WACHOVIA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2008-A, as Issuer, WDS RECEIVABLES LLC, as Depositor, WACHOVIA DEALER SERVICES, INC., as Seller, and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Master Servicer SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT Dated as of June 1, 2008
Exhtbit
99.1
EXECUTION
VERSION
as
Issuer,
WDS
RECEIVABLES LLC,
as
Depositor,
WACHOVIA
DEALER SERVICES, INC.,
as
Seller,
and
WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Master
Servicer
_____________________________________
Dated as
of June 1, 2008
_____________________________________
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
ONE
DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.01. General Definitions
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Section
1.02. Other Definitional Provisions.
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Section
1.03. Interpretive Provisions
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ARTICLE
TWO
CONVEYANCE
OF TRUST PROPERTY
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Section
2.01. Conveyance of Trust Property.
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Section
2.02. Representations and Warranties of the Seller as to the
Receivables
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Section
2.03. Representations and Warranties of the Depositor as to the
Receivables
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Section
2.04. Repurchase of Receivables Upon Breach
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Section
2.05. Custody of Receivable Files.
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Section
2.06. Duties of Master Servicer as Custodian.
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Section
2.07. Instructions; Authority to Act
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Section
2.08. Indemnification by Custodian
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Section
2.09. Effective Period and Termination
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ARTICLE
THREE
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF THE TRUST PROPERTY
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Section
3.01. Duties of Master Servicer
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Section
3.02. Subservicers.
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Section
3.03. Collection of Receivable Payments; Modification of
Receivables
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Section
3.04. Realization Upon Receivables.
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Section
3.05. Maintenance of Physical Damage Insurance Policies
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Section
3.06. Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed
Vehicles
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Section
3.07. Covenants of Master Servicer
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Section
3.08. Purchase of Receivables Upon Breach
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29
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Section
3.09. Servicing Compensation; Payment of Certain Expenses by Master
Servicer
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29
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Section
3.10. Master Servicer’s Certificate
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29
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Section
3.11. Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Servicer Termination
Events.
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Section
3.12. Annual Accountants’ Report.
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30
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Section
3.13. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding
Receivables
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Section
3.14. Reports to the Commission
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Section
3.15. Reports to Rating Agencies
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Section
3.16. Maintenance of the Swap Agreement
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ARTICLE
FOUR
DISTRIBUTIONS;
RESERVE FUND; STATEMENTS TO SECURITYHOLDERS
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Section
4.01. Establishment of Accounts.
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Section
4.02. Reserve Fund.
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Section
4.03. The Collateral Support Account
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Section
4.04. Monthly Remittance Condition.
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Section
4.05. Collections
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Section
4.06. Application of Collections
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Section
4.07. Advances.
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Section
4.08. Additional Deposits.
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Section
4.09. Determination Date Calculations; Application of Available
Funds.
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Section
4.10. Statements to Securityholders.
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ARTICLE
FIVE
THE
DEPOSITOR
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Section
5.01. Representations and Warranties of Depositor
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Section
5.02. Liability of Depositor; Indemnities.
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Section
5.03. Merger, Consolidation or Assumption of the Obligations of Depositor;
Certain Limitations.
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Section
5.04. Limitation on Liability of Depositor and Others
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Section
5.05. Depositor Not to Resign
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Section
5.06. Depositor May Own Securities
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ARTICLE
SIX
THE
MASTER SERVICER
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Section
6.01. Representations and Warranties of Master Servicer
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Section
6.02. Liability of Master Servicer; Indemnities
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Section
6.03. Merger, Consolidation or Assumption of the Obligations of Master
Servicer
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Section
6.04. Limitation on Liability of Master Servicer and
Others.
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Section
6.05. Wachovia Bank Not to Resign as Master Servicer
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Section
6.06. Master Servicer May Own Securities
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ARTICLE
SEVEN
SERVICER
TERMINATION EVENTS
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Section
7.01. Servicer Termination Events
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Section
7.02. Appointment of Successor Master Servicer
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Section
7.03. Effect of Servicing Transfer.
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Section
7.04. Notification to Noteholders, Swap Counterparty and Rating
Agencies
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Section
7.05. Waiver of Past Servicer Termination Events
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Section
7.06. Repayment of Advances
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ARTICLE
EIGHT
TERMINATION
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Section
8.01. Optional Purchase of All Receivables.
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ARTICLE
NINE
EXCHANGE
ACT REPORTING
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Section
9.01. Further Assurances
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Section
9.02. Form 10-D Filings
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Section
9.03. Form 8-K Filings
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Section
9.04. Form 10-K Filings
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Section
9.05. Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation
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Section
9.06. Back-up Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification.
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Section
9.07. Use of Subcontractors.
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Section
9.08. Representations and Warranties
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Section
9.09. Indemnification.
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ARTICLE
TEN
MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
10.01. Amendment.
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Section
10.02. Protection of Title to Issuer.
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Section
10.03. Notices
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Section
10.04. Assignment.
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Section
10.05. Severability
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Section
10.06. Further Assurances
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Section
10.07. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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Section
10.08. Successors and Assigns; Third-Party Beneficiaries
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Section
10.09. Actions by Securityholders.
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Section
10.10. Separate Counterparts
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Section
10.11. Headings
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Section
10.12. GOVERNING LAW
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Section
10.13. Nonpetition Covenants.
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Section
10.14. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture
Trustee.
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Section
10.15. Obligations with Respect to the Swap Counterparty
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule
A – Location of Receivable Files
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SA-1
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Schedule
B – Item 1119 Parties
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SB-1
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Schedule
C – Servicing and Disclosure Items
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SC-1
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Part
I: Minimum Servicing Criteria (to be addressed in Assessment of Compliance
Statement)
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Part
II:Form 10-D Disclosure Items
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Part
III:Form 10-K Disclosure Items
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Part
IV:Form 8-K Disclosure (Reportable Events)
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Schedule
D – Performance Certification (Reporting Subcontractor)
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SD-1
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Schedule
E – Performance Certification (Master Servicer)
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SE-1
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A
– Representations and Warranties as to the Receivables
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A-1
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Exhibit B
– Form of Distribution Statement
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B-1
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Exhibit C
– Form of Master Servicer’s Certificate
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C-1
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This Sale
and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2008, is among WDS Receivables LLC,
a Nevada limited liability company (the “Depositor”), Wachovia Dealer Services,
Inc., a California corporation (the “Seller”), Wachovia Bank, National
Association, a national banking association (“Wachovia Bank”), as master
servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), and Wachovia Auto Owner
Trust 2008-A, a Delaware statutory trust, as issuer (the “Issuer”).
WHEREAS,
the Issuer desires to purchase from the Depositor a pool of receivables arising
in connection with motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts and
installment loans (the “Receivables”) purchased or originated by the Seller in
the ordinary course of its business and sold to the Depositor as of the Closing
Date;
WHEREAS,
the Depositor is willing to sell the Receivables to the Issuer pursuant to the
terms hereof; and
WHEREAS,
the Master Servicer is willing to service the Receivables pursuant to the terms
hereof.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein
contained, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
ONE
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01. General
Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following
words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the
following meanings:
“Account Collateral”
means, with respect to each Account, such Account, together with all cash,
securities, Financial Assets and investments and other property from time to
time deposited or credited to such Account and all proceeds thereof, including,
with respect to the Reserve Fund, the Reserve Fund Deposit and the Reserve Fund
Amount.
“Accounts” means the
Collection Account, the Note Payment Account and the Reserve Fund.
“Administration
Agreement” means the administration agreement, dated as of June 1, 2008,
among the Administrator, the Issuer, the Depositor and the Indenture
Trustee.
“Administrator” means
Wachovia Bank, in its capacity as administrator under the Administration
Agreement, and its successors in such capacity.
“Advance” has the
meaning specified in Section 4.07(a).
“Affiliate” means,
with respect to any specified Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified
Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, when used with
respect to any specified Person, means the
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power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“Agreement” means this
Sale and Servicing Agreement.
“Amount Financed”
means, with respect to any Receivable, the aggregate amount advanced under such
Receivable toward the purchase price of the related Financed Vehicle and any
related costs, including accessories, insurance premiums, service and warranty
contracts and other items customarily financed as part of a motor vehicle retail
installment sale contract or installment loan.
“Available
Collections” means, for any Distribution Date and the related Collection
Period, the sum of (i) all Obligor payments received by the Master Servicer
with respect to the Receivables during the related Collection Period that were
received after the Cutoff Date (other than amounts comprising the Supplemental
Servicing Fee), (ii) all Net Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds (with
respect to Receivables that are not Defaulted Receivables), Recoveries and
Dealer Recourse received with respect to the Receivables during such Collection
Period, (iii) in the event that collections on or in respect of the
Receivables are required to be deposited by the Master Servicer into the
Collection Account on a daily basis pursuant to Section 4.04, all net
investment earnings on funds on deposit in the Collection Account, (iv) the
aggregate Purchase Amounts deposited in the Collection Account on the related
Deposit Date, (v) Net Swap Receipts received by the Issuer, excluding any
portion of any Swap Termination Payment paid by the Swap Counterparty to the
Issuer and used by the Issuer to enter into an interest rate swap agreement that
replaces the Swap Agreement, (vi) all Prepayments received with respect to the
Receivables during such Collection Period attributable to any refunded item
included in the Amount Financed (including amounts received as a result of
rebates of extended warranty contract costs and insurance premiums and proceeds
received under physical damage, theft, credit life and credit disability
insurance policies) and (vii) all Advances deposited into the Collection
Account by the Master Servicer on the related Deposit Date; provided, however,
that Available Collections shall not include any payments or other amounts
(including Net Liquidation Proceeds and Recoveries) received with respect to any
(a) Purchased Receivable, the Purchase Amount for which was included in
Available Collections for a previous Distribution Date and (b) Receivable
to the extent that the Master Servicer has made an unreimbursed Advance with
respect to such Receivable and is entitled to reimbursement from payments in
respect of such Receivables or other Receivables or other amounts pursuant to
Section 4.07.
“Available Funds”
means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (i) Available
Collections and (ii) the Reserve Fund Draw Amount, if any.
“Bankruptcy Code”
means Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.
“Basic Documents”
means this Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Indenture, the Control
Agreement, the Note Depository Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreement,
the Swap Agreement, the Trust Agreement and any other documents or certificates
delivered in connection herewith or therewith including the Power of Attorney
pursuant to Section 1.02(c) of the Administration Agreement.
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“Business Day” means
any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions
or trust companies in New York, New York, Wilmington, Delaware, St. Xxxx,
Minnesota, Las Vegas, Nevada, Irvine, California or Charlotte, North Carolina
are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to be closed.
“Certificate” has the
meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
“Certificate Payment
Account” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(b).
“Certificate Percentage
Interest” means, with respect to a Certificate, the percentage specified
on such Certificate as the Certificate Percentage Interest, which percentage
represents the beneficial interest of the holder of such Certificate in the
Issuer. The initial Certificate Percentage Interest held by the
Depositor shall be 100%.
“Certificateholder”
has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
“Certification
Parties” means, collectively, the Certifying Person and the entity for
which the Certifying Person acts as an officer, and such entity’s officers,
directors and Affiliates.
“Certifying Person”
means the Person who signs the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification.
“Class” has the
meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Class A Notes” has
the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Class B Final Scheduled
Distribution Date” has the meaning specified in the
Indenture.
“Class B Notes” has
the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Closing Date” has the
meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Code” has the meaning
specified in the Indenture.
“Collateral Support
Account” has the meaning specified in Section 4.03.
“Collection Account”
has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a).
“Collection Period”
has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Commission” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Contract Rate” means,
with respect to any Receivable, the annual percentage rate of interest stated in
such Receivable.
“Control” has the
meaning specified in Section 8-106 of the UCC.
“Control Agreement”
means the control agreement, dated as of June 1, 2008, among the Issuer, the
Master Servicer, Wachovia Bank and the Indenture Trustee, relating to the
Accounts held by Wachovia Bank.
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“Controlling Class”
has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Corporate Trust
Office” has the meaning specified in the Indenture or the Trust
Agreement, depending on whether reference is made to the Indenture Trustee or
the Owner Trustee.
“Cumulative Net Loss
Percentage” has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Cutoff Date” means
June 14, 2008, the date after which the Issuer will be entitled to receive all
amounts related to the Receivables.
“Cutoff Date Pool
Balance” means the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables as of
the Cutoff Date, which is $1,100,001,029.97.
“Dealer” means the
dealer of motor vehicles who sold a Financed Vehicle and who originated and
assigned the Receivable relating to such Financed Vehicle to the Seller under an
existing agreement between such dealer and the Seller.
“Dealer Agreement”
means an agreement between the Seller and a Dealer, entered into by the Seller
in the ordinary course of its business, providing for the sale of Receivables by
the Dealer to the Seller.
“Dealer Recourse”
means, with respect to a Receivable, all recourse rights against the Dealer
which originated the Receivable, and any successor to such Dealer.
“Defaulted Receivable”
means a Receivable as to which, the earlier of (i) any payment, or any part
of any payment, due under such Receivable has become 120 days or more
delinquent (whether or not the Master Servicer has repossessed the related
Financed Vehicle), (ii) the Master Servicer has repossessed and sold the
related Financed Vehicle or (iii) the Master Servicer has charged off any
portion of the Principal Balance of the Receivable or has determined in
accordance with its customary practices that such Receivable is uncollectible;
provided, however, that
(a) a Receivable will not become a Defaulted Receivable until the last day of
the Collection Period during which one of the foregoing events first occurs and
(b) a Purchased Receivable will not be deemed to be a Defaulted
Receivable.
“Deposit Date” means,
with respect to any Distribution Date and the related Collection Period, the
Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date.
“Depositor” has the
meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
“Determination Date”
means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the third Business Day preceding
such Distribution Date, commencing on July 16, 2008.
“Distribution Date”
has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Eligible Deposit
Account” means either (i) a segregated deposit account over which
the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, has sole
signature authority, maintained with an Eligible Institution meeting the
requirements of clause (i) of the definition of
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the term
“Eligible Institution” or (ii) a segregated trust account maintained with
the trust department of an Eligible Institution meeting the requirements of
clause (ii) of the definition of the term “Eligible Institution”, in each
case bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein
are held for the benefit of the Securityholders, the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders, as the case may be.
“Eligible Institution”
means (i) Wachovia Bank, the corporate trust department of the Indenture
Trustee or the corporate trust department of the Owner Trustee or (ii) the
corporate trust department of any other depository institution organized under
the laws of the United States or any State or incorporated under the laws of a
foreign jurisdiction with a branch or agency located in the United States or any
State qualified to take deposits and subject to supervision and examination by
federal or state banking authorities (a) which at all times has either (1) a
long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “BBB” from Standard & Poor’s and
“Baa2” from Xxxxx’x, or (2) a long-term unsecured debt rating, short-term
unsecured debt rating or a certificate of deposit rating otherwise acceptable to
the Rating Agencies and (b) whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation.
“Eligible Investments”
means, at any time, any one or more of the following obligations, instruments,
investments and securities:
(i) direct
obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed by, the United States or any
agency or instrumentality thereof the obligations of which are backed by the
full faith and credit of the United States;
(ii) demand
deposits, time deposits, bankers’ acceptances or certificates of deposit, having
maturities of not more than 365 days, of any depository institution or trust
company incorporated under the laws of the United States or any State (or any
domestic branch of a foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by
federal or State banking or depository institution authorities; provided,
however, that (a) such investment shall not have an ‘r’ highlighter affixed to
its rating and its terms shall have a predetermined fixed dollar amount of
principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change and (b) at the time of the
investment, the commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations
(other than such obligations the rating of which is based on the credit of a
Person other than such depository institution or trust company) of such
depository institution or trust company shall have the highest rating from
Xxxxx’x and Standard & Poor’s;
(iii) repurchase
obligations, having maturities of not more than 365 days, with respect to any
security that is a direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United
States or any agency or instrumentality thereof the obligations of which are
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in either case entered
into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal)
described in clause (ii) above;
(iv) short-term
corporate securities bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any
corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any State
thereof; provided, however, that (a) such investment shall not have an ‘r’
highlighter affixed to its rating and its terms shall have a predetermined fixed
dollar amount of principal due at
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maturity
that cannot vary or change and (b) at the time of the investment, the short-term
unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligations the rating of which is
based on the credit of a Person other than such corporation) of such corporation
shall have the highest rating from Xxxxx’x and Standard &
Poor’s;
(v) commercial
paper having maturities of not more than 365 days, at the time of the
investment, with the highest rating from Xxxxx’x and Standard & Poor’s;
provided, however, that such investment shall not have an ‘r’ highlighter
affixed to its rating and its terms shall have a predetermined fixed dollar
amount of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change;
(vi) guaranteed
investment contracts issued by an insurance company or other corporation as to
which the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied;
(vii) investments
in money market funds having a rating from Standard & Poor’s of at
least “AAA-m” or “AAAm-G” and from Xxxxx’x of at least “Aaa” (including funds
for which the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Master Servicer or any
of their respective Affiliates is investment manager or advisor);
and
(viii) any other
investment as to which the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied;
provided, however, that in no event shall any such investment have a long-term
rating of less than “AA” from Standard & Poor’s and “Aaa” from Xxxxx’x
or a short-term rating of less than “A-1” from Standard & Poor’s and
“Prime-1” from Xxxxx’x;
provided,
that each of the foregoing investments shall mature no later than the Deposit
Date immediately following the Collection Period in which such investment was
made (other than in the case of the investment of monies in instruments of which
the entity at which the related Account is located is the obligor, which may
mature on the related Distribution Date following the Collection Period in which
such investment was made), and shall be required to be held to such
maturity.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this definition, (a) no Eligible
Investment may be purchased at a premium, (b) no obligation or security
shall be a “Eligible Investment” unless (i) the Indenture Trustee has
Control over such obligation or security and (ii) at the time the Indenture
Trustee first obtained Control or the Indenture Trustee became the Entitlement
Holder with respect to such obligation or security, the Indenture Trustee did
not have notice of any adverse claim with respect thereto within the meaning of
Section 8-102 of the UCC and (c) with respect to investments above that
require a rating of “A-1+” from Standard and Poor’s, such investments in certain
short-term debt of issuers or deposits in institutions rated “A-1” by Standard
& Poor’s will be permitted so long as (1) the total amount of investments in
“A-1” issuers or deposits in “A-1” institutions must be limited to investments
of the amount on deposit in the Collection Account and (2) the total
amount of “A-1” investments shall not represent more than 20% of the Note
Balance as of any date.
For
purposes of this definition, any reference to the highest available credit
rating of an obligation means the highest available credit rating for such
obligation, or such lower credit
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rating
(as approved in writing by each Rating Agency) as will not result in the
qualification, downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to any
Securities by such Rating Agency.
“Eligible Servicer”
means a Person which, at the time of its appointment as Master Servicer,
(i) has a net worth of not less than $50,000,000, (ii) is servicing a
portfolio of motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts or motor vehicle
loans, (iii) is legally qualified, and has the capacity, to service the
Receivables, (iv) has demonstrated the ability to service a portfolio of
motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts or motor vehicle loans similar
to the Receivables professionally and competently in accordance with standards
of skill and care that are consistent with prudent industry standards and
(v) is qualified and entitled to use pursuant to a license or other written
agreement, and agrees to maintain the confidentiality of, the software which the
Master Servicer uses in connection with performing its duties and
responsibilities under this Agreement or obtains rights to use, or develops at
its own expense, software which is adequate to perform its duties and
responsibilities under this Agreement.
“Entitlement Holder”
has the meaning specified in Section 8-102 of the UCC.
“Entitlement Order”
has the meaning specified in Section 8-102 of the UCC.
“Event of Default” has
the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Excess Collections”
has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Exchange Act” has the
meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Exchange Act Reports”
means any reports on Form 10-D, Form 8-K or Form 10-K required to
be filed by the Depositor with respect to the Issuer under the Exchange
Act.
“Final Scheduled Distribution
Date” has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Financed Vehicle”
means, with respect to any Receivable, the related new or used motor vehicle,
together with all accessions thereto, securing the related Obligor’s
indebtedness under such Receivable.
“Financial Asset” has
the meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC.
“Form 10-D Disclosure
Item” means, with respect to any Person, any event specified in Part II
of Schedule C for which such Person is the responsible party, if such Person or
in the case of the Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee, a Responsible Officer of
such Person, has actual knowledge of such event.
“Form 10-K Disclosure
Item” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any Form 10-D Disclosure
Item and (ii) any additional items specified in Part II of Schedule C for which
such Person is the responsible party, or if such Person is the Indenture Trustee
or the Owner Trustee, a Responsible Officer of such Person has actual knowledge
of such event.
“Holder” has the
meaning specified in the Indenture.
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“Indenture” means the
indenture, dated as of June 1, 2008, between the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee.
“Indenture Trustee”
has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Independent” has the
meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Initial Note Balance”
means, as the context may require, with respect to (i) all of the Notes,
$1,100,000,000 or (ii) any Note, an amount equal to the initial
denomination of such Note.
“Insolvency Event”
means with respect to the Depositor or the Master Servicer, (i) the filing of a
decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in
respect of such Person or any substantial part of the assets of such Person in
an involuntary case under any applicable federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency
or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of
such Person or for any substantial part of the assets of such Person, or
ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such Person’s affairs, and such decree
or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive
days; or (ii) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any
applicable federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for
relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by such Person
to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of such person or for any
substantial part of the assets of such Person, or the making by such Person of
any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by such
Person generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of any
action by such Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
“Insurance Proceeds”
means proceeds paid by any insurer under a comprehensive and collision or
limited dual interest insurance relating to a Receivable, other than funds used
for the repair of the related Financed Vehicle or otherwise released to the
related Obligor in accordance with normal servicing procedures, after
reimbursement to the Master Servicer for expenses recoverable under the related
insurance policy.
“Interest Distributable
Amount” has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Interest Rate” has
the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Issuer” has the
meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Item 1119 Party”
means the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the
Owner Trustee and any other material transaction party, as identified in
Schedule B hereto.
“Lien” means any
security interest, lien, claim, charge, pledge, equity or encumbrance of any
kind other than tax liens, mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens, judicial liens and
any liens that may attach to a Financed Vehicle by operation of
law.
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“Master Servicer”
means Wachovia Bank, in its capacity as master servicer of the Receivables under
this Agreement, and its successors in such capacity.
“Master Servicer’s
Certificate” means an Officer’s Certificate signed by a Servicing Officer
delivered pursuant to Section 3.10, substantially in the form of
Exhibit C.
“Monthly Payment”
means, with respect to any Receivable, the amount of each fixed monthly payment
payable to the obligee under such Receivable in accordance with the terms
thereof, net of any portion of such monthly payment that represents late payment
charges, extension fees or similar items.
“Monthly Remittance
Condition” means that (i) (a) Wachovia Bank is the Master
Servicer, (b) Wachovia Bank’s short-term unsecured debt is rated at least
“A-1” by Standard & Poor’s and “Prime-1” by Xxxxx’x and (c) no
Servicer Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing or
(ii) each Rating Agency has agreed in writing that the deposit of
collections on or in respect of the Receivables into the Collection Account may
be made by the Master Servicer on a monthly, rather than a daily, basis, without
such monthly deposits adversely impacting the ratings of any Outstanding
Notes.
“Monthly Servicing
Fee” means, for any Collection Period, the fee payable to the Master
Servicer on the related Distribution Date for services rendered during such
Collection Period, which is equal to the product of 1/12 of 0.50% and the Pool
Balance as of the first day of that Collection Period (or as of the Cutoff Date
in the case of the first Distribution Date).
“Monthly Trustee Fees”
has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Xxxxx’x” has the
meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Motor Vehicle
Receivables” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.03(b)(ii)(A).
“Motor Vehicle
Securities” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.03(b)(ii)(B).
“Net Liquidation
Proceeds” means all amounts received by the Master Servicer, from
whatever source (including Insurance Proceeds), with respect to any Defaulted
Receivable during the Collection Period in which such Receivable became a
Defaulted Receivable, minus the sum of:
(i) expenses
incurred by the Master Servicer in connection with the collection of such
Defaulted Receivable and the repossession and disposition of the related
Financed Vehicle (to the extent not previously reimbursed to the Master
Servicer); and
(ii) all
payments required by law to be remitted to the Obligor.
