SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT among FORD CREDIT AUTO OWNER TRUST 2008-A, as Issuer, FORD CREDIT AUTO RECEIVABLES TWO LLC,
Exhibit
99.1
among
as
Issuer,
FORD
CREDIT AUTO RECEIVABLES TWO LLC,
as
Depositor
and
FORD
MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC,
as
Servicer
Dated
as
of January 1, 2008
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
I USAGE AND DEFINITIONS
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ARTICLE
II TRUST PROPERTY; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE DEPOSITOR; CUSTODIAN
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Section
2.1
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Sale
of Trust Property
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Section
2.2
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Savings
Clause
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Section
2.3
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Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor About the Receivables
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Section
2.4
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Repurchase
of Receivables Upon Breach of Representations or Warranties by the
Depositor
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Section
2.5
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Custodian
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ARTICLE
III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER TRUST
PROPERTY
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Section
3.1
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Appointment;
Duties of the Servicer with Respect to the Servicing of the
Receivables
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Section
3.2
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Purchase
of Receivables Upon Breach by the Servicer
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Section
3.3
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Sales
of Charged off Receivables
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Section
3.4
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Duties
of the Servicer with Respect to the Servicing of the
Transaction; Annual Reports and Notices
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Section
3.5
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Servicer's
Fees
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Section
3.6
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Servicer's
Expenses
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ARTICLE
IV TRUST ACCOUNTS; DISTRIBUTIONS; STATEMENTS TO NOTEHOLDERS AND
THE DEPOSITOR
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Section
4.1
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Accounts
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Section
4.2
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Investment
of Funds on Deposit in the Bank Accounts
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Section
4.3
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Remittances
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Section
4.4
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Calculations
and Distributions; Withdrawals from the Reserve Account
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ARTICLE
V THE DEPOSITOR
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Section
5.1
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Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor
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Section
5.2
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Liability
of the Depositor
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Section
5.3
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Merger
or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the
Depositor
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Section
5.4
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Depositor
May Own Notes
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Section
5.5
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Depositor's
Designation of the Rating Agencies
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ARTICLE
VI THE SERVICER
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Section
6.1
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Representations
and Warranties of the Servicer
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Section
6.2
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Liability
of the Servicer
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Section
6.3
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Indemnities
of the Servicer
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Section
6.4
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Merger
or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the
Servicer; Assignment to Affiliate
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Section
6.5
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Delegation
of Duties
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Section
6.6
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Ford
Credit Not to Resign as Servicer
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Section
6.7
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Servicer
May Own Notes
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ARTICLE
VII SERVICING TERMINATION
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Section
7.1
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Events
of Servicing Termination
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Section
7.2
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Appointment
of Successor Servicer
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Section
7.3
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Notification
to Secured Parties and the Holder of the Residual Interest
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Section
7.4
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Waiver
of Events of Servicing Termination
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ARTICLE
VIII TERMINATION
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Section
8.1
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Clean-Up
Call
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ARTICLE
IX MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Section
9.1
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Amendment
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Section
9.2
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Protection
of Right, Title and Interest to the Trust Property
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Section
9.3
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Notices
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Section
9.4
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Assignment
by the Depositor or the Servicer
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Section
9.5
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Third-Party
Beneficiaries
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Section
9.6
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GOVERNING
LAW
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Section
9.7
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Submission
to Jurisdiction
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Section
9.8
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
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Section
9.9
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Severability
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Section
9.10
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Counterparts
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Section
9.11
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Headings
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Section
9.12
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No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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Section
9.13
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Agent
for Service
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Section
9.14
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No
Petition
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Section
9.15
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Limitation
of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee
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Schedule
A
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Schedule
of Receivables
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SA-1
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Schedule
B
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Notice
Addresses
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SB-1
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Appendix
A
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Usage
and Definitions
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AA-1
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Exhibit
A
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Form
of Monthly Investor Report
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EA-1
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ii
SALE
AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of January 1, 2008 (this "Agreement"), among
FORD CREDIT AUTO OWNER TRUST 2008-A, a Delaware statutory trust, as Issuer,
FORD
CREDIT AUTO RECEIVABLES TWO LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as
Depositor, and FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, as Servicer.
BACKGROUND
The
Depositor has purchased a pool of retail installment sale contracts secured
by
new and used cars and light trucks from Ford Credit.
The
Depositor wishes to sell and assign and the Issuer wishes to purchase from
the
Depositor such contracts and related property on the terms and conditions in
this Agreement.
The
Issuer wishes to appoint the Servicer to service the contracts and the Servicer
is willing to service the contracts for the Issuer.
ARTICLE
I
USAGE
AND
DEFINITIONS
Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement are defined in Appendix
A. Appendix A also contains rules as to usage applicable to this
Agreement. Appendix A is incorporated by reference into this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
II
TRUST
PROPERTY; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF
THE DEPOSITOR; CUSTODIAN
Section
2.1
Sale of Trust
Property. In consideration of the Issuer's delivery to the
Depositor of Notes with an aggregate Note Balance of $2,233,400,000 and the
rights to distributions under Section 8.2 of the Indenture, the Depositor
irrevocably sells and assigns to the Issuer, without recourse (subject to the
obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement), all right, title and
interest of the Depositor, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and
to
the Receivables and the other Trust Property. The sale made under
this Agreement does not constitute and is not intended to result in an
assumption by the Issuer of any obligation of the Depositor or Ford Credit
to
the Obligors, the Dealers or any other Person in connection with the Receivables
and the other Trust Property.
Section
2.2
Savings
Clause. It is the intention of the Depositor and the Issuer
that (i) the sale and assignment pursuant to Section 2.1 constitutes an absolute
sale of the Trust Property, conveying good title free and clear of any Lien
other than Permitted Liens, from the Depositor to the Issuer and (ii) the Trust
Property not be a part of the Depositor's estate in the event of a bankruptcy
or
insolvency of the Depositor. If, notwithstanding the intention of the
Depositor and the Issuer, such transfer is deemed to be a pledge in connection
with a financing or is otherwise deemed not to be a sale and assignment, the
Depositor Grants, and the parties intend that the Depositor Grant, to the Issuer
a first priority perfected security interest in all of the Depositor's right,
title and interest in the Trust Property to secure a loan in an amount equal
to
all amounts payable by the Depositor under this Agreement, all amounts payable
as principal and interest on the Notes and all amounts payable as servicing
fees
under this Agreement and all fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee or
the
Owner Trustee, and in such event, this Agreement will constitute a security
agreement under applicable law and the Issuer will have all of the rights and
remedies of a secured party and creditor under the UCC.
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Section
2.3 Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor About the Receivables.
(a)
Representations
and
Warranties from the Purchase Agreement. Ford Credit made the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2 of the Purchase
Agreement to the Depositor, and has consented to the transfer by the Depositor
to the Issuer of the Depositor's rights with respect to such representations
and
warranties on which the Issuer is relying in acquiring the
Receivables. Pursuant to Section 2.1, the Depositor has transferred
to the Issuer all of the Depositor's rights under the Purchase Agreement,
including the right to require Ford Credit to repurchase Receivables in
accordance with the Purchase Agreement if there is a breach of Ford Credit's
representations and warranties. In addition, the Depositor represents
and warrants as of the Closing Date, which representations and warranties the
Issuer has relied on in purchasing the Receivables and will survive the sale
of
the Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge of the Receivables to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to the Indenture, that the representations and warranties
set
forth in Section 3.2 of the Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all
material respects.
(b) Representations
and
Warranties of the Depositor. The Depositor represents and
warrants as of the Closing Date, which representations and warranties the Issuer
has relied on in purchasing the Receivables and will survive the sale of the
Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge of the Receivables to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to the Indenture, that:
(i)
immediately before the sale under this Agreement, the Depositor had good and
marketable title to the Receivables and other Trust Property free and clear
of
any Lien other than Permitted Liens, and
(ii)
immediately upon the sale under this Agreement, the Issuer will have good and
marketable title to the Receivables and other Trust Property, free and clear
of
any Lien other than Permitted Liens.
Section
2.4
Repurchase of Receivables Upon Breach of Representations or Warranties by the
Depositor.
(a)
If a Responsible Person of the Depositor has actual knowledge, or receives
notice from the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, of a breach
of the representations or warranties made by the Depositor pursuant to Section
2.3 that materially and adversely affects any Receivable and such breach has
not
been cured in all material respects by the last day of the second full
Collection Period (or, at the Depositor's option, the first full Collection
Period) after the Responsible Person obtains actual knowledge or is notified
of
such breach, the Depositor will repurchase such Receivable by remitting (or
causing to be remitted) the Purchase Amount for such Receivable to the
Collection Account on the Business Day preceding the Payment Date after such
Collection Period or, if the Class A-1 Notes are not paid in full prior to
their
Final Scheduled Payment Date, the Business Day preceding Final Scheduled Payment
Date for the Class A-1 Notes, if earlier (or, with Rating Agency Confirmation,
on such Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment Date). If Ford Credit is the
Servicer, the Depositor may cause any Purchase Amount to be remitted any in
accordance with Section 4.3(c).
(b)
The sole remedy for a breach of the representations and warranties of the
Depositor contained in Section 2.3 and Section 5.1 is (i) to require the
Depositor to repurchase such materially and adversely affected Receivable or
(ii) to require the Depositor or the Indenture Trustee to enforce the obligation
of Ford Credit to repurchase such materially and adversely affected Receivable
pursuant to Section 3.3(a) of the Purchase Agreement. None of the Servicer,
the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor or the Administrator will
have any duty to conduct an investigation as to the occurrence of any condition
requiring the repurchase of any Receivable pursuant to Section
2.4(a).
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(c)
When the Purchase Amount is included in Available Funds for a Payment Date
or
Final Scheduled Payment Date, as applicable, the Issuer will, without further
action, be deemed to have sold and assigned to the Depositor as of the last
day
of the second preceding Collection Period all of the Issuer's right, title
and
interest in and to the Receivable repurchased by the Depositor pursuant to
Section 2.4(a) and security and documents relating to such Receivable. Such
sale
will not require any action by the Issuer and will be without recourse,
representation or warranty by the Issuer except the representation that the
Issuer owns the Receivable free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted
Liens. Upon such sale, the Servicer will xxxx its computer records to indicate
that such receivable is no longer a Receivable and take any action necessary
or
appropriate to evidence the sale of such receivable, free from any Lien of
the
Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.
Section
2.5
Custodian.
(a)
Appointment of
Custodian. To reduce administrative costs and facilitate the
servicing of the Receivables by the Servicer, the Issuer appoints Ford Credit,
in its capacity as the Servicer, to act as the custodian of the Receivables
for
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee. Ford Credit accepts such
appointment and agrees to perform the custodial duties set forth in this Section
2.5. Ford Credit in its capacity as custodian under this Agreement is
referred to as the "Custodian."
(b)
Custody of Receivables
Files. The Custodian will hold and maintain in safekeeping the
following documents and instruments for each Receivable (the "Receivables Files")
for the benefit of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee:
(i)
the original Receivable;
(ii)
the credit application executed by the Obligor;
(iii)
the original certificate of title or such other documents evidencing the
security interest of Ford Credit in the Financed Vehicle; and
(iv)
all other documents, notices and correspondence that the Servicer generates
relating to the Receivable, the Obligor or the Financed Vehicle.
Unless
otherwise indicated above, any document or instrument in the Receivables Files
may be a photocopy or in electronic format. The Receivables Files are
constructively delivered to the Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Issuer
pursuant to the Indenture, and the Custodian confirms to the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee that it has received the Receivables Files. No
initial review or any periodic review of the Receivables Files by the Issuer,
the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee is required.
(c)
Maintenance and
Safekeeping of the Receivables Files. The Custodian will
accurately maintain and keep current the Receivables Files, including any
computer systems on which the Receivables Files are electronically stored,
all
in a manner that will permit the Servicer and the Issuer to comply with this
Agreement and the Indenture Trustee to comply with the Indenture. The
Custodian will act with reasonable care and in accordance with the Credit and
Collection Policy in performing its duties as custodian. The
Custodian will promptly take appropriate action to remedy any material failure
on its part to hold the Receivables Files and maintain its computer systems
as
provided in this Agreement and will report to the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee any such material failure that it is unable to remedy within a
reasonable time. The Custodian may destroy any document (other than
the original Receivable or certificate of title) in any Receivable File and
store such document in an electronic format in accordance with the Credit and
Collection Policy.
(d)
Location of
Receivables Files. The Custodian will maintain the Receivables
Files (or access to any Receivables Files stored in an electronic format) at
one
of its offices or the offices of one of its custodians in the United
States. Upon request, the Custodian will provide a list of locations
of the Receivables Files to the Depositor, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee,
or their representatives, attorneys or auditors.
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(e)
Access to Receivables
Files. The Custodian will provide the Depositor, the Issuer
and the Indenture Trustee with access to the Receivables Files and the related
computer systems at offices designated by the Custodian without charge, but
only
upon reasonable request, during normal business hours. Such access
will be subject to the Custodian's security and confidentiality procedures
and
the terms and conditions of a confidentiality agreement satisfactory to the
Custodian. Nothing in this Section 2.5(e) will affect the obligation
of the Indenture Trustee or the Custodian to observe any applicable privacy
and
confidentiality law prohibiting disclosures of information regarding the
Obligors and the failure of the Custodian to provide access as a result of
such
obligations will not constitute a breach of this Section 2.5(e).
(f)
Effective Period
and
Termination of Custodian. Ford Credit's appointment as
custodian is effective as of the Cutoff Date and will continue until terminated
pursuant to this Section 2.5(f). If Ford Credit resigns as Servicer
in accordance with Section 6.6 or the Servicer is terminated pursuant to Section
7.1, the appointment of Ford Credit as custodian under this Agreement may be
terminated in the same manner as the Servicer may be terminated under Section
7.1. As soon as practicable after any termination of its appointment
as custodian, the Custodian will deliver to the Indenture Trustee or its agent
or designee the Receivables Files maintained by the Custodian at such place
as
the Indenture Trustee may reasonably designate. All reasonable costs
and expenses incurred in connection with transferring the Receivables Files
to
the successor custodian and amending this Agreement to reflect such successor
as
custodian will be paid by the predecessor custodian upon presentation of
documentation of such costs and expenses.
(g)
Servicer's Access
to
Receivables Files; Indemnity. Notwithstanding any termination
of the Custodian pursuant to Section 2.5(f), the Servicer will be entitled
to
access the Receivables Files and, upon request from the Servicer, the successor
custodian will promptly release any document in the Receivables Files to the
Servicer. The Issuer will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Servicer against any and all costs, expenses, losses, claims and liabilities
resulting from the failure by a successor custodian to release Receivables
Files
to the Servicer in a timely manner.
ARTICLE
III
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES AND OTHER TRUST PROPERTY
Section
3.1
Appointment; Duties
of
the Servicer with Respect to the Servicing of the Receivables.
(a)
Appointment and
General Duties. The Issuer appoints Ford Credit to act as the
Servicer of the Receivables for the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee. The Servicer will manage, service, administer and collect on
the Receivables with reasonable care using that degree of skill and attention
that the Servicer exercises with respect to all comparable automotive
receivables that it services for itself or others and in accordance with the
Credit and Collection Policy. The Servicer's duties will
include:
(i)
collecting and applying all payments made on the Receivables,
(ii)
investigating delinquencies,
(iii)
sending invoices and responding to inquiries of Obligors,
(iv)
processing requests for extensions and modifications,
(v)
administering payoffs, defaults and delinquencies,
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(vi)
repossessing and then selling the Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable
that
the Servicer determines is unlikely to eventually be paid in full,
(vii)
maintaining accurate and complete accounts and computer systems pertaining
to
servicing the Receivables,
(viii)
providing to the Custodian copies, or access to, any documents, instruments,
notices and correspondence that modify information contained in the Receivables
Files, and
(ix)
furnishing Monthly Investor Reports and any other periodic reports required
by
the transaction documents.
In
performing its duties as servicer of the Receivables, the Servicer will comply
with all material requirements of federal and State laws and
regulations.
(b)
Collection of
Receivable Payments; Extensions, Rebates and Adjustments on
Receivables. The Servicer will make reasonable efforts to
collect all payments due under the terms of the Receivables. The Servicer may
waive any late payment charge or any other fees that may be collected in the
ordinary course of servicing a Receivable and may grant extensions, refunds,
rebates or adjustments with respect to any Receivable or amend any Receivable,
in each case in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, except that
if
the Servicer (i) grants payment extensions on a Receivable that extend the
final
payment date of the Receivable more than six months past the last original
scheduled payment date of any Receivable in the securitized pool, (ii) modifies
the Amount Financed under a Receivable, (iii) modifies the APR of a Receivable,
or (iv) increases the number of originally scheduled due dates of the
Receivable, it will purchase the Receivable in the manner provided in Section
3.2, unless it is required to take such action under law or pursuant to a court
order.
