plan's investment in the entity (each a "Benefit Plan"). By accepting and
holding a Trust Certificate or an interest therein, the Holder thereof
shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit
Plan. The Trustee shall have no obligation to determine whether or not a
Holder of a Trust Certificate is or is not a Benefit Plan.
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SECTION 3.5. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Certificates.
If: (a) any mutilated Trust Certificate shall be surrendered to the Certificate
Registrar, or if the Certificate Registrar shall receive evidence to its
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Trust Certificate
(provided, that the Trustee shall not be required to verify the evidence
provided to it), and (b) there shall be delivered to the Certificate
Registrar and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by
them to hold each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice that
such Trust Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser,
and provided that the requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met, the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in
exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Trust Certificate, a replacement Trust Certificate of like tenor and
denomination.
In connection with the issuance of any replacement Trust
Certificate under this Section, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
may require the payment by the Certificateholder of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection therewith.
Any replacement Trust Certificate issued pursuant to this Section
in replacement of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust
Certificate shall constitute conclusive evidence of ownership in the Trust,
as if originally issued, whether or not the mutilated, lost, stolen or
destroyed Trust Certificate shall be found at any time, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Agreement.
SECTION 3.6. Persons Deemed Certificateholders. Prior to due
presentation of a Trust Certificate for registration of transfer of any Trust
Certificate, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person
in whose name any Trust Certificate shall be registered in the Certificate
Register (as of the day of determination) as the owner of such Trust
Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to Section
5.2 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Trustee nor the
Certificate Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 3.7. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses.
The Trustee shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Servicer and the
Depositor, within 15 days after receipt by the Trustee of a request
therefor from the Servicer or the Depositor in writing, a list, in such
form as the Servicer or the Depositor may reasonably require, of the names
and addresses of the Certificateholders as of the most recent Record Date.
If three or more Certificateholders or one or more Holder(s) of Trust
Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Certificate Balance apply
in writing to the Trustee, and such application states that the applicants
desire to communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to their
rights under this Agreement or under the Trust Certificates and such
application shall be accompanied by a copy of the communication that such
applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five
Business Days after the receipt of such application, afford such applicants
access during normal business hours to the current list of
Certificateholders. Each Holder, by receiving and holding a Trust
Certificate, shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold any of the
Depositor, the Certificate Registrar or the Trustee accountable by reason
of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source from
which such information was derived.
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SECTION 3.8. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Trustee shall
maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York an office or offices or
agency or agencies where Trust Certificates may be surrendered for registration
of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Trustee
in respect of the Trust Certificates and the Basic Documents may be served.
The Trustee initially designated The Bank of New York, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00X, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration - Asset Backed Finance Unit, as its principal corporate
trust office for such purposes. The Trustee shall give prompt written
notice to the Depositor and to the Certificateholders of any change in the
location of the Certificate Register or any such office or agency.
SECTION 3.9. Appointment of Paying Agent. The Paying Agent shall make
distributions to Certificateholders from the Certificate Distribution
Account pursuant to Section 5.2 and shall report the amounts of such
distributions to the Trustee. Any Paying Agent shall have the revocable
power to withdraw funds from the Certificate Distribution Account for the
purpose of making the distributions referred to above. The Trustee may
revoke such power and remove the Paying Agent if the Trustee determines in
its sole discretion that the Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its
obligations under this Agreement in any material respect. The Paying Agent
shall initially be the Trustee, and any co-paying agent chosen by and
acceptable to the Trustee. The Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as
Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice to the Trustee. In the event that
the Trustee shall not be the Paying Agent, the Trustee shall appoint a
successor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company).
The Trustee shall cause such successor Paying Agent or any additional
Paying Agent appointed by the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee
an instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying
Agent shall agree with the Trustee that as Paying Agent, such successor
Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by
it for payment to the Certificateholders in trust for the benefit of the
Certificateholders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such
Certificateholders. The Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to
the Trustee and upon removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall also
return all funds in its possession to the Trustee. The provisions of
Sections 7.1, 7.3, 7.4 and 8.1 shall apply to the Trustee also in its role
as Paying Agent, for so long as the Trustee shall act as Paying Agent and,
to the extent applicable, to any other paying agent appointed hereunder.
Any reference in this Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any
co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.
ARTICLE IV
Actions by Trustee
SECTION 4.1. Prior Notice to Certificateholders with Respect to Certain
Matters. With respect to the following matters, the Trustee shall not take
action unless, at least 30 days before the taking of such action, the
Trustee shall have notified the Certificateholders in writing of the
proposed action and the Certificateholders shall not have notified the
Trustee in writing prior to the 30th day after such notice is given that
such Certificateholders have withheld consent or shall not have provided
alternative direction:
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(a) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Trust (except
claims or lawsuits brought in connection with the collection of
the Receivables) and the compromise of any action, claim or
lawsuit brought by or against the Trust (except with respect to
the aforementioned claims or lawsuits for collection of
Receivables);
(b) the election by the Trust to file an amendment to the
Certificate of Trust;
(c) the amendment of the Indenture in circumstances where the
consent of any Noteholder is required;
(d) the amendment of the Indenture in circumstances where the
consent of any Noteholder is not required and such amendment
materially adversely affects the interest of the
Certificateholders;
(e) the amendment, change or modification of the Administration
Agreement, except to cure any ambiguity or to amend or supplement
any provision in a manner, or add any provision, that would not
materially adversely affect the interests of the
Certificateholders; or
(f) the appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Note
Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee, or pursuant to this
Agreement of a successor Certificate Registrar, or the consent to
the assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture
Trustee or Certificate Registrar of its obligations under the
Indenture or this Agreement, as applicable.
