EXHIBIT 4.2
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
among
CIT EQUIPMENT COLLATERAL ____-_
as Issuer,
NCT FUNDING COMPANY, L.L.C.,
as Depositor,
CIT FINANCIAL USA, INC.,
in its individual capacity
and
-------------------------------------------------------,
in its individual capacity and as Servicer
Dated as of _________, 20__
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS.............................................................................1
Section 1.01. Definitions...........................................................1
Section 1.02. Usage of Terms........................................................32
Section 1.03. Section References....................................................32
Section 1.04. Accounting Terms......................................................32
ARTICLE II
FUNDINGS OF TRUST; TRANSFERS OF CONTRACTS...............................................33
Section 2.01.
Creation and Funding of Trust; Transfer of Transferred Assets to Trust..................33
Section 2.02. Conditions to Transfers...............................................34
Section 2.03. Acceptance by Trust...................................................35
Section 2.04. Conveyance of Substitute Contracts....................................35
Section 2.05. Release of Excluded Amounts...........................................37
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES..........................................................37
Section 3.01. Representations and Warranties Regarding the Trust Depositor..........37
Section 3.02. Representations and Warranties of the Servicer.......................39
ARTICLE IV
PERFECTION OF TRANSFERS AND PROTECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS............................41
Section 4.01. Custody of Contracts..................................................41
Section 4.02. Filings...............................................................42
Section 4.03. Name Change or Relocation.............................................42
ARTICLE V
SERVICING OF CONTRACTS..................................................................43
Section 5.01.
Initial Servicer's Appointment and Acceptance; Responsibility for Contract
Administration.................................................................43
Section 5.02. General Duties........................................................43
Section 5.03. Assignment or Replacement.............................................43
Section 5.04. Disposition Upon Termination of Contract..............................43
Section 5.05. Subservicers..........................................................44
Section 5.06. Further Assurance.....................................................44
Section 5.07. Notice to Obligors....................................................44
Section 5.08. Collection Efforts; Modification of Contracts.........................44
Section 5.09. Prepayments of Certain Contracts......................................45
Section 5.10. Certain Extensions; Acceleration......................................45
Section 5.11. Taxes and Other Amounts...............................................45
Section 5.12. Suits by Servicer.....................................................46
Section 5.13. Remittances...........................................................46
Section 5.14. Servicer Advances.....................................................46
Section 5.15. Realization Upon Defaulted Contract...................................46
Section 5.16. Maintenance of Insurance Policies.....................................46
Section 5.17. Certain Other Duties With Respect to Trust............................46
Section 5.18. Servicing Compensation................................................47
Section 5.19. Payment of Certain Expenses by Servicer...............................47
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Section 5.20. Records............................................................47
Section 5.21. Inspection.........................................................47
Section 5.22. Trust To Cooperate in Releases.....................................47
Section 5.23. Separate Entity Existence..........................................48
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS OF THE TRUST DEPOSITOR.....................................................48
Section 6.01. LLC Existence......................................................48
Section 6.02. Contracts Not to be Evidenced by Promissory Notes..................48
Section 6.03. Security Interests.................................................48
Section 6.04. Delivery of Collections............................................48
Section 6.05. Regulatory Filings.................................................48
Section 6.06. Compliance With Law................................................48
Section 6.07. Activities.........................................................49
Section 6.08. Indebtedness.......................................................49
Section 6.09. Guarantees.........................................................49
Section 6.10. Investments........................................................49
Section 6.11. Merger; Transfers..................................................49
Section 6.12. Payments...........................................................49
Section 6.13. Other Agreements...................................................49
Section 6.14. Separate Entity Existence..........................................50
Section 6.15. Location; Records..................................................50
Section 6.16. Liability of Trust Depositor; Indemnities..........................50
Section 6.17. Bankruptcy Limitations.............................................52
Section 6.18. Limitation on Liability of Trust Depositor and Others..............52
Section 6.19. Chief Executive Office.............................................52
ARTICLE VII
ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS; PAYMENTS..................................................53
Section 7.01. Trust Accounts; Collections........................................53
Section 7.02. Cash Collateral Account............................................53
Section 7.03. Trust Account Procedures...........................................53
Section 7.04. Securityholder Payments............................................54
Section 7.05. Allocations and Payments...........................................54
Section 7.06. Repurchases of, or Substitution for, Contracts for Breach of
Representations and Warranties..............................................60
Section 7.07. Reassignment of Repurchased or Substituted Contracts...............60
Section 7.08. CFUSA's and Trust Depositor's Repurchase Option....................61
ARTICLE VIII
SERVICER DEFAULTS; SERVICING
TRANSFER.............................................................................62
Section 8.01. Servicer Default...................................................62
Section 8.02. Servicing Transfer.................................................62
Section 8.03. Appointment of Successor Servicer; Reconveyance;
Successor Servicer to Act...................................................63
Section 8.04. Notifications to Noteholders and the Equity Certificateholders.....64
Section 8.05. Effect of Transfer.................................................64
Section 8.06. Database File......................................................64
Section 8.07. Successor Servicer Indemnification.................................64
Section 8.08. Responsibilities of the Successor Servicer.........................65
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ARTICLE IX
SERVICER REPORTING....................................................................66
Section 9.01. Monthly Reports.....................................................66
Section 9.02. Officer's Certificate...............................................66
Section 9.03. Other Data..........................................................66
Section 9.04. Annual Reporting; Evidence as to Compliance.........................66
Section 9.05. Annual Statement of Compliance from Servicer........................66
ARTICLE X
TERMINATION...........................................................................67
Section 10.01. Sale of Trust Assets...............................................67
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS.........................................................................68
Section 11.01. Amendments.........................................................68
Section 11.02. [Reserved].........................................................69
Section 11.03. Governing Law......................................................69
Section 11.04. Notices............................................................70
Section 11.05. Severability of Provisions.........................................71
Section 11.06. Third Party Beneficiaries..........................................71
Section 11.07. Counterparts.......................................................72
Section 11.08. Headings...........................................................72
Section 11.09. No Bankruptcy Petition; Disclaimer and Subordination...............72
Section 11.10. Jurisdiction.......................................................72
Section 11.11. Tax Characterization...............................................73
Section 11.12. Servicer Indemnity.................................................73
Section 11.13. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee...........................73
Section 11.14. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL...............................................73
Section 11.15. Third Party Beneficiary............................................73
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Transfer Agreement................................................A-1
Exhibit B [Reserved].................................................................B-1
Exhibit C Initial Schedule of Contracts.............................................C-1
Exhibit D Form of Servicer's Monthly Report.........................................D-1
Exhibit E Form of Substitution Transfer Agreement...................................E-1
Exhibit F Hedging Requirements......................................................F-1
Exhibit G Schedule of Representations and Warranties................................G-1
Exhibit H Certain Concentration Criteria............................................H-1
Exhibit I [Reserved]................................................................I-1
Exhibit J Minimum Value Filing Exceptions...........................................J-1
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This POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of _________, 20__, is among
CIT Equipment Collateral ____-_, a Delaware business trust (together with its
successors and assigns, the "Issuer" or the "Trust"), NCT Funding Company,
L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and
assigns, the "Depositor"), and CIT Financial USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(together with its successors and assigns, "CFUSA" and, in its capacity as the
Servicer, the "Servicer");
WHEREAS the Depositor desires to fund the Trust by selling, conveying and
assigning from time to time, pursuant hereto or Substitution Transfer Agreements
hereunder, designated Contracts or pools of Contracts together with certain
related security therefor and other related rights and property as further
described herein, which Contracts were originated by one or more Financing
Originators, or acquired by purchase and assignment by a Financing Originator
from the prior owner thereof, and subsequently conveyed (i) by certain Financing
Originators to CFUSA pursuant to the Conveyancing Agreement (as defined herein),
and (ii) by CFUSA to the Depositor, with respect to Contracts and related assets
both originated or acquired directly by CFUSA as a Financing Originator, and
acquired by CFUSA from the other Financing Originators as described in clause
(i) above, pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement (as defined herein); and
WHEREAS the Trust is willing to purchase and accept assignment of such
Contracts and related assets, including, without limitation such Contracts and
other assets as the Depositor has previously conveyed to the CIT Equipment Trust
- VFC Series and which the CIT Equipment Trust - VFC Series has assigned back to
the Depositor from the Depositor pursuant to the terms hereof; and
WHEREAS the Servicer is willing to service such Contracts and related
assets for the benefit and account of the Trust and the Holders pursuant to the
terms hereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following
words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the
following meanings:
"Accounting Date" means, with respect to a Payment Date, the last day of
the preceding calendar month.
