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EXHIBIT 4.1
ONYX ACCEPTANCE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Seller
ONYX ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
Servicer
and
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
Trustee
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 1, 1997
ONYX ACCEPTANCE GRANTOR TRUST, 1997-3
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I Definitions............................................................................... 1
SECTION 1.1. Definitions.............................................................. 1
SECTION 1.2. Usage of Terms........................................................... 15
SECTION 1.3. Section References....................................................... 15
SECTION 1.4. Calculations............................................................. 15
SECTION 1.5. Accounting Terms......................................................... 15
ARTICLE II Conveyance of the Contracts; Representation
and Warranties of the Seller.............................................................. 16
SECTION 2.1. Sale and Assignment of Contracts......................................... 16
SECTION 2.2. Representations and Warranties........................................... 18
SECTION 2.3. Repurchase of Certain Contracts.......................................... 23
SECTION 2.4. Duties and Appointment of Custodian...................................... 24
SECTION 2.5. Duties of Servicer Relating to the Contracts............................. 25
SECTION 2.6. Instructions; Authority to Act........................................... 26
SECTION 2.7. Indemnification.......................................................... 26
SECTION 2.8. Effective Period and Termination......................................... 27
SECTION 2.9. Nonpetition Covenant..................................................... 27
SECTION 2.10. Collecting Title Documents Not Delivered at
the Closing Date......................................................... 28
ARTICLE III Administration and Servicing of Contracts................................................. 28
SECTION 3.1. Duties of Servicer....................................................... 28
SECTION 3.2. Collection of Contract Payments.......................................... 30
SECTION 3.3. Realization Upon Contracts............................................... 30
SECTION 3.4. Insurance................................................................ 31
SECTION 3.5. Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles................... 31
SECTION 3.6. Covenants, Representations and Warranties of Servicer.................... 32
SECTION 3.7. Purchase of Contracts Upon Breach of Covenant............................ 33
SECTION 3.8. Servicing Compensation................................................... 34
SECTION 3.9. Reporting by the Servicer................................................ 34
SECTION 3.10. Annual Statement as to Compliance........................................ 36
SECTION 3.11. Annual Independent Certified Public Accountant's Report.................. 36
SECTION 3.12. Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding Contracts...................................................... 37
SECTION 3.13. Fidelity Bond............................................................ 37
SECTION 3.14. Indemnification; Third Party Claims...................................... 37
SECTION 3.15. Reports to Certificateholders and the Rating Agencies.................... 37
ARTICLE IV Distributions; Statements to Certificateholders........................................... 38
SECTION 4.1. Accounts................................................................. 38
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SECTION 4.2. Collections; Transfer to Payahead Account;
Realization Upon Surety Bond; Net Deposit................................ 39
SECTION 4.3. Distributions............................................................ 40
SECTION 4.4. Remittance Of Repurchase Amount.......................................... 41
SECTION 4.5. Statements to Certificateholders......................................... 41
ARTICLE V The Certificates.......................................................................... 42
SECTION 5.1. The Certificates......................................................... 42
SECTION 5.2. Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Certificates................... 42
SECTION 5.3. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.................... 42
SECTION 5.4. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates........................ 43
SECTION 5.5. Persons Deemed Owners.................................................... 43
SECTION 5.6. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses................ 43
SECTION 5.7. Maintenance of Office or Agency.......................................... 44
SECTION 5.8. Book-Entry Certificates.................................................. 44
SECTION 5.9. Notices to Clearing Agency............................................... 45
SECTION 5.10. Definitive Certificates.................................................. 45
SECTION 5.11. Appointment of Paying Agent.............................................. 45
SECTION 5.12. Authenticating Agent..................................................... 46
SECTION 5.13. Actions of Certificateholders............................................ 47
ARTICLE VI The Seller................................................................................ 48
SECTION 6.1. Liability of Seller; Indemnities......................................... 48
SECTION 6.2. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of
the Obligations of, Seller............................................... 48
SECTION 6.3. Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others............................. 49
SECTION 6.4. Seller Not to Resign..................................................... 49
SECTION 6.5. Seller May Own Certificates.............................................. 49
ARTICLE VII The Servicer.............................................................................. 49
SECTION 7.1. Liability of Servicer; Indemnities....................................... 49
SECTION 7.2. Corporate Existence; Status as Servicer; Merger.......................... 50
SECTION 7.3. Performance of Obligations............................................... 51
SECTION 7.4. The Servicer Not to Resign; Assignment................................... 51
SECTION 7.5. Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others........................... 52
ARTICLE VIII Default................................................................................... 52
SECTION 8.1. Events of Default........................................................ 52
SECTION 8.2. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor................................. 54
SECTION 8.3. Notification to Certificateholders....................................... 54
SECTION 8.4. Waiver of Past Defaults.................................................. 55
SECTION 8.5. Insurer Direction of Insolvency Proceedings.............................. 55
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ARTICLE IX The Trustee............................................................................... 55
SECTION 9.1. No Power to Engage in Business or to Vary Investments.................... 55
SECTION 9.2. Duties of Trustee........................................................ 56
SECTION 9.3. Trustee's Assignment of Purchased Contracts.............................. 58
SECTION 9.4. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.................................... 58
SECTION 9.5. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Contracts......................... 60
SECTION 9.6. Trustee May Own Certificates............................................. 60
SECTION 9.7. Trustee's Fees and Expenses.............................................. 60
SECTION 9.8. Indemnity of Trustee..................................................... 61
SECTION 9.9. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee..................................... 61
SECTION 9.10. Resignation or Removal of Trustee........................................ 61
SECTION 9.11. Successor Trustee........................................................ 62
SECTION 9.12. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee....................................... 63
SECTION 9.13. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee............................ 63
SECTION 9.14. Representations and Warranties of Trustee................................ 64
SECTION 9.15. Tax Returns.............................................................. 65
SECTION 9.16. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession
of Certificates.......................................................... 65
SECTION 9.17. Suits for Enforcement.................................................... 65
SECTION 9.18. Maintenance of Office or Agency.......................................... 65
ARTICLE X Termination............................................................................... 66
SECTION 10.1. Termination of the Trust................................................. 66
SECTION 10.2. Optional Purchase of All Contracts....................................... 67
ARTICLE XI Miscellaneous Provisions.................................................................. 67
SECTION 11.1. Amendment................................................................ 67
SECTION 11.2. Protection of Title to Trust............................................. 68
SECTION 11.3. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders............................... 70
SECTION 11.4. Governing Law............................................................ 70
SECTION 11.5. Notices.................................................................. 70
SECTION 11.6. Severability of Provisions............................................... 71
SECTION 11.7. Assignment............................................................... 71
SECTION 11.8. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid................................ 71
SECTION 11.9. Third Party Beneficiaries................................................ 71
SECTION 11.10. Insurer Default or Insolvency............................................ 71
SECTION 11.11. Tax Matters.............................................................. 72
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A - Form of Appointment of Custodian
Exhibit B - Form of Certificate
Exhibit C - Form of Surety Bond
Schedule I - Schedule of Contracts
Schedule II- Schedule of Accounts
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This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 1997,
is made with respect to the formation of the Onyx Acceptance Grantor Trust,
1997-3, among Onyx Acceptance Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as
originator of the Trust and Seller, Onyx Acceptance Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, as Servicer, and Bankers Trust Company, a New York banking
corporation, as Trustee.
W I T N E S S E T H:
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, and of
other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.1 Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the
following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have
the following meanings:
"Accounts" have the meaning specified in Section 4.1. The location
and account numbers of the Accounts as of the Closing Date are set forth on
Schedule II.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person
controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person.
For the purpose of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any
specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such
Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" or
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Aggregate Scheduled Balance" means with respect to the Cut-Off Date
or any Distribution Date with respect to the Contracts, the aggregate of the
Scheduled Balances of such Contracts as of the Cut-Off Date or the end of the
Collection Period immediately preceding such Distribution Date, respectively.
"Aggregate Scheduled Balance Decline" means with respect to any
Distribution Date, the amount by which the Aggregate Scheduled Balances of the
Contracts as of the beginning of the related Collection Period exceeds the
Aggregate Scheduled Balances of such Contracts as of the end of the related
Collection Period.
"Agreement" means this Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all
supplements, modifications and amendments hereto.
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"Amount Available" means with respect to any Distribution Date, the
sum of (i) the Collection Account Amount Available for such Distribution Date,
and (ii) the Policy Claim Amount actually received by the Trustee for such
Distribution Date.
"Appointment of Custodian" means the letter agreement between the
Trustee and the Servicer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
"APR" means the annual percentage rate used to determine the total
interest expected to be charged over the term of a Contract as of its inception,
as shown on such Contract.
"Authenticating Agent" shall have the meaning specified in Section
5.12.
"Bank" means the institution designated as such pursuant to the
Insurance Agreement, or a successor Person pursuant to the Insurance Agreement,
and thereafter "Bank" shall mean such successor Person.
"Blanket Insurance Policy" means the Lender's Blanket Consumer Loan
Insurance Policy covering losses with respect to the Contracts, which policy has
been issued by United Financial Casualty Company and the Servicer's rights
therein with respect to the Contracts have been validly assigned to the Trustee
acting on behalf of the Trust.
"Book-Entry Certificates" means beneficial interests in the
Certificates described in Section 5.8, the ownership and transfers of which
shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section
5.8.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or
other day on which commercial banking institutions or savings associations in
Los Angeles, California or New York, New York are authorized or obligated by
law, regulation, executive order or governmental decree to be closed.
"Certificate" means a certificate executed and authenticated by the
Trustee substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
"Certificate Distribution Amount" means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the Interest Distribution for such Distribution
Date and the Principal Distribution for such Distribution Date, plus, but only
in the case of any Distribution Date in respect of which the Servicer purchases
the corpus of the Trust pursuant to Section 10.2, the amount of the Pool Balance
for such Distribution Date (after giving effect to the Principal Distribution
for such Distribution Date).
"Certificate Owner" means, with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate,
the Person who is the owner of such Book-Entry Certificate, as reflected on the
books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a direct or indirect Clearing
Agency Participant.
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"Certificate Register" and "Certificate Registrar" mean the register
maintained and the registrar appointed pursuant to Section 5.3.
"Certificateholder" or "Holder" means the Person in whose name the
respective Certificate shall be registered in the Certificate Register, except
that, solely for the purposes of giving certain notices, consents, requests or
waivers pursuant to this Agreement, the interest evidenced by any Certificate
registered in the name of the Seller or the Servicer, or any Person controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with the Seller or the Servicer, shall
not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage
necessary to effect any such consent shall have been obtained.
"Clearing Account" means Account No. 4159359173 in the name of the
Seller maintained at Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing
agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. The initial Clearing Agency shall be The Depository Trust Company.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing
Agency effects book-entry transfers of securities deposited with the Clearing
Agency.
"Closing Date" means September -, 1997.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Collection Account" means the account established and maintained as
the Collection Account pursuant to Section 4.1.
"Collection Account Amount Available" means, with respect to any
Distribution Date and the related Collection Period, the sum of (i) all payments
of Monthly P&I, all partial prepayments, all Full Prepayments, Net Liquidation
Proceeds and Net Insurance Proceeds, collected with respect to the Contracts
during such Collection Period, less partial prepayments of Rule of 78's
Contracts which are deposited in the Payahead Account pursuant to Section
4.2(a), (ii) amounts withdrawn from the Payahead Account pursuant to Section
4.1(b) and deposited in the Collection Account in such Collection Period, and
(iii) the aggregate Repurchase Amount for Repurchased Contracts deposited in or
credited to the Collection Account pursuant to Section 4.4 on the day preceding
the Servicer Report Date next preceding such Distribution Date. .
"Collection Period" means, with respect to any Distribution Date,
the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs;
provided that for Liquidated Contracts the Collection Period will be the period
from but excluding the sixth Business Day preceding the immediately preceding
Distribution Date to and including the sixth Business Day preceding such
Distribution Date; provided, further, however, that with respect to the first
Distribution Date the
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"Collection Period" for Liquidated Contracts shall be the period from and
including the beginning of the preceding calendar month to and including the
sixth Business Day preceding such first Distribution Date.
"Contract" means each retail installment sales contract and security
agreement or installment loan agreement and security agreement and all proceeds
thereof and payments thereunder, which agreement has been executed by an Obligor
and pursuant to which such Obligor purchased or financed the Financed Vehicle
described therein, agreed to pay the deferred purchase price (i.e., the purchase
price net of any downpayment) or amount borrowed, together with interest, as
therein provided in connection with such purchase or loan, granted a security
interest in such Financed Vehicle, and undertook to perform certain other
obligations as specified in such contract. Each Contract shall have been (i)
either originated by Onyx or shall have been originated by a Dealer and assigned
to Onyx in accordance with the assignment provisions set forth therein, and (ii)
subsequently conveyed to the Trust pursuant to this Agreement.
"Contract Documents" means, with respect to each Contract, (a) the
Contract and the original credit application fully executed by the Obligor
thereunder; (b) either (i) the original Title Document for the related Financed
Vehicle or a duplicate copy thereof issued or certified by the Registrar of
Titles which issued the original thereof (or, with respect to Financed Vehicles
registered in the State of California, evidence of the electronic Title
Document), together with evidence of perfection of the security interest in the
related Financed Vehicle granted by such Contract, as determined by the Servicer
to be permitted or required to perfect such security interest under the laws of
the applicable jurisdiction, or (ii) written evidence that the Title Document
for such Financed Vehicle showing Onyx as first lienholder has been applied for;
and (c) any agreement(s) modifying the Contract (including, without limitation,
any extension agreement(s)).
"Contract Files" means the Contract Documents and all other papers
and computerized records customarily kept by the Servicer in connection with
servicing contracts and loans comparable to the Contracts.
"Contract Number" means, with respect to any Contract included in
the Trust, the number assigned to such Contract by the Servicer, which number is
set forth in the related Schedule of Contracts.
"Contract Rate" means (i) with respect to a Rule of 78's Contract,
the Recomputed Yield for such Contract used in accordance with the definition of
the term "Scheduled Balance" to derive the Scheduled Balances from time to time
of such Rule of 78's Contract, and (ii) with respect to a Simple Interest
Contract, the APR.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office
of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business
shall be administered, which office at the time of the execution of this
Agreement is located at Four Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attn.:
Corporate Trust and Agency Group, Structured Finance Team, or at such other
address as the
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Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Certificateholders, the
Servicer and the Insurer.
"Custodian" means initially, the Trustee, and thereafter any
custodian that may be appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.4(b).
"Cut-Off Date" means September 1, 1997.
"Dealer" means the seller of a Financed Vehicle, which seller
originated and assigned the related Contract.
"Default" means any occurrence which with the giving of notice or
the lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default.
"Defaulted Contract" means, with respect to any Collection Period, a
Contract (i) which is, at the end of such Collection Period, delinquent in an
aggregate amount equal to two monthly payments of Monthly P&I or (ii) with
respect to which the related Financed Vehicle has been repossessed or
repossession efforts have been commenced.
"Deficiency Notice" means, with respect to any Distribution Date,
the notice for payment under the Surety Bond delivered by the Trustee to the
Insurer and Bank pursuant to Section 4.2(c).
"Definitive Certificates" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.
"Depository Agreement" shall mean the agreement among the Seller,
the Trustee and the initial Clearing Agency, in the form currently used by the
Clearing Agency.
"Distribution Account" means the segregated trust account
established by the Trustee denominated "Distribution Account--GT 1997-3, Bankers
Trust Company, Trustee."
"Distribution Date" means the 15th day of each month or if such date
shall not be a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
"Distribution Date Statement" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.9.
"Due Date" means, as to any Contract, the date in each month upon
which an installment of Monthly P&I is due.
"Eligible Account" means (i) a trust account that is either (a)
maintained by the Trustee, (b) maintained with a depository institution or trust
company the commercial paper or other short-term debt obligations of which have
credit ratings from Standard & Poor's at least equal to "A-1" and from Moody's
equal to "P-1," which account is fully insured up to applicable limits by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or (c) maintained with a depository
institution acceptable to the Insurer, as evidenced by a letter from the Insurer
to that effect or (ii) a general ledger account or
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deposit account at a depository institution acceptable to the Insurer, as
evidenced by a letter from the Insurer to that effect.
"Eligible Investments" means any one or more of the following
obligations or securities, all of which shall be denominated in United States
dollars:
(a) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to
timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States of America or any
agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the obligations of
which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America
and, to the extent, at the time of investment, acceptable to the Insurer and
each rating agency rating the Certificates for securities having a rating
equivalent to the rating of the Certificates at the Closing Date, the direct
obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed by, the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation and the Federal National Mortgage Association;
(b) demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of,
banker's acceptances issued by, or federal funds sold by any depository
institution or trust company (including the Trustee) incorporated under the laws
of the United States of America or any State and subject to supervision and
examination by Federal and/or State banking authorities, so long as at the time
of such investment or contractual commitment providing for such investment
either (i) the long-term, unsecured debt obligations of such depository
institution or trust company have credit ratings from Standard & Poor's at least
equal to "AA-" and from Moody's at least equal to "Aa2" or (ii) such depository
institution is acceptable to the Insurer as evidenced by a letter from the
Insurer to the Trustee;
(c) repurchase obligations with respect to (i) any security
described in clause (a) above or (ii) any other security issued or guaranteed as
to timely payment of principal and interest by an agency or instrumentality of
the United States of America, in either case entered into with a depository
institution or trust company (including the Trustee), acting as principal, whose
obligations having the same maturity as that of the repurchase agreement would
be Eligible Investments under clause (b) above;
(d) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any
corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any
state thereof which at the time of such investment or contractual commitment
providing for such investment have long-term, unsecured debt obligations rated
by Standard & Poor's "AA-" or better and by Moody's "Aa2" or better; provided,
however, that securities issued by any corporation will not be Eligible
Investments to the extent that investment therein will cause the then
outstanding principal amount of securities issued by such corporation and held
as part of the Trust to exceed 10% of the aggregate Outstanding Principal
Balances of the Contracts and all amounts of Eligible Investments held as part
of the Trust;
(e) commercial paper given the highest rating by Standard & Poor's
and Moody's at the time of such investment;
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(f) investments in money market funds or money market mutual funds
having a rating from Standard & Poor's and Moody's in the highest investment
category granted thereby (including funds for which the Trustee or any of its
Affiliates is investment manager or advisor); and
(g) such other obligations or securities acceptable to the Insurer,
as evidenced by a letter from the Insurer to the Trustee (which acceptability
may be revoked at any time by the Insurer).
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended.
"Event of Default" means an event specified in Section 8.1.
"Final Distribution Date" means January 15, 2004.
"Financed Vehicle" means, as to any Contract, an automobile or
light-duty truck, together with all accessions thereto, securing an Obligor's
indebtedness under such Contract.
"Full Prepayment" means any of the following: (a) payment by or on
behalf of the Obligor of the total amount required by the terms of the Contract
to be paid thereunder, which amount shall be at least equal to (i) 100% of the
Scheduled Balance of a Contract (exclusive of any Contract referred to in clause
(ii), (iii) or (iv) of the definition of the term "Liquidated Contract"), (ii)
interest accrued thereon to the date of such payment at the APR; and (iii) any
overdue amounts; or (b) payment by the Seller to the Trustee of the Repurchase
Amount of a Contract in connection with the purchase of a Contract pursuant to
Sections 2.3, or payment by the Servicer of the Repurchase Amount of a Contract
in connection with the purchase of a Contract pursuant to Section 3.7 or the
purchase of all Contracts pursuant to Section 10.2.
"Insurance Agreement" means the Insurance and Reimbursement
Agreement dated as of September -, 1997, among the Seller, the Servicer, the
Trustee and the Insurer as amended, modified or restated from time to time.
"Insurance Proceeds" means proceeds paid pursuant to the Blanket
Insurance Policy and amounts (exclusive of rebated premiums) paid by any insurer
under any other insurance policy related to a Financed Vehicle or a Contract.
"Insurer" means Capital Markets Assurance Corporation or its
successor in interest.
"Insurer Insolvency" means (i) the entry of a decree or order for
relief by a court or regulatory authority having jurisdiction in respect of the
Insurer in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or
hereafter in effect, or any other present or future federal or state bank
bankruptcy, insolvency, rehabilitation or similar law, or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official
of the Insurer or with respect to any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Insurer and the
continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of
60 consecutive days; or (ii) the commencement by the Insurer of a voluntary case
under the federal bankruptcy laws,
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as now or hereafter in effect, or any other present or future federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency, rehabilitation or similar law, or the consent by the
Insurer to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the
Insurer or of any substantial part of its property or the making by the Insurer
of an assignment for the benefit of creditors or the failure by the Insurer
generally to pay its debts as such debts become due or the taking of corporate
action by the Insurer in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
"Interest Distribution" means, with respect to any Distribution Date
(referred to in this definition as the "current Distribution Date"), interest
equal to the product of one-twelfth of the Pass- Through Rate and the Pool
Balance as of the close of the Collection Period immediately preceding the
related Collection Period (or, if the current Distribution Date is the first
Distribution Date, as of the Cut-Off Date) plus the amount of interest
previously due but not paid to Certificateholders, if any.
"Lien" means a security interest, lien, charge, pledge, equity, or
encumbrance of any kind other than tax liens, mechanics' liens, and any liens
that attach to the respective Contract by operation of law.
"Liquidated Contract" means a Contract which (i) has been the
subject of a Full Prepayment; or (ii) was a Defaulted Contract and with respect
to which Liquidation Proceeds constitute, in the Servicer's reasonable judgment,
the final amounts recoverable in respect of such Defaulted Contract, have been
realized and deposited in the Collection Account; or (iii) has been paid in full
on or after its Maturity Date; or (iv) has been a Defaulted Contract for four or
more Collection Periods and with respect to which Liquidation Proceeds have not
been deposited in the Collection Account; provided, however, that in any event a
Contract that is delinquent in the amount of five monthly payments at the end of
a Collection Period is a Liquidated Contract. The Scheduled Balance of a
Liquidated Contract will equal zero.