SECTION 4.2. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Certain
Matters. The Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the direction of
the Certificateholders, to: (a) remove the Administrator under the
Administration Agreement, (b) appoint a successor Administrator, (c) remove
the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or (d) except as
expressly provided in the Basic Documents, sell the Receivables after the
termination of the Indenture. The Trustee shall take the actions referred
to in the preceding sentence only upon written instructions signed by the
Certificateholders.
SECTION 4.3. Action by Certificateholders with Respect to Bankruptcy.
The Trustee shall not have the power to commence a voluntary proceeding in
bankruptcy relating to the Trust without the unanimous prior approval of
all Certificateholders and the delivery to the Trustee by each such
Certificateholder of a certificate certifying that such Certificateholder
reasonably believes that the Trust is insolvent.
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SECTION 4.4. Restrictions on Certificateholders' Power. The
Certificateholders shall not direct the Trustee to take or refrain from
taking any action if such action or inaction would be contrary to any
obligation of the Trust or the Trustee under this Agreement or any of the
Basic Documents or would be contrary to Section 2.3, nor shall the Trustee
be obligated to follow any such direction, if given.
SECTION 4.5. Majority Control. Except as expressly provided herein,
any action that may be taken by the Certificateholders under this Agreement may
be taken by the Holders of Trust Certificates evidencing not less than a
majority of the Certificate Balance. Except as expressly provided herein,
any written notice of the Certificateholders delivered pursuant to this
Agreement shall be effective if signed by Holders of Trust Certificates
evidencing not less than a majority of the Certificate Balance at the time
of the delivery of such notice.
ARTICLE V
Application of Trust Funds; Certain Duties
SECTION 5.1. Establishment of Trust Account. The Trustee, for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, shall establish and maintain in the name of
the Trust an Eligible Deposit Account (the "Certificate Distribution Account"),
bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein
are held for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
The Trust shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds
on deposit from time to time in the Certificate Distribution Account and in
all proceeds thereof. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the
Certificate Distribution Account shall be under the sole dominion and
control of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders. If, at
any time, the Certificate Distribution Account ceases to be an Eligible
Deposit Account, the Trustee (or the Depositor on behalf of the Trustee, if
the Certificate Distribution Account is not then held by the Trustee or an
affiliate thereof) shall, within 10 Business Days (or such longer period,
not to exceed 30 calendar days, as to which the Rating Agency Condition
shall be satisfied), establish a new Certificate Distribution Account as an
Eligible Deposit Account and shall transfer any cash and/or any investments
to such new Certificate Distribution Account.
SECTION 5.2. Applications of Trust Funds. (a) On each Payment Date,
the Trustee will distribute to Certificateholders, on a pro rata basis, amounts
deposited in the Certificate Distribution Account pursuant to Sections 5.5, 5.6
and 5.7 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(b) On each Payment Date, the Trustee shall send to each
Certificateholder the statement provided to the Trustee by the
Servicer pursuant to Section 5.10 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
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(c) In the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the
Trust's payment (or allocations of income) to a Certificateholder,
such tax shall reduce the amount otherwise distributable to the
Certificateholder in accordance with this Section. The Trustee is
hereby authorized and directed to retain from amounts otherwise
distributable to the Certificateholders sufficient funds for the
payment of any tax that is legally owed by the Trust (but such
authorization shall not prevent the Trustee from contesting any
such tax in appropriate proceedings, and withholding payment of
such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such
proceedings). The amount of any withholding tax imposed with
respect to a Certificateholder shall be treated as cash
distributed to such Certificateholder at the time it is withheld
by the Trust. If there is a possibility that withholding tax is
payable with respect to a distribution (such as a distribution to
a non-U.S. Certificateholder), the Trustee may, in its sole
discretion, withhold such amounts in accordance with this
paragraph (c). In the event that a Certificateholder wishes to
apply for a refund of any such withholding tax, the Trustee shall
reasonably cooperate with such Certificateholder in making such
claim so long as such Certificateholder agrees to reimburse the
Trustee for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred.
SECTION 5.3. Method of Payment. Subject to Section 9.1(c),
distributions required to be made to Certificateholders on any Payment Date
shall be made to each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date
either by wire transfer, in immediately available funds, to the account of such
Holder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if
such Certificateholder shall have provided to the Certificate Registrar
appropriate written instructions at least five Business Days prior to such
Payment Date and such Holder's Trust Certificates aggregate not less than
$1,000,000, or, if not, by check mailed to such Certificateholder at the
address of such Holder appearing in the Certificate Register.
SECTION 5.4. No Segregation of Moneys; No Interest. Subject to
Sections 5.1 and 5.2, moneys received by the Trustee hereunder need not be
segregated in any manner except to the extent required by law or the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and may be deposited under such general conditions as may be
prescribed by law, and the Trustee shall not be liable for any interest
thereon.
SECTION 5.5. Accounting and Reports to the Noteholders,
Certificateholders, the Internal Revenue Service and Others. The Depositor or,
if any Certificates are held by any Person other than the Depositor, the
Trustee, shall: (a) maintain (or cause to be maintained) the books of the Trust
on a calendar year basis on the accrual method of accounting, (b) deliver to
each Certificateholder, as may be required by the Code and applicable
Treasury Regulations, such information as may be required (including
Schedule K-1) to enable each Certificateholder to prepare its Federal,
State and local income tax returns, (c) file such tax returns relating to
the Trust (including a partnership information return on Internal Revenue
Service Form 1065 or its successor), and make such elections as may from
time to time be required or appropriate under any applicable State or
Federal statute or rule or regulation thereunder so as to maintain the
Trust's characterization as a partnership for Federal income tax purposes,
(d) cause such tax returns to be signed in the manner required by law and
(e) collect or cause to be collected any withholding tax as described in
and in accordance with Section 5.2(c) with respect to income or
distributions to Certificateholders. The Trustee shall elect under Section
1278 of the Code to include in income currently any market discount that
accrues with respect to the Receivables and shall elect under Section 171
of the Code to amortize any bond premium with respect to the Receivables.