"Accrual Period" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the period from
and including the immediately preceding Payment Date to but excluding such
Payment Date, provided, that the initial Accrual Period following the Closing
Date shall be the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding
the first Payment Date following the Closing Date.
"Addition Notice" means, with respect to any transfer of Subsequent
Contracts to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.04 (and the Depositor's
corresponding prior purchase of such Contracts from CFUSA), a notice, which
shall be given at least five days prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date,
identifying the Subsequent Contracts to be transferred, the Contract Principal
Balance of such Subsequent Contracts and the related Substitution Event (with
respect to an identified Contract or Contracts then in the Contracts Pool) to
which such Subsequent Contract relates, with such notice to be signed both by
the Depositor and CFUSA.
"Additional Principal" means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount
equal to (a) the Total Principal Payment Amount, less (b) the sum of the Class
A-1 Principal Payment Amount, the Class A-2 Principal Payment Amount, the Class
A-3 Principal Payment Amount, the Class A-4 Principal Payment Amount, the Class
A-5 Principal Payment Amount, the Class B Principal Payment Amount, the Class C
Principal Payment Amount and the Class D Principal Payment Amount.
"Administration Agreement" means the Administration Agreement dated as of
_________, 20__ by and among the Trust, ___ , the Depositor and the Indenture
Trustee.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person controlling or
controlled by, or under common control with, such specified Person. For the
purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any specified
Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" or "controlled" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Agreement" means this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof.
"Aggregate Principal Amount" means, with respect to any group of Notes, at
any date of determination, the sum of the Principal Amounts of such Notes on
such date of determination.
"Allocation Criteria" means, with respect to the allocation of Insurance
Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds between the Trust (for inclusion as Pledged
Revenues) and the Depositor, as contemplated in the definition of Available
Pledged Revenues, that Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds with respect
to the Contracts consisting of Leases are allocable pro rata between inclusion
as Available Pledged Revenues in respect of the Contract Pool, on the one hand,
and directly to the Depositor, on the other, based upon (i) for allocation to
Available Pledged Revenues, the Required Payoff Amount for such Lease
(determined as of the beginning of the Collection Period during which such Lease
became a Defaulted Contract), and (ii) for allocation to the Depositor, the Book
Value of the related Equipment; provided, that in the event the Insurance
Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds in respect of a particular Lease exceed the sum
of such Required Payoff Amount for such Lease plus the Book Value of the related
Equipment, any such excess shall be allocated solely to the Depositor.
"Applicable Security" means, with respect to a Vendor Loan, any (i)
Secondary Contract securing such Vendor Loan and (ii) Equipment securing such
Vendor Loan or a related Secondary Contract.
"Assignment Agreement" means each Assignment Agreement, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A-1 attached hereto, in the case of the VFC Assignment, and
in the form of Exhibit A to the Purchase and Sale Agreement, in the case of the
Assignment Agreement executed by CFUSA, relating to an assignment, transfer and
conveyance of Contracts and related assets by the VFC Trust or CFUSA to the
Depositor, as the case may be.
"Amount Available" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of (i)
the Available Pledged Revenues for such Payment Date, and (ii) that portion of
the balance in the Cash Collateral Account available for withdrawal by the
Trustee in accordance with Section 7.05(c).
"Available Cash Collateral" means, with respect to a Payment Date, the
amount of funds equal to the lesser of (i) the amount on deposit in the Cash
Collateral Account (determined (a) exclusive of any net investment earnings,
thereon and (b) before giving effect to any deposit to be made or withdrawals
from the Cash Collateral Account with respect to such Payment Date), and (ii)
the Requisite Cash Collateral Amount.
"Available Pledged Revenues" means, as to any Payment Date, the sum of (i)
the Related Collection Period Pledged Revenues for such Payment Date, (ii) all
Purchase Amounts (other than any portion thereof attributable to the Book Value
of the Leased Equipment) on deposit in the Collection Account as of the
immediately preceding Deposit Date, (iii) the amount paid by the Depositor to
purchase the Contracts pursuant to Section __ of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement on deposit in the Collection Account as of the immediately preceding
Deposit
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Date, (iv) all net income from investments of funds in the Collection Account
and the Note Distribution Account during the related Collection Period, and (v)
to the extent necessary to pay the Note Interest Distributable Amount for such
Payment Date, the Current Collection Period Pledged Revenues for such Payment
Date.
"Book Value" means, with respect to any Equipment subject to a Lease, the
value of such Equipment as shown on the accounting books and records of the
applicable Financing Originator (or the Depositor, in the case of Equipment
relating to Contracts being transferred pursuant to the VFC Assignment), as of
the Cutoff Date for the related Lease (it being understood that, Book Value
constitutes a measure of the lessor's residual interest in the Equipment as
shown on its books and records as of such date, net of the financial asset shown
on such books and records represented by the discounted Scheduled Payments owing
on the Lease).
"Business Day" means any day which is neither a Saturday or a Sunday, nor
another day on which banking institutions in the cities of ______________ or New
York, New York are authorized or obligated by law, executive order, or
governmental decree to be closed.
"Business Trust Statute" has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
"Cash Collateral Account" means the Cash Collateral Account established and
maintained pursuant to Section 7.01 hereof
"Cash Collateral Account Agreement" means the Loan Agreement dated as of
____________, 20__, among the Depositor, the Trust, the Indenture Trustee, the
Cash Collateral Account Lenders and the Cash Collateral Account Lenders' Agent,
as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance
with the terms thereof.
"Cash Collateral Account Lenders" means the parties identified as lenders
in the Cash Collateral Account Agreement.
"Cash Collateral Account Lenders' Agent" means the party identified as
agent for the Cash Collateral Account Lenders in the Cash Collateral Account
Agreement.
"Cash Collateral Initial Balance" means $_________, which is equal to ___%
of the Initial Contract Pool Principal Balance.
"Casualty Loss" means, with respect to any item of Equipment, the loss,
theft, damage beyond repair or governmental condemnation or seizure of such item
of Equipment.
"Certificate Register" has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
"Certificateholder" has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
"CFUSA" means CIT Financial USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"CFUSA Contract" means a Contract originated or acquired by CFUSA
(including without limitation any Contract originated or acquired by CFUSA and
transferred to the Depositor and by the Depositor to the VFC Trust prior to the
Closing Date) but which is not a TCA Contract.
"CFUSA Contract Assets" means Contract Assets relating to CFUSA Contracts.
"CFUSA Representations and Warranties" means the representations and
warranties set forth in Sections 3.02, of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
"Class" means any of the group of Notes or the Equity Certificate
identified herein as, as applicable, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes,
the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-4 Notes, the Class A-5 Notes, the Class B
Notes, the Class C Notes, the Class D Notes, or the Equity Certificate.
"Class A Notes" means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class
A-3 Notes, the Class A-4 Notes and the Class A-5 Notes.
"Class A Percentage" means [ ]%
"Class A Principal Payment Amount" means:
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(A) (i) with respect to any Payment Date on or prior to the
Payment Date on which the Class A-1 Principal Balance is
reduced to zero, the Total Principal Payment Amount;
provided that if, the distribution of the Total Principal
Payment Amount in accordance with Section ________ would
result in the Class A-1 Principal Balance equaling zero, the
Class A Principal Payment Amount with respect to such
Payment Date will be an amount equal to (x) the Class A-1
Principal Balance plus (y) the greater of (1) [ ]% of the
Total Principal Payment Amount or (2) the remainder of (I)
the sum of the Class A-2 Principal Balance, the Class A-3
Principal Balance, the Class A-4 Principal Balance and the
Class A-5 Principal Balance minus (II) the Class A Target
Principal Amount; and
(ii) with respect to any Payment Date thereafter, the
remainder of (a) the sum of the Class A-2 Principal Balance,
the Class A-3 Principal Balance, the Class A-4 Principal
Balance and the Class A-5 Principal Balance minus (b) the
Class A Target Principal Amount; plus
(B) with respect to any Payment Date, any Class A Principal Shortfall
Amount;
provided, however, that in no event will the Class A Principal Payment
Amount exceed the Class A Principal Balance.