(c)
Maintenance of
Security Interests in Financed Vehicles. The Servicer will
take all necessary steps to maintain perfection of the security interest created
by each Receivable in the related Financed Vehicle. The Issuer
authorizes the Servicer to take all actions necessary to continue perfection
of
such security interest on behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee if
a
Financed Vehicle is relocated to another State or for any other
reason. Unless required by law or court order, the Servicer will not
release any Financed Vehicle from the security interest granted by the related
Receivable, except (i) upon payment in full of the Receivable, (ii) in order
to
receive proceeds from insurance covering such Financed Vehicle, (iii) upon
repossession, (iv) upon discounted settlement of the Receivable, or (v) upon
abandonment, in each case in accordance with the Credit and Collection
Policy.
(d)
No
Impairment. The Servicer will not impair in any material
respect the rights of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables
except in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy or as otherwise
permitted by this Agreement.
(e)
Other
Action.
(i)
Effective as of the date of this Agreement, all Receivables are assigned to
the
Servicer solely for the purpose of fulfilling the Servicer's duties under this
Agreement, including commencement of or participation in legal proceedings
to
enforce a Receivable or otherwise related to a Receivable. If in any enforcement
suit or legal proceeding it is held that the Servicer may not enforce a
Receivable on the ground that it is not a real party in interest or a holder
entitled to enforce the Receivable, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer,
will, at the Servicer's expense and direction, assign the Receivable to the
Servicer solely for such purpose or take steps to enforce the Receivable,
including bringing suit in the names of the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders,
the Issuer or any of them. On request of the Servicer, the Owner Trustee will
furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents reasonably
necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing
and
administrative duties under this Agreement.
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(ii)
The Servicer is authorized to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, or any of
them, any instruments of satisfaction, cancellation, partial or full release
or
discharge, and any other comparable instruments, with respect to the Receivables
and the Financed Vehicles.
Section
3.2
Purchase of Receivables Upon Breach by the Servicer.
(a)
(i) If a
Responsible Person of the Servicer has actual knowledge, or receives notice
from
the Depositor, the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, of a
breach of the covenants set forth in Sections 3.1 (c) or (d) and such breach
is
not cured in all material respects by the end of the second full Collection
Period (or, at the Servicer's option, the first full Collection Period) after
the Responsible Person obtained actual knowledge or was notified of such breach,
the Servicer will purchase each Receivable materially and adversely affected
by
such breach by remitting the Purchase Amount for such Receivable to the
Collection Account on the Business Day preceding the Payment Date after such
Collection Period or, if the Class A-1 Notes are not paid in full prior to
their
Final Scheduled Payment Date, the Business Day preceding the Final Scheduled
Payment Date for the Class A-1 Notes, if earlier (or, with Rating Agency
Confirmation, on such Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment
Date).
(ii)
Upon the occurrence of any of the conditions requiring purchase of a Receivable
set forth in Section 3.1(b), the Servicer will repurchase the Receivable
affected by such occurrence by remitting the Purchase Amount for such Receivable
to the Collection Account on the Business Day preceding the Payment Date after
the Collection Period or, if the Class A-1 Notes are not paid in full prior
to
their Final Scheduled Payment Date, the Business Day preceding the Final
Scheduled Payment Date for the Class A-1 Notes, if earlier (or, with Rating
Agency Confirmation, on such Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment Date)
in
which such modification is made.
(iii)
If the Servicer, in its sole discretion, determines that as a result of a
computer systems error or computer systems limitation or for any other reason
the Servicer is unable to service any Receivable in accordance with the Credit
and Collection Policy and the terms of this Agreement, the Servicer may purchase
such Receivable by remitting the Purchase Amount for such Receivable to the
Collection Account on the Business Day preceding the Payment Date after the
Collection Period or, if the Class A-1 Notes are not paid in full prior to
their
Final Scheduled Payment Date, the Business Day preceding the Final Scheduled
Payment Date for the Class A-1 Notes, if earlier (or, with Rating Agency
Confirmation, on such Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment Date) in which
such determination is made.
(iv)
If Ford Credit is the Servicer, it may remit any Purchase Amounts in accordance
with Section 4.3(c).
(b)
The sole remedy (except as provided in Section 6.3) of the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Secured Parties with respect to a breach
of
the covenants made by the Servicer in Section 3.1(c) or (d) or the occurrence
of
a condition specified in Section 3.1(b) is to require the Servicer to purchase
the Receivable as set forth in Section 3.2(a). None of the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, the Depositor or the Administrator will have
any duty to conduct an investigation as to the occurrence of any condition
requiring the purchase of any Receivable pursuant to Section
3.2(a).
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(c)
When the Purchase Amount is included in Available Funds for a Payment Date
or
Final Scheduled Payment Date, as applicable, the Issuer will be deemed to have
sold and assigned to the Servicer as of the last day of the second preceding
Collection Period all of the Issuer's right, title and interest in and to the
Receivable purchased by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.2(a), and all
security and documents relating to such Receivable. Such sale will not require
any action by the Issuer and will be without recourse, representation or
warranty by the Issuer except the representation that the Issuer owns the
Receivable free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted Liens. Upon such
sale, the Servicer will xxxx its computer records indicating that any receivable
purchased pursuant to Section 3.2(a) is no longer a Receivable and take any
action necessary or appropriate to evidence the transfer of ownership of the
Purchased Receivable free from any Lien of the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee.
Section
3.3
Sales of Charged
off
Receivables. The Servicer, in its sole discretion, may sell a
Receivable that has been charged off in accordance with the Credit and
Collection Policy. Proceeds of any such sale allocable to the
Receivable will constitute Recoveries. If the Servicer elects to sell
any charged off Receivable, such Receivable will be deemed to have been sold
and
assigned by the Trust to the Servicer immediately prior to the sale by the
Servicer. The sole right of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee with
respect to any Receivables sold pursuant to this Section 3.3 will be to receive
the Recoveries. Upon such sale, the Servicer will xxxx its computer
records indicating that any such receivable sold is no longer a Receivable
and
take any action necessary or appropriate to evidence the sale of the receivable
free from any Lien of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.
Section
3.4
Duties of the Servicer with Respect to the Servicing of the Transaction; Annual
Reports and Notices.
(a)
Monthly Investor
Report. On or about the 10th day of each calendar month, the
Servicer will deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Note Paying Agent, the Indenture
Trustee, the Swap Counterparties, the Depositor and the Rating Agencies, a
servicing report substantially in the form of Exhibit A (the "Monthly Investor
Report") with respect to the preceding Collection Period and the related
Payment Date. If the Class A-1 Notes are not paid in full prior to
their Final Scheduled Payment Date, the Monthly Investor Report in February
2009
will be delivered on or about the 8th day of the month and will give effect
to
the payments to be made on such Final Scheduled Payment Date. A Responsible
Person of the Servicer will certify the accuracy of the information in each
Monthly Investor Report.
(b)
Annual Statement
as to
Compliance. To the extent required by Regulation AB, the
Servicer will deliver to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee
and each Rating Agency within 90 days after the end of each calendar year
beginning with the year after the Closing Date, an Officer's Certificate, dated
as of December 31 of the preceding calendar year, signed by a Responsible Person
of the Servicer to the effect that (i) a review of the Servicer's activities
during the preceding calendar year (or, in the case of the first certificate,
the portion of the preceding calendar year since the Closing Date) and of its
performance under this Agreement has been made under such Responsible Person's
supervision and (ii) to such Responsible
Person's knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled in all
material respects all of its obligations under this Agreement throughout such
calendar year (or applicable portion of such calendar year), or, if there has
been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect,
specifically identifying each such failure known to such Responsible Person
and
the nature and status of such failure. If the Issuer is not required
to file periodic reports under the Exchange Act or otherwise required by law
to
file an Officer's Certificate of the Servicer as to compliance, the Servicer
may
deliver such Officer's Certificate on or before April 30 of each calendar
year. A copy of the Officer's Certificate referred to in this Section
3.4(b) may be obtained by any Noteholder or Person certifying it is a Note
Owner
by a request in writing to the Indenture Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office.
(c)
Notice of Event
of
Servicing Termination. The Servicer will notify the Depositor,
the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency of any event
that with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event
of Servicing Termination under Section 7.1, no later than 5 Business Days after
a Responsible Person of the Servicer obtains actual knowledge of such
event.
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(d)
Compliance with
Obligations under Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. If directed by the
Administrator, the Servicer will prepare, execute and deliver all certificates
or other documents required to be delivered by the Issuer pursuant to the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002.
(e)
Report on Assessment
of Compliance with Servicing Criteria and Attestation. The
Servicer will:
(i)
deliver to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and each
Rating Agency, a report, dated as of December 31 of the preceding calendar
year,
on its assessment of compliance with the minimum servicing criteria during
the
preceding calendar year, including disclosure of any identified material
instance of non-compliance identified by the Servicer, as specified by Rule
13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB under
the
Securities Act.
(ii)
cause a firm of registered public accountants that is qualified and independent
within the meaning of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act
to
deliver an attestation report that satisfies the requirements of Rule 13a-18
or
Rule 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB, as
applicable, on the assessment of compliance with servicing criteria with respect
to the prior calendar year. Such attestation report will be addressed to the
board of directors of the Servicer and the Servicer will deliver copies to
the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee. Such
attestation will be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. The firm may
render other services to the Servicer, the Depositor or Ford Credit, but the
firm must indicate in each attestation report that it is qualified and
independent within the meaning of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act.
The
reports referred to in this Section 3.4(e) will be delivered within 90 days
after the end of each calendar year unless the Issuer is not required to file
periodic reports under the Exchange Act or any other law, in which case the
reports may be delivered on or before April 30 of each calendar year, beginning
in the year after the Closing Date. A copy of the reports referred to
in this Section 3.4(e) may be obtained by any Noteholder or Person certifying
it
is a Note Owner by a request in writing to the Indenture Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office.
(f)
Delivery of Tax
Related Information. To the extent required by law, the
Servicer will deliver to the Owner Trustee for distribution to the holder of
the
Residual Interest information for the preparation of the holder of the Residual
Interest's federal and State income tax returns.
(g)
Termination of
Reporting Obligation. The Servicer's obligation to deliver or
cause the delivery of reports under this Section 3.4, other than tax reports
under Section 3.4(f), will terminate upon the payment in full of the Notes,
including by redemption in whole as contemplated by Section 8.1.
Section
3.5
Servicer's
Fees. On each Payment Date, the Issuer will pay the Servicing
Fee to the Servicer in accordance with Section 8.2 of the
Indenture. In addition, the Servicer will be entitled to retain all
Supplemental Servicing Fees and receive investment earnings (net of investment
losses and expenses) on funds deposited into the Bank Accounts during each
Collection Period.
Section
3.6
Servicer's
Expenses. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the
Servicer will pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities
under this Agreement, including fees and disbursements of independent
accountants, taxes imposed on the Servicer and expenses incurred in connection
with distributions and reports. The Servicer may charge Obligors, and
be reimbursed, for collection, repossession, transportation and remarketing
expenses in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy.
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ARTICLE
IV
TRUST
ACCOUNTS; DISTRIBUTIONS;
STATEMENTS
TO NOTEHOLDERS AND THE DEPOSITOR
Section
4.1
Accounts.
(a)
Collection
Account. Pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Indenture, the
Indenture Trustee will establish and maintain a segregated trust account in
the
name "The Bank of New York as Indenture Trustee, as secured party for Ford
Credit Auto Owner Trust 2008-A" at a Qualified Institution (initially the
corporate trust department of The Bank of New York), that is designated as
the
"Collection
Account". The Collection Account will initially be account
number 879524. The Collection Account will be under the sole dominion
and control of the Indenture Trustee, except that the Servicer may make deposits
to and direct the Indenture Trustee to make withdrawals from the Collection
Account in accordance with this Agreement. The Servicer may direct
the Indenture Trustee to withdraw from the Collection Account and pay to the
Indenture Trustee or the Servicer, as applicable, amounts that do not constitute
Available Funds for any Collection Period or that were deposited into the
Collection Account in error.
(b)
Principal Payment
Account. Pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Indenture, the
Indenture Trustee will establish and maintain a segregated trust account at
a
Qualified Institution that is designated as the "Principal Payment
Account". The Principal Payment Account will initially be
account number 879526. The Principal Payment Account is established
and maintained solely for administrative purposes.
(c)
Reserve
Account.
(i)
Pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee will establish
and maintain a segregated trust account in the name "The Bank of New York as
Indenture Trustee, as secured party for Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2008-A"
at
a Qualified Institution (initially the corporate trust department of The Bank
of
New York), that is designated as the "Reserve
Account". The Reserve Account will initially be account
number 879525. On the Closing Date, the Depositor will deposit or
cause to be deposited the Specified Reserve Balance into the Reserve Account
from the net proceeds of the sale of the Notes. The Reserve Account
will be under the sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee, except
that the Servicer may make deposits to and direct the Indenture Trustee to
make
withdrawals from the Reserve Account in accordance with this
Agreement.
(ii)
The Indenture Trustee will transfer all funds on deposit in the Reserve Account
to the Depositor, or if the Depositor has notified the Indenture Trustee of
the
establishment of the Trust Distribution Account, to the Trust Distribution
Account, on the earlier of: (i) the first Payment Date on or after which the
Servicer has deposited into the Collection Account the amount specified in
Section 8.1(a) in connection with its exercising its option to acquire the
Trust
Property pursuant to Section 8.1 and (ii) the date on which the Note Balance
of
the Notes and of all other amounts owing or to be distributed to the Secured
Parties under the Indenture and this Agreement are paid in full.
(d)
Swap Counterparty
Collateral Account. Pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Indenture,
the Indenture Trustee will establish and maintain a segregated trust
account in the name "The Bank of New York as Indenture Trustee, as secured
party
for Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2008-A" at a Qualified Institution (initially
the corporate trust department of The Bank of New York), that is designated
as
the "Swap Counterparty
Collateral Account". The Swap Counterparty Collateral
Account will initially be account number 879527. No deposit will be
made to the Swap Counterparty Collateral Account on the Closing
Date. Securities and funds that will secure the obligations of the
Swap Counterparty will be deposited into the Swap Counterparty Collateral
Account from time to time by the Swap Counterparty pursuant to the posting
requirements set forth in the Interest Rate Swap. The Swap
Counterparty will be entitled to interest earned on amounts on deposit in the
Swap Counterparty Collateral Account. Subject to the terms of the
Interest Rate Swap, the Swap Counterparty Collateral Account will be under
the
sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee, or its agent appointed
pursuant to the Interest Rate Swap, as custodian.
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(e)
Benefit of Accounts;
Deposits and Withdrawals. The Collection Account and the
Reserve Account and all amounts, securities, investments, financial assets
and
other property deposited in or credited to them will be held by the Indenture
Trustee as secured party for the benefit of the Secured Parties and, after
payment in full of the Notes, as agent of the Issuer and as part of the Trust
Property. All deposits to and withdrawals from the Collection
Account, Principal Payment Account and the Reserve Account will be made in
accordance with the Basic Documents.
(f)
Maintenance of
Accounts. If an institution maintaining one of the Bank
Accounts ceases to be a Qualified Institution, the Servicer, with respect to
the
Collection Account and the Principal Payment Account, or the Depositor, with
respect to the Reserve Account, will, with the Indenture Trustee's or Owner
Trustee's assistance as necessary, within 30 calendar days, move such Bank
Account to a Qualified Institution.
(g)
Compliance. Each
Bank Account will be established and maintained pursuant to the Control
Agreement. The Servicer, with respect to the Collection Account and
the Principal Payment Account, and the Depositor, with respect to the Reserve
Account, will ensure that the Control Agreement establishing each Bank Account
requires the Qualified Institution maintaining each such account to comply
with
entitlement orders (as defined in Article 8 of the UCC) originated by the
Indenture Trustee without further consent of the Issuer for so long as the
Notes
are Outstanding and to act as a securities intermediary in accordance with
the
UCC.
(h)
Trust Distribution
Account. The Depositor may cause the Owner Trustee to
establish and maintain a segregated trust account in the name "U.S. Bank Trust
National Association as Owner Trustee," that is designated as the "Trust Distribution
Account" and will promptly notify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee after the establishment of the Trust Distribution
Account. The Trust Distribution Account will be under the sole
dominion and control of the Owner Trustee, except that the Indenture Trustee
may
make deposits to the Trust Distribution Account in accordance with the Basic
Documents. All deposits to and withdrawals from the Trust
Distribution Account will be made in accordance with the Indenture and the
Trust
Agreement.
Section
4.2
Investment of Funds on Deposit in the Bank Accounts.
(a)
For so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
funds on deposit in the Collection Account (but not amounts in the Principal
Payment Account) and in the Reserve Account will, to the extent permitted by
law, be invested in Permitted Investments by the Qualified Institution
maintaining such accounts as directed by the Servicer with respect to the
Collection Account, and as directed by the Depositor or by any Person appointed
by the Depositor with respect to the Reserve Account, in each case without
requiring any action by the Indenture Trustee. The Servicer and the Depositor,
as applicable, may direct the Indenture Trustee to consent, vote, waive or
take
any other action, or not to take any such action, with respect to any matters
available to the holder of such Permitted Investments.