The Trustee shall not make the election provided under Section 754 of the
Code.
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SECTION 5.6. Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner.
(a) The Depositor, or if any Certificates are held by any Person
other than the Depositor, the Trustee shall sign on behalf of the
Trust the tax returns of the Trust, unless applicable law requires a
Certificateholder to sign such documents, in which case such
documents shall be signed by the Depositor.
(b) The Depositor shall be designated the "tax matters partner"
of the Trust pursuant to Section 6231(a)(7)(A) of the Code and
applicable Treasury Regulations.
ARTICLE VI
Authority and Duties of Trustee
SECTION 6.1. General Authority. The Trustee is authorized and directed
to execute and deliver the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be a party
and each certificate or other document attached as an exhibit to or
contemplated by the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be a party, in
each case in such form as the Depositor shall approve as evidenced
conclusively by the Trustee's execution thereof, and, on behalf of the
Trust, to direct the Indenture Trustee to authenticate and deliver the
Notes in the aggregate principal amount specified in a letter of
instruction from the Depositor to the Trustee. In addition to the
foregoing, the Trustee is authorized, but shall not be obligated, to take
all actions required of the Trust pursuant to the Basic Documents. The
Trustee is further authorized from time to time to take such action as the
Administrator recommends with respect to the Basic Documents.
SECTION 6.2. General Duties. It shall be the duty of the Trustee to
discharge (or cause to be discharged) all of its responsibilities pursuant
to this Agreement and the Basic Documents to which the Trust is a party and
to administer the Trust in the interest of the Certificateholders, subject
to the Basic Documents and in accordance with this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall be deemed to have
discharged its duties and responsibilities hereunder and under the Basic
Documents to the extent the Administrator has agreed in the Administration
Agreement to perform any act or to discharge any duty of the Trustee
hereunder or under any Basic Document, and the Trustee shall not be held
liable for the default or failure of the Administrator to carry out its
obligations under the Administration Agreement.
SECTION 6.3. Action upon Instruction. (a) Subject to Article IV
and in accordance with the Basic Documents, the Certificateholders may by
written instruction direct the Trustee in the management of the Trust. Such
direction may be exercised at any time by written instruction of the
Certificateholders pursuant to Article IV.
(b) The Trustee shall not be required to take any action
hereunder or under any Basic Document if the Trustee shall have
reasonably determined, or shall have been advised by counsel, that
such action is likely to result in liability on the part of the
Trustee or is contrary to the terms hereof or of any Basic Document or
is otherwise contrary to law.
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(c) Whenever the Trustee is unable to decide between alternative
courses of action permitted or required by this Agreement or any
Basic Document, the Trustee shall promptly give notice (in such
form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the
Certificateholders requesting instruction as to the course of
action to be adopted, and to the extent the Trustee acts in good
faith in accordance with any written instruction of the
Certificateholders received, the Trustee shall not be liable on
account of such action to any Person. If the Trustee shall not
have received appropriate instruction within 10 days of such
notice (or within such shorter period of time as reasonably may be
specified in such notice or may be necessary under the
circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or
refrain from taking such action, not inconsistent with this
Agreement or the Basic Documents, as it shall deem to be in the
best interests of the Certificateholders, and shall have no
liability to any Person for such action or inaction.
(d) In the event that the Trustee is unsure as to the
application of any provision of this Agreement or any Basic
Document or any such provision is ambiguous as to its application,
or is, or appears to be, in conflict with any other applicable
provision, or in the event that this Agreement permits any
determination by the Trustee or is silent or is incomplete as to
the course of action that the Trustee is required to take with
respect to a particular set of facts, the Trustee may give notice
(in such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to
the Certificateholders requesting instruction and, to the extent
that the Trustee acts or refrains from acting in good faith in
accordance with any such instruction received, the Trustee shall
not be liable, on account of such action or inaction, to any
Person. If the Trustee shall not have received appropriate
instruction within 10 days of such notice (or within such shorter
period of time as reasonably may be specified in such notice or
may be necessary under the circumstances) it may, but shall be
under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action, not
inconsistent with this Agreement or the Basic Documents, as it
shall deem to be in the best interests of the Certificateholders,
and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or
inaction.
SECTION 6.4. No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement
or in Instructions. The Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to manage,
make any payment with respect to, register, record, sell, dispose of or
otherwise deal with the Trust Estate, or to otherwise take or refrain from
taking any action under, or in connection with, any document contemplated
hereby to which the Trustee is a party, except as expressly provided by this
Agreement or in any document or written instruction received by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.3; and no implied duties or obligations shall be read
into this Agreement or any Basic Document against the Trustee. The Trustee
shall have no responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement
in any public office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the
perfection of any security interest or Lien granted to it hereunder or to
prepare or file any Securities and Exchange Commission filing for the Trust
or to record this Agreement or any Basic Document. The Trustee nevertheless
agrees that it will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take all action as
may be necessary to discharge any Liens on any part of the Trust Estate that
result from the negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee.
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SECTION 6.5. No Action Except Under Specified Documents or
Instructions. The Trustee shall not manage, control, use, sell, dispose of or
otherwise deal with any part of the Trust Estate except: (i) in accordance with
the powers granted to and the authority conferred upon the Trustee pursuant to
this Agreement, (ii) in accordance with the Basic Documents and (iii) in
accordance with any document or instruction delivered to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.3.