"Class A Principal Shortfall Amount" means, with respect to any Payment
Date that is the Stated Maturity Date for a Class of Class A Notes, and any
Payment Date thereafter, the amount, if any, by which (i) the sum of (a) the
Principal Balance of such Class, plus (b) until the Class A-4 Principal Balance
has been reduced to zero, ___% of the Total Principal Payment Amount, exceeds
(ii) the Total Principal Payment Amount.
"Class A Target Principal Amount" means, with respect to any Payment Date,
the product of (i) the Class A Percentage and (ii) the Contract Pool Principal
Balance as of the related Accounting Date.
"Class A-1 Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any Payment
Date, the excess, if any, of the Class A-1 Interest Distributable Amount for the
preceding Payment Date over the amount that was actually distributed in respect
of interest on the Class A-1 Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus, to the
extent permitted by law, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Class A-1
Interest Rate, (ii) such excess, and (iii) a fraction equal to the number of
days in the related Interest Period divided by 360.
"Class A-1 Interest Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of the Class A-1 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and
the Class A-1 Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.
"Class A-1 Interest Rate" means [ ]% per annum.
"Class A-1 Interest Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any
Account Period and the related Payment Date, an amount equal to the product of
(i) the Class A-1 Interest Rate, (ii) the Principal Balance of the Class A-1
Notes on the immediately preceding Payment Date, after giving effect to all
payments of principal to Class A-1 Noteholders on or prior to such immediately
preceding Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, the Initial
Principal Amount of the Class A-1 Notes), and (iii) a fraction equal to the
number of days in such Interest Period divided by 360.
"Class A-1 Notes" means the $_________ aggregate principal amount of [ ]%
Receivable-Backed Notes, Class A-1, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
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"Class A-1 Maturity Date" means [ ] (or, if such day is not a Business Day,
the next preceding Business Day).
"Class A-2 Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any Payment
Date, the excess, if any, of the Class A-2 Interest Distributable Amount for the
preceding Payment Date over the amount that was actually distributed in respect
of interest on the Class A-2 Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus, to the
extent permitted by law, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Class A-2
Interest Rate, (ii) such excess, and (iii) a fraction equal to one-twelfth.
"Class A-2 Interest Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of the Class A-2 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and
the Class A-2 Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.
"Class A-2 Interest Rate" means [ ]% per annum.
"Class A-2 Interest Distributable Amount" means (a) with respect to the
first Interest Period and the related Payment Date, an amount equal to the
product of (i) the Class A-2 Interest Rate, (ii) the Initial Principal Amount of
the Class A-2 Notes, and (iii) a fraction equal to 28 divided by 360, and (b)
with respect to each subsequent Accrual Period and the related Payment Date, an
amount equal to the product of (i) the Class A-2 Interest Rate, (ii) the
Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Notes on the immediately preceding Payment
Date, after giving effect to all payments of principal to Class A-2 Noteholders
on or prior to such immediately preceding Payment Date, and (iii) a fraction
equal to one-twelfth.
"Class A-2 Notes" means the $______ aggregate principal amount of [ ]%
Receivable-Backed Notes, Class A-2, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Class A-2 Maturity Date" means [ ] (or, if such day is not a Business
Day, the next succeeding Business Day thereafter).
"Class A-3 Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any Payment
Date, the excess, if any, of the Class A-3 Interest Distributable Amount for the
preceding Payment Date over the amount that was actually distributed in respect
of interest on the Class A-3 Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus, to the
extent permitted by law, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Class A-3
Interest Rate, (ii) such excess, and (iii) a fraction equal to one-twelfth.
"Class A-3 Interest Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of the Class A-3 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and
the Class A-3 Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.
"Class A-3 Interest Rate" means [ ]% per annum.
"Class A-3 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount" means (a) with respect to
the first Accrual Period and the related Payment Date, an amount equal to the
product of (i) the Class A-3 Interest Rate, (ii) the Initial Principal Amount of
the Class A-3 Notes, and (iii) a fraction equal to 28 divided by 360, and (b)
with respect to each subsequent Accrual Period and the related Payment Date, an
amount equal to the product of (i) the Class A-3 Interest Rate, (ii) the
Principal Balance of the Class A-3 Notes on the immediately preceding Payment
Date, after giving effect to all payments of principal to Class A-3 Noteholders
on or prior to such immediately preceding Payment Date, and (iii) a fraction
equal to one-twelfth.
"Class A-3 Notes" means the $______ aggregate principal amount of [ ]%
Receivable-Backed Notes, Class A-3, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Class A-3 Maturity Date" means [ ] (or, if such day is not a Business Day,
the next succeeding Business Day thereafter).
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"Class A-4 Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any Payment
Date, the excess, if any, of the Class A-4 Interest Distributable Amount for the
preceding Payment Date over the amount that was actually distributed in respect
of interest on the Class A-4 Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus, to the
extent permitted by law, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Class A-4
Interest Rate, (ii) such excess, and (iii) a fraction equal to one-twelfth.
"Class A-4 Interest Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of the Class A-4 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and
the Class A-4 Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.
"Class A-4 Interest Rate" means [ ]% per annum.
"Class A-4 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount" means (a) with respect to
the first Accrual Period and the related Payment Date, an amount equal to the
product of (i) the Class A-4 Interest Rate, (ii) the Initial Principal Amount of
the Class A-4 Notes, and (iii) a fraction equal to 28 divided by 360, and (b)
with respect to each subsequent Accrual Period and the related Payment Date, an
amount equal to the product of (i) the Class A-4 Interest Rate, (ii) the
Principal Balance of the Class A-4 Notes on the immediately preceding Payment
Date, after giving effect to all payments of principal to Class A-4 Noteholders
on or prior to such immediately preceding Payment Date, and (iii) a fraction
equal to one-twelfth.
"Class A-4 Notes" means the $______ aggregate principal amount of [ ]%
Receivable-Backed Notes, Class A-4, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Class A-4 Maturity Date" means [ ] (or, if such day is not a Business
Day, the next succeeding Business Day thereafter).
"Class A-5 Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any Payment
Date, the excess, if any, of the Class A-5 Interest Distributable Amount for the
preceding Payment Date over the amount that was actually distributed in respect
of interest on the Class A-5 Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus, to the
extent permitted by law, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Class A-5
Interest Rate, (ii) such excess, and (iii) a fraction equal to one-twelfth.
"Class A-5 Interest Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the sum of the Class A-5 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and
the Class A-5 Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.
"Class A-5 Interest Rate" means [ ]%.
"Class A-5 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount" means (a) with respect to
the first Accrual Period and the related Payment Date, an amount equal to the
product of (i) the Class A-5 Interest Rate, (ii) the Initial Principal Amount of
the Class A-5 Notes, and (iii) a fraction equal to 28 divided by 360, and (b)
with respect to each subsequent Accrual Period and the related Payment Date, an
amount equal to the product of (i) the Class A-5 Interest Rate, (ii) the
Principal Balance of the Class A-5 Notes on the immediately preceding Payment
Date, after giving effect to all payments of principal to Class A-5 Noteholders
on or prior to such immediately preceding Payment Date, and (iii) a fraction
equal to one-twelfth.
"Class A-5 Notes" means the $______ aggregate principal amount of [ ]%
Receivable-Backed Notes, Class A-5, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Class A-5 Maturity Date" means [ ] (or, if such day is not a Business
Day, the next succeeding Business Day thereafter).
"Class B Floor" means, with respect to any Payment Date, (i) [ ]% of the
Contract Pool Principal Balance as of the Initial Cutoff Date, plus (ii) the
Principal Differential, if any, for such Payment Date, minus (iii)
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the sum of the Class C Principal Balance and the Class D Principal Balance
(prior to giving effect to any payments of principal on the Class C or Class D
Notes on such Payment Date) and the amount on deposit in the Cash Collateral
Account (after giving effect to withdrawals to be made on such Payment Date);
provided, however, that in no event will the Class B Floor be greater than the
Class B Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date nor less than
zero.
"Class B Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any Payment
Date, the excess, if any, of the Class B Interest Distributable Amount for the
preceding Payment Date over the amount that was actually distributed in respect
of interest on the Class B Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus, to the
extent permitted by law, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Class B
Interest Rate, (ii) such excess, and (iii) a fraction equal to one-twelfth.
"Class B Interest Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of the Class B Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and the Class
B Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.
"Class B Interest Rate" means [ ]% per annum.