(b)
If (i) the Servicer, with respect to the Collection Account and the Principal
Payment Account, or the Depositor, with respect to the Reserve Account, fails
to
give investment directions for any funds on deposit in a Bank Account to the
Qualified Institution maintaining such Bank Account by 11:00 a.m. New York
time
(or such other time as may be agreed by the Issuer and such Qualified
Institution) on the Business Day preceding a Payment Date or Final Scheduled
Payment Date or (ii) a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing with respect to the Notes and the Indenture Trustee has provided
notice to the Qualified Institution maintaining such Bank Account, the Qualified
Institution maintaining such Bank Account will, pursuant to the Control
Agreement, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and reinvest funds on
deposit in such Bank Account in one or more investments described in clause
(b)
of the definition of Permitted Investments.
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(c)
Permitted Investments of funds on deposit in the Collection Account (or any
reinvestments of such Permitted Investments) will mature no later than the
Business Day preceding the earlier of the next Payment Date or the next Final
Scheduled Payment Date on which such Collections are required to be distributed
under the Indenture. Permitted Investments of funds on deposit in the Reserve
Account will mature no later than the Business Day preceding the earlier of
the
next Payment Date or the next Final Scheduled Payment Date on which Collections
are required to be distributed following the date of investment, except that
such funds may be invested in Permitted Investments that will not mature before
the next Payment Date or such Final Scheduled Payment Date if Rating Agency
Confirmation has been obtained with respect to the investment. Permitted
Investments will be held to their maturity, except that Permitted Investments
may be sold or disposed of before their maturity in connection with the sale
or
liquidation of the Collateral following an Event of Default as provided in
Section 5.6 of the Indenture. All interest and other income (net of losses
and
investment expenses) on funds on deposit in the Bank Accounts will be paid
to
the Servicer on each Payment Date pursuant to Section 3.5.
(d)
None of the Depositor, the Servicer or the Qualified Institution maintaining
any
Bank Account will be liable for the selection of Permitted Investments or for
investment losses incurred thereon (other than in the capacity as obligor
thereon, if applicable).
(e)
Neither the Servicer, with respect to the Collection Account and the Principal
Payment Account, nor the Depositor, with respect to the Reserve Account, will
direct the Qualified Institution maintaining such account to make any investment
of any funds or to sell any investment held in such account unless the security
interest Granted and perfected in such account in favor of the Indenture Trustee
will continue to be perfected in such investment or the proceeds of such sale,
in each case without any further action by any Person.
(f)
With respect to funds on deposit in the Bank Accounts:
(i)
any such funds or property in such accounts that is a "financial asset" as
defined in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC will be physically delivered to,
or
credited to an account in the name of, the Qualified Institution maintaining
the
applicable account in accordance with such institution's customary procedures
such that the institution establishes a "securities entitlement" in favor of
the
Indenture Trustee with respect to such funds or property; and
(ii)
any funds or property that are held in deposit accounts will be held solely
in
the name of the Indenture Trustee at one or more depository institutions having
the Required Ratings, each such deposit account will be subject to the exclusive
custody and control of the Indenture Trustee and the Indenture Trustee will
have
sole signature authority with respect to each such deposit account.
(g)
The Servicer, with respect to the Collection Account and the Principal Payment
Account, and the Depositor, with respect to the Reserve Account, will ensure
that the Qualified Institution maintaining each such account, in its capacity
as
securities intermediary, agrees in the Control Agreement that each item of
property credited to each such account will be treated as a "financial asset"
within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC.
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Section
4.3
Remittances.
(a)
If Ford Credit's short term unsecured debt is rated at least "P-1" by Xxxxx'x,
"A-1" by Standard & Poor's and "F1" by Fitch (this rating requirement, the
"Monthly Remittance
Required Ratings"), Ford Credit may remit Collections on the Business Day
preceding each Payment Date and Final Scheduled Payment Date, or with Rating
Agency Confirmation, on each Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment
Date.
(b)
If Ford Credit's short term unsecured debt is not rated at least equal to the
Monthly Remittance Required Ratings:
(i)
on the Closing Date, the Servicer will remit to the Collection Account all
amounts received and applied as interest or principal on the Receivables in
accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy during the period from the
Cutoff Date to two Business Days preceding the Closing Date and
(ii)
on and after the Closing Date, Ford Credit will remit to the Collection Account
all amounts received and applied as interest or principal on the Receivables
in
accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy within two Business Days after
such application.
(c)
If Ford Credit is the Servicer and for any Payment Date or Final Scheduled
Payment Date, the sum of (i) Collections for the related Collection Period,
plus (ii)
Purchase Amounts for such Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment Date, exceeds
the amounts remitted pursuant to Section 4.3(b) for the related Collection
Period, Ford Credit will remit an amount equal to such excess to the Collection
Account on the Business Day preceding such Payment Date or, if the Class A-1
Notes are not paid in full prior to their Final Scheduled Payment Date, the
Business Day preceding the Final Scheduled Payment Date for the Class A-1 Notes,
or with Rating Agency Confirmation, on such Payment Date or Final Scheduled
Payment Date. If, for any Payment Date or for such Final Scheduled
Payment Date, the amounts remitted pursuant to Section 4.3(b) for the related
Collection Period exceed the sum of (i) Collections for the related Collection
Period, plus
(ii) Purchase Amounts for such Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment Date,
the
Indenture Trustee will pay to Ford Credit an amount equal to such excess within
two Business Days of Ford's Credit's request, but in no event later than such
Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment Date. Upon the Indenture
Trustee's request, Ford Credit will provide the Indenture Trustee reasonable
support for Ford Credit's calculation of the amounts to be remitted or paid
pursuant to this Section 4.3(c).
(d)
Ford Credit may make the remittances pursuant to this Section 4.3 net of
Servicing Fees to be paid to Ford Credit. Nonetheless, the Servicer will account
for all of the above described remittances and distributions in the Monthly
Investor Report as if the amounts were remitted, deposited and/or transferred
separately.
(e)
If Ford Credit (or a successor of Ford Credit pursuant to Section 6.4) is not
the Servicer or an Event of Servicing Termination occurs, the Servicer will
be
required to remit Collections to the Collection Account within 2 Business Days
after receipt.
(f)
Pending deposit into the Collection Account, amounts collected by the Servicer
may be used by the Servicer at its own risk and for its own benefit and will
not
be segregated from its own funds.
Section
4.4
Calculations and Distributions; Withdrawals from the Reserve
Account.
(a)
On or before each Determination Date, the Servicer will calculate the Reserve
Account Draw Amount for the following Payment Date (or, if the Class A-1 Notes
are not paid in full prior to their Final Scheduled Payment Date, for the Final
Scheduled Payment Date for the Class A-1 Notes, if earlier) and will instruct
the Indenture Trustee to withdraw from the Reserve Account and deposit the
Reserve Account Draw Amount into the Collection Account on or before such
Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment Date.
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(b)
On or before each Determination Date, the Servicer will instruct the Indenture
Trustee (based on the most recent Monthly Investor Report) to make the
withdrawals, deposits, distributions and payments required to be made on the
following Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment Date pursuant to Section
8.2
of the Indenture.
ARTICLE
V
THE
DEPOSITOR
Section
5.1 Representations
and
Warranties of the Depositor. The Depositor represents and
warrants to the Issuer as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing
Date, on which the Issuer is relying in acquiring the Trust Property and which
will survive the sale of the Trust Property to the Issuer and the pledge of
the
Trust Property by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture:
(a)
Organization and
Qualification. The Depositor is duly organized and validly
existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of
the
State of Delaware. The Depositor is qualified as a foreign limited
liability company in good standing and has obtained all necessary licenses
and
approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its properties
or the conduct of its activities requires such qualification, license or
approval, unless the failure to obtain such qualifications, licenses or
approvals could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on
the Depositor's ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or
the
other Basic Documents to which it is a party.
(b)
Power, Authorization
and Enforceability. The Depositor has the power and authority
to execute deliver and perform the terms of each of the Basic Documents to
which
it is a party and to acquire, own and sell the Receivables and the other Trust
Property and has duly authorized the sale of the Receivables and other Trust
Property to the Issuer by all necessary action. The Depositor has
authorized the execution, delivery and performance of the terms of each of
the
Basic Documents to which it is a party. Each of the Basic Documents
to which the Depositor is a party is the legal, valid and binding obligation
of
the Depositor enforceable against the Depositor, except as may be limited by
insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other laws relating to the enforcement
of creditors' rights or by general equitable principles.
(c)
Valid
Sale. This Agreement evidences a valid sale of the Trust
Property from the Depositor to the Issuer, enforceable against creditors of
and
purchasers from the Depositor.
(d)
No Conflicts and
No
Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated
by the Basic Documents to which the Depositor is a party and the fulfillment
of
the terms of the Basic Documents to which the Depositor is a party will not
(i)
conflict with or result in a breach of the terms or provisions of, or constitute
a default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement,
guarantee or similar agreement or instrument under which the Depositor is a
debtor or guarantor, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Depositor
pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, guarantee or similar agreement or instrument (other than this
Agreement), (iii) violate the Certificate of Formation or Limited Liability
Company Agreement, or (iv) violate any law or, to the Depositor's knowledge,
any
order, rule or regulation applicable to the Depositor of any court or of any
federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties, in
each case which conflict, breach, default, lien, or violation would reasonably
be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Depositor's ability to
perform its obligations under the Basic Documents.
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(e)
No
Proceedings. To the Depositor's knowledge, there are no
proceedings or investigations pending or overtly threatened in writing, before
any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties: (i)
asserting the invalidity of any of the Basic Documents or the Notes, (ii)
seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of
the
transactions contemplated by any of the Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any
determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the Depositor's ability to perform its obligations under,
or
the validity or enforceability of, any of the Basic Documents or the Notes,
or
(iv) relating to Ford Credit or the Depositor that would reasonably be expected
to (A) affect the treatment of the Notes as indebtedness for U.S. federal income
or Applicable Tax State income or franchise tax purposes, (B) be deemed to
cause
a taxable exchange of the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (C) cause
the Issuer to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership
taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, or (D) cause
the
Issuer to incur Michigan Single Business Tax liability other than such
proceedings that would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect upon the Depositor or materially and adversely affect the performance
by
the Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity and enforceability
of,
the Basic Documents or the Notes.
(f)
Valid Security
Interest. This Agreement creates a valid and continuing
security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Trust Property
in
favor of the Issuer that is prior to all other Liens other than Permitted Liens
and is enforceable as such against all other creditors of and purchasers from
the Depositor.
Section
5.2
Liability of the
Depositor. The Depositor will be liable in accordance with
this Agreement only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken
by
the Depositor under this Agreement.
(a)
The Depositor will not be liable to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Noteholders, the Servicer or any other Person for any action taken,
or not taken, in good faith pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in
judgment. All such liability is expressly waived and released as a condition
of,
and consideration for, the execution of this Agreement by the Depositor and
the
issuance of the Notes. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, this Section
5.2 will not protect the Depositor against any liability that would otherwise
be
imposed by reason of Depositor's, willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence
in
the performance of its duties under this Agreement.
(b)
The Depositor will pay any and all taxes levied or assessed upon the Issuer
or
upon all or any part of the Trust Property.
(c)
The Depositor and any officer, director, employee or agent of the Depositor
may
rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document believed to
be
genuine and to have been executed by the proper party in respect of any matters
arising under this Agreement.
(d)
The Depositor will be under no obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend
any
legal action that is unrelated to its obligations under this Agreement and
that,
in its opinion, may cause it to incur any expense or liability.
Section
5.3
Merger or
Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the
Depositor. Any Person (a) into which the Depositor is merged
or consolidated, (b) resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the
Depositor is a party or (c) succeeding to the business of the Depositor, if
more
than 50% of the voting stock or voting power and 50% or more of the economic
equity of such Person is owned, directly or indirectly, by Ford Motor Company,
will be the successor to the Depositor under this Agreement without the
execution or filing of any document or any further act except those actions
required under this Section 5.3. Within 15 Business Days after any
such merger, consolidation or succession such Person will (i) execute an
agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Depositor under
this
Agreement, (ii) deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an
Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such merger,
consolidation or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this
Section 5.3, (iii) deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that either (A) upon the later of the
attachment of the security interest and the filing of the necessary financing
statements, the security interest in favor of the Issuer in the Trust Property
and the Indenture Trustee in the Collateral will be perfected or (B) no such
action is necessary to preserve and protect such security interest, and (iv)
provide notice of such merger, consolidation or succession to the Swap
Counterparties and to the Rating Agencies.
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Section
5.4 Depositor May Own
Notes. The Depositor and any Affiliate of the Depositor, in
its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes
with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Depositor or an
Affiliate of the Depositor except as otherwise provided in any Basic
Document. Notes owned by or pledged to the Depositor or any Affiliate
of the Depositor will have an equal and proportionate benefit under the Basic
Document, without preference, priority or distinction, except as otherwise
provided in any Basic Document.
Section
5.5
Depositor's
Designation of the Rating Agencies. The Depositor designates
Fitch, Xxxxx'x and Standard & Poor's as the Rating Agencies rating the
Notes.
ARTICLE
VI
THE
SERVICER
Section
6.1 Representations
and
Warranties of the Servicer. The Servicer represents and
warrants to the Issuer as of the date of this Agreement, on which the Issuer
is
relying in acquiring the Trust Property and which will survive the sale of
the
Trust Property to the Issuer and the pledge of the Trust Property by the Issuer
to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture:
(a)
Organization and
Qualification. The Servicer is duly incorporated and validly
existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of
the
State of Delaware. The Servicer is qualified as a foreign limited
liability company in good standing and has obtained all necessary licenses
and
approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its properties
or the conduct of its activities requires such qualification, license or
approval, unless the failure to obtain such qualifications, licenses or
approvals would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on
the Servicer's ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the
other Basic Documents to which it is a party.
(b)
Power, Authorization
and Enforceability. The Servicer has the power and authority
to execute deliver and perform the terms of each of the Basic Documents to
which
it is a party and to acquire, own, hold, service and sell the Receivables and
to
hold the Receivables Files as custodian on behalf of the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee. The Servicer has authorized the execution,
delivery and performance of the terms of each of the Basic Documents to which
it
is a party. Each of the Basic Documents to which the Servicer is a
party is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable
against the Servicer, except as may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy,
reorganization or other laws relating to the enforcement of creditors' rights
or
by general equitable principles.
(c)
No Conflicts and
No
Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated
by the Basic Documents to which the Servicer is a party and the fulfillment
of
the terms of the Basic Documents to which the Servicer is a party will not
(i)
conflict with or result in a breach of the terms or provision of, or constitute
a default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement,
guarantee or similar agreement or instrument under which the Servicer is a
debtor or guarantor (other than this Agreement), (ii) result in the creation
or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or
assets of the Servicer pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee or similar agreement, (iii) violate
the
Certificate of Formation or the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the
Servicer, or (iv) violate any law or, to the Servicer's knowledge, any order,
rule or regulation applicable to the Servicer of any court or of any federal
or
state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Servicer or its properties; in
each
case, which conflict, breach, default, lien, or violation would reasonably
be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the Servicer's ability to perform
its obligations under the Basic Documents.
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(d)
No
Proceedings. To the Servicer's knowledge, there are no
proceedings or investigations pending or overtly threatened in writing before
any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Servicer or its properties: (i)
asserting the invalidity of any of the Basic Documents or the Notes, (ii)
seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the consummation of any of
the
transactions contemplated by any of the Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any
determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the Servicer's ability to perform its obligations under,
or
the validity or enforceability of, any of the Basic Documents or the Notes,
or
(iv) relating to the Servicer that would reasonably be expected to (A) affect
the treatment of the Notes as indebtedness for U.S. federal income or Applicable
Tax State income or franchise tax purposes, (B) be deemed to cause a taxable
exchange of the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (C) cause the Issuer
to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a
corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (D) cause the Issuer to
incur Michigan Single Business Tax liability other than such proceedings that,
to the Servicer's knowledge, would not reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect upon the Servicer and its subsidiaries considered as a whole
or
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its
obligations under, or the validity and enforceability of, any of the Basic
Documents or the Notes.
Section
6.2
Liability of the Servicer.
(a)
The Servicer will be liable to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Noteholders and to the Depositor only to the extent of the
obligations specifically undertaken by the Servicer under this Agreement. All
other liability is expressly waived and released as a condition of, and
consideration for, the execution of this Agreement by the Servicer. This Section
6.2 will not protect the Servicer against any liability that would otherwise
be
imposed by reason of the Servicer's willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence
in the performance of its duties under this Agreement. The Servicer and any
subservicer may rely in good faith on any document of any kind that appears
on
its face to be properly executed and submitted by any Person with respect to
any
matters arising under this Agreement.