SECTION 6.6. Restrictions. The Trustee shall not take any action: (a) that
is inconsistent with the purposes of the Trust set forth in Section 2.3 or
(b) that, to the actual knowledge of the Trustee, would result in the
Trust's becoming taxable as a corporation for Federal income tax purposes.
The Certificateholders shall not direct the Trustee to take action that
would violate this Section.
ARTICLE VII
Concerning the Trustee
SECTION 7.1. Acceptance of Trusts and Duties. The Trustee accepts the
trusts hereby created and agrees to perform its duties hereunder with
respect to such trusts but only upon the terms of this Agreement. The
Trustee also agrees to disburse all moneys actually received by it
constituting part of the Trust Estate upon the terms of the Basic Documents
and this Agreement. The Trustee shall not be answerable or accountable
hereunder or under any Basic Document under any circumstances, except: (i)
for its own willful misconduct or negligence or (ii) in the case of the
inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in Section 7.3
expressly made by the Trustee. In particular, but not by way of limitation
(and subject to the exceptions set forth in the preceding sentence):
(a) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a responsible officer of the Trustee unless
it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts;
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the
instructions of the Administrator, the Servicer or any
Certificateholder;
(c) no provision of this Agreement or any Basic Document shall
require the Trustee to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of its rights or
powers hereunder or under any Basic Document, if the Trustee shall
have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds
or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured or provided to it;
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(d) under no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable for
indebtedness evidenced by or arising under any of the Basic
Documents, including the principal of and interest on the Notes;
(e) the Trustee shall not be responsible for or in respect
of the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due
execution hereof by the Depositor or for the form, character,
genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity of any of the Trust
Estate or for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of the
Basic Documents, other than the certificate of authentication on
the Trust Certificates, and the Trustee shall in no event assume
or incur any liability, duty or obligation to any Noteholder or to
any Certificateholder, other than as expressly provided for herein
and in the Basic Documents;
(f) the Trustee shall not be liable for the default or
misconduct of the Administrator, the Depositor, the Indenture
Trustee or the Servicer under any of the Basic Documents or
otherwise and the Trustee shall have no obligation or liability to
perform the obligations of the Trust under this Agreement or the
Basic Documents that are required to be performed by the
Administrator under the Administration Agreement, the Indenture
Trustee under the Indenture or the Servicer under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement; and
(g) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement, or to
institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Agreement
or otherwise or in relation to this Agreement or any Basic
Document, at the request, order or direction of any of the
Certificateholders unless such Certificateholders have offered to
the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the
costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by the
Trustee therein or thereby. The right of the Trustee to perform
any discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement or in any Basic
Document shall not be construed as a duty, and the Trustee shall
not be answerable for other than its negligence or willful
misconduct in the performance of any such act.
SECTION 7.2. Furnishing of Documents. The Trustee shall furnish to the
Certificateholders promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor, and
at the expense of the Certificateholders, duplicates or copies of all
reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates, financial statements and
any other instruments furnished to the Trustee under the Basic Documents.
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SECTION 7.3. Representations and Warranties. The Trustee hereby
represents and warrants to the Depositor, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, that:
(a) banking corporation duly organized and validly existing in
good standing under the laws of New York, with the requisite
corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under this Agreement,
(b) it has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the
execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, and this Agreement
will be executed and delivered by one of its officers who is duly
authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on its behalf,
(c) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with,
result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default
under, the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Trustee,
or to the best of its knowledge without independent investigation
any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Trustee
is a party or by which it is bound; or violate any Federal or
state law governing the banking or trust powers of the Trustee;
or, to the best of the Trustee's knowledge, violate any order,
rule or regulation applicable to the Trustee of any court or of
any Federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or
other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the
Trustee or its properties, and
(d) this Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution
and delivery by the Depositor, constitutes a valid, legal and
binding obligation of the Trustee, enforceable against it in
accordance with the terms hereof subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting
the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and to general
principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
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SECTION 7.4. Reliance; Advice of Counsel. (a) Except to the extent
otherwise provided in Section 7.1, the Trustee shall incur no liability to
anyone in acting upon any signature, instrument, notice, resolution,
request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, bond or other
document or paper (whether in its original or facsimile form believed by it
to be genuine and believed by it to be signed by the proper party or
parties. The Trustee may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the
board of directors or other governing body of any party as conclusive
evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such body and that
the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the method
of the determination of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the
Trustee may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the
president, any vice president, the treasurer or other authorized officers
of the relevant party as to such fact or matter, and such certificate shall
constitute full protection to the Trustee for any action taken or omitted
to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.
(b) In the exercise or administration of the trusts hereunder
and in the performance of its duties and obligations under this
Agreement or the Basic Documents, the Trustee: (i) may act
directly or through its agents or attorneys pursuant to agreements
entered into with any of them, and the Trustee shall not be liable
for the conduct or misconduct of such agents or attorneys if such
agents or attorneys shall have been selected by the Trustee with
reasonable care, and (ii) may consult with counsel, accountants
and other skilled Persons to be selected with reasonable care and
employed by it. The Trustee shall not be liable for anything done,
suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the
written opinion or advice of any such counsel, accountants or
other such Persons and which opinion or advice states that such
action is not contrary to this Agreement or any Basic Document.
SECTION 7.5. Not Acting in Individual Capacity. Except as provided in
this Article VII, in accepting the trusts hereby created The Bank of New York
acts solely as Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity and all
Persons having any claim against the Trustee by reason of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any Basic Document shall look only to the
Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.