"Class B Monthly Interest Distributable Amount" means (a) with respect to
the first Accrual Period and the related Payment Date, an amount equal to the
product of (i) the Class B Interest Rate, (ii) the Initial Principal Balance of
the Class B Notes, and (iii) a fraction equal to 28 divided by 360, and (b) with
respect to each subsequent Accrual Period and the related Payment Date, an
amount equal to the product of (i) the Class B Interest Rate, (ii) the Principal
Balance of the Class B Notes on the immediately preceding Payment Date, after
giving effect to all payments of principal to Class B Noteholders on or prior to
such immediately preceding Payment Date, and (iii) a fraction equal to
one-twelfth.
"Class B Notes" means the $______ aggregate principal amount of [ ]%
Receivable-Backed Notes, Class B, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Class B Percentage" means [ ]%.
"Class B Principal Payment Amount" means (i) zero with respect to any
Payment Date prior to the Payment Date on which the Class A-1 Principal Balance
is reduced to zero, and (ii) with respect to any Payment Date thereafter, the
excess, if any, of (a) the Class B Principal Balance over (b) the greater of (1)
the Class B Target Principal Amount and (2) the Class B Floor, if any; provided,
however, that in no event will the Class B Principal Payment Amount exceed the
Class B Principal Balance.
"Class B Maturity Date" means [ ] (or, if such day is not a Business Day,
the next succeeding Business Day thereafter).
"Class B Target Principal Amount" means, with respect to any Payment Date,
the product of (i) the Class B Percentage and (ii) the Contract Pool Principal
Balance as of the related Accounting Date.
"Class C Floor" means, with respect to any Payment Date, (i) [ ]% of the
Contract Pool Principal Balance as of the Initial Cutoff Date, plus (ii) the
Principal Differential, if any, for such Payment Date, minus (iii) the sum of
the Class D Principal Balance (prior to giving effect to any payments of
principal on the Class D Notes on such Payment Date) and the amount on deposit
in the Cash Collateral Account (after giving effect to withdrawals to be made on
such Payment Date); provided, however, that in no event will the Class C Floor
be greater than the Class C Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment
Date nor less than zero. Furthermore, if the Class B Principal Balance
immediately prior to any Payment Date is less than or equal to the Class B Floor
for such Payment Date, the Class C Floor with respect to such Payment Date will
equal the Class C Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date.
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"Class C Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any Payment
Date, the excess, if any, of the Class C Interest Distributable Amount for the
preceding Payment Date over the amount that was actually distributed in respect
of interest on the Class C Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus, to the
extent permitted by law, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Class C
Interest Rate, (ii) such excess, and (iii) a fraction equal to one-twelfth.
"Class C Interest Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of the Class C Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and the Class
C Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.
"Class C Interest Rate" means [ ]% per annum.
"Class C Monthly Interest Distributable Amount" means (a) with respect to
the first Accrual Period and the related Payment Date, an amount equal to the
product of (i) the Class C Interest Rate, (ii) the Initial Principal Amount of
the Class C Notes, and (iii) a fraction equal to 28 divided by 360, and (b) with
respect to each subsequent Accrual Period and the related Payment Date, an
amount equal to the product of (i) the Class C Interest Rate, (ii) the Principal
Balance of the Class C Notes on the immediately preceding Payment Date, after
giving effect to all payments of principal to Class C Noteholders on or prior to
such immediately preceding Payment Date, and (iii) a fraction equal to
one-twelfth.
"Class C Notes" means the $______ aggregate principal amount of [ ]%
Receivable-Backed Notes, Class C, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Class C Percentage" means [ ]%.
"Class C Principal Payment Amount" means (i) zero with respect to any
Payment Date prior to the Payment Date on which the Class A-1 Principal Balance
is reduced to zero, and (ii) with respect to any Payment Date thereafter, the
excess, if any, of (a) the Class C Principal Balance over (b) the greater of (1)
the Class C Target Principal Amount and (2) the Class C Floor, if any; provided,
however, that in no event will the Class C Principal Payment Amount exceed the
Class C Principal Balance.
"Class C Maturity Date" means [ ] (or, if such day is not a Business Day,
the next succeeding Business Day thereafter).
"Class C Target Principal Amount" means, with respect to any Payment Date,
the product of (i) the Class C Percentage and (ii) the Contract Pool Principal
Balance as of the related Accounting Date.
"Class D Floor" means, with respect to any Payment Date, (i) [ ]% of the
Contract Pool Principal Balance as of the Initial Cutoff Date, plus (ii) the
Principal Differential, if any, for such Payment Date, minus (iii) the amount on
deposit in the Cash Collateral Account (after giving effect to withdrawals to be
made on such Payment Date); provided, however, that in no event will the Class D
Floor be greater than the Class D Principal Balance immediately prior to such
Payment Date nor less than zero. Furthermore, if the Class C Principal Balance
immediately prior to any Payment Date is less than or equal to the Class C Floor
for such Payment Date, the Class D Floor with respect to such Payment Date will
equal the Class D Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date.
"Class D Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, with respect to any Payment
Date, the excess, if any, of the Class D Interest Distributable Amount for the
preceding Payment Date over the amount that was actually distributed in respect
of interest on the Class D Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus, to the
extent permitted by law, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Class D
Interest Rate, (ii) such excess, and (iii) a fraction equal to one-twelfth.
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"Class D Interest Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any Payment
Date, the sum of the Class D Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and the Class
D Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Payment Date.
"Class D Interest Rate" means [ ]% per annum.
"Class D Monthly Interest Distributable Amount" means (a) with respect to
the first Accrual Period and the related Payment Date, an amount equal to the
product of (i) the Class D Interest Rate, (ii) the Initial Principal Amount of
the Class D Notes, and (iii) a fraction equal to 28 divided by 360, and (b) with
respect to each subsequent Accrual Period and the related Payment Date Payment
Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Class D Interest Rate, (ii) the
Principal Balance of the Class D Notes on the immediately preceding Payment
Date, after giving effect to all payments of principal to Class D Noteholders on
or prior to such immediately preceding Payment Date, and (iii) a fraction equal
to one-twelfth.
"Class D Notes" means the $______ aggregate principal amount of [ ]%
Receivable-Backed Notes, Class D, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Class D Percentage" means [ ] %.
"Class D Principal Payment Amount" means (i) zero with respect to any
Payment Date prior to the Payment Date on which the Class A-1 Principal Balance
is reduced to zero, and (ii) with respect to any Payment Date thereafter, the
excess, if any, of (a) the Class D Principal Balance over (b) the greater of (1)
the Class D Target Principal Amount and (2) the Class D Floor, if any; provided,
however, that in no event will the Class D Principal Payment Amount exceed the
Class D Principal Balance.
"Class D Maturity Date" means [ ] (or, if such day is not a Business Day,
the next succeeding Business Day thereafter).
"Class D Target Principal Amount" means, with respect to any Payment Date,
the product of (i) the Class D Percentage and (ii) the Contract Pool Principal
Balance as of the related Accounting Date.
"Certificate of Formation" means the limited liability company Certificate
of Formation of the Depositor.
"Certificate of Trust" has the meaning given such term in the Trust
Agreement.
"Certificate Register" has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
"Closing Date" means ____ __, 20__.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Collection Account" means the account so designated established pursuant
to Section 7.01.
"Collection Account Property" means the Collection Account, all amounts and
investments held from time to time in the Collection Account (whether in the
form of deposit accounts, physical property, book-entry securities,
uncertificated securities or otherwise), and all proceeds of the foregoing.
"Collection Period" means a period beginning on the first day of a calendar
month and ending on, but not including, the first day of the next calendar
month, provided that the first Collection Period shall be the period beginning
on the Initial Cutoff Date and ending on, but not including, the first day of
the calendar month immediately following the calendar month in which the Closing
Date occurs.
"Commission" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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"Computer Disk" means the computer disk generated by the Servicer (or
applicable Financing Originator acting as subservicer as described in Section
5.05), which provides information relating to Contracts in the Contract Pool and
which was used by such party in selecting the related Contracts for conveyance
and inclusion in such Contract Pool, and includes the master file and the
history file as well as servicing information with respect to such Contracts.
"Contract" means each End-User Contract and each Vendor Loan listed on any
Schedule of Contracts but, unless otherwise specified herein, shall not refer to
any Secondary Contract.
