Exhibit No. 4.4
This ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of August 1, 1998, is by
and among MMCA AUTO OWNER TRUST 1998-1, a Delaware business trust (the
"Issuer"), MITSUBISHI MOTORS CREDIT OF AMERICA, INC., a Delaware
corporation, as administrator (the "Administrator"), and BANK OF TOKYO -
MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY, a New York banking corporation, not in its
individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee (the "Indenture
Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Issuer is issuing 5.621% Class A-1 Asset Backed
Notes, 5.72% Class A-2 Asset Backed Notes, 5.86% Class A-3 Asset Backed
Notes and 6.07% Class B Asset Backed Notes (collectively, the "Notes")
pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of August 1, 1998 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the
"Indenture"), between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in, or incorporated by reference into, the
Indenture);
WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into certain agreements in
connection with the issuance of the Notes and of certain beneficial
interests in the Issuer, including (i) a Sale and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of August 1, 1998 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
and in effect from time to time, the "Sale and Servicing Agreement"), among
the Issuer, Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America Inc., as servicer, and MMCA
Auto Receivables, Inc., as seller (the "Seller"), (ii) a Letter of
Representations dated August 20, 1998 (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the "Note Depository
Agreement"), among the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and The Depository
Trust Company ("DTC") relating to the Notes, and (iii) the Indenture (the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Note Depository Agreement and the
Indenture being referred to hereinafter collectively as the "Related
Agreements");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Related Agreements, the Issuer and the
Owner Trustee are required to perform certain duties in connection with (a)
the Notes and the collateral therefor pledged pursuant to the Indenture
(the "Collateral") and (b) the beneficial interests in the Issuer (the
registered holders of such interests being referred to herein as the
"Owners");
WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Owner Trustee desire to have the
Administrator perform certain of the duties of the Issuer and the Owner
Trustee referred to in the preceding clause and to provide such additional
services consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Related
Agreements as the Issuer and the Owner Trustee may from time to time
request; and
WHEREAS, the Administrator has the capacity to provide the
services required hereby and is willing to perform such services for the
Issuer and the Owner Trustee on the terms set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants
contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as
follows:
1. Duties of the Administrator. (a) Duties with Respect to the
Related Agreements. (i) The Administrator agrees to perform all its
duties as Administrator under the Note Depository Agreement. In addition,
the Administrator shall consult with the Owner Trustee regarding the duties
of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee under the Related Agreements. The
Administrator shall monitor the performance of the Issuer and shall advise
the Owner Trustee when action is necessary to comply with the Issuer's or
the Owner Trustee's duties under the Related Agreements. The Administrator
shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, or shall
cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of, all such documents,
reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions that it shall be
the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver
pursuant to the Related Agreements. In furtherance of the foregoing, the
Administrator shall take all appropriate action that is the duty of the
Issuer or the Owner Trustee to take pursuant to the Indenture including,
without limitation, such of the foregoing as are required with respect to
the following matters under the Indenture (references are to sections of
the Indenture):
(A) the duty to cause the Note Register to be kept and to give
the Indenture Trustee notice of any appointment of a new Note
Registrar and the location, or change in location, of the Note
Register (Section 2.5);
(B) the notification of Noteholders of the final principal
payment on their Notes (Section 2.8(e));
(C) reserved;
(D) the preparation of or obtaining of the documents and
instruments required for authentication of the Notes and delivery of
the same to the Indenture Trustee (Section 2.2);
(E) the preparation, obtaining or filing of the instruments,
opinions and certificates and other documents required for the release
of collateral (Section 2.10);
(F) the maintenance of an office in the Borough of Manhattan,
City of New York, for registration of transfer or exchange of Notes
(Section 3.2);
(G) the duty to cause newly appointed Paying Agents, if any, to
deliver to the Indenture Trustee the instrument specified in the
Indenture regarding funds held in trust (Section 3.3);
(H) the direction to the Indenture Trustee to deposit monies
with Paying Agents, if any, other than the Indenture Trustee (Section
3.3);
(I) the obtaining and preservation of the Issuer's qualification
to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or
shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of the
Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument and
agreement included in the Trust Estate (Section 3.4);
(J) the preparation of all supplements and amendments to the
Indenture and all financing statements, continuation statements,
instruments of further assurance and other instruments and the taking
of such other action as is necessary or advisable to protect the Trust
Estate (Section 3.5);
(K) the delivery of the Opinion of Counsel on the Closing Date
and the annual delivery of Opinions of Counsel as to the Trust Estate,
and the annual delivery of the Officer's Certificate and certain other
statements as to compliance with the Indenture (Sections 3.6 and 3.9);
(L) the identification to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer's
Certificate of a Person with whom the Issuer has contracted to perform
its duties under the Indenture (Section 3.7(b));
(M) the notification of the Indenture Trustee and the Rating
Agencies of a Servicer Default under the Sale and Servicing Agreement
and, if such Servicer Default arises from the failure of the Servicer
to perform any of its duties under the Sale and Servicing Agreement
with respect to the Receivables, the taking of all reasonable steps
available to remedy such failure (Section 3.7(d));
(N) the duty to cause the Servicer to comply with Sections 3.7,
3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, and 4.9 and Article VII of the Sale
and Servicing Agreement (Section 3.14);
(O) the preparation and obtaining of documents and instruments
required for the release of the Issuer from its properties or assets
(Section 3.10(b));
(P) the delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee and
the Rating Agencies of each Event of Default under the Indenture and
each default by the Issuer, the Servicer or the Seller under the Sale
and Servicing Agreement and by the Seller or the Company under the
Purchase Agreement (Section 3.19);
(Q) the monitoring of the Issuer's obligations as to the
satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the preparation of an
Officer's Certificate and the obtaining of the Opinion of Counsel and
the Independent Certificate relating thereto (Section 4.1);
(R) the compliance with any written directive of the Indenture
Trustee with respect to the sale of the Trust Estate at one or more
public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted
by law if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
(Section 5.4);
(S) the preparation and delivery of notice to Noteholders of the
removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor
Indenture Trustee (Section 6.8);
(T) the preparation of any written instruments required to
confirm more fully the authority of any co-trustee or separate trustee
and any written instruments necessary in connection with the
resignation or removal of any co-trustee or separate trustee (Sections
6.8 and 6.10);
(U) the furnishing of the Indenture Trustee with the names and
addresses of Noteholders during any period when the Indenture Trustee
is not the Note Registrar (Section 7.1);
(V) the preparation and, after execution by the Issuer, the
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, (the
"Commission") any applicable state agencies and the Indenture Trustee
of documents required to be filed on a periodic basis with, and
summaries thereof as may be required by rules and regulations
prescribed by, the Commission and any applicable state agencies and
the transmission of such summaries, as necessary, to the Noteholders
(Section 7.3);
(W) the opening of one or more accounts in the Issuer's name,
the preparation and delivery of Issuer Orders, Officer's Certificates
and Opinions of Counsel and all other actions necessary with respect
to investment and reinvestment of funds in the Trust Accounts, the
Reserve Account, the Supplemental Reserve Account and the Yield
Supplement Account (Sections 8.2 and 8.3);
(X) the preparation of an Issuer Request and Officer's
Certificate and the obtaining of an Opinion of Counsel and Independent
Certificates, if necessary, for the release of the Trust Estate
(Sections 8.4 and 8.5);
(Y) the preparation of Issuer Orders and the obtaining of
Opinions of Counsel with respect to the execution of supplemental
indentures and the mailing to the Noteholders of notices with respect
to such supplemental indentures (Sections 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3);
(Z) the execution and delivery of new Notes conforming to any
supplemental indenture (Section 9.6);
(A2) the duty to notify Noteholders of redemption of the Notes or
to cause the Indenture Trustee to provide such notification (Section
10.2);
(B2) the preparation and delivery of all Officer's Certificates,
Opinions of Counsel and Independent Certificates with respect to any
requests by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action
under the Indenture (Section 11.1(a));
(C2) the preparation and delivery of Officer's Certificates and
the obtaining of Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the
release of property from the lien of the Indenture (Section 11.1(b));
(D2) the notification of the Rating Agencies, upon the failure of
the Indenture Trustee to give such notification, of the information
required pursuant to Section 11.4 of the Indenture (Section 11.4);
(E2) the preparation and delivery to Noteholders and the
Indenture Trustee of any agreements with respect to alternate payment
and notice provisions (Section 11.6);
(F2) the recording of the Indenture, if applicable (Section
11.15); and
(G2) the preparation of Definitive Notes in accordance with the
instructions of the Clearing Agency (Section 2.13).