SECTION 7.6. Trustee Not Liable for Trust Certificates or Receivables.
The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other than the signature
and counter-signature of the Trustee on the Trust Certificates) shall be
taken as the statements of the Depositor, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, of any
Basic Document, of the Trust Certificates (other than the signature and
countersignature, if any, of the Trustee on the Trust Certificates) or of
the Notes, or of any Receivable or related documents. The Trustee shall at
no time have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to the
legality, validity and enforceability of any Receivable, or the perfection
and priority of any security interest created by any Receivable in any of
the Financed Equipment or the maintenance of any such perfection and
priority, or for or with respect to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate or
its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to
Certificateholders under this Agreement or the Noteholders under the
Indenture, including: (a) the existence, condition and ownership of any
Financed Equipment, (b) the existence and enforceability of any insurance
thereon, (c) the existence and contents of any Receivable on any computer
or other record thereof, (d) the validity of the assignment of any
Receivable to the Trust or of any intervening assignment, (e) the
completeness of any Receivable, (f) the performance or enforcement of any
Receivable, and (g) the compliance by the Depositor or the Servicer with
any warranty or representation made under any Basic Document or in any
related document or the accuracy of any such warranty or representation or
any action of the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer or
any subservicer taken in the name of the Trustee.
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SECTION 7.7. Trustee May Not Own Notes. The Trustee shall not, in its
individual capacity, but may in a fiduciary capacity, become the owner or
pledgee of Notes or otherwise extend credit to the Issuer. The Trustee may
otherwise deal with the Depositor, the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee
and the Servicer with the same rights as it would have if it were not the
Trustee.
ARTICLE VIII
Compensation of Trustee
SECTION 8.1. Trustee's Fees and Expenses. The Trustee shall receive as
compensation for its services hereunder such fees as have been separately
agreed upon before the date hereof between the Depositor and the Trustee,
and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Depositor for its
other reasonable expenses hereunder, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses and disbursements of such agents, representatives, experts and
counsel as the Trustee may employ in connection with the exercise and
performance of its rights and its duties hereunder.
SECTION 8.2. Indemnification. The Depositor shall be liable as primary
obligor for, and shall indemnify the Trustee and its successors, assigns,
agents and servants (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") from and
against, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, taxes,
claims, actions and suits, and any and all reasonable costs, expenses and
disbursements (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of any kind
and nature whatsoever (collectively, "Expenses"), which may at any time be
imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Trustee or any other
Indemnified Party in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement,
the Basic Documents, the Trust Estate, the administration of the Trust
Estate or the action or inaction of the Trustee hereunder, except only that
the Depositor shall not be liable for or required to indemnify an
Indemnified Party from and against Expenses arising or resulting from: (a)
such Indemnified Party's willful misconduct or negligence or (b) with
respect to the Trustee, the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty
contained in Section 7.3 expressly made by the Trustee. The indemnities
contained in this Section shall survive the resignation or termination of
the Trustee or the termination of this Agreement. In any event of any
claim, action or proceeding for which indemnity will be sought pursuant to
this Section, the Trustee's choice of legal counsel shall be subject to the
approval of the Depositor, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
SECTION 8.3. Payments to the Trustee. Any amounts paid to the Trustee
pursuant to this Article VIII shall be deemed not to be a part of the Trust
Estate immediately after such payment. The Trustee shall also be entitled
to interest on all advances at a rate equal to: (a) the rate publicly
announced by The Bank of New York, as its prime rate from time to time plus
(b) 3.5%.
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ARTICLE IX
Termination of Trust Agreement
SECTION 9.1. Termination of Trust Agreement. (a) The Trust shall
dissolve upon the final distribution by the Trustee of all moneys or other
property or proceeds of the Trust Estate in accordance with the Indenture, the
Sale and Servicing Agreement and Article V. The bankruptcy, liquidation,
dissolution, death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not: (x)
operate to dissolve or terminate this Agreement or the Trust, (y) entitle
such Certificateholder's legal representatives or heirs to claim an
accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition
or winding up of all or any part of the Trust or Trust Estate or (z)
otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties
hereto.
(b) Except as provided in Section 9.1(a), neither the Depositor
nor any Certificateholder shall be entitled to dissolve, revoke or
terminate the Trust.
(c) Notice of any dissolution of the Trust, specifying the
Payment Date upon which the Certificateholders shall surrender
their Trust Certificates to the Paying Agent for payment of the
final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by
the Trustee by letter to Certificateholders mailed within five
Business Days of receipt of notice of such dissolution from the
Servicer given pursuant to Section 9.1(c) of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement stating: (i) the Payment Date upon which final
payment of the Trust Certificates shall be made upon presentation
and surrender of the Trust Certificates at the office of the
Paying Agent therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final
payment and (iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to
such Payment Date is not applicable, payments being made only upon
presentation and surrender of the Trust Certificates at the office
of the Paying Agent therein specified. The Trustee shall give such
notice to the Certificate Registrar (if other than the Trustee)
and the Paying Agent at the time such notice is given to
Certificateholders. Upon presentation and surrender of the Trust
Certificates, the Paying Agent shall cause to be distributed to
Certificateholders amounts distributable on such Payment Date
pursuant to Section 5.2.
In the event that all of the Certificateholders shall not surrender
their Trust Certificates for cancellation within six months after the
date specified in the above mentioned written notice, the Trustee shall give a
second written notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their
Trust Certificates for cancellation and to receive the final distribution with
respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all the Trust
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may
take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to
contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Trust
Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other
assets that shall remain subject to this Agreement. Any funds remaining in the
Trust after exhaustion of such remedies shall be distributed by the Trustee to
the Depositor.