"Contract Assets" means, with respect to any Contracts (including
Substitute Contracts) and related assets conveyed or being conveyed to the
Depositor pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement, a Substitution Assignment
Agreement executed thereunder or the VFC Assignment, and concurrently conveyed
or being conveyed by the Depositor to the Trust pursuant to this Pooling
Agreement or a Substitution Transfer Agreement, all right, title and interest of
CFUSA or the VFC Trust, as the case may be, in, to and under:
(i) such Contracts, and all monies due or to become due in payment of
such Contracts on and after the relevant Cutoff Date, and including
Scheduled Payments due but not yet received prior to the relevant Cutoff
Date and all other Scheduled Payments (including in respect of any
Guaranteed Residual Investment) due or becoming due on or after the
relevant Cutoff Date, any Prepayments, any payments in respect of a
casualty or early termination, any Liquidation Proceeds received with
respect thereto, but excluding any Scheduled Payments both due and actually
received prior to the related Cutoff Date and any Excluded Amounts;
(ii) the Financed Items related to such Contracts and, in the case of
any Vendor Loan, related Applicable Security, including all proceeds from
any sale or other disposition of such Financed Items (but subject to the
exclusion and release herein of Excluded Amounts) and any Guaranteed
Residual Investment;
(iii) the related Contract Files;
(iv) all payments made or to be made in the future with respect to
such Contracts or the Obligor thereunder under any Vendor Agreements with
the relevant Financing Originator and under any guarantee or similar credit
enhancement with respect to such Contracts;
(v) all Insurance Proceeds with respect to each such Contract;
(vi) the Conveyancing Agreement (but solely with respect to TCA
Contract Assets conveyed to CFUSA thereunder constituting Contract Assets),
including (A) all rights of CFUSA to receive moneys due and to become due
under or in respect of such Contract Assets pursuant to the Conveyancing
Agreement, (B) all rights of CFUSA to receive proceeds of any insurance,
indemnity, warranty or guaranty with respect to TCA Contract Assets
conveyed to CFUSA thereunder constituting Contract Assets, (C) all claims
of CFUSA for damages arising out of or for breach of or default under the
Conveyancing Agreement to the extent relating to TCA Contract Assets
conveyed to CFUSA thereunder constituting Contract Assets, and (iv) the
right of CFUSA to amend, waive or terminate the Conveyancing Agreement, to
compel performance and otherwise exercise remedies and rights thereunder,
in each case with respect to or as applicable to TCA Contract Assets
conveyed thereunder constituting Contract Assets; and
(vii) all income from and proceeds of the foregoing.
"Contract File" means, with respect to each Contract, the fully executed
original counterpart (for UCC purposes) of the Contract, the original
certificate of title or other title document with respect to the related
Equipment (if applicable), and otherwise such documents or electronic entries,
if any, that the Servicer (or
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applicable Financing Originator) keeps on file in accordance with Customary
Policies and Procedures evidencing ownership of such Equipment (if applicable),
and all other documents originally delivered to the Financing Originator or held
by the Servicer (or subservicer under Section 5.05) with respect to any
Contract.
"Contract Pool" means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate of
the Contracts which have been conveyed to the Trust and which constitute as of
such date Trust Assets under the terms and provisions hereof.
"Contract Pool Principal Balance" means with respect to any Payment Date,
the sum of the Contract Principal Balances (computed as of the related
Accounting Date) for all Contracts.
"Contract Principal Balance" means as of any Accounting Date, with respect
to any Contract the present value of the unpaid Scheduled Payments due on such
Contract after such Accounting Date (excluding all Scheduled Payments due on or
prior to, but not received as of, such Accounting Date, as well as any Scheduled
Payments due after, but received as of, such Accounting Date), after giving
effect to any Prepayments received on or prior to such Accounting Date,
discounted monthly at the Discount Rate (assuming, for purposes of such
calculation, that each Scheduled Payment is due on the last day of the
applicable Collection Period); provided that, for purposes of computing the
Total Principal Payment Amount or the Required Cash Collateral Amount for a
given Payment Date (as well as all Payment Dates thereafter), the Contract
Principal Balance of any Contract which became a Defaulted Contract during the
related Collection Period or was required to be purchased by CFUSA as of the
last day of the related Collection Period in accordance with Section 5.01 of the
Purchase and Sale Agreement, will be deemed to be zero on and after the last day
of such Collection Period.
"Controlled Group" means all members of a controlled group of corporations
or other business entities and all trades or businesses (whether or not
incorporated) under common control which, together with the Servicer or any of
its Subsidiaries, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the
Code.
"Conveyancing Agreement" means the Conveyancing Agreement dated as of
______, 20__ among the TCA Financing Originators and CFUSA, as the same may be
amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Owner Trustee at which its
corporate trust business shall be administered, which initially shall be
_________, or such other office at such other address in the State of _________
as the Owner Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the
Certificateholder, the Servicer, the Administrative Agent and the Depositor.
"CPR" means a conditional prepayment rate which assumes that a fraction of
the outstanding Contract Pool is prepaid on each Payment Date and also assumes
that all Contracts have the same initial principal balance and amortize at the
same rate.
"CSA" means each conditional sales agreement, including, as applicable,
schedules, subschedules, supplements and amendments to a master conditional
sales agreement, pursuant to which specified assets were conditionally sold to
an Obligor at specified monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual payments.
"Current Collection Period Pledged Revenues" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the amount of Pledged Revenues in the Collection Account as of the
immediately preceding Deposit Date which were received by the Servicer after the
end of the related Collection Period, including all Liquidation Proceeds so
received but excluding any Purchase Amount.
"Customary Policies and Procedures" means, with respect to any Contract
Assets, the customary standards, policies and procedures of the relevant
Financing Originator with respect to such Contract Assets in effect at the time
of the Cutoff Date with respect thereto, as the same may be changed from time to
time (provided that any
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such change does not materially impair (i) the collectibility of the related
Contract, or (ii) the Servicer's ability to perform its obligations under this
Agreement with respect thereto).
"Cutoff Date" means either or both (as the context may require) the Initial
Cutoff Date and any Subsequent Cutoff Date, as applicable to the Contract or
Contracts in question.
"Date of Processing" means, with respect to any transaction or Pledged
Revenue, the date on which such transaction or Pledged Revenue is first recorded
(and, in the case of a transaction or Pledged Revenue related to a particular
Contract, identified as to such particular Contract) on the related Financing
Originator's or the Servicer's computer master file of Contracts (without regard
to the effective date of such recordation).
"Defaulted Contract" means a Contract in the Contract Pool with respect to
which there has occurred one or more of the following: (i) all or some portion
of any Scheduled Payment under the Contract (constituting at least ten percent
(10%) of such Scheduled Payment due) is more than 180 days delinquent from its
original due date (or, with respect to a Contract for which there exists
available payment recourse to a Vendor to satisfy the amount in default, and
which recourse was not yet available (pursuant to the contractual terms thereof)
or had not yet been paid by the Vendor prior to the end of such 180 day period,
then at such time thereafter as the Vendor shall have failed to pay such
defaulted amount in accordance with the provisions of the Program Agreement,
Vendor Assignment or other agreement with the Vendor providing such recourse),
(ii) the Servicer has determined in its sole discretion, in accordance with
Customary Policies and Procedures (and taking into account any available Vendor
recourse), that such Contract is not collectible; or (iii) the End-User under
such Contract (or applicable Vendor, if such Contract is a Vendor Loan) becomes
the subject of an Insolvency Event.
"Delinquent Contract" means any Contract as to which all or a portion of a
Scheduled Payment (constituting at least ten percent (10%) of such Scheduled
Payment due) is more than 60 days delinquent from its original due date.
"Deposit Date" means the Business Day immediately preceding each Payment
Date.
"Depositor" means the "Depositor" as defined in the preamble hereto, or any
successor entity thereto.
"Determination Date" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the second
Business Day prior to such Payment Date.
"Discount Rate" means [ ]%.
"Dollar" and "$" means lawful currency of the United States of America.