(b)
The obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement are solely corporate
obligations of the Servicer, and no recourse may be taken, directly or
indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Servicer against any owner,
beneficiary, agent, officer, director, or employee of the Servicer in their
individual capacities except for any liability that would otherwise be imposed
by reason of such Person's willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the
performance of its duties.
(c)
The Servicer will not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend
any legal action that is not incidental to its duties to service the Receivables
in accordance with this Agreement and that in its opinion may involve it in
any
expense or liability. The Servicer may in its sole discretion (but will not
be
required to) undertake any legal action that it may deem necessary or desirable
to protect the interests of the Noteholders or the Depositor under the Basic
Documents. In such event, the legal expenses, costs and liabilities of such
action and any liability resulting from such action will be expenses, costs
and
liabilities of the Servicer.
(d)
The Servicer will not be in default under this Agreement if it is unable to
perform any of its obligations as a result of an act of God, act of war,
terrorism, fires, earthquake or other natural disaster. The Servicer will make
commercially reasonable efforts to resume the performance of its obligations
under this Agreement as soon as reasonably practicable after any such
event.
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Section
6.3
Indemnities of the Servicer.
(a)
The Servicer will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, and their respective officers, directors,
employees and agents from and against any and all costs, losses, claims and
liabilities arising out of, or imposed upon any such Person through the
Servicer's (including in its capacity as Custodian) willful misconduct, bad
faith or negligence (except for errors in judgment) in the performance of its
duties under any Basic Document to which it is a party.
(b)
Promptly upon receipt by the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective officers, directors,
employees and agents (each, for purposes of this Section 6.3(b), an "Indemnified Person")
of notice of the commencement of any Proceeding against any such Indemnified
Person, such Indemnified Person will, if a claim in respect of such Proceeding
will be made against the Servicer under this Section 6.3, notify the Servicer
of
the commencement of such Proceeding. The Servicer may participate in
and assume the defense and settlement of any such Proceeding at the Servicer's
expense. No settlement of such Proceeding may be made without the
approval of the Servicer and such Indemnified Person, which approvals will
not
be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. The Servicer's
indemnification obligation will include the reasonable fees and expenses of
counsel and the expenses of litigation. After notice from the
Servicer to such Indemnified Person of the Servicer's intention to assume the
defense of such Proceeding with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
Indemnified Person, and so long as the Servicer so assumes the defense of such
Proceeding in a manner reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person,
the
Servicer will not be liable for any legal expenses of counsel to such
Indemnified Person unless there is a conflict between the interests of the
Servicer and such Indemnified Person, in which case the Servicer will pay for
the separate counsel to such Indemnified Person.
(c)
For purposes of this Section 6.3, if the Servicer is terminated pursuant to
Section 7.1 or if the Servicer resigns pursuant to Section 6.6, such Servicer
will be deemed to continue to be the Servicer until a Successor Servicer (other
than the Indenture Trustee) has assumed the obligations of the Servicer in
accordance with Section 7.2.
(d)
The Servicer's obligations under this Section 6.3 with respect to the period
such Person was (or was deemed to be) the Servicer will survive the termination
of or resignation by such Person as Servicer, the termination of this Agreement
and the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee
or
the termination of the Issuer. If the Servicer makes any indemnity payments
pursuant to this Section 6.3 and the Person to or on behalf of whom such
payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such
Person will promptly repay such amounts to the Servicer, without
interest.
Section
6.4
Merger or
Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the
Servicer; Assignment to Affiliate. Any Person
(a) into which the Servicer is merged or consolidated, (b) resulting from any
merger or consolidation to which the Servicer is a party, (c) succeeding to
the
business of the Servicer or (d) that is an Affiliate of the Servicer to whom
the
Servicer has assigned this Agreement, will be the successor to the Servicer
under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any document or any
further act except those actions required under this Section
6.4. Within 15 Business Days after any such merger, consolidation,
succession or assignment, such Person will (i) execute an agreement of
assumption to perform every obligation of the Servicer under this Agreement,
(ii) deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such merger,
consolidation, succession or assignment and such agreement of assumption comply
with this Section 6.4, (iii) deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that either (A) upon the later
of
the attachment of the security interest and the filing of the necessary
financing statements, the security interest in favor of the Issuer in the Trust
Property and the Indenture Trustee in the Collateral will be perfected or (B)
no
such action is necessary to preserve and protect such security interest, and
(iv) provide notice of such merger, consolidation, succession or assignment
to
the Rating Agencies.
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Section
6.5
Delegation of
Duties. So long as Ford Credit acts as Servicer or Custodian,
the Servicer or Custodian may without notice or consent delegate any or all
of
its duties under this Agreement to Ford Motor Company or any company or other
business entity of which Ford Motor Company owns, directly or indirectly, more
than 50% of the voting stock or voting power and 50% or more of the economic
equity. The Servicer or Custodian may perform any of its duties
through subcontractors. No such delegation or subcontracting will
relieve the Servicer or Custodian of its responsibilities with respect to such
duties and the Servicer will remain primarily responsible with respect to such
duties. The Servicer or Custodian will be responsible for the fees of
any such subcontractors.
Section
6.6
Ford Credit Not
to
Resign as Servicer. Neither Ford Credit nor any successor
Servicer will resign as Servicer under this Agreement except upon determining
that the performance of its duties under this Agreement is no longer permissible
under law. Notice of any determination permitting the resignation of
Ford Credit as Servicer or a successor Servicer will be delivered to the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee as soon as practicable (and, if not given
in
writing, will be confirmed in writing as soon as practicable). Any
determination permitting the resignation of Ford Credit as Servicer or a
successor Servicer will be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect
delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee with or promptly
following delivery of such notice.
Section
6.7
Servicer May Own
Notes. The Servicer and any Affiliate of the Servicer, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes
with
the same rights as it would have if it were not the Servicer or an Affiliate
of
the Servicer, except as otherwise provided in any Basic
Document. Notes owned by or pledged to the Servicer or any Affiliate
of the Servicer will have an equal and proportionate benefit under the Basic
Document, without preference, priority or distinction, except as otherwise
provided in any Basic Document.
ARTICLE
VII
SERVICING
TERMINATION
Section
7.1
Events of Servicing Termination.
(a)
The occurrence and continuation of any of the following events will be an "Event of Servicing
Termination":
(i)
Any failure by the Servicer to deliver to the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee any proceeds or payment required to be delivered under this Agreement
that continues unremedied for a period of 5 Business Days after the earlier
of
the date on which (x) notice of such failure is given to the Servicer by the
Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or (y) a Responsible Person of the
Servicer learns of such failure, unless:
(1)
(A) such failure is caused by an event outside the control of the Servicer
that
the Servicer could not have avoided through the exercise of due care, (B) such
failure does not continue for more than 10 Business Days after the earlier
of
the date on which notice of such failure is given to the Servicer by the Owner
Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or a Responsible Person of the Servicer learns
of such failure, (C) during such period the Servicer uses all commercially
reasonable efforts to perform its obligations under this Agreement and (D)
the
Servicer provides the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor and
the Noteholders with prompt notice of such failure that includes a description
of the Servicer's efforts to remedy such failure, or
(2)
(A) such failure would not reasonably be expected to, or upon investigation
and
quantification does not, result in the failure in paying or depositing an amount
greater than 0.05% of the sum of the Note Balances of all Notes and (B) such
failure is remedied (i) if the Servicer's long-term debt is rated investment
grade by all Rating Agencies rating the Notes, not later than 90 days after
a
Responsible Person of the Servicer learns of such failure or (ii) if the
Servicer's long-term debt is not so rated, then not later than 90 days after
such failure,
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(ii)
Any failure by the Servicer to observe or to perform in any material respect
any
other covenants or agreements of the Servicer set forth in this Agreement,
which
failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the Noteholders and
continues unremedied for a period of 90 days after the Servicer receives notice
of such failure from the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders
of at least 25% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class, or
(iii)
The occurrence of an Insolvency Event with respect to the Servicer.
(b)
If an Event of Servicing Termination occurs, the Indenture Trustee will promptly
notify each Rating Agency. So long as such Event of Servicing Termination has
not been remedied, either the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders of at least
a
majority of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class (or, if no Notes are
Outstanding, the Owner Trustee, at the direction of the holder of the Residual
Interest), by notice to the Servicer and the Rating Agencies (and to the
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee if given by the Noteholders), may
terminate all of the rights and obligations (other than those set forth in
Section 6.2 and Section 6.3) of the Servicer under this Agreement. Upon the
receipt by the Servicer of such notice (or such later date as may be specified
in such notice of termination), all authority and power of the Servicer under
this Agreement will pass to and be vested in the Indenture Trustee or such
Successor Servicer as may be appointed under Section 7.2. In such event, the
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee are authorized to execute and deliver,
on behalf of the predecessor Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any
and
all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts
or
things necessary or appropriate to effect the termination of the predecessor
Servicer and to complete the transfer of the Receivables Files and related
documents to the Indenture Trustee or the successor Servicer or the successor
Custodian.
(c)
Upon termination of the Servicer under this Section 7.1 or the Servicer's
resignation under Section 6.6, the predecessor Servicer will cooperate with
the
Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Successor Servicer in effecting
the
termination of the responsibilities and rights of the predecessor Servicer
under
this Agreement, including, as soon as practicable, the transfer to the Indenture
Trustee or such Successor Servicer of all cash amounts that are held by the
predecessor Servicer for deposit, or thereafter received with respect to a
Receivable and the delivery of the Receivables Files and the related accounts
and records maintained by the Servicer. In no event, however, will the Servicer
be obligated to provide, license or assign its processes, procedures, models,
servicing software or other applications to any Successor Servicer or any other
third party, or provide anything covered by a restriction on transfer or
assignment or a confidentiality agreement. All reasonable costs and expenses
(including attorneys' fees) incurred by the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee
and the Successor Servicer associated with (i) the transition of servicing
duties to the Successor Servicer, and (ii) amending this Agreement to reflect
a
succession of the Servicer pursuant to this Section 7.1 will be paid by the
predecessor Servicer upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such
costs
and expenses.
Section
7.2
Appointment of Successor Servicer.
(a)
If the Servicer is terminated pursuant to Section 7.1, it will continue to
perform its functions as Servicer under this Agreement until the date specified
in the notice of termination. If the Servicer resigns pursuant to Section 6.6,
it will continue to perform its functions as Servicer under this Agreement
until
(i) if the resigning Servicer is Ford Credit, the earlier to occur of (A) the
Indenture Trustee or a Successor Servicer assuming the responsibilities and
obligations of Ford Credit as Servicer in accordance with this Section 7.2
and
as the Administrator in accordance with Section 5.2 of the Administration
Agreement or (B) the date upon which any regulatory authority requires such
resignation and (ii) if the resigning Servicer is not Ford Credit, the earlier
to occur of (A) the date 45 days from the delivery to the Indenture Trustee
and
the Owner Trustee of the notice of such resignation in accordance with Section
6.6 or (B) the date upon which the Servicer is legally unable to act as Servicer
as specified in the notice of resignation and accompanying Opinion of
Counsel.
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(b)
If the Servicer resigns or is terminated under this Agreement, the Indenture
Trustee will (i) provide notice of such termination or resignation to the Issuer
and (ii) as promptly as possible, appoint an institution having a net worth
of
not less than $50,000,000 whose business includes the servicing of motor vehicle
receivables, as the successor to the Servicer under this Agreement. Such
successor will accept its appointment (including its appointment as
Administrator under the Administration Agreement as set forth in Section 7.2(d))
by (x) entering into a servicing agreement with the Issuer having substantially
the same provisions as the provisions of this Agreement applicable to the
Servicer, in a form acceptable to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
and (y) delivering a copy of such servicing agreement to the Indenture Trustee
and the Issuer (such a successor, a "Successor
Servicer"). Promptly following a Successor Servicer's
acceptance of its appointment, the Indenture Trustee will notify the Issuer
of
such appointment, specifying in such notice the name and address of the
Successor Servicer.
(c)
If no Person has accepted its appointment as Successor Servicer when the
predecessor Servicer ceases to act as Servicer in accordance with this Section
7.2, the Indenture Trustee, without further action, will be automatically
appointed the Successor Servicer. However, if the Indenture Trustee is unwilling
or legally unable to act as Successor Servicer, it will appoint, or petition
a
court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, an institution having a net worth
of
not less than $50,000,000 whose business includes the servicing of motor vehicle
receivables, as successor. The Indenture Trustee will be released from its
duties and obligations as Successor Servicer on the date that a new servicer
enters into a servicing agreement with the Issuer and delivers a copy of such
servicing agreement to the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer as provided in
Section 7.2(b).
(d)
Upon acceptance of its appointment as Successor Servicer, the Successor Servicer
will (i) be the successor in all respects to the predecessor Servicer and will
be subject to all of the responsibilities, duties, and liabilities following
such Successor Servicer's appointment placed on the predecessor Servicer
relating to such predecessor Servicer's performance of its duties as Servicer
and (ii) become the Administrator under the Administration Agreement in
accordance with Section 5.2 of the Administration Agreement.
(e)
In connection with any appointment of a Successor Servicer, the Indenture
Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such Successor
Servicer out of payments on Receivables as it and such Successor Servicer may
agree, provided that no such compensation will be in excess of the amount paid
to the predecessor Servicer under this Agreement. The Indenture Trustee and
such
Successor Servicer will take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as
will be necessary to effectuate any such succession.
(f)
If the Indenture Trustee succeeds to the Servicer's duties as provided in
Section 7.2(c), it will do so in its individual capacity and not in its capacity
as Indenture Trustee and, accordingly, Article VI of the Indenture will be
inapplicable to the Indenture Trustee in its duties as Successor Servicer.
In
case the Indenture Trustee becomes Successor Servicer pursuant to Section
7.2(c), the Indenture Trustee will be entitled to appoint as Servicer any one
of
its Affiliates, provided that the Indenture Trustee, in its capacity as
Successor Servicer, will be liable for the actions and omissions of such
Affiliate in its capacity as Servicer.
Section
7.3
Notification to
Secured Parties and the Holder of the Residual Interest. Upon
any termination of the Servicer, or appointment of a Successor Servicer pursuant
to this Article VII, the Indenture Trustee will promptly notify the Secured
Parties and each Rating Agency, and the Owner Trustee will promptly notify
the
holder of the Residual Interest.
Section
7.4 Waiver of Events
of
Servicing Termination. The Noteholders of at least a majority
of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class or, if no Notes are Outstanding,
the Owner Trustee, at the direction of the holder of the Residual Interest,
may
waive any Event of Servicing Termination and its consequences, except an event
resulting from the failure to make any required deposits to or payments from
any
of the Bank Accounts in accordance with this Agreement that resulted in an
Event
of Default in the payment of principal or interest on any of the Notes (other
than an Event of Default relating to failure to pay principal due only by reason
of acceleration) under the Indenture. Upon any such waiver of an
Event of Servicing Termination, such Event of Servicing Termination will cease
to exist and will be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose under this
Agreement. No such waiver will extend to any subsequent or other
event or impair any right resulting from such waiver. The Issuer will
notify the Rating Agencies of any such waiver.
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ARTICLE
VIII
TERMINATION
Section
8.1
Clean-Up
Call.
(a)
If the Pool Balance is equal to or less than 5% of the Initial Pool Balance
on
the last day of any Collection Period, the Servicer has the option to purchase
the Trust Property (other than the amounts on deposit in or invested in
Permitted Investments maturing on or before the following Payment Date in the
Trust Accounts). The Servicer may exercise its option to purchase the Trust
Property by (i) notifying the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the
Rating Agencies at least 10 days before the Payment Date related to such
Collection Period and (ii) remitting to the Collection Account the purchase
price for the Trust Property equal to the aggregate Principal Balance of the
Receivables as of the last day of such Collection Period in immediately
available funds on the Business Day preceding the Payment Date (or, with Rating
Agency Confirmation, on the Payment Date) related to such Collection Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer will not be permitted to purchase
the Trust Property unless the sum of (i) such purchase price, (ii) the
Collections on deposit in the Collection Account for such Collection Period
and
(iii) any Purchase Amounts paid by the Depositor or the Servicer relating to
such Collection Period is greater than or equal to the sum of (i) the Note
Balance of the Notes Outstanding, and all accrued but unpaid interest thereon,
(ii) all amounts due from the Issuer under the Interest Rate Swaps and (iii)
all
amounts due to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture. The amount deposited
into the Collection Account pursuant to this Section 8.1(a) will be used on
the
related Payment Date to make payments in full to the Noteholders in the manner
set forth in Section 8.2 of the Indenture.