“Net Losses” means,
with respect to any Collection Period, the difference (which may be positive or
negative) of (i) the aggregate Principal Balance of all Receivables that
became Defaulted Receivables during such Collection Period and (ii) the
aggregate Net Liquidation Proceeds and Recoveries received by the Master
Servicer during such Collection Period.
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“Net Swap Payment” has
the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Net Swap Receipts”
means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the net amount paid by the Swap
Counterparty to the Issuer pursuant to the Swap Agreement on such date,
including in connection with any Swap Termination Payment.
“Nonrecoverable
Advance” means an Advance which the Master Servicer determines in its
sole discretion is non-recoverable from payments made on or in respect of the
related Receivable.
“Note Balance” has the
meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Note Depository
Agreement” has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Note Payment Account”
has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a).
“Note Factor” means,
with respect to each Class of Notes as of any Distribution Date, a four or more
digit decimal figure equal to the product of (a) the Note Balance of such
Class of Notes as of such Distribution Date (after giving effect to any
reductions thereof to be made on such Distribution Date) and (b) 1,000,
divided by (c) the original principal amount of such Class of
Notes.
“Noteholder” has the
meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Notes” has the
meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Obligor” means, with
respect to any Receivable, the purchaser or co-purchasers of the related
Financed Vehicle purchased in part or in whole by the execution and delivery of
a Receivable or any other Person who owes or may be liable for payments under a
Receivable.
“Officer’s
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the chairman, the president,
any Vice President, the treasurer or the secretary of the Depositor or the
Master Servicer, as the case may be, and delivered to the Indenture Trustee or
the Owner Trustee.
“Opinion of Counsel”
means one or more written opinions of counsel who may, except as otherwise
provided in this Sale and Servicing Agreement, be an employee of, or outside
counsel to, the Issuer, the Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer, which
counsel shall be acceptable to the related Trustee or the Rating Agencies, as
the case may be.
“Outstanding” has the
meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Owner Trust Estate”
has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
“Owner Trustee” has
the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
“Performance
Certification” means each certification delivered to the Certifying
Person pursuant to Section 9.06.
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“Person” means any
legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint stock company, limited liability company, limited
liability partnership, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever
nature.
“Pool Balance” means,
as of any date, the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables as of such
date; provided, however, that if the Receivables are purchased by the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 8.01(a) or are sold or otherwise liquidated by
the Indenture Trustee following an Event of Default pursuant to
Section 5.04 of the Indenture, the Pool Balance shall be deemed to be zero
as of the last day of the Collection Period during which such purchase, sale or
other liquidation occurs.
“Prepayment” means any
prepayment, whether in part or in full, in respect of a Receivable.
“Principal Balance”
means, with respect to any Receivable as of any date, the Amount Financed under
such Receivable minus the sum of (i) that portion of all Monthly Payments
actually received on or prior to such date allocable to principal using the
Simple Interest Method, (ii) any rebates of extended warranty contract
costs and physical damage, theft, credit life or credit disability insurance
premiums included in the Amount Financed and (iii) any Prepayment applied
to reduce the unpaid principal balance of such Receivable; provided, however,
that the Principal Balance of a (a) Defaulted Receivable shall be zero as
of the last day of the Collection Period during which it became a Defaulted
Receivable and (b) Purchased Receivable shall be zero as of the last day of
the Collection Period during which it became a Purchased
Receivable.
“Priority Principal
Distributable Amount” has the meaning specified in the
Indenture.
“Provided Information”
means, with respect to (i) the Indenture Trustee, the Servicing Criteria
Assessment provided under Article Nine by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee
and (ii) the Master Servicer, the information provided pursuant to Section 3.11
and Section 3.12, by or on behalf of the Master Servicer.
“Purchase Amount”
means the price at which the Seller must repurchase or the Master Servicer must
purchase a Receivable in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Principal
Balance of such Receivable plus (ii) the amount of accrued but unpaid
interest on such Principal Balance at the related Contract Rate to the last day
of the Collection Period of repurchase.
“Purchased Receivable”
means a Receivable purchased or repurchased, as applicable, as of the last day
of a Collection Period as to which payment of the Purchase Amount has been made
by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.04 or Section 8.01 of this Agreement or
Section 3.03(c) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement or by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.03 or 3.08.
“Rating Agency” has
the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Rating Agency
Condition” has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
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“Receivable” means
each motor vehicle retail installment sales contract and installment loan
transferred by the Depositor to the Issuer hereunder on the Closing Date, and
all rights and obligations thereunder.
“Receivable Files” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.05.
“Receivables Purchase
Agreement” means the receivables purchase agreement, dated as of June 1,
2008, between the Seller and the Depositor.
“Recoveries” means,
with respect to any Collection Period following the Collection Period in which a
Receivable became a Defaulted Receivable, all amounts received by the Master
Servicer from whatever source (including Insurance Proceeds) with respect to
such Defaulted Receivable during such Collection Period, minus the sum
of:
(i) expenses
incurred by the Master Servicer in connection with the collection of such
Defaulted Receivable and the repossession and disposition of the related
Financed Vehicle (to the extent not previously reimbursed to the Master
Servicer); and
(ii) all payments
required by law to be remitted to the related Obligor.
“Regulation AB” means
subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R.
§§229.1100-229.1123, subject to such clarification and interpretation as has
been provided by the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed
Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan.
7, 2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the
Commission or its staff from time to time.
“Reportable Event”
means any event required to be reported on Form 8-K, including each event
specified on Part IV of Schedule C (i) for which such Person is the responsible
party and (ii) of which such Person (or in the case of the Indenture Trustee, as
Responsible Officer of such Person) has actual knowledge.
“Reporting
Subcontractor” shall mean any Subcontractor determined pursuant to
Section 9.07 to be “participating in the servicing function” within the meaning
of Item 1122 of Regulation AB.
“Required Payment
Amount” has, with respect to each Distribution Date, the meaning
specified in Section 4.09(a)(x).
“Reserve Fund” means
the account designated as such, and established and maintained pursuant to
Section 4.01.
“Reserve Fund Amount”
means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the amount on deposit in and
available for withdrawal from the Reserve Fund on such Distribution Date (after
giving effect to all deposits to and withdrawals from the Reserve Fund on the
preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, the
Closing Date), including all interest and other investment earnings (net of
losses and investment expenses) earned on such amount on deposit therein during
the related Collection Period.
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“Reserve Fund Deposit”
means an amount equal to $7,518,313.43.
“Reserve Fund Draw
Amount” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.09(b)(i).
“Reserve Fund
Property” means the Reserve Fund and all amounts, securities,
investments, Financial Assets and other property deposited in or credited to the
Reserve Fund.
“Reserve Fund Required
Amount” means, for any Distribution Date, the greater of (i) 0.85% of the
Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period and (ii) 0.70%
of the Cutoff Date Pool Balance; provided, however, that the Reserve Fund
Required Amount (i) may not exceed the Note Balance and (ii) will be
zero if the Pool Balance as of the last day of the related Collection Period is
zero.
“Responsible Officer”
means, in the case of (i) the Indenture Trustee, any officer within the
Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee with direct responsibility for
the administration of the Indenture, including any principal, managing director,
president, Vice President, assistant treasurer, assistant secretary or any other
officer of the Indenture Trustee customarily performing functions similar to
those performed by any of the above-designated officers and also, with respect
to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject and (ii) the Owner Trustee, any officer in the Corporate Trust
Administration department of the Owner Trustee with direct responsibility for
the administration of the Issuer and, with respect to a particular corporate
trust matter, any other officer of the Owner Trustee to whom such matter is
referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification” means the certification concerning the Issuer, to be
signed by an officer of the Master Servicer or the Depositor and submitted to
the Commission pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002.
“Schedule of
Receivables” means the schedule of Receivables attached as Schedule A to
the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“Secondary Principal
Distributable Amount” has the meaning specified in the
Indenture.
“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933.
“Securitization Trust”
has the meaning specified in Section 5.03(b)(ii).
“Security Entitlement”
has the meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC.
“Securityholders”
means the Noteholders and the Certificateholders.
“Seller” has the
meaning specified in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“Senior Swap Termination
Payment” has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Servicer Termination
Event” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.
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“Servicer Termination
Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.
“Servicing Criteria”
means the “servicing criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB.
“Servicing Criteria
Assessment” means a report of the Indenture Trustee’s assessment of
compliance with the Servicing Criteria (as identified substantially in the form
of Part I of Schedule C hereto, with the Indenture Trustee being shown as the
“Responsible Party”) during the immediately preceding calendar year, as set
forth under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of
Regulation AB.
“Servicing Officer”
means any officer of the Master Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the
administration and servicing of the Receivables whose name appears on a list of
servicing officers attached to an Officer’s Certificate furnished on the Closing
Date to the Trustees by the Master Servicer, as such list may be amended from
time to time by the Master Servicer in writing.
“Simple Interest
Method” means the method of allocating a fixed level payment between
principal and interest, pursuant to which a portion of such payment is allocated
to interest in an amount equal to the product of the Contract Rate of the
related Receivable multiplied by the unpaid Principal Balance of such Receivable
multiplied by the period of time (expressed as a fraction of a year, based on
the actual number of days in the applicable calendar month and a 365-day year)
elapsed since the preceding payment was made and the remainder of such payment
is allocated to principal.
“Simple Interest
Receivable” means any Receivable under which each payment is allocated
between principal and interest in accordance with the Simple Interest
Method.
“Standard &
Poor’s” has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“State” has the
meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Subcontractor” means
any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the
overall servicing (as “servicing” is commonly understood by participants in the
asset-backed securities market) of Receivables but performs one or more discrete
functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to the
Receivables under the direction or authority of the Indenture Trustee or the
Master Servicer.
“Subordinated Swap
Termination Payment” has the meaning specified in the
Indenture.
“Successor Master
Servicer” means any entity appointed as a successor to the Master
Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02.
“Supplemental Servicing
Fee” means the sum of (i) all extension fees charged in connection
with extensions of Receivables and (ii) any administration fees and charges
and all late payment fees and Prepayment fees actually collected (from whatever
source) on the Receivables.
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“Swap Agreement” has
the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Swap Counterparty”
has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Swap Termination
Payment” has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Total Servicing Fee”
means, for any Collection Period and the related Distribution Date, the sum of
(i) the Monthly Servicing Fee for such Collection Period and (ii) all
accrued but unpaid Monthly Servicing Fees for one or more prior Collection
Periods.
“Total Trustee Fees”
has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Transition Costs”
means the reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees
but excluding overhead) incurred or payable by the Successor Master Servicer in
connection with the transfer of servicing (whether due to termination,
resignation or otherwise), including allowable compensation of employees and
overhead costs incurred or payable in connection with the transfer of the
Receivable Files or any amendment to this Agreement required in connection with
the transfer of servicing.
“Trust Agreement”
means the amended and restated trust agreement, dated as of June 1, 2008,
between the Depositor and the Owner Trustee.
“Trust Property”
means, as of any date, the Receivables and other property related thereto sold,
transferred, assigned and conveyed to the Issuer pursuant to Section
2.01(a).
“Trustees” has the
meaning specified in the Indenture.
“UCC” has the meaning
specified in the Indenture.
“United States” has
the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Vice President” of
any Person means any vice president of such Person, whether or not designated by
a number or words before or after the title “Vice President”, who is a duly
elected officer of such Person.
“Wachovia Bank” means
Wachovia Bank, National Association.
Section
1.02. Other Definitional
Provisions.
(a) Capitalized
terms used herein that are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
(b) All terms
defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise
defined therein.
Section
1.03. Interpretive
Provisions. With respect to all terms in this Agreement,
unless the context otherwise requires: (i) a term has the meaning assigned
to it; (ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted
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accounting
principles as in effect from time to time in the United States; (iii) “or”
is not exclusive; (iv) “including” means including without limitation;
(v) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural
include the singular; (vi) any agreement, instrument or statute defined or
referred to herein or in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection
herewith means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time
amended, modified or supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements or
instruments) references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated
therein; (vii) references to a Person are also to its successors and
permitted assigns; (viii) the words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and
words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement;
(ix) Section, subsection, Schedule and Exhibit references in this
Agreement are references to Sections, subsections, Schedules and Exhibits in or
to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; (x) references to “writing”
include printing, typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a
visible form; and (xi) the term “proceeds” has the meaning set forth in the
applicable UCC.
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ARTICLE
TWO
CONVEYANCE
OF TRUST PROPERTY
Section
2.01. Conveyance of Trust
Property.
(a) In
consideration of the Issuer’s delivery to or upon the order of the Depositor on
the Closing Date of authenticated Notes, in authorized denominations in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the Initial Note Balance, and authenticated
Certificates, the Depositor hereby irrevocably sells, transfers, assigns and
otherwise conveys to the Issuer, without recourse (subject to the obligations of
the Depositor set forth herein), all right, title and interest of the Depositor,
whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising, and wheresoever
located, in, to and under the following:
(i) the
Receivables and all amounts due and collected on or in respect of the
Receivables (including proceeds of the repurchase of Receivables by the Seller
pursuant to Section 2.04 or Section 8.01 or the purchase of Receivables by
the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.08) after the Cutoff
Date;
(ii) the
security interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by the Obligors pursuant to
the Receivables and any other interest of the Depositor in such Financed
Vehicles;
(iii) all
proceeds from claims on and refunds of premiums of any physical damage or theft
insurance policies and extended warranties covering such Financed Vehicles and
any proceeds of or refunds of premiums of any credit life or credit disability
insurance policies relating to the Receivables, the related Financed Vehicles or
the related Obligors;
(iv) the
Receivable Files that relate to the Receivables;
(v) any
proceeds of Dealer Recourse that relate to the Receivables;
(vi) the
Collection Account, the Note Payment Account, the Reserve Fund and all amounts,
securities, Financial Assets, investments and other property deposited in or
credited to any of the foregoing and all proceeds thereof;
(vii) all
rights of the Depositor, but none of the obligations, under the Receivables
Purchase Agreement, including the right to require the Seller to repurchase
Receivables from the Issuer;
(viii) the right
to realize upon any property (including the right to receive future Net
Liquidation Proceeds and Recoveries) that shall have secured a Receivable and
have been repossessed by or on behalf of the Issuer; and
(ix) all
present and future claims, demands, causes of action and choses in action in
respect of any or all of the foregoing, and all payments on or under and all
proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the
foregoing,
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including
all proceeds of the conversion thereof, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or
other liquid property, all accounts, accounts receivable, general intangibles,
chattel paper, documents, money, investment property, deposit accounts, letters
of credit, letter of credit rights, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards,
notes, drafts, acceptances, rights to payment of any and every kind and other
forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property which at
any time constitutes all or part of, or is included in, the proceeds of any of
the foregoing.
(b) The
Depositor and the Issuer intend that the transfer of Trust Property contemplated
by Section 2.01(a) constitute a sale of the Trust Property from the Depositor to
the Issuer, conveying good title to the Trust Property free and clear of any
Liens and, in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the
Depositor under any bankruptcy or similar law, that the Trust Property shall not
be part of the Depositor’s estate. However, in the event that any
such transfer is deemed to be a pledge, the Depositor hereby grants to the
Issuer a first priority security interest in all of the Depositor’s right, title
and interest in, to and under such Trust Property, and all proceeds thereof, to
secure the payment of the Notes and accrued interest thereon and all other
amounts owing under the Basic Documents and in such event, this Agreement shall
constitute a security agreement under applicable law.
(c) The
sales, transfers, assignments and conveyances of Trust Property made under this
Section shall not constitute, and is not intended to result in, an assumption by
the Issuer of any obligation of the Depositor or the Seller to the Obligors or
any other Person in connection with the Receivables and the other Trust Property
or any obligation of the Depositor or the Seller under any agreement, document
or instrument related thereto.
Section
2.02. Representations and
Warranties of the Seller as to the Receivables. The Seller has
made, under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, each of the representations and
warranties as to the Receivables set forth in Exhibit A. The
Issuer shall be deemed to have relied on such representations and warranties in
accepting the Receivables. The representations and warranties set
forth in Exhibit A speak as of the date of execution and delivery of this
Agreement and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent otherwise provided,
but shall survive the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of the
Receivables to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement and the pledge of the
Receivables to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture. Pursuant to Section 2.01(a), the Depositor has sold,
transferred, assigned and otherwise conveyed to the Issuer, as part of the Trust
Property, its rights under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, including its
right to require the Seller to repurchase Receivables in accordance with the
Receivables Purchase Agreement upon a breach of the representations and
warranties set forth in Exhibit A.
The
Seller hereby agrees that the Issuer shall have the right to enforce any and all
rights under the Receivables Purchase Agreement assigned to the Issuer under
this Agreement, including the right to require the Seller to repurchase
Receivables in accordance with the Receivables Purchase Agreement upon a breach
of the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit A, directly
against the Seller as though the Issuer were a party to the Receivables Purchase
Agreement and that the Issuer shall not be obligated to enforce any such right
indirectly through the Depositor.
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Section
2.03. Representations and
Warranties of the Depositor as to the Receivables. The
Depositor makes the following representations and warranties as to the
Receivables on which the Issuer shall be deemed to have relied in accepting the
Receivables. The representations and warranties speak as of the date
of execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, except
to the extent otherwise provided, but shall survive the sale, transfer,
assignment and conveyance of the Receivables to the Issuer pursuant to this
Agreement and the pledge of the Receivables to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
the Indenture.
(a) Title. The
Depositor has purchased the Receivables from the Seller. The
Depositor intends that the transfer of the Receivables contemplated by
Section 2.01 constitute a sale of the Receivables from the Depositor to the
Issuer and that the beneficial interest in, and title to, the Receivables not be
part of the Depositor’s estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy
petition by or against the Depositor under any bankruptcy law. The
Depositor has not sold, transferred, assigned or pledged any Receivable to any
Person other than the Issuer. The Depositor has not created, incurred
or suffered to exist any Lien on any Receivable except for the Lien of
(i) this Agreement and (ii) the Indenture.
(b) Security Interest
Matters. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing
“security interest” (as defined in the UCC) in the Receivables in favor of the
Issuer, which security interest is prior to all other Liens and is enforceable
as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the
Depositor. The Receivables constitute “tangible chattel paper” (as
defined in the UCC). The Depositor owns and has good and marketable
title to the Receivables free and clear of any Lien of any
Person. The Depositor has caused or will cause prior to the Closing
Date the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing
offices in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law necessary to
perfect the security interest in the Receivables granted to the Issuer under
this Agreement. Other than the security interest granted to the
Issuer under this Agreement, the Depositor has not pledged, assigned, sold,
granted a security interest in or otherwise conveyed any of the
Receivables. The Depositor has not authorized the filing of and is
not aware of any financing statements against the Depositor that include a
description of collateral covering the Receivables other than any financing
statement relating to the security interest granted to the Issuer under this
Agreement or that has been terminated. The Depositor is not aware of
any judgment or tax lien filings against the Depositor. The security
interest of the Seller in each Financed Vehicle has been validly assigned by the
Depositor to the Issuer.
(c) Financing
Statements. All financing statements filed or to be filed
against the Depositor in favor of the Indenture Trustee (as assignee of the
Issuer) contain a statement substantially to the following effect: “A purchase
of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement
will violate the rights of the Indenture Trustee”.
(d) No Transfer
Restrictions. The Depositor has not created, incurred or
suffered to exist any restriction on transferability of the Receivables except
for the restrictions on transferability imposed by this
Agreement. The transfer of the Receivables and the Receivable Files
by the Depositor to the Issuer pursuant to this
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Agreement
is not subject to the bulk transfer laws or any similar statutory provisions in
effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
Section
2.04. Repurchase of Receivables
Upon Breach. The Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or
the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, shall inform the other parties to this
Agreement and the Indenture Trustee promptly, in writing, upon the discovery of
any breach or failure to be true of the representations and warranties set forth
in Exhibit A. If such breach or failure shall not have been
cured by the close of business on the last day of the Collection Period which
includes the 30th day
after the date on which the Seller becomes aware of, or receives written notice
from the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Owner Trustee of, such breach or
failure, and such breach or failure materially and adversely affects the
interest of the Issuer in a Receivable, the Seller shall repurchase such
Receivable from the Issuer as of the close of business on the last day of such
Collection Period on the Deposit Date immediately following such Collection
Period. In consideration of the repurchase of a Receivable hereunder,
the Seller shall remit the Purchase Amount of such Receivable in the manner
specified in Section 4.08. The sole remedy of the Issuer, the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders
with respect to a breach or failure to be true of the representations and
warranties set forth in Exhibit A shall be to require the Seller to
repurchase Receivables pursuant to this Section and Section 3.03(c) of the
Receivables Purchase Agreement. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the
Indenture Trustee shall have any duty to conduct an affirmative investigation as
to the occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase of any Receivable
pursuant to this Section or the eligibility of any Receivable for purposes of
this Agreement.
Section
2.05. Custody of Receivable
Files.
(a) To assure
uniform quality in servicing the Receivables and to reduce administrative costs,
the Issuer hereby revocably appoints the Master Servicer as its agent, and the
Master Servicer hereby accepts such appointment, to act as custodian, on behalf
of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, of the following documents or
instruments which are hereby constructively delivered to the Indenture Trustee,
as pledgee of the Trust Property pursuant to the Indenture with respect to each
Receivable (collectively, a “Receivable File”):
(i) the fully
executed original of the Receivable;
(ii) the
original (or image of the original) credit application with respect to such
Receivable fully executed by the related Obligor or a photocopy thereof or a
record thereof on a computer file or disc or on microfiche;
(iii) the
original certificate of title for the related Financed Vehicle (or evidence that
such certificate of title has been applied for) or such other documents that the
Seller or the Master Servicer shall keep on file, in accordance with its
customary practices and procedures, evidencing the security interest of the
Seller in such Financed Vehicle;
(iv) documents
evidencing the commitment of the related Obligor to maintain physical damage
insurance covering the related Financed Vehicle; and
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(v) any and
all other documents (including any computer file or disc or microfiche) that the
Seller or the Master Servicer shall keep on file, in accordance with its
customary practices and procedures, relating to the Receivable, the related
Obligor or the related Financed Vehicle.
(b) On the
Closing Date, the Master Servicer shall deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee confirming that the Master Servicer has
received, on behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, all the documents
and instruments necessary for the Master Servicer to act as the agent of the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee for the purposes set forth in this Section,
including the documents referred to herein, and the Issuer and the Trustees are
hereby authorized to rely on such Officer’s Certificate.
Section
2.06. Duties of Master Servicer as
Custodian.
(a) Safekeeping. The
Master Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, shall hold the Receivable Files
for the benefit of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and maintain such
accurate and complete accounts, records and computer systems pertaining to each
Receivable File as shall enable the Master Servicer and the Issuer to comply
with this Agreement and the Indenture Trustee to comply with the
Indenture. In performing its duties as custodian, the Master Servicer
shall act with reasonable care, using that degree of skill and attention that it
exercises with respect to the files of comparable motor vehicle installment sale
contracts and installment loans that the Master Servicer services for itself or
others. The Master Servicer shall conduct, or cause to be conducted,
in accordance with its customary practices and procedures, periodic examinations
of the files of all receivables owned or serviced by it which shall include the
Receivable Files held by it under this Agreement, and of the related accounts,
records and computer systems, in such a manner as shall enable the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee to verify the accuracy of the Master Servicer’s record
keeping. The Master Servicer shall promptly report to the Trustees
any failure on its part to hold the Receivable Files and to maintain its
accounts, records and computer systems as herein provided and promptly take
appropriate action to remedy any such failure. Nothing herein shall
be deemed to require an initial review or any periodic review of the Receivable
Files by the Issuer or the Trustees, and none of the Issuer or either Trustee
shall be liable or responsible for any action or failure to act by the Master
Servicer in its capacity as custodian hereunder.
(b) Maintenance of and Access to
Records. The Master Servicer shall maintain each Receivable
File at one of the locations specified in Schedule A or at such other
location as shall be specified to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by
30 days’ prior written notice. The Master Servicer may
temporarily move individual Receivable Files or any portion thereof without
notice as necessary to conduct collection and other servicing activities in
accordance with its customary practices and procedures. The Master
Servicer shall make available to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee or its
duly authorized representatives, attorneys or auditors a list of locations of
the Receivable Files, the Receivable Files and the related accounts, records and
computer systems maintained by the Master Servicer at such times during normal
business hours as the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall reasonably
request.