"Eligible Contract" means each Contract owned (prior to its conveyance by a
TCA Financing Originator to CFUSA under the Conveyancing Agreement if a TCA
Contract, prior to its conveyance by CFUSA to the Depositor under the Purchase
and Sale Agreement if a CFUSA Contract, and prior to its conveyance by the VFC
Trust to the Depositor pursuant to the VFC Assignment, if a VFC Contract) by an
Eligible Originator or the VFC Trust, and with respect to which each of the
following is true (to the extent applicable to such type of Contract) at the
time of its conveyance to the Trust on the Closing Date (or Substitution
Transfer Date, as applicable):
(a) the information with respect to the Contract, any Secondary
Contract securing the obligations under such Contract, and the Financed
Items related to the Contract, delivered to the Administrative Agent by or
at the direction of CFUSA under the Purchase and Sale Agreement or by or at
the direction of the VFC Trust pursuant to the VFC Assignment is true and
correct in all material respects;
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(b) immediately prior to the transfer of such Contract and any related
Equipment (or security interest therein) or Applicable Security to the
Depositor (and the Depositor's concurrent transfer thereof to the Trust),
such Contract was owned by CFUSA or the VFC Trust (and by the Depositor
following the transfer by CFUSA or the VFC Trust) free and clear of any
adverse claim, other than Permitted Liens; and immediately prior to the
transfer of such Contract (if a TCA Contract) and any related Equipment (or
security interest therein) or Applicable Security by the applicable TCA
Financing Originator to CFUSA, such Contract was owned by the applicable
TCA Financing Originator free and clear of any adverse claim, other than
with respect to Permitted Liens;
(c) the Contract is neither a Defaulted Contract nor a Delinquent
Contract;
(d) no provision of the Contract has been waived, altered or modified
in any material respect, except as indicated in the Contract File;
(e) the Contract is a valid and binding payment obligation of the
Obligor and is enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as may be
limited by applicable Insolvency Laws and the availability of equitable
remedies);
(f) the Contract is not subject to litigation, or to rights of
rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense and, to CFUSA's or the
Servicer's knowledge, no such rights have been asserted or threatened with
respect to the Contract;
(g) the Contract, at the time it was made, had been originated in
compliance (in all material respects) with applicable law, and did not
violate the laws of the United States or any state in any material respect;
(h) (i) the Contract and any related Financed Item or interest therein
(other than Excluded Residual Investments) have not been sold, transferred,
assigned or pledged by the relevant Financing Originator, CFUSA (in respect
of TCA Contracts) or the VFC Trust to any other Person (other than (a) the
sale of Contracts and any related financed or interest therein to CFUSA or
to the Depositor and then the VFC Trust and (b) the financed sale of
Equipment to an End-User effected through an End-User Contract), and (ii)
if such Contract finances Equipment, either (A) such Contract is secured by
a fully perfected lien or ownership interest in favor of the relevant
Financing Originator or, in the case of Equipment relating to the VFC
Contracts, the Depositor, on or in respect of the related Equipment (other
than as contemplated by the Minimum Value Filing Exception), or, if the
Contract is a Vendor Loan, the Vendor Loan is secured by a fully perfected
lien or ownership interest in favor of the relevant Financing Originator or
the VFC Trust in the related Applicable Security, or (B) in the case of
such a Contract secured by a Vehicle, within 90 calendar days of the
origination or acquisition of such Contract by the relevant Financing
Originator all applicable state registration or recording procedures were
initiated, and the Financing Originator's interest in such Vehicle will be
so noted or recorded within 180 days of such acquisition or origination, or
a certificate of title or similar evidence of recordation on which the
Financing Originator's interest has been noted has been obtained;
(i) if the Contract constitutes an "instrument" or "chattel paper" for
purposes of the UCC, there is not more than one "secured party's original"
counterpart of the Contract and such original counterpart is in the
Contract File;
(j) all filings (including filings of UCC financing statements)
necessary (i) in respect of Contracts consisting of TCA Contracts, to
evidence or perfect the conveyance or transfer of the relevant TCA
Financing Originator's ownership interest in the TCA Contract, and the TCA
Financing Originator's corresponding interest in the related Equipment or
Applicable Security, as applicable, to CFUSA, and (ii) in respect of all
Contracts (i.e., Contracts consisting of either TCA Contracts, CFUSA
Contracts or VFC Contracts), to evidence or perfect the conveyance or
transfer of CFUSA's or VFC Trust's ownership
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interest in the Contract, and CFUSA's corresponding interest in the related
Equipment or Applicable Security, as applicable, to the Depositor (as well
as the concurrent conveyance of such property hereunder, other than
ownership interests in Equipment, from the Depositor to the Trust), have
been made in all appropriate jurisdictions; provided, that UCC financing
statement filings with respect to Equipment or Applicable Security which
name the Financing Originator as secured party have not been amended to
indicate either CFUSA (with respect to TCA Contracts), the Depositor or the
Trust as an assignee (although separate UCC filings were made against the
relevant Financing Originator's interest in Applicable Security in each
jurisdiction where a related Vendor is located); and provided further, that
only filings in the States of New Jersey and _________ have been made in
favor of the Trust as secured party against the Depositor as debtor
describing as collateral (among other things) the Depositor's ownership
interest in Equipment, in respect of the security interest in Equipment
owned by the Depositor which has been granted to the Trust pursuant to
Section 2.01 hereof.
(k) the Obligor is not, to CFUSA's knowledge, subject to bankruptcy or
other insolvency proceedings;
(l) the Obligor's billing address is in the United States or Puerto
Rico, and the Contract is a U.S. dollar-denominated obligation;
(m) the Contract does not require the prior written notification to or
consent of an Obligor or contain any other restriction on the transfer or
assignment of the Contract, other than (i) certain Contracts the Contract
Pool Principal Balance of which, in proportion to the Contract Pool
Principal Balance of all Contracts in the Contract Pool at the time of
conveyance, is not material, that require notifications of the assignment
to the Obligor, which notification will be given by the Servicer not more
than 10 days following the Closing Date (or Substitution Transfer Date in
the case of a Substitution Contract) (it being understood that if such
notifications are not so timely obtained, the affected Contract shall be
deemed and treated for all purposes of this Pooling Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents as not having complied with this criteria for an
Eligible Contract as of the Closing Date or Substitution Transfer Date, as
the case may be), and (ii) certain Contracts that require the consent of
the related Obligor, which consent shall have been obtained by the Servicer
not later than 10 days following the Closing Date or Substitution Transfer
Date, as the case may be;
(n) either (x) the obligations of the related Obligor under such
Contract are irrevocable and unconditional and non-cancelable (it being
understood that Contracts which are prepayable in accordance with their
terms shall not, by virtue of that fact alone, be deemed revocable,
conditional or cancelable) or, if not irrevocable and unconditional, have
the benefit of a Vendor Guarantee or (y) with respect to certain Leases
with Lessees that are governmental entities or municipalities, if such
Lease is canceled in accordance with its terms, either (1) the Vendor that
assigned such Lease to the applicable Financing Originator is
unconditionally obligated to repurchase such lease from the Financing
Originator for a purchase price not less than the Contract Principal
Balance of such Lease (as of the date of cancellation), or (2) pursuant to
the Purchase and Sale Agreement, CFUSA has indemnified the Depositor
against such cancellation in an amount at least equal to the Contract
Principal Balance of such Lease (as of the date of cancellation), less any
amounts paid by the Vendor pursuant to clause (1);
(o) no selection procedure adverse to the interests of the Trust or
the Equity Certificateholder was used in selecting the Contract for the
Contract Pool;
(p) the Obligor under the Contract is required to maintain casualty
insurance or to self-insure with respect to the related Equipment in
accordance with Customary Policies and Procedures;
(q) the Contract constitutes chattel paper, an account, an instrument
or a general intangible, in each case as defined under the UCC;
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(r) the Contract is not a "consumer lease" as defined in Section
2A-103(1)(e) of the UCC;
(s) if such Contract is a Lease, to the best knowledge of the relevant
Financing Originator, the Lessee thereunder has accepted and has had
reasonable opportunity to inspect the related Equipment;
(t) except as provided in clause (n) above, the Contract is not
subject to any guarantee by the Financing Originator, nor has the Financing
Originator established any specific credit reserve with respect to the
related Obligor;
(u) if such Contract is a Lease, such Lease is a "triple net lease"
under which the Obligor is responsible for the maintenance, taxes and
insurance with respect to the related Equipment in accordance with general
industry standards applicable to such item of Equipment;
(v) if such Contract is a Vendor Loan, such Vendor Loan is secured by
an Eligible Secondary Contract having an aggregate Discounted Contract
Balance for such Eligible Secondary Contract (determined as of the relevant
Cutoff Date for such Vendor Loan) not less than the outstanding principal
amount of such Vendor Loan (assuming the interest rate specified in such
Vendor Loan is the "Sale Discount Rate" for purposes of calculating such
Discounted Contract Balance);
(w) such Contract is not an obligation of the United States of America
or an agency, department, or instrumentality of the United States of
America;
(x) such Contract contains provisions customary to similar financing
agreements for Financed Items, which provisions are sufficient and
enforceable (except as may be limited by applicable Insolvency Laws and the
availability of equitable remedies) to enable the relevant Financing
Originator (or its assignees, including the VFC Trust, the Depositor and
the Trust) to realize against the Financed Items related thereto (to the
extent such Financed Items secure or support the payment of the Contract);
(y) if the Obligor in respect of such Contract is a state or local
governmental entity or municipality, the conveyance of such a Contract
under and pursuant to the Transaction Documents does not violate applicable
state or municipal laws or regulations (if any) restricting or prohibiting
the assignment of claims against or obligations of such Obligor.