(b)
When the purchase price for the Trust Property is included in Available Funds
for a Payment Date, the Issuer will be deemed to have sold and assigned as
of
the last day of the preceding Collection Period all of the Issuer's right,
title
and interest in and to the Trust Property, including the Receivables and all
security and documents relating to such Receivables. Such sale will not require
any action by the Issuer and will be without recourse, representation or
warranty by the Issuer except the representation that the Issuer owns the
Receivable free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted Liens. Upon such
sale, the Servicer will xxxx its computer records indicating that any
receivables purchased pursuant to Section 8.1(a) are no longer Receivables,
file
UCC termination or amendment statements or take any other action necessary
or
appropriate to evidence the transfer of ownership of the purchased Receivables
free from any Lien of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer, the
Owner
Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, will execute such documents
and
instruments and any and all further instruments, including any authorizations
to
file UCC financing statement amendments, required or reasonably requested by
the
Servicer to effect such transfer.
ARTICLE
IX
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Section
9.1
Amendment.
(a)
Subject to Section 9.1(f), this Agreement may be amended by the Depositor,
the
Servicer and the Issuer, with prior notice to the Rating Agencies (and the
consent of the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee to the extent that their
respective rights or obligations will be materially and adversely affected,
which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), but
without the consent of any of the Noteholders subject to the following
conditions:
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(i)
the Depositor, the Servicer or the Issuer delivers an Officer's Certificate
to
the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee to the effect that such amendment
will not materially and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder,
and
(ii)
the Depositor, the Servicer or the Issuer delivers an Opinion of Counsel to
the
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee to the effect that such amendment will
not (A) cause any Note to be deemed sold or exchanged for purposes of Section
1001 of the Code, (B) cause the Issuer to be treated as an association or
publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income
tax
purposes or (C) adversely affect the treatment of the Notes as debt for U.S.
federal income tax purposes.
(b)
Subject to Section 9.1(f), this Agreement also may be amended by the Depositor,
the Servicer and the Issuer, with prior notice to the Rating Agencies and with
the consent of (i) the Indenture Trustee, to the extent that its rights or
obligations will be materially and adversely affected by such amendment (which
consent may not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (ii) the
Owner Trustee, to the extent that its rights and obligations will be materially
and adversely affected by such amendment (which consent may not be unreasonably
withheld, delayed or conditioned) and (iii) the Noteholders of at least a
majority of the Note Balance of each Class of the Notes Outstanding (with each
Class voting separately, except that all Noteholders of Class A Notes will
vote
together as a single class).
(c)
Notwithstanding anything else stated in Section 9.1(a) or (b), no such
amendment: (i) may (A) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or
accelerate or delay the timing of, or change the allocation or priority of,
Collections or distributions that are required to be made for the benefit of
the
Secured Parties or (B) reduce the percentage of the Note Balance of the Notes
Outstanding required to consent to any such amendment without the consent of
all
affected Noteholders or (ii) may change the Specified Reserve Balance without
receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation and the consent of all affected
Noteholders.
(d)
Promptly upon the execution of any amendment in accordance with this Section
9.1, the Owner Trustee will send a copy of such amendment to the Indenture
Trustee, each Rating Agency and each Swap Counterparty, and the Indenture
Trustee will notify each Noteholder of the substance of such
amendment.
(e)
If the consent of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders
is
required, they do not need to approve the particular form of any proposed
amendment so long as their consent approves the substance of the proposed
amendment.
(f)
Before executing any amendment to this Agreement, the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee will be entitled to request, receive and rely upon an Opinion
of Counsel delivered by the Depositor stating that the execution of such
amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement.
Section
9.2
Protection of Right, Title and Interest to the Trust Property.
(a)
The Depositor will file financing statements and continuation statements, in
the
manner and place required by law to preserve, maintain and protect the interest
of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties
in the Trust Property. The Depositor will deliver to the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any financing
statement and continuation statement promptly upon such document becoming
available following filing. The Depositor authorizes the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee to file any financing or continuation statements, and
amendments to such statements, in all jurisdictions and with all filing offices
as the Issuer or the Indenture may determine are necessary or advisable to
preserve, maintain and protect the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee in the Trust Property. Such financing and continuation statements may
describe the Trust Property in any manner as the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee
may reasonably determine to ensure the perfection of the interest of the Issuer
and the Indenture Trustee in the Trust Property. The Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee, as applicable, will deliver to the Depositor file-stamped copies of,
or
filing receipts for, any such financing statement and continuation statement
promptly upon such document becoming available following filing.
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(b)
The (i) Depositor, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, if required or
reasonably requested by the other or by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee and (ii) Owner Trustee, if required or reasonably requested by the
Indenture Trustee, agree to do and perform any and all acts and to execute
any
and all further instruments to more fully effect the purposes of this
Agreement.
(c)
Each of the Depositor and the Servicer will give the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee at least 60 days' prior notice of any change in its corporate
structure, form of organization or jurisdiction of organization if, as a result
of such relocation or change, Section 9-307 of the UCC could require the filing
of a new financing statement or an amendment to a previously filed financing
or
continuation statement and will promptly file any such new financing statement
or amendment. Each of the Depositor and the Servicer will maintain its chief
executive office, and the Servicer will maintain each office from which it
will
service the Receivables, within the United States and will maintain its
jurisdiction of organization in only one State.
(d)
Neither the Depositor nor the Servicer will change its name in any manner that
could make any financing statement or continuation statement filed by the
Depositor, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 9.2(a)
seriously misleading within the meaning of Section 9-506 of the UCC, unless
it
has given the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at least 5 days' prior
notice thereof and promptly files appropriate amendments to all previously
filed
financing statements.
(e)
On and after the Closing Date until a Receivable has been paid in full or
repurchased, the Servicer will maintain its computer systems to indicate clearly
that such Receivable is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
(f)
At any time the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee has reasonable grounds
to
believe that a list of all Receivables (by contract number) then included in
the
Trust Property is necessary in connection with the performance of its duties
under any Basic Agreement, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee may
request such a list from the Depositor and the Depositor will furnish such
list
to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee within 30 Business Days of the
request.
(g)
The Depositor will, to the extent required by applicable law, cause the Notes
to
be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section
12(b) or Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, within the time periods specified
in
such sections.
Section
9.3
Notices.
(a)
All notices, requests, demands, consents, waivers or other communications to
or
from the parties to this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to
have
been given and made:
(i)
upon delivery or, in the case of a letter mailed by registered first class
mail,
postage prepaid, 3 days after deposit in the mail,
(ii)
in the case of a fax, when receipt is confirmed by telephone, reply email or
reply fax from the recipient,
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(iii)
in the case of an email, when receipt is confirmed by telephone or reply email
from the recipient, and
(iv)
in the case of an electronic posting to a password-protected website to which
the recipient has been provided access, upon delivery of an email to such
recipient stating that such electronic posting has occurred.
Any
such
notice, request, demand, consent or other communication must be delivered or
addressed as set forth on Schedule B to this Agreement or at such other address
as any party may designate by notice to the other parties.
(b)
Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Noteholder must be sent
by
overnight delivery, mailed by registered first class mail, postage prepaid,
or
sent by fax, to the address of such Person as shown in the Note Register. Any
notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement will be
conclusively presumed to have been properly given, whether or not the Noteholder
receives such notice.
Section
9.4 Assignment by the
Depositor
or the Servicer. Except as provided in Sections 6.4, 6.6 and
7.2, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Depositor or the Servicer without
the prior consent of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the holder of
the
Residual Interest and the Noteholders of at least 66 2/3% of the Note Balance
of
the Notes Outstanding.
Section
9.5 Third-Party
Beneficiaries. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the parties to this Agreement. The Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties will be third-party
beneficiaries of this Agreement entitled to enforce this Agreement against
the
Depositor and the Servicer. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, no other Person will have any right or obligation under this
Agreement.
Section
9.6
GOVERNING
LAW. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section
9.7 Submission to
Jurisdiction. The parties submit to the nonexclusive
jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District
of
New York and of any New York State Court sitting in New York, New York for
purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
The parties irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent they may do so, any
objection that they may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of
any
such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such proceeding
brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
Section
9.8
WAIVER
OF
JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IRREVOCABLY WAIVES,
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL
BY
JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.
Section
9.9 Severability. If
any of the covenants, agreements or terms of this Agreement is held invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, then it will be deemed severable from the remaining
covenants, agreements or terms of this Agreement and will in no way affect
the
validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining Agreement.
Section
9.10 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts. Each
counterpart will be an original, and all counterparts will together constitute
one and the same instrument.
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Section
9.11 Headings. The
headings in this Agreement are included for convenience only and will not affect
the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
Section
9.12 No Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies. No failure or delay of the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders in exercising any power, right or remedy
under this Agreement will operate as a waiver. No single or partial
exercise of any power, right or remedy precludes any other or further exercise
of such power, right or remedy or the exercise of any other power, right or
remedy. The powers, rights and remedies provided in this Agreement
are in addition to any powers, rights and remedies provided by law.
Section
9.13 Agent for
Service.
(a)
The agent for service of the Depositor in respect of this Agreement will be
the
person holding the office of Corporate Secretary of the Depositor, at the
following address:
Ford
Credit Auto Receivables Two LLC
c/o
Ford
Motor Credit Company LLC
World
Headquarters
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000-X0
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000.
Attention:
Securitization Operations Supervisor
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
(b)
The agent for service of the Servicer in respect of this Agreement will be
the
person holding the office of Corporate Secretary of the Servicer, at the
following address:
Ford
Motor Credit Company LLC
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
0000, Xxxxxx 000-000
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000.
Attention: Corporate
Secretary
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
Section
9.14 No
Petition. The Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer
and the Servicer each covenants and agrees that, before the date that is 1
year
and 1 day after the payment in full of all securities issued by the Depositor
or
by a trust for which the Depositor was the depositor, it will not institute
against, or join any other Person in instituting against, the Depositor any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings
or other proceedings under any federal or State bankruptcy or similar law in
connection with any obligations relating to the Notes or any of the Basic
Documents. This Section 9.14 will survive the resignation or removal
of the Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement or the Indenture Trustee under
the Indenture and the termination of this Agreement.
Section
9.15 Limitation of
Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee.
(a)
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, this
Agreement has been countersigned by U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not
in
its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of the Issuer and in no
event will U.S. Bank Trust National Association in its individual capacity
or,
except as provided in the Trust Agreement, as Owner Trustee of the Issuer have
any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or
other obligations of the Issuer under this Agreement or in any of the
certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant to this Agreement. For
all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or obligations
under this Agreement or in the performance of any duties or obligations of
the
Issuer under this Agreement, the Owner Trustee will be subject to, and entitled
to the benefits of, Articles V, VI and VII of the Trust Agreement.
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(b)
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, this
Agreement has been accepted by The Bank of New York, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee, and in no event will The Bank of
New
York have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants,
agreements or other obligations of the Issuer under this Agreement or in any
of
the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant to this
Agreement.
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EXECUTED
BY:
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FORD
CREDIT AUTO RECEIVABLES TWO LLC,
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as
Depositor
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Secretary
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as
Issuer
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By:
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U.S.
BANK TRUST
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NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
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not
in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of Ford Credit
Auto
Owner Trust 2008-A
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Title:
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Vice
President
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FORD
MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC,
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as
Servicer
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By:
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/s/
M.B. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Assistant
Treasurer
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AGREED
AND ACCEPTED BY:
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THE
BANK OF NEW YORK,
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not
in its individual capacity
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but
solely as Indenture Trustee
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By:
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/s/
Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxx
Xxxxx
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Title:
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Vice
President
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U.S.
BANK TRUST
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NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
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not
in its individual capacity
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but
solely as Owner Trustee
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Title:
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Vice
President
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FORD
MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC,
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as
Custodian
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By:
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/s/
M.B. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Assistant
Treasurer
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SCHEDULE
A
Schedule
of
Receivables
Delivered
on CD-ROM to Indenture Trustee at Closing
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SCHEDULE
B
Notice
Addresses
1.
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If
to Ford Credit, in its individual capacity or as Servicer, Custodian,
Administrator or Sponsor under the Purchase Agreement:
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Ford
Motor Credit Company LLC
c/o
Ford
Motor Company
World
Headquarters
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000-X0
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Securitization
Operations Supervisor
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
With
a
copy to:
Ford
Motor Credit Company LLC
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
0000, Xxxxxx 000-000
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate
Secretary
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
2.
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If
to the Depositor:
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Ford
Motor Credit Company LLC
c/o
Ford
Motor Company
World
Headquarters
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000-X0
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Ford
Credit SPE Management Office
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
With
a
copy to:
Ford
Motor Credit Company LLC
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
0000, Xxxxxx 000-000
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate
Secretary
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
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3.
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If
to the Issuer:
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c/o
the
Owner Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Owner Trustee
With
copies to:
Ford
Motor Credit Company LLC
c/o
Ford
Motor Company
World
Headquarters
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000-X0
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Ford
Credit SPE Management Office
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
and
Ford
Motor Credit Company LLC
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
0000, Xxxxxx 000-000
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate
Secretary
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
4.
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If
to the Owner Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Owner
Trustee
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5.
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If
to the Indenture Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture
Trustee;
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6.
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If
to Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.:
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Xxxxx'x
Investors Service, Inc.
ABS
Monitoring Department
7
World
Trade Center at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
7.
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If
to Standard & Poor's:
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Standard
& Poor's
00
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Asset
Backed Surveillance Department
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
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8.
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If
to Fitch, Inc.:
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Fitch,
Inc.
0
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Asset
Backed Surveillance
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
9.
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If
to the Swap Counterparty:
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As
set
forth in the Interest Rate Swap for notices delivered for purposes of Sections
5, 6 and 7 of the Interest Rate Swap.
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APPENDIX
A
USAGE
AND
DEFINITIONS
Usage
The
following rules of construction and usage apply to this Appendix, any agreement
that incorporates this Appendix and any document made or delivered pursuant
to
any such agreement:
(a)
The term "documents" includes any and all documents, agreements, instruments,
certificates, notices, reports, statements or other writings however evidenced,
whether in electronic or physical form.
(b)
Accounting terms not defined or not completely defined in this Appendix will
be
construed in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
as in
effect on the date of the document that incorporates this Appendix.
(c)
References to "Article," "Section," "Exhibit," "Schedule" or another subdivision
of or to an attachment are, unless otherwise specified, to an article, section,
exhibit, schedule or subdivision of or an attachment to the document in which
such reference appears.
(d)
Any document defined or referred to in this Appendix or in any document that
incorporates this Appendix means such document as from time to time amended,
modified, supplemented or replaced, including by waiver or consent, and includes
all attachments to and instruments incorporated in such document.
(e)
Any statute defined or referred to in this Appendix or in any document that
incorporates this Appendix means such statute as from time to time amended,
modified, supplemented or replaced, including by succession of comparable
successor statutes, and includes any rules and regulations promulgated under
such statute and any judicial and administrative interpretations of such
statute.
(f)
Calculation of any amount on or as of any date will be determined at or as
of
the close of business on such day after the application of any monies, payments
and other transactions to be applied on such day, except that calculations
as of
the Cutoff Date will be determined as of the open of business on such day prior
to the application of any monies, payments and other transactions to be applied
on such day.
(g)
In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified
date, the word "from" means "from and including," the word "to" means "to but
excluding" and the word "through" means "to and including."
(h)
All terms defined in this Appendix apply to the singular and plural forms of
such terms and the term "including" means "including without
limitation."
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(i)
References to a Person are also to its permitted successors and
assigns.
Definitions
"Accrued
Note
Interest" means, for a Class and a Payment Date or Final Scheduled
Payment Date, the sum of the Note Monthly Interest and the Note Interest
Shortfall.
"Act
of Noteholders"
has the meaning specified in Section 11.3(a) of the Indenture.
"Adjusted
Pool
Balance" means, on the Closing Date, an amount equal to:
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(a)
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the
Initial Pool Balance, minus
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(b)
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the
Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount,
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and
means, on a Payment Date, an amount (not less than zero) equal to:
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(a)
|
the
Pool Balance as of the last day of the preceding Collection Period,
minus
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(b)
|
the
Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount.
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"Administration
Agreement" means the Administration Agreement, dated as of the Cutoff
Date, among the Administrator, the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee.
"Administrator"
means
Ford Credit, in its capacity as administrator under the Administration
Agreement.
"Affiliate"
means, for
a specified Person, any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, "control" when used with respect to any Person means the power
to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
"Amount
Financed"
means, for a Receivable, the amount financed by the Obligor for the purchase
of
the Financed Vehicle, the purchase of extended warranty protection plans,
physical damage, credit life and disability insurance policies and similar
products, prior balances on trade-in vehicles and other related fees and
charges.
"Annual
Percentage
Rate" or "APR"
of a Receivable
means the annual rate of finance charges stated in the Receivable or in any
federal Truth In Lending Act correction notice related to the
Receivable.
"Applicable
Tax State"
means the State in which the Owner Trustee maintains its Corporate Trust Office,
the State in which the Owner Trustee maintains its principal executive offices
and the State of Michigan.