(ii) The Administrator will:
(A) pay the Indenture Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by the Indenture Trustee under
the Indenture (which compensation shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an
express trust);
(B) except as otherwise expressly provided in the Indenture,
reimburse the Indenture Trustee upon its request for all reasonable
expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Indenture
Trustee in accordance with any provision of the Indenture (including
the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of its agents
and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may
be attributable to its negligence or bad faith;
(C) indemnify the Indenture Trustee and its agents for, and hold
them harmless against, any losses, liability or expense incurred
without negligence or bad faith on their part, arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of the transactions
contemplated by the Indenture, including the reasonable costs and
expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in
connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or
duties under the Indenture; and
(D) indemnify the Owner Trustee (in its individual and trust
capacities) and its agents for, and hold them harmless against, any
losses, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith
on their part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the transactions contemplated by the Trust
Agreement, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending
themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the
exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties under the
Trust Agreement.
(b) Additional Duties. (i) In addition to the duties of the
Administrator set forth above, the Administrator shall perform such
calculations and shall prepare or shall cause the preparation by other
appropriate persons of, and shall execute on behalf of the Issuer or the
Owner Trustee, all such documents, reports, filings, instruments,
certificates and opinions that it shall be the duty of the Issuer or the
Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Related
Agreements or Section 5.5(a), (b), (c) or (d) of the Trust Agreement, and
at the request of the Owner Trustee shall take all appropriate action that
it is the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to take pursuant to the
Related Agreements. In furtherance thereof, the Owner Trustee shall, on
behalf of itself and of the Issuer, execute and deliver to the
Administrator and to each successor Administrator appointed pursuant to the
terms hereof, one or more powers of attorney substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, appointing the Administrator the attorney-in-fact of the
Owner Trustee and the Issuer for the purpose of executing on behalf of the
Owner Trustee and the Issuer all such documents, reports, filings,
instruments, certificates and opinions. Subject to Section 5 of this
Agreement, and in accordance with the directions of the Owner Trustee, the
Administrator shall administer, perform or supervise the performance of
such other activities in connection with the Collateral (including the
Related Agreements) as are not covered by any of the foregoing provisions
and as are expressly requested by the Owner Trustee and are reasonably
within the capability of the Administrator. Such responsibilities shall
include the obtainment and maintenance of any licenses required to be
obtained or maintained by the Trust under the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle
Sales Finance Act. In addition, the Administrator shall promptly notify
the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee in writing of any amendment to
the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act that would affect the
duties or obligations of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee under
any Basic Document and shall assist the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee in its obtainment and maintenance of any licenses required to be
obtained or maintained by the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee
thereunder. In connection therewith, the Administrator shall cause the
Seller to pay all fees and expenses under such Act.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Related
Agreements to the contrary, the Administrator shall be responsible for
promptly notifying the Owner Trustee in the event that any withholding tax
is imposed on the Trust's payments (or allocations of income) to an Owner
as contemplated in Section 5.2(d) of the Trust Agreement. Any such notice
shall specify the amount of any withholding tax required to be withheld by
the Owner Trustee pursuant to such provision.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the
Related Agreements to the contrary, the Administrator shall be responsible
for performance of the duties of the Trust or the Owner Trustee set forth
in Section 3.4(b) and (c), Section 5.5(a), (b), (c) and (d), the
penultimate sentence of Section 5.5 and Section 5.6(a) of the Trust
Agreement with respect to, among other things, accounting and reports to
Owners.
(iv) The Administrator will provide prior to January 15, 1998, a
certificate of an Authorized Officer in form and substance satisfactory to
the Owner Trustee as to whether any tax withholding is then required and,
if required, the procedures to be followed with respect thereto to comply
with the requirements of the Code. The Administrator shall be required to
update the letter in each instance that any additional tax withholding is
subsequently required or any previously required tax withholding shall no
longer be required.