(c) Release of
Documents. As soon as practicable after receiving written
instructions from the Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer shall release any
document in the Receivable
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Files to
the Indenture Trustee or its agent or designee, as the case may be, at such
place or places as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably
designate. The Master Servicer shall not be responsible for any loss
occasioned by the failure of the Indenture Trustee to return any document or any
delay in so doing.
(d) Title to
Receivables. The Master Servicer shall not at any time have,
or in any way attempt to assert, any interest in any Receivable held by it as
custodian hereunder or in the related Receivable File, other than for collecting
or enforcing such Receivable for the benefit of the Issuer. The
entire equitable interest in such Receivable and the related Receivable File
shall at all times be vested in the Issuer.
Section
2.07. Instructions; Authority to
Act. The Master Servicer shall be deemed to have received
proper instructions with respect to the Receivable Files upon its receipt of
written instructions signed by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture
Trustee. A certified copy of excerpts of authorizing resolutions of
the board of directors of the Indenture Trustee shall constitute conclusive
evidence of the authority of any such Responsible Officer to act and shall be
considered in full force and effect until receipt by the Master Servicer of
written notice to the contrary given by the Indenture Trustee.
Section
2.08. Indemnification by
Custodian. The Master Servicer, in its capacity as custodian
of the Receivable Files, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, the
Trustees and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents
from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, compensatory
damages, payments, costs or expenses (including reasonable legal fees, if any)
of any kind whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred or asserted against the
Issuer, the Trustees and each of their respective officers, directors, employees
and agents as the result of any improper act or omission in any way relating to
the maintenance and custody of the Receivable Files by the Master Servicer, as
custodian; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall not be liable for
any portion of any such liabilities, obligations, losses, compensatory damages,
payments, costs or expenses resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad faith or
negligence of either Trustee.
Section
2.09. Effective Period and
Termination. The Master Servicer’s appointment as custodian
shall become effective as of the Cutoff Date and shall continue in full force
and effect until terminated pursuant to this Section. If the Master
Servicer shall resign as Master Servicer under Section 6.05, or if all of
the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer shall have been terminated
under Section 7.01, the appointment of the Master Servicer as custodian
hereunder may be terminated by (i) the Issuer, with the consent of the
Indenture Trustee, (ii) Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of
the Note Balance of the Controlling Class or, if the Notes have been paid in
full, by Certificateholders evidencing not less than 25% of the aggregate
Certificate Percentage Interests then outstanding or (iii) the Owner
Trustee, with the consent of Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of
the Note Balance of the Controlling Class, in each case by notice then given in
writing to the Depositor and the Master Servicer (with a copy to the Trustees if
given by the Noteholders or the Certificateholders). As soon as
practicable after any termination of such appointment, the Master Servicer shall
deliver, or cause to be delivered, the Receivable Files and the related accounts
and records maintained by the Master Servicer to the Indenture Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee’s agent or the Indenture Trustee’s designee, as the
case
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may be,
at such place as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably designate or, if the Notes
have been paid in full, at such place as the Owner Trustee may reasonably
designate.
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ARTICLE
THREE
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF THE TRUST PROPERTY
Section
3.01. Duties of Master
Servicer. The Master Servicer, acting alone or through one or
more subservicers to the extent permitted hereunder, for the benefit of the
Issuer, shall manage, service, administer and make collections on the
Receivables with reasonable care but in no event less than the care that the
Master Servicer exercises with respect to all comparable motor vehicle
receivables that it services for itself or others. The Master
Servicer’s duties shall include collection and posting of all payments,
responding to inquiries of Obligors or by federal, State or local government
authorities with respect to the Receivables, investigating delinquencies,
sending payment coupons to Obligors, reporting tax information to Obligors in
accordance with its customary practices, policing the collateral, accounting for
collections and furnishing monthly and annual statements to the Trustees with
respect to distributions, providing collection and repossession services in the
event of an Obligor default, generating federal income tax information and
performing the other duties specified herein. The Master Servicer
shall have full power and authority to do any and all things in connection with
such managing, servicing, administration and collection that it may deem
necessary or desirable, it being understood, however, that the Master Servicer
shall at all times remain responsible to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee
for the performance of its duties and obligations hereunder. Subject
to the foregoing and to Section 3.02, the Master Servicer shall follow its
customary standards, policies, practices and procedures in performing its duties
hereunder as Master Servicer. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Master Servicer shall be authorized and empowered to execute and
deliver, on behalf of itself, the Depositor, the Issuer, the Trustees, the
Securityholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other
comparable instruments, with respect to the Receivables and the Financed
Vehicles.
The
Master Servicer is hereby authorized to commence, in its own name or in the name
of the Issuer, a legal proceeding to enforce a Receivable pursuant to
Section 3.04 or to commence or participate in a legal proceeding (including
a bankruptcy proceeding) relating to or involving a Receivable, including a
Defaulted Receivable. If the Master Servicer commences or
participates in such a legal proceeding in its own name, the Issuer shall
thereupon be deemed to have automatically assigned, solely for the purpose of
collection on behalf of the party retaining an interest in such Receivable, such
Receivable and the other property conveyed to the Issuer pursuant to
Section 2.01 with respect to such Receivable to the Master Servicer for
purposes of commencing or participating in any such proceeding as a party or
claimant, and the Master Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Issuer to
execute and deliver in the Master Servicer’s name any notices, demands, claims,
complaints, responses, affidavits or other documents or instruments in
connection with any such proceeding. If in any enforcement suit or
legal proceeding it shall be held that the Master Servicer may not enforce a
Receivable on the grounds that it shall not be a real party in interest or a
holder entitled to enforce such Receivable, the Owner Trustee shall, at the
Master Servicer’s expense and written direction, take steps to enforce such
Receivable, including bringing suit in the Master Servicer’s or the Issuer’s
name or the name of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders,
the Certificateholders or any of them.
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The Owner
Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer, shall furnish the Master Servicer with any
powers of attorney and other documents and take any other steps which the Master
Servicer may deem necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to
carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The
Master Servicer, at its expense, shall obtain on behalf of the Issuer or the
Owner Trustee all licenses, if any, required by the laws of any jurisdiction to
be held by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee in connection with ownership of the
Receivables and shall make all filings and pay all fees as may be required in
connection therewith during the term of this Agreement. The Master
Servicer shall, or shall cause the Administrator to, prepare, execute and
deliver all certificates or other documents required to be delivered by the
Issuer pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 or the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
Section
3.02. Subservicers.
(a) The
Master Servicer may enter into subservicing agreements with one or more
subservicers for the servicing and administration of certain of the Receivables
(including holding the related Receivable Files as
custodian). References herein to actions taken or to be taken by the
Master Servicer in servicing the Receivables include actions taken or to be
taken by a subservicer on behalf of the Master Servicer. Each
subservicing agreement will be upon such terms and conditions as are not
inconsistent with this Agreement and as the Master Servicer and the subservicer
have agreed. With the approval of the Master Servicer, a subservicer
may delegate its servicing obligations to third-party servicers, but such
subservicer will remain obligated under the related subservicing
agreement. The Master Servicer and a subservicer may enter into
amendments thereto or different forms of subservicing agreements; provided,
however, that any such amendments or different forms shall be consistent with
and not violate the provisions of this Agreement or materially adversely affect
the rights of the Securityholders hereunder.
(b) The
Master Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any subservicing agreement that
may exist in accordance with the terms and conditions of such subservicing
agreement and without any limitation by virtue of this Agreement; provided,
however, that in the event of termination of any subservicing agreement by the
Master Servicer or the related subservicer, the Master Servicer shall either act
directly as servicer of the related Receivable or enter into a subservicing
agreement with a successor subservicer which will be bound by the terms of the
related subservicing agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding
any subservicing agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to
agreements or arrangements between the Master Servicer or a subservicer or
reference to actions taken through such Persons or otherwise, the Master
Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee, the Issuer and the Securityholders for the servicing and administering
of the Receivables in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without
diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such subservicing
agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from a subservicer
and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if
the Master Servicer alone were servicing and administering the
Receivables. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to enter into an
agreement with a subservicer for indemnification of the Master Servicer and
nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such
indemnification.
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(d) Any
subservicing agreement that may be entered into and any other transactions or
servicing arrangements relating to the Receivables involving a subservicer or an
Affiliate of the Master Servicer, shall be deemed to be between the subservicer
or such Affiliate, as the case may be, and the Master Servicer alone, and none
of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Issuer, the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders shall be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims,
rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the subservicer
except as set forth in the immediately succeeding paragraph.
(e) In the
event the Master Servicer shall for any reason no longer be acting as master
servicer under this Agreement (including by reason of termination of the Master
Servicer following the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event), the
Indenture Trustee or its designee may, at the sole discretion of the Indenture
Trustee, thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of such Master
Servicer under each subservicing agreement selected by the Indenture Trustee in
its sole discretion. In such event, the Indenture Trustee, its
designee or such other Successor Master Servicer that is appointed pursuant to
Section 7.02 and assumes the obligations and duties of the Master Servicer under
this Agreement shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Master Servicer’s
interest therein and to have replaced the Master Servicer as a party to each
such subservicing agreement to the same extent as if such subservicing agreement
had been assigned to the assuming party except that the Master Servicer shall
not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under the subservicing
agreement. The Master Servicer shall, upon request of the Indenture
Trustee but at the expense of the Master Servicer, deliver to the assuming party
all documents and records relating to each such subservicing agreement and the
Receivables then being serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held
by it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient
transfer of the subservicing agreement to the assuming party. The
Master Servicer shall promptly provide notice to each Rating Agency, with
respect to such termination of the Master Servicer and assumption by the
Indenture Trustee.
(f) The
Master Servicer, each subservicer and any Successor Master Servicer shall at all
times comply with all applicable federal, State and local laws, rules,
regulations and ordinances governing or relating to the privacy rights of the
Obligors in connection with its performance of its duties under this Agreement,
including the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act. The Master Servicer, each
subservicer and any Successor Master Servicer shall implement such physical and
other security measures as shall be necessary to (i) ensure the security
and confidentiality of the “nonpublic personal information” of each Obligor,
(ii) protect against any threats or hazards to the security and integrity
of such nonpublic personal information and (iii) protect against any
unauthorized access to or use of such nonpublic personal
information.
Section
3.03. Collection of Receivable
Payments; Modification of Receivables. The Master Servicer
shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms
and provisions of the Receivables as and when the same shall become due and
otherwise act with respect to the Receivables and the other Trust Property in
such manner as will, in the reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer, maximize
the amount to be received by the Issuer with respect thereto and in accordance
with the standard of care required by Section 3.01. The Master
Servicer shall allocate collections on or in respect of the Receivables between
principal and interest in accordance with the Simple Interest Method and the
customary servicing practices and procedures it follows with respect to all
comparable motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts and
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installment
loans that it services for itself or others. The Master Servicer
shall not increase or decrease the number or amount of any Monthly Payment, the
Amount Financed under any Receivable or the Contract Rate of any Receivable, or
extend, rewrite or otherwise modify the payment terms of any Receivable;
provided, however, that the Master Servicer may extend the due date for one or
more payments due on any Receivable for credit-related reasons that would be
acceptable to the Master Servicer with respect to comparable motor vehicle
retail installment sale contracts and installment loans that it services for
itself or others and in accordance with its customary standards, policies,
practices and procedures if the cumulative extensions with respect to any
Receivable shall not cause the term of such Receivable to extend beyond the last
day of the Collection Period immediately preceding the Class B Final Scheduled
Distribution Date. If the Master Servicer fails to comply with the
provisions of the preceding sentence, the Master Servicer shall be required to
purchase each Receivable affected thereby for the related Purchase Amount, in
the manner specified in Section 3.08, as of the close of business on the
last day of the Collection Period that includes the 30th day
after the Master Servicer becomes aware of such failure, on the Deposit Date
immediately following such Collection Period. The Master Servicer
may, in its discretion (but only in accordance with its customary standards,
policies, practices and procedures), waive any late payment charge or any other
fee that may be collected in the ordinary course of servicing a
Receivable. In addition, in the event that any such extension of a
Receivable modifies the terms of such Receivable in such a manner as to
constitute a cancellation of such Receivable and the creation of a new motor
vehicle receivable that results in a deemed exchange thereof within the meaning
of Section 1001 of the Code, the Master Servicer shall purchase such
Receivable pursuant to Section 3.08, and the Receivable created shall not
be included in the Trust Property.
Section
3.04. Realization Upon
Receivables.
(a) The
Master Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts on behalf of the
Issuer, in accordance with the standard of care required under
Section 3.01, to repossess or otherwise convert the ownership of each
Financed Vehicle securing a Defaulted Receivable. In taking such
action, the Master Servicer shall follow such customary and usual practices and
procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable in its servicing of
comparable motor vehicle installment sale contracts and installment loans, and
as are otherwise consistent with the standard of care required under
Section 3.01. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to recover
all reasonable expenses incurred by it with respect to realizing on a Defaulted
Receivable, including such expenses incurred in the course of repossessing and
liquidating a Financed Vehicle into cash proceeds, but only out of the cash
proceeds of such Financed Vehicle and any deficiency amount obtained from the
Obligor. The foregoing is subject to the proviso that, in any case in
which the Financed Vehicle shall have suffered damage, the Master Servicer shall
not expend funds in connection with any repair or towards the repossession of
such Financed Vehicle unless it shall determine in its discretion that such
repair or repossession shall increase the Net Liquidation Proceeds or Recoveries
of the related Receivable.
(b) If the
Master Servicer elects to commence a legal proceeding to enforce a Dealer
Agreement, the act of commencement shall be deemed to be an automatic assignment
from the Issuer to the Master Servicer of the rights of recourse under such
Dealer Agreement. If, however, in any enforcement suit or legal
proceeding, it is held that the Master Servicer may not enforce a Dealer
Agreement on the grounds that it is not a real party in interest or a Person
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entitled
to enforce the Dealer Agreement, the Owner Trustee, at the Master Servicer’s
expense and direction, shall take such steps as the Master Servicer deems
necessary to enforce the Dealer Agreement, including bringing suit in its name
or the names of the Indenture Trustee, the Securityholders or any of
them.
Section
3.05. Maintenance of Physical
Damage Insurance Policies. The Master Servicer shall follow
its customary practices and procedures to determine whether or not each Obligor
shall have maintained physical damage insurance covering the related Financed
Vehicle. In the event that the Master Servicer has determined that an
Obligor has failed to maintain the required insurance, the Master Servicer shall
treat the Obligor as being in default under the related Receivable.
Section
3.06. Maintenance of Security
Interests in Financed Vehicles. The Master Servicer shall take
such steps, in accordance with the standard of care required under
Section 3.01, as are necessary to maintain perfection of the security
interest created by each Receivable in the related Financed
Vehicle. The Issuer hereby authorizes the Master Servicer, and the
Master Servicer hereby agrees, to take such steps as are necessary to re-perfect
such security interest on behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the
event the Master Servicer receives notice of, or otherwise has actual knowledge
of, the fact that such security interest is not perfected as a result of the
relocation of a Financed Vehicle or for any other reason. In the
event that the assignment of a Receivable to the Issuer is insufficient, without
a notation on the related Financed Vehicle’s certificate of title, to grant to
the Issuer a first priority perfected security interest in the related Financed
Vehicle, the Master Servicer hereby agrees to serve as the agent of the Issuer
for the purpose of perfecting the security interest of the Issuer in such
Financed Vehicle and agrees that the Master Servicer’s listing as the secured
party on the certificate of title is solely in its capacity as agent of the
Issuer. The Master Servicer shall not release, in whole or in part,
any security interest in a Financed Vehicle created by the related Receivable
except as permitted herein or in accordance with its customary standards,
policies, practices and procedures.
Section
3.07. Covenants of Master
Servicer. The Master Servicer makes the following
covenants:
(a) Liens in
Force. Except upon the payment in full of a Receivable or as
otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or applicable law, the Master Servicer
shall not release in whole or in part any Financed Vehicle from the security
interest securing the related Receivable.
(b) No
Impairment. The Master Servicer shall not impair in any
material respect the rights of the Depositor, the Issuer, the Trustees or the
Securityholders in the Receivables or, except as permitted under
Section 3.03, otherwise amend or alter the terms of the Receivables and as
a result of such amendment or modification or alteration, the interests of the
Depositor, the Issuer, the Trustees or the Securityholder would be materially
adversely affected.
(c) Schedule of Receivables to
Indenture Trustee. The Master Servicer shall on or before the
Closing Date (and, at any time thereafter, upon the request of the
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Indenture
Trustee) deliver to the Indenture Trustee a copy of the Schedule of
Receivables.
Section
3.08. Purchase of Receivables Upon
Breach. The Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or the
Owner Trustee, as the case may be, shall inform the other parties to this
Agreement and the Indenture Trustee promptly, in writing, upon the discovery of
any breach of Section 3.03, 3.06 or 3.07. If such breach shall
not have been cured by the close of business on the last day of the Collection
Period which includes the 30th day
after the date on which the Master Servicer becomes aware of, or receives
written notice from the Depositor, the Seller, or the Owner Trustee of, such
breach, and such breach materially and adversely affects the interest of the
Issuer in a Receivable, the Master Servicer shall purchase such Receivable from
the Issuer, as of the close of business on the last day of the related
Collection Period, by remitting the related Purchase Amount of such Receivable
to the Collection Account in the manner specified in Section 4.08, on the
related Deposit Date. The sole remedy of the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders with
respect to a breach of Section 3.03, 3.06 or 3.07 shall be to require the
Master Servicer to purchase Receivables pursuant to this
Section. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture Trustee shall
have any duty to conduct an affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of
any condition requiring the purchase of any Receivable pursuant to this
Section.
Section
3.09. Servicing Compensation;
Payment of Certain Expenses by Master Servicer. The Master
Servicer shall receive the Monthly Servicing Fee for servicing the
Receivables. As additional servicing compensation, the Master
Servicer shall be entitled to receive or retain the Supplemental Servicing
Fee. The Master Servicer shall pay all expenses incurred by it in
connection with the activities under this Agreement (including fees and expenses
of the Trustees, the Independent accountants and any subservicer, taxes imposed
on the Master Servicer, expenses incurred in connection with distributions and
reports to Securityholders and all other fees and expenses not expressly stated
under this Agreement to be for the account of the Securityholders), except
expenses incurred in realizing upon Receivables under
Section 3.04.
Section
3.10. Master Servicer’s
Certificate. On or before each Determination Date, the Master
Servicer shall deliver to the Depositor, the Seller, the Swap Counterparty and
the Trustees, a Master Servicer’s Certificate containing all information
necessary to make the transfers and distributions required by Sections 4.01,
4.02, 4.07 and 4.08 in respect of the related Collection Period and the related
Distribution Date and all information necessary for the Trustees, as applicable,
to send (or provide access to via the internet) statements to Securityholders
pursuant to Section 4.10 and pursuant to Section 6.06 of the
Indenture. The Master Servicer shall also specify to the Trustees, no
later than the Determination Date following the last day of a Collection Period
as of which the Seller shall separately identify (by account number) in a
written notice to the Depositor and the Trustees, the Receivables to be
repurchased by the Seller or purchased by the Master Servicer, as the case may
be, on the related Deposit Date and, upon request of one of the foregoing
parties, each Receivable that became a Defaulted Receivable during the related
Collection Period.
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Section
3.11. Annual Statement as to
Compliance; Notice of Servicer Termination Events.
(a) The
Master Servicer shall deliver to the Depositor, the Trustees, the Swap
Counterparty and each Rating Agency, within 90 days after each year end,
beginning with the first year end that is at least four months after the Closing
Date, an Officer’s Certificate of the Master Servicer, stating that (i) a
review of the activities of the Master Servicer during the preceding 12-month
period ended December 31 (or, if applicable, such shorter period in the
case of the first such Officer’s Certificate) and of its performance under this
Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision and (ii) to such
officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Master Servicer has fulfilled all
its obligations under this Agreement throughout such period, 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.
(b) Notwithstanding
Section 3.11(a), to the extent that Regulation AB requires the delivery by the
Master Servicer of an annual report on an assessment of servicing compliance on
the basis of detailed servicing criteria or other report, the delivery of a copy
of such report to the Depositor, the Trustees and each Rating Agency shall be
deemed to satisfy the provisions of Section 3.11(a).
(c) The
Master Servicer shall deliver to the Depositor, the Trustees, the Swap
Counterparty 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 constitutes or, with the giving of notice
or lapse of time, or both, would become, a Servicer Termination
Event.
(d) The
Master Servicer shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor to deliver to the
Depositor an assessment of compliance and accountant’s attestation as and when
provided in paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) of this Section 3.11 and Section
3.12. The Master Servicer shall execute (provided the Master Servicer
is not an Affiliate of the Depositor) (and shall cause each Reporting
Subcontractor to execute) a reliance certificate to enable the Certification
Parties to rely upon each (i) annual report on assessments of compliance with
servicing criteria provided pursuant to Section 3.11 and (ii) accountant’s
report provided pursuant to Section 3.12 and shall include a certification that
each such annual compliance statement or report discloses any deficiencies or
defaults described to the registered public accountants of such Person to enable
such accountants to render the certificates provided for in Section
3.12.
Section
3.12. Annual Accountants’
Report.
(a) The
Master Servicer shall cause a firm of independent certified public accountants
(who may also render other services to the Master Servicer or to the Depositor
or their respective Affiliates) to deliver to the Depositor and, if required or
requested, to the Trustees and each Rating Agency within 90 days after each year
end, beginning with the first year end that is at least four months after the
Closing Date, a report with respect to the preceding 12-month period ended
December 31 (or, if applicable, such shorter period in the case of the first
such report) or other report to the effect that such accountants have examined,
on a test basis, evidence of the Master Servicer’s compliance with the covenants
and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The report will express
an opinion on the Master Servicer’s assertion that the Master Servicer
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complied
in all material respects with the aforementioned covenants and conditions is
fairly stated, in all material respects or the reason why such an opinion cannot
be expressed. Such report shall also indicate that the firm is
Independent with respect to the Depositor and the Master Servicer within the
meaning of the Code of Professional Ethics of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants.
(b) Notwithstanding
Section 3.12(a), to the extent that Regulation AB requires the delivery of an
annual attestation of a firm of Independent public accountants with respect to
the assessment of servicing compliance with specified servicing criteria by the
Master Servicer, the delivery of a copy of such attestation to the Depositor and
the Trustees shall be deemed to satisfy the provisions of this
Section. Any such attestation shall be in accordance with Rules
1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act, stating, among other things, that the Master Servicer’s assertion
of compliance with the specified servicing criteria is fairly stated in all
material respects, or the reason why such an opinion cannot be
expressed.
Section
3.13. Access to Certain
Documentation and Information Regarding Receivables. Subject
to Section 2.06(b), the Master Servicer shall provide the Depositor, the
Trustees and the Securityholders with access to the Receivables Files in the
cases where the related Trustee or such Securityholder is required by applicable
statutes or regulations to have access to such documentation. Such
access shall be afforded without charge but only upon reasonable request and
during normal business hours which does not unreasonably interfere with the
normal operations or customer or employee relations of the Master Servicer, at
the offices of the Master Servicer. Nothing in this Section shall
affect the obligation of the Master Servicer to observe any applicable law
prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Obligors, and the failure of
the Master Servicer to provide access to information as a result of such
obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section. Each
Securityholder, by its acceptance of the related Security or a beneficial
interest therein, shall be deemed to have agreed to keep any information
obtained by it pursuant to this Section confidential, except as may be required
by applicable law.
Section
3.14. Reports to the
Commission. The Master Servicer shall, on behalf of the
Issuer, cause to be filed with the Commission any periodic reports required to
be filed under the provisions of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder. The Depositor shall, at its expense,
cooperate in any reasonable request made by the Master Servicer in connection
with such filings.
Section
3.15. Reports to Rating
Agencies. The Master Servicer shall deliver to each Rating
Agency, at such address as such Rating Agency may request, to the extent it is
available to the Master Servicer, a copy of all reports or notices furnished or
delivered pursuant to this Article and a copy of any amendments,
supplements or modifications to this Agreement and any other information
reasonably requested by such Rating Agency.
Section
3.16. Maintenance of the Swap
Agreement. So long as the Class A-2b Notes, the Class A-3b
Notes or the Class A-4b Notes are outstanding, the Master Servicer shall cause
the Issuer to maintain in effect the Swap Agreement or a replacement interest
rate swap agreement acceptable to the Rating Agencies.