"Liquidation Expenses" means reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (not
to exceed Liquidation Proceeds), other than any overhead expenses, incurred by
the Servicer in connection with the realization of the full amounts due under
any Contract (including the attempted liquidation of a Contract which is brought
current and is no longer in default during such attempted liquidation) and the
sale of any property acquired in respect thereof which are not recoverable as
Insurance Proceeds.
"Liquidation Proceeds" means amounts received by the Servicer
(before reimbursement for Liquidation Expenses) in connection with the
realization of the full amounts due and to become due under any Defaulted
Contract and the sale of any property acquired in respect thereof.
"Maturity Date" means with respect to any Contract, the date on
which the last scheduled payment of such Contract shall be due and payable as
such date may be extended pursuant to Section 3.2.
"Monthly P&I" means, with respect to any Contract, the amount of
each monthly installment payment of principal and interest payable to the
Obligee of such Contract in accordance with the
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terms thereof, exclusive of any charges allocable to the financing of any
insurance premium and charges which represent late payment charges or extension
fees.
"Moody's" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. and its successors
in interest.
"Net Insurance Proceeds" means, with respect to any Contract,
Insurance Proceeds, net of any such amount applied to the repair of the related
Financed Vehicle, released to an Obligor in accordance with the normal servicing
procedures of the Servicer or representing expenses incurred by the Servicer and
recoverable hereunder.
"Net Liquidation Proceeds" means the amount derived by subtracting
from the Liquidation Proceeds of a Contract the related Liquidation Expenses.
"Obligee" means the Person to whom an Obligor is indebted under a
Contract.
"Obligor" means the purchaser or the co-purchasers of the Financed
Vehicle or any other Person who owes payments under the Contract.
"Officers' Certificate" means a Certificate signed by the Chairman,
the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer,
the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of any Person delivering such Certificate and delivered to the Person to whom
such Certificate is required to be delivered. In the case of an Officers'
Certificate of the Servicer, at least one of the signing officers must be a
Servicing Officer. Unless otherwise specified, any reference herein to an
Officers' Certificate shall be to an Officers' Certificate of the Servicer.
"Onyx" means Onyx Acceptance Corporation and its successors in
interest.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel (who may be
counsel to the Seller or the Servicer) acceptable to the Trustee and the
Insurer.
"Original Pool Balance" means the Pool Balance as of the Cut-Off
Date, which is $-.
"Outstanding" means, with respect to a Contract and as of the time
of reference thereto, a Contract that has not reached its Maturity Date, has not
been fully prepaid, has not become a Liquidated Contract and has not been
repurchased pursuant to Sections 2.3, 3.7 or 10.2.
"Outstanding Principal Balance" as of the Cut-Off Date means, (i)
with respect to any Rule of 78's Contract, the amount set forth as the
Outstanding Principal Balance of such Contract on the Schedule of Contracts,
such amount being the total of all unpaid Monthly P&I due as of the Cut-Off
Date, minus any unearned (or earned but unpaid) interest as of the Cut-Off Date
computed in accordance with the Rule of 78's, and (ii) with respect to any
Simple Interest Contract, the amount set forth as the Outstanding Principal
Balance of such Contract on the Schedule of Contracts, such amount being the
total of all principal payments due after the Cut-Off Date.
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"Pass-Through Rate" means -% per annum (computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months payable monthly).
"Payahead Account" means the account established and maintained as
the Payahead Account pursuant to Section 4.1.
"Paying Agent" shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.11 and
shall initially be Bankers Trust Company.
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual,
corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
"Policy Claim Amount" means, with respect to each Distribution Date,
the amount, if any, by which the Certificate Distribution Amount plus the
Servicing Fee for such Distribution Date exceeds the Collection Account Amount
Available for such Distribution Date.
"Pool Balance" as of the date of determination means the Aggregate
Scheduled Balance of the Contracts, exclusive of all Contracts that are not
Outstanding at the end of the Collection Period ending immediately prior to such
date of determination.
"Pool Factor" means, as of any date of determination, a six-digit
decimal figure equal to the Pool Balance divided by the Original Pool Balance.
"Preference Claim" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.5.
"Premium" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Insurance
Agreement.
"Principal Distribution" means, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the Aggregate Scheduled Balance Decline during the related Collection
Period; provided that the Principal Distribution on the Final Distribution Date
will include the Aggregate Scheduled Balance of all Contracts that are
Outstanding at the end of the Collection Period immediately prior to the Final
Distribution Date.
"Purchase Agreement" means the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as
of September 8, 1994 between Onyx Acceptance Corporation as seller and Onyx
Acceptance Financial Corporation as purchaser, and as such agreement may have
been or may be modified, supplemented or amended from time to time.
"Rating Agencies" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. and Standard
& Poor's Ratings Group.
"Recomputed Actuarial Method" means a method of accounting pursuant
to which each payment of Monthly P&I due on a Rule of 78's Contract will be
deemed to consist of interest equal
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to the product of 1/12 of the Recomputed Yield for such Contract and the
Scheduled Balance of the Contract as of the preceding Due Date for such Contract
and of principal to the extent of the remainder of such scheduled payment, which
will cause the Outstanding Principal Balance as of the Cut-Off Date to be
amortized in full at the Recomputed Yield.
"Recomputed Yield" for any Rule of 78's Contract means the per annum
rate determined as of the Cut-Off Date, such that the net present value of the
remaining scheduled payments due on such Contract, discounted at such rate from
the Due Date for each such scheduled payment to the Due Date for such Contract
immediately preceding the Cut-Off Date, will equal the Outstanding Principal
Balance.
"Record Date" means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the
Business Day prior to such Distribution Date, unless Definitive Certificates
have been issued, in which case Record Date shall mean the last day of the
immediately preceding calendar month.
"Registrar of Titles" means the agency, department or office having
the responsibility for maintaining records of titles to motor vehicles and
issuing documents evidencing such titles in the jurisdiction in which a
particular Financed Vehicle is registered.
"Repurchase Amount" means the amount, as of the date of purchase or
repurchase of any Contract, equal to the Scheduled Balance of such Contract as
of the Due Date in the Collection Period in which such purchase or repurchase
occurs plus interest on such Contract through such Due Date, to the extent not
previously collected.
"Repurchased Contract" means a Contract (i) purchased as of the
Business Day prior to the respective Servicer Report Date by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.7 or (ii) repurchased by the Seller pursuant to Section
2.3.
"Responsible Officer" means any officer of the Trustee within the
Corporate Trust Office including any vice president, assistant vice president,
assistant treasurer, assistant secretary or any other officer of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers with direct responsibility for the administration of this
Agreement, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Rule of 78's Contract" means a Contract as to which the portion of
payments allocable to earned interest and principal thereunder is determined
according to the "Rule of 78's." Under the "Rule of 78's," the amount of each
payment allocable to interest on a Contract is determined by multiplying the
total amount of add-on interest payable over the term of the Contract by a
fraction, the denominator of which is equal to the sum of a series of numbers
representing the total number of monthly payments due under the Contract and the
numerator of which is the number of payments remaining before giving effect to
the payment to which the fraction is being applied.
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"Schedule of Contracts" means the list of Contracts, attached hereto
as Schedule I, which are being sold to the Trust as part of the Trust Estate,
together with supplemental data regarding the Contracts calculated by Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx & Co. and verified by the Servicer. The Schedule of Contracts attached
hereto as Schedule I sets forth the Original Pool Balance, as well as the
following information with respect to each Contract in columns:
Contract Number ("ACCT NBR")
Date of Origination ("ORG DT")
Maturity Date ("MAT DT")
Monthly P&I ("P&I")
Original Principal Balance ("ORIG AMT")
Outstanding Principal Balance ("PRIN BAL")
Annual Percentage Rate ("APR")
In addition, the information contained in Schedule I shall also be contained on
a computer disk or tape (the "Disk") that shall be delivered by the Servicer to
the Trustee not later than the 5th Business Day following the Closing Date. The
Recomputed Yield and the Scheduled Balance of each Rule of 78's Contract for
each Due Date after the Cut-Off Date, computed in accordance with the definition
of Scheduled Balance set forth herein, as calculated by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. and
verified by the Servicer, shall supplement Schedule I and shall be a part of the
Schedule of Contracts and made available by the Servicer to the Trustee upon
reasonable request.
"Scheduled Balance" means, with respect to any Simple Interest
Contract as of the Cut-Off Date, the amount set forth as the "Original Principal
Balance" of such Contract on the Schedule of Contracts. "Scheduled Balance"
means, with respect to any Simple Interest Contract for the Due Date or any
other date in each month, the Original Principal Balance of such Contract
reduced by the portion of Monthly P&I paid on or prior to the date of
calculation that is allocated to principal under the Simple Interest Method.
"Scheduled Balance" means, with respect to any Rule of 78's Contract for the Due
Date in each month and as of the Cut-Off Date, the amount set forth as the
"Scheduled Balance" of such Contract for the Due Date in such month or the
Cut-Off Date, as applicable, on the Schedule of Contracts. For a Rule of 78's
Contract, each such amount shall be the present value (determined as provided
below) as of the Due Date for the applicable month of all payments of Monthly
P&I on the Contract due after such month (due during or after the first
Collection Period in the case of a Scheduled Balance at the Cut-Off Date). Such
present value as of any Distribution Date shall be determined by discounting, on
a monthly basis, each such scheduled payment of Monthly P&I from the Due Date
for such payment back to the Due Date for such Contract in the Collection Period
related to such Distribution Date, using the applicable discount rate specified
below. Such present value as of the Cut-Off Date shall be determined by
discounting, on a monthly basis, each such scheduled payment of Monthly P&I from
the Due Date for such payment back to the Cut-Off Date, using the applicable
discount rate specified below. The applicable discount rate shall be the
Recomputed Yield for that Contract. The Scheduled Balance of a Rule of 78's
Contract that becomes a Liquidated Contract or a Repurchased Contract is reduced
to zero as of the close of business on the Due Date for such Contract in the
Collection Period in which such Contract became a Liquidated Contract or a
Repurchased Contract. The principal
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balance of a Simple Interest Contract that becomes a Liquidated Contract or a
Repurchased Contract is reduced to zero as of the close of business on the date
the Contract becomes a Liquidated Contract or is repurchased, as the case may
be. As used herein, reference to the Scheduled Balance of a Contract for a
Distribution Date shall mean the Scheduled Balance of such Contract as of close
of business on the last day of the Collection Period ending immediately prior to
such Distribution Date, and reference to the Scheduled Balance of a Contract in
a month shall mean the Scheduled Balance of such Contract as of the opening of
business on the first day of such month.
"Seller" means Onyx Acceptance Financial Corporation in its capacity
as the seller of the Contracts under this Agreement, and each successor to Onyx
Acceptance Financial Corporation (in the same capacity) pursuant to Section 6.2.
"Servicer" means Onyx Acceptance Corporation in its capacity as the
servicer of the Contracts under Section 3.1, and, in each case upon such
succession in accordance herewith, each successor to Onyx Acceptance Corporation
in the same capacity pursuant to Section 7.2 and each successor servicer
pursuant to Section 8.2.
"Servicer Report Date" means the fifth Business Day prior to the
related Distribution Date.
"Servicing Fee" means, as to any Distribution Date, the fee payable
to the Servicer for services rendered during the Collection Period ending
immediately prior to such Distribution Date, which shall equal with respect to
each Contract, the product of (A) the Servicing Fee Percent and (B) the
Scheduled Balance of such Contract as of the opening of business on the first
day of such Collection Period; provided, however, that with respect to the first
Distribution Date the Servicing Fee shall be the product of (A) the Servicing
Fee Percent and (B) the Original Pool Balance. As additional compensation, the
Servicer will be entitled to any late fees and other administrative fees and
expenses or similar charges collected with respect to the Contracts. The
Servicer or its designee will also receive as servicing compensation all
investment earnings on funds credited to the Collection Account and the amount,
if any, by which the outstanding principal balance of a Rule of 78's Contract
(calculated in accordance with the Rule of 78's method) that is subject to a
Full Prepayment exceeds the Scheduled Balance of such Contract; provided,
however, that the Servicer agrees that each amount payable to it in respect of a
Full Prepayment on a Rule on 78's Contract that exceeds such Contract's
Scheduled Balance shall be deposited in the Spread Account and applied in
accordance with the Insurance Agreement.
"Servicing Fee Percent" means 1.00% per annum.
"Servicing Officer" means any officer of the Servicer involved in,
or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Contracts whose name
appears on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Trustee by the
Servicer, as such list may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
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"Servicing Standards" means at any time the quality of the
Servicer's performance with respect to (i) compliance with the terms of this
Agreement and (ii) adequacy, measured in accordance with industry standards and
current and historical standards of the Servicer, in respect of the servicing of
all Contracts serviced by the Servicer, regardless of whether any such Contract
is owned by the Servicer or otherwise.
"Simple Interest Contract" means a Contract as to which the portion
of payments allocable to earned interest and principal thereunder is determined
according to the Simple Interest Method. For such Contracts, interest accrued as
of the Due Date is paid first, and then the remaining payment is applied to the
unpaid principal balance. Accordingly, if an Obligor pays the fixed monthly
installment in advance of the Due Date, the portion of the payment allocable to
interest for the period since the preceding payment will be less than it would
be if the payment were made on the Due Date, and the portion of the payment
allocable to reduce the principal balance will be correspondingly greater.
Conversely, if an Obligor pays the fixed monthly installment after its Due Date,
the portion of the payment allocable to interest for the period since the
preceding payment will be greater than it would be if the payment were made on
the Due Date, and the portion of the payment allocable to reduce the principal
balance will be correspondingly smaller. When necessary, an adjustment will be
made at the maturity of the Contract to the scheduled final payment to reflect
the larger or smaller, as the case may be, allocations of payments to the amount
financed under the Contract as a result of early or late payments, as the case
may be.
"Simple Interest Method" means the method for calculating interest
on a Contract whereby interest due is calculated each day based on the actual
principal balance of the Contract on that day.
"Spread Account" means the account so denominated and provided for
in the Insurance Agreement.
"Standard & Poor's" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a
division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies Inc., or its successor in interest.
"Successor Custodian" shall have the meaning as set forth in Section
2.4(b).
"Surety Bond" means the principal/interest surety bond issued by the
Insurer to the Trustee, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit C.
"Title Document" means, with respect to any Financed Vehicle, the
certificate of title for, or other evidence of ownership of, such Financed
Vehicle issued by the Registrar of Titles in the jurisdiction in which such
Financed Vehicle is registered. For Financed Vehicles registered in the State of
California, Title Document may consist of electronic evidence of ownership on
the Electronic Lien and Title system of the California Department of Motor
Vehicles.
"Transfer Agent" shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.3 and
initially shall be Bankers Trust Company.
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"Trust" means the Onyx Acceptance Grantor Trust, 1997-3 created by
this Agreement.
"Trust Estate" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 hereof. The
Spread Account and the Payahead Account and amounts on deposit therein and
credited thereto shall not be part of the Trust Estate.
"Trustee" means Bankers Trust Company, a New York banking
corporation, until a successor Person shall have become the Trustee pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Agreement, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean
such successor Person.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, as applicable,
in California, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Nevada, Oregon or Washington,
or if the context requires, any other applicable state.
SECTION 1.2 Usage of Terms. With respect to all terms in this
Agreement, the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; words
importing any gender include the other genders; references to "writing" include
printing, typing, lithography, and other means of reproducing words in a visible
form; references to agreements and other contractual instruments include all
amendments, modifications and supplements thereto or any changes therein entered
into in accordance with their respective terms and not prohibited by this
Agreement; references to Persons include their permitted successors and assigns;
and the term "including" means "including without limitation."
SECTION 1.3 Section References. All section references, unless
otherwise indicated, shall be to Sections in this Agreement.
SECTION 1.4 Calculations. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, all interest rate and basis point calculations under this Agreement
will be made on the basis of a 360-day year and twelve thirty-day months and
will be carried out to at least three decimal places. Collections of interest on
Rule of 78's Contracts shall be calculated as if such Contracts were actuarial
contracts the scheduled principal balances of which are the Scheduled Balances
thereof.
SECTION 1.5 Accounting Terms. All accounting terms used but not
specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States.
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ARTICLE II
Conveyance of the Contracts;
Representation and Warranties of the Seller
SECTION 2.1 Sale and Assignment of Contracts.
(a) In consideration of the Trustee's delivery to, or upon the order
of, the Seller of authenticated certificates in an aggregate amount equal to the
Original Pool Balance, the Seller hereby sells, grants, transfers, conveys and
assigns to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the Insurer, without recourse (except as expressly
provided in Section 2.3 hereof) effective upon the Closing Date, all of its
right, title and interest in, to and under:
(i) the Contracts listed in the Schedule of Contracts
including, without limitation, all payments of Monthly P&I due on or
after the Cut-Off Date, all Net Liquidation Proceeds and Net
Insurance Proceeds with respect to any Financed Vehicle to which a
Contract relates received on or after the Cut-Off Date and all other
proceeds received in respect of such Contracts and any and all
security interests in the Financed Vehicles;
(ii) the Contract Documents relating to the Contracts
(except the Contract Documents for Contracts which have been the
subject of a Full Prepayment received on or after the Cut-Off Date
but no later than one Business Day prior to the Closing Date, in
lieu of which the Seller shall have deposited in or credited to the
Collection Account on or prior to the Closing Date an amount equal
to such Full Prepayment);
(iii) all amounts on deposit in the Collection Account,
including all Eligible Investments credited thereto (but excluding
investment earnings thereon);
(iv) the right of the Seller, as purchaser under the
Purchase Agreement, to cause Onyx as seller thereunder to repurchase
Contracts listed in the Schedule of Contracts under certain
circumstances;
(v) the security interest of the Seller in the Financed
Vehicles and the rights to receive proceeds from claims on certain
insurance policies covering the Financed Vehicles or the individual
Obligors under each related Contract;
(vi) the Seller's right to proceeds under the Blanket
Insurance Policy; and
(vii) all proceeds in any way delivered with respect to
the foregoing, all rights to payments with respect to the foregoing
and all rights to enforce the foregoing.
The foregoing items of property listed in this Section 2.1, together
with the rights of the Trustee under the Surety Bond, are the Trust Estate.
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It is the intention of the Seller and the Trustee that the
assignment and transfer herein contemplated constitute (and shall be construed
for all purposes as) a sale of the Trust Estate (other than the Surety Bond),
conveying good title thereto free and clear of any liens and encumbrances, from
the Seller to the Trust. However, in the event that such conveyance is deemed to
be a pledge to secure a loan (in spite of the express intent of the parties
hereto that this conveyance is to be treated as a true and complete sale), the
Seller hereby grants to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust for the benefit of
the Certificateholders a first priority perfected security interest in all of
the Seller's right, title and interest in the Trust Estate whether now existing
or hereafter created (other than the Surety Bond), and all proceeds of the
foregoing to secure the loan deemed to be made in connection with such pledge
and, in such event, this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under
applicable law.
(b) In connection with the sale of the Contracts pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, Onyx has filed with the office of the Secretary of State of
the State of California UCC-1 financing statements naming Onyx as seller and
including the Contracts in the description of the assets being sold thereunder.
In connection with the sale of the Contracts pursuant to this Agreement, the
Seller has filed or caused to be filed UCC-1 financing statements, executed by
the Seller as seller, naming the Trust as purchaser and describing the Contracts
as the assets being sold by it to the Trust, with the office of the Secretary of
State of the State of California. The Seller shall have caused UCC-2 termination
statements to have been filed with the office of Secretary of State of the State
of California terminating any outstanding security interests in the Contracts.
From time to time, the Servicer shall cause to be taken such actions as are
necessary to continue the perfection of the Trust's ownership interest in the
Contracts and to continue the first priority security interest of the Trust in
the Financed Vehicles and their proceeds (other than, as to such priority, any
statutory lien arising by operation of law after the Closing Date which is prior
to such interest), including, without limitation, the filing of financing
statements, amendments thereto or continuation statements and the making of
notations on records or documents of title.
(c) If any change in the name, identity or corporate structure of
Onyx, the Seller or the relocation of the chief executive office of any of them
would make any financing or continuation statement or notice of lien filed under
this Agreement misleading within the meaning of applicable provisions of the UCC
or any title statute, the Servicer, within the time period required by
applicable law, shall file such financing statements or amendments as may be
required to preserve and protect the interests of the Trustee on behalf of the
Trust and the Certificateholders in the Contracts and in the related Financed
Vehicles and proceeds thereof. Promptly thereafter, and in any event within 30
days of such change or relocation, the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing
statements or amendments necessary fully to preserve and protect the interests
of the Trustee and the Certificateholders in the Contracts and in the related
Financed Vehicles and proceeds thereof have been filed, and reciting the details
of such filings.
(d) During the term of this Agreement, the Seller and Onyx shall
each maintain its chief executive office in one of the states of the United
States.
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(e) The Servicer shall pay all reasonable costs and disbursements in
connection with the perfection and the maintenance of perfection, as against all
Persons other than the Trustee, of the Trust's right, title and interest in and
to the Contracts and in connection with maintaining the first priority security
interest in the related Financed Vehicles and the proceeds of such Financed
Vehicles.
SECTION 2.2 Representations and Warranties. The Seller represents
and warrants to the Trustee and the Trust for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the Insurer as follows:
(a) As to the Seller:
(i) the Seller is duly organized and validly existing as
a corporation organized and existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own its
properties and to conduct its business and had at all relevant
times, and has, power, authority, and legal right to originate or
acquire and own the Contracts;
(ii) the Seller is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation in good standing, and shall have obtained all
necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the
ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business
requires such qualifications;
(iii) the Seller has the power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Seller
has full power and authority to sell and assign the property to be
sold and assigned to and deposited with the Trustee on behalf of the
Trust as part of the Trust and has duly authorized such sale and
assignment to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust by all necessary
corporate action; and the execution, delivery, and performance of
this Agreement has been duly authorized by the Seller by all
necessary corporate action;
(iv) this Agreement constitutes (A) a valid sale,
transfer, and assignment of the Contracts, enforceable against
creditors of and purchasers from the Seller and (B) a legal, valid,
and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable in accordance with
its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in general and by
general principles of equity, regardless of whether such
enforceability shall be considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law;
(v) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof shall not
conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and
provisions of, nor constitute (with or without notice or lapse of
time) a default under, the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of
the Seller, or any indenture, agreement, or other instrument to
which the Seller is a party or by which it shall be bound; nor
result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the
properties of the Seller pursuant to the terms of any such
indenture, agreement, or other instrument (other than this
Agreement); nor violate any law or any order, rule, or regulation
applicable to the Seller of any court or of any
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federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency, or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or
its properties; and
(vi) to the Seller's best knowledge after due inquiry,
there are no proceedings or investigations pending, or threatened,
before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or
its properties: (A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or
the Certificates, (B) seeking to prevent the issuance of the
Certificates or the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (C) seeking any determination or
ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance by
the Seller of its obligations under, or the validity or
enforceability of, this Agreement or the Certificates, or (D) naming
the Seller which might adversely affect the federal income tax
attributes of the Certificates.
(b) As to each Contract (except as noted below as being applicable
only to either Rule of 78's Contracts or Simple Interest Contracts):
(i) the information pertaining to such Contract set
forth in the related Schedule of Contracts was true and correct in
all material respects at the Closing Date and the calculations of
the Scheduled Balances appearing in such Schedule of Contracts for
each such Contract at the Cut-Off Date, and in the case of Rule of
78's Contracts at each Distribution Date thereafter prior to the
related Maturity Date, have been performed in accordance with this
Agreement and are accurate;
(ii) as of the Closing Date, such Contract was secured
by a valid and enforceable first priority security interest in favor
of Onyx in the related Financed Vehicle, and such security interest
has been duly perfected and is prior to all other liens upon and
security interests in such Financed Vehicle which now exist or may
hereafter arise or be created (except, as to priority, for any lien
for unpaid taxes or unpaid storage or repair charges which may arise
after the Closing Date); such security interest had been assigned by
Onyx to the Seller pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and, as of the
Closing Date, has been assigned by the Seller to the Trust pursuant
to Section 2.1(a)(i) hereof;
(iii) (A) if the related Financed Vehicle was originated
in a state in which notation of a security interest on the Title
Document (or in the electronic title records, in the case of the
State of California) is required or permitted to perfect such
security interest, the Title Document or the electronic title
records for such Financed Vehicle shows, or, if a new or replacement
Title Document is being applied for with respect to such Financed
Vehicle, the Title Document will be received within 180 days of the
Closing Date and will show Onyx named as the original secured party
under the related Contract as the holder of a first priority
security interest in such Financed Vehicle, and (B) if the related
Financed Vehicle was originated in a state in which the filing of a
financing statement under the UCC is required to perfect a security
interest in motor vehicles, such filings or recordings have been
duly made and show Onyx named as the original secured party under
the related Contract, and in either case, the Trustee on behalf of
the Trust has the same rights as such secured party has
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or would have (if such secured party were still the owner of such
Contract) against all parties claiming an interest in such Financed
Vehicle. With respect to each Contract for which the Title Document
has not yet been returned from the Registrar of Titles (or evidenced
in the electronic title records, in the case of the State of
California), Onyx has written evidence that such Title Documents
showing Onyx as first lienholder have been applied for;
(iv) as of the Closing Date, the Seller had good and
marketable title to and was the sole owner of each Contract to be
transferred to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.1 free of liens,
claims, encumbrances and rights of others and, upon transfer of such
Contract to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.1, the Trust will have
good and marketable title to, will have a first priority perfected
security interest in and will be the sole owner of such Contract
free of liens, encumbrances and rights of others;
(v) as of the Cut-Off Date, the most recent scheduled
payment on each such Contract had been made or was not delinquent
more than 30 days and, to the best of the Seller's knowledge, all
payments on the Contract were made by the related Obligor;
(vi) as of the Closing Date, there is no lien against
the related Financed Vehicle for delinquent taxes;
(vii) as of the Closing Date, there is no right of
rescission, offset, defense or counterclaim to the obligation of the
Obligors to pay the unpaid principal or interest due under such
Contract; the operation of the terms of such Contract or the
exercise of any right thereunder will not render such Contract
unenforceable in whole or in part or subject such Contract to any
right of rescission, offset, defense or counterclaim, and the Seller
has no knowledge that such right of rescission, offset, defense or
counterclaim has been asserted or threatened;
(viii) as of the Closing Date, to the best of the
Seller's knowledge, there are no liens or claims which have been
filed, including liens for work, labor, material or storage
affecting the related Financed Vehicle which are or may become a
lien prior to or equal with the security interest granted by such
Contract;
(ix) such Contract, and the sale of the Financed Vehicle
sold thereunder, complied, at the time it was made, in all material
respects with all applicable federal, state and local laws (and
regulations thereunder), including without limitation usury, equal
credit opportunity, fair credit reporting, truth-in-lending or other
similar laws, the Federal Trade Commission Act, and applicable state
laws regulating retail installment sales contracts and loans in
general and motor vehicle retail installment contracts and loans in
particular; and the consummation of the transactions herein
contemplated, including, without limitation, the transfer of
ownership of the Contracts to the Trustee and the receipt of
interest by the Certificateholders, will not violate any applicable
federal, state or local law;
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(x) such Contract is the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Obligor thereunder and is enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except only as such enforcement may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally; each party to such
Contract had full legal capacity to execute and deliver such
Contract and all other documents related thereto and to grant the
security interest purported to be granted thereby; the terms of such
Contract have not been waived, amended or modified in any respect,
except by instruments that are part of the Contract Documents, and
no such waiver, amendment or modification has caused such Contract
to fail to meet all of the representations, warranties and
conditions, set forth herein with respect thereto;
(xi) such Contract contains customary and enforceable
provisions such as to render the rights and remedies of the holder
or assignee thereof adequate for the practical realization against
the collateral of the benefits of the security, subject, as to
enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally;
(xii) as of the Closing Date, there was no default,
breach, violation or event permitting acceleration existing under
such Contract (except payment delinquencies permitted by
subparagraph (v) above) and no event which, with notice and the
expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute such a
default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under
such Contract, and the Seller has not waived any such default,
breach, violation or event permitting acceleration except payment
delinquencies permitted by subparagraph (v) above;
(xiii) at the Closing Date each related Financed Vehicle
will be covered by the Blanket Insurance Policy; each of Onyx and
the Seller shall at all times comply with all of the provisions of
such insurance policies applicable to it;
(xiv) at the Closing Date, (a) each Contract for each
Financed Vehicle will require that the related Obligor obtain and
maintain in effect for the Financed Vehicle a comprehensive and
collision insurance policy (i) in an amount at least equal to the
lesser of (x) its maximum insurable value or (y) the principal
amount due from the Obligor under the related Contract, (ii) naming
Onyx as a loss payee and (iii) insuring against loss and damage due
to fire, theft, transportation, collision and other risks generally
covered by comprehensive and collision coverage and (b) the Servicer
shall have put in place a vendor's single interest insurance policy
providing coverage upon repossession of a Financed Vehicle in an
amount equal to the lesser of the actual cash value of such Financed
Vehicle, the cost of repair or replacement for such Financed Vehicle
and the unpaid balance of the related Contract. Each of Onyx and the
Seller shall at all times comply with all of the provisions of such
insurance policies applicable to it;
(xv) such Contract was either originated by Onyx or
acquired by Onyx from a Dealer with which it ordinarily does
business, and no adverse selection procedures have been
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utilized in selecting such Contract from all other similar contracts
purchased or originated by Onyx;
(xvi) payments under such Contract have been applied in
accordance with the Rule of 78's or the Simple Interest Method, as
provided in the applicable Contract, and are due monthly in
substantially equal amounts through its Maturity Date sufficient to
fully amortize the principal balance of such Contract by its
Maturity Date;
(xvii) there is only one original of such Contract and
such original, together with all other Contract Documents, is being
held by the Trustee; provided, however, that upon the execution by
the Trustee and the Servicer of a letter agreement revocably
appointing the Servicer as agent of the Trustee to act as custodian
of the Contract Documents in accordance with Section 2.4, such
original Contracts together with all other Contract Documents may be
held by the Servicer. Each original Contract has been segregated to
show the Trust as owner thereof, unless the Insurer has waived the
requirement for such segregation by notice in writing to the Trustee
and the Servicer;
(xviii) as of the Closing Date, the Servicer has clearly
marked its electronic records to indicate that such Contract is
owned by the Trust;
(xix) at the Cut-Off Date, no Contract has a Maturity
Date later than September 1, 2003;
(xx) at the date of origination of the Contract, the
original principal balance of such Contract was not greater than the
purchase price to the Obligor (including taxes, warranties, licenses
and related charges) of the related Financed Vehicle;
(xxi) as of the Cut-Off Date, the Seller has not
received notice that any Obligor under such Contract has filed for
bankruptcy;
(xxii) the Obligor of such Contract was located in
either California, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Nevada, Oregon
or Washington on the date of origination of such Contract;
(xxiii) the yield (using the Recomputed Yield for Rule
of 78's Contracts) on such Contract is at least equal to -%;
(xxiv) as of the Cut-Off Date, such Contract had an
original maturity of not more than 72 months and such Contract has a
remaining maturity of 72 months or less;
(xxv) the first payment under such Contract is due on or
before October 15, 1997;
(xxvi) as of the Cut-Off Date, such Contract has a
remaining principal balance of at least $500; and
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(xxvii) as of the Cut-Off Date, such Contract is secured
by a Financed Vehicle that has not been repossessed without
reinstatement.
(c) As to all of the Contracts:
(i) the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance payable
by Obligors of the Contracts as of the Cut-Off Date equals the
Original Pool Balance; and
(ii) as of the Cut-Off Date, approximately -% of the
Outstanding Principal Balance of all Contracts is attributable to
loans to purchase new Financed Vehicles and approximately-% of the
Outstanding Principal Balance of all Contracts is attributable to
used Financed Vehicles.
(d) None of the foregoing representations and warranties shall be
construed as, and the Seller is specifically not making, any representations and
warranties regarding the collectibility of the Contracts or the future
performance of the Contracts.
(e) The Seller has not prepared any financial statement which
accounts for the transfer of the Trust Estate (other than the Surety Bond)
hereunder to the Trust in any manner other than a sale of the Trust Estate
(other than the Surety Bond) by it to the Trust, and the Seller has not in any
other respect (including, but not limited to, for accounting and tax reporting
purposes) accounted for or treated the transfer of the Trust Estate (other than
the Surety Bond) hereunder in any manner other than as a sale and absolute
assignment to the Trust of the Seller's full right, title and ownership interest
in the Trust Estate (other than the Surety Bond) to the Trust.
SECTION 2.3 Repurchase of Certain Contracts. The representations and
warranties of the Seller set forth in Section 2.2 with respect to each Contract
shall survive delivery of the Contract Documents to the Trustee and shall
continue until the termination of this Agreement. Upon discovery by the Seller,
the Servicer, the Insurer or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee that any of
such representations or warranties was incorrect or that any of such conditions
was unsatisfied as of the time made or that any of the Contract Documents
relating to any such Contract has not been properly executed by the Obligor or
contains a material defect or has not been received by the Trustee (or the
Servicer in its capacity as custodian of the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.4),
such Person making such discovery shall give prompt notice to the other such
Persons. If any such defect, incorrectness or omission materially and adversely
affects the interest of the Certificateholders, the Trustee or the Insurer, the
Seller shall cure the defect or eliminate or otherwise cure the circumstances or
condition in respect of which such condition, representation or warranty was
incorrect as of the time made; provided that if the Seller is unable to do so by
the last day of the Collection Period following the Collection Period (or, if
the Seller elects, the last day of such Collection Period) during which the
Seller becomes aware of or receives written notice from the Trustee, the Insurer
or the Servicer of such defect, incorrectness or omission, it shall repurchase
such Contract on the last day of such Collection Period from the Trust at the
Repurchase Amount in the manner set forth in Section 4.4. Upon any such
repurchase, the Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute and deliver such
instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as
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shall be necessary to vest in the Seller any Contract purchased hereunder. The
sole remedy of the Trustee, the Trust, or the Certificateholders with respect to
a breach of the Seller's representations and warranties pursuant to Section 2.2
shall be to require the Seller to repurchase Contracts pursuant to this Section
provided, however, that the Seller shall indemnify the Trustee, its officers,
directors, agents and employees, the Insurer, the Trust and the
Certificateholders against all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and
liabilities, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, which may be
asserted against or incurred by any of them as a result of third-party claims
arising out of the events or facts giving rise to such breach.
SECTION 2.4 Duties and Appointment of Custodian.
(a) Duties of Custodian. The Trustee, and any Custodian appointed
pursuant to Section 2.4(b), while acting as Custodian shall:
(i) segregate and maintain continuous custody of the
Contract Documents in secure and fireproof facilities in accordance
with customary standards for such custody;
(ii) with respect to the Contract Documents, (A) act
exclusively as the Custodian for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and for the Insurer and (B) hold all Contract
Documents for the exclusive use (notwithstanding Sections
2.4(a)(iii) and 2.4(a)(iv) below) and for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the Insurer;
(iii) to the extent the Servicer directs the Custodian
in writing, the Custodian shall deliver certain specified Contract
Documents to the Servicer to enable the Servicer to service the
Contracts pursuant to this Agreement. At such time as the Servicer
returns such Contract Documents to the Custodian, the Servicer shall
provide written notice of such return to the Custodian. The
Custodian shall acknowledge receipt of the returned materials by
signing the Servicer's notice and shall promptly send copies of such
acknowledgment or receipt to the Servicer;
(iv) upon reasonable prior written notice, permit the
Servicer and the Insurer to examine the Contract Documents in the
possession, or under the control, of the Custodian; and
(v) at its own expense, maintain at all times while
acting as Custodian, and keep in full force and effect (A) fidelity
insurance, (B) theft of documents insurance, (C) fire insurance, and
(d) forgery insurance. All such insurance shall be in amounts, with
standard coverage and subject to deductibles, as are customary for
similar insurance typically maintained by banks that act as
custodian in similar transactions.
(b) Appointment of Custodian. As of the Closing Date, the Trustee
shall be the Custodian of the Contract Files; provided, however, that upon the
execution by the Trustee of a letter agreement with the consent of the Insurer
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) substantially in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Appointment of Custodian"), revocably
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appointing the Servicer or such other entity acceptable to the Insurer as agent
of the Trustee to act as Custodian (the "Successor Custodian") of the Contract
Documents, such Successor Custodian shall be so appointed and shall from the
effective date of such Appointment of Custodian retain custody of the Contract
Documents and any and all other documents relating to a Contract or the related
Obligor or Financed Vehicle. As of the effective date of such Appointment of
Custodian, the Contract Documents and any and all other documents relating to a
Contract or the related Obligor or Financed Vehicle will be delivered to the
Successor Custodian in its capacity as agent of the Trustee acting as Custodian.
If the Servicer is appointed Successor Custodian as of the date
specified in the Appointment of Custodian, the Servicer shall maintain the
Contract Documents held by it in a file area physically separate from the other
installment sales contracts owned or serviced by it or any of its Affiliates,
which area shall be clearly marked to indicate the Trust as the owner of, and
the holder of the security interest in, the Contract Documents; except that if
the Insurer has waived the requirement for such segregation by notice in writing
to the Trustee and the Servicer, such file area may contain contract documents
for other installment sales contracts serviced by the Servicer.
SECTION 2.5 Duties of Servicer Relating to the Contracts.
(a) Safekeeping. The Servicer, in its capacity as servicer, shall
maintain such accurate and complete accounts, records, and computer systems
pertaining to each Contract File as shall enable the Trustee to comply with this
Agreement. In performing its duties as servicer the Servicer shall act with
reasonable care, using that degree of skill and attention that the Servicer
exercises with respect to the files relating to all comparable automobile
contracts that the Servicer services for itself or others. The Servicer shall:
(i) conduct, or cause to be conducted, periodic physical inspections of the
Contract Files (other than the Contract Documents, unless the Servicer is acting
as Custodian) held by it under this Agreement, and of the related accounts,
records, and computer systems; (ii) maintain the Contract Files in such a manner
as shall enable the Trustee and the Insurer to verify the accuracy of the
Servicer's record keeping; (iii) promptly report to the Trustee and the Insurer
any failure on its part to hold the Contract Files (other than the Contract
Documents, unless the Servicer is acting as Custodian) and maintain its
accounting, records, and computer systems as herein provided; and (iv) promptly
take appropriate action to remedy any such failure.
(b) Maintenance of and Access to Records. The Servicer shall
maintain each Contract File (other than the Contract Documents, unless the
Servicer is acting as Custodian) at the address of the Servicer set forth in
Section 11.5, or at such other location as shall be specified to the Trustee and
the Insurer by 30 days' prior written notice. The Servicer shall permit the
Trustee or the Insurer or their duly authorized representatives, attorneys, or
auditors to inspect the Contract Files and the related accounts, records, and
computer systems maintained by the Servicer at such times as the Trustee or the
Insurer may request.
(c) Release of Documents. If the Servicer is acting as Custodian
pursuant to Section 2.4, upon instruction from the Trustee (a copy of which
shall be furnished to the Insurer), the Servicer shall release any document in
the Contract Files to the Trustee, the Trustee's agent, or the Trustee's
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designee, as the case may be, at such place or places as the Trustee may
designate, as soon as practicable.
(d) Monthly Reports. On the Servicer Report Date of each month,
commencing with the month of the Closing Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the
Trustee and Insurer, a certificate of a Servicing Officer stating (i) the
Contract Number and outstanding principal balance of each Contract that has
become a Liquidated Contract since the Business Day immediately preceding the
date of the last certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 2.5(d) (or since
the Closing Date in the case of the first such certificate); (ii) that all
proceeds received in respect of such Contract have been deposited in or credited
to the Collection Account as required by Section 4.2; (iii) that, if such
Contract has been the subject of a Full Prepayment pursuant to clause (a) of the
definition of the term "Full Prepayment" or is a Liquidated Contract pursuant to
clause (iii) of the definition of the term "Liquidated Contract," all proceeds
received in respect thereof have been deposited in or credited to the Collection
Account in accordance with Section 4.2; (iv) that, if such Contract has been the
subject of a Full Prepayment pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of the
term "Full Prepayment," the correct Repurchase Amount has been deposited in or
credited to the Collection Account in accordance with Sections 2.3 or 3.7; (v)
that, if such Contract is a Liquidated Contract pursuant to clause (ii) of the
definition of the term "Liquidated Contract," there have been deposited in or
credited to the Collection Account the related Net Liquidation Proceeds in
accordance with Section 4.2; and (vi) that the Trustee is authorized to release
such Contract and the related Contract Documents as provided herein.
(e) Schedule of Title Documents. The Servicer shall deliver to the
Trustee and the Insurer (i) within 60 days of the Closing Date, a schedule of
Title Documents which as of the Closing Date did not show the Servicer as first
lienholder and (ii) within 180 days of the Closing Date as to the Contracts, a
schedule of Title Documents which as of the date prior to such delivery do not
show the Servicer as first lienholder and as to which the Seller is obligated to
repurchase pursuant to the provisions hereof.
(f) Electronic Marking of Contracts; Possession. The Servicer shall
cause the electronic record of the Contracts maintained by it to be clearly
marked to indicate that the Contracts have been sold to the Trust and shall not
in any way assert or claim an ownership interest in the Contracts. It is
intended that by the Servicer's and the Seller's agreement pursuant to Section
2.4, Section 2.5 hereof and the Appointment of Custodian, the Trustee on behalf
of the Trust shall be deemed to have possession of the Contract Documents for
purposes of Section 9-305 of the UCC of the State in which the Contract
Documents are located.
SECTION 2.6 Instructions; Authority to Act. The Servicer shall be
deemed to have received proper instructions (a copy of which shall be furnished
to the Insurer) with respect to the Contract Files upon its receipt of written
instructions signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee.
SECTION 2.7 Indemnification. The Servicer, as custodian, shall
indemnify the Trustee and its officers, directors, agents and employees, the
Insurer, the Trust and the Certificateholders for any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, compensatory damages, payments, costs, or expenses of any
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kind whatsoever (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) that may
be imposed on, incurred, or asserted against the Trustee, the Insurer, the Trust
and the Certificateholders as the result of any act or omission in any way
relating to the maintenance and custody by the Servicer of the Contract Files,
or the failure of the Servicer to perform its duties and service the Contracts
in compliance with the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that the
Servicer shall not be liable for any portion of any such amount resulting from
the willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence of the Trustee or the
Insurer. The Servicer shall also indemnify and hold harmless the Trust, the
Trust Estate, the Trustee, the Insurer and the Certificateholders against any
taxes that may be asserted at any time against any of them with respect to the
Contracts, including any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, personal
property, privilege or license taxes (but exclusive of federal or other income
taxes arising out of payments on the Contracts) and the costs and expenses in
defending against such taxes. The Servicer shall immediately notify the Trustee
if a claim is made by a third party with respect to the Contracts, shall assume,
with the consent of the Trustee, the defense of any such claim and shall pay all
expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and shall promptly
pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against
it, the Trustee or the Trust with respect to the Contracts.
SECTION 2.8 Effective Period and Termination. The Trustee's
appointment as Custodian shall become effective as of the Closing Date and shall
continue in full force and effect until the earlier of (i) the execution of the
Appointment of Custodian, (ii) the removal of the Trustee pursuant to Section
9.10 or (iii) the Final Distribution Date. Following the execution of the
Appointment of Custodian, the Successor Custodian's appointment as Custodian
shall continue in full force and effect until terminated under this Section 2.8
or until the Final Distribution Date, whichever occurs first. If Onyx shall
resign as Servicer under Section 7.4 or if all of the rights and obligations of
the Servicer shall have been terminated under Section 8.1, the appointment of
the Servicer as Custodian may be terminated by the Trustee, the Insurer, or by
the Holders of Certificates evidencing in the aggregate at least 25% of the Pool
Balance, in the same manner as the Trustee, the Insurer, or such Holders may
terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer under Section 8.1 (but no
occurrence of an Event of Default shall be a precondition to termination). As
soon as practicable after any termination of such appointment, the Custodian
shall, at its own expense, deliver or cause the delivery of the Contract Files
to the Trustee or the Trustee's agent at such place or places as the Trustee may
reasonably designate and shall cooperate in good faith to effect such delivery.
The foregoing notwithstanding, if the Servicer is acting as Custodian, the
Servicer shall, at the request of the Insurer, redeliver the Contract Documents
to the Trustee in the event that such redelivery is required by any Rating
Agency to consider the Certificates investment grade without consideration of
the Surety Bond.
SECTION 2.9 Nonpetition Covenant.
(a) Neither the Seller nor the Servicer shall petition or otherwise
invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of
commencing or sustaining a case against the Trust under any federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the
Trust or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of the affairs of the Trust.
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(b) The Servicer shall not, nor cause the Seller to, petition or
otherwise invoke the process of any court or government authority for the
purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Seller under any federal
or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official
of the Seller or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding
up or liquidation of the affairs of the Seller.
SECTION 2.10 Collecting Title Documents Not Delivered at the Closing
Xxxx.Xx the case of any Contract in respect of which, in place of a Title
Document, the Trustee received on the Closing Date written evidence from the
Dealer selling the related Financed Vehicle, or Onyx that the Title Document for
such Financed Vehicle showing Onyx as first lienholder has been applied for from
the Registrar of Titles, the Servicer shall use its best efforts to collect (or,
in the case of the State of California, to obtain evidence in the electronic
title records of) such Title Document from the Registrar of Titles as promptly
as possible. If such Title Document showing the Servicer as first lienholder is
not received (or, in the case of the State of California, verified in the
electronic title records) by the Servicer within 180 days after the Closing Date
with respect to the Contracts, then the representation and warranty in Section
2.2(b)(iii) as to such Contracts in respect of such Contract shall be deemed to
have been incorrect in a manner that materially and adversely affects the
Certificateholders and the Seller shall be obligated to repurchase such Contract
in accordance with Section 2.3.
ARTICLE III
Administration and Servicing of Contracts
SECTION 3.1 Duties of Servicer. The Servicer shall manage, service,
administer, and make collections on the Contracts. The Servicer agrees that its
servicing of the Contracts shall be carried out in accordance with reasonable
care and, to the extent more exacting, the procedures used by the Servicer in
respect of such contracts serviced by it for its own account; provided, however,
that, subject to Section 3.2 as to extensions, the Servicer shall not release or
waive the right to collect the unpaid balance of any Contract. The Servicer's
duties shall include collection and posting of all payments, responding to
inquiries of Obligors on the Contracts, investigating delinquencies, sending
payment coupons to Obligors, reporting tax information to Obligors, accounting
for collections, furnishing monthly and annual statements to the Trustee and the
Insurer with respect to distributions and the preparation of U.S. Grantor Trust
Tax Returns (Form 1041) for the Trustee to sign and file on an annual basis,
based on a tax year for the Trust that is the calendar year and any other tax
forms required by any federal, state or local tax authority including with
respect to original issue discount, if any. The Servicer shall have, subject to
the terms hereof, full power and authority, acting alone, and subject only to
the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement, to do any and all
things in connection with such managing, servicing, administration, and
collection that it may deem necessary or desirable; provided, however, that the
Servicer shall commence repossession efforts in respect of any Financed Vehicle
any payment on the related Contract of which is four or more months delinquent.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, but subject to the provisions
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of this Agreement, the Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Trustee to
execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Trust, the Insurer, the
Certificateholders, or the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of
satisfaction or cancellation, or partial or full release or discharge, and all
other comparable instruments, with respect to the Contracts or to the Financed
Vehicles. The Trustee shall furnish the Servicer any documents necessary or
appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative
duties hereunder. The Servicer may engage agents and subservicers to fulfill its
duties hereunder; provided, however, that the Servicer shall remain at all times
personally liable for the acts (and failures to act) of such agents and
subservicers.
On or prior to the Closing Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the
Insurer and the Trustee a list of Servicing Officers of the Servicer involved
in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Contracts, which
list shall from time to time be updated by the Servicer on request of the
Trustee or the Insurer.
On the Closing Date, the Servicer shall deposit in the Collection
Account (i) all installments of Monthly P&I due on or after the Cut-Off Date and
received by the Servicer at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) the proceeds of each Full Prepayment of any Contract and all partial
prepayments on Simple Interest Contracts received by the Servicer after the
Cut-Off Date and at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date; and (iii)
all Net Liquidation Proceeds and Net Insurance Proceeds realized in respect of a
Financed Vehicle at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date.
Subject to Section 4.2(a) respecting deposits in the Payahead
Account, the Servicer shall deposit in or credit to the Collection Account
within two Business Days of receipt all collections of Monthly P&I due after the
Cut-Off Date received by it on the Contracts together with the proceeds of all
Full Prepayments on all Contracts and all partial prepayments on Simple Interest
Contracts, and any accompanying interest. The Servicer shall likewise deposit in
the Collection Account within two Business Days of receipt all Net Liquidation
Proceeds and Net Insurance Proceeds. As of the last day of each Collection
Period, all amounts received in each Collection Period shall be applied by the
Servicer with respect to each Contract, first, to the Servicer as additional
servicing compensation any amounts due for late fees, extension fees or similar
charges, second to the payment of Monthly P&I, and third, in the case of partial
prepayments on Rule of 78's Contracts, to the Payahead Account. The foregoing
requirements for deposit in the Collection Account are exclusive, it being
understood that collections in the nature of late payment charges or extension
fees may, but need not be deposited in the Collection Account and may be
retained by the Servicer as additional servicing compensation.
With respect to payments of Monthly P&I made by Obligors to the
Servicer's lock box, the Servicer shall direct the Person maintaining the lock
box to deposit the amount collected on the Contracts within one Business Day to
the Clearing Account. Such amounts shall be withdrawn from the Clearing Account
and deposited in the Collection Account no later than the next following
Business Day.
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In order to facilitate the servicing of the Contracts by the
Servicer, the Servicer shall retain, subject to and only to the extent permitted
by the provisions of this Agreement, all collections on the Contracts prior to
the time they are remitted or credited, in accordance with such provisions, to
the Collection Account or the Payahead Account, as the case may be. The Servicer
acknowledges that the unremitted collections on the Contracts are part of the
Trust Estate and the Servicer agrees to act as custodian and bailee of the
Trustee and the Insurer in holding such monies and collections. The Servicer
agrees, for the benefit of the Trustee, the Trust, the Certificateholders and
the Insurer, to act as such custodian and bailee, and to hold and deal with such
monies and such collections, as custodian and bailee for the Trustee and the
Insurer, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
The Servicer shall retain all data (including, without limitation,
computerized title and other records) relating directly to or maintained in
connection with the servicing of the Contracts at the address of the Servicer
set forth in Section 11.05, or, upon 15 days' notice to the Insurer and the
Trustee, at such other place where the servicing offices of the Servicer are
located, and shall give the Trustee and the Insurer access to all data
(including, without limitation, computerized title and other records) at all
reasonable times, and, while an Event of Default shall be continuing, the
Servicer shall, on demand of the Trustee or the Insurer deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust and to the Insurer all data
(including, without limitation, computerized title and other records and, to the
extent transferable, related operating software) necessary for the servicing of
the Contracts and all monies collected by it and required to be deposited in or
credited to the Collection Account or the Payahead Account, as the case may be.
SECTION 3.2 Collection of Contract Payments. The Servicer shall use
its best efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and
provisions of the Contracts as and when the same shall become due and shall use
its best efforts to cause each Obligor to make all payments in respect of his or
her Contract to the Servicer. Consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer may in
its discretion (i) waive any late payment charges in connection with delinquent
payments on a Contract or prepayment charges and (ii) in order to work out a
default or an impending default due to the financial condition of an Obligor,
grant up to three extensions of the Due Date of any payment for periods of 30
days or less, such that the Maturity Date of no Contract shall, under any
circumstances, extend more than 90 days past the originally scheduled date of
the last payment on such Contract but in no event beyond the Final Distribution
Date. The Servicer shall not extend the Maturity Date of a Contract except as
provided in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence. Except as explicitly
permitted by this paragraph, the Servicer shall not change any material term of
a Contract, including but not limited to the interest rate, the payment amounts
or due dates, or the property securing such Contract.
SECTION 3.3 Realization Upon Contracts. The Servicer shall use its
best efforts, consistent with the servicing standard specified in Section 3.1,
to repossess or otherwise convert the ownership of the Financed Vehicle securing
any Contract as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection
of delinquent payments. Such servicing procedures may include reasonable efforts
to realize upon any recourse to Dealers and selling the Financed Vehicle at
public or private sale. In connection with such repossession or other
conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices
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and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal
and usual for prudent holders of retail installment sales contracts and as shall
be in compliance with all applicable laws, and, in connection with the
repossession of any Financed Vehicle or any contract in default, may commence
and prosecute any proceedings in respect of such Contract in its own name or, if
the Servicer deems it necessary, in the name of the Trust or on behalf of the
Trust. The Servicer's obligations under this Section are subject to the
provision that, in the case of damage to a Financed Vehicle from an uninsured
cause, the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in repairing
such motor vehicle unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will
increase the proceeds of liquidation of the related Contract, after
reimbursement to itself for such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be
recoverable by it either as Liquidation Expenses or as expenses recoverable
under an applicable insurance policy. The Servicer shall be responsible for all
other costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with any action taken in
respect of a Defaulted Contract; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to
reimbursement of such costs and expenses to the extent they constitute
Liquidation Expenses or expenses recoverable under an applicable insurance
policy. All Net Liquidation Proceeds and Net Insurance Proceeds shall be
deposited directly in or credited to the Collection Account (without deposit in
any intervening account) to the extent required by Section 4.2.
SECTION 3.4 Insurance. The Servicer shall cause to be maintained the
Blanket Insurance Policy with the Trustee as the named payee thereunder with
respect to the Contracts.
SECTION 3.5 Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles.
The Servicer shall take such steps as are necessary to maintain continuous
perfection and priority of the security interest created by each Contract in the
related Financed Vehicle, including but not limited to, obtaining the execution
by the related Obligor and the recording, registering, filing, re-recording,
re-registering, and refiling of all security agreements, financing statements,
continuation statements or other instruments as are necessary to maintain the
security interest granted by such Obligor under each respective Contract. The
Trustee hereby authorizes the Servicer to take such steps as are necessary to
re-perfect such security interest on behalf of the Trust in the event of the
relocation of a Financed Vehicle or for any other reason. In the event that the
assignment of a Contract to the Trust is insufficient, without a notation on the
related Financed Vehicle's certificate of title (or, in the case of the State of
California, the electronic title record), or without fulfilling any additional
administrative requirements under the laws of the state in which the Financed
Vehicle is located, to grant to the Trust a perfected security interest in the
related Financed Vehicle, the Servicer hereby agrees that the Servicer's listing
as the secured party on the certificate of title (or, in the case of the State
of California, the electronic title record) is deemed to be in its capacity as
agent of the Trust and further agrees to hold such certificate of title (or, in
the case of the State of California, the electronic title record) as the
Trustee's agent and custodian; provided that the Servicer shall not make, nor
shall the Trustee or Certificateholders have the right to require that the
Servicer make, any such notation on the related Financed Vehicles' certificate
of title (or, in the case of the State of California, the electronic title
record) or fulfill any such additional administrative requirement of the laws of
the state in which a Financed Vehicle is located.
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SECTION 3.6 Covenants, Representations and Warranties of Servicer.
The Servicer hereby makes the following covenants, representations and
warranties on which the Trustee shall rely accepting the Contracts in trust and
authenticating the Certificates.
(a) The Servicer covenants as to the Contracts:
(i) the Financed Vehicle securing each Contract shall
not be released from the lien granted by the Contract in whole or in
part, except as contemplated herein;
(ii) the Servicer shall not impair the rights of the
Trust in the Contracts;
(iii) the Servicer shall not increase the number of
payments under a Contract, nor increase the amount financed under a
Contract, nor extend or forgive payments on a Contract, except as
provided in Section 3.2; and
(iv) the Servicer may consent to the sale or transfer by
an Obligor of any Financed Vehicle if the original Obligor under the
related Contract remains liable under such Contract and the
transferee assumes all of the Obligor's obligations thereunder and
upon doing so the credit profile with respect to such Obligor will
not be changed from speculative to adequate by virtue of the
addition of the transferee's obligation thereunder.
(b) The Servicer represents and warrants as of the Closing Date:
(i) the Servicer (1) has been duly organized, is validly
existing and in good standing as a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (2) has qualified
to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction where the character of its properties or the
nature of its activities makes such qualification necessary, and (3)
has full power, authority and legal right to own its property, to
carry on its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement;
(ii) the execution and delivery by the Servicer of this
Agreement are within the corporate power of the Servicer and have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part
of the Servicer. Neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein
contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof, will
conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default
under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule,
regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Servicer or its
properties or the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the
Servicer, or any of the provisions of any indenture, mortgage,
contract or other instrument to which the Servicer is a party or by
which it is bound or result in the creation or imposition of any
lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of its property pursuant to the
terms of any such indenture, mortgage, contract or other instrument;
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(iii) other than consents that have been obtained prior
to the Closing Date, the Servicer is not required to obtain the
consent of any other party or any consent, license, approval or
authorization, or registration or declaration with, any governmental
authority, bureau or agency in connection with the execution,
delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement;
(iv) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered
by the Servicer and, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery thereof by the Trustee, constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable against the Servicer
in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy and
insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally);
(v) there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending
or, to the knowledge of the Servicer, threatened against or
affecting the Servicer, before or by any court, administrative
agency, arbitrator or governmental body with respect to any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or which will, if
determined adversely to the Servicer, materially and adversely
affect it or its business, assets, operations or condition,
financial or otherwise, or adversely affect the Servicer's ability
to perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Servicer is not
in default with respect to any order of any court, administrative
agency, arbitrator or governmental body so as to materially and
adversely affect the transactions contemplated by the
above-mentioned documents; and
(vi) the Servicer has obtained or made all necessary
consents, approvals, waivers and notifications of creditors, lessors
and other nongovernmental persons, in each case, in connection with
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and the consummation
of all the transactions herein contemplated.
SECTION 3.7 Purchase of Contracts Upon Breach of Covenant. The
Servicer or the Trustee shall inform the other party and the Insurer promptly,
in writing, upon the discovery of any breach of the representation and
warranties set forth in Section 3.6 and the covenants set forth in Section 3.5.
Unless the breach shall have been cured within 30 days following such discovery
or receipt of notice of such breach, the Servicer shall purchase any Contract
materially and adversely affected by such breach from the Trust. As
consideration for the Contract, the Servicer shall remit the Repurchase Amount
on the Business Day preceding the Servicer Report Date next succeeding the end
of such 30-day cure period in the manner specified in Section 4.4. The sole
remedy of the Trustee, the Trust, or the Certificateholders with respect to a
breach pursuant to Section 3.5 (other than as specified therein) and Section 3.6
shall be to require the Servicer to purchase Contracts pursuant to this Section
3.7; provided, however, that the Servicer shall indemnify the Trustee and its
officers, directors, agents and employees, the Insurer, the Trust and the
Certificateholders against all costs, expenses, losses damages, claims and
labilities, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, which may be
asserted against or incurred by any of them as a result of third-party claims
arising out of the events or facts giving rise to such breach.
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Any successor Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 8.2 shall not
be obligated to purchase Contracts pursuant to this Section 3.7 with respect to
any breaches by any prior Servicer.
SECTION 3.8 Servicing Compensation. As compensation for the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement and subject to the terms of
this Section 3.8, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive on each Distribution
Date the Servicing Fee in respect of each Contract that was Outstanding at the
opening of business on the first day of the Collection Period ending immediately
prior to such Distribution Date; provided, however, that with respect to the
first Distribution Date the Servicer will be entitled to receive the Servicing
Fee in respect of each Contract Outstanding as of the Cut-Off Date. As servicing
compensation in addition to the Servicing Fee, the Servicer shall be entitled
(i) to retain all late payment charges, extension fees and similar items paid in
respect of Contracts, (ii) to receive, in respect of each Rule of 78's Contract
that is prepaid in full prior to its Maturity Date, the amount by which the
outstanding principal balance of such Contract (determined in accordance with
the Rule of 78's method) exceeds the Scheduled Balance of such Contract at the
time of such prepayment and (iii) to receive all investment earnings on funds
credited to the Collection Account; provided, however, that the Servicer agrees
that each amount payable to it pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 3.8 shall
be deposited in the Spread Account and applied in accordance with the Insurance
Agreement. The Servicer shall pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with
its servicing activities hereunder and shall not be entitled to reimbursement of
such expenses except to the extent provided in Section 3.3.
SECTION 3.9 Reporting by the Servicer.
(a) No later than 3:00 p.m. New York City time on each Servicer
Report Date, the Servicer shall transmit to the Trustee and the Insurer a
statement (the "Distribution Date Statement") setting forth with respect to the
next succeeding Distribution Date:
(i) the Interest Distribution for such Distribution Date;
(ii) the Principal Distribution for such Distribution Date;
(iii) the Certificate Distribution Amount for such Distribution
Date;
(iv) the Premium payable to the Insurer and the amount to be
deposited in the Spread Account;
(v) the aggregate Servicing Fee with respect to the Contracts for
the related Collection Period;
(vi) the number of, and aggregate amount of monthly principal and
interest payments due on, the Contracts which are delinquent as of the end
of the related Collection Period presented on a 30-day, 60-day and 90-day
basis;
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(vii) the Collection Account Amount Available and the Policy Claim
Amount, if any, for such Distribution Date;
(viii) the aggregate amount of Liquidation Proceeds received for
Defaulted Contracts;
(ix) the net credit losses for the Collection Period;
(x) the number and net outstanding balance of Contracts for which
the Financed Vehicle has been repossessed;
(xi) the Pool Balance; and
(xii) the amount of claims, if any, made on the Surety Bond.
Each such Distribution Date Statement shall be accompanied by an Officers'
Certificate of the Servicer, which Officers' Certificate shall state that the
computations reflected in such statement were made in conformity with the
requirements of this Agreement.
(b) On each Servicer Report Date, the Servicer shall render to the
Trustee and the Insurer a report, in respect of the immediately preceding
Collection Period, setting forth the following:
(i) the aggregate amount, if any, paid by or due from it
for the purchases of Contracts which the Seller or the Servicer has
become obligated to repurchase or purchase pursuant to Sections 2.3
or 3.7;
(ii) the net amount of funds which have been deposited
in or credited to the Collection Account or the Payahead Account in
respect of such Collection Period (including amounts, if any,
collected during the next preceding Collection Period and deposited
in the Payahead Account pursuant to Section 4.1) after giving effect
to all permitted deductions therefrom pursuant to Section 4.2;
(iii) with respect to each Contract that became a
Liquidated Contract during the Collection Period, the following
information:
(A) its Contract Number;
(B) the effective date as of which such Contract
became a Liquidated Contract;
(C) its Monthly P&I and Scheduled Balance as of
the prior Distribution Date (or as of the Closing Date
in the case of the first Distribution Date); and
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(D) the amount of the Net Liquidation Proceeds or
Net Insurance Proceeds;
(iv) with respect to each Contract which was the subject of a Full
Prepayment during such Collection Period, the following information:
(A) its Contract Number; and
(B) the date of such Full Prepayment;
(v) the Contract Numbers, Monthly P&I, Scheduled Balances and
Maturity Dates of all Contracts which became Defaulted Contracts during
such Collection Period;
(vi) any other information relating to the Contracts reasonably
requested by the Trustee or the Insurer; and
(vii) the amount of Net Liquidation Proceeds and Net Insurance
Proceeds which have been deposited in or credited to the Collection Account
in respect of the Collection Period ending immediately prior to such
Servicer Report Date and the cumulative amount of Net Liquidation Proceeds
and Net Insurance Proceeds deposited in or credited to the Collection
Account during the preceding Collection Periods.
SECTION 3.10 Annual Statement as to Compliance.
(a) The Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee and the Insurer, on or
before March 15, 1998 and on or before March 15 of each fiscal year thereafter,
an Officers' Certificate of the Servicer stating that (i) a review of the
activities of the Servicer during the preceding fiscal year (since the Closing
Date in the case of the first of such Officers' Certificates required to be
delivered) and of its performance under this Agreement has been made under such
officers' supervision and (ii) to the best of such officers' knowledge, based on
such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement
throughout such year and that no default under this Agreement has occurred and
is continuing, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such
obligation, specifying each such default known to such officer and the nature
and status thereof. A copy of such certificate and the report referred to in
Section 3.11 may be obtained by any Certificateholder by a request in writing to
the Trustee addressed to the Corporate Trust Office.
(b) The Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee, the Insurer and each
Rating Agency promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no event
later than five Business Days thereafter, an Officer's Certificate specifying
any event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would
become an Event of Default under Section 8.1.
SECTION 3.11 Annual Independent Certified Public Accountant's
Report. On or before March 15, 1998 and on or before March 15 of each fiscal
year thereafter, the Servicer at its expense shall cause a firm of
nationally-recognized independent certified public accountants (who may also
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render other services to the Servicer) to furnish a report to the Trustee and
the Insurer to the effect that (i) they have audited the balance sheet of the
Servicer as of the last day of said fiscal year and the related statements of
operations, retained earnings and cash flows for such fiscal year and have
issued an opinion thereon, specifying the date thereof, (ii) they have also
audited the reports delivered by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.9(b) and
certain other documents and the records relating to the servicing of the
Contracts and the distributions on the Certificates under this Agreement, (iii)
their audit as described under clauses (i) and (ii) above was made in accordance
with generally accepted auditing standards and accordingly included such tests
of the accounting records and such other auditing procedures as they considered
necessary in the circumstances, and (iv) their audits described under clauses
(i) and (ii) above disclosed no exceptions which, in their opinion, were
material, relating to the servicing of such Contracts in accordance with this
Agreement and the making of distributions on the Certificates in accordance with
this Agreement, or, if any such exceptions were disclosed thereby, setting forth
those exceptions which, in their opinion, were material.
SECTION 3.12 Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding Contracts. If the Servicer is acting as Custodian, the Servicer shall
provide to the Certificateholders, the Trustee and the Insurer reasonable access
to the Contract Files. Access shall be afforded without charge, but only upon
reasonable request and during normal business hours at designated offices of the
Servicer. Nothing in this Section shall affect the obligation of the Servicer to
observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the
Obligors, and the failure of the Servicer to provide access to information as a
result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 3.12.
SECTION 3.13 Fidelity Bond. The Servicer shall maintain a fidelity
bond in such form and amount as is customary for banks acting as custodian of
funds and documents in respect of mortgage loans or consumer contracts on behalf
of institutional investors.
SECTION 3.14 Indemnification; Third Party Claims. The Servicer
agrees to indemnify and hold the Trust, the Trustee and its officers, directors,
agents and employees, and the Certificateholders harmless against any and all
claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related
costs, judgments, and any reasonable other costs, fees and expenses that the
Trustee or the Certificateholders may sustain because of the failure of the
Servicer to perform its duties and service the Contracts in compliance with the
terms of this Agreement. The Servicer shall immediately notify the Trustee if a
claim is made by a third party with respect to the Contracts, shall assume, with
the consent of the Trustee, the defense of any such claim and shall pay all
expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and shall promptly
pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against
it or the Trustee or the Certificateholders.
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SECTION 3.15 Reports to Certificateholders and the Rating Agencies.
(a) The Trustee at its own expense shall provide to each
Certificateholder a copy of each Distribution Date Statement described in
Section 3.9 concurrently with the delivery of the statement described in Section
4.5 below.
(b) The Trustee shall provide to any Certificateholder who so
requests in writing (addressed to the Corporate Trust Office) a copy of the
annual audit statement described in Section 3.10, or the annual audit report
described in Section 3.11. The Trustee may require the Certificateholder to pay
a reasonable sum to cover the cost of the Trustee's complying with such request.
(c) The Trustee shall forward to the Rating Agencies and the Insurer
the statement to Certificateholders described in Section 4.5 and any other
reports it may receive pursuant to this Agreement to (i) Standard & Poor's
Ratings Group, Asset-Backed Surveillance Group, 00 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, (ii) Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., ABS Monitoring
Dept., 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, and (iii) the
address of the Insurer at the address set forth in the Insurance Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
Accounts; Distributions; Statements to Certificateholders
SECTION 4.1 Accounts.
(a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Servicer shall open, at a
depository institution (which may be the Trustee), the following accounts for
the benefit of the Certificateholders: (i) an account denominated "Collection
Account--GT 1997-3, Bankers Trust Company, Trustee" (the "Collection Account")
and (ii) an account denominated "Payahead Account--GT 1997-3, Bankers Trust
Company, as agent" (the "Payahead Account") and, collectively, with the
Collection Account, the "Accounts"). The Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts.
The location and account numbers of the Accounts as of the Closing Date are set
forth on Schedule II. The Servicer shall give the Trustee and the Insurer at
least five Business Days' written notice of any change in the location of any
Account and any related account identification information. All moneys deposited
in or credited to, from time to time, the Collection Account shall be part of
the Trust and all moneys deposited in or credited to, from time to time, the
Collection Account shall be invested by the Trustee, or on behalf of the Trustee
by the depository institution maintaining each such account, in Eligible
Investments pursuant to Section 4.1(c).
(b) If as of the last day of a Collection Period a payment in an
amount less than the scheduled payment of Monthly P&I has been made for a Rule
of 78's Contract with respect to which amounts have been deposited in or
credited to the Payahead Account in a preceding Collection Period in accordance
with Sections 3.1 and 4.2(a), the Servicer shall withdraw from the Payahead
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Account and deposit into the Collection Account by the fifth Business Day
preceding the Distribution Date immediately succeeding such Collection Period
the amount of such Monthly P&I, to the extent available from amounts deposited
in or credited to the Payahead Account with respect to such Contract. Amounts on
deposit in the Payahead Account shall be invested by Bankers Trust Company upon
the written direction of the Servicer in Eligible Investments which mature not
later than the fifth Business Day prior to the Distribution Date to which such
amounts relate, and any earnings on such Eligible Investments shall be payable
to the Servicer. The Payahead Account and all amounts on deposit therein or
credited thereto shall not be considered part of the Trust Estate.
(c) All funds in the Collection Account shall be invested by the
Trustee, or on behalf of the Trustee by the depository institution maintaining
such account, in Eligible Investments. The Insurer shall direct the Trustee in
writing to invest funds, or cause the depository institution maintaining the
Collection Account in the Trustee's name to invest funds, in the Collection
Account in Eligible Investments; provided that in the absence of such directions
from the Insurer, the Servicer may so direct the Trustee. All such investments
shall be in the name of the Trustee as trustee of the Trust. All income or other
gain from investment of monies deposited in or credited to the Collection
Account shall be paid by the Trustee to the Servicer monthly, unless earlier
requested by the Servicer. The maximum permissible maturities of any such
investments pursuant to this Section 4.1(c) on any date shall not be later than
the Servicer Report Date preceding the Distribution Date next succeeding the
date of such investment; provided, however, that such funds may be invested by
the Trustee in Eligible Investments of the entity that is serving as Trustee (or
an entity which meets the criteria in clauses (b) or (c) of the definition of
Eligible Account) that mature on the Business Day prior to such Distribution
Date. No such investment may be sold prior to its maturity.
SECTION 4.2 Collections; Transfer to Payahead Account; Realization
Upon Surety Bond; Net Deposit.
(a) Subject to Section 4.4 below, the Servicer shall remit or credit
all payments on a daily basis, within two Business Days of receipt, by or on
behalf of the Obligors on the Contracts and all Net Liquidation Proceeds and Net
Insurance Proceeds to the Collection Account. Prior to the Servicer Report Date,
amounts with respect to Rule of 78's Contracts which had been deposited in or
credited to the Collection Account pursuant to the next preceding sentence
during the preceding Collection Period shall be deposited in or credited to the
Payahead Account (in accordance with the Distribution Date Statement) to the
extent that such amounts are installments of Monthly P&I which are due in a
Collection Period relating to a Distribution Date subsequent to the Distribution
Date immediately succeeding such Collection Period.
(b) Based upon the report referenced in Section 3.9(b) delivered by
the Servicer to the Trustee on the Servicer Report Date, the Servicer shall
determine the Collection Account Amount Available, compare such amount to the
amounts required to be distributed pursuant to Section 4.3, and determine the
Policy Claim Amount, if any, which exists with respect to the related
Distribution Date.
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(c) The Trustee shall, no later than 12:00 p.m. New York time on the
third Business Day prior to each Distribution Date, make a claim under the
Surety Bond for the Policy Claim Amount, if any, for such Distribution Date by
delivering to the Insurer and the Bank, with a copy to the Servicer, by hand
delivery, telex or facsimile transmission, a Deficiency Notice specifying the
Policy Claim Amount. In making any such claim, the Trustee shall comply with all
the terms and conditions of the Surety Bond. The notice of such claim shall
direct the Insurer and Bank to remit such Policy Claim Amount (no later than
11:00 a.m. on the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date) to
the Trustee for deposit in the Collection Account.
(d) So long as Onyx is the Servicer, the Servicer may make deposits
in or credits to the Collection Account net of amounts to be paid to the
Servicer under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall
maintain the records and accounts for such deposits and credits on a gross
basis.
SECTION 4.3 Distributions.
(a) On the Business Day immediately preceding each Distribution
Date, the Trustee shall transfer, or cause to be transferred, to the Paying
Agent for deposit in the Distribution Account from the Amount Available in the
Collection Account, the amounts set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) below, to
the extent that such amounts are available after giving effect to the amount to
be distributed on the Distribution Date set forth in clause (i).
On each Distribution Date, the following amounts shall be
distributed from the Amount Available in the following order of priority in
accordance with the Distribution Date Statement:
(i) by the Trustee, from the Collection Account to the
Servicer, the Servicing Fee to the extent of the Amount Available
allocable to interest from any source under the Recomputed Actuarial
Method in the case of Rule of 78's Contracts and under the Simple
Interest Method in the case of Simple Interest Contracts;
(ii) by the Paying Agent from the Distribution Account,
to the Certificateholders, the Interest Distribution to the extent
of the Amount Available allocable to interest from any source on
each Contract under the Recomputed Actuarial Method in the case of
Rule of 78's Contracts and under the Simple Interest Method in the
case of Simple Interest Contracts;
(iii) by the Paying Agent from the Distribution Account,
to the Certificateholders, the Principal Distribution to the extent
of the Amount Available allocable to principal from any source on
each Contract under the Recomputed Actuarial Method in the case of
Rule of 78's Contracts and under the Simple Interest Method in the
case of Simple Interest Contracts; and
(iv) by the Trustee from the Collection Account, to the
Insurer, the Premium.
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Any amounts remaining in the Collection Account after giving effect
to the distributions set forth in items (i) through (iv) above shall be
deposited in the Spread Account and shall be held or distributed in accordance
with the provisions of the Insurance Agreement.
All distributions to Certificateholders shall be made pro rata by
check mailed to each Certificateholder of record on the Record Date next
preceding the Distribution Date for such distribution; provided, that if so
directed by the Servicer in the case of Certificates registered in the name of a
Clearing Agency, such distribution shall be made by wire transfer in immediately
available funds.
SECTION 4.4 Remittance Of Repurchase Amount. The Servicer or the
Seller, as the case may be, shall remit or credit to the Collection Account the
aggregate Repurchase Amount with respect to Repurchased Contracts on the
Business Day preceding the Servicer Report Date next succeeding the last day of
the related cure period specified in Sections 2.3 or 3.7, as the case may be.
SECTION 4.5 Statements to Certificateholders. On each Distribution
Date, the Trustee shall include with each distribution to each Certificateholder
a statement, based on information set forth in the Distribution Date Statement
furnished pursuant to Section 3.9, setting forth for such Distribution Date the
following information:
(a) the amount of such Certificateholder's distribution allocable to
principal, separately identifying the aggregate amount included therein of any
(i) Full Prepayments of principal on Rule of 78's Contracts, and (ii) Full
Prepayments and partial prepayments of principal on Simple Interest Contracts;
(b) the amount of such Certificateholder's distribution allocable to
interest;
(c) the Certificateholder's pro rata portion of expenses allocable
to the Servicing Fee paid to the Servicer and the Premium paid to the Insurer;
and
(d) the Pool Balance and the Pool Factor as of the Distribution Date
(after giving effect to the distribution made on such Distribution Date).
In the case of the information furnished pursuant to clauses (a),
(b) and (c) above, the amounts shall be expressed as a dollar amount per
Certificate evidencing a $1,000 denomination.
Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar
year but not later than the latest date permitted by law, the Servicer shall
prepare and furnish to the Trustee and the Paying Agent and the Paying Agent
shall furnish, to each Person who on any Record Date during such calendar year
shall have been a Certificateholder, a statement containing the sum of the
amounts determined in clauses (a) through (c) and such other information as is
reasonably necessary for the preparation of such Person's federal income tax
return in respect of the Certificates, for such calendar year or, in the event
such Person shall have been a Certificateholder during a portion of such
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calendar year, for the applicable portion of such year, for the purposes of such
Certificateholder's preparation of federal income tax returns.
ARTICLE V
The Certificates
SECTION 5.1 The Certificates. Unless otherwise specified in this
Agreement, the Certificates shall be substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit B and shall be issued in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples
thereof; provided, however, that one Certificate may be issued in a denomination
that includes any residual portion of the Original Pool Balance. The
Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile
signature of a Responsible Officer of the Trustee. 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 valid and binding obligations of the Trust, notwithstanding that such
individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be so authorized prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such offices at
the date of the issuance of such Certificates. No Certificate shall entitle its
holder to any benefit under this Agreement, or shall be valid for any purpose,
unless there shall appear on such Certificate a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto executed by the Trustee
by manual signature; such authentication shall constitute conclusive evidence
that such Certificate shall have been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication.
Upon issuance pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Certificates will be
entitled to the benefits of this Agreement.
SECTION 5.2 Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Certificates.
In exchange for the Contracts and the other assets of the Trust as of the
Closing Date, simultaneously with the sale, assignment and transfer to the
Trustee of the Contracts, the delivery to the Trustee of the Contract Documents,
the constructive delivery to the Trust of the Contract Files other than the
Contract Documents and the delivery to the Trustee of the other components of
the Trust, the Trustee shall deliver to, or upon the written order of, the
Seller, Certificates duly executed by the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, and
authenticated by the Trustee in authorized denominations equaling in the
aggregate the Original Pool Balance, and evidencing the entire ownership of the
Trust.
SECTION 5.3 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
The Trustee shall cause to be kept at the office or agency to be maintained by a
transfer agent and certificate registrar (the "Transfer Agent" and "Certificate
Registrar") and maintain, pursuant to Section 5.7, a Certificate Register in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee
shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and
exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall be the initial
Transfer Agent and Certificate Registrar.
Subject to the other provisions of this Section, upon surrender for
registration or transfer of any Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office, the
Trustee shall execute on behalf of the Trust,
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authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like
aggregate amount. At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be
exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate
amount at the Corporate Trust Office.
Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by
the Holder. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer and
exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently destroyed by the Trustee.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax of governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates.
SECTION 5.4 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If
(i) any mutilated 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 Certificate and (ii) there shall be
delivered to the Certificate Registrar or the Trustee such security or indemnity
as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then in the absence of
notice that such Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser,
the Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like tenor and
denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this
Section 5.4, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar may require the payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to
this Section 5.4 shall constitute conclusive evidence of ownership in the Trust,
as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen, or destroyed
Certificate shall be found at any time.
SECTION 5.5 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentation of a
Certificate for registration or transfer, the Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate shall be registered
as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions
pursuant to Section 4.3 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the
Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the
contrary.
SECTION 5.6 Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and
Addresses. The Trustee shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Servicer,
within 15 days after receipt by the Trustee of a request therefor from the
Servicer in writing, a list of the names and addresses of the Certificateholders
as of the most recent Record Date. If three or more Certificateholders, or one
or more Holders of Certificates evidencing in the aggregate not less than 25% of
the Pool Balance (hereinafter referred to as "applicants"), 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 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
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business hours to the current list of Certificateholders. Each
Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Certificate, shall be deemed to
have agreed to hold neither the Servicer nor the Trustee accountable by reason
of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source from which
such information was derived.
SECTION 5.7 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Trustee shall
maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office or offices
or agency or agencies where Certificates may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Trustee in
respect of the Certificates and this Agreement may be served. The Trustee
initially designated the Corporate Trust Office as specified in this Agreement
as its office for such purposes. The Trustee shall give prompt written notice to
the Servicer and to Certificateholders of any change in the location of the
Certificate Register or any such office or agency.
SECTION 5.8 Book-Entry Certificates. The Certificates (other than a
Certificate representing any residual portion of the Pool Balance), upon
original issuance, shall be issued in the form of typewritten Certificates
representing the Book-Entry Certificates, to be delivered to The Depository
Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency, by the Seller or on its behalf. The
Certificates shall initially be registered on the Certificate Register in the
name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no
Certificate Owner will receive a definitive certificate representing such
Certificate Owner's interest in the Certificates, except as provided in Section
5.10. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Certificates ("Definitive
Certificates") have been issued to Certificateholders pursuant to Section 5.10:
(i) the provisions of this Section 5.8 shall be in full
force and effect;
(ii) the Seller, the Servicer, the Paying Agent, the
Transfer Agent and Certificate Registrar and the Trustee may deal
exclusively with the Clearing Agency for all purposes (including the
making of distributions in respect of the Certificates and the
taking of actions by the Certificateholders) as the authorized
representative of the Clearing Agency Participants and the
Certificate Owners;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section
5.8 conflict with any other provisions of this Agreement, the
provisions of this Section 5.8 shall control;
(iv) the rights of Certificate Owners shall be exercised
only through the Clearing Agency (or to the extent Certificate
Owners are not Clearing Agency Participants through the Clearing
Agency Participants through which such Certificate Owners own
Book-Entry Certificates) and shall be limited to those established
by law and agreements between such Certificate Owners and the
Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants and all
references in this Agreement to actions by Certificateholders shall
refer to actions taken by the Clearing Agency upon instructions from
the Clearing Agency Participants, and all references in this
Agreement to distributions, notices, reports and statements to
Certificateholders shall refer to distributions, notices, reports
and statements to the Clearing Agency or its nominee, as registered
holder of the Certificates, as the case may be, for
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distribution to Certificate Owners in accordance with the
procedures of the Clearing Agency; and
(v) pursuant to the Depository Agreement, the initial
Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing
Agency Participants and receive and transmit distributions of
principal and interest on the Certificates to the Clearing Agency
Participants, for distribution by such Clearing Agency Participants
to the Certificate Owners or their nominees.
The Clearing Agency Participants shall have no rights under this
Agreement under or with respect to any of the Certificates held on their behalf
by the Clearing Agency, and the Clearing Agency may be treated by the Trustee,
and its agents, employees, officers and directors, as the absolute owner of the
Certificates for all purposes whatsoever.
SECTION 5.9 Notices to Clearing Agency. Whenever notice or other
communication to the Certificateholders is required under this Agreement, unless
and until Definitive Certificates shall have been issued to Certificate Owners
pursuant to Section 5.10, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall give all such
notices and communications specified herein to be given by it to
Certificateholders to the Clearing Agency.
SECTION 5.10 Definitive Certificates. If (i)(A) the Seller advises
the Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able
properly to discharge its responsibilities under the Depository Agreement, and
(B) the Trustee or the Seller is unable to locate a qualified successor or (ii)
after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing
beneficial interests aggregating more than 50% of the Pool Balance advise the
Clearing Agency and the Trustee (and the Clearing Agency shall notify the
Trustee in writing thereof) through the Clearing Agency Participants in writing
that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency is no
longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the Trustee shall notify
the Clearing Agency of the occurrence of any event described in clauses (i) and
(ii) above and of the availability of Definitive Certificates to Certificate
Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Transfer Agent and Certificate
Registrar by the Clearing Agency of Certificates registered in the name of such
Clearing Agency or its nominee, accompanied by re-registration instructions from
the Clearing Agency for registration of the Definitive Certificates, the Trustee
shall execute on behalf of the Trust, authenticate and (if the Transfer Agent
and Certificate Registrar is different than the Trustee, then the Transfer Agent
and Certificate Registrar shall) deliver Definitive Certificates. The Servicer
shall arrange for, and will bear all costs of, the printing and issuance of such
Definitive Certificates. None of the Seller, the Servicer, the Transfer Agent
and Certificate Registrar or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in
delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be
protected in relying on such instruction. Upon the issuance of Definitive
Certificates, all references herein to obligations imposed upon or to be
performed by the Clearing Agency shall be deemed to be imposed upon and
performed by the Transfer Agent and Certificate Registrar, to the extent
applicable with respect to such Definitive Certificates and the Trustee, the
Paying Agent and the Transfer Agent and Certificate Registrar shall recognize
the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder.
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SECTION 5.11 Appointment of Paying Agent.
(a) The Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw
funds from the Collection Account and make distributions to the
Certificateholders. 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 or for other good cause. The Paying Agent shall initially be
Bankers Trust Company. Bankers Trust Company shall be permitted to resign as
Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice to the Servicer and the Trustee. In
the event that Bankers Trust Company shall no longer be the Paying Agent, the
Trustee shall appoint a successor to act as Paying Agent, which shall be a bank
or trust company.
(b) The Trustee shall cause the Paying Agent (if other than itself)
to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
shall agree with the Trustee that such Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any,
held by it for payment to the Certificateholders, and the Trustee in trust for
the benefit of the Certificateholders or other party entitled thereto until such
sums shall be paid to such Certificateholders or other party entitled thereto
and shall agree, and if the Trustee is the Paying Agent it hereby agrees, that
it shall comply with all requirements of the Code regarding the withholding by
the Trustee of payments in respect of federal income taxes due from Certificate
Owners.
(c) Bankers Trust Company in its capacity as initial Paying Agent
hereunder agrees that it (i) will hold all sums held by it hereunder for payment
to the Certificateholders, in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders or
other party entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such
Certificateholders or other party entitled thereto and (ii) shall comply with
all requirements of the Code regarding the withholding by the Trustee of
payments in respect of federal income taxes due from Certificate Owners.
SECTION 5.12 Authenticating Agent.
(a) The Trustee may appoint one or more authenticating agents (each
an "Authenticating Agent") with respect to the Certificates which shall be
authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee in authenticating the Certificates in
connection with the issuance, delivery, registration of transfer, exchange or
repayment of the Certificates. Whenever reference is made in this Agreement to
the authentication of Certificates by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate
of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication on
behalf of the Trustee by an authenticating agent and a certificate of
authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an authenticating agent. Any
authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall require the consent of the
Seller, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld.
(b) Any institution succeeding to the corporate agency business of
an authenticating agent shall continue to be an authenticating agent without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee
or such authenticating agent.
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(c) An authenticating agent may at any time resign by giving written
notice of resignation to the Trustee and the Seller. The Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of an authenticating agent by giving notice of termination
to such authenticating agent and to the Seller. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time an authenticating
agent shall cease to be acceptable to the Trustee or the Seller, the Trustee
promptly may appoint a successor authenticating agent with the consent of the
Seller. Any successor authenticating agent upon acceptance of its appointment
hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an
authenticating agent. Any successor authenticating agent appointed by the
Trustee shall require the consent of the Seller, which consent may not be
unreasonably withheld.
(d) The Servicer shall pay the Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section 5.12.
(e) Pursuant to an appointment made under this Section 5.12, the
Certificates may have endorsed thereon, in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of
authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in substantially the
following form:
This is one of the certificates referred to in the within mentioned
Agreement.
-------------------------------,
as Trustee
By:____________________________
Authorized Signatory
or
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as Authenticating Agent
for the Trustee,
By:____________________________
Authorized Signatory
SECTION 5.13 Actions of Certificateholders. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Agreement to be given or taken by Certificateholders may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such Certificateholders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and
except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee on
behalf of the Trust and, when required, to the Seller or the Servicer. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall
be sufficient for any purpose of this Agreement and conclusive in favor of the
Trustee, the Seller and the Servicer, if made in the manner provided in this
Section 5.13.
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ARTICLE VI
The Seller
SECTION 6.1 Liability of Seller; Indemnities. The Seller shall be
liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically
undertaken by the Seller under this Agreement.
The Seller shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Trustee
and its officers, directors, agents and employees and the Trust from and against
any taxes that may at any time be asserted against the Trustee or the Trust with
respect to, and as of the date of, the sale of the Contracts to the Trustee or
the issuance and original sale of the Certificates, including any sales, gross
receipts, general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege, or license
taxes (but not, in case of the Trust, including any taxes asserted with respect
to ownership of the Contracts or federal or other income taxes arising out of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) and costs and expenses in
defending against the same.
The Seller shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Trustee
and its officers, directors, agents and employees from and against any loss,
liability or expense incurred by reason of the Seller's willful misfeasance, bad
faith, or negligence in the performance of its duties hereunder, or by reason of
reckless disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder.
The Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trustee and
its officers, directors, agents and employees and the Trust from and against all
costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages, and liabilities arising out of or
incurred in connection with the acceptance or performance of the trusts and
duties herein contained, except to the extent that such cost, expense, loss,
claim, damage or liability: (i) shall be due to the willful misfeasance, bad
faith, or gross negligence of the Trustee; or (ii) shall arise from the
Trustee's breach of any of its representations or warranties set forth in
Section 9.14.
Indemnification under this Section 6.1 shall include, without
limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation.
If the Seller shall have made any indemnity payments to the Trustee pursuant to
this Section and the Trustee thereafter shall collect any of such amounts from
others, the Trustee shall repay such amounts to the Seller, without interest.
SECTION 6.2 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the
Obligations of, Seller. The Seller shall not consolidate with or merge into any
other corporation or convey, transfer or lease substantially all of its assets
as an entirety to any Person unless the corporation formed by such consolidation
or into which the Seller has merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance,
transfer or lease substantially all the assets of the Seller as an entirety, can
lawfully perform the obligations of the Seller hereunder and executes and
delivers to the Insurer and the Trustee an agreement in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Insurer, which contains an
assumption by such successor entity of the due and punctual performance and
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observance of each covenant and condition to be performed or observed by the
Seller under this Agreement.
SECTION 6.3 Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others. The Seller
and any director or officer or employee or agent of the Seller may rely in good
faith on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted
by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Seller shall not be
under any obligation to appear in, prosecute, or defend any legal action that
shall not be incidental to its obligations under this Agreement, and that in its
opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.
SECTION 6.4 Seller Not to Resign. Subject to the provisions of
Section 6.2, the Seller shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby
imposed on it as Seller under this Agreement.
SECTION 6.5 Seller May Own Certificates. The Seller and any Person
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Seller may in its
individual or any other capacity become the owner or pledgee of Certificates
with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Seller or an affiliate
thereof, except as otherwise provided in the definition of "Certificateholder"
specified in Section 1.1. Certificates so owned by or pledged to the Seller or
such controlling or commonly controlled Person shall have an equal and
proportionate benefit under the provisions of this Agreement, without
preference, priority, or distinction as among all of the Certificates.
ARTICLE VII
The Servicer
SECTION 7.1 Liability of Servicer; Indemnities. The Servicer shall
be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations
specifically undertaken by the Servicer under this Agreement.
Such obligations shall include the following:
(a) the Servicer shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the
Trustee and its officers, directors, agents and employees, the Trust, the
Insurer and the Certificateholders from and against any and all costs, expenses,
losses, damages, claims, and liabilities, arising out of or resulting from the
use or operation by the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof of a Financed Vehicle;
(b) the Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Trustee and its officers, directors, agents and employees, the Insurer and the
Trust from and against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against the
Trustee or the Trust with respect to the transactions contemplated herein,
including, without limitation, any sales, gross receipts, general corporation,
tangible personal property, privilege, or license taxes (but not including any
taxes asserted with respect to, and as of the date of, the sale of the Contracts
to the Trustee or the issuance and original sale of the
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Certificates, or asserted with respect to ownership of the Contracts, or federal
or other income taxes arising out of distributions on the Certificates) and
costs and expenses in defending against the same;
(c) the Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Trustee and its officers, directors, agents and employees, the Trust, the
Insurer and the Certificateholders from and against any and all costs, expenses,
losses, claims, damages, and liabilities to the extent that such cost, expense,
loss, claim, damage, or liability arose out of, or was imposed upon the Trustee,
the Trust, or the Certificateholders through, the negligence, willful
misfeasance, or bad faith of the Servicer in the performance of its duties under
this Agreement; and
(d) the Servicer shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the
Trustee and the Insurer from and against all costs, expenses, losses, claims,
damages, and liabilities arising out of or incurred in connection with the
acceptance or performance of the trusts and duties herein contained, except to
the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage, or liability: (i) shall
be due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence (except for errors
in judgment) of the Trustee or the Insurer; (ii) relates to any tax other than
the taxes with respect to which either the Seller or Servicer shall be required
to indemnify the Trustee; (iii) shall arise from the Trustee's breach of any of
its representations or warranties set forth in Section 9.14; or (iv) shall be
one as to which the Seller is required to indemnify the Trustee.
Indemnification under this Section shall include reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Servicer shall have made
any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section and the recipient thereafter
collects any of such amounts from others, the recipient shall promptly repay
such amounts to the Servicer, without interest.
SECTION 7.2 Corporate Existence; Status as Servicer; Merger.
(a) The Servicer shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises as a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of
Delaware, and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a
foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall
be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of the Contract
Documents and this Agreement.
(b) The Servicer shall not consolidate with or merge into any other
corporation or convey, transfer or lease substantially all of its assets as an
entirety to any Person or engage in any corporate transaction pursuant to which
the surviving or successor entity is not Onyx Acceptance Corporation, unless (i)
such entity is at least rated investment grade by the Rating Agencies, (ii) the
Insurer shall have consented thereto in writing and (iii) such entity executes
and delivers to the Trustee and the Insurer an agreement in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Insurer, which contains an
assumption by such successor entity of the due and punctual performance and
observance of each covenant and condition to be performed or observed by the
Servicer under this Agreement.
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SECTION 7.3 Performance of Obligations.
(a) The Servicer shall punctually perform and observe all of its
obligations and agreements contained in this Agreement.
(b) The Servicer shall not take any action, or permit any action to
be taken by others, which would excuse any person from any of its covenants or
obligations under any of the Contract Documents or under any other instrument
included in the Trust Estate, or which would result in the amendment,
hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the
validity or effectiveness of, any of the Contract Documents or any such
instrument, except as expressly provided herein and therein.
SECTION 7.4 The Servicer Not to Resign; Assignment.
(a) The Servicer shall not resign from the duties and obligations
hereby imposed on it except upon determination by its Board of Directors that by
reason of change in applicable legal requirements the continued performance by
the Servicer of its duties under this Agreement would cause it to be in
violation of such legal requirements in a manner which would result in a
material adverse effect on the Servicer or its financial condition, said
determination to be evidenced by a resolution of its Board of Directors to such
effect accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel, satisfactory to the Trustee, to
such effect (subject to Section 8.2 hereof). No such resignation shall become
effective unless and until (i) the Trustee assumes all of the Servicer's
obligations under this Agreement or (ii) a new servicer acceptable to the
Trustee and the Insurer is willing to service the Contracts, enters into a
servicing agreement with the Trustee in form and substance substantially similar
to this Agreement and satisfactory to the Trustee and the Insurer, and the
rating agency or agencies that rated the Certificates confirm that the selection
of such new servicer will not result in the reduction or withdrawal of the
rating of the Certificates assigned to them by such rating agency or, if the
Certificates are rated by more than one rating agency, each such rating agency.
No such resignation by the Servicer shall affect the obligation of the Servicer
to repurchase any Contract pursuant to Section 3.7.
(b) Except as specifically permitted hereunder, the Servicer may not
assign this Agreement or any of its rights, powers, duties or obligations
hereunder, provided that the Servicer may assign this Agreement in connection
with a consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease made in compliance
with Section 7.2(b).
(c) Except as provided in Sections 7.4(a) and (b), the duties and
obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement shall continue until this
Agreement shall have been terminated as provided in Section 10.1, and shall
survive the exercise by the Trustee or the Insurer of any right or remedy under
this Agreement, or the enforcement by the Trustee, any Certificateholder or the
Insurer of any provision of the Certificates, the Insurance Agreement or this
Agreement.
(d) The resignation of the Servicer in accordance with this Section
7.4 shall not affect the rights of the Seller hereunder.
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SECTION 7.5 Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others. Neither
the Servicer nor any of the directors or officers or employees or agents of the
Servicer shall be under any liability to the Trust or the Certificateholders,
except as provided under this Agreement, for any action taken or for refraining
from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in
judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer
or any such person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by
reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (except errors in
judgment) in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of
obligations and duties under this Agreement. The Servicer and any director or
officer or employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on any
document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person
respecting any matters arising under this Agreement.
Except as provided in this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be
under any obligation to appear in, prosecute, or defend any legal action that
shall not be incidental to its duties to service the Contracts in accordance
with this Agreement and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or
liability; provided, however, that the Servicer may undertake any reasonable
action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and
the rights and duties of the parties to this Agreement and the interests of the
Certificateholders under this Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
Default
SECTION 8.1 Events of Default. If any one of the following events
("Events of Default") shall occur and be continuing:
(a) any failure by the Servicer to deposit in or credit to the
Collection Account or the Payahead Account any amount required under this
Agreement to be so deposited or credited or to make the distribution required by
Section 4.3 that shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days
after written notice from the Trustee or the Insurer is received by the Servicer
or discovery by an officer of the Servicer; or
(b) the Insurer or the Trustee shall not have received a report in
accordance with Section 3.9 by the fifth Business Day prior to the Distribution
Date with respect to which such report is due; or
(c) failure on the part of the Seller or the Servicer duly to
observe or to perform in any material respect any other covenants or agreements
of the Seller or the Servicer, set forth in this Agreement, which failure shall
(x) materially and adversely affect the rights of Certificateholders, the
Insurer or the Trustee and (y) continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after
the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be
remedied, shall have been given (i) to the Seller or the Servicer, as the case
may be, by the Trustee or the Insurer, or (ii) to the Seller or the Servicer, as
the case may be, and to the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates evidencing in
the aggregate not less than 25% of the Pool Balance or by the Insurer; or
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(d) the entry of a decree or order for relief by a court or
regulatory authority having jurisdiction in respect of the Servicer or the
Seller in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or
hereafter in effect, or another present or future, federal or state, bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Servicer or
the Seller or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding
up or liquidation of the affairs of the Servicer or the Seller and the
continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of
60 consecutive days or the commencement of an involuntary case under the federal
bankruptcy laws, as now or hereinafter in effect, or another present or future
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law and such case is not
dismissed within 60 days; or
(e) the commencement by the Servicer or the Seller of a voluntary
case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter in effect, or any
other present or future, federal or state, bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
law, or the consent by the Servicer to the appointment of or taking possession
by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Servicer or the Seller or of any substantial part of its
property or the making by the Servicer of an assignment for the benefit of
creditors or the failure by the Servicer or the Seller generally to pay its
debts as such debts become due or the taking of corporate action by the Servicer
or the Seller in furtherance of any of the foregoing;
(f) any change of control of the Servicer in violation of the
covenant set forth in Section 7.2 hereof;
(g) the Servicer shall have failed in the reasonable opinion of the
Insurer to service the Contracts in accordance with the Servicing Standards and
such failure shall have continued unremedied for 30 days after written notice of
such failure shall have been delivered to the Servicer by the Insurer; or
(h) any representation, warranty or statement of the Servicer or the
Seller made in this Agreement or any certificate, report or other writing
delivered pursuant hereto shall prove to be incorrect in any material respect as
of the time when the same shall have been made (excluding, however, any
representation or warranty to which Sections 2.2 or 3.6 shall be applicable so
long as the Servicer or the Seller shall be in compliance with Sections 2.3 or
3.7, as the case may be), and the incorrectness of such representation, warranty
or statement has a material adverse effect on the Trust or the Insurer and,
within 30 days after written notice thereof shall have been given to the
Servicer or the Seller by the Trustee or by the Holders of Certificates
evidencing in the aggregate at least 25% of the Pool Balance or by the Insurer,
the circumstance or condition in respect of which such representation, warranty
or statement was incorrect shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured;
then and in each and every case, so long as an Event of Default shall not have
been remedied, either the Trustee, the Insurer or the Holders of Certificates
evidencing in the aggregate not less than 25% of the Pool Balance, by notice
then given in writing to the Servicer (and to the Trustee and the Insurer if
given by the Certificateholders) may terminate all of the rights and obligations
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Servicer under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that
the Insurer is in default under the Surety Bond or is subject to any Insurer
Insolvency, the Insurer shall not have the right to terminate or cause the
termination of the Servicer. On or after the receipt by the Servicer of such
written notice, all authority and power of the Servicer under this Agreement,
whether with respect to the Certificates or the Contracts or otherwise, shall
pass to and be vested in the Trustee or, if a successor servicer has been
appointed pursuant to Section 8.2, such successor servicer; and, without
limitation the Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and
deliver, on behalf of the Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and
all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or
things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of
termination, whether to complete the transfer and assignment of the Contracts
and related documents, to show the Trustee as a lienholder or secured party on
Title Documents or financing statements or otherwise. The Servicer shall
cooperate with the Trustee in effecting the termination of the responsibilities
and rights of the Servicer under this Agreement, including the transfer to the
Trustee for administration by it of all cash amounts that shall at the time be
held by the Servicer for deposit, shall have been deposited by the Servicer in
the Collection Account or Payahead Account, or shall thereafter be received with
respect to a Contract.
SECTION 8.2 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor. Upon the
Servicer's receipt of notice of termination pursuant to Section 8.1 or
resignation pursuant to Section 7.4, the Trustee shall be the successor in all
respects to the Servicer in its capacity as servicer under this Agreement, and
shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating
thereto placed on the Servicer by the terms and provisions of the Agreement,
except that the Trustee shall not be obligated to purchase Contracts pursuant to
Section 3.7. As compensation therefor, the Trustee shall be entitled to such
compensation (whether payable out of the Collection Account or otherwise) as the
Servicer would have been entitled to under this Agreement if no such notice of
termination shall have been given. Notwithstanding the above, the Trustee may,
if it shall be unwilling to act, or shall, if it shall be legally unable so to
act, appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any
established financial institution acceptable to the Insurer, having a net worth
or not less than $50,000,000 and whose regular business shall include the
servicing of automotive retail installment sales contracts, as the successor to
the Servicer under the Agreement. Pending appointment of any such successor
Servicer, the Trustee shall act in such capacity as provided above. In
connection with such appointment, the Trustee may make such arrangements for the
compensation of the successor out of payments on Contracts as it and such
successor shall agree; provided, however, (i) that such amount shall equal the
product of a fixed percentage rate and the Scheduled Balance, as of the
commencement of each Collection Period, of each Contract and (ii) that no such
compensation shall be in excess of that previously permitted the Servicer under
this Agreement. The Trustee and such successor shall take such action,
consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such
succession.
SECTION 8.3 Notification to Certificateholders. Upon any termination
of, or appointment of a successor to, the Servicer pursuant to this Article
VIII, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to Certificateholders
at their respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register.
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SECTION 8.4 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of Certificates
evidencing not less than 51% of the Pool Balance (not including Certificates
held by the Seller, the Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates), with
the written consent of the Insurer, may, on behalf of all Certificateholders,
waive any default by the Servicer in the performance of its obligations
hereunder and its consequences, except a default in the failure to make any
required deposits to or payments from the Collection Account in accordance with
this Agreement. Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default shall cease
to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have
been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend
to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon except
to the extent expressly so waived. The Servicer shall give prompt written notice
of any waiver to the Rating Agencies and the Trustee.
SECTION 8.5 Insurer Direction of Insolvency Proceedings. The
Trustee, upon the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Trustee,
shall promptly notify the Insurer of (i) the commencement of any of the events
or proceedings (individually, an "Insolvency Proceeding") described in Sections
8.1(d) or 8.1(e) hereof or any such event or proceeding applicable to an Obligor
under a Contract and (ii) the making of any claim in connection with any
Insolvency Proceeding seeking the avoidance as a preferential transfer (a
"Preference Claim") of any payment of principal of, or interest on, any Contract
or any Certificate. Each Certificateholder, by its purchase of Certificates, and
the Trustee hereby agree that, so long as neither a default under the Surety
Bond nor an Insurer Insolvency has occurred and is continuing, the Insurer may
at any time during the continuation of an Insolvency Proceeding direct all
matters relating to such Insolvency Proceeding, including, without limitation,
(i) all matters relating to any Preference Claim, (ii) the direction of any
appeal of any order relating to any Preference Claim and (iii) the posting of
any surety, or performance bond pending any such appeal. The Insurer shall be
subrogated to the rights of the Trustee and each Certificateholder in the
conduct of any Insolvency Proceeding, including, without limitation, all rights
of any party to an adversary proceeding action with respect to any court order
issued in connection with any such Insolvency Proceeding.
ARTICLE IX
The Trustee
SECTION 9.1 No Power to Engage in Business or to Vary Investments.
Notwithstanding any provision or agreement to the contrary in this Agreement or
in any other agreement, the Trustee, acting on behalf of the Trust (but not
individually), shall not have any power to engage in any business, commercial or
other activity for profit, and the Trustee and the Servicer shall not have any
power to vary the Trust Estate, whether consisting of a Contract, an Eligible
Investment or any other amount (other than cash payments received with respect
to Contracts) in any account maintained for the benefit of the Trust or the
Certificateholders or Certificate Owners, by disposition of said property,
investment or amount and the reinvestment of the proceeds realized or by any
other action calculated to take advantage of any variation or change in the
market or in market conditions, for the purpose of improving the investment or
return of the Certificateholders or Certificate Owners.
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SECTION 9. 2 Duties of Trustee. The Trustee, both prior to and after
the occurrence of an Event of Default, of which a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee has actual knowledge shall undertake to perform such duties and only
such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement. If an Event of
Default shall have occurred and shall not have been cured, the Trustee shall
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and shall
use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstance in the conduct of his own affairs.
The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished
to the Trustee that shall be specifically required to be furnished pursuant to
any provision of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they
comply as to form to the requirements of this Agreement.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act (other than errors in judgment), or its own willful misconduct; provided,
however, that:
(a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, and after the
curing of all such Events of Default that may have occurred, the duties and
obligations of the Trustee shall be terminated solely by the express provisions
of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of
such duties and obligations as shall be specifically set forth in this
Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement
against the Trustee and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee,
the Trustee may conclusively rely on the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement;
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for an error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee,
unless it shall be proved that the Trustee shall have been negligent in
performing its duties in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and
(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with
the written direction of the Insurer or Holders of Certificates evidencing in
the aggregate not less than 25% of the Pool Balance relating to the time,
method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this
Agreement.
The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there shall be
reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it, and
none of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any event require
the Trustee to perform or be responsible for the manner of performance of, any
of the obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement unless the Trustee is
then acting as Servicer.
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The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of an Event of
Default or a failure by the Servicer to comply with any of its obligations
unless and until such time as a Responsible Officer shall have actual knowledge
or have received written notice thereof from the Servicer, the Insurer or any
Holder of Certificates evidencing in the aggregate not less than 10% of the Pool
Balance.
In the event the Trustee hereunder is also acting as successor
Servicer, the rights and protections afforded to the Trustee pursuant to this
Article IX shall also be afforded to such successor Servicer.
Except for actions expressly authorized by this Agreement or, based
upon an Opinion of Counsel, in the best interests of Certificateholders, the
Trustee shall take no action reasonably likely to impair the security interest
of the Trust in any Contract or to impair the value of any Contract.
The Trustee shall not be liable for the selection of Eligible
Investments or for any investment losses resulting from Eligible Investments,
nor shall the Trustee be liable for the actions or omissions of any depository
institution maintaining the Accounts.
The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor the performance of the
Servicer, nor shall it have any liability in connection with the malfeasance or
nonfeasance by the Servicer. The Trustee shall have no liability in connection
with compliance of the Servicer or the Seller with statutory or regulatory
requirements related to the Contracts. The Trustee shall not make or be deemed
to have made any representations or warranties with respect to the Contracts or
the validity or sufficiency of any assignment of the Contracts to the Trust or
the Trustee.
All information obtained by the Trustee regarding the Obligors and
the Contracts, whether upon the exercise of its rights under this Agreement or
otherwise, shall be maintained by the Trustee in confidence, provided, however,
that the foregoing shall not be construed to prohibit (i) disclosure of any and
all information that is or becomes publicly known, or information obtained by
the Trustee from sources other than the Seller, Insurer, any Obligor or the
Servicer, (ii) disclosure of any and all information (A) if required to do so by
any applicable statute, law, rule or regulation, (B) to any government agency or
regulatory or self-regulatory body having or claiming authority to regulate or
oversee any aspects of the Trustee's business or that of its Affiliates, (C)
pursuant to any subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar demand or
request of any court, regulatory authority, arbitrator or arbitration to which
the Trustee or an Affiliate or an officer, director, employer or shareholder
thereof is a party, (D) in any preliminary or final offering circular,
registration statement or contract or other document pertaining to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement approved in advance by the Seller or
(E) to any Affiliate, independent or internal auditor, agent, employee or
attorney of the Trustee having a need to know the same, provided that the
Trustee advises such recipient of the confidential nature of the information
being disclosed, (iii) any other disclosure authorized by the Seller or the
Servicer or (iv) disclosure to the other parties to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
In the event that the Paying Agent or the Transfer Agent and
Certificate Registrar shall fail to perform any obligation, duty or agreement in
the manner or on the day required to be performed
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by the Paying Agent or the Transfer Agent and Certificate Registrar, as the case
may be, under this Agreement, the Trustee shall be obligated promptly upon a
Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge thereof to perform such
obligation, duty or agreement in the manner so required to the extent the
information necessary to such performance is reasonably available to the Trustee
after the Trustee has made a reasonable effort to obtain such information. The
Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of any Paying Agent, any
Authenticating Agent or the Transfer Agent and Certificate Registrar appointed
hereunder with due care by the Trustee hereunder.
SECTION 9.3 Trustee's Assignment of Purchased Contracts. With
respect to all Contracts repurchased by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.3 or
purchased by the Servicer pursuant to Sections 3.7 or 10.2, the Trustee on
behalf of the Trust shall assign, without recourse, representation, or warranty
to the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, all the Trust's right, title,
and interest in and to such Contract, and all security and documents relating
thereto. The preparation of documents necessary to consummate such an assignment
shall be the responsibility of the Seller, the Servicer or the Insurer, as the
case may be, and not the responsibility of the Trustee. If in any enforcement
suit or legal proceeding it shall be held that the Servicer may not enforce a
Contract on the ground that it shall not be a real party in interest or a holder
entitled to enforce the Contract, the Trustee shall, at the Servicer's expense,
take such steps as directed in writing by the Servicer to enforce the Contract,
including bringing suit in the Trustee's name or the names of the
Certificateholders, provided that nothing in this Section 9.3 shall require the
Trustee to qualify to do business in a state in which it is not so qualified on
the date of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.4 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 9.1:
(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected
in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officer's Certificate,
certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond, note or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) the Trustee may consult with counsel and any Opinion of Counsel
or any advice of such Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it under
this Agreement in good faith and in accordance with such Opinion of Counsel or
advice. A copy of any such Opinion of Counsel shall be provided to the Seller,
the Servicer and the Insurer;
(c) 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 in relation to this Agreement, at
the request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall have offered
to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the cost, expenses, and
liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby. Nothing contained in this
Agreement, however, shall relieve the Trustee of the obligations, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default (that shall not have been cured), to exercise
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such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and to use the
same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent man would exercise
or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs; provided that
the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of the occurrence of an Event
of Default unless and until such knowledge shall be (i) actual knowledge of a
Responsible Officer or (ii) received in writing by a Responsible Officer;
(d) the Trustee shall not be personally liable for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or
within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;
(e) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the
curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, the Trustee shall not be
bound to make any investigation into the facts of matters stated in any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, consent, direction, order, approval, bond, note or other paper or
document, unless requested in writing to do so by the Insurer or Holders of
Certificates evidencing in the aggregate not less than 25% of the Pool Balance;
provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee
of the costs, expenses, or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making
of such investigation shall be, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably
assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this
Agreement, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such cost,
expense, or liability as a condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of
any and every such examination shall be paid by the Seller or, if paid by the
Trustee, shall be reimbursed by the Seller upon demand. Nothing in this clause
(e) shall affect the obligation of the Seller to observe any applicable law
prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Obligors; provided the
Trustee shall be entitled to make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may reasonably see fit, and if the Trustee shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to
examine the books and records of the Seller, personally or by agent or attorney,
at the sole cost and expense of the Seller;
(f) the Trustee may execute any of the trust powers hereunder or
perform any duties under this Agreement either directly or by or through agents
or attorneys or a custodian or nominee and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of any
such agent, attorney, custodian or nominee appointed with due care by it
hereunder;
(g) the Trustee shall not be required to make any initial or
periodic examination of any documents or records related to the Contracts for
the purpose of establishing the presence or absence of defects, the compliance
by the Seller with its representations and warranties or for any other purpose;
and
(h) in the event that the Trustee is also acting as Custodian,
Paying Agent or Transfer Agent and Certificate Registrar hereunder, the rights
and protections afforded to the Trustee pursuant to this Article IX shall also
be afforded to such Custodian, Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Certificate
Registrar.
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SECTION 9.5 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Contracts. The
Trustee shall make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Agreement or of the Certificates (other than its execution of Certificates on
behalf of the Trust and the certificate of authentication on the Certificates)
or of any Contract or related document. The Trustee shall at no time have any
responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality, validity, and
enforceability of any security interest in any Financed Vehicle or any Contract,
or the perfection and priority of such a security interest or the maintenance of
any such perfection and priority, or for or with respect to the efficacy of the
Trust or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to
Certificateholders under this Agreement, including: the existence, condition,
location, and ownership of any Financed Vehicle; the existence and
enforceability of any insurance policy thereon; the existence and contents of
any Contract or any computer or other record thereof; the validity of the
assignment of any Contract to the Trust or of any intervening assignment; the
completeness of any Contract; the performance or enforcement of any Contract;
the compliance by the Seller with any warranty or representation made under this
Agreement or in any related document and the accuracy of any such warranty or
representation prior to the Trustee's receipt of written notice of any
noncompliance therewith or any breach thereof; any investment of monies by the
Servicer or any loss resulting therefrom (it being understood that the Trustee
shall remain responsible for any Trust property that it may hold); the acts or
omissions of the Seller or any Obligor; an action of the Servicer taken in the
name of the Trustee; or any action by the Trustee taken at the instruction of
the Servicer; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not relieve the
Trustee of its obligation to perform its duties under this Agreement. Except
with respect to a claim based on the failure of the Trustee to perform its
duties under this Agreement or based on the Trustee's negligence or willful
misconduct in the performance of its duties hereunder, no recourse shall be had
for any claim based on any provision of this Agreement, the Certificates, or any
Contract or assignment thereof against the Trustee in its individual capacity.
The Trustee shall not have any personal obligation, liability, or duty
whatsoever to any Certificateholder or any other Person with respect to any such
claim, and any such claim shall be asserted solely against the Trust or any
indemnitor who shall furnish indemnity as provided in this Agreement. The
Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Seller of any
of the Certificates or of the proceeds of such Certificates, or for the use or
application of any funds paid to the Seller in respect of the Contracts.
SECTION 9.6 Trustee May Own Certificates. The Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity, and any of its Affiliates, may become the
owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it
were not Trustee, subject to the definition of the term "Certificateholder" in
Section 1.1.
SECTION 9.7 Trustee's Fees and Expenses. The Servicer shall covenant
and agree to pay to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall be entitled to,
reasonable compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in
regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) for all services
rendered by it in the execution of the trusts created by this Agreement and in
the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties under this
Agreement of the Trustee. Other than as included in the Trustee's compensation,
the Servicer shall pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all
reasonable expenses (including, without limitation, expenses incurred in
connection with notices or other communications to Certificateholders),
disbursements, and advances (including
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the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel
and of all persons not regularly in its employ) incurred or made by the Trustee
in accordance with this Agreement or in defense of any action brought against it
in connection with this Agreement except any such expense, disbursement, or
advance as may arise from its negligence (other than errors in judgment) or bad
faith or that is the responsibility of Certificateholders under this Agreement.
Additionally, the Seller, pursuant to Section 6.1, and the Servicer, pursuant to
Section 7.1, respectively, shall have agreed to indemnify the Trustee with
respect to certain matters, and certain Certificateholders, pursuant to Section
9.4, shall have agreed to indemnify the Trustee under certain circumstances.
Notwithstanding the failure of the Servicer to perform any of its obligations
under this Section, the Trustee shall continue to perform its obligations under
this Agreement. The Servicer's covenant to pay the expenses, disbursements and
advances provided for above shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.8 Indemnity of Trustee. The Trustee and its officers,
directors, agents and employees, shall be indemnified by the Servicer and held
harmless against any loss, liability, or expense (other than any amount owing
pursuant to Section 9.7) arising out of or incurred in connection with the
acceptance or performance of the trusts and duties contained in this Agreement
including the costs and expenses of defending against any claim or liability in
connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers and duties
hereunder to the extent that (i) the Trustee shall not have been indemnified for
such loss, liability, or expense by the Seller pursuant to Section 6.1, the
Servicer pursuant to Section 7.1, or the Certificateholders pursuant to Section
9.4; (ii) such loss, liability, or expense shall not have been incurred by
reason of the Trustee's willful misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence (except
for errors in judgment); and (iii) such loss, liability, or expense shall not
have been incurred by reason of the Trustee's breach of its representations and
warranties pursuant to Section 9.14.
SECTION 9.9 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee. The Trustee under
this Agreement shall at all times be a depository institution or trust company
organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of
America; authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers; and
having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to
supervision or examination by federal or state authorities. If such depository
institution or trust company shall publish reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or
examining authority, then for the purpose of this Section 9.9, the combined
capital and surplus of such depository institution or trust company shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to
be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9.9, the Trustee
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section
9.10.
SECTION 9.10 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 Servicer. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation, the Servicer shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee acceptable
to the Insurer 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
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notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition 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 the provisions of Section 9.9 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Servicer with the written consent of the Insurer, or if
at any time the Trustee shall be legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged a
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 Servicer may, with the written consent of the Insurer,
remove the Trustee. If it shall remove the Trustee under the authority of the
immediately preceding sentence, the Servicer shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall
be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor Trustee.
If the Trustee is acting as Custodian, any resignation or removal of
the Trustee will result in the automatic termination of the Trustee's duties as
Custodian effective concurrently with such resignation or removal. Upon such
termination or removal, the Trustee shall, upon the request of the Servicer,
deliver the Contract Documents to the facilities of the successor Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 9.10 shall
not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee
pursuant to Section 9.11.
SECTION 9.11 Successor Trustee. Any successor Trustee appointed
pursuant to Section 9.10 shall execute, acknowledge, and deliver to the Servicer
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 Trustee. The predecessor Trustee shall deliver
to the successor Trustee all documents and statements held by it under this
Agreement, or copies thereof, at the expense of the Servicer; and the Servicer
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 9.11 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall
be eligible pursuant to Section 9.9.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee pursuant to
this Section 9.11, the Servicer shall mail notice of the successor of such
Trustee under this Agreement to all Holders of Certificates at their addresses
as shown in the Certificate Register. If the Servicer 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
Servicer.
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The respective obligations of the Seller and the Servicer described
in Sections 2.7, 3.14, 6.1, 7.1, 9.5, 9.7 and 9.8 shall survive the removal or
resignation of the Trustee as provided in this Agreement or the termination of
the Trust as provided in Section 10.1.
No Trustee under this Agreement shall be liable for any action or
omission of any successor Trustee.
SECTION 9.12 Merger or Consolidation of Trustee. Any corporation
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
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the business of the Trustee,
shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall
be eligible pursuant to Section 9.9, 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.
SECTION 9.13 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 Vehicle may at the time be located, the Servicer
and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and
deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Trustee
to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or separate
trustees, of all or any part of the Trust, and to vest in such Person, in such
capacity and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, such title to the Trust,
or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 9.13,
such powers, duties, obligations, rights, and trusts as the Servicer and the
Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Servicer shall not have
joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a written
request so to do, or in case an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, 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 9.9 and no
notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate
trustee shall be required pursuant to Section 9.11.
Each and every 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 in joining in such act), except to the extent that under any
law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to
be performed (whether as Trustee under this Agreement or as
successor to the Servicer under this Agreement), the Trustee shall
be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which
event such rights, powers, duties, and obligations (including the
holding of title to the Trust or any portion thereof in any such
jurisdiction) shall be exercised and
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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 Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly, or
the Trustee acting alone may at any time accept the resignation of
or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
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 IX. 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
Servicer.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time, appoint the
Trustee, 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. No such appointment shall affect the
obligations of the Trustee hereunder. 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.
SECTION 9.14 Representations and Warranties of Trustee. The Trustee
hereby makes the following representations and warranties on which the Seller
and Certificateholders shall rely:
(a) the Trustee is a New York banking corporation duly organized,
validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of New York;
(b) the Trustee has full power, authority and legal right to
execute, deliver, and perform this Agreement, and has taken all necessary action
to authorize the execution, delivery, and performance by it of this Agreement;
(c) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance
by the Trustee of its obligations under this Agreement does not violate any
provision of the Articles of Association or Bylaws of the Trustee; and
(d) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Trustee and shall constitute the legal, valid, and binding agreement of
the Trustee, enforceable in accordance with its terms except that (i) such
enforcement may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
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reorganization, moratorium or similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating
to creditors' rights generally and (ii) the remedy of specific performance and
injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to certain
equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any
proceeding thereof may be brought.
SECTION 9.15 Tax Returns. The Servicer shall prepare or shall cause
to be prepared any tax returns required to be filed by the Trust and furnish to
Certificateholders all information required by the Code or the regulations
thereunder and shall remit such returns to the Trustee for signature at least
five days before such returns are due to be filed. The Trustee, upon request,
will furnish the Servicer with all such information known to the Trustee as may
be reasonably required in connection with the preparation of all tax returns of
the Trust, and shall, upon request, execute such returns. In no event shall the
Trustee in its individual capacity be liable for any liabilities, costs or
expenses of the Trust, the Certificateholders, the Seller or the Servicer
arising under any tax law or regulation, including, without limitation, federal,
state or local income or excise taxes or any other tax imposed on or measured by
income (or any interest or penalty with respect thereto or arising from any
failure to comply therewith).
SECTION 9.16 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Certificates. All rights of action and claims under this Agreement or the
Certificates may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Certificates or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name or in its capacity as Trustee. Any recovery of
judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be
for the ratable benefit of the Certificateholders in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 9.17 Suits for Enforcement. In case an Event of Default or
other default by the Servicer or the Seller hereunder shall occur and be
continuing, the Trustee, in its discretion, may proceed to protect and enforce
its rights and the rights of the Certificateholders under this Agreement by a
suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law or otherwise whether for the
specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or
in aid of the execution of any power granted in this Agreement or the
enforcement of any other legal, equitable or other remedy, as the Trustee, being
advised by counsel, shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of the
rights of the Trustee or the Certificateholders.
SECTION 9.18 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Trustee shall
maintain at its expense in New York, New York, an office or offices or agency or
agencies where notices and demands to or upon the Trustee in respect of the
Certificates and this Agreement may be served. The Trustee initially designates
the Corporate Trust Office as its office for such purposes. The Trustee will
give prompt written notice to the Servicer, the Paying Agent, the Transfer Agent
and Certificate Registrar, the Insurer and to Certificateholders of any change
in the location of such office or agency.
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ARTICLE X
Termination
SECTION 10.1 Termination of the Trust. The respective obligations
and responsibilities of the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee created hereby
and the Trust created by this Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (i)
the maturity or other liquidation of the last Contract and the disposition of
any amounts received upon liquidation of any remaining Contracts in the Trust
(including the purchase of the Contracts by the Servicer pursuant to Section
10.2); (ii) (a) the payment to Certificateholders of all amounts required to be
paid to them pursuant to this Agreement and the disposition of all property held
as part of the Trust, (b) termination of the Surety Bond in accordance with its
terms and surrender of the Surety Bond to the Insurer for cancellation, (c) the
payment of all amounts owed to the Trustee under this Agreement and (d) the
payment of all amounts owed to the Insurer under the Insurance Agreement,
provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created by this Agreement
continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the survivor of the
descendants, living on the date of this Agreement, of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx,
formerly United States representative at the Court of St. Xxxxx. The Servicer
shall promptly notify the Trustee and the Insurer of any respective termination
pursuant to this Section 10.1.
Notice of any termination, specifying the Distribution Date upon
which the Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates to the Trustee for
payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by
the Trustee by letter to Certificateholders mailed not later than the 10th day
prior to the specified Distribution Date and not earlier than the 15th day of
the month prior to the month of the specified Distribution Date stating the
amount of any such final payment, and that the Record Date otherwise applicable
to such Distribution Date is not applicable, payments being made only upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office or agency of the
Trustee therein specified. The Trustee shall give such notice to the Certificate
Registrar at the time such notice is given to Certificateholders. Upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee shall cause to be
distributed to Certificateholders amounts distributable on such Distribution
Date pursuant to Section 4.3.
In the event that all of the Certificateholders shall not surrender
their Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified
in the above-mentioned written notice, the Servicer shall give a second written
notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within
one year after the second notice all the Certificates shall not have been
surrendered for cancellation, the Servicer may take appropriate steps, or may
appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the remaining
Certificateholders concerning surrender of their 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 and after all payments to be made to the Trustee and the Insurer
shall be distributed by the Trustee to a charity designated by the Servicer.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the Trustee shall
retain all of its rights and powers and obligations and duties under Section 8.5
in the event of any Insolvency Proceeding and
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the Trustee shall be entitled to all the protections, rights and immunities
provided in Article IX in connection with any such Insolvency Proceeding.
SECTION 10.2 Optional Purchase of All Contracts. On each
Distribution Date as of which the Pool Factor (after giving effect to the
Principal Distribution for such Distribution Date) shall be less than .100000,
the Servicer shall have the option to purchase the corpus of the Trust at a
price equal to the Repurchase Amount plus all amounts due and owing to the
Insurer under the Insurance Agreement. To exercise such option, the Servicer
shall pay to the Trustee by deposit into the Collection Account: (1) for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, the Repurchase Amount of all Contracts that
were Outstanding at the beginning of the Collection Period ending immediately
prior to such Distribution Date, and (2) for the benefit of the Insurer, all
amounts due and owing to the Insurer pursuant to the Insurance Agreement. Such
purchase shall be deemed to have occurred on the last day of such Collection
Period.
ARTICLE XI
Miscellaneous Provisions
SECTION 11.1 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by the Seller,
the Servicer and the Trustee, collectively with the prior written consent of the
Insurer, but without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, to cure any
ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions in this Agreement, or to add
any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Agreement that shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement;
provided, however, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Certificateholder or the Insurer. Any amendment that would cause the Trust to be
classified as an association taxable as a corporation would be considered an
action which materially, adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Seller,
the Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
evidencing in the aggregate not less than 51% of the Pool Balance and the
Insurer 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 Holders of Certificates; provided, however, that no
such amendment shall (i) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or
accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on Contracts or
distributions that shall be required to be made on any Certificate or (ii)
reduce the aforesaid percentage required to consent to any such amendment,
without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates then outstanding.
Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent
pursuant to the next preceding paragraph, the Trustee shall furnish written
notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to each
Certificateholder.
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It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders
pursuant to this Section 11.1 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 of evidencing
the authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be
subject to such reasonable requirements as the Trustee may prescribe.
The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
amendment which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under
this Agreement or otherwise and any such amendment shall be unenforceable in its
entirety absent the execution of such amendment by the Trustee.
SECTION 11.2 Protection of Title to Trust.
(a) The Servicer shall execute and file such financing statements
and cause to be executed and filed such continuation statements, all in such
manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain,
and protect the interest of the Certificateholders, the Insurer and the Trustee
under this Agreement in the Contracts and in the proceeds thereof. The Servicer
shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Trustee file-stamped copies of,
or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as
available following such filing.
(b) Neither the Seller nor the Servicer shall change its name,
identity, or corporate structure in any manner that would, could or might make
any financing statement or continuation statement filed by the Servicer in
accordance with paragraph (a) above seriously misleading within the meaning of
Section 9-402(7) of the UCC, unless it shall have given the Trustee and the
Insurer at least 60 days' prior written notice thereof.
(c) The Seller and the Servicer shall give the Trustee and the
Insurer at least 60 days' prior written notice of any relocation of the
principal executive office of the Seller and the Servicer if, as a result of
such relocation, the applicable provisions of the UCC would require the filing
of any amendment of any previously filed financing or continuation statement or
of any new financing statement. The Servicer shall at all times maintain each
office from which it shall service Contracts, and its principal executive
office, within the United States of America.
(d) The Servicer shall maintain or cause to be maintained accounts
and records as to each Contract accurately and in sufficient detail to permit
(i) the reader thereof to know at any time the status of such Contract,
including payments and recoveries made and payments owing (and the nature of
each) and (ii) reconciliation between payments or recoveries on (or with respect
to) each Contract and the amounts from time to time deposited in or credited to
the Certificate Amount and Payahead Account in respect of such Contract.
(e) The Servicer shall maintain or cause to be maintained its
computer systems so that, from and after the time of sale under this Agreement
of the Contracts to the Trust, the Servicer's master computer records (including
any back-up archives) that shall refer to a Contract indicate clearly that such
Contract is owned by the Trustee as trustee of the Trust. Indication of the
Trustee's
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ownership of a Contract shall be deleted from or modified on the Servicer's
computer systems when, and only when, the Contract shall have been paid in full
or repurchased or shall have become a Liquidated Contract.
(f) If at any time the Seller or the Servicer shall propose to sell,
grant a security interest in, or otherwise transfer any interest in automotive
retail installment sales contracts to any prospective purchaser, lender, or
other transferee, the Servicer shall give or cause to be given to such
prospective purchaser, lender, or other transferee computer tapes, records or
print-outs (including any restored from back-up archives) that, if they shall
refer in any manner whatsoever to any Contract, shall indicate clearly that such
Contract has been sold and is owned by the Trust.
(g) The Servicer shall permit the Trustee and the Insurer and its
agents at any time during normal business hours to inspect, audit, and make
copies of and abstracts from the Servicer's records regarding any Contract.
(h) Upon request, the Servicer shall furnish to the Trustee and the
Insurer, within five Business Days, a list of all Contracts then held as part of
the Trust, together with a reconciliation of such list to the Schedule of
Contracts and to each of the Servicer's Certificates furnished before such
request indicating removal of Contracts from the Trust.
(i) The Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee and the Insurer:
(i) promptly after the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and of each amendment hereto, an Opinion of Counsel either
(A) stating that, in the opinion of such Counsel, all financing
statements and continuation statements have been executed and filed
that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the
Trustee and the Insurer in the Contracts, and reciting the details
of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which
such details are given or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such
Counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect
such interest; and
(ii) within 90 days after the beginning of each calendar
year beginning with the first calendar year beginning more than
three months after the Cut-Off Date an Opinion of Counsel, dated as
of a date during such 90-day period, either (A) stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation
statements have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to
preserve and protect the interest of the Trustee in the Contracts,
and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior
Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given or (B) stating
that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be
necessary to preserve and protect such interest.
(j) The Seller shall, to the extent required by applicable law,
cause the Certificates to be registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Section 12(b) or Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 within the time periods specified in such sections.
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(k) For the purpose of facilitating the execution of this Agreement
and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any
number of counterparts, each of which counterpart shall be deemed to be an
original, and all of which counterparts shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
SECTION 11.3 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders. The death
or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate this
Agreement or the Trust, nor entitle such Certificateholder's legal
representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or
commence any proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the Trust,
nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations, and liabilities of the parties to
this Agreement or any of them.
Except as expressly provided herein, no Certificateholder shall have
any right to vote or in any manner otherwise control the operation and
management of the Trust, or the obligations of the parties to this Agreement,
nor shall anything in this Agreement set forth, or contained in the terms of the
Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders from time
to time as partners or members of an association; nor shall any
Certificateholder be under any liability to any third person by reason of any
action taken pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.
No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing
itself of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action, or
proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement,
unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice
of default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and unless
also the Holders of Certificates evidencing in the aggregate not less than 25%
of the Pool Balance with the consent of the Insurer shall have made written
request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own
name as Trustee under this Agreement and shall have offered to the Trustee such
reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses, and
liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 30 days
after its receipt of such notice, request, and offer of indemnity, shall have
neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; no one or
more Holders of Certificates shall have any right in any manner whatever by
virtue or by availing itself or themselves of any provisions of this Agreement
to affect, disturb, or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of the
Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any
other such Holders, or to enforce any right, under this Agreement, except in the
manner provided in this Agreement and for the equal, ratable, and common benefit
of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions
of this Section 11.3, each Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled
to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
SECTION 11.4 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS,
AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS EXCEPT THAT THE DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEE SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 11.5 Notices. All demands, notices, and communications under
this Agreement shall be in writing, personally delivered or mailed by certified
mail, return receipt requested, and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon
receipt (i) in the case of the Seller, at 0000 Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: President, facsimile
000-000-0000, (ii) in the case of the Servicer, at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Executive Vice
President, facsimile 000-000-0000, (iii) in the case of the Insurer, at 000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Managing Director, Credit
Enhancement, facsimile (000) 000-0000, and (iv) in the case of the Trustee, at
the Corporate Trust Office. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a
Certificateholder shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the
address of such Holder as shown in the Certificate Registrar. 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 shall
receive such notice.
SECTION 11.6 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions, or terms of this Agreement shall be for any
reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions, or
terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions, or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity
or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the
Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.
SECTION 11.7 Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, except as provided in Sections 6.2 and 7.2, neither the Seller
nor the Servicer may transfer or assign all, or a portion of, its rights,
obligations and duties under this Agreement unless such transfer or assignment
(i) (A) will not result in a reduction or withdrawal by Standard & Poor's or
Xxxxx'x of the rating then assigned to the Certificates and (B) the Trustee and
the Insurer have consented to such transfer or assignment, or (ii) the Insurer,
the Trustee and Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 51% of the Pool
Balance consent thereto. Any transfer or assignment with respect to the Servicer
of all of its rights, obligations and duties will not become effective until a
successor Servicer has assumed the Servicer's rights, duties and obligations
under this Agreement. In the event of a transfer or assignment pursuant to
clause (ii) above, the Rating Agencies shall be provided with notice of such
transfer or assignment.
SECTION 11.8 Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.
Certificateholders shall not be personally liable for obligations of the Trust.
The interests represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any
losses or expenses of the Trust or for any reason whatsoever, and, upon
authentication thereof by the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.2, Certificates
shall be deemed fully paid.
SECTION 11.9 Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as otherwise
specifically provided herein with respect to the Certificateholders, the parties
to this Agreement hereby manifest their intent that no third party other than
the Insurer shall be deemed a third party beneficiary of this Agreement, and
specifically that the Obligors are not third party beneficiaries of this
Agreement.
SECTION 11.10 Insurer Default or Insolvency. If a default under the
Surety Bond has occurred and is continuing or an Insurer Insolvency has
occurred, any provision giving the Insurer the right to direct, appoint or
consent to, approve of, or take any action (or waive any right to take action)
under this Agreement, shall be inoperative during the period of such default or
the period from and after such Insurer Insolvency and such consent or approval
shall be deemed to have been
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given for the purpose of such provisions; provided that the consent of the
Insurer shall be required at all times with respect to any amendment of this
Agreement pursuant to Section 11.1.
SECTION 11.11 Tax Matters. The parties hereto intend that the Trust
shall be a grantor trust for federal and state income tax purposes and not an
association taxable as a corporation. All provisions of this Agreement shall be
construed so as to effectuate such intent.
This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of
which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the
same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of
the day and year first above written.
ONYX ACCEPTANCE FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
as Seller
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
ONYX ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION,
as Servicer
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Exhibit A
Form of Appointment
of Custodian
[Name and address of Custodian]
Re: Onyx Acceptance Grantor Trust 1997-3
$- -% Auto Receivable
Pass-Through Certificates
Dear Sirs:
Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement") dated as of September 1, 1997 by and among
Onyx Acceptance Corporation, Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee (the "Trustee"),
Onyx Acceptance Financial Corporation and you. Terms used herein which are
defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement have the respective meanings set
forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Trustee hereby revocably appoints you as the agent of the
Trustee to act as custodian, in accordance with the terms and provisions of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, for the Contract Documents listed in Section
2.4 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to each Contract and the
related Obligor and Financed Vehicle. Please acknowledge your acceptance of such
appointment and your agreement to act as custodian in accordance with the terms
and provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by signing below in the
space indicated therefor.
By accepting such appointment you acknowledge that the Trustee may
terminate such appointment at any time, with or without cause, by written notice
to you.
Very truly yours,
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
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ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
ONYX ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
CONSENTED AND AGREED:
CAPITAL MARKETS ASSURANCE
CORPORATION
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT B SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER
USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
ONYX ACCEPTANCE GRANTOR TRUST 1997-3
-% AUTO LOAN PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE, SERIES 1997-3
evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the Trust, as defined below, the
property of which includes a pool of fixed rate Rule of 78's and Simple Interest
Method motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts secured by new and used
automobiles and light-duty trucks, sold to Onyx Acceptance Grantor Trust 1997-3
by Onyx Acceptance Financial Corporation.
(This Certificate does not represent an interest in or obligation of Onyx
Acceptance Financial Corporation, Onyx Acceptance Corporation, or any of their
respective affiliates.)
Certificate No. Final Distribution Date: January 15, 2004
CUSIP: _____________________
THIS CERTIFIES THAT CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of a - ($-)
nonassessable, fully paid, fractional undivided interest, in the amount set
forth above, in the Onyx Acceptance Grantor Trust, 1997-3 (the "Trust") formed
by Onyx Acceptance Financial Corporation (the "Seller"). The Trust was created
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of September 1, 1997 (the
"Agreement") among the Seller, Onyx Acceptance Corporation, as Servicer (the
"Servicer"), and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), a summary of
certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth below. This
Certificate is one of the duly authorized "Certificates" (herein called the
"Certificates"). This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions, and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound. The property in the Trust includes: (i) a pool of fixed rate
Rule of 78's and Simple Interest Method motor vehicle retail installment sales
contracts (the " Contracts") purchased from the Seller and
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secured by new and used automobiles and light-duty trucks (the "Financed
Vehicles"), (ii) certain documents relating to the Contracts, (iii) certain
monies due thereunder on or after the Cut-Off Date, (iv) security interests in
the Financed Vehicles and the rights to receive proceeds from claims on certain
insurance policies covering the Financed Vehicles or the individual Obligor
under each related Contract and the Seller's right to proceeds under the Blanket
Insurance Policy, (v) all amounts on deposit in the Collection Account,
including all Eligible Investments credited thereto (but excluding investment
earnings thereon), (vi) the benefits under an irrevocable principal/interest
surety bond issued by Capital Markets Assurance Corporation (the "Insurer"),
(vii) certain rights of the Seller under the Purchase Agreement, and (viii) all
proceeds of the foregoing.
Under the Agreement, there will be a monthly pro rata distribution
to the Certificateholders of record on the 15th day of each month or, if such
15th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day (the
"Distribution Date"), commencing on October 15, 1997, of such
Certificateholder's fractional undivided interest in all amounts allocable to
principal and interest from any applicable source described in the Agreement.
The monthly interest on each given Distribution Date shall be the product of
one-twelfth the Pass-Through Rate and the Pool Balance as of the end of the
Collection Period immediately preceding the related Collection Period (or if the
current Distribution Date is the first Distribution Date as of the Closing Date)
plus the amount of interest previously due but not paid to Certificateholders,
if any. The monthly principal on each given Distribution Date shall be the sum
of the Aggregate Scheduled Balance Decline during the related Collection Period.
The distribution is more fully described in the Agreement.
Distributions on this Certificate will be made by the Trustee by
check mailed to the Certificateholder of record in the Certificate Register
without the presentation or surrender of this Certificate or the making of any
notation hereon. Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement and
notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be
made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and
only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency
maintained for that purpose by the Trustee and Certificate Registrar in the
Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
All capitalized terms used herein not otherwise defined shall have
the meaning assigned thereto in the Agreement.
Unless the authentication hereon shall have been executed by an
authorized officer of the Trustee or by an authenticating agent acting on behalf
of the Trustee, by manual signature, this certificate shall not entitle the
holder hereof to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, and not in
its individual capacity, has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
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ONYX ACCEPTANCE GRANTOR TRUST 1997-3
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
By _____________________________________
Authorized Signatory
This is one of the Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By _____________________________________
Authorized Signatory
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[REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE]
The Certificates do not represent an obligation of, or an interest
in, the Seller, the Servicer, the Trustee or any affiliate of any of them. The
Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain collections and
recoveries respecting the Contracts and payments under the Surety Bond, all as
more specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. A copy of the Agreement
may be examined by any Certificateholder upon request during normal business
hours at the corporate administrative offices of the Seller currently located at
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 and at such other
places, if any, designated by the Seller.
The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Seller and
the Servicer and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any
time by the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders
of Certificates evidencing in the aggregate not less than 51% of the Pool
Balance and the Insurer 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 Contracts or distributions that shall be
required to be made on any Certificate or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage
required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the Holders of
all Certificates then outstanding. Any such consent by the Holder of this
Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer
hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment
thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holder of
any of the Certificates.
As provided in the Agreement, the transfer of this Certificate is
registrable in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for
registration of transfer at the offices or agencies maintained by the Trustee in
its capacity as Certificate Registrar, or by any successor Certificate
Registrar, in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates
of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate interest in the Trust
will be issued to the designated transferee.
The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. As
provided in the Agreement, Certificates are exchangeable for new Certificates of
authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate denomination, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of the Trustee
or the Certificate Registrar may treat the person in whose name this Certificate
is registered as the owner hereof for
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all purposes, and neither the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, nor any such
agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The obligations and responsibilities created by the Agreement and
the Trust created thereby shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the maturity
or other liquidation of the last Contract (including pursuant to the Servicer's
option to purchase the Contracts) and the disposition of any amounts received
upon liquidation of any remaining Contracts in the Trust and (ii) (a) the
payment to Certificateholders of all amounts required to be paid to them
pursuant to the Agreement and the disposition of all property held as part of
the Trust, (b) termination of the Surety Bond in accordance with its terms and
the surrender of the Surety Bond to the Insurer for cancellation, (c) the
payment of all amounts owed to the Trustee under the Agreement and (d) the
payment of all amounts owed to the Insurer under the Insurance Agreement. The
Servicer's exercise of its right to purchase all the Contracts and other
property of the Trust will effect early retirement of the Certificates; however,
such right of purchase is exercisable only as of a Distribution Date as of which
the Pool Factor was less then .100000.
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Exhibit C
Form of Surety Bond
SEPTEMBER -, 1997
SURETY BOND NO. SB_____
RE: ONYX ACCEPTANCE GRANTOR TRUST 1997-3 _____% AUTO
LOAN PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1997-3 (THE
"CERTIFICATES")
INSURED OBLIGATION: OBLIGATION OF ONYX ACCEPTANCE GRANTOR TRUST 1997-3 (THE
"TRUST") TO PAY PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THE CERTIFICATES
BENEFICIARY: BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE OF THE TRUST (TOGETHER
WITH ANY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE DULY APPOINTED AND QUALIFIED
UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT AS DEFINED BELOW
(THE "TRUSTEE")
CAPITAL MARKETS ASSURANCE CORPORATION ("CAPMAC"), for consideration
received, hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Trustee,
subject only to the terms of this Principal/Interest Surety Bond (the "Surety
Bond"), payment of the Insured Obligation. CapMAC agrees to pay (a) to the
Trustee, in respect of each Distribution Date, an amount equal to the amount, if
any, by which the sum of (i) the Interest Distribution for such Distribution
Date, (ii) the Principal Distribution for such Distribution Date and (iii) the
Servicing Fee for such Distribution Date exceeds the Collection Account Amount
Available for such Distribution Date and (b) on behalf of the Trustee, an amount
equal to any Avoided Payment;
provided, however, that no payment (other than any payment made in respect of
Avoided Payments) under this Surety Bond with respect to any Distribution Date
shall exceed the Surety Bond Amount for such Distribution Date.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated
as of September 1, 1997 among Onyx Acceptance Financial Corporation, as seller
(the "Seller"), Onyx Acceptance Corporation, as servicer (the "Servicer") and
the Trustee (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement").
As used herein the term "Certificate Balance" means the aggregate
principal balances of the Certificates then outstanding.
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As used herein the term "Insolvency Proceeding" means the commencement,
after the date hereof, of any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt,
reorganization, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings by
or against the Seller or Servicer, the commencement, after the date hereof, of
any proceedings by or against the Seller or Servicer for the winding up or
liquidation of its affairs, or the consent, after the date hereof, to the
appointment of a trustee, conservator, receiver or liquidator in any bankruptcy,
insolvency, readjustment of debt, reorganization, marshalling of assets and
liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Seller or Servicer.
As used herein the term "Servicing Fee" means, as to any Distribution
Date, the fee payable to the Servicer for services rendered during the
Collection Period ending immediately prior to such Distribution Date, which
shall equal with respect to each Contract, the product of (A) the Servicing Fee
Percent and (B) the Scheduled Balance of such Contract as of the opening of
business on the first day of such Collection Period.
As used herein the term "Surety Bond Amount" means, the sum of (a) in
the case of the first Distribution Date, the initial Certificate Balance, or in
the case of any Distribution Date thereafter, the Certificate Balance on the
immediately preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to the Principal
Distribution on such preceding Distribution Date), (b) the Interest Distribution
payable on such Distribution Date and (c) the Servicing Fee payable on such
Distribution Date.
Payment of amounts hereunder shall be made in immediately available
funds on the later of (a) 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day
immediately preceding a Distribution Date and (b) 11:00 a.m., New York City
time, on the Business Day next succeeding presentation to CapMAC (as hereinafter
provided) of a notice for payment in the form of Exhibit A hereto ("Notice for
Payment"), appropriately completed and executed by the Trustee. A Notice for
Payment under this Surety Bond may be presented to CapMAC on any Business Day
following the Servicer Report Date in respect of which the Notice for Payment is
being presented, by (a) delivery of the original Notice for Payment to CapMAC at
its address set forth below, or (b) facsimile transmission of the original
Notice for Payment to CapMAC at its facsimile number set forth below. If
presentation is made by facsimile transmission, the Trustee shall (i)
simultaneously confirm transmission by telephone to CapMAC at its telephone
number set forth below, and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable, deliver the
original Notice for Payment to CapMAC at its address set forth below. Any Notice
for Payment received by CapMAC after 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on a
Business Day, or on any day that is not a Business Day, will be deemed to be
received by CapMAC at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next succeeding
Business Day.
Subject to the foregoing, if the payment of any amount with respect to
the Insured Obligation is voided (a "Preference Event") under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law in an Insolvency Proceeding,
and as a result of such Preference Event, any Certificateholder is required to
return such voided payment, or any portion of such voided payment, made in
respect of any Certificate (an "Avoided Payment"), CapMAC will pay an amount
equal to such Avoided Payment, irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally and
without the assertion of any defenses to payment, including fraud in inducement
or fact or any other circumstances that would have the effect
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of discharging a surety in law or in equity, upon payment of such
Certificateholder of such Avoided Payment and receipt by CapMAC from the Trustee
on behalf of such Certificateholder of (x) a certified copy of a final order of
a court exercising jurisdiction in such Insolvency Proceeding to the effect that
the Certificateholder is required to return any such payment or portion thereof
prior to the Termination Date of this Surety Bond because such payment was
voided under applicable law, with respect to which order the appeal period has
expired without an appeal having been filed (the "Final Order"), (y) an
assignment, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, properly
completed and executed by such Certificateholder irrevocably assigning to CapMAC
all rights and claims of such Certificateholder relating to or arising under
such Avoided Payment, and (z) a Notice for Payment in the form of Exhibit A
hereto appropriately completed and executed by the Trustee.
CapMAC shall make payments due in respect of Avoided Payments prior to
1:00 p.m. New York City time on the second Business Day following CapMAC's
receipt of the documents required under clauses (x) through (z) of the preceding
paragraph. Any such documents received by CapMAC after 3:00 p.m. New York City
time on any Business Day or on any day that is not a Business Day shall be
deemed to have been received by CapMAC prior to 3:00 p.m. on the next succeeding
Business Day. All payments made by CapMAC hereunder on account of any Avoided
Payment shall be made to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholder
entitled to such payment.
CapMAC hereby waives and agrees not to assert any and all rights to
require the Trustee to make demand on or to proceed against any person, party or
security prior to the Trustee demanding payment under this Surety Bond.
No defenses, set-offs and counterclaims of any kind available to CapMAC
so as to deny payment of any amount due in respect of this Surety Bond will be
valid and CapMAC hereby waives and agrees not to assert any and all such
defenses, set-offs and counterclaims, including, without limitation, any such
rights acquired by subrogation, assignment or otherwise. Any rights of
subrogation acquired by CapMAC as a result of any payment made under this Surety
Bond shall, in all respects, be subordinate and junior in right of payment to
the prior indefeasible payment in full of all amounts due the Trustee on account
of payments due under the Certificates.
This Surety Bond is neither transferable nor assignable, in whole or in
part, except to a successor trustee duly appointed and qualified under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All notices, presentations, transmissions,
deliveries and communications made by the Trustee to CapMAC with respect to this
Surety Bond shall specifically refer to the number of this Surety Bond and shall
be made to CapMAC at:
Capital Markets Assurance Corporation
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 00000
Attention: Managing Director, Credit Enhancement
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
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or such other address, telephone number or facsimile number as CapMAC may
designate to the Trustee in writing from time to time. Each such notice,
presentation, transmission, delivery and communication shall be effective only
upon actual receipt by CapMAC.
The obligations of CapMAC under this Surety Bond are irrevocable,
primary, absolute and unconditional (except as expressly provided herein) and
neither the failure of the Trustee, the Seller, the Servicer or any other person
to perform any covenant or obligation in favor of CapMAC (or otherwise), nor the
failure or omission to make a demand permitted hereunder, nor the commencement
of any bankruptcy, debtor or other insolvency proceeding by or against the
Trustee, the Seller, the Servicer or any other person shall in any way affect or
limit CapMAC's obligations under this Surety Bond. If a successful action or
proceeding to enforce this Surety Bond is brought by the Trustee, the Trustee
shall be entitled to recover from CapMAC costs and expenses reasonably incurred,
including without limitation reasonable fees and expenses of counsel.
There shall be no acceleration payment due under this Surety Bond unless
such acceleration is at the sole option of CapMAC.
This Surety Bond and the obligations of CapMAC hereunder shall terminate
on the date (the "Termination Date") that is one year and one day following the
earlier of (a) the Final Distribution Date and (b) the date on which all amounts
required to be paid to the Certificateholders have been paid in full, provided,
that, if an Insolvency Proceeding is existing by or against the Seller or the
Servicer during such one year and one day period, then this Surety Bond and
CapMAC's obligations hereunder shall terminate on the date of the conclusion or
dismissal of such Insolvency Proceeding without continuing jurisdiction by the
court in such Insolvency Proceeding, provided, further that, and notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, this Surety Bond shall not terminate prior to
the date on which CapMAC has made all payments required to be made under the
terms of this Surety Bond in respect of such Avoided Payments.
Upon any payment hereunder, in furtherance and not in limitation of
CapMAC's equitable right of subrogation and CapMAC's rights under the Insurance
Agreement, CapMAC will be subrogated to the rights of the Certificateholder in
respect of which such payment was made to receive any and all amounts due in
respect of the obligations in respect of which CapMAC has made a payment
hereunder.
All payments made hereunder by CapMAC shall be made with CapMAC's own
funds. The payment by the Trust or CapMAC to the Trustee of any amount
guaranteed by the first paragraph of this Surety Bond, and the payment by CapMAC
of any Avoided Payment after the occurrence of a Preference Event shall
constitute "payments" for all purposes under this Surety Bond. In no event shall
any payment be made under this Surety Bond on account of (a) the failure of the
Trustee to deliver the proceeds of any such payment to any Certificateholder or
(b) the failure of any such Certificateholder to claim any such proceeds from
the Trustee.
This Surety Bond is not covered by the property/casualty insurance fund
specified in Article Seventy-Six of the New York State insurance law.
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This Surety Bond sets forth in full the undertaking of CapMAC, and shall
not, except with the prior written consent of the Trustee or otherwise in
accordance with the express terms hereof, be modified, altered or affected by
any other agreement or instrument, including any modification or amendment
thereto and may not be canceled or revoked by CapMAC prior to the Termination
Date.
This Surety Bond shall be returned to CapMAC by the Trustee on the
Termination Date.
THIS SURETY BOND SHALL BE CONSTRUED, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES OR
THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CapMAC has caused this Surety Bond to be executed on the
date first written above.
CAPITAL MARKETS ASSURANCE
CORPORATION
By___________________________________
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Schedule I
Schedule of Contracts
(Attached)
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Schedule II
Schedule of Accounts
(Attached)