(v) The Administrator shall perform the duties of the
Administrator specified in Section 10.2 of the Trust Agreement required to
be performed in connection with the resignation or removal of the Owner
Trustee, and any other duties expressly required to be performed by the
Administrator under the Trust Agreement or any other Related Agreement.
(vi) In carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its other
obligations under this Agreement, the Administrator may enter into
transactions or otherwise deal with any of its affiliates; provided,
however, that the terms of any such transactions or dealings shall be in
accordance with any directions received from the Issuer and shall be, in
the Administrator's opinion, no less favorable to the Issuer than would be
available from unaffiliated parties.
(c) Non-Ministerial Matters. (i) With respect to matters that in
the reasonable judgment of the Administrator are non-ministerial, the
Administrator shall not take any action unless within a reasonable time
before the taking of such action, the Administrator shall have notified the
Owner Trustee of the proposed action and the Owner Trustee shall not have
withheld consent or provided an alternative direction. For the purpose of
the preceding sentence, "non-ministerial matters" shall include, without
limitation:
(A) the amendment of or any supplement to the Indenture;
(B) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuer and the
compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the
Issuer (other than in connection with the collection of the
Receivables or Permitted Investments);
(C) the amendment, change or modification of the Related
Agreements;
(D) the appointment of successor Note Registrars, successor
Paying Agents and successor Indenture Trustees pursuant to the
Indenture or the appointment of successor Administrators or Successor
Servicers, or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar,
Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee of its obligations under the
Indenture; and
(E) the removal of the Indenture Trustee.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
the Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not, (x) make any
payments to the Noteholders under the Related Agreements or (y) take any
other action that the Issuer directs the Administrator not to take on its
behalf.
2. Records. The Administrator shall maintain appropriate books of
account and records relating to services performed hereunder, which books
of account and records shall be accessible for inspection by the Issuer
and the Company at any time during normal business hours.
3. Compensation. As compensation for the performance of the
Administrator's obligations under this Agreement and, as reimbursement for
its expenses related thereto, the Administrator shall be entitled to $500
per month which shall be solely an obligation of the Seller.
4. Additional Information To Be Furnished to the Issuer. The
Administrator shall furnish to the Issuer from time to time such additional
information regarding the Collateral as the Issuer shall reasonably
request.
5. Independence of the Administrator. For all purposes of this
Agreement, the Administrator shall be an independent contractor and shall
not be subject to the supervision of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee with
respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its
obligations hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer, the
Administrator shall have no authority to act for or represent the Issuer or
the Owner Trustee in any way and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of
the Issuer or the Owner Trustee.
6. No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement (i) shall
constitute the Administrator and either of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee
as members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate,
unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii) shall be construed
to impose any liability as such on any of them or (iii) shall be deemed to
confer on any of them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur
any obligation or liability on behalf of the others,
7. Other Activities of Administrator. Nothing herein shall prevent
the Administrator or its Affiliates from engaging in other businesses or,
in its sole discretion, from acting in a similar capacity as an
administrator for any other person or entity even though such person or
entity may engage in business activities similar to those of the Issuer,
the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
8. Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Administrator. (a)
This Agreement shall continue in force until the dissolution of the Issuer,
upon which event this Agreement shall automatically terminate.
(b) Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), the Administrator may resign
its duties hereunder by providing the Issuer with at least sixty (60) days'
prior written notice.
(c) Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), the Issuer may remove the
Administrator without cause by providing the Administrator with at least
sixty (60) days' prior written notice.
(d) Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), at the sole option of the
Issuer, the Administrator may be removed immediately upon written notice of
termination from the Issuer to the Administrator if any of the following
events shall occur:
(i) the Administrator shall default in the performance of any of
its duties under this Agreement and, after notice of such default, shall
not cure such default within ten (10) days (or, it such default cannot be
cured in such time, shall not give within ten (10) days such assurance of
cure as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer);
(ii) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a
decree or order for relief, and such decree or order shall not have been
vacated within sixty (60) days, in respect of the Administrator in any
involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect or appoint a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the
Administrator or any substantial part of its property or order the winding-
up or liquidation of its affairs; or
(iii) the Administrator shall commence a voluntary case under
any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an
involuntary case under any such law, shall consent to the appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or similar
official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its property,
shall consent to the taking of possession by any such official of any
substantial part of its property, shall make any general assignment for the
benefit of creditors or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they
become due.