"Eligible Investments" means negotiable instruments or securities or other
investments (a) which, except in the case of demand or time deposits,
investments in money market funds and Eligible Repurchase Obligations, are
represented by instruments in bearer or registered form or the ownership of
which is represented by book entries by a Clearing Agency or by a Federal
Reserve Bank in favor of depository institutions eligible to have an account
with such Federal Reserve Bank who hold such investments on behalf of their
customers, (b) which, as of any date of determination, mature by their terms on
or prior to the Payment Date immediately following such date of determination
(or mature on such other Business Day as the Rating Agencies may approve), and
(c) which evidence:
(i) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to full
and timely payment by, the United States of America (or by any agency
thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States of America);
(ii) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of
depository institutions or trust companies incorporated under the laws of
the United States of America or any state thereof and subject to
supervision and examination by federal or state banking or depository
institution authorities; provided, however, that at the time of the Trust's
investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, the commercial
paper, if any, and short-term unsecured debt obligations (other than such
obligation whose rating is based on the credit of a Person other than such
institution or trust company) of such depository institution or trust
company shall have a credit rating from each of Standard & Poor's and
Moody's (and
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Fitch, but only if Fitch has issued a rating thereon) in the Highest
Required Investment Category granted by such Rating Agency;
(iii) commercial paper, or other short term obligations, having, at
the time of the Trust's investment or contractual commitment to invest
therein, a rating in the Highest Required Investment Category granted by
each of Standard & Poor's and Moody's (and Fitch, but only if Fitch has
issued a rating thereon);
(iv) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit that
are fully insured by the FDIC;
(v) notes that are payable on demand or bankers' acceptances issued by
any depository institution or trust company referred to in (ii) above;
(vi) investments in money market funds having, at the time of the
Trust's investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating of
the Highest Required Investment Category from each of Standard & Poor's and
Moody's (and Fitch, but only if Fitch has issued a rating thereon) or
having otherwise been approved in writing by each Rating Agency;
(vii) time deposits with an entity the commercial paper of which has,
at the time of the Trust's investment or contractual commitment to invest
therein, a rating of the Highest Required Investment Category granted by
each of Standard & Poor's and Moody's (and Fitch, but only if Fitch has
issued a rating thereon);
(viii) Eligible Repurchase Obligations; and
(ix) any other negotiable instruments or securities or other
investments in which the investment by the Trust therein has been approved
in writing by each Rating Agency.
"Eligible Repurchase Obligations" means repurchase obligations with respect
to any security that is a direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the
United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof the
obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States of America, in either case entered into with a depository institution or
trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (c)(ii) of the
definition of Eligible Investments.
"Eligible Secondary Contract" shall mean each Secondary Contract
(i) that satisfies all the criteria set forth in the definition of
"Eligible Contract" except clauses (b), (h) (with respect to ownership by
the Financing Originator of the Contract) and (w) thereof, and except that
the term "Obligor" shall mean "End-User" in all such criteria;
(ii) with respect to which Secondary Contract and the proceeds thereof
the relevant Financing Originator (or, in the case of VFC Contracts, the
VFC Trust, as assignee) has a duly perfected first priority lien; and
(iii) with respect to which (A) if such Secondary Contract secures a
Vendor Loan constituting a TCA Contract, the transfer of the TCA Financing
Originator's security interest in such Secondary Contract and the proceeds
thereof to CFUSA, the transfer of CFUSA's interest so acquired to the
Depositor, and, if applicable, the Depositor's transfer of its interest
therein to the VFC Trust and the VFC Trust's transfer of such interest back
to the Depositor, is effective to create in favor of the Depositor a lien
therein and such lien has been duly perfected, or (B) if the Secondary
Contract instead secures a Vendor Loan constituting an CFUSA Contract, then
the transfer of CFUSA's security interest in such Secondary
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Contract and the proceeds thereof to the Depositor, and if applicable, the
Depositor's transfer of its interest therein to the VFC Trust and the VFC
Trust's transfer of such interest back to the Depositor, is effective to
create in favor of the Depositor a lien therein and such lien has been duly
perfected.
"End-User" shall mean any party that uses the Financed Items pursuant to an
End-User Contract.
"End-User Contract" shall mean any CSA, Secured Note, Lease, IPA, or other
Financing Agreement covering Financed Items originated by an Originator.
"Equipment" means with respect to any Contract, the tangible assets
constituting "goods" within the meaning of the UCC, in each case financed or
leased by an Obligor pursuant to a Contract, or which otherwise provide security
for the payment of amounts payable thereunder.
"Equity Certificate" has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
"Equity Certificateholder" means the Person in whose name the Equity
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended or
supplemented from time to time.
"Excluded Amounts" means (i) any collections on deposit in the Collection
Account or otherwise received by the Servicer on or with respect to the Contract
Pool or related Equipment, which collections are attributable to any taxes, fees
or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, (ii) any collections
representing reimbursements of insurance premiums or payments for services that
were not financed by the applicable Originator, (iii) collections relating to
security deposits, and (iv) collections representing Late Charges, documentation
fees, administrative charges or extension fees on any Contract, or maintenance
premiums in respect of related Equipment.
"Excluded Residual Investments" means Residual Investments, other than
Guaranteed Residual Investments.
"FDIC" shall mean the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any
successor thereto.
"Financed Items" means Equipment, Software, Services and other property and
services that are permitted to be financed under Contracts in accordance with
Customary Policies and Procedures of the applicable Financing Originator.
"Financing Agreement" means each financing agreement covering Financed
Items, other than a CSA, a Secured Note, a Lease or an IPA.
["FINANCING ORIGINATOR" MEANS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING AS OF THE CLOSING DATE:
CIT TECHNOLOGY FINANCING SERVICES, INC.; CIT COMMUNICATIONS FINANCE CORPORATION;
AND CFUSA.]
"Fitch" means Fitch, Inc. or any successor thereto.
"Governmental Authority" means the United States of America, any state or
other political subdivision thereof, and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of, or pertaining
to, government.
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"Guaranteed Residual Investment" means each Residual Investment with
respect to which the Financing Originator may look to either the Vendor or to
the related Obligor on an End-User Contract constituting a Lease, and not just
the value of the related Equipment itself, to recover its full Residual
Investment.
"Highest Required Investment Category" means (i) with respect to ratings
assigned by S&P, A-1+ for short-term instruments and AAA for long-term
instruments, (ii) with respect to ratings assigned by Moody's, A2 or P-1 for one
month instruments, A1 or P-1 for three month instruments, Aa3 or P-1 for six
month instruments and Aaa or P-1 for instruments with a term in excess of six
months and (iii) with respect to ratings assigned by Fitch, D-1+P-1 P-1 for
short-term instruments and Aaa for long-term instruments.
"Holder" has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person at any date, without
duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such person for borrowed money or for the
deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current liabilities
incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with
customary trade practices) or which is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or
similar instrument, (b) all obligations of such Person under capital leases, (c)
all obligations of such Person in respect of acceptances or letters of credit
issued or created for the account of such Person, (d) all liabilities secured by
any Lien on any property owned by such Person even though such Person has not
assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof, and (e) obligations
of such Person under direct or indirect guaranties in respect of, and
obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or
otherwise to assure a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness or
obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (d) above.
"Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of the date hereof, between the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.
"Indenture Trustee" means the Person acting as Indenture Trustee under the
Indenture, its successors in interest and any successor trustee under the
Indenture.