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ARTICLE
FOUR
DISTRIBUTIONS;
RESERVE FUND;
STATEMENTS
TO SECURITYHOLDERS
Section
4.01. Establishment of
Accounts.
(a) Wachovia
Bank (as Master Servicer hereunder and, with respect to the Reserve Fund, as
Securities Intermediary under the Control Agreement) shall establish the
following Accounts, on or before the Closing Date, and maintain each as an
Eligible Deposit Account in the name of the Indenture Trustee, at an Eligible
Institution (which shall initially be the Indenture Trustee in the case of the
Collection Account and Note Payment Account and Wachovia Bank, in the case of
the Reserve Fund) for the benefit of:
(i) the
Securityholders, the Master Servicer, the Swap Counterparty and the Trustees,
designated as the “Wachovia Auto Owner Trust 2008-A Collection Account, U.S.
Bank National Association, Indenture Trustee” (the “Collection
Account”);
(ii) the
Noteholders, the Master Servicer, the Swap Counterparty and the Trustees,
designated as the “Wachovia Auto Owner Trust 2008-A Note Payment Account, U.S.
Bank National Association, Indenture Trustee” (the “Note Payment Account”);
and
(iii) the
Noteholders and the Swap Counterparty, designated as the “Wachovia Auto Owner
Trust 2008-A Reserve Fund, U.S. Bank National Association, Indenture Trustee”
(the “Reserve Fund”),
in each
case bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein
are held in trust for the benefit of the related Persons. The
Accounts shall be under the control of the Indenture Trustee; provided, however,
that the Master Servicer may direct the Indenture Trustee in writing to make (or
cause to be made) deposits to and withdrawals from the applicable Accounts in
accordance with this Agreement and the other Basic Documents. All
monies deposited from time to time in the Collection Account, the Note Payment
Account and the Reserve Fund shall be held by, or in the name of, the Indenture
Trustee as part of the Trust Property, and all deposits to and withdrawals
therefrom shall be made only upon the terms and conditions of the Basic
Documents. Amounts on deposit in each Account shall, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, rules and regulations, be invested, as directed in
writing by the Master Servicer, by the Eligible Institution then maintaining
such Account in Eligible Investments that mature not later than the Deposit Date
following the date of investment. All such Eligible Investments shall
be held to maturity. All interest and other income (net of losses and
investment expenses) on funds on deposit in the Accounts shall be retained on
deposit in the related Account.
(b) Wachovia
Bank (as Master Servicer hereunder) shall establish, on or before the Closing
Date, and maintain in the name of the Owner Trustee at an Eligible Institution
(which shall initially be the Indenture
Trustee) an account designated as the “Wachovia Auto Owner Trust 2008-A
Certificate Payment Account” (the “Certificate Payment Account”). The
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Certificate
Payment Account shall be held in trust for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. The Certificate Payment Account shall be under
the sole dominion and control of the Owner Trustee; provided, however, that the
Master Servicer may direct the Indenture Trustee in writing to make deposits to
and withdrawals from the Certificate Payment Account in accordance with this
Agreement and the other Basic Documents. All monies deposited from
time to time in the Certificate Payment Account shall be held by or in the name
of the Owner Trustee as part of the Trust Property and shall be applied as
provided in the Basic Documents. The amounts on deposit in the
Certificate Payment Account shall not be invested.
(c) The
Issuer and the Master Servicer agree that each Eligible Institution, with which
an Account is established, will agree substantially as follows:
(i) it will
comply with Entitlement Orders related to such account issued by the Indenture
Trustee, without further consent by the Master Servicer;
(ii) until
termination of this Agreement, it will not enter into any other agreement
related to such account pursuant to which it agrees to comply with Entitlement
Orders of any Person other than the Indenture Trustee;
(iii) all
Account Collateral delivered or credited to it in connection with such account
and all proceeds thereof will be promptly credited to such Account;
(iv) it will
treat all Account Collateral as Financial Assets; and
(v) all
Account Collateral will be physically delivered (accompanied by any required
endorsements) to, or credited to an account in the name of, the Eligible
Institution maintaining the related Account in accordance with such Eligible
Institution’s customary procedures such that such Eligible Institution
establishes a Security Entitlement in favor of the Indenture Trustee with
respect thereto over which the Indenture Trustee has Control.
(d) If the
sum of the amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and the Reserve Fund on
any Distribution Date equals or exceeds the Note Balance, all accrued and unpaid
interest thereon and all amounts due to the Master Servicer and the Trustees,
all such amounts on deposit will be applied up to the amounts necessary to
retire the Notes and pay such amounts due.
Section
4.02. Reserve
Fund.
(a) On the
Closing Date, the Depositor shall deposit the Reserve Fund Deposit into the
Reserve Fund from the net proceeds of the sale of the Notes. The
Reserve Fund Property has been conveyed by the Depositor to the Issuer pursuant
to Section 2.01(a). Pursuant to the Indenture, the Issuer will
pledge all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Reserve Fund
and the Reserve Fund Property to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Securityholders and the Swap Counterparty to secure its obligations under the
Notes and the Indenture.
(b) If the
Reserve Fund is no longer to be maintained at Wachovia Bank, the Master Servicer
shall, with Wachovia Bank’s and the Indenture Trustee’s prior approval (not to
be
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unreasonably
withheld) and assistance as necessary, promptly (and in any case within ten
calendar days) cause the Reserve Fund to be moved to another Eligible
Institution. The Master Servicer shall promptly notify the Rating
Agencies, the Swap Counterparty and the Trustees in writing of any change in the
account number or location of the Reserve Fund.
(c) On each
Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee will deposit, or cause to be deposited,
in the Reserve Fund, from amounts collected on or in respect of the Receivables
during the related Collection Period and not used on that Distribution Date to
pay the Required Payment Amount, the amount, if any, by which the Reserve Fund
Required Amount for that Distribution Date exceeds the amount on deposit in the
Reserve Fund on that Distribution Date, after giving effect to all required
withdrawals from the Reserve Fund on that Distribution Date.
(d) On each
Determination Date, the Master Servicer will determine the Reserve Fund Draw
Amount, if any, for the related Distribution Date. If the Reserve
Fund Draw Amount for any Distribution Date is greater than zero, the Indenture
Trustee will withdraw, or cause to be withdrawn, from the Reserve Fund, an
amount equal to the lesser of the amount on deposit in the Reserve Fund and the
Reserve Fund Draw Amount, and transfer the amount withdrawn to the Collection
Account on the Deposit Date.
(e) The
Reserve Fund Draw Amount will constitute a portion of Available Funds to make
the payments described in Section 2.08(a)(i) – (vii) or 2.08(f) of the
Indenture. In addition, if any Class of Notes has not been paid in
full on any Distribution Date on and after its Final Scheduled Distribution Date
(after giving effect to the distribution of Available Funds on such Distribution
Date), the Master Servicer shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing to
deposit (or cause to be deposited) from amounts on deposit in the Reserve Fund
to the Collection Account for subsequent deposit to the Note Payment Account for
payment to the Noteholders of that Class of Notes, an amount equal to the lesser
of (i) the amount on deposit in the Reserve Fund and (ii) the
outstanding principal amount of that Class of Notes.
(f) If the
Reserve Fund Amount for any Distribution Date (after giving effect to the
withdrawal of the Reserve Fund Draw Amount for such Distribution Date and the
distribution described in the preceding sentence) exceeds the Reserve Fund
Required Amount for such Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall instruct
the Indenture Trustee in writing to distribute or cause to be distributed on the
related Deposit Date, the amount of such excess to (i) the Swap Counterparty in
payment of any Subordinated Swap Termination Payments not previously paid and
thereafter (ii) the Collection Account for further deposit to the Certificate
Payment Account for payment to the Certificateholders on such Distribution
Date. Any amount paid to the Certificateholders will no longer
constitute a portion of the Trust Property and the Indenture Trustee and the
Issuer hereby release, on each Distribution Date, their security interest in, to
and under Reserve Fund Property distributed to the
Certificateholders.
(g) If the
Note Balance and all other amounts owing or to be distributed hereunder or under
the Indenture to the Noteholders, the Trustees, the Master Servicer and the Swap
Counterparty have been paid in full and the Issuer has been terminated, any
remaining Reserve Fund Property shall be distributed to the
Certificateholders.
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Section
4.03. The Collateral Support
Account. The Indenture Trustee acknowledges that, pursuant to
the provisions of the Swap Agreement, the Swap Counterparty may be required to
post collateral with the Indenture Trustee to secure the Swap Counterparty’s
obligations under the Swap Agreement. The Indenture Trustee agrees to
establish and maintain a collateral support account (the “Collateral Support
Account”) as an Eligible Deposit Account with an Eligible Institution, to hold
such collateral and invest such amounts in Eligible Investments, if requested to
do so by the Master Servicer or the Administrator. The Indenture
Trustee further agrees to follow such written instructions relating to the
administration of, and transfers from, the Collateral Support Account as may be
delivered by the Master Servicer or the Administrator, in each case subject to
and in accordance with the terms of the Swap Agreement.
Section
4.04. Monthly Remittance
Condition.
(a) For so
long as the Monthly Remittance Condition is met:
(i) the
Master Servicer may remit all amounts received on or in respect of the
Receivables during any Collection Period to the Collection Account in
immediately available funds on or prior to the related Deposit Date;
and
(ii) the
Depositor and the Master Servicer may make any remittances pursuant to this
Article with respect to a Collection Period net of distributions or
reimbursements to be made to or by the Depositor or the Master Servicer with
respect to such Collection Period; provided, however, that such obligations
shall remain separate obligations, no party shall have a right of offset, and
each such party shall account for all of the above described remittances and
distributions as if the amounts were deposited or transferred
separately.
(b) If on the
Closing Date, the Master Servicer:
(i) shall
fail to satisfy the Monthly Remittance Condition, the Master Servicer shall
remit to the Collection Account on or prior to the Closing Date all amounts
received by the Master Servicer on or in respect of the Receivables (including
Net Liquidation Proceeds and all amounts received by the Master Servicer in
connection with the repossession and sale of a Financed Vehicle (whether or not
the related Receivable has been classified as a Defaulted Receivable)) during
the period from but excluding the Cutoff Date to and including the second
Business Day preceding the Closing Date;
(ii) shall
satisfy the Monthly Remittance Condition, the Master Servicer shall remit to the
Collection Account on or prior to the Deposit Date for the initial Collection
Period, all amounts received by the Master Servicer on or in respect of the
Receivables (including Net Liquidation Proceeds and all amounts received by the
Master Servicer in connection with the repossession and sale of a Financed
Vehicle (whether or not the related Receivable has been classified as a
Defaulted Receivable)) during the period from but excluding the Cutoff Date to
and including the last day of the initial Collection Period.
(c) Neither
Trustee shall be deemed to have knowledge of any event or circumstance under
clause (i) or (ii) of the definition of the term “Monthly Remittance
Condition” that would
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require
daily remittances by the Master Servicer to the Collection Account unless such
Trustee has received notice of such event or circumstance from the Master
Servicer in an Officer’s Certificate or from the Holders of Notes evidencing not
less than 25% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class or a Responsible
Officer of such Trustee has actual knowledge of such event or
circumstance.
(d) Within
five Business Days following the occurrence of any event or circumstance that
would require daily remittances by the Master Servicer to the Collection
Account, the Master Servicer shall provide an Officer’s Certificate with respect
thereto to the Trustees.
Section
4.05. Collections. Subject
to Sections 4.04, 4.07 and 4.08(a), the Master Servicer shall remit to the
Collection Account all amounts received by the Master Servicer on or in respect
of the Receivables (including Net Liquidation Proceeds and all amounts received
by the Master Servicer in connection with the repossession and sale of a
Financed Vehicle (whether or not the related Receivable has been classified as a
Defaulted Receivable) but excluding payments with respect to Purchased
Receivables) as soon as practicable and in no event after the close of business
on the second Business Day after such receipt.
Section
4.06. Application of
Collections. For purposes of this Agreement, all amounts
received on or in respect of a Receivable during any Collection Period
(including Net Liquidation Proceeds and all amounts received by the Master
Servicer in connection with the repossession and sale of a Financed Vehicle
(whether or not the related Receivable has been classified as a Defaulted
Receivable) but excluding payments with respect to Purchased Receivables) shall
be applied by the Master Servicer, as of the last day of such Collection Period,
to interest and principal on such Receivable in accordance with the Simple
Interest Method.
Section
4.07. Advances.
(a) If, as of
the end of any Collection Period, the payments received during such Collection
Period by or on behalf of an Obligor in respect of a Receivable (other than a
Purchased Receivable) shall be less than the related Monthly Payment, whether as
a result of any extension granted to the Obligor or otherwise, then, at the
option of the Master Servicer, an amount equal to the product of the Principal
Balance of such Receivable as of the first day of the related Collection Period
and one-twelfth of its Contract Rate minus the amount of interest actually
received on such Receivable during such Collection Period (each, an “Advance”)
may be deposited by the Master Servicer into the Collection Account on the
related Deposit Date. If such a calculation in respect of a
Receivable results in a negative number, an amount equal to such negative amount
shall be paid to the Master Servicer in reimbursement of any outstanding
Advances. In addition, in the event that a Receivable becomes a
Defaulted Receivable, the amount of accrued and unpaid interest thereon (but not
including interest for the current Collection Period) shall, up to the amount of
outstanding Advances, be withdrawn from the Collection Account and paid to the
Master Servicer in reimbursement of such outstanding Advances. No
Advances will be made with respect to the Principal Balance of
Receivables. The Master Servicer shall not be required to make an
Advance to the extent that the Master Servicer, in its sole discretion, shall
determine that such Advance is likely to become a Nonrecoverable
Advance.
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(b) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 4.07(a), the Master Servicer shall be entitled to
reimbursement for an outstanding Advance made in respect of a Receivable,
without interest, from the following sources with respect to such Receivable:
(i) subsequent payments made by or on behalf of the related Obligor,
(ii) Net Liquidation Proceeds and Recoveries and (iii) the Purchase
Amount. If the Master Servicer determines that it has made a
Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer shall reimburse itself, without
interest, from unrelated amounts received by the Master Servicer on or in
respect of the Receivables (including Net Liquidation Proceeds and all amounts
received by the Master Servicer in connection with the repossession and sale of
a Financed Vehicle (whether or not the related Receivable has been classified as
a Defaulted Receivable)) to the extent it shall, concurrently with the
withholding of any such amounts from deposit in or credit to the Collection
Account, furnish to the Trustees a certificate of a Servicing Officer setting
forth the basis for the Master Servicer’s determination, the amount of, and
Receivable with respect to which, such Nonrecoverable Advance was made and the
installment or installments or other proceeds respecting which such
reimbursement has been taken.
Section
4.08. Additional
Deposits.
(a) The
following additional deposits shall be made: (i) the Seller shall remit to
the Collection Account the aggregate Purchase Amount with respect to (A)
Purchased Receivables pursuant to Section 2.04 hereof or pursuant to
Section 3.03(c) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement and (B) the amount
required upon the optional purchase of all Receivables by the Seller pursuant to
Section 8.01, (ii) the Master Servicer shall remit or cause to be
remitted to the Collection Account (A) the aggregate Purchase Amount with
respect to Purchased Receivables pursuant to Section 3.03 or Section 3.08
and (B) any Net Swap Receipts and (iii) the Indenture Trustee shall remit
or shall cause to be remitted, pursuant to Section 4.02, the Reserve Fund
Draw Amount to the Collection Account.
(b) All
deposits required to be made in respect of a Collection Period pursuant to this
Section by the Master Servicer may be made in the form of a single deposit and
shall be made in immediately available funds, no later than 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the related Deposit Date.
Section
4.09. Determination Date
Calculations; Application of Available Funds.
(a) On each
Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall calculate the following amounts
with respect to the related Distribution Date and Collection
Period:
(i) the
Available Collections;
(ii) the Total
Servicing Fee (including the amount of any Nonrecoverable
Advances);
(iii) the Total
Trustee Fees;
(iv) the Net
Swap Payments and Net Swap Receipts;
(v) the
Interest Distributable Amount for each Class of Class A Notes;
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(vi) any
Senior Swap Termination Payments;
(vii) the
Priority Principal Distributable Amount;
(viii) the
Interest Distributable Amount for the Class B Notes;
(ix) the
Secondary Principal Distributable Amount;
(x) the sum
of the amounts described in clauses (ii) through (ix) above (the
“Required Payment Amount”); provided, however, that the aggregate amount to be
included in the Required Payment Amount pursuant to (a) clause (iii) above
shall not exceed $100,000 in any given calendar year and (b) clause (iv) above
shall only relate to Net Swap Payments (and not Net Swap Receipts);
and
(xi) any
Subordinated Swap Termination Payments.
(b) On each
Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall calculate the following amounts
with respect to the related Distribution Date and Collection
Period:
(i) the
lesser of (A) the amount, if any, by which the Required Payment Amount
exceeds Available Collections and (B) the Reserve Fund Amount (before
giving effect to any deposits to or withdrawals from the Reserve Fund on such
Distribution Date) (such lesser amount, the “Reserve Fund Draw Amount”);
provided, however, that the Reserve Fund Draw Amount will equal the Reserve Fund
Amount if (1) the sum of Available Collections and the Reserve Fund Amount
equals or exceeds the Note Balance, accrued and unpaid interest therein and all
amounts on the related Distribution Date required to be paid to the Master
Servicer, the Trustees and the Swap Counterparty or (2) on the last day of
the related Collection Period the Pool Balance is zero; and
(ii) the
Reserve Fund Amount, the Reserve Fund Required Amount and the amount, if any, by
which the Reserve Fund Required Amount exceeds the Reserve Fund Amount (after
giving effect to any deposits to the Reserve Fund and the withdrawal of the
Reserve Fund Draw Amount for such Distribution Date).
(c) On each
Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in
writing to apply (or cause to be applied) on the related Distribution Date, the
Available Funds for such Distribution Date to make the related payments and
deposits set forth in Section 2.08 of the Indenture.
Section
4.10. Statements to
Securityholders.
(a) On or
before each Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall provide to the Owner
Trustee (with copies to the Depositor, the Swap Counterparty and the Indenture
Trustee) to forward to each Certificateholder of record, and to the Indenture
Trustee, to forward or otherwise provide access via the internet to each
Noteholder of record (with copies to each Rating Agency), a statement, based on
the related Master Servicer’s Certificate setting forth the information as to
the Securities with respect to the related Distribution Date and Collection
Period, in substantially the form of Exhibit B, to the extent
applicable.
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(b) Within
the prescribed period of time for tax reporting purposes after the end of each
calendar year during the term of the Issuer, but not later than the latest date
permitted by law, the related Trustee, upon receipt thereof, shall mail to each
Person who at any time during such calendar year shall have been a
Securityholder, a statement, prepared by the Master Servicer or the Seller,
containing certain information for such calendar year or, in the event such
Person shall have been a Securityholder during a portion of such calendar year,
for the applicable portion of such year, for the purposes of such
Securityholder’s preparation of federal income tax returns. In
addition, the Master Servicer or the Seller shall furnish to the Trustees for
distribution to such Person at such time any other information necessary under
applicable law for the preparation of such income tax returns.
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ARTICLE
FIVE
THE
DEPOSITOR
Section
5.01. Representations and
Warranties of Depositor. The Depositor makes the following
representations and warranties on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in
acquiring the Trust Property. The representations and warranties
speak as of the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the
Closing Date, and shall survive the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of
the Trust Property to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to the Indenture.
(a) Organization and Good
Standing. The Depositor has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the
State of Nevada, with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct
its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is
presently conducted, and had at all relevant times, and has, power, authority
and legal right to acquire, own and sell the Receivables.
(b) Due
Qualification. The Depositor is duly qualified to do business
as a foreign limited liability company in good standing and has obtained all
necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so
qualify or to obtain such licenses and approvals would, in the reasonable
judgment of the Depositor, materially and adversely affect the performance by
the Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of,
this Agreement, each other Basic Document to which the Depositor is a party, the
Receivables, the Notes or the Certificates.
(c) Power and
Authority. The Depositor has the power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and each other
Basic Document to which it is a party. The Depositor has the power
and authority to sell, assign, transfer and convey the property to be
transferred to and deposited with the Issuer and has duly authorized such sale,
assignment, transfer and conveyance by all necessary limited liability company
action; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each
other Basic Document to which the Depositor is a party has been duly authorized
by the Depositor by all necessary limited liability company action.
(d) Valid Sale; Binding
Obligation. This Agreement effects a valid sale, transfer,
assignment and conveyance to the Issuer of the Receivables and the other Trust
Property, enforceable against all creditors of and purchasers from the
Depositor. Each of this Agreement and each other Basic Document to
which the Depositor is a party constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Depositor enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its terms,
except as enforceability may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium 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.
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(e) No
Violation. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Depositor of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which the Depositor
is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof does 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, or both) a default under, the
certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement of the
Depositor, or conflict with or violate any of the material terms or provisions
of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) a default
under, any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Depositor is a
party or by which it shall be bound or to which any of its properties is
subject; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its
properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other
instrument (other than this Agreement); nor violate any law or, to the
Depositor’s knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Depositor
or of any federal or State regulatory body, court, administrative agency or
other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its
properties, which breach, default, conflict, Lien or violation would have a
material adverse effect on the earnings, business affairs or business prospects
of the Depositor.
(f) No
Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations
pending, or to the Depositor’s knowledge, threatened against the Depositor,
before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties:
(i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, any other Basic Document or
the Securities, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Securities or
the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents,
(iii) seeking any determination or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment
of the Depositor, would materially and adversely affect the performance by the
Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, the
Basic Documents, the Receivables or the Securities or (iv) relating to the
Depositor and which might adversely affect the federal income tax attributes of
the Issuer or the Securities.
Section
5.02. Liability of Depositor;
Indemnities.
(a) The
Depositor shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the
obligations specifically undertaken by the Depositor under this
Agreement.
(b) The
Depositor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee from and against any taxes that may at any
time be asserted against any such Person with respect to the transactions
contemplated by the Basic Documents, including any sales, gross receipts, gross
margin, 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 Receivables to the Issuer or the issuance and original sale
of the Securities, or federal or State income taxes arising out of distributions
on the Securities), and all costs and expenses in defending against such
taxes.
(c) The
Depositor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Trustees and
the Securityholders from and against any loss, liability, claim, damage or
expense incurred by reason of the Depositor’s willful misfeasance, bad
faith or negligence (other than errors in
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judgment)
in the performance of its duties under this Agreement or any other Basic
Document to which it is a party, or by reason of reckless disregard of its
obligations and duties under this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which
it is a party.
(d) The
Depositor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trustees from and
against all losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses arising out of or
incurred in connection with the acceptance or performance of the trusts and
duties contained herein, in the Trust Agreement (in the case of the Owner
Trustee) and in the Indenture (in the case of the Indenture Trustee), except to
the extent that such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (i) shall be
due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of the Owner Trustee or
the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, (ii) in the case of the Owner
Trustee, shall arise from the breach by the Owner Trustee of any of its
representations or warranties set forth in the Trust Agreement, (iii) in
the case of the Indenture Trustee, shall arise from the breach by the Indenture
Trustee of any of its representations and warranties set forth in the Indenture
or shall arise out of or be incurred in connection with the performance by the
Indenture Trustee of duties of a Successor Master Servicer hereunder,
(iv) shall be one as to which the Master Servicer is required to indemnify
the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, or
(v) relates to any tax other than the taxes with respect to which the
Master Servicer shall be required to indemnify the Owner Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee, as the case may be.
(e) The
Depositor shall pay any and all taxes levied or assessed upon all or any part of
the Trust Property.
(f) Indemnification
under this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee
or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, and the termination of this
Agreement and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses
of litigation. If the Depositor shall have made any indemnity
payments pursuant to this Section and the Person to or on behalf of whom such
payments are made thereafter shall collect any of such amounts from others, such
Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the Depositor, without
interest. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
the Depositor shall only be required to pay (i) any fees, expenses,
indemnities or other liabilities that it may incur under the Basic Documents
from funds available pursuant to, and in accordance with, the payment priorities
set forth in this Agreement and the other Basic Documents and (ii) to the
extent the Depositor has additional funds available (other than funds described
in clause (i)) that would be in excess of amounts that would be necessary
to pay the debt and other obligations of the Depositor in accordance with the
Depositor’s certificate of formation, operating agreement and all financing
documents to which the Depositor is a party. The agreement set forth
in the preceding sentence shall constitute a subordination agreement for
purposes of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. In addition,
no amount owing by the Depositor hereunder in excess of liabilities that it is
required to pay in accordance with the preceding sentence shall constitute a
“claim” (as defined in Section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code) against
it.