The Administrator agrees that if any of the events specified in
clauses (ii) or (iii) of this Section 8 shall occur, it shall give written
notice thereof to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee within seven (7)
days after the happening of such event.
(e) No resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to this
Section shall be effective until (i) a successor Administrator shall have
been appointed by the Issuer and (ii) such successor Administrator shall
have agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement in the
same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder.
(f) The appointment of any successor Administrator shall be effective
only after satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with respect to the
proposed appointment.
(g) Subject to Section 8(e) and 8(f), the Administrator acknowledges
that upon the appointment of a Successor Servicer pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Administrator shall immediately resign and such
Successor Servicer shall automatically become the Administrator under this
Agreement.
9. Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal. Promptly upon
the effective date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section
8(a), the resignation of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or the
removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(c) or (d), the
Administrator shall be entitled to be paid all fees and reimbursable
expenses accruing to it to this date of such termination, resignation or
removal. The Administrator shall forthwith upon such termination pursuant
to Section 8(a) deliver to the Issuer all property and documents of or
relating to the Collateral then in the custody of the Administrator. In
the event of the resignation of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b)
or the removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(c) or (d), the
Administrator shall cooperate with the Issuer and take all reasonable steps
requested to assist the Issuer in making an orderly transfer of the duties
of the Administrator.
10. Notices. Any notice, report or other communication given
hereunder shall be in writing and addressed of follows:
(a) if to the Issuer or the Owner Trustee, to:
MMCA Auto Owner Trust 1998-1
c/o Wilmington Trust Company
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration Department
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
(b) if to the Administrator, to:
Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Executive Vice President and Treasurer
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
(c) If to the Indenture Trustee, to:
Bank of Tokyo - Mitsubishi Trust Company
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
or to such other address as any party shall have provided to the other
parties in writing. Any notice required to be in writing hereunder shall
be deemed given if such notice is mailed by certified mail, postage
prepaid, or hand-delivered to the address of such party as provided above.
11. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended from time to time by a
written amendment duly executed and delivered by the Issuer, the
Administrator and the Indenture Trustee, with the written consent of the
Owner Trustee but without the consent of the Noteholders and the
Certificateholders, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing
in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or
Certificateholders; provided that such amendment will not, as set forth in
an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner
Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder or
Certificateholder. This Agreement may also be amended by the Issuer, the
Administrator and the Indenture Trustee with the written consent of the
Owner Trustee and the holders of Notes evidencing at least a majority of
the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the holders of Certificates
evidencing at least a majority of the Certificate Balance for the purpose
of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of
the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights
of Noteholders or the Certificateholders; provided, however, that no such
amendment may (i) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or
accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on Receivables
or distributions that are required to be made for the benefit of the
Noteholders or Certificateholders or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage
of the holders of Notes and Certificates which are required to consent to
any such amendment, without the consent of the holders of all the
outstanding Notes and Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Administrator may not amend this Agreement without the consent of the
Seller, which permission shall not be unreasonably withheld.
12. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned by
the Administrator unless such assignment is previously consented to in
writing by the Issuer and the Owner Trustee and subject to the satisfaction
of the Rating Agency Condition in respect thereof. An assignment with such
consent and satisfaction, if accepted by the assignee, shall bind the
assignee hereunder in the same manner as the Administrator is bound
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be assigned
by the Administrator without the consent of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee
to a corporation or other organization that is a successor (by merger,
consolidation or purchase of assets) to the Administrator; provided that
such successor organization executes and delivers to the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an agreement in which such corporation or
other organization agrees to be bound hereunder by the terms of said
assignment in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder.
Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind any successors or
assigns of the parties hereto.
13. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SUCH LAWS.
14. Headings. The Section headings hereof have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the
meaning, construction or affect of this Agreement.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts,
each of which when so executed shall be an original, but all of which
together shall constitute but one and the same agreement.
16. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision
in any other jurisdiction.