"Authenticating
Agent"
has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(a) of the Indenture.
"Available
Funds"
means, for a Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment Date, as applicable, the
sum of the following amounts for such Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment
Date:
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(a)
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Collections
for the related Collection Period on deposit in the Collection Account,
plus
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(b)
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Purchase
Amounts received on Receivables that became Purchased Receivables
during
the related Collection Period, plus
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(c)
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any
amounts deposited by the Servicer to purchase the Trust Property
on such
Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment Date pursuant to Section
8.1 of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, plus
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(d)
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any
Net Swap Receipts received by the Issuer, plus
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(e)
|
any
Swap Termination Receipts received by the Issuer and not paid to
a
replacement Swap Counterparty, plus
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(f)
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the
Reserve Account Draw Amount.
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"Bank
Accounts" means
the Reserve Account, the Collection Account and the Principal Payment
Account.
"Bankruptcy
Code"
means the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. 101 etseq.
"Basic
Documents"
means the Certificate of Formation, the Limited Liability Company Agreement,
the
Certificate of Trust, the Trust Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Sale
and
Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the Administration Agreement, the Interest
Rate Swaps, the DTC Letter and the Control Agreement.
"Book-Entry
Note"
means a beneficial interest in any of the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes,
the Class A-3a Notes, the Class A-3b Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, in each
case
issued in book-entry form as described in Section 2.10 of the
Indenture.
"Business
Day" means
any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions
or trust companies in New York, New York or the State of Delaware are authorized
or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
"Calculation
Agent"
has the meaning specified in Section 3.19 of the Indenture.
"Certificate
of
Formation" means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of
Ford Credit Auto Receivables Two LLC.
"Certificate
of Trust"
means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Trust of Ford Credit Auto Owner
Trust 2008-A.
"Class"
means the
Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3a Notes, the Class A-3b
Notes, the Class A-4 Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes or the Class
D
Notes, as applicable.
"Class
A-1 Note
Transfer" has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(i) of the
Indenture.
"Class
A Notes" means
the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3a Notes, the Class A-3b
Notes and the Class A-4 Notes.
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"Class
A-1 Note Purchase
Agreement" means the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of
January 15, 2008, among Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., Greenwich Capital Markets,
Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., as the "Class A-1 Note
Purchasers," and the Depositor.
"Class
A-1 Notes"
means the $544,000,000 Class A-1 4.0176% Asset Backed Notes issued by the
Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 to the Indenture.
"Class
A-2 Interest Rate
Swap" means the swap transaction entered into between the Issuer as Party
B, and the Class A-2 Swap Counterparty, as Party A, pursuant to the ISDA Master
Agreement, the related schedule thereto and the confirmation, each dated as
of
January 23, 2008 together with any additional or replacement swap entered into
by the Issuer on or after the Closing Date, in respect of the Class A-2
Notes.
"Class
A-2 Notes"
means the $710,400,000 Class A-2 Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes issued by
the
Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 to the Indenture.
"Class
A-2 Swap
Counterparty" means The Royal Bank of Scotland plc under the Class A-2
Interest Rate Swap.
"Class
A-3 Notes"
means the Class A-3a Notes and the Class A-3b Notes, collectively.
"Class
A-3a Notes"
means the $467,200,000 Class A-3a 3.96% Asset
Backed
Notes issued by the Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-3a to the
Indenture.
"Class
A-3b Interest Rate
Swap" means the swap transaction entered into between the Issuer as Party
B, and the Class A-3b Swap Counterparty, as Party A, pursuant to the ISDA Master
Agreement, the related schedule thereto and the confirmation, each dated as
of
January 23, 2008 together with any additional or replacement swap entered into
by the Issuer on or after the Closing Date, in respect of the Class A-3b
Notes.
"Class
A-3b Notes"
means the $225,000,000 Class A-3b Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes issued by
the
Issuer, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-3b to the Indenture.
"Class
A-3b Swap
Counterparty" means The Royal Bank of Scotland plc under the Class A-3b
Interest Rate Swap.
"Class
A-4 Notes"
means the $133,500,000 Class A-4 4.37% Asset Backed Notes issued by the Issuer,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-4 to the Indenture.
"Class
B Note
Transfer" has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(i) of the
Indenture.
"Class
B Notes" means
the $65,700,000 Class B 5.33% Asset Backed Notes issued by the Issuer,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Indenture.
"Class
C Note
Transfer" has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(i) of the
Indenture.
"Class
C Notes" means
the $43,800,000 Class C 6.57% Asset Backed Notes issued by the Issuer,
substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Indenture.
"Class
D Note
Transfer" has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(i) of the
Indenture.
"Class
D Notes" means
the $43,800,000 Class D 8.00% Asset Backed Notes issued by the Issuer,
substantially in the form of Exhibit D to the Indenture.
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"Clearing
Agency"
means an organization registered as a "clearing agency" pursuant to Section
17A
of the Exchange Act.
"Closing
Date" means
January 23, 2008.
"Code"
means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
"Collateral"
means (a)
the Trust Property, (b) the Issuer's rights under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, (c) the Issuer's rights under the Interest Rate Swaps, (d) all
present and future claims, demands, causes of action and choses in action in
respect of the foregoing, and (e) all payments on or under and all proceeds
of
the foregoing, but
excluding, the Trust Distribution Account (if established) and all funds
deposited in the Trust Distribution Account, if any.
"Collection
Account"
means the account or accounts established and maintained pursuant to Section
4.1(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
"Collection
Period"
means each calendar month commencing with the Cutoff Date. For any
Payment Date and Determination Date or for purposes of determining the Principal
Balance, Pool Balance or Note Pool Factor, the related Collection Period means
the Collection Period preceding (a) such Payment Date or Determination Date
or
(b) the month in which the Principal Balance, Pool Balance or Note Pool Factor
is determined.
"Collections"
means,
for a Collection Period, all amounts received and applied by the Servicer on
the
Receivables during such Collection Period, including, without
duplication:
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(a)
|
payments
received from Obligors, plus
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|
(b)
|
payments
received on behalf of Obligors, including amounts under physical
damage,
credit life and disability insurance policies, plus
|
|
(c)
|
partial
prepayments due to refunds of cancelled items originally included
in the
Amount Financed, such as extended warranty protection plan costs
or
physical damage, credit life, disability insurance premiums and similar
products, plus
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|
(d)
|
Liquidation
Proceeds, plus
|
|
(e)
|
Recoveries,
|
but
excluding
|
(a)
|
amounts
constituting the Supplemental Servicing Fee, plus
|
|
(b)
|
amounts
on any Receivable for which the Purchase Amount is included in the
Available Funds for the related Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment
Date.
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"Control
Agreement"
means the Collateral Account Control Agreement, dated as of the Cutoff Date,
among the Depositor, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and The Bank of New
York,
in its capacity as a securities intermediary.
"Controlling
Class"
means (a) the Outstanding Class A Notes, (b) if no Class A Notes are
Outstanding, the Outstanding Class B Notes, (c) if no Class B Notes are
Outstanding, the Outstanding Class C Notes, and (d) if no Class C Notes are
Outstanding, the Outstanding Class D Notes.
"Corporate
Trust
Office" means,
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(a)
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with
respect to the Owner Trustee:
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000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
or
at
such other address in the State of Delaware as the Owner Trustee may designate
by notice to the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator and the Depositor,
and
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(b)
|
with
respect to the Indenture Trustee:
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000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
0
Xxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
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Structured
Finance Services – Asset Backed Securities Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust
2008-A
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Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
or
at
such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate by notice to the
Owner
Trustee and the Administrator.
"Credit
and Collection
Policy" means the credit and collection policies and procedures of Ford
Credit relating to retail installment sale contracts originated or purchased
and
serviced by Ford Credit as they may change from time to time. "Custodian" has the
meaning specified in Section 2.5 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
"Cutoff
Date" means
January 1, 2008.
"Dealer"
means the
seller of a Financed Vehicle, originator of the related Receivable and seller
of
the Receivable to Ford Credit.
"Dealer
Recourse"
means all recourse rights against the originating Dealer on a
Receivable.
"Default"
means any
occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time or both would become,
an
Event of Default.
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"Definitive
Notes" has
the meaning specified in Section 2.10 of the Indenture.
"Delaware
Limited Liability
Company Act" means Chapter 18 of Title 6 of the Delaware
Code.
"Delaware
Statutory Trust
Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code.
"Delinquent"
means a
Receivable on which more than $49.99 of the scheduled payment required to be
paid by the Obligor is past due.
"Depositor"
means Ford
Credit Auto Receivables Two LLC.
"Determination
Date"
means, for a Collection Period, the Business Day immediately preceding the
related Payment Date or, if the Class A-1 Notes are not paid in full prior
to
their Final Scheduled Payment Date, the Business Day immediately preceding
the
Final Scheduled Payment Date for the Class A-1 Notes, if earlier.
"DTC
Letter" means the
letter of representations for the Notes, dated January 23, 2008 among the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and The Depository Trust Company.
"Event
of Default" has
the meaning specified in Section 5.1(a) of the Indenture.
"Event
of Servicing
Termination" has the meaning specified in Section 7.1 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
"Exchange
Act" means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
"Final
Scheduled Payment
Date" means, for each Class, the date specified below (or if such date is
not a Business Day, the next Business Day):
Class
|
Final
Scheduled
Payment Date
|
|
Class
A-1
|
February
13, 2009
|
|
Class
A-2
|
July
15, 2010
|
|
Class
A-3a
|
April
15, 2012
|
|
Class
A-3b
|
April
15, 2012
|
|
Class
A-4
|
October
15, 2012
|
|
Class
B
|
February
15, 2013
|
|
Class
C
|
July
15, 2013
|
|
Class
D
|
July
15, 2014
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"Financed
Vehicle"
means a new or used car or light truck and all related accessories securing
an
Obligor's indebtedness under a Receivable.
"First
Priority Principal
Payment" means, for a Payment Date, the greater of:
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(a)
|
an
amount (not less than zero) equal to the Note Balance of the Class
A Notes
as of the preceding Payment Date minus
the
Adjusted Pool Balance, and
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|
(b)
|
on
and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date of any Class A Notes,
the Note
Balance of such Class A Notes.
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"Fitch"
means Fitch,
Inc., d/b/a Fitch Ratings.
"Floating
Rate Notes"
means the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3b Notes.
"Ford
Credit" means
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
"Grant"
means to
mortgage, pledge, assign and to xxxxx x xxxx upon and a security interest in
the
relevant property.
"Indemnified
Person"
has the meaning specified in Section 6.7(c) of the Indenture, Section 6.3(b)
of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section 7.2(b) of the Trust Agreement,
as
applicable.
"Indenture"
means the
Indenture, dated as of the Cutoff Date, between the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee.
"Indenture
Trustee"
means The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, not in its
individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee under the
Indenture.
"Independent"
means
that the relevant Person (a) is independent of the Issuer, the Depositor and
their Affiliates, (b) does not have any direct financial interest or any
material indirect financial interest in the Issuer, the Depositor or their
Affiliates, and (c) is not an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee,
partner, director or person performing similar functions of or for the Issuer,
the Depositor or their Affiliates.
"Independent
Certificate" means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the
Indenture Trustee under Section 11.1 of the Indenture, signed by an Independent
appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order and approved by the
Indenture Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care, and stating that the
signer has read the definition of "Independent" and that the signer is
Independent.
"Initial
Pool Balance"
means $2,399,999,232.64, the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables
as
of the Cutoff Date.
"Initial
Purchaser"
means Ford Credit Auto Receivables Two LLC.
"Insolvency
Event"
means, for a Person, (a) the making of a general assignment for the benefit
of
creditors, (b) the filing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, (c) being
adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or having had an order entered against such
Person for relief in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, (d) the filing
by
such Person of a petition or answer seeking reorganization, liquidation,
dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation, (e) seeking,
consenting to or acquiescing in the appointment of a trustee, liquidator,
receiver or similar official of such Person or of all or any substantial part
of
such Person's assets, (f) the failure to obtain dismissal or a stay within
60
days of the commencement of or the filing by such Person of an answer or
other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of
a
petition filed against such Person in any proceeding against such Person seeking
(i) reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any
statute, law or regulation or (ii) the appointment of a trustee, liquidator,
receiver or similar official of such Person or of all or any substantial part
of
such Person's assets, or (g) the failure by such Person generally to pay its
debts as such debts become due.
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"Interest
Period"
means, for a Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment Date, (a) for the Class
A-1
Notes and the Floating Rate Notes, from the preceding Payment Date (or the
Closing Date in the case of the first Payment Date) to the following Payment
Date or, solely with respect to the Class A -1 Notes, if the Class A-1 Notes
are
not paid in full prior to their Final Scheduled Payment Date, to the Final
Scheduled Payment Date for the Class A-1 Notes, if earlier and (b) for each
other Class, from the 15th day of the calendar month preceding each Payment
Date
(or the Closing Date in the case of the first Payment Date) to the 15th day
of
the following calendar month.
"Interest
Rate Swaps"
means the Class A-2 Interest Rate Swap and the Class A-3b Interest Rate
Swap.
"Issuer"
means Ford
Credit Auto Owner Trust 2008-A.
"Issuer
Order" and
"Issuer
Request" has the meaning specified in Section 11.1(a) of the
Indenture.
"LIBOR"
means (a) with
respect to the first Interest Period, 3.98605% and (b) with respect to any
subsequent Interest Period, the following rate, as determined by the Calculation
Agent:
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(i)
|
the
rate for U.S. dollar deposits for a period of one month which appears
on
the Reuters Telerate Service Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m., London time,
on
the LIBOR Determination Date; and
|
|
(ii)
|
if
such rate does not appear on the Reuters Telerate Service Page 3750,
the
rate determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S.
Dollars are offered by four major banks in the London interbank market
selected by the Calculation Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, on the LIBOR Determination Date to prime banks in the London
interbank market for a period of one month commencing on such LIBOR
Determination Date and in a principal amount of at least U.S.$1,000,000,
the Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of
each of
the banks selected to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least
two
such quotations are provided, the rate will be the arithmetic mean
of the
quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided as requested,
the
rate will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by three major
banks
in New York City, selected by the Calculation Agent, at approximately
11:00 a.m., New York City time, on that LIBOR Determination Date
for loans
in U.S. Dollars to leading European banks for a period of one month
commencing on the LIBOR Determination Date and in a principal amount
of at
least U.S.$1,000,000; provided however, that if the banks selected
by the
Calculation Agent are not quoting rates, LIBOR for such Interest
Period
will be the same as LIBOR for the immediately preceding Interest
Period.
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"LIBOR
Determination
Date" means, the date that is two London Banking Days prior to the first
day of the applicable Interest Period.
"Lien"
means a
security interest, lien, charge, pledge or encumbrance.
"Limited
Liability Company
Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company
Agreement of the Depositor, dated as of March 1, 2001, executed by Ford Credit,
as sole member; or the Limited Liability Company Agreement of Ford Credit,
dated
as of April 30, 2007 and effective on May 1, 2007, as the context
requires.
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"Liquidated
Receivable" means a Receivable for which the Servicer has received and
applied the proceeds of a sale by auction or other disposition of the related
Financed Vehicle.
"Liquidation
Proceeds"
means, for a Collection Period and any Liquidated Receivable and any other
Receivable that is charged off during such Collection Period in accordance
with
the Credit and Collection Policy, an amount equal to:
|
(a)
|
all
amounts received and applied by the Servicer with respect to such
Receivable from whatever source, whether allocable to interest or
principal, during such Collection Period, minus
|
|
(b)
|
Recoveries
with respect to such Receivable, minus
|
|
(c)
|
the
sum of any amounts expended by the Servicer for the account of the
related
Obligor in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, including
collection expenses and all amounts paid to third parties in connection
with the repossession, transportation, reconditioning and disposition
of
the related Financed Vehicle, minus
|
|
(d)
|
any
amounts required by law or under the Credit and Collection Policy
to be
remitted to the related Obligor.
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"London
Banking Day"
means any day on which commercial banks are open for general business (including
dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in
London.
"Monthly
Investor
Report" has the meaning specified in Section 3.4(a) of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
"Monthly
Remittance Required
Ratings" has the meaning specified in Section 4.3(a) of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
"Moody's"
means
Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
"Net
Swap Payment"
means, for any Payment Date, the net amount, if any, payable by the Issuer
to a
Swap Counterparty on such Payment Date, excluding any Swap Termination Payments
and any Swap Termination Receipts.
"Net
Swap Receipt"
means, for any Payment Date, the net amount, if any, payable by a Swap
Counterparty to the Issuer on such Payment Date, excluding any Swap Termination
Payments and any Swap Termination Receipts.
"Note
Balance" means,
for a Note or Class, the initial aggregate principal amount of such Note or
Class minus all
amounts distributed on such Note or Class that is allocable to
principal.