Section
5.03. Merger, Consolidation or
Assumption of the Obligations of Depositor;
Certain Limitations.
(a) Any
Person (i) into which the Depositor shall be merged or consolidated,
(ii) resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the
Depositor shall be a
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party or
(iii) that shall succeed by purchase and assumption to all or substantially
all of the business of the Depositor, which Person in any of the foregoing cases
executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Depositor
under this Agreement, shall be the successor to the Depositor under this
Agreement without the execution or filing of any other document or any further
act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that
(A) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Trustees and the Swap
Counterparty an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating
that such merger, conversion, consolidation or succession and such agreement of
assumption comply with this Section, (B) the Depositor shall have delivered
to the Trustees and the Swap Counterparty an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in
the opinion of such counsel, either (1) all financing statements and
continuation statements and amendments thereto have been authorized and filed
that are necessary to fully preserve and protect the interest of the Issuer, the
Swap Counterparty and the Indenture Trustee, respectively, in the Receivables,
and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of
Counsel in which such details are given, or (2) no such action shall be
necessary to fully preserve and protect such interest and (C) the Rating
Agency Condition shall have been satisfied. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained herein, the execution of the foregoing agreement of
assumption and compliance with clauses (A), (B) and (C) above shall be
conditions to the consummation of the transactions referred to in
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above.
(b) (i) Subject
to paragraph (ii) below, the purpose of the Depositor shall be to
engage in any lawful activity for which a limited liability company may be
organized under the general limited liability company law of the State of Nevada
other than the banking business, the trust company business or the practice of a
profession not permitted to be incorporated by Chapter 86 of the Nevada Revised
Statutes (2005).
(ii) Notwithstanding
paragraph (b)(i) above, the purpose of the Depositor shall be limited to
the conduct or promotion of the following activities:
(A) to
acquire retail installment sales contracts, installment loans, purchase money
notes or other notes between motor vehicle dealers or lenders and purchasers of
new and used automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, light-duty trucks,
motorcycles or commercial vehicles (the “Motor Vehicle
Receivables”);
(B) to act as
settlor or grantor of one or more trusts or special purpose entities (each, a
“Securitization Trust”) formed pursuant to a trust agreement or other agreement
for the purpose of issuing one or more series or classes of certificates, bonds,
notes or other evidences of interest or indebtedness (collectively, the “Motor
Vehicle Securities”) secured by or representing beneficial interests in the
Motor Vehicle Receivables;
(C) to
acquire, lease, own, hold, sell, transfer, convey, dispose of, pledge, assign,
borrow money against, finance, refinance or otherwise deal with, publicly or
privately and whether with unrelated third parties or with affiliated entities,
retail installment sales contracts, installment loans, purchase money notes or
other notes between motor vehicle dealers or lenders and purchasers of Motor
Vehicle Receivables;
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(D) to
acquire Motor Vehicle Securities or other property of a Securitization Trust
(including remainder interests in collateral or reserve accounts) or any
interest in any of the foregoing;
(E) to issue,
authorize, sell and deliver Motor Vehicle Securities or other instruments
secured or collateralized by the Motor Vehicle Securities;
(F) to own
equity interests in other limited liability companies or partnerships whose
purposes are substantially restricted to those described in clauses (A)
through (E) above;
(G) to borrow
money other than pursuant to clause (C) above, but only to the extent that
such borrowing is permitted by the terms of the transactions contemplated by
clauses (A) through (F) above; and
(H) to
(1) negotiate, authorize, execute, deliver or assume or perform the
obligations under any agreement, instrument or document relating to the
activities set forth in clauses (A) through (G) above, including the
Basic Documents and (2) engage in any lawful act or activity and to
exercise any powers permitted to limited liability companies organized under the
laws of the State of Nevada that are incidental to and necessary, convenient or
advisable for the accomplishment of the above-mentioned purposes, including the
entering into of interest rate or basis swap, cap, floor or collar agreements,
currency exchange agreements or similar hedging transactions and referral,
management, servicing and administration agreements.
So long as any outstanding debt of the
Depositor or securities are rated by any nationally recognized statistical
rating organization, the Depositor shall not issue notes or otherwise borrow
money unless (A) the Depositor has made a written request to the related
nationally recognized statistical rating organization to issue notes or incur
borrowings, which notes or borrowings are rated by the related nationally
recognized statistical rating organization the same as or higher than the rating
afforded any outstanding rated debt or securities, or (B) such notes or
borrowings (1) are fully subordinated (and which shall provide for payment
only after payment in respect of all outstanding rated debt or securities) or
are nonrecourse against any assets of the Depositor other than the assets
pledged to secure such notes or borrowings, (2) do not constitute a claim
against the Depositor in the event such assets are insufficient to pay such
notes or borrowings and (3) where such notes or borrowings are secured by
the rated debt or securities, are fully subordinated (and which shall provide
for payment only after payment in respect of all outstanding rated debt or
securities) to such rated debt or securities.
(c) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section and any provision of law, the Depositor
shall not do any of the following:
(i) engage in
any business or activity other than as set forth in
Section 5.03(b);
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(ii) without
the unanimous written consent of the members of the Depositor and the members of
the Board of Directors of the Depositor (including all independent directors of
the Depositor), (A) consolidate or merge the Depositor with or into any
Person or sell all or substantially all of the assets of the Depositor,
(B) institute proceedings to have the Depositor be adjudicated bankrupt or
insolvent, or consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings
against Depositor, (C) file a petition seeking, or consent to,
reorganization or relief with respect to the Depositor under any applicable
federal or State law relating to bankruptcy, (D) consent to the appointment
of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar
official of the Depositor or a substantial part of its property, (E) make
any assignment for the benefit of creditors of the Depositor, (F) admit in
writing the Depositor’s inability to pay its debts generally as they become due,
(G) take any action in furtherance of any action set forth in
clauses (A) through (F) above or (H) to the fullest extent
permitted by law, dissolve or liquidate the Depositor; or
(iii) change
the current number of independent special members under the limited liability
company agreement of the Depositor.
(d) The
Depositor shall not amend its organizational documents except in accordance with
the provisions thereof.
Section
5.04. Limitation on Liability of
Depositor and Others. The Depositor and any director or
officer or employee or agent of the Depositor 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 Depositor and any
director or officer or employee or agent of the Depositor shall be reimbursed by
the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, for any
contractual damages, liability or expense incurred by reason of the Owner
Trustee’s or the Indenture Trustee’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or
negligence (except for errors in judgment) in the performance of their
respective duties hereunder, or by reason of reckless disregard of their
respective obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor shall not
be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that
shall not be incidental to its obligations under this Agreement, and that in its
opinion may involve it in any expense or liability. The indemnities
contained in this Section shall survive the resignation or termination of the
Owner Trustee or the termination of this Agreement.
Section
5.05. Depositor Not to
Resign. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.03, the
Depositor shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it
as Depositor hereunder.
Section
5.06. Depositor May Own
Securities. The Depositor and any of its Affiliates may, in
its individual or any other capacity, become the owner or pledgee of Securities
with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Depositor or an
Affiliate of the Depositor, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in
any other Basic Document (including in the definition of the term “Note
Balance”). Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in the
other Basic Documents (including in the definition of the term “Note Balance”),
Securities so owned by or pledged to the Depositor or such Affiliate shall have
an equal and proportionate benefit under the
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provisions
of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents, without preference, priority or
distinction as among the Notes and the Certificates as the case may
be.
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ARTICLE
SIX
THE
MASTER SERVICER
Section
6.01. Representations and
Warranties of Master Servicer. The Master Servicer makes the
following representations and warranties on which the Issuer is deemed to have
relied in acquiring the Trust Property. The representations and
warranties speak as of the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement and
as of the Closing Date, and shall survive the sale, transfer, assignment and
conveyance of the Trust Property to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture:
(a) Organization and Good
Standing. The Master Servicer is a national banking
association duly organized and validly existing as a banking institution under
the laws of the United States and continues to hold a valid certificate to do
business as such. It is duly authorized to own its properties and
transact its business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
character of the business transacted by it or any properties owned or leased by
it requires such authorization and in which the failure to be so authorized
would have a material adverse effect on its business, properties, assets, or
condition (financial or other) and those of its subsidiaries, considered as one
enterprise. The Master Servicer has, and at all relevant times had,
the power, authority and legal right to service the Receivables and to hold the
Receivable Files as custodian on behalf of the Issuer.
(b) Due
Qualification. The Master Servicer is duly qualified to do
business in good standing and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals
in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify or to obtain such
licenses and approvals would, in the reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer,
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Master Servicer of its
obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, each
other Basic Document to which the Master Servicer is a party, the Receivables,
the Notes or the Certificates.
(c) Power and
Authority. The Master Servicer has the power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and each other
Basic Document to which it is a party; and the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and each other Basic Document to which it is a
party have been duly authorized by the Master Servicer by all necessary
action.
(d) Binding
Obligation. This Agreement and each other Basic Document to
which the Master Servicer is a party constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Master Servicer, enforceable against the Master Servicer in
accordance with their respective terms, except that such enforceability may be
subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent
conveyance, fraudulent transfer and other similar laws relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights generally, and creditors of national banking associations and
financial institutions the accounts of which are insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation in particular, and to general equitable principles
(regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law),
including concepts of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and
the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive
relief.
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(e) No
Violation. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Master Servicer of this Agreement and each other Basic Document to which the
Master Servicer is a party, the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby and the fulfillment of their respective terms shall not
conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under,
the articles of association or bylaws of the Master Servicer, or any material
indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to which the
Master Servicer is a party, by which the Master Servicer is bound or to which
any of its properties are subject; or result in the creation or imposition of
any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture,
agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, other than this
Agreement and the other Basic Documents, or violate any law, order, rule or
regulation applicable to the Master Servicer or its properties of any federal or
State regulatory body, court, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Master Servicer or any of its
properties.
(f) No
Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations
pending or, to the knowledge of the Master Servicer, threatened, against the
Master Servicer before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or
other tribunal or governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the
Master Servicer or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents, (ii) seeking to prevent the
issuance of the Securities or the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents,
(iii) seeking any determination or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment
of the Master Servicer, would materially and adversely affect the performance by
it of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this
Agreement or the Receivables or (iv) seeking to adversely affect the
federal income tax or other federal, State or local tax attributes of the
Securities.
Section
6.02. Liability of Master
Servicer; Indemnities. The Master Servicer shall be liable in
accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically
undertaken by the Master Servicer under this Agreement. Such
obligations shall include the following:
(a) The
Master Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the
Trustees, the Securityholders and the Depositor from and against all losses,
liabilities, claims, damages and expenses arising out of or incurred in
connection with the use, ownership or operation by the Master Servicer or any
Affiliate of the Master Servicer of a Financed Vehicle.
(b) The
Master Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the
Depositor and the Trustees from and against any taxes that may at any time be
asserted against any such Person as a result of or relating to the transactions
contemplated herein and in the other Basic Documents, including any sales, gross
receipts, gross margin, 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 Receivables to the Issuer or the
issuance and original sale of the Securities, or federal or State income taxes
arising out of distributions on the Securities) and costs and expenses in
defending against such taxes.
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(c) The
Master Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the
Trustees, the Securityholders and the Depositor from and against any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense incurred by reason of the Master Servicer’s
willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties
under this Agreement or any other Basic Document to which it is a party or by
reason of a reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this
Agreement or any other Basic Document to which it is a party.
(d) The
Master Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trustees and their
respective officers, directors, employees and agents from and against all
losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses arising out of or incurred in
connection with the acceptance or performance of the trusts and duties herein
and contained in the Trust Agreement (in the case of the Owner Trustee) and
contained in the Indenture (in the case of the Indenture Trustee), except to the
extent that such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense: (i) shall be
due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (except for errors in
judgment) of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable,
(ii) in the case of the Owner Trustee, shall arise from the breach by the
Owner Trustee of any of its representations or warranties set forth in
Section 7.03 of the Trust Agreement, (iii) in the case of the
Indenture Trustee, shall arise from the breach by the Indenture Trustee of any
of its representations and warranties set forth in the Indenture or shall arise
out of or be incurred in connection with the performance by the Indenture
Trustee of the duties of a Successor Master Servicer hereunder or
(iv) relates to any tax other than to the taxes with respect to which
either the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be required to indemnify the
Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable.
(e) The
Master Servicer shall pay the Owner Trustee compensation, reimbursement or other
payments owed to it pursuant to Sections 8.01 and 8.02 of the Trust
Agreement.
In
addition to the foregoing indemnities, if the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee is entitled to indemnification by the Depositor pursuant to
Section 5.02 and the Depositor is unable for any reason to provide such
indemnification to the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, then the Master
Servicer shall be liable for any indemnification that the Owner Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee is entitled to under Section 5.02. For
purposes of this Section, in the event of a termination of the rights and
obligations of the Master Servicer (or any Successor Master Servicer) pursuant
to Section 7.01 or a resignation by such Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 6.05, such Master Servicer shall be deemed to be the Master
Servicer pending appointment of a Successor Master Servicer (other than the
Indenture Trustee) pursuant to Section 7.02. Indemnification
under this Section by the Master Servicer (or any Successor Master Servicer),
with respect to the period such Person was (or was deemed to be) the Master
Servicer, shall survive the termination of each Person as Master Servicer or a
resignation by such Person as Master Servicer, as well as the resignation or
removal of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, or
the termination of this Agreement and shall include reasonable fees and expenses
of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Master Servicer shall
have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section and the Person to or
on behalf of
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whom such
payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such
Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the Master Servicer, as the case may
be, without interest.
Section
6.03. Merger, Consolidation or
Assumption of the Obligations of Master Servicer. Any Person
(i) into which the Master Servicer shall be merged or consolidated,
(ii) which may result from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
the Master Servicer shall be a party or (iii) which may succeed to all or
substantially all of the business of the Master Servicer, which Person in any of
the foregoing cases is an Eligible Servicer and executes an agreement of
assumption to perform every obligation of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement, shall be the successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement
without the execution or filing of any other document or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto; provided, however, the Master Servicer shall
have delivered to the Depositor, the Swap Counterparty and the Trustees (a) an
Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such merger,
conversion or consolidation and such agreement of assumption comply with this
Section and (b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, either (1) all financing statements and continuation statements
and amendments thereto have been authorized and filed that are necessary to
preserve and protect the interest of the Issuer, the Swap Counterparty and the
Indenture Trustee, respectively, in the assets of the Issuer and reciting the
details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such
details are given or (2) no such action shall be necessary to preserve and
protect such interest. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the execution of the foregoing agreement of assumption and
compliance with clauses (a) and (b) above shall be conditions to the
consummation of the transactions referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii) above. The Master Servicer shall provide prior written
notice of any merger, conversion, consolidation or succession pursuant to this
Section to the Trustees, the Swap Counterparty, the Rating Agencies and the
Depositor. The Master Servicer shall provide such information in
writing as reasonably requested by the Depositor to allow the Depositor to
comply with its Exchange Act reporting obligations with respect to a Successor
Master Servicer.
Section
6.04. Limitation on Liability of
Master Servicer and Others.
(a) Neither
the Master Servicer nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents
shall be under any liability to the Issuer or any Securityholders for any action
taken or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant hereto, or for
errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the
Master Servicer or any such Person against any liability that would otherwise be
imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the
performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and
duties hereunder. The Master Servicer and any of its respective
directors, officers, employees or agents may rely in good faith on any document
of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person in respect
of any matters arising under this Agreement.
(b) Except as
provided herein, the Master 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 administer and service the Receivables in accordance with this
Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability;
provided, however, that the Master 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
Noteholders and the Certificateholders under this Agreement. In such
event, the legal expenses
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and costs
of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs
and liabilities of the Master Servicer.
Section
6.05. Wachovia Bank Not to Resign
as Master Servicer. Subject to the provisions of
Section 6.03, Xxxxxxxx Bank shall not resign from the obligations and
duties imposed on it pursuant hereto as Master Servicer under this Agreement
except upon determination that the performance of its duties hereunder is no
longer permissible under applicable law. Any such determination
permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer shall be evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Depositor, the Swap
Counterparty and the Trustees. No such resignation shall become
effective until the Indenture Trustee or a Successor Master Servicer shall have
(i) assumed the obligations and duties of the Master Servicer in accordance
with Section 7.02, (ii) become the Administrator under the
Administration Agreement pursuant to Section 1.20 thereof and (iii)
provided such information in writing as reasonably requested by the Depositor to
allow the Depositor to comply with its Exchange Act reporting obligations with
respect to a Successor Master Servicer.
Section
6.06. Master Servicer May Own
Securities. The Master Servicer and any of its Affiliates may,
in its individual or other capacity, become the owner or pledgee of Securities
with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Master Servicer or an
Affiliate of the Master Servicer, except as otherwise expressly provided herein
or in any other Basic Document (including in the definition of the term “Note
Balance”). Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in the
other Basic Documents (including in the definition of the term “Note Balance”),
Securities so owned by or pledged to the Master Servicer or such Affiliate shall
have an equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of this Agreement
and the other Basic Documents, without preference, priority or distinction as
among the Notes and the Certificates, as the case may be.
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ARTICLE
SEVEN
SERVICER
TERMINATION EVENTS
Section
7.01. Servicer Termination
Events. The occurrence of any one of the following events
shall constitute an event of servicing termination hereunder (each, a “Servicer
Termination Event”):
(a) any
failure by the Master Servicer to deliver to the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee the Master Servicer’s Certificate for any Collection Period, which
failure shall continue unremedied beyond the earlier of three Business Days
following the date such Master Servicer’s Certificate was required to be
delivered and the related Deposit Date, or any failure by the Master Servicer to
make any required payment or deposit under this Agreement, which failure shall
continue unremedied beyond the earlier of five Business Days following the
date such payment or deposit was due and, in the case of a payment or deposit to
be made no later than a Distribution Date or the related Deposit Date, such
Distribution Date or Deposit Date, as applicable;
(b) any
failure by the Master Servicer to duly observe or to perform in any material
respect any other covenant or agreement of the Master Servicer set forth in this
Agreement, which failure shall materially and adversely affect the rights of the
Depositor or the Noteholders and shall continue unremedied for a period of
60 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring
the same to be remedied, shall have been given (i) to the Master Servicer
by the Depositor, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or (ii) to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustees by the Holders of Notes
evidencing not less than 25% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class (or,
after the Notes have been paid in full, the holders of Certificates evidencing
not less than 25% of the aggregate Certificate Percentage Interests then
outstanding);
(c) any
representation or warranty of the Master Servicer made in this Agreement, or in
any certificate delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith, other than
any representation or warranty relating to a Receivable that has been purchased
by the Master Servicer, proving to have been incorrect in any material respect
as of the time when the same shall have been made, and the circumstance or
condition in respect of which such representation or warranty was incorrect
shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured for a period of 30 days
after the date on which written notice of such circumstance or condition,
requiring the same to be eliminated or cured, shall have been given (i) to
the Master Servicer by the Depositor, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee
or (ii) to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustees by the
Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Note Balance of the
Controlling Class;
(d) the entry
of a decree or order by a court or agency or supervisory authority of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator or
trustee for the Master Servicer in any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceeding, or for the winding
up or liquidation of its
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affairs,
which decree or order continues unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days; or
(e) the
consent by the Master Servicer to the appointment of a conservator, receiver,
liquidator or trustee in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of
assets and liabilities or similar proceeding of or relating to the Master
Servicer or relating to substantially all of its property, the admission in
writing by the Master Servicer of its inability to pay its debts generally as
they become due, the filing by the Master Servicer of a petition to take
advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, the making by
the Master Servicer of an assignment for the benefit of its creditors or the
voluntary suspension by the Master Servicer of payment of its
obligations.
If a
Servicer Termination Event shall have occurred and not have been remedied,
either the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than
51% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class (or holders of Certificates
representing not less than 51% of the aggregate Certificate Percentage Interests
outstanding if the Notes are no longer Outstanding), in each case by notice then
given in writing to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Master Servicer
(and to the Indenture Trustee if given by the Noteholders) (each, a “Servicer
Termination Notice”) may terminate all the rights and obligations of the Master
Servicer under this Agreement; provided, however, that the indemnification
obligations of the Master Servicer under Section 6.02 shall survive such
termination. On or after the receipt by the Master Servicer of such
written notice, all authority and power of the Master Servicer under this
Agreement, whether with respect to the Notes, the Certificates, the Trust
Property or otherwise, shall, without further action, pass to and be vested in
the Indenture Trustee or such Successor Master Servicer as may be appointed
under Section 7.02; and, without limitation, the Trustees are hereby
authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the outgoing
Master Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and
other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or
appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to
complete the transfer and endorsement of the Receivable Files or the
certificates of title to the Financed Vehicles, or otherwise. The
outgoing Master Servicer shall cooperate with the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee and such Successor Master Servicer in effecting the termination of the
responsibilities and rights of the outgoing Master Servicer under this
Agreement, including the transfer to the Indenture Trustee or such Successor
Master Servicer for administration by it of all cash amounts that shall at the
time be held by the outgoing Master Servicer for deposit, or have been deposited
by the outgoing Master Servicer, in the Accounts or thereafter received with
respect to the Receivables, all Receivable Files and all information or
documents that the Indenture Trustee or such Successor Master Servicer may
require. In addition, the Master Servicer shall transfer its
electronic records relating to the Receivables to the Successor Master Servicer
in such electronic form as the Successor Master Servicer may reasonably request.
All Transition
Costs shall be paid by the outgoing Master Servicer (or by the initial Master
Servicer if the outgoing Master Servicer is the Indenture Trustee acting on an
interim basis) upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and
expenses.
The
Trustees shall have no obligation to notify the Noteholders, the
Certificateholders or any other Person of the occurrence of any event specified
in this Section prior to the continuance of such event through the end of any
cure period specified in this Section.
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Section
7.02. Appointment of Successor
Master Servicer. Upon the resignation of the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 6.05 or the termination of the Master Servicer pursuant
to Section 7.01, the Indenture Trustee shall be the successor in all
respects to the Master Servicer in its capacity as Master Servicer under this
Agreement and shall be subject to all the obligations and duties placed on the
Master Servicer by the terms and provisions of this Agreement, and shall provide
such information in writing as reasonably requested by the Depositor to allow
the Depositor to comply with its Exchange Act reporting obligations with respect
to the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Successor Master Servicer; provided,
however, that the Indenture Trustee, as Successor Master Servicer, shall not, in
any event, be required to make any Advances pursuant to Section 4.07 and
shall have no obligations pursuant to Section 3.09 with respect to the fees
and expenses of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, the fees and
expenses of the Owner Trustee’s attorneys or the Indenture Trustee’s attorneys,
the fees and expenses of any custodian appointed by the Trustees, the fees and
expenses of Independent accountants or expenses incurred in connection with
distributions and reports to the Certificateholders and the
Noteholders. As compensation therefor, the Indenture Trustee shall be
entitled to such compensation (whether payable out of the Collection Account or
otherwise) as the Master Servicer would have been entitled to under this
Agreement if no such resignation or termination had occurred, except that all
collections on or in respect of the Receivables shall be deposited in the
Collection Account within two Business Days of receipt and shall not be retained
by the Master Servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indenture
Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling so to act, or shall, if it is legally
unable so to act, appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to
appoint, an Eligible Servicer as the successor to the terminated Master Servicer
under this Agreement. In connection with such appointment, the
Indenture Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such
Successor Master Servicer out of collections on or in respect of the Receivables
as it and such successor shall agree; provided, however, that such compensation
shall not be greater than that payable to Wachovia Bank as initial Master
Servicer hereunder without the prior consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing
not less than 51% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class (or holders of
Certificates representing not less than 51% of the aggregate Certificate
Percentage Interests then outstanding if the Notes are no longer
Outstanding). The Indenture Trustee and such successor shall take
such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate
any such succession, including providing such information in writing as
reasonably requested by the Depositor to allow the Depositor to comply with its
Exchange Act reporting obligations with respect to such Successor Master
Servicer. The Indenture Trustee shall not be relieved of its duties
as Successor Master Servicer under this Section until a newly appointed Master
Servicer shall have assumed the obligations and duties of the terminated Master
Servicer under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, in no event shall the Indenture Trustee be liable for
any servicing fee or for any differential in the amount of the servicing fee
paid hereunder and the amount necessary to induce any Successor Master Servicer
to act as Successor Master Servicer hereunder.