"Independent", when used with respect to any specified Person, means such a
Person who (i) is in fact independent of the Issuer, the Depositor or the
Servicer, (ii) is not a director, officer or employee of any Affiliate of the
Issuer, the Depositor or the Servicer, (iii) is not a person related to any
officer or director of the Issuer, the Depositor or the Servicer or any of their
respective Affiliates, (iv) is not a holder (directly or indirectly) of more
than 10% of any voting securities of the Issuer, the Depositor or the Servicer
or any of their respective Affiliates, and (v) is not connected with the Issuer,
the Depositor or the Servicer as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter,
trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions.
"Ineligible Contract" has the meaning specified in Section 7.06.
"Initial Class A-1 Principal Amount" means $__________.
"Initial Class A-2 Principal Amount" means $__________.
"Initial Class A-3 Principal Amount" means $__________.
"Initial Class A-4 Principal Amount" means $__________.
"Initial Class A-5 Principal Amount" means $__________.
"Initial Class B Principal Amount" means $_________.
"Initial Class C Principal Amount" means $__________.
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"Initial Class D Principal Amount" means $_________.
"Initial Contract Assets" has the meaning assigned in Section 2.01 of the
Purchase and Sale Agreement.
"Initial Contract Pool Principal Balance" is $[ ].
"Initial Contracts" means those Contracts conveyed to the Trust on the
Closing Date.
"Initial Cutoff Date" means _________, 20__.
"Initial Principal Amount" means, when used in the context of a reference
to an individual Class of Notes, the initial principal amount applicable to such
Class as defined above.
"Insolvency Event" means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) the
filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises in respect of such Person or any substantial part of its property in an
involuntary case under any applicable Insolvency Law now or hereafter in effect,
or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator
or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property,
or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such Person's affairs, and such
decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days; or (b) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case
under any applicable Insolvency Law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent
by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under
such law, taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any substantial
part of its property; or (c) or the making by such Person of any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (d) the failure by such Person
generally to pay its debts as such debts become due; or (e) the admission by
such Person in writing of its inability generally to pay its debts when the same
become due; or (f) the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any of
the foregoing.
"Insolvency Laws" means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America
and all other applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium,
rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, suspension of payments,
or similar debtor relief laws from time to time in effect affecting the rights
of creditors generally.
"Insurance Policy" means, with respect to any Contract, an insurance policy
covering physical damage to or loss of the related Equipment.
"Insurance Proceeds" means, depending on the context, any amounts payable
or any payments made, to the Servicer (or applicable Financing Originator) under
any Insurance Policy.
"Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time.
"Investment Earnings" means, the investment earnings (net of losses and
investment expenses) on amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, Note
Distribution Account and the Cash Collateral Account.
"IPA" means each installment payment agreement, including as applicable,
schedules, subschedules, supplements and amendments, pursuant to which the
relevant Originator financed the purchase or acquisition of specified assets by
an Obligor for specified monthly, quarterly, semiannual or annual payments.
"Issuer" is defined in the preamble hereto.
"Late Charges" means any late payment fees paid by Obligors on Contracts.
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"Lease" means each agreement constituting a "lease" within the meaning of
Section 2A-103 of the UCC, and including, as applicable, schedules,
subschedules, supplements and amendments to a master lease, pursuant to which
the Originator, as lessor, leased specified assets to a Lessee at a specified
monthly, quarterly, semiannual or annual rental.
"Lessee" means, with respect to any Lease, the Obligor with respect to such
Lease.
"Lien" means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), equity
interest, participation interest, preference, priority or other security
agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever,
including, without limitation, any conditional transfer or other title retention
agreement, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect
as any of the foregoing.
"Liquidation Expenses" means, with respect to any Defaulted Contract, the
aggregate amount of all out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the
Servicer (including amounts paid to or expenses incurred by any subservicer,
other than subservicing fees, if any) in accordance with Customary Policies and
Procedures in connection with the repossession, refurbishing and disposition of
any related Equipment, and other out-of-pocket costs related to the liquidation
of any such Equipment, including reasonable attorneys fees incurred in the
attempted collection of any amount owing pursuant to such Defaulted Contract,
and including amounts determined by the Servicer in its reasonable discretion as
payable in respect of any sales, use, personal property or other taxes assessed
or to be assessed on repossessed or liquidated Equipment.
"Liquidation Proceeds" means, with respect to a Defaulted Contract,
proceeds from the transfer, lease or re-lease of the related Financed Items,
Insurance Proceeds, and any other recoveries with respect to such Defaulted
Contract and the related Financed Items (including, without limitation, amounts
received pursuant to a Program Agreement), but net of Liquidation Expenses, Late
Charges, amounts payable to a Vendor in respect of (and in amounts not
exceeding) amounts previously paid by such Vendor in respect of such Contract
under Vendor recourse provisions, and amounts, if any, so received that are
required to be refunded to the Obligor on such Contract.
"Material Adverse Effect" means, with respect to any event or circumstance,
a material adverse effect on:
(i) the ability of CFUSA, any Financing Originator, the VFC Trust, the
Depositor, the Trust or the Servicer to perform in all material respects
its obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document;
(ii) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other
Transaction Document, or the Contracts, or the collectibility of the
Contracts; or
(iii) the status, existence, perfection, priority or enforceability of
the Trust's interest in the Contracts and the other Trust Assets.
"Material Modification" means a termination or release (including pursuant
to prepayment), or an amendment, modification or waiver, or equivalent similar
undertaking or agreement, by the Servicer with respect to a Contract which would
not otherwise be permitted under the standards and criteria set forth in
Sections 5.08, 5.09 and/or 5.10 hereof.
"Maturity Date" means, as applicable, the Class A-1 Maturity Date, Class
A-2 Maturity Date, Class A-3 Maturity Date, Class A-4 Maturity Date, Class A-5
Maturity Date, Class B Maturity Date, Class C Maturity Date, or Class D Maturity
Date.
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"Minimum Value Filing Exception" means the variation from the relevant
Financing Originator's normal policies and practices with respect to filing UCC
financing statements against an Obligor describing Equipment which is the
subject of a Contract, in each case as set forth in Exhibit J hereto.
"Monthly Report" has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.
"Moody's" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
"Note" means any one of the notes of the Trust of any Class executed and
authenticated in accordance with the Indenture.
"Note Distribution Account" means the account established and maintained as
such pursuant to Section 7.01.
"Note Register" has the meaning given such term in Section 2.04 of the
Indenture.
"Noteholder" means any registered holder of a Note.
"Obligor" means, with respect to any Contract, the Person or Persons
obligated to make payments with respect to such Contract, including any
guarantor thereof (and including, with respect to a Contract consisting of a
Vendor Loan, the Vendor obligated in respect of such Vendor Loan).
"Officer's Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a certificate
signed by an authorized officer of such Person and delivered to the party
entitled to receipt thereof under any applicable Transaction Document.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel
(including internal counsel) for the Depositor or the Servicer and who shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Owner Trustee.
"Originator" means, with respect to each Contract, the party that is the
original lessor or financing party thereunder.
"Owner Trustee" means _________Bank, not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, its successors in interest
and any successor owner trustee under the Trust Agreement.
"Payment Date" shall mean the twentieth (20th) day of each calendar month
or, if such twentieth (20th) day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding
Business Day, with the first such Payment Date hereunder being ________, 20__.
"Paying Agent" means any Person described as such in Section 7.04(b).
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"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant
to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA.
"Permitted Liens" means
(a) with respect to Contracts in the Contract Pool:
(i) Liens for state, municipal or other local taxes if such taxes
shall not at the time be due and payable or if the Depositor shall
currently be contesting the validity thereof in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and shall have set aside on its books adequate
reserves with respect thereto;
(ii) Liens in favor of CFUSA created by a TCA Financing
Originator pursuant to the Conveyancing Agreement, or Liens in favor
of the Depositor created pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement
or Liens in favor of the VFC Trust created pursuant to the VFC Pooling
Agreement, in each case transferred to the Trust pursuant hereto;
(iii) Liens in favor of the Trust created pursuant to this
Agreement; and
(iv) Liens in favor of the Indenture Trustee created pursuant to
the Indenture and/or this Agreement; and
(b) with respect to the related Equipment:
(i) materialmen's, warehousemen's, mechanics' and other liens
arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business for
sums not due;
(ii) Liens for state, municipal or other local taxes if such
taxes shall not at the time be due and payable or if the Depositor