"Note
Interest Rate"
means, for each Class, the interest rate per annum specified below:
Class
|
Note
Interest
Rate
|
|
Class
A-1
|
4.01760%
|
|
Class
A-2
|
one-month
LIBOR + 0.60%
|
|
Class
A-3a
|
3.96%
|
|
Class
A-3b
|
one-month
LIBOR + 0.80%
|
|
Class
A-4
|
4.37%
|
|
Class
B
|
5.33%
|
|
Class
C
|
6.57%
|
|
Class
D
|
8.00%
|
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"Note
Interest
Shortfall" means, for a Class and a Payment Date or Final Scheduled
Payment Date, an amount equal to:
|
(a)
|
the
Note Monthly Interest for the preceding Payment Date for such Class,
plus
|
|
(b)
|
any
outstanding Note Interest Shortfall for that Class for the preceding
Payment Date together with interest on such Note Interest Shortfall,
to
the extent lawful, at the Note Interest Rate for such Class for the
related Interest Period, minus
|
|
(c)
|
the
amount of interest that was paid to the Noteholders of such Class
on such
preceding Payment Date.
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"Note
Monthly
Interest" means, for a Class and a Payment Date or Final Scheduled
Payment Date, the aggregate amount of interest accrued on the Note Balance
of
that Class at the Note Interest Rate for such Class for the related Interest
Period.
"Note
Owner" means,
for a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the beneficial owner of a Book-Entry
Note as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency or on the books of a
Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (as a direct participant
or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of
such
Clearing Agency).
"Note
Paying Agent"
means the Indenture Trustee and any other Person appointed as Note Paying Agent
pursuant to Section 2.13 of the Indenture.
"Note
Pool Factor"
means, for a Class and a Payment Date, a seven-digit decimal figure equal to
the
Note Balance of such Class after giving effect to any principal payments to
be
made on that Class on that Payment Date divided by the initial Note Balance
of
such Class.
"Note
Register" and
"Note
Registrar" have the meanings specified in Section 2.4 of the
Indenture.
"Noteholder"
means the
Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note Register.
"Notes"
means the
Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3a Notes, the Class A-3b
Notes, the Class A-4 Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Class
D
Notes, collectively.
"Obligor"
means the
purchaser or co-purchasers of the Financed Vehicle or any guarantor or other
Person who owes payments under the related Receivable (not including any Dealer
for Dealer Recourse).
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"Officer's
Certificate" means (a) for the Issuer, a certificate signed by a
Responsible Person of the Issuer and (b) for the Depositor or the Servicer,
a
certificate signed by any officer of the Depositor or the Servicer, as
applicable.
"Opinion
of Counsel"
means a written opinion of counsel which counsel is reasonably acceptable to
the
Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Rating Agencies, as
applicable.
"Other
Assets" means
any assets or interests in any assets (other than the Trust Property) conveyed
or purported to be conveyed by the Depositor to any Person other than the
Issuer, whether by way of a sale, capital contribution, the Grant of a Lien
or
otherwise.
"Outstanding"
means,
as of any date, all Notes authenticated and delivered under the Indenture on
or
before such date except (a) Notes that have been cancelled by the Note Registrar
or delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation, (b) Notes or portions
of
Notes to the extent an amount necessary to pay all or a portion of such Notes
has been deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Note Paying Agent in trust
for the Noteholders of such Notes on or before such date, providedthat
if such Notes
are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been given pursuant to the
Indenture or provision for such notice has been made in a manner satisfactory
to
the Indenture Trustee, and (c) Notes in exchange for or in lieu of which other
Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture unless
proof satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes
are
held by a bona fide purchaser, providedthat
in determining
(i) whether Noteholders evidencing the required Note Balance have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under
any
Basic Document, Notes owned by the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer or their
Affiliates will be deemed not to be Outstanding and (ii) whether the Indenture
Trustee is protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes that a Responsible Person
of
the Indenture Trustee knows to be so owned will be deemed not to be
Outstanding. Notes owned by the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer
or their Affiliates that have been pledged in good faith will be treated as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture
Trustee the pledgee's right to act with respect to such Notes and that the
pledgee is not the Issuer, the Depositor, the Servicer or their
Affiliate.
"Owner
Trustee" means
U.S. Bank Trust National Association, a national banking association, not in
its
individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust
Agreement.
"Payment
Date" means
the 15th day of each calendar month or, if not a Business Day, the next Business
Day, commencing in the first full month after the Closing Date.
"Permitted
Investments" means book-entry securities, negotiable instruments or
securities represented by instruments in bearer or registered form that
evidence:
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(a)
|
direct
non-callable obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as
to timely
payment by, the United States,
|
|
(b)
|
demand
deposits, time deposits, certificates of deposit or bankers' acceptances
of any depository institution or trust company (i) incorporated under
the
laws of the United States or any State or any United States branch
or
agency of a foreign bank, (ii) subject to supervision and examination
by
federal or State banking or depository institution authorities, and
(iii)
that at the time the investment or contractual commitment to invest
is
made, the commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations
(other than obligations with a rating based on the credit of a Person
other than such depository institution or trust company) of such
depository institution or trust company have the Required Rating,
|
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|
(c)
|
commercial
paper, including asset-backed commercial paper, having, at the time
the
investment or contractual commitment to invest is made, the Required
Rating,
|
|
(d)
|
investments
in money market funds having, at the time the investment or contractual
commitment to invest is made, a rating in the highest investment
grade
category from each of the Rating Agencies (including funds for which
the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee or any of their Affiliates
is
investment manager or advisor),
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(e)
|
repurchase
obligations with respect to any security that is a direct non-callable
obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States or any agency
or
instrumentality of the United States the obligations of which are
backed
by the full faith and credit of the United States, in either case
entered
into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as
principal) described in clause (b) above, and
|
|
(f)
|
any
other investment for which the Issuer or the Administrator has received
Rating Agency Confirmation.
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"Permitted
Lien" means
a tax, mechanics' or other Lien that attaches by operation of law, or any
security interest of the Depositor in the Purchased Property under the Purchase
Agreement, the Issuer in the Trust Property under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement or the Indenture Trustee in the Collateral under the
Indenture.
"Person"
means any
legal person, including any corporation, natural person, joint venture, limited
liability company, partnership, trust, business trust, association, government,
any department or agency of any government or any other entity of whatever
nature.
"Pool
Balance" means,
on the last day of a Collection Period, an amount equal to the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Receivables as of such day, excluding Purchased
Receivables.
"Preliminary
Prospectus" means the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated January
13, 2008, to the Depositor's prospectus, dated January 13, 2008.
"Principal
Balance"
means, for a Receivable as of the close of business on the last day of a
Collection Period, an amount (not less than zero) equal to:
|
(a)
|
the
Amount Financed, minus
|
|
(b)
|
the
portion of all Collections applied on or prior to such date allocable
to
principal, minus
|
|
(c)
|
Realized
Losses.
|
"Principal
Payment
Account" means the account established and maintained pursuant
to Section 4.1(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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"Proceeding"
means any
suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding,
or
governmental investigation.
"Prospectus"
means (a)
the Preliminary Prospectus, together with the final prospectus supplement,
dated
January 15, 2008, to the Depositor's prospectus, dated January 13, 2008,
relating to the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3a Notes, the Class A-3b Notes
and
the Class A-4 Notes and (b) the preliminary offering memorandum, dated January
13, 2008, and the final offering memorandum, dated January 15, 2008, relating
to
the Class A-1 Notes.
"Purchase
Agreement"
means the Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Cutoff Date, between the Sponsor
and the Depositor.
"Purchase
Amount"
means, for a Receivable for which the Purchase Amount is to be included in
Available Funds for a Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment Date, the
Principal Balance of the Receivable as of the last day of the second preceding
Collection Period plus 30 days of interest at the applicable APR or, if such
Receivable has been charged off, an amount equal to the Realized Loss on such
Receivable minus any Recoveries through the last day of the preceding Collection
Period.
"Purchased
Property"
means (a) the Receivables, (b) all amounts received and applied on the
Receivables on or after the Cutoff Date, (c) the security interests in the
Financed Vehicles granted by Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and any other
interest of Ford Credit in the Financed Vehicles, (d) rights to receive proceeds
from claims on any physical damage, credit life, credit disability or other
insurance policies covering Financed Vehicles or Obligors, (e) Dealer Recourse,
(f) the Receivables Files, (g) all property securing the Receivables, (h)
rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies and other
items financed under the Receivables in effect as of the Cutoff Date, (i) all
present and future claims, demands, causes of action and choses in action in
respect of any of the foregoing, and (j) all payments on or under and all
proceeds in respect of any of the foregoing.
"Purchased
Receivable"
means, for a Collection Period, a Receivable (a) purchased by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.2(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, (b) repurchased
by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.4(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
or (c) repurchased by Ford Credit pursuant to Section 3.3(a) of the Purchase
Agreement and for which, in each case, the Purchase Amount is included in
Available Funds for the related Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment Date,
as
applicable.
"QIB"
has the meaning
specified in Section 2.4 of the Indenture.
"Qualified
Institution" means (a) any bank or depository institution organized under
the laws of the United States or any State or any United States branch or agency
of a foreign bank or depository institution that (i) is subject to supervision
and examination by federal or State banking authorities, (ii) has a short-term
deposit rating of "P-1" by Moody's and "A-1+" by Standard & Poor's, (iii) if
such institution holds any Bank Accounts other than as segregated trust accounts
and the deposits are to be held in such accounts more than 30 days, has a
long-term unsecured debt rating or issuer rating of not less than "AA-" by
Standard & Poor's, and (iv) if such institution is organized under the laws
of the United States, whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation or (b) the corporate trust department of (i) The Bank
of
New York, (ii) U.S. Bank Trust National Association, or (iii) any other bank
or
depository institution organized under the laws of the United States or any
State or any United States branch or agency of a foreign bank or depository
institution that is subject to supervision and examination by federal or State
banking authorities that (x) is authorized under such laws to act as a trustee
or in any other fiduciary capacity and (y) has a long-term deposit rating of
not
less than "Baa3" from Moody's.
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"Rating
Agency" means,
as of any date, each nationally recognized statistical rating organization
that
has been designated by the Depositor to provide a rating on the Notes and is
then rating the Notes.
"Rating
Agency
Confirmation" means, for an action or request, that each of the Rating
Agencies (other than Moody's) has notified the Depositor, the Servicer, the
Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee that such action or request will not
result in a reduction or withdrawal of its then current rating of the Notes
and, with respect to Moody's, that (a) except as provided in clause (ii), the
Issuer has given 10 days prior written notice to Moody's and Moody's has not
notified the Depositor, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee in writing that such action will result in a downgrade or withdrawal
of
the then current rating on any of the Notes and (b) in the case of an action
described in clause (f) of the definition of "Permitted Investments" or in
connection with the remittance of amounts on the related Payment Date or Final
Scheduled Payment Date pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, including
Section 3.2 or Section 4.3 thereof, Moody's has notified the Depositor, the
Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in writing that such
action will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of its then current rating
of the Notes.
"Realized
Loss" means,
for a Receivable that is charged off by the Servicer in accordance with the
Credit and Collection Policy, an amount (not less than zero) equal
to:
|
(a)
|
the
Principal Balance of such Receivable as of the last day of the Collection
Period preceding the Collection Period in which the Receivable is
charged
off, minus
|
|
(b)
|
any
Liquidation Proceeds received in the Collection Period in which the
Receivable is charged off.
|
"Receivable"
means,
for a Collection Period, any retail installment sale contract listed on the
Schedule of Receivables, excluding any such contract that became a Purchased
Receivable during a preceding Collection Period.
"Receivables
Files"
has the meaning specified in Section 2.5 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
"Record
Date" means,
for a Payment Date and a Note in global form, the close of business on the
day
before such Payment Date and, for a Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment
Date
and a Definitive Note, the last day of the month preceding the month in which
such Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment Date occurs.
"Recoveries"
means,
for a Receivable that has been charged off in accordance with the Credit and
Collection Policy (whether or not such Receivable is a Liquidated Receivable)
and a Collection Period, an amount equal to:
|
(a)
|
all
amounts received and applied by the Servicer during such Collection
Period
with respect to such Receivable from whatever source, whether allocable
to
interest or principal, after the date it was charged off, minus
|
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|
(b)
|
the
sum of any amounts expended by the Servicer for the account of the
related
Obligor in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, including
collection expenses and all amounts paid to third parties in connection
with the repossession, transportation, reconditioning and disposition
of
the related Financed Vehicle to the extent such amounts have not
been
included in calculating Liquidation Proceeds for such Collection
Period,
minus
|
|
(c)
|
any
amounts required by law or under the Credit and Collection Policy
to be
remitted to the Obligor.
|
"Redemption
Date"
means the Payment Date specified by the Servicer for a redemption of the Notes
pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Indenture.
"Registered
Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the
Note Register on the applicable Record Date.
"Regular
Principal
Payment" means, for a Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment Date, an
amount (not less than zero) equal to:
|
(a)
|
the
greater of:
|
(i)
the
Note
Balance of the Class A-1 Notes as of the preceding Payment Date or the Closing
Date, as the case may be, and
(ii) an
amount
equal to:
|
(A)
|
the
aggregate Note Balances of all Notes as of the preceding Payment
Date or
the Closing Date, as the case may be, minus
|
|
(B)
|
the
Pool Balance as of the last day of the preceding Collection Period
minus
the
Targeted Overcollateralization Amount,
|
minus
|
(b)
|
the
sum of the First Priority Principal Payment, the Second Priority
Principal
Payment and the Third Priority Principal Payment;
|
except
that on and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date of the Class D Notes, the
Regular Principal Payment will be the Note Balance of the Class D
Notes.
"Regulation
AB" means
Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R.
§§229.1100-229.1123, as clarified and interpreted by the Securities and Exchange
Commission or its staff.
"Residual
Interest"
means a beneficial ownership interest in the Issuer, as recorded on the Trust
Register.
"Required
Rating"
means, for short-term unsecured debt obligations, a rating of (a) "P-1" by
Moody's, (b) "A-1+" by Standard & Poor's and (c) if rated by Fitch,
"F1+" by Fitch.
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"Reserve
Account"
means the account established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.1(c) of
the
Sale and Servicing Agreement.
"Reserve
Account Draw
Amount" means, for a Payment Date or Final Scheduled Payment Date, the
least of:
|
(a)
|
an
amount (not less than zero) equal to the Total Required Payment minus
Available
Funds determined without regard to the Reserve Account Draw Amount,
and
|
|
(b)
|
the
amount in the Reserve Account minus
any
investment earnings.
|
"Responsible
Person"
means:
|
(a)
|
for
the Administrator, the Depositor, the Sponsor and the Servicer, any
Person
designated in an Officer's Certificate of such Person or other notice
signed by an officer of such Person as authorized to act for such
Person,
which Officer's Certificate or other notice has been sent to all
other
transaction parties including the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee,
|
|
(b)
|
with
respect to the Issuer, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office
of
the Owner Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president,
secretary, assistant secretary or any other officer of the Owner
Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any
of the
above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular
matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such
officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject,
and
for so long as the Administration Agreement is in effect, any Responsible
Person of the Administrator, and
|
|
(c)
|
with
respect to the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, any officer
within
the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee,
as the case may be, including any vice president, assistant vice
president, secretary, assistant secretary or any other officer of
the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter,
any
other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and also
means,
with respect to the Owner Trustee, for so long as the Administration
Agreement is in effect, any Responsible Person of the Administrator.
|
"Rule
144A" means Rule
144A under the Securities Act.
"Rule
144A
Information" has the meaning specified in Section 2.4 of the
Indenture.
"Sale
and Servicing
Agreement" means the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Cutoff
Date, among the Issuer, the Depositor and the Servicer.
"Schedule
of
Receivables" means the schedule or file identifying the Receivables
attached as Exhibit A to the Purchase Agreement and Schedule A to the Sale
and
Servicing Agreement and the Indenture.
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"Second
Priority Principal
Payment" means, for a Payment Date, the greater of:
|
(a)
|
an
amount (not less than zero) equal to:
|
(i)
the
aggregate Note Balances of the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes as of
the
preceding Payment Date, minus
(ii)
the
Adjusted Pool Balance, minus
(iii)
the
First
Priority Principal Payment,
and
|
(b)
|
on
and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date of the Class B Notes,
the Note
Balance of such Class B Notes.
|
"Secured
Parties"
means the Noteholders and the Swap Counterparties.
"Securities
Account"
means each account established and maintained pursuant to Section 1 of the
Control Agreement.
"Securities
Act" means
the Securities Act of 1933.
"Senior
Swap Termination
Payment" means any termination payment payable by the Issuer to a Swap
Counterparty other than a Subordinated Swap Termination Payment.
"Servicer"
means Ford
Credit or the Successor Servicer.