17. Not Applicable to Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc. in
Other Capacities. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any obligation
Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc. may have in any other capacity.
18. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
instrument has been countersigned by Wilmington Trust Company not in its
individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the
Issuer and in no event shall Wilmington Trust Company in its individual
capacity or any beneficial owner of the Issuer have any liability for the
representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of
the Issuer hereunder, 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 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 VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this
Agreement has been countersigned by Bank of Tokyo - Mitsubishi Trust
Company not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee and
in no event shall Bank of Tokyo - Mitsubishi Trust Company 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.
19. Third-Party Beneficiary. The Owner Trustee is a third-party
beneficiary to this Agreement and is entitled to the rights and benefits
hereunder and may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party
hereto.
20. Successor Servicer and Administrator. The Administrator shall
undertake, as promptly as possible after the giving of notice of
termination to the Servicer of the Servicer's rights and powers pursuant to
Section 8.2 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to enforce the provisions
of Section 8.2 with respect to the appointment of a successor Servicer.
Such successor Servicer shall, upon compliance with the last sentence of
Section 8.2 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, become the successor
Administrator hereunder; provided, however, that if the Indenture Trustee
shall become such successor Administrator, the Indenture Trustee shall not
be required to perform any obligations or duties or conduct any activities
as successor Administrator that would be prohibited by law and not within
the banking and trust powers of the Indenture Trustee. In such event, the
Indenture Trustee may appoint a sub-administrator to perform such
obligations and duties.
21. Nonpetition Covenants. (a) Notwithstanding any prior termination
of this Agreement, the Seller, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one
day after the termination of this Agreement with respect to the Issuer,
acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer to invoke the
process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing
or sustaining a case against the Issuer under any Federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the
Issuer or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up
or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer.
(b) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the
Issuer, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the
termination of this Agreement with respect to the Seller, acquiesce,
petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Seller to invoke the process of
any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or
sustaining a case against the Seller under any Federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Seller or
any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of the affairs of the Seller.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
MMCA AUTO OWNER TRUST 1998-1
By: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Owner Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
BANK OF TOKYO - MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but solely
as Indenture Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Trust Officer
MITSUBISHI MOTORS CREDIT OF AMERICA, INC.,
as Administrator
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: President
EXHIBIT A
POWER OF ATTORNEY
STATE OF DELAWARE }
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COUNTY OF NEW CASTLE }
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that Wilmington Trust Company, a
banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner
trustee (the "Owner Trustee") for MMCA AUTO OWNER TRUST 1998-1 (the
"Trust"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Mitsubishi Motors Credit
of America, Inc., as administrator under the Administration Agreement dated
as of August 1, 1998 (the "Administration Agreement"), among the Trust,
Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc. and Bank of Tokyo - Mitsubishi
Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended from time
to time, and its agents and attorneys, as Attorneys-in-Fact to execute on
behalf of the Owner Trustee or the Trust all such documents, reports,
filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it should be the duty of
the Owner Trustee or the Trust to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the
Related Agreements, or pursuant to Section 5.5(a), (b), (c) or (d) of the
Trust Agreement, including, without limitation, to appear for and represent
the Owner Trustee and the Trust in connection with the preparation, filing
and audit of federal, state and local tax returns pertaining to the Trust,
and with full power to perform any and all acts associated with such
returns and audits that the Owner Trustee could perform, including without
limitation, the right to distribute and receive confidential information,
defend and assert positions in response to audits, initiate and defend
litigation, and to execute waivers of restrictions on assessments of
deficiencies, consents to the extension of any statutory or regulatory time
limit, and settlements.
All powers of attorney for this purpose heretofore filed or executed
by the Owner Trustee are hereby revoked.
Capitalized terms that are used and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Administration Agreement.
EXECUTED this day of August, 1998.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Owner Trustee
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Name:
Title:
STATE OF DELAWARE }
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COUNTY OF NEW CASTLE }
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared
______________________________, known to me to be the person whose name is
subscribed to the foregoing instruments, and acknowledged to me that he/she
signed the same for the purposes and considerations therein expressed.
Sworn to before me this _____
day of August, 1998.
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Notary Public - State of Delaware