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(d) Upon the dissolution of the Trust and the payment of all
liabilities of the Trust in accordance with applicable law, the
Trustee shall cause the Certificate of Trust to be canceled by
filing a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State
in accordance with the provisions of Section 3810 (or successor
section) of the Trust Statute, at which time the Trust and this
Agreement (other than Article VIII) shall terminate.
ARTICLE X
Successor Trustees and Additional Trustees
SECTION 10.1. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee. The Trustee shall
at all times: (a) be a corporation satisfying the provisions of Section
26(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (b) be
authorized to exercise corporate trust powers, (c) have a combined capital
and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and be subject to supervision or
examination by Federal or State authorities, and (d) have (or have a parent
that has) a rating of at least "Baa3" by Xxxxx'x. If such corporation shall
publish reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for
the purpose of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set
forth in its most recent report of condition so published. At all times, at
least one Trustee of the Trust shall satisfy the requirements of Section
3807(a) of the Trust Statute. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with this Section, the Trustee shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 10.2.
SECTION 10.2. Resignation or Removal of Trustee. The Trustee may at
any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving
written notice thereof to the Administrator. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation, the Administrator shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee
by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor Trustee.
If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted
appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation,
the resigning Trustee may petition at the expense of the Administrator any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with Section 10.1 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Administrator, or if at any time the Trustee shall be
legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a
receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any
public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its
property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation, then the Administrator may remove the Trustee. If the
Administrator shall remove the Trustee under the authority of the preceding
sentence, the Administrator shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee by
written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the outgoing Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor
Trustee, and pay all fees owed to the outgoing Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Section shall not become effective until
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee pursuant to Section 10.3
and payment of all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing Trustee. The
Administrator shall provide notice of such resignation or removal of the
Trustee to each of the Rating Agencies.
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SECTION 10.3. Successor Trustee. Any successor Trustee appointed
pursuant to Section 10.2 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Administrator and to its predecessor Trustee an instrument accepting such
appointment under this Agreement, and thereupon the resignation or removal of
the predecessor Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with
all the rights, powers, duties, and obligations of its predecessor under
this Agreement, with like effect as if originally named as the Trustee. The
predecessor Trustee shall upon payment of its fees and expenses deliver to
the successor Trustee all documents and statements and monies held by it
under this Agreement; and the Administrator and the predecessor Trustee
shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may
reasonably be required for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in
the successor Trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations.
No successor Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall
be eligible pursuant to Section 10.1.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee pursuant to
this Section, the Administrator shall mail notice of such appointment to
all Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the
Rating Agencies. If the Administrator shall fail to mail such notice within
10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee, the
successor Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of
the Administrator.
SECTION 10.4. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee. Any corporation or
other entity into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which
it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder;
provided, such corporation shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.1,
without the execution or filing of any instrument or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding; and provided further, that the Trustee shall mail notice
of such merger or consolidation to the Rating Agencies.
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SECTION 10.5. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for
the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which
any part of the Trust or any Financed Equipment may at the time be located,
the Administrator and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and
may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Person(s)
approved by the Trustee to act as co-trustee(s), jointly with the Trustee,
or separate trustee(s), of all or any part of the Trust Estate, and to vest
in such Person(s), in such capacity and for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, such title to the Trust Estate, or any part thereof,
and, subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties,
obligations, rights and trusts as the Administrator and the Trustee may
consider necessary or desirable. If the Administrator shall not have joined
in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so
to do, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. No
co-trustee or separate trustee under this Agreement shall be required to
meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee pursuant to Section
10.1 and no notice of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee
shall be required pursuant to Section 10.3.
Each separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions
and conditions:
(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or
imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and
exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or
co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee
or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the
Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any
law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act(s) are to be
performed, the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to
perform such act(s), in which event such rights, powers, duties
and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust
Estate or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be
exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or
co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Trustee;
(ii) no trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable
by reason of any act or omission of
any other trustee under this Agreement; and
(iii) the Administrator and the Trustee acting jointly may at any
time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or
co-trustee.
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Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and
co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement
and the conditions of this Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee,
upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the
estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either
jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject
to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every
provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the
liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Each such instrument
shall be filed with the Trustee and a copy thereof given to the
Administrator.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the
Trustee as its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to
the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect
of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or
co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all
of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and
be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the
appointment of a new or successor trustee.
The Trustee shall have no obligation to determine whether a
co-trustee or separate trustee is legally required in any jurisdiction in
which any part of the Trust Estate may be located.
ARTICLE XI
Miscellaneous
SECTION 11.1. Supplements and Amendments. This Agreement may be amended
from time to time by a written amendment duly executed and delivered by the
Depositor and the Trustee, with prior written notice to the Rating
Agencies, without the consent of any of the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provisions in this Agreement or for the purpose of adding any provisions to
or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions in this
Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or
the Certificateholders; provided, however, that such action shall not, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of any Noteholder or Certificateholder.
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This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Depositor and the Trustee, with prior written notice to the Rating
Agencies, with the written consent of (x) Noteholders holding Notes
evidencing not less than a majority of the Note Balance and (y) the Holders
of Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the Certificate
Balance, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders; provided, however, that no such amendment shall: (a)
increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the
timing of, collections of payments on Receivables or distributions that
shall be required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the
Outstanding Amount and the Certificate Balance required to consent to any
such amendment, without the consent of the holders of all the outstanding
Notes and Certificates.
Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent (or,
in the case of the Rating Agencies, 10 days prior thereto), the Trustee
shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or
consent to each Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee and each of the
Rating Agencies.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders,
the Noteholders or the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.