Section
7.03. Effect of Servicing
Transfer.
(a) After a
transfer of servicing hereunder, the Indenture Trustee or Successor Master
Servicer shall notify the Obligors to make directly to the Successor Master
Servicer payments that are due under the Receivables after the effective date of
such transfer.
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(b) Except as
provided in Section 7.02, after a transfer of servicing hereunder, the
outgoing Master Servicer shall have no further obligations with respect to the
administration, servicing, custody or collection of the Receivables and the
Successor Master Servicer shall have all of such obligations, except that the
outgoing Master Servicer will transmit or cause to be transmitted directly to
the Successor Master Servicer for its own account, promptly on receipt and in
the same form in which received, any amounts or items held by the outgoing
Master Servicer (properly endorsed where required for the Successor Master
Servicer to collect any such items) received as payments upon or otherwise in
connection with the Receivables.
(c) Any
Successor Master Servicer shall provide the Depositor with access to the
Receivable Files and to the Successor Master Servicer’s records (whether written
or automated) with respect to the Receivable Files. Such access shall
be afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable request and during normal
business hours at the offices of the Successor Master
Servicer. Nothing in this Section shall affect the obligation of a
Successor Master Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure
of information regarding the Obligors, and the failure of the Master Servicer to
provide access to information as a result of such obligation shall not
constitute a breach of this Section.
(d) Any
transfer of servicing hereunder shall not constitute an assumption by the
related Successor Master Servicer of any liability of the related outgoing
Master Servicer arising out of any breach by such outgoing Master Servicer of
such outgoing Master Xxxxxxxx’s duties hereunder prior to such transfer of
servicing.
Section
7.04. Notification to Noteholders,
Swap Counterparty and Rating Agencies. Upon any notice of a
Servicer Termination Event or upon any termination of, or any appointment of a
successor to, the Master Servicer pursuant to this Article, the Indenture
Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Noteholders and the Swap
Counterparty and the Owner Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
the Rating Agencies.
Section
7.05. Waiver of Past Servicer
Termination Events. The Noteholders evidencing not less than
51% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class may, on behalf of all
Noteholders, waive any Servicer Termination Event and its consequences, except
an event resulting from the failure to make any required deposits to or payments
from the Collection Account, the Note Payment Account, the Certificate Payment
Account or the Reserve Fund in accordance with this Agreement. Upon
any such waiver of a Servicer Termination Event, such event shall cease to
exist, and shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this
Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
event or impair any right arising therefrom, except to the extent expressly so
waived.
Section
7.06. Repayment of
Advances. If the identity of the Master Servicer shall change,
the outgoing Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for
outstanding and unreimbursed Advances made pursuant to Section 4.07 by the
outgoing Master Servicer.
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ARTICLE
EIGHT
TERMINATION
Section
8.01. Optional Purchase of All
Receivables.
(a) If, as of
the last day of any Collection Period, the Pool Balance shall be less than or
equal to 10% of the Cutoff Date Pool Balance, the Seller shall have the option
to purchase on the following Distribution Date the Owner Trust Estate, other
than the Collection Account, the Note Payment Account, the Certificate Payment
Account, the Reserve Fund and any Collateral Support Account. To
exercise such option, the Seller shall notify the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Counterparty and
the Rating Agencies, not fewer than 15 nor more than 30 days prior to the
Distribution Date on which such repurchase is to be effected and shall deposit
into the Collection Account on the related Deposit Date an amount equal to the
lesser of the (i) fair market value of the Receivables and
(ii) aggregate Purchase Amount for the Receivables (including Receivables
that became Defaulted Receivables during the related Collection Period);
provided, however, that the Seller shall not be permitted to exercise such
option unless the amount to be deposited in the Collection Account (together
with amounts on deposit in the Reserve Fund and the Collection Account) pursuant
to this Section is at least equal to the sum of all amounts due to the Master
Servicer under this Agreement plus the Note Balance plus all accrued but unpaid
interest (including any overdue interest) on the Notes plus all amounts due to
the Master Servicer for any outstanding and unreimbursed Advances and
Nonrecoverable Advances plus all accrued but unpaid Total Trustee Fees plus all
amounts owed to the Swap Counterparty, including Net Swap Payments and Swap
Termination Payments, if any. Upon such payment, the Seller shall
succeed to and own all interests in and to the Issuer. The aggregate
amount so deposited in respect of such Distribution Date, plus, to the extent
necessary, all amounts in the Reserve Fund, if any, shall be used to make
payments in full to the Noteholders in the manner set forth in
Article Four.
(b) Following
the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the payment in full of the
principal of and interest on the Notes, the Certificateholders shall succeed to
the rights of the Noteholders hereunder and the Indenture Trustee shall continue
to carry out its obligations hereunder with respect to the Certificateholders,
including making distributions from the Collection Account in accordance with
Section 4.09(c) and making withdrawals from the Reserve Fund in accordance
with Sections 4.02 and 4.08.
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ARTICLE
NINE
EXCHANGE
ACT REPORTING
Section
9.01. Further
Assurances. The Indenture Trustee and the Master Servicer
shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor in connection with the
satisfaction of the Depositor’s reporting requirements under the Exchange Act
with respect to the Issuer. The Depositor shall not exercise its
right to request delivery of information or other performance under these
provisions other than in good faith. In addition to the other
information specified in this Article Nine, if so requested by the Depositor for
the purpose of satisfying its reporting obligation under the Exchange Act, the
Indenture Trustee and the Master Servicer shall provide the Depositor with (a)
such information which is available to such Person without unreasonable effort
or expense and within such timeframe as may be reasonably requested by the
Depositor to comply with the Depositor’s reporting obligations under the
Exchange Act and (b) to the extent such Person is a party (and the Depositor is
not a party) to any agreement or amendment required to be filed, copies of such
agreement or amendment in XXXXX-compatible form. Each of the Master
Servicer and the Indenture Trustee acknowledges that interpretations of the
requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, whether due to interpretive
guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, consensus among participants
in the asset-backed securities markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise, and
agrees to comply with requests made by the Depositor in good faith for delivery
of information under these provisions on the basis of evolving interpretations
of Regulation AB.
Section
9.02. Form 10-D
Filings. So long as the Depositor is required to file Exchange
Act Reports with respect to the Issuer, no later than each Determination Date,
each of the Indenture Trustee and the Master Servicer shall notify (and the
Master Servicer shall cause any Subservicer to notify) the Depositor of any Form
10-D Disclosure Item with respect to such Person (or in the case of the
Indenture Trustee, a Responsible Officer of such Person), together with a
description of any such Form 10-D Disclosure Item in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Depositor. In addition to such
information as the Master Servicer is obligated to provide pursuant to other
provisions of this Agreement, if so requested by the Depositor, the Master
Servicer shall provide such information which is available to the Master
Servicer, without unreasonable effort or expense regarding the performance or
servicing of the Receivables as is reasonably required to facilitate preparation
of distribution reports in accordance with Item 1121 of Regulation
AB. Such information shall be provided concurrently with the
statements to Securityholders pursuant to Section 4.10, commencing with the
first such report due not less than five Business Days following such
request.
Section
9.03. Form 8-K
Filings. So long as the Depositor is required to file Exchange
Act Reports with respect to the Issuer, each of the Indenture Trustee and the
Master Servicer shall promptly notify the Depositor, but in no event later than
two Business Days after its occurrence, of any Reportable Event of which such
Person (or in the case of the Indenture Trustee, a Responsible Officer of such
Person) has actual knowledge. Each Person shall be deemed to have
actual knowledge of any such event to the extent that it relates to such Person
or any action or failure to act by such Person.
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Section
9.04. Form 10-K
Filings. So long as the Depositor is required to file Exchange
Act Reports: (i) if the Item 1119 Parties listed on Schedule B have changed
since the Closing Date, no later than February 1 of each year, commencing in
2009, the Depositor shall provide each of the Indenture Trustee and the Master
Servicer with an updated Schedule B setting forth the Item 1119 Parties and (ii)
no later than March 15 of each year, commencing in 2009, the Indenture Trustee
and the Master Servicer shall notify the Depositor of any Form 10-K Disclosure
Item, together with a description of any such Form 10-K Disclosure Item in form
and substance reasonably acceptable to the Depositor.
Section
9.05. Report on Assessment of
Compliance and Attestation. So long as the Depositor is
required to file Exchange Act Reports, on or before March 15 of each calendar
year, commencing in 2009:
(a) The
Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor and the Master Servicer the
Servicing Criteria Assessment. Such report shall be signed by an
authorized officer of the Indenture Trustee and shall at a minimum address each
of the Servicing Criteria specified on a certification substantially in the form
of Part I of Schedule C hereto delivered to the Depositor concurrently with the
execution of this Agreement (provided that such certification may be revised
after the date of this Agreement as agreed by the Depositor and the Indenture
Trustee to reflect any guidance with respect to such criteria from the
Commission). To the extent any of the Servicing Criteria are not
applicable to the Indenture Trustee, with respect to asset-backed securities
transactions taken as a whole involving the Indenture Trustee and that are
backed by the same asset type backing the Notes, such report shall include such
a statement to that effect. The Indenture Trustee acknowledges and
agrees that the Depositor and the Master Servicer with respect to its duties as
the Certifying Person, and each of their respective officers and directors shall
be entitled to rely on upon each such Servicing Criteria Assessment and the
attestation delivered pursuant to Section 9.05(b).
(b) The
Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor and the Master Servicer a
report of a registered public accounting firm that attests to, and reports on,
the assessment of compliance made by the Indenture Trustee and delivered
pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Such attestation shall be in
accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act (or any successor
provisions), Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X (or any successor
provisions) under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including, that, in
the event that an overall opinion cannot be expressed, such registered public
accounting firm shall state in such report why it was unable to express such an
opinion. Such report must be available for general use and not
contain restricted use language.
(c) The
Indenture Trustee shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor to deliver to the
Depositor and the Master Servicer an assessment of compliance and accountant’s
attestation as and when provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
Section. An assessment of compliance provided by a Subcontractor need
not address any elements of the Servicing Criteria other than those specified by
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 9.05(a).
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(d) In the
event the Indenture Trustee or Reporting Subcontractor is terminated or resigns
during the term of this Agreement, such Person shall provide the documents and
information pursuant to this Section with respect to the period of time it was
subject to this Agreement or provided services with respect to the Issuer or the
Receivables.
Section
9.06. Back-up Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Certification.
(a) No later
than February 15 of each year, beginning in 2009, the Master Servicer shall
provide the Performance Certification to the Certifying Person as Schedule E (in
the case of the Master Servicer), in each case on which the Certification
Parties can reasonably rely; provided that so long as the Master Servicer is an
Affiliate of the Depositor, the Master Servicer may, but is not required to
deliver the Performance Certificate.
(b) The
Depositor will not request delivery of a certification under this clause unless
the Depositor is required under the Exchange Act to file an annual report on
Form 10-K with respect to the Issuer. In the event that prior to the
filing date of the Form 10-K in March of each year, the Master Servicer has
actual knowledge of information material to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Certification,
the Master Servicer shall promptly notify the Depositor.
Section
9.07. Use of
Subcontractors.
(a) It shall
not be necessary for the Indenture Trustee or the Master Servicer to seek the
consent of the Depositor or any other party hereto to the utilization of any
Subcontractor. Each of the Indenture Trustee and the Master Servicer
shall promptly upon request provide to the Depositor (or any designee of the
Depositor, such as the Master Servicer or the Administrator) a written
description (in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor) of the role
and function of each Subcontractor utilized by such Person, specifying (i) the
identity of each such Subcontractor, (ii) which (if any) of such Subcontractors
are “participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of
Regulation AB and (iii) which elements of the Servicing Criteria will be
addressed in assessments of compliance provided by each Subcontractor identified
pursuant to clause (ii) of this paragraph.
(b) As a
condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor determined to be a Reporting
Subcontractor, the Indenture Trustee shall cause any such Subcontractor for the
benefit of the Depositor to comply with the provisions of Sections 9.05 and 9.06
to the same extent as if such Subcontractor were the Indenture
Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall be responsible for obtaining
from each Subcontractor and delivering to the Depositor, any assessment of
compliance and attestation required to be delivered by such Subcontractor under
Section 9.05 and Section 9.06, in each case as and when required to be
delivered.
(c) As a
condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor determined to be a Reporting
Subcontractor, the Master Servicer shall cause any such Subcontractor for the
benefit of the Depositor to comply with the provisions of Section 3.11(d),
Section 3.12 and Section 9.06, to the same extent as if such Subcontractor were
the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall be responsible for
obtaining from each Subcontractor and delivering to the Depositor, any
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assessment
of compliance and attestation required to be delivered by such Subcontractor
under this Agreement, in each case as and when required to be
delivered.
Section
9.08. Representations and
Warranties. The Indenture Trustee represents
that:
(i) there are
no affiliations relating to the Indenture Trustee with respect to any Item 1119
Party,
(ii) there are
no relationships or transactions with respect to any Item 1119 Party and the
Indenture Trustee that are outside the ordinary course of business or on terms
other than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with an unrelated
third party, apart from the transactions contemplated under the Basic Documents,
and that are material to the investors’ understanding of the Notes
and
(iii) there are
no legal proceedings pending, or known to be contemplated by governmental
authorities, against the Indenture Trustee, or of which the property of the
Indenture Trustee is subject, that is material to the Noteholders.
Section
9.09. Indemnification.
(a) Each of
the Indenture Trustee and the Master Servicer (if the Master Servicer is not the
Seller) shall indemnify the Depositor, each affiliate of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer with respect to its duties as Certifying Person or each Person
who controls any of such parties (within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the respective present
and former directors, officers, employees and agents of each of the foregoing,
and shall hold each of them harmless from and against any losses, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs,
judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of them may sustain
arising out of or based upon:
(i) (A) any
untrue statement of a material fact contained or alleged to be contained in the
Provided Information or (B) the omission or alleged omission to state in the
Provided Information a material fact required to be stated in the Provided
Information, or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, by
way of clarification, that clause (B) of this paragraph shall be construed
solely by reference to the related Provided Information and not to any other
information communicated in connection with a sale or purchase of securities,
without regard to whether the Provided Information or any portion thereof is
presented together with or separately from such other information;
or
(ii) with
respect to the Indenture Trustee, any failure by the Indenture Trustee to
deliver any Servicing Criteria Assessment when and as required under this
Article Nine and with respect to the Master Servicer, any failure by the Master
Servicer to deliver any information, report, certification, accountant’s letter
or other material when and as required under Section 3.11, Section 3.12 or
Article Nine, as applicable.
(b) In the
case of any failure of performance described in Section 9.09(a)(ii), each of the
Indenture Trustee and the Master Servicer shall promptly reimburse the Depositor
for all
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costs
reasonably incurred by each such party in order to obtain the information,
report, certification, accountants’ letter or other material not delivered as
required by the Indenture Trustee or the Master Servicer, as
applicable.
(c) Each of
the Indenture Trustee and the Master Servicer shall require that any Reporting
Subcontractor agree to the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section,
or shall be responsible for all such indemnification, costs or expenses if the
Reporting Subcontractor will not agree to such provisions.
(d) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall the Indenture
Trustee be liable for special, indirect or consequential damages of any kind
whatsoever, including but not limited to lost profits, even if the Indenture
Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless
of the form of action.
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ARTICLE
TEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
10.01. Amendment.
(a) This
Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Seller, the
Master Servicer and the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer, with the consent
of the Indenture Trustee, but without the consent of any of the Noteholders, to
cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision in this Agreement
that may be inconsistent with any other provisions in this Agreement or any
offering document used in connection with the initial offer and sale of the
Notes, to add, change or eliminate any other provisions with respect to matters
or questions arising under this Agreement that are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that no such amendment
(i) may materially adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder and
(ii) will be permitted unless an Opinion of Counsel is delivered to the
Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Swap Counterparty and the Indenture Trustee to
the effect that such amendment will not cause the Issuer to be characterized for
federal income tax purposes as an association taxable as a corporation or
otherwise have any material adverse impact on the federal income taxation of any
Notes Outstanding.
(b) This
Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Seller,
the Master Servicer and the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer, with the
consent of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of Notes evidencing at least
66⅔% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class, for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of
this Agreement, or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders;
provided, however, that no such amendment (i) will be permitted unless an
Opinion of Counsel is delivered to the Depositor, the Swap Counterparty and the
Trustees to the effect that such amendment will not cause the Issuer to be
characterized for federal income tax purposes as an association or publicly
traded partnership taxable as a corporation or otherwise have any material
adverse impact on the federal income taxation of any Notes Outstanding or any
Noteholder and (ii) may: (A) increase or reduce in any manner the amount
of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, or change the allocation or priority
of, collections of payments on or in respect of the Receivables or distributions
that are required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders or change any
Interest Rate or the Reserve Fund Required Amount without the consent of 100% of
the Noteholders of Notes then Outstanding and the Swap Counterparty; or (B)
reduce the percentage of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class, the consent
of the Noteholders of which is required for any amendment to this Agreement
without the consent of 100% of the Noteholders of Notes then
Outstanding.
(c) An
amendment to this Agreement shall be deemed not to materially adversely affect
the interests of any Noteholder if (i) the Person requesting such amendment
obtains and delivers to the Trustees an Opinion of Counsel to that effect or
(ii) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied.
(d) Prior to
the execution of any amendment or consent pursuant to this Section, the Master
Servicer shall provide written notification of the substance of such amendment
or consent
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to each
Rating Agency and the Swap Counterparty and a draft of such proposed amendment
to the Swap Counterparty.
(e) Promptly
after the execution of any amendment or consent pursuant to Section 10.01(b),
the Owner Trustee shall furnish (i) written notification of the substance of
such amendment or consent to each Certificateholder and (ii) a copy of such
executed amendment or consent to the Swap Counterparty. It shall not
be necessary for the consent of the Noteholders pursuant to Section 10.01(b) to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall
be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance
thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents (and any other
consents of the Noteholders provided for in this Agreement) and of evidencing
the authorization of the execution thereof by the Noteholders shall be subject
to such reasonable requirements as the Trustees may prescribe.
(f) Prior to
the execution of any amendment pursuant to this Section, the Depositor, the Swap
Counterparty and the Trustees shall be entitled to receive and rely upon (i)
an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is
authorized or permitted by this Agreement and (ii) an Officer’s Certificate
of the Master Servicer that all conditions precedent provided for in this
Agreement to the execution of such amendment have been complied
with. The Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not
be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects such Owner
Trustee’s or Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this
Agreement or otherwise.
(g) Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of Section 10.01, in the event the parties to this
Agreement desire to further clarify or amend any provision of Article Nine, or
subject to Section 9.05(a), the information contained in Schedule C, this
Agreement shall be amended to reflect the new agreement between the parties
covering matters in this Article Nine, pursuant to Section 9.01, or Schedule C;
provided (i) such amendment will not require any Opinion of Counsel or
satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition or the consent of any Noteholder or
Certificateholder and (ii) the Master Servicer shall have given written notice
to the Rating Agencies not fewer than ten days prior to the effectiveness of any
such amendment.
(h) Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of Section 10.01, this Agreement, or any provision or
definition set forth in any other Basic Document that is incorporated by
reference in this Agreement, may only be amended or modified with the prior
written consent of the Swap Counterparty if such amendment or modification could
have a materially adverse effect on the Swap Counterparty.
Section
10.02. Protection of Title to
Issuer.
(a) The
Depositor or the Master Servicer, or both, shall authorize and file such
financing statements and cause to be authorized 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 Issuer and of the
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders in the Receivables and in
the proceeds thereof. The Depositor or the Master Servicer, or both,
shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Trustees file-stamped copies of,
or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as
available following such filing.
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(b) Neither
the Depositor nor the Master Servicer shall change its name, identity or
organizational structure in any manner that would make any financing statement
or continuation statement filed in accordance with Section 10.02(a) seriously
misleading within the meaning of Section 9-506 of the UCC, unless it shall
have given the Trustees at least 60 days’ prior written notice thereof and
shall have promptly filed such amendments to previously filed financing
statements or continuation statements or such new financing statements as may be
necessary to continue the perfection of the interest of the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders in the Receivables and the
proceeds thereof.
(c) Each of
the Seller, the Depositor and the Master Servicer shall give the Trustees at
least 60 days’ prior written notice of any change in its name, identity,
organizational structure or jurisdiction of organization or any relocation of
its principal place of business or chief executive office if, as a result of
such change or relocation, the applicable provisions of the UCC would require
the filing of any amendment to any previously filed financing statement or
continuation statement or of any new financing statement and shall promptly file
any such amendment, continuation statement or new financing
statement. The Depositor shall at all times maintain its jurisdiction
of organization, its principal place of business and its chief executive office
within the United States. The Master Servicer shall at all times
maintain each office from which it shall service Receivables, and each office at
which the Receivable Files are located, within the United States.
(d) The
Master Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to each Receivable
accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to
know at any time the status of such Receivable, including payments and
recoveries made and payments owing (and the nature of each) and
(ii) reconciliation between payments or recoveries on (or with respect to)
each Receivable and the amounts from time to time deposited in the Collection
Account and held by the Reserve Fund in respect of such Receivable.
(e) The
Master Servicer shall maintain its computer systems so that, from and after the
time of transfer of the Receivables to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement,
the Master Servicer’s master computer records (including any back-up archives)
that refer to a Receivable shall indicate clearly and unambiguously the interest
of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in such Receivable and that such
Receivable is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to the Indenture. Indication of the Issuer’s and the
Indenture Trustee’s interest in a Receivable shall be deleted from or modified
on the Master Servicer’s computer systems when, and only when, such Receivable
shall have been paid in full or repurchased by the Seller or purchased by the
Master Servicer.
(f) If at any
time the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall propose to sell, grant a
security interest in, or otherwise transfer any interest in any motor vehicle
retail installment sale contract to any prospective purchaser, lender or other
transferee, the Master Servicer shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender
or other transferee computer tapes, CDs, records or printouts (including any
restored from back-up archives) that, if they shall refer in any manner
whatsoever to any Receivable, shall indicate clearly and unambiguously that such
Receivable has been sold and is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the
Indenture Trustee (unless such Receivable has been paid in full or repurchased
by the Seller or purchased by the Master Servicer).
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(g) The
Master Servicer shall permit the Trustees and their respective agents at any
time during normal business hours to inspect, audit and make copies of and
abstracts from the Master Servicer’s records regarding any
Receivable.
(h) If the
Seller has repurchased one or more Receivables from the Issuer pursuant to
Section 2.04 or the Master Servicer has purchased one or more Receivables
from the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.08, the Master Servicer shall, upon
request, furnish to the Owner Trustee or to the Indenture Trustee, within ten
Business Days, a list of all Receivables (by contract number and name of
Obligor) then held as part of the Issuer, together with a reconciliation of such
list to the Schedule of Receivables (as amended or supplemented to date) and to
each of the Master Servicer’s Certificates furnished before such request
indicating removal of Receivables from the Issuer.
(i) The
Master Servicer shall deliver to the Depositor, the Swap Counterparty and the
Trustees, promptly after the authorization and delivery of each amendment to any
financing statement delivered pursuant to this Agreement, an Opinion of Counsel
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (A) all financing
statements and continuation statements have been authorized and filed that are
necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Depositor (in the
case of an opinion delivered by the Master Servicer) or the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee (in the case of an opinion delivered by the Depositor) in the
Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior
Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (B) no such action
shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest.
(j) The
Depositor shall, to the extent required by applicable law, cause the Notes to be
registered with the Commission pursuant to Section 12(b) or Section 12(g) of the
Exchange Act within the time periods specified in such sections.