"Servicing
Fee" means,
for a Collection Period, the fee payable to the Servicer for services rendered
during such Collection Period in an amount equal to the product of:
|
(a)
|
one-twelfth
of 1.0%, times
|
|
(b)
|
the
Pool Balance as of the last day of the preceding Collection Period.
|
"Specified
Reserve
Balance" means $11,999,996.16, or 0.50% of the Initial Pool
Balance.
"Sponsor"
means Ford
Credit.
"Standard
&
Poor's" means Standard & Poor's, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc.
"State"
means any
state or commonwealth of the United States, or the District of
Columbia.
"Subordinated
Swap
Termination Payment" means any termination payment payable by the Issuer
to a Swap Counterparty where the related termination results from either (a)
an
"event of default" under the related Interest Rate Swap where the Swap
Counterparty is the "defaulting party" or (b) a "termination event" under the
related Interest Rate Swap for which the Swap Counterparty is the sole "affected
party."
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"Successor
Servicer"
means a successor Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
"Supplemental
Servicing
Fee" means, for a Collection Period, all late fees, prepayment charges,
extension fees and other administrative fees or similar charges on the
Receivables.
"Swap
Counterparties"
means the Class A-2 Swap Counterparty and the Class A-3b Swap
Counterparty.
"Swap
Required
Ratings" means ratings at least equal to (i) a short term unsecured debt
rating of "A-1" by Standard & Poor's (or, if the applicable Swap
Counterparty has no short term unsecured debt rating by Standard & Poor's, a
long term unsecured debt rating of "A+" by Standard & Poor's), (ii) a short
term unsecured debt rating of "P-1" by Moody's together with a long term
unsecured debt rating of "A2" or better by Moody's (or if the applicable Swap
Counterparty has no short unsecured debt rating from Moody's, a long term
unsecured debt rating of "A1" or better from Moody's), and (iii) either a short
term unsecured debt rating of "F1" or better from Fitch or a long term unsecured
debt rating of "A" or better by Fitch.
"Swap
Termination
Payments" means Senior Swap Termination Payments and Subordinated Swap
Termination Payments.
"Swap
Termination
Receipt" means any swap termination payment payable by a Swap
Counterparty to the Issuer.
"Targeted
Credit Enhancement
Amount" means, for a Payment Date, the greater of:
|
(a)
|
the
Specified Reserve Balance, and
|
|
(b)
|
1%
of the Pool Balance as of the last day of the preceding Collection
Period.
|
"Targeted
Overcollateralization Amount" means, for a Payment Date, an amount equal
to:
|
(a)
|
the
Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount, plus
|
|
(b)
|
the
Targeted Credit Enhancement Amount, minus
|
|
(c)
|
the
Specified Reserve Balance.
|
"Third
Priority Principal
Payment" means, for a Payment Date, the greater of:
|
(a)
|
an
amount (not less than zero) equal to:
|
(i)
the aggregate Note Balances of the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the
Class C Notes as of the preceding Payment Date, minus
(ii)
the Adjusted Pool Balance, minus
(iii)
the sum of the First Priority Principal Payment and the Second Priority
Principal Payment,
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and
|
(b)
|
on
and after the Final Scheduled Payment Date of the Class C Notes,
the Note
Balance of the Class C Notes.
|
"Total
Required
Payment" means, for a Payment Date, the sum of
|
(a)
|
the
amount, up to a maximum of $150,000, due and payable to the Indenture
Trustee under Section 6.7 of the Indenture and to the Owner Trustee
under
Sections 7.1 and 7.2 of the Trust Agreement, plus
|
|
(b)
|
the
Servicing Fee and all unpaid Servicing Fees from preceding Collection
Periods, plus
|
|
(c)
|
the
Accrued Note Interest for all Classes of Notes, plus
|
|
(d)
|
any
Net Swap Payment payable to the Swap Counterparties, plus
|
|
(e)
|
any
Senior Swap Termination Payments payable to the Swap Counterparties,
plus
|
|
(d)
|
the
First Priority Principal Payment, plus
|
|
(e)
|
the
Second Priority Principal Payment, plus
|
|
(f)
|
the
Third Priority Principal Payment, plus
|
|
(g)
|
on
or after the Final Scheduled Payment Date of the Class D Notes, the
sum of
the Note Balance of the Class D Notes and any outstanding Subordinated
Swap Termination Payments.
|
Following
an Event of Default and an acceleration of the Notes or an Insolvency Event
or
dissolution of the Depositor, until the Note Balances of all Notes have been
paid in full, the Total Required Payment will also include the aggregate Note
Balances of all Notes.
"Trust
Accounts" means
the Bank Accounts and the Trust Distribution Account (if
established).
"Trust
Agreement"
means the Second Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated as of the Cutoff
Date, between the Depositor and the Owner Trustee.
"Trust
Distribution
Account" means the account that may be established and maintained
pursuant to Section 4.1(h) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
"Trust
Indenture Act"
or "TIA" means
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
"Trust
Property" means
(a) the Purchased Property, (b) the Depositor's rights under the Purchase
Agreement, (c) the Depositor's rights under the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
(d) all security entitlements relating to the Trust Accounts and the property
deposited in or credited to any of the Trust Accounts, (e) all present and
future claims, demands, causes of action and choses in action in respect of
any
of the foregoing, and (f) all payments on or under and all proceeds in respect
of any of the foregoing.
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"Trust
Register" and
"Trust
Registrar" have the meanings specified in Section 3.2 of the Trust
Agreement.
"UCC"
means the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction.
"Underwriting
Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement, dated January 15, 2008,
among the Depositor and Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., Greenwich Capital Markets,
Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., as the representatives of the underwriters
named in such agreement
"U.S.
Bank Trust"
means U.S. Bank Trust National Association, a national banking
association.
"Void
Class A-1 Note
Transfer" has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(i) of the
Indenture.
"Void
Class B Note
Transfer" has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(i) of the
Indenture.
"Void
Class C Note
Transfer" has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(i) of the
Indenture.
"Void
Class D Note
Transfer" has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(i) of the
Indenture.
"Yield
Supplement
Overcollateralization Amount" means, for the Closing Date and each
Payment Date, the amount specified on the Yield Supplement Overcollateralization
Schedule for such date. The Yield Supplement Overcollateralization
Amount has been calculated for the Closing Date and each Payment Date as the
sum
for each Receivable of the amount (not less than zero) equal to:
|
(a)
|
the
future payments on the Receivable discounted to present value as
of the
last day of the preceding Collection Period (or the Cutoff Date,
for the
Closing Date) at the APR of the Receivable, minus
|
|
(b)
|
the
future payments on the Receivable discounted to present value as
of the
last day of the preceding Collection Period (or the Cutoff Date,
for the
Closing Date) at 9.0%.
|
For
purposes of this calculation, the future payments on each Receivable are the
equal monthly payments that would reduce the Receivable's Principal Balance
as
of the Cutoff Date to zero on the Receivable's final scheduled payment date,
at
an interest rate equal to the APR of the Receivable and without any delays,
defaults or prepayments.
"Yield
Supplement
Overcollateralization Schedule" means, for the Closing Date and each
Payment Date, the following schedule:
Closing
Date
|
$
210,407,592.80
|
July
2008
|
164,890,446.02
|
|||
February
2008
|
202,349,046.64
|
|
August
2008
|
157,961,387.83
|
||
March
2008
|
194,478,584.20
|
September
2008
|
151,215,280.41
|
|||
April
2008
|
186,798,024.78
|
October
2008
|
144,649,366.90
|
|||
May
2008
|
179,306,981.76
|
November
2008
|
138,260,509.19
|
|||
June
2008
|
172,004,941.23
|
December
2008
|
132,046,358.03
|
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January
2009
|
126,005,980.75
|
July
2011
|
16,011,796.73
|
|||
February
2009
|
120,138,817.91
|
August
2011
|
14,349,297.34
|
|||
March
2009
|
114,443,464.06
|
September
2011
|
12,797,464.07
|
|||
April
2009
|
108,918,597.96
|
October
2011
|
11,353,838.24
|
|||
May
2009
|
103,562,437.52
|
November
2011
|
10,016,267.32
|
|||
June
2009
|
98,372,139.86
|
December
2011
|
8,783,069.56
|
|||
July
2009
|
93,345,460.70
|
January
2012
|
7,652,382.11
|
|||
August
2009
|
88,480,364.44
|
February
2012
|
6,621,710.62
|
|||
September
2009
|
83,774,170.18
|
March
2012
|
5,688,492.53
|
|||
October
2009
|
79,224,597.84
|
April
2012
|
4,851,394.60
|
|||
November
2009
|
74,829,137.60
|
May
2012
|
4,108,515.87
|
|||
December
2009
|
70,584,725.18
|
June
2012
|
3,456,129.99
|
|||
January
2010
|
66,488,765.86
|
July
2012
|
2,889,277.79
|
|||
February
2010
|
62,539,970.80
|
August
2012
|
2,402,234.39
|
|||
March
2010
|
58,737,165.45
|
September
2012
|
1,988,052.51
|
|||
April
2010
|
55,079,772.63
|
October
2012
|
1,637,434.90
|
|||
May
2010
|
51,566,986.07
|
November
2012
|
1,341,434.08
|
|||
June
2010
|
48,197,061.83
|
December
2012
|
1,087,909.12
|
|||
July
2010
|
44,967,984.55
|
January
2013
|
871,467.42
|
|||
August
2010
|
41,877,810.60
|
February
2013
|
686,421.14
|
|||
September
2010
|
38,924,646.54
|
March
2013
|
526,827.16
|
|||
October
2010
|
36,101,734.99
|
April
2013
|
391,967.05
|
|||
November
2010
|
33,403,383.10
|
May
2013
|
280,904.08
|
|||
December
2010
|
30,825,877.48
|
June
2013
|
192,354.02
|
|||
January
2011
|
28,366,485.58
|
July
2013
|
124,506.67
|
|||
February
2011
|
26,023,317.01
|
August
2013
|
75,139.22
|
|||
March
2011
|
23,793,392.25
|
September
2013
|
41,464.88
|
|||
April
2011
|
21,677,139.29
|
October
2013
|
20,040.75
|
|||
May
2011
|
19,674,914.54
|
November
2013
|
8,046.21
|
|||
June
2011
|
17,786,668.83
|
|
December
2013
|
2,048.16
|
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EXHIBIT A
Ford
Credit Auto Owner Trust 2008-A
Monthly
Investor Report
Collection
Period
Payment
Date
Transaction
Month
Additional
information about the structure, cashflows, defined terms and parties for this
transaction can be found in the prospectus supplement, available on the SEC
website (xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx) under the registration number 333-143316 and at
xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxx.xxxxx.
I.
ORIGINAL DEAL
PARAMETERS
|
Weighted
Avg Remaining
|
||
Dollar
Amount
|
#
of Receivables
|
Term
at Cutoff
|
|
Initial
Pool Balance
|
|||
Original
Securities:
|
Dollar
Amount
|
Note
Interest Rate
|
Legal
Final Maturity
|
Class
A-1 Notes
|
%
|
||
Class
A-2 Notes
|
%
|
||
Class
A-3a Notes
|
%
|
||
Class
A-3b Notes
|
%
|
||
Class
A-4 Notes
|
%
|
||
Class
B Notes
|
%
|
||
Class
C Notes
|
%
|
||
Class
D Notes
|
%
|
||
Total
|
II.
AVAILABLE
FUNDS
|
Interest:
|
Interest
Collections
|
Principal:
|
Principal
Collections
|
Prepayments
in Full
|
Liquidation
Proceeds
|
Recoveries
|
Sub
Total
|
Collections
|
Purchase
Amounts:
|
Purchase
Amounts Related to Principal
|
Purchase
Amounts Related to Interest
|
Sub
Total
|
Clean-up
Call
|
Reserve
Account Draw Amount
|
Net
Swap Receipt – Tranche A-2
|
Net
Swap Receipt – Tranche A-3b
|
Swap
Termination Receipt – Tranche A-2
|
Swap
Termination Receipt – Tranche A-3b
|
Available
Funds – Total
|
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Collection
Period
Payment
Date
Transaction
Month
III.
DISTRIBUTIONS
|
Carryover
|
Remaining
|
|||
Calculated
Amount
|
Amount
Paid
|
Shortfall
|
Shortfall
|
Available
Funds
|
|
Owner
Trustee Fees and Expenses
|
|||||
Indenture
Trustee Fees and Expenses
|
|||||
Servicing
Fee
|
|||||
Net
Swap Payment – Tranche A-2
|
|||||
Net
Swap Payment – Tranche A-3b
|
|||||
Senior
Swap Termination
|
|||||
Payments
– Tranche A-2
|
|||||
Senior
Swap Termination
|
|||||
Payments–
Tranche A-3b
|
|||||
Interest
- Class A-1 Notes
|
|||||
Interest
- Class A-2 Notes
|
|||||
Interest
- Class A-3a Notes
|
|||||
Interest
- Class A-3b Notes
|
|||||
Interest
- Class A-4 Notes
|
|||||
First
Priority Principal Payment
|
|||||
Interest
- Class B Notes
|
|||||
Second
Priority Principal Payment
|
|||||
Interest
- Class C Notes
|
|||||
Third
Priority Principal Payment
|
|||||
Interest
- Class D Notes
|
|||||
Reserve
Account Deposit
|
|||||
Regular
Principal Payment
|
|||||
Subordinated
Swap
|
|||||
Termination
Payments – Tranche A-2
|
|||||
Subordinated
Swap
|
|||||
Termination
Payments – Tranche A-3b
|
|||||
Subordinated
Swap
|
|||||
Additional
Trustee Fees and Expenses
|
|||||
Residual
Released to Depositor
|
|||||
Total
|
Principal
Payment:
|
||
First
Priority Principal Payment
|
||
Second
Priority Principal Payment
|
||
Third
Priority Principal Payment
|
||
Regular
Principal Payment
|
||
Total
|
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Collection
Period
Payment
Date
Transaction
Month
IV.
NOTEHOLDER
PAYMENTS
Noteholder
Principal Payments
|
Noteholder
Interest Payments
|
Total
Payment
|
|
Actual
Per $1,000 of Original Balance
|
Actual
Per $1,000 of Original Balance
|
Actual
Per $1,000 of Original Balance
|
|
Class
A-1 Notes
|
|||
Class
A-2 Notes
|
|||
Class
A-3a Notes
|
|||
Class
A-3b Notes
|
|||
Class
A-4 Notes
|
|||
Class
B Notes
|
|||
Class
C Notes
|
|||
Class
D Notes
|
|||
Total
|
V.
NOTE BALANCE AND POOL
INFORMATION
Beginning
of Period
|
End
of Period
|
|||
Balance
|
Note
Factor
|
Balance
|
Note
Factor
|
|
Class
A-1 Notes
|
||||
Class
A-2 Notes
|
||||
Class
A-3a Notes
|
||||
Class
A-3b Notes
|
||||
Class
A-4 Notes
|
||||
Class
B Notes
|
||||
Class
C Notes
|
||||
Class
D Notes
|
||||
Total
|
Pool
Information
Weighted
Average APR
Weighted
Average Remaining Term
Number
of
Receivables Outstanding
Pool
Balance
Adjusted
Pool Balance (Pool Balance - YSOC Amount)
Pool
Factor
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Investor Report
Collection
Period
Payment
Date
Transaction
Month
VI.
OVERCOLLATERALIZATION
INFORMATION
Specified
Reserve Balance
Targeted
Credit Enhancement Amount
Yield
Supplement Overcollateralization Amount
Targeted
Overcollateralization Amount
Actual
Overcollateralization Amount (EOP Pool Balance -EOP Note
Balance)
VII.
RECONCILIATION OF
RESERVE ACCOUNT
Beginning
Reserve Account Balance
Reserve
Account Deposits Made
Reserve
Account Draw Amount
Ending
Reserve Account Balance
Change
in
Reserve Account Balance
Specified
Reserve Balance
VIII.
NET LOSSES AND
DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS
#
of Receivables
|
Amount
|
|
Realized
Loss
|
||
(Recoveries)
|
||
Net
Losses for Current Collection Period
|
||
Cumulative
Net Losses Last Collection
|
||
Cumulative
Net Losses for all Collection Periods
|
Ratio
of
Net Losses for Current Collection Period to Beginning of Period Pool Balance
(annualized)
Delinquent
Receivables:
%
of EOP Pool
|
#
of Receivables
|
Amount
|
|
31-60
Days Delinquent
|
|||
61-90
Days Delinquent
|
|||
Over
120 Days Delinquent
|
Total
Delinquent Receivables
Repossession
Inventory:
Repossessed
in Current Collection Period
Total
Repossessed Inventory
Ratio
of Net Losses to the Average Pool Balance for the Collection
Period:
Second
Preceding Collection Period
Preceding
Collection Period
Current
Collection Period
Three
Month Average
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Investor Report
Collection
Period
Payment
Date
Transaction
Month
Number
of 61+ Delinquent Receivables to EOP Number of Outstanding
Receivables:
Second
Preceding Collection Period
Preceding
Collection Period
Current
Collection Period
Three
Month Average
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