The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other consents of
Certificateholders provided for in this Agreement or in any other Basic
Document) and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by
Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as the
Trustee may prescribe.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to the Certificate
of Trust, the Trustee shall cause the filing of such amendment with the
Secretary of State.
Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or the
Certificate of Trust, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely
upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is
authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent
to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied. The
Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment
that affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
Agreement or otherwise.
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SECTION 11.2. No Legal Title to Trust Estate in Certificateholders.
The Certificateholders shall not have legal title to any part of the Trust
Estate. The Certificateholders shall be entitled to receive distributions
with respect to their undivided ownership interest therein only in
accordance with Articles V and IX. No transfer, by operation of law or
otherwise, of any right, title or interest of the Certificateholders in, to
and under their ownership interest in the Trust Estate shall operate to
terminate this Agreement or the trusts hereunder or entitle any transferee
to an accounting or to the transfer to it of legal title to any part of the
Trust Estate.
SECTION 11.3. Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this
Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Certificateholders, the Administrator and, to the extent expressly provided
herein, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, and nothing in this
Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any
other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the Trust
Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants,
conditions or provisions contained herein.
SECTION 11.4. Notices. (a) Unless otherwise expressly specified or
permitted by the terms hereof, all notices shall be in writing, personally
delivered or mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt
requested, and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt: (i) if
to the Trustee or the Paying Agent, addressed to the Corporate Trust
Office, and (ii) if to the Depositor, addressed to CNH Capital Receivables
Inc., 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention:
Corporate Secretary; or, as to each party, at such other address as shall
be designated by such party in a written notice to the other party.
(b) Any notice required or permitted to be given to a
Certificateholder shall be given by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, at the address of such Holder as shown in the Certificate
Register. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this
Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given,
whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice.
SECTION 11.5. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and
any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not
invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
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SECTION 11.6. Separate Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by
the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and
delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 11.7. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements
contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the
Depositor and its successors, the Trustee and its successors and each
Certificateholder and its successors and permitted assigns, all as herein
provided. Any request, notice, direction, consent, waiver or other
instrument or action by an Certificateholder shall bind the successors and
assigns of such Certificateholder.
SECTION 11.8. Covenants of the Depositor. If: (a) the Certificate
Balance shall be reduced by Realized Losses and (b) any litigation with claims
in excess of $1,000,000 to which the Depositor is a party that shall be
reasonably likely to result in a material judgment against the Depositor
that the Depositor will not be able to satisfy shall be commenced by a
Certificateholder during the period beginning nine months following the
commencement of such litigation and continuing until such litigation is
dismissed or otherwise terminated (and, if such litigation has resulted in
a final judgment against the Depositor, such judgment has been satisfied),
the Depositor shall not pay any dividend to Credit, or make any
distribution on or in respect of its capital stock to Credit, or repay the
principal amount of any indebtedness of the Depositor held by Credit,
unless: (i) after giving effect to such payment, distribution or repayment,
the Depositor's liquid assets shall not be less than the amount of actual
damages claimed in such litigation or (ii) the Rating Agency Condition
shall have been satisfied with respect to any such payment, distribution or
repayment. The Depositor will not at any time institute against the Trust
any bankruptcy proceedings under any United States Federal or State
bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to
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the Trust Certificates, the Notes, the Trust Agreement or any of the Basic
Documents.
SECTION 11.9. No Petition. The Trustee on behalf of the Trust, by
entering into this Agreement, each Certificateholder, by accepting a Trust
Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder, by accepting
the benefits of this Agreement, hereby covenant and agree that they will
not at any time institute against the Depositor or the Trust, or join in
any institution against the Depositor or the Trust of, 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 Trust Certificates, the
Notes, this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents.
SECTION 11.10. No Recourse. Each Certificateholder by accepting a
Trust Certificate acknowledges that such Certificateholder's Trust Certificates
represent beneficial interests in the Trust only and do not represent
interests in or obligations of the Depositor, the Servicer, the
Administrator, the Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any Affiliate thereof
and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as
may be expressly set forth or contemplated in this Agreement, the Trust
Certificates or the Basic Documents.
SECTION 11.11. Headings. The headings of the various Articles and
Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or
limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 11.12. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to its
conflict of law provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the
parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
SECTION 11.13. Administrator. The Administrator is authorized to
execute on behalf of the Trust all such documents, reports, filings,
instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Trust to
prepare, file or deliver pursuant to this Agreement and the Basic Documents.
Upon written request, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Administrator
a power of attorney appointing the Administrator its agent and
attorney-in-fact to execute all such documents, reports, filings,
instruments, certificates and opinions.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly
authorized as of the day and year first above written.
The Bank of New York,
as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Treasurer
CNH Capital Receivables Inc.,
as Depositor
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. X'Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. X'Xxxxx
Title: Assistant Treasurer
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EXHIBIT A
to Trust Agreement
FORM OF TRUST CERTIFICATES
REGISTERED $_____
NUMBER R-
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED BY OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A
BENEFIT PLAN (AS DEFINED BELOW).
CNH EQUIPMENT TRUST 2001-A
% ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATE
evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the Trust, as defined below,
the property of which includes a pool of retail installment sale contracts
secured by new and used agricultural and construction equipment and sold to
the Trust by CNH Capital Receivables Inc.
(This Trust Certificate does not represent an interest in or obligation of
CNH Capital Receivables Inc., Case Credit Corporation, New Holland Credit
Company, LLC, CNH Global N.V. or Case Corporation, or any of their
respective affiliates, except to the extent described below.)