Section
10.03. Notices. All
demands, notices and communications under this Agreement shall be in writing,
personally delivered, sent by telecopier, overnight courier or mailed by
certified mail, return receipt requested, or, where electronic delivery is
applicable and requested, shall be delivered by electronic delivery, and shall
be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt in the case of (i) the
Depositor, at 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxx, (ii) the Seller, at 00 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000, Attention: Legal Department, (iii) the Master Servicer, at 000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0610, Attention: Treasury
Department, (iv) the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, at the Corporate Trust
Office, (v) the Indenture Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office, (vi) the
Swap Counterparty, to Wachovia Bank, National Association, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx XX0000, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000–0600, Attention: Derivatives
Documentation, (vii) Standard & Poor’s, at
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000, Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance
Department (e-mail: Xxxxxxxx_xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx),
(viii) Moody’s, at Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., ABS Monitoring Department, 7
World Trade Center, 25th Floor,
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (e mail: Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx)
and (viii) as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall be
designated by written notice to the other parties.
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Section
10.04. Assignment.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, except as provided in the remainder
of this Section or as provided in Sections 6.03 and 7.02, this Agreement
may not be assigned by the Depositor or the Master Servicer without the prior
written consent of the Trustees and the Holders of Notes evidencing at least
66⅔% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class.
(b) The
Depositor hereby acknowledges and consents to the mortgage, pledge, assignment
and grant of a security interest by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant
to the Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders of all right, title and
interest of the Issuer in, to and under the Trust Property and the assignment of
any or all of the Issuer’s rights and obligations hereunder to the Indenture
Trustee.
Section
10.05. Severability. 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 and terms of this Agreement and shall in no
way affect the validity or enforceability of the other covenants, agreements,
provisions and terms of this Agreement.
Section
10.06. Further
Assurances. The Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer and
the Issuer agree to do and perform, from time to time, any and all acts and to
authorize or execute any and all further instruments required or reasonably
requested by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee more fully to effect the
purposes of this Agreement, including the authorization and execution of any
financing statements or continuation statements relating to the Receivables for
filing under the provisions of the UCC of any applicable
jurisdiction.
Section
10.07. No Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising,
on the part of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the
Noteholders or the Certificateholders, any right, remedy, power or privilege
hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other
or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or
privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided in
this Agreement are cumulative and not exhaustive of any rights, remedies, powers
and privileges provided by law.
Section
10.08. Successors and Assigns;
Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, and their respective
successors and permitted assigns. The Swap Counterparty, the Owner
Trustee, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders and their respective
successors and permitted assigns are intended third-party beneficiaries of this
Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in this Article, no other
Person shall have any right or obligation hereunder. The parties
hereto hereby acknowledge and consent to the pledge of this Agreement by the
Issuer to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders pursuant to
the Indenture.
Section
10.09. Actions by
Securityholders.
(a) Wherever
in this Agreement a provision is made that an action may be taken or a notice,
demand or instruction given by the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, such
action,
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notice or
instruction may be taken or given by any Noteholder or any Certificateholder, as
applicable, unless such provision requires a specific percentage of the
Noteholders or the Certificateholders.
(b) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act
by a Noteholder or a Certificateholder shall bind such Noteholder or
Certificateholder and every subsequent Holder of the related Note or Certificate
issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in
lieu thereof in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Master Servicer in reliance thereon,
whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note or
Certificate.
Section
10.10. Separate
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but
one and the same instrument.
Section
10.11. Headings. The
Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience of reference only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation
of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section
10.12. GOVERNING
LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW
PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND
THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE
DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section
10.13. Nonpetition
Covenants.
(a) The Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Seller, the Master Servicer and the
Depositor each covenants and agrees that it will not at any time institute
against, or join any other Person in instituting against, the Issuer any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings
or other proceedings under any federal or State bankruptcy or similar
law.
(b) The Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Seller, the Master Servicer and the Issuer
each covenants and agrees that it will not at any time institute against, or
join any other Person in instituting against, the Depositor any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other
proceedings under any federal or State bankruptcy or similar law.
(c) This
Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee under the
Trust Agreement and the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture and shall survive
the termination of the Trust Agreement and the Indenture.
Section
10.14. Limitation of Liability of
Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, this Agreement has been executed by
the Owner Trustee not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as
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Owner
Trustee of the Issuer and in no event shall the Owner Trustee in its individual
capacity have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants,
agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the
certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of
which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer. For
all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or obligations
hereunder or in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer
hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits
of, the terms and provisions of Articles Six, Seven and Eight of the Trust
Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, this Agreement has been accepted by
the Indenture Trustee, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture
Trustee and in no event shall the Indenture Trustee in its individual capacity
have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or
other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices
or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be
had solely to the assets of the Issuer.
Section
10.15. Obligations with Respect to
the Swap Counterparty. Any obligations or duties owed to, or
rights of, the Swap Counterparty hereunder, including the right of the Swap
Counterparty to consent to, or receive notice of, any actions hereunder shall
terminate upon payment in full of the Class A-2b Notes, the Class A-3b Notes and
the Class A-4b Notes and payment of all amounts owed to the Swap Counterparty
pursuant to the Swap Agreement.
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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.
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By:
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WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, not in
its
individual capacity but solely as Owner
Trustee
on behalf of the Issuer
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By:
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/s/ X. Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: X. Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: Financial Services Officer | |||
WDS RECEIVABLES LLC, as Depositor | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxx | |||
Title: Assistant Vice President | |||
WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL
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ASSOCIATION, as Master Servicer | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: Vice President | |||
WACHOVIA
DEALER SERVICES, INC., as Seller
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By:
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/s/ X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title:
Senior Vice President, Treasury
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Agreed
and Accepted:
U.S. BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx______________
Name: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President
SCHEDULE A
LOCATION
OF RECEIVABLE FILES
Wachovia
Dealer Services, Inc.
00000
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Irvine,
California 92618
Wachovia
Dealer Services, Inc.
0000 X.
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx 161
Irving,
Texas 75038
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SCHEDULE
B
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PARTIES
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SCHEDULE
C
SERVICING
AND DISCLOSURE ITEMS
SCHEDULE
C
PART I -
SERVICING CRITERIA (TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE REPORT ON ASSESSMENT OF
COMPLIANCE)
The
assessment of compliance to be delivered by the Master Servicer shall address,
at a minimum, the criteria identified below as “Applicable Servicing
Criteria”:
Reg
AB Reference
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Servicing
Criteria
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Applicable
Servicing
Criteria |
Responsible
Party
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General
Servicing Considerations
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1122(d)(1)(i)
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Policies
and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers
and events of default in accordance with the transaction
agreements.
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Master
Servicer
Administrator
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1122(d)(1)(ii)
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If
any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties,
policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s
performance and compliance with such servicing activities.
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Master
Servicer
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1122(d)(1)(iii)
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Any
requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up Master
Servicer for the Pool Assets are maintained.
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N/A
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1122(d)(1)(iv)
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A
fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party
participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in
the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the
terms of the transaction agreements.
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Master
Servicer
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Cash
Collection and Administration
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1122(d)(2)(i)
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Payments
on pool assets are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts
and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days
following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
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Master
Servicer
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1122(d)(2)(ii)
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Disbursements
made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made
only by authorized personnel.
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N/A
for Obligor disbursements.
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Master
Servicer
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1122(d)(2)(iii)
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Advances
of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions,
and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made,
reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction
agreements.
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Master
Servicer
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1122(d)(2)(iv)
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The
related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or
accounts established as a form of over collateralization, are separately
maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the
transaction agreements.
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Master
Servicer
Indenture
Trustee
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1122(d)(2)(v)
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Each
custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository
institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For
purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution”
with respect to a foreign
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Administrator
Indenture
Trustee
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SC-1
Reg AB Reference | Servicing Criteria |
Applicable Servicing
Criteria
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Responsible Party |
financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act. | |||
1122(d)(2)(vi)
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Unissued
checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized
access.
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N/A
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1122(d)(2)(vii)
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Reconciliations
are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related
bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing
accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically
accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement
cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who
prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling
items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar
days of their original identification, or such other number of days
specified in the transaction agreements.
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Master
Servicer
Indenture
Trustee
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Investor
Remittances and Reporting
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1122(d)(3)(i)
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Reports
to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are
maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable
Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are
prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the
transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance
with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with
the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree
with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal
balance and number of Pool Assets serviced by the Master
Servicer.
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Master
Servicer
Administrator
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1122(d)(3)(ii)
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Amounts
due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes,
distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction
agreements.
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Master
Servicer
Administrator
Indenture
Trustee
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1122(d)(3)(iii)
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Disbursements
made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Master
Servicer’s investor records, or such other number of days specified in the
transaction agreements.
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Master
Servicer
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1122(d)(3)(iv)
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Amounts
remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled
checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank
statements.
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Master
Servicer
Administrator
Indenture
Trustee
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Pool
Asset Administration
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1122(d)(4)(i)
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Collateral
or security on pool assets is maintained as required by the transaction
agreements or related pool asset documents.
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Master
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(ii)
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Pool
assets and related documents are safeguarded as required by the
transaction agreements
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Master
Servicer
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SC-2
Reg AB Reference | Servicing Criteria | Applicable
Servicing Criteria |
Responsible Party |
1122(d)(4)(iii)
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Any
additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed
and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the
transaction agreements.
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Master
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(iv)
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Payments
on pool assets, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related
pool asset documents are posted to the Master Servicer’s obligor records
maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other
number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to
principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the
related pool asset documents.
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Master
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(v)
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The
Master Servicer’s records regarding the pool assets agree with the Master
Servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal
balance.
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Master
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(vi)
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Changes
with respect to the terms or status of an obligor's pool assets (e.g.,
loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by
authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and
related pool asset documents.
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Master
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(vii)
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Loss
mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and
deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as
applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the
timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction
agreements.
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Master
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(viii)
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Records
documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a pool
asset is delinquent in accordance with the transaction
agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly
basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and
describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent pool assets
including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling
plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or
unemployment).
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Master
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(ix)
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Adjustments
to interest rates or rates of return for pool assets with variable rates
are computed based on the related pool asset documents.
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Master
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(x)
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Regarding
any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such
funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s pool asset documents,
on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the
transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited,
to obligors in accordance with applicable pool asset documents and state
laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30
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N/A
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1122(d)(4)(xi)
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Payments
made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made
on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the
appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support
has been received by the Master Servicer at least 30 calendar days prior
to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction
agreements.
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N/A
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1122(d)(4)(xii)
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Any
late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf
of an obligor are paid from the Master Servicer’s funds and not charged to
the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or
omission.
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N/A
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1122(d)(4)(xiii)
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Disbursements
made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the
obligor’s records maintained by the Master Servicer, or such other number
of days specified in the transaction agreements.
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N/A
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1122(d)(4)(xiv)
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Delinquencies,
charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in
accordance with the transaction agreements.
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Master
Servicer
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1122(d)(4)(xv)
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Any
external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1)
through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in
the transaction agreements.
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N/A
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SCHEDULE
C
PART II -
FORM 10-D DISCLOSURE ITEMS
FORM
10-D DISCLOSURE ITEMS
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Item
on Form 10-D
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Responsible
Party
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Item
1: Distribution and Pool Performance Information
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Information
included in the Monthly Servicer’s Certificate
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Master
Servicer
Administrator
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Any
information required by 1121 which is NOT included on the Monthly
Servicer’s Certificate
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Depositor
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Item
2: Legal Proceedings
· Any
legal proceeding pending against the following entities or their
respective property, that is material to Certificateholders, including any
proceeding known to be contemplated by governmental
authorities:
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· Issuing
Entity (Trust Fund)
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Depositor
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· Sponsor
(Seller)
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Seller
(if a party to the Sales and Servicing Agreement) or
Depositor
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· Depositor
|
Depositor
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· Indenture
Trustee
|
Indenture
Trustee
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· Administrator
|
Administrator
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· Master
Servicer
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Master
Servicer
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· Owner
Trustee
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Owner
Trustee
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· 1110(b)
Originator
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Depositor
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· Any
1108(a)(2) Servicer (other than the Master Servicer or
Administrator)
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Depositor
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· Any
other party contemplated by 1100(d)(1)
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Depositor
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Item
3: Sale of Securities and Use of Proceeds
Information
from Item 2(a) of Part II of Form 10-Q
With
respect to any sale of securities by the sponsor, depositor or issuing
entity, that are backed by the same asset pool or are otherwise issued by
the issuing entity, whether or not
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Depositor
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FORM
10-D DISCLOSURE ITEMS
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Item on Form 10-D |
Responsible
Party
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registered, provide the sales and use of proceeds information in Item 701 of Regulation S-K. Pricing information can be omitted if securities were not registered. | |
Item
4: Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Information
from Item 3 of Part II of Form 10-Q
Report
the occurrence of any Event of Default (after expiration of any grace
period and provision of any required notice)
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Administrator
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Item
5: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders
Information
from Item 4 of Part II of Form 10-Q
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Administrator
Indenture
Trustee
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Item
6: Significant Obligors of Pool Assets
Item 1112(b) – Significant Obligor Financial
Information*
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Depositor
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*This
information need only be reported on the Form 10-D for the distribution
period in which updated information is required pursuant to the
Item.
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Item
7: Significant Enhancement Provider Information
Item
1114(b)(2) – Credit Enhancement Provider Financial
Information*
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· Determining
applicable disclosure threshold
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Depositor
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· Requesting
required financial information (including any required accountants’
consent to the use thereof) or effecting incorporation by
reference
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Depositor
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Item
1115(b) – Derivative Counterparty Financial Information*
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· Determining
current maximum probable exposure
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Depositor
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SC-6
FORM
10-D DISCLOSURE ITEMS
|
|
Item on Form 10-D |
Responsible
Party
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· Determining
current significance percentage
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Depositor
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· Requesting
required financial information (including any required accountants’
consent to the use thereof) or effecting incorporation by
reference
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Depositor
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*This information need
only be reported on the Form 10-D for the distribution period in which
updated information is required pursuant to the Items.
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Item
8: Other Information
Disclose
any information required to be reported on Form 8-K during the period
covered by the Form 10-D but not reported
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Any
party responsible for the applicable Form 8-K Disclosure
item
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Item
9: Exhibits
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Monthly
Statement to Certificateholders
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Administrator
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Exhibits
required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K, such as material
agreements
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Depositor
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SCHEDULE
C
PART III
- FORM 10-K DISCLOSURE ITEMS
FORM
10-K DISCLOSURE ITEMS
|
|
Item
on Form 10-K
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Responsible
Party
|
Item 1B: Unresolved Staff
Comments
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Depositor
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Item
9B: Other Information
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Any
party responsible for disclosure items on Form 8-K
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Item
15: Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
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Depositor
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Additional
Item:
Disclosure
per Item 1117 of Reg AB
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(i)
All parties to the Sale and Servicing Agreement (as to themselves), (ii)
the Depositor as to the issuing entity, (iii) the Depositor as to the
sponsor, any 1106(b) originator, any 1100(d)(1) party
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Additional
Item:
Disclosure
per Item 1119 of Reg AB
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(i)
All parties to the Sale and Servicing Agreement (as to themselves), (ii)
the Depositor as to he sponsor, originator, significant obligor,
enhancement or support provider
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Additional
Item:
Disclosure
per Item 1112(b) of Reg AB
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Depositor/
Master Servicer
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Additional
Item:
Disclosure
per Items 1114(b) and 1115(b) of Reg AB
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Depositor
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SC-8
SCHEDULE
C
PART IV -
FORM 8-K DISCLOSURE (REPORTABLE EVENTS)
FORM
8-K DISCLOSURE (REPORTABLE EVENTS)
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Item
on Form 8-K
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Responsible
Party
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Item
1.01- Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Disclosure
is required regarding entry into or amendment of any definitive agreement
that is material to the securitization, even if depositor is not a
party.
Examples:
servicing agreement, custodial agreement.
Note:
disclosure not required as to definitive agreements that are fully
disclosed in the prospectus.
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All
parties as to themselves
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Item
1.02- Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
Disclosure
is required regarding termination of any definitive agreement that is
material to the securitization (other than expiration in accordance with
its terms), even if depositor is not a party.
Examples:
servicing agreement, custodial agreement.
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All
parties as to themselves
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Item
1.03- Bankruptcy or Receivership
Disclosure
is required regarding the bankruptcy or receivership, with respect to any
of the following:
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Depositor
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· Sponsor
(Seller)
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Depositor/Sponsor
(Seller)
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· Depositor
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Depositor
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· Master
Servicer
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Master
Servicer
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· Affiliated
Servicer
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Master
Servicer
|
· Other
Servicer servicing 20% or more of the pool assets at the time of the
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Master
Servicer
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SC-9
FORM
8-K DISCLOSURE (REPORTABLE EVENTS)
|
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Item
on Form 8-K
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Responsible
Party
|
report
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· Other
material servicers
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Master
Servicer
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· Indenture
Trustee
|
Indenture
Trustee
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· Administrator
|
Administrator
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· Significant
Obligor
|
Depositor
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· Credit
Enhancer (10% or more)
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Depositor
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· Derivative
Counterparty
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Depositor
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· Owner
Trustee
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Owner
Trustee
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Item
2.04- Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial
Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangement
Includes
an early amortization, performance trigger or other event, including event
of default, that would materially alter the payment priority/distribution
of cash flows/amortization schedule.
Disclosure
will be made of events other than waterfall triggers which are disclosed
in the monthly statements to the certificateholders.
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Depositor
Master
Servicer
Administrator
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Item
3.03- Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders
Disclosure
is required of any material modification to documents defining the rights
of Certificateholders, including the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
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Administrator
Indenture
Trustee
Depositor
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Item
5.03- Amendments of Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change of Fiscal
Year
Disclosure
is required of any amendment "to the governing documents of the issuing
entity".
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Depositor
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Item
6.01- ABS Informational and
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Depositor
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FORM
8-K DISCLOSURE (REPORTABLE EVENTS)
|
|
Item
on Form 8-K
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Responsible
Party
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Computational Material | |
Item
6.02- Change of Master Servicer or Administrator
Requires
disclosure of any removal, replacement, substitution or addition of any
master servicer, affiliated servicer, and other servicer servicing 10% or
more of pool assets at time of report, other material servicers or
Indenture Trustee.
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A
change of both – Depositor/Indenture Trustee
A
change of Servicer, Master Servicer or Administrator - Master
Servicer/Administrator/Depositor/
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Reg
AB disclosure about any new servicer or master servicer is also
required.
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Master
Servicer/Depositor
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Reg
AB disclosure about any new Indenture Trustee is also
required.
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New
Indenture Trustee
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Item
6.03- Change in Credit Enhancement or External Support
Covers
termination of any enhancement in manner other than by its terms, the
addition of an enhancement, or a material change in the enhancement
provided. Applies to external credit enhancements as well as
derivatives.
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N/A
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Reg
AB disclosure about any new enhancement provider is also
required.
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Depositor
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Item
6.04- Failure to Make a Required Distribution
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Master
Servicer
Indenture
Trustee
|
Item
6.05- Securities Act Updating Disclosure
If
any material pool characteristic differs by 5% or more at the time of
issuance of the securities from the description in the final prospectus,
provide updated Reg AB disclosure about the actual asset
pool.
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Depositor
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FORM
8-K DISCLOSURE (REPORTABLE EVENTS)
|
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Item
on Form 8-K
|
Responsible
Party
|
If
there are any new servicers or originators required to be disclosed under
Regulation AB as a result of the foregoing, provide the information called
for in Items 1108 and 1110 respectively.
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Depositor
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Item
7.01- Reg FD Disclosure
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Depositor
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Item
8.01- Other Events
Any
event, with respect to which information is not otherwise called for in
Form 8-K, that the registrant deems of importance to
certificateholders.
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Depositor
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Item
9.01- Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Responsible
party, as applicable, for reporting/disclosing the financial statement or
exhibit
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SCHEDULE
D
PERFORMANCE
CERTIFICATION
(REPORTING
SUBCONTRACTOR)
The
undersigned [Reporting Subcontractor] hereby certifies to [_______] and its
officers, directors and Affiliates (collectively, the “Certification Parties”)
as follows, with the knowledge and intent that the Certification Parties will
rely on this Certification in connection with the certification concerning the
Issuer to be signed by an officer of the Master Servicer and submitted to the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of
2002:
1. The
[Reporting Subcontractor] has reviewed the information and reports provided by
it to the Depositor and the Master Servicer pursuant to the Agreement with
respect to the assessment of the Servicing Criteria under Section 9.05 of the
Agreement (the “Information”);
2. Based
on the [Reporting Subcontractor]’s knowledge, the Information, taken as a whole,
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required in the Information and necessary to make the statements
made, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made,
not misleading with respect to the period covered by the 10-K report;
and
3. The
assessment of the Servicing Criteria required to be provided by the [Reporting
Subcontractor] pursuant to the Agreement, has been provided to the Depositor and
the Master Servicer. Any material instance of noncompliance with the
applicable Servicing Criteria has been disclosed in such report.
Capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Sale and Servicing Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of June 1, 2008, among
Wachovia Auto Owner Trust 2008-A, as issuer, WDS Receivables LLC, as depositor,
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as master servicer and Wachovia Dealer
Services, Inc., as seller.
SD-1
[__________________________,
[REPORTING SUBCONTRACTOR]
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By:
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Name | |||
Title | |||
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Date:
__________________
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SD-2
SCHEDULE
E
PERFORMANCE
CERTIFICATION
(MASTER
SERVICER)
The
undersigned Master Servicer hereby certifies to [_______] and its officers,
directors and Affiliates (collectively, the “Certification Parties”) as follows,
with the knowledge and intent that the Certification Parties will rely on this
Certification in connection with the certification concerning the Issuer to be
signed by an officer of the Servicer and submitted to the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002:
1. I have
reviewed:
(i) the
servicer compliance statement of the Master Servicer provided in accordance with
Item 1123 of Regulation AB (the “Compliance Statement”),
(ii) the
report on assessment of the Master Servicer’s compliance with the servicing
criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (the “Servicing Criteria”),
provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and Item 1122 of
Regulation AB (the “Servicing Assessment”),
(iii) the
registered public accounting firm’s attestation report provided in accordance
with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Section 1122(b) of
Regulation AB (the “Attestation Report”), and
(iv) all
servicing reports, officer’s certificates and other information relating to the
servicing of the Receivables by the Master Servicer during 200__ that were
delivered by the Master Servicer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Agreement (collectively, the “Servicing Information”).
2. Based on
my knowledge, the Servicing Information, taken as a whole, does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period of time covered
by the Servicing Information.
3. Based on
my knowledge, all of the Servicing Information required to be provided by the
Master Servicer under the Agreement has been provided to the Indenture
Trustee.
4. I am
responsible for reviewing the activities performed by Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”) under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of June 1, 2008, among Wachovia
Auto Owner Trust 2008-A, as issuer (the “Issuer”), WDS Receivables LLC, as
depositor, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and Wachovia
Dealer Services, Inc., as seller and based on my
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knowledge
and the compliance review conducted in preparing the Compliance Statement and
except as disclosed in the Compliance Statement, the Servicing Assessment or the
Attestation Report, the Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the
Agreement in all material respects.
5. The
Compliance Statement required to be delivered by the Servicer pursuant to the
Agreement, and the Servicing Assessment and Attestation Report required to be
provided by the Servicer and by any Reporting Subcontractor pursuant to the
Agreement, have been provided to the Indenture Trustee. Any material
instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed to the
Depositor. Any material instance of noncompliance with the Servicing
Criteria has been disclosed in such reports.
Capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Agreement.
WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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By:
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Name | |||
Title | |||
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Date:
__________________
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SE-2
EXHIBIT A
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES AS TO THE RECEIVABLES
The
following representations and warranties shall be made in respect of the
Receivables being transferred to the Issuer on the Closing Date as of the Cutoff
Date.