THIS CERTIFIES THAT CNH CAPITAL RECEIVABLES INC. is the registered owner of
a DOLLAR ($ ) nonassessable, fully-paid, fractional undivided interest in
the CNH Equipment Trust 2001-A (the "Trust") formed by CNH Capital
Receivables Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Depositor").
The Trust was created pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated as of
May 1, 2001 (the "Trust Agreement") between the Depositor and The Bank of
New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). To the extent not otherwise defined
herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to
them in the Trust Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement (the "Sale
and Servicing Agreement") dated as of May 1, 2001 among the Trust, the
Depositor and Case Credit Corporation, as servicer (the "Servicer"), as
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1 Denominations of $1,000 and in greater whole-dollar denominations in excess
thereof.
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applicable. This Trust Certificate is one of the duly authorized
Certificates designated as " % Asset Backed Certificates" (herein called
the "Trust Certificates") issued under and subject to the terms, provisions
and conditions of the Trust Agreement, to which Trust Agreement the holder
of this Trust Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by
which holder is bound.
Issued under the Indenture dated as of May 1, 2001 between the
Trust and Bank One, National Association, as Indenture Trustee, are notes
designated as " % Class A-1 Asset Backed Notes," "Floating Rate Class A-2
Asset Backed Notes," "Floating Rate Class A-3 Asset Backed Notes," " %
Class A-4 Asset Backed Notes" and " % Class B Asset Backed Notes". Each
Holder of this Trust Certificate acknowledges and agrees that its rights to
receive distributions in respect of this Trust Certificate are subordinated
to the rights of the Noteholders as described in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and the Indenture.
It is the intent of the Depositor, Servicer and the
Certificateholders that, for purposes of Federal income, State and local
income and franchise and any other income taxes measured in whole or in
part by income, until the Trust Certificates are held by other than the
Depositor, the Trust be disregarded as an entity separate from its owner.
At such time that the Trust Certificates are held by more than one person,
it is the intent of the Depositor, Servicer and the Certificateholders
that, for purposes of Federal income, State and local income and franchise
and any other income taxes measured in whole or in part by income, the
Trust be treated as a partnership, the assets of which are the assets held
by the Trust, and the Certificateholders (including the Depositor (and its
transferees and assigns) in its capacity as recipient of distributions from
the Spread Account) will be treated as partners in that partnership. The
Depositor and the other Certificateholders, by acceptance of a Trust
Certificate, agree to treat, and to take no action inconsistent with the
treatment of, the Trust Certificates as such for tax purposes.
Each Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Trust Certificate,
covenants and agrees that such Certificateholder will not at any time
institute against the Depositor or the Trust, or join in any institution
against the Depositor or the Trust of, any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings
under any United States Federal or State bankruptcy or similar law in
connection with any obligations relating to the Trust Certificates, the
Notes, the Trust Agreement or any of the Basic Documents.
The Trust Certificates do not represent an obligation of, or an
interest in, the Depositor, the Servicer, Case Credit Corporation, New
Holland Credit Company, LLC, Case Corporation, CNH Global N.V., the Trustee
or any affiliates of any of them and no recourse may be had against such
parties or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or
contemplated herein or in the Trust Agreement or the Basic Documents.
The Certificates may not be acquired by or for the account of: (i)
an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is
subject to the provisions of Title 1 of ERISA, (ii) a plan described in
Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or
(iii) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a
plan's investment in the entity (a "Benefit Plan"). By accepting and
holding this Certificate, each of the Holder shall be deemed to have
represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been
executed by an authorized officer of the Trustee, by manual signature, this
Trust Certificate shall not entitle the holder hereof to any benefit under
the Trust Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.
This Trust Certificate shall be construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to its conflict of law
provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties
hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee on behalf of the Trust and not in
its individual capacity has caused this Trust Certificate to be duly
executed.
CNH Equipment Trust 2001-A
By: The Bank of New York,
not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Trustee
By: _______________________________________
Name:__________________________________
Title:_________________________________
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Trust Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned
Trust Agreement.
The Bank of New York,
as Trustee
By: _________________________________________________
Authorized Officer
Date: May , 2001
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF
ASSIGNEE
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(Please print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of assignee)
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the within Trust Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably
constituting and appointing
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Attorney to transfer said Trust Certificate on the books of the Certificate
Registrar, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: ___________________________________________________*
Signature Guaranteed:
___________________________________________________*
*NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as
it appears upon the face of the within Trust Certificate in every
particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatever. Such
signature must be guaranteed by a member firm of the New York Stock
Exchange or a commercial bank or trust company.
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EXHIBIT B
to Trust Agreement
Certificate of Trust
of
CNH Equipment Trust 2001-A
This Certificate of Trust of CNH Equipment Trust 2001-A
(the "Trust"), is being duly executed and filed by The Bank of New York, a
New York banking corporation, and The Bank of New York (Delaware), a
Delaware banking corporation, as trustees, to form a business trust under
the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del. C. Section 3801, et seq.).
(i) Name. The name of the business trust being formed hereby
is CNH Equipment Trust 2001-A.
(ii) Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the
trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware are The Bank of New York
(Delaware), Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
(iii) Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be
effective as of its filing.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the trustees
of the Trust, have executed this Certificate of Trust in accordance with
Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act.
The Bank of New York
not in its individual capacity, but solely
as trustee under a Trust Agreement dated as
of May 1, 2001
By:________________________________________________
Name:__________________________________________
Title:_________________________________________
The Bank of New York (Delaware),
not in its individual capacity, but solely as
co-trustee under a Co-Trustee Agreement
dated as of May 1, 2001
By:________________________________________________
Name:__________________________________________
Title:_________________________________________
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