(i) Characteristics of
Receivables. Each Receivable (A) was originated in the
United States by the Seller or a Dealer located in the United States for the
retail sale of a Financed Vehicle in the ordinary course of the Seller’s or the
applicable Dealer’s business in accordance with the Seller’s credit policies as
of the date of origination or acquisition of the related Receivable, is payable
in United States dollars, has been fully and properly executed by the parties
thereto, if not originated by the Seller, has been purchased by the Seller from
such Dealer under an existing Dealer Agreement (or approved form of assignment)
and has been validly assigned by such Dealer to the Seller, (B) has created
a valid, subsisting and enforceable first priority security interest in favor of
the Seller in the Financed Vehicle, which security interest shall be perfected
and prior to any other interest in such Financed Vehicle, and which security
interest is assignable by the Seller and reassignable by the assignee,
(C) contains customary and enforceable provisions such that the rights and
remedies of the holder thereof are adequate for realization against the
collateral of the benefits of the security, (D) shall, except as otherwise
provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, provide for level Monthly Payments
(provided that the payment in the first or last month in the life of the
Receivable may be minimally different from the level payment) that fully
amortize the Amount Financed over its original term and shall provide for a
finance charge or shall yield interest at its Contract Rate, (E) is a
Simple Interest Receivable, (F) is due from an Obligor with a mailing
address within the United States or its territories, (G) to the best of the
Seller’s knowledge, is due from an Obligor who is a natural person and
(H) to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, is not assumable by another
Person in a manner which would release the Obligor thereof from such Obligor’s
obligations to the Seller with respect to such Receivable.
(ii) Schedule of
Receivables. The information set forth in the Schedule of
Receivables shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the close
of business on the Cutoff Date, and the Receivables were selected (a) from
those motor vehicle receivables of the Seller which met the selection criteria
set forth in this Agreement and (b) using selection procedures, believed by
the Seller, not to be adverse to the Noteholders.
(iii) Compliance with
Law. Each Receivable complied at the time it was originated or
made, and at the Closing Date complies, in all material respects with all
requirements of applicable federal, State and, to the best knowledge of the
Seller, local laws, rulings and regulations thereunder (including usury
laws).
(iv) Binding
Obligation. Each Receivable represents the genuine, legal,
valid and binding payment obligation in writing of the related Obligor,
enforceable by the holder thereof in accordance with its terms, except as
(A) enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and by equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies,
regardless of whether such
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enforceability
is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and (B) such Receivable
may be modified by the application after the Cutoff Date of the Servicemembers
Civil Relief Act or by any similar applicable State law.
(v) No Government
Obligor. No Receivable is due from the United States or any
State or any agency, department, subdivision or instrumentality
thereof.
(vi) Obligor
Bankruptcy. To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, at the
Cutoff Date, no Obligor is the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.
(vii) Security Interest in
Financed Vehicles. Immediately prior to the transfer of the
Receivables by the Seller to the Depositor, each Receivable was secured by a
valid, binding and enforceable first priority perfected security interest in
favor of the Seller in the related Financed Vehicle, which security interest has
been validly assigned by the Seller to the Depositor. The Master
Servicer has received, or will receive within 180 days after the Closing
Date, the original certificate of title for each Financed Vehicle or notice from
the applicable State entity issuing such certificate of title, that such
certificate of title is being processed (other than any Financed Vehicle that is
subject to a certificate of title statute or motor vehicle registration law that
does not require that the original certificate of title for such Financed
Vehicle be delivered to the Seller).
(viii) Receivables in
Force. No Receivable shall have been satisfied, subordinated
or rescinded, nor shall any Financed Vehicle have been released in whole or in
part from the Lien granted by the related Receivable.
(ix) No
Waivers. No provision of a Receivable shall have been waived
in such a manner that such Receivable fails to meet all of the other
representations and warranties made by the Seller herein with respect
thereto.
(x) No
Amendments. No Receivable shall have been amended or modified
in such a manner that the total number of Monthly Payments has been increased or
decreased or that the related Amount Financed has been increased or decreased or
that such Receivable fails to meet all of the other representations and
warranties made by the Seller herein with respect thereto.
(xi) No
Defenses. No Receivable is subject to any right of rescission,
setoff, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, and the
operation of any of the terms of any Receivable, or the exercise of any right
thereunder, will not render such Receivable unenforceable in whole or in part or
subject to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense, including
the defense of usury, and the Seller has not received written notice of the
assertion with respect to any Receivable of any such right of rescission,
setoff, counterclaim or defense.
(xii) No
Liens. No Liens or claims shall have been filed, including
Liens for work, labor or materials or for unpaid local, State or federal taxes
relating to any Financed Vehicle that shall be prior to, or equal or coordinate
with, the security interest in such Financed Vehicle granted by the related
Receivable.
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(xiii) No Defaults;
Repossessions. Except for payment defaults that, as of the
Cutoff Date, have been continuing for a period of not more than 30 days, no
default, breach or violation under the terms of any Receivable, permitting
acceleration, shall have occurred as of the Cutoff Date and no continuing
condition that with notice or the lapse of time or both would constitute a
default, breach or violation under the terms of any Receivable, permitting
acceleration, shall have arisen; and the Seller shall not have waived any of the
foregoing except as otherwise permitted hereunder. On or prior to the
Cutoff Date, no Financed Vehicle has been repossessed.
(xiv) Insurance. Each
Receivable requires the related Obligor to obtain physical damage insurance
covering the related Financed Vehicle and to maintain such
insurance.
(xv) Title. It
is the intention of the Seller that the transfers and assignments herein
contemplated constitute a sale of the Receivables from the Seller to the
Purchaser and that the beneficial interest in and title to the Receivables not
be part of the debtor’s estate in the event of the appointment of a receiver or
conservator for the Seller under any receivership, bankruptcy law, insolvency or
banking law; no Receivable has been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged by
the Seller to any Person other than the Purchaser, and no provision of a
Receivable shall have been waived, except as provided in clause (ix) above;
immediately prior to the transfer and assignment herein contemplated, the Seller
had good and marketable title to each Receivable free and clear of all Liens and
rights of others, except for Liens that shall be released on or before the
Closing Date; immediately upon the transfer and assignment thereof, the
Purchaser shall have good and marketable title to each Receivable, free and
clear of all Liens and rights of others; and the transfer and assignment herein
contemplated has been perfected under the UCC.
(xvi) Security Interest
Matters. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing
“security interest” (as defined in the UCC) in the Receivables in favor of the
Depositor, which security interest is prior to all other Liens and is
enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the
Seller. With respect to each Receivable, the Seller has taken all
steps necessary to perfect its security interest against the related Obligor in
the related Financed Vehicle. The Receivables constitute “tangible
chattel paper” (as defined in the UCC). The Seller has caused or will
cause prior to the Closing Date the filing of all appropriate financing
statements in the proper filing offices in the appropriate jurisdictions under
applicable law necessary to perfect the security interest in the Receivables
granted to the Depositor under the Receivables Purchase
Agreement. Other than the security interest granted to the Depositor
under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Seller has not pledged, assigned,
sold, granted a security interest in or otherwise conveyed any of the
Receivables. The Seller has not authorized the filing of and is not
aware of any financing statements against the Seller that include a description
of collateral covering the Receivables other than any financing statement
relating to the security interest granted to the Depositor under the Receivables
Purchase Agreement or that has been terminated. The motor vehicle
retail installment sale contracts and installment loans that constitute or
evidence the Receivables do not have any marks or notations indicating that they
have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the
Depositor, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee. The Seller is not
aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Seller.
(xvii) Financing
Statements. All financing statements filed or to be filed
against the Seller in favor of the Issuer (as assignee of the Depositor) contain
a statement substantially to the following effect: “A purchase of or security
interest in any collateral described in this financing statement will violate
the rights of the Issuer”. All financing statements filed or to be
filed against the Seller in favor of the Indenture Trustee (as assignee of the
Issuer) contain a statement substantially to the
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following
effect: “A purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this
financing statement will violate the rights of the Indenture
Trustee”.
(xviii) Lawful
Assignment. No Receivable has been originated in, or is
subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer,
assignment and conveyance of such Receivable under this Agreement or the Sale
and Servicing Agreement or the pledge of such Receivables hereunder, thereunder
or under the Indenture is unlawful, void or voidable or under which such
Receivable would be rendered void or voidable as a result of any such sale,
transfer, assignment, conveyance or pledge. The Seller has not
entered into any agreement with any account debtor that prohibits, restricts or
conditions the assignment of the Receivables.
(xix) All Filings
Made. All filings (including UCC filings) necessary in any
jurisdiction to give the Purchaser, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee a first
priority security interest in the Receivables shall have been made or will be
made on the Closing Date.
(xx) One
Original. There shall be only one original executed copy of
each Receivable.
(xxi) Location of Receivable
Files. Each Receivable File shall be kept at one of the
locations listed in Schedule A.
(xxii) Custodial
Agreements. Immediately prior to the transfer of the
Receivables by the Seller to the Purchaser, the Purchaser, an Affiliate of the
Purchaser or an agent on behalf of the Purchaser had possession of the
Receivable Files and there were no, and there will not be, any custodial
agreements in effect affecting the right or ability of the Purchaser to make, or
cause to be made, any delivery required under this Agreement.
(xxiii) Bulk Transfer
Laws. The transfer of the Receivables and the Receivable Files
by the Seller to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement is not subject to the
bulk transfer laws or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any
applicable jurisdiction.
(xxiv) Principal
Balance. Each Receivable had an original Principal Balance of
not more than $150,000.00 and a remaining Principal Balance, as of the Cutoff
Date, of not less than $500.00.
(xxv) New and Used
Vehicles. As of the Cutoff Date, approximately 45.25% of the
Pool Balance was secured by new Financed Vehicles and approximately 54.75% of
the Pool Balance was secured by used Financed Vehicles.
(xxvi) Original Term to
Maturity. Each Receivable had an original term to maturity of
not more than 84 months and not less than 12 months and a remaining term to
maturity as of the Cutoff Date, of not more than 84 months and not less than
three months.
(xxvii) Weighted Average Remaining
Term to Maturity. As of the Cutoff Date, the weighted average
remaining term to maturity of the Receivables owned by the Seller was
approximately 60.12 months.
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(xxviii) Annual Percentage
Rate. Each Receivable has a Contract Rate of at least 4.00%
and not more than 14.99% and the weighted average Contract Rate of the
Receivables as of the Cutoff Date was approximately 6.92%.
(xxix) Simple Interest
Method. All payments with respect to the Receivables have been
allocated consistently in accordance with the Simple Interest
Method.
(xxx) Marking
Records. As of the Closing Date, the Seller will have caused
its computer and accounting records relating to each Receivable to be marked to
show that the Receivables have been sold to the Purchaser by the Seller and
transferred and assigned by the Purchaser to the Issuer in accordance with the
terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and pledged by the Issuer to the
Indenture Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
(xxxi) Chattel
Paper. Each Receivable constitutes “tangible chattel paper”
within the meaning of the UCC as in effect in the State of
origination.
(xxxii) Final Scheduled Distribution
Date. No Receivable has a final scheduled payment date later
than six months prior to the Class B Final Scheduled Distribution
Date.
(xxxiii) No Fleet
Sales. None of the Receivables have been included in a “fleet”
sale (i.e., a sale to any single Obligor of more than seven Financed
Vehicles).
(xxxiv) No Fraud or
Misrepresentation. Each Receivable that was originated by a
Dealer and was sold by the Dealer to the Seller, to the best of the Seller’s
knowledge, was so originated and sold without fraud or misrepresentation on the
part of such Dealer in either case.
(xxxv) No
Impairment. The Seller has not done anything to convey any
right to any Person that would result in such Person having a right to payments
due under a Receivable or otherwise to impair the rights of the Depositor in any
Receivable or the proceeds thereof.
(xxxvi) Servicing. Each
Receivable has been serviced in conformity with all applicable laws, rules and
regulation and in conformity with the Seller’s policies and procedures which are
consistent with customary, prudent industry standards.
(xxxvii) No
Consent. To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, no notice to
or consent from any Obligor is necessary to effect the acquisition of the
Receivables by the Purchaser or the Issuer or the pledge of the Receivables by
the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee.
(xxxviii) FICO
Score. The weighted average FICO score of the Receivables as
of the Cutoff Date (based on the FICO score recorded at the respective dates of
origination of such Receivables) was approximately 774.
(xxxix) Obligor Mailing
Address. No more than 22.52% of the Receivables as of the
Cutoff Date had an Obligor mailing address in the State of
California.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT
Wachovia
Auto Owner Trust 2008-A
1.
|
Collection
Period
|
___________
|
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2.
|
Determination
Date
|
___________
|
|||
3.
|
Distribution
Date
|
___________
|
|||
4.
|
Priority
Principal Distributable Amount
|
$__________
|
|||
5.
|
Secondary
Principal Distributable Amount
|
$__________
|
|||
6.
|
Interest
Distributable Amount
|
$__________
|
|||
a.
Class
A-1 Notes:
|
$ per
$1,000 original principal amount
|
||||
b.
Class
A-2a Notes:
|
$ per
$1,000 original principal amount
|
||||
c. Class
A-2b Notes:
|
$ per
$1,000 original principal amount
|
||||
d.
Class
A-3a Notes:
|
$ per
$1,000 original principal amount
|
||||
e.
Class
A-3b Notes:
|
$ per
$1,000 original principal amount
|
||||
f.
Class
A-4a Notes:
|
$ per
$1,000 original principal amount
|
||||
g.
Class
A-4b Notes:
|
$ per
$1,000 original principal amount
|
||||
h.
Class
A-1 Notes:
|
$ per
$1,000 original principal amount
|
||||
7.
|
Available
Collections
|
$__________
|
|||
8.
|
Available
Funds
|
$__________
|
|||
9.
|
Pool
Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the Collection
Period (per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
$__________
|
|||
10.
|
Note
Factor
|
___________
|
|||
a.
Class
A-1 Notes:
|
|
___________
|
|||
b.
Class
A-2a Notes:
|
|
___________
|
|||
c.
Class
A-2b Notes:
|
|
___________
|
|||
d.
Class
A-3a Notes:
|
|
___________
|
|||
e.
Class
A-3b Notes:
|
|
___________
|
|||
f.
Class
A-4a Notes:
|
|
___________
|
|||
g.
Class
A-4b Notes:
|
|
___________
|
|||
h.
Class
A-1 Notes:
|
|
___________
|
|||
11.
|
Note
Balance
|
$__________
|
|||
a.
|
Class A-1
Notes:
|
$__________
|
|||
b.
|
Class A-2a
Notes:
|
$__________
|
|||
c.
|
Class A-2b
Notes:
|
$__________
|
|||
d.
|
Class A-3a
Notes:
|
$__________
|
|||
e.
|
Class A-3b
Notes:
|
$__________
|
|||
f.
|
Class A-4a
Notes:
|
$__________
|
|||
g.
|
Class A-4b
Notes:
|
$__________
|
|||
h.
|
Class B
Notes:
|
$__________
|
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12.
|
Reserve
Fund Amount
Change
from immediately preceding Distribution Date
|
$__________
$__________
|
|
13.
|
Reserve
Fund Required Amount
|
$__________
|
|
14.
|
The
amount by which the Reserve Fund Required Amount exceeds the Reserve Fund
Amount
|
$__________
|
|
15.
|
Reserve
Fund Draw Amount
|
$__________
|
|
16.
|
Total
Servicing Fee
|
$__________
|
|
a.
Monthly Servicing Fee
|
$__________
|
||
b.
Amount unpaid from prior months
|
$__________
|
||
17.
|
Total
Trustee Fees
|
$__________
|
|
a.
|
Monthly
Trustee Fees
|
$__________
|
|
b.
|
Amount
unpaid from prior months
|
$__________
|
|
18.
|
Required
Payment Amount
|
$__________
|
|
19.
|
The
amount by which the Required Payment Amount exceeds the sum of Available
Collections plus the Reserve Fund Draw Amount
|
$__________
|
|
20.
|
Aggregate
Purchase Amount of Purchased Receivables
|
$__________
|
|
21.
|
Aggregate
Amount of Defaulted Receivables
|
$__________
|
|
22.
|
Net
Losses on the Receivables
|
$__________
|
|
23.
|
Cumulative
Net Losses ($)
|
$__________
|
|
24.
|
Cumulative
Net Loss Percentage
|
__________%
|
|
25.
|
Amount
by which the Pool Balance Exceeds the Note Balance
|
$__________
|
|
26.
|
Aggregate
Principal Balance of Receivables
|
$__________
|
|
|
a. 30
to 59 days past due (No. of Receivables ____)
|
$__________
|
|
|
b. 60
to 89 days past due (No. of Receivables ____)
|
$__________
|
|
|
c. 90
or more days past due (No. of Receivables ____)
|
$__________
|
|
27.
|
Excess
Collections
|
$__________
|
|
28.
|
Nonrecoverable
Advances
|
$__________
|
|
29.
|
Amount
of Net Swap Payments
|
$__________
|
|
30.
|
Amount
of Net Swap Receipts
|
$__________
|
|
31.
|
Cumulative
Net Losses ($)
|
$__________
|
|
32.
|
Has
a termination event or event of default occurred under the Swap
Agreement?
|
Y_________N
|
|
a.
Senior Swap Termination Payment
|
$__________
|
||
b. Subordinated
Swap Termination Payments
|
$__________
|
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33.
|
Instructions
to the Indenture Trustee
|
||
a. From
the Collection Account:
|
$__________
|
||
1 To
the Master Servicer
|
$__________
|
||
2. To
the Trustees
|
$__________
|
||
3. To
the Swap Counterparty
|
$__________
|
||
A. As
a Net Swap Payment
|
$__________
|
||
B. As
a Senior Swap Termination Payment
|
$__________
|
||
C. As
a Subordinated Swap Termination Payment
|
$__________
|
||
4. To
the Note Payment Account
|
$__________
|
||
5. To
the Reserve Fund
|
$__________
|
||
6. To
the Certificate Payment Account
|
$__________
|
||
b. From
the Note Payment Account:
|
|||
1. To
the Class A–1 Noteholders
|
$__________
|
||
2. To
the Class A–2a Noteholders
|
$__________
|
||
3. To
the Class A–2b Noteholders
|
$__________
|
||
4. the
Class A–3a Noteholders
|
$__________
|
||
5. the
Class A–3b Noteholders
|
$__________
|
||
6. the
Class A–4a Noteholders
|
$__________
|
||
7. the
Class A–4b Noteholders
|
$__________
|
||
8. the
Class B Noteholders
|
$__________
|
||
c. From
the Certificate Payment Account:
|
|||
1. To
the Certificateholders
|
$__________
|
||
d. From
the Reserve Fund:
|
|||
1. To
the Collection Account
|
$__________
|
||
2. To
the Swap Counterparty
|
$__________
|
||
3. To
the Certificateholders
|
$__________
|
||
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT
Wachovia
Auto Owner Trust 2008-A
1.
|
Collection
Period
|
___________
|
|||
2.
|
Determination
Date
|
___________
|
|||
3.
|
Distribution
Date
|
___________
|
|||
4.
|
Priority
Principal Distributable Amount
|
$__________
|
|||
5.
|
Secondary
Principal Distributable Amount
|
$__________
|
|||
6.
|
Interest
Distributable Amount
|
$__________
|
|||
a.
Class
A-1 Notes:
|
$ per
$1,000 original principal amount
|
||||
b.
Class
A-2a Notes:
|
$ per
$1,000 original principal amount
|
||||
c. Class
A-2b Notes:
|
$ per
$1,000 original principal amount
|
||||
d.
Class
A-3a Notes:
|
$ per
$1,000 original principal amount
|
||||
e.
Class
A-3b Notes:
|
$ per
$1,000 original principal amount
|
||||
f.
Class
A-4a Notes:
|
$ per
$1,000 original principal amount
|
||||
g.
Class
A-4b Notes:
|
$ per
$1,000 original principal amount
|
||||
h.
Class
A-1 Notes:
|
$ per
$1,000 original principal amount
|
||||
7.
|
Available
Collections
|
$__________
|
|||
8.
|
Available
Funds
|
$__________
|
|||
9.
|
Pool
Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the Collection
Period (per $1,000 original principal amount)
|
$__________
|
|||
10.
|
Note
Factor
|
___________
|
|||
a.
Class
A-1 Notes:
|
|
___________
|
|||
b.
Class
A-2a Notes:
|
|
___________
|
|||
c.
Class
A-2b Notes:
|
|
___________
|
|||
d.
Class
A-3a Notes:
|
|
___________
|
|||
e.
Class
A-3b Notes:
|
|
___________
|
|||
f.
Class
A-4a Notes:
|
|
___________
|
|||
g.
Class
A-4b Notes:
|
|
___________
|
|||
h.
Class
A-1 Notes:
|
|
___________
|
|||
11.
|
Note
Balance
|
$__________
|
|||
a.
|
Class A-1
Notes:
|
$__________
|
|||
b.
|
Class A-2a
Notes:
|
$__________
|
|||
c.
|
Class A-2b
Notes:
|
$__________
|
|||
d.
|
Class A-3a
Notes:
|
$__________
|
|||
e.
|
Class A-3b
Notes:
|
$__________
|
|||
f.
|
Class A-4a
Notes:
|
$__________
|
|||
g.
|
Class A-4b
Notes:
|
$__________
|
|||
h.
|
Class B
Notes:
|
$__________
|
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12.
|
Reserve
Fund Amount
Change
from immediately preceding Distribution Date
|
$__________
$__________
|
|
13.
|
Reserve
Fund Required Amount
|
$__________
|
|
14.
|
The
amount by which the Reserve Fund Required Amount exceeds the Reserve Fund
Amount
|
$__________
|
|
15.
|
Reserve
Fund Draw Amount
|
$__________
|
|
16.
|
Total
Servicing Fee
|
$__________
|
|
a.
Monthly Servicing Fee
|
$__________
|
||
b.
Amount unpaid from prior months
|
$__________
|
||
17.
|
Total
Trustee Fees
|
$__________
|
|
a.
|
Monthly
Trustee Fees
|
$__________
|
|
b.
|
Amount
unpaid from prior months
|
$__________
|
|
18.
|
Required
Payment Amount
|
$__________
|
|
19.
|
The
amount by which the Required Payment Amount exceeds the sum of Available
Collections plus the Reserve Fund Draw Amount
|
$__________
|
|
20.
|
Aggregate
Purchase Amount of Purchased Receivables
|
$__________
|
|
21.
|
Aggregate
Amount of Defaulted Receivables
|
$__________
|
|
22.
|
Net
Losses on the Receivables
|
$__________
|
|
23.
|
Cumulative
Net Losses ($)
|
$__________
|
|
24.
|
Cumulative
Net Loss Percentage
|
__________%
|
|
25.
|
Amount
by which the Pool Balance Exceeds the Note Balance
|
$__________
|
|
26.
|
Aggregate
Principal Balance of Receivables
|
$__________
|
|
|
a. 30
to 59 days past due (No. of Receivables
____)
|
$__________
|
|
|
b. 60
to 89 days past due (No. of Receivables ____)
|
$__________
|
|
|
c. 90
or more days past due (No. of Receivables ____)
|
$__________
|
|
27.
|
Excess
Collections
|
$__________
|
|
28.
|
Nonrecoverable
Advances
|
$__________
|
|
29.
|
Has
a termination event or event of default occurred under the Swap
Agreement?
|
Y_________N
|
|
a.
Senior Swap Termination Payment
|
$__________
|
||
b. Subordinated
Swap Termination Payments
|
$__________
|
||
33.
|
Instructions
to the Indenture Trustee
|
||
a. From
the Collection Account:
|
$__________
|
||
1 To
the Master Servicer
|
$__________
|
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2. To
the Trustees
|
$__________
|
||
3. To
the Swap Counterparty
|
$__________
|
||
A. As
a Net Swap Payment
|
$__________
|
||
B. As
a Senior Swap Termination Payment
|
$__________
|
||
C. As
a Subordinated Swap Termination Payment
|
$__________
|
||
4. To
the Note Payment Account
|
$__________
|
||
5. To
the Reserve Fund
|
$__________
|
||
6. To
the Certificate Payment Account
|
$__________
|
||
b. From
the Note Payment Account:
|
|||
1. To
the Class A–1 Noteholders
|
$__________
|
||
2. To
the Class A–2a Noteholders
|
$__________
|
||
3. To
the Class A–2b Noteholders
|
$__________
|
||
4. the
Class A–3a Noteholders
|
$__________
|
||
5. the
Class A–3b Noteholders
|
$__________
|
||
6. the
Class A–4a Noteholders
|
$__________
|
||
7. the
Class A–4b Noteholders
|
$__________
|
||
8. the
Class B Noteholders
|
$__________
|
||
c. From
the Certificate Payment Account:
|
|||
1. To
the Certificateholders
|
$__________
|
||
d. From
the Reserve Fund:
|
|||
1. To
the Collection Account
|
$__________
|
||
2. To
the Swap Counterparty
|
$__________
|
||
3. To
the Certificateholders
|
$__________
|
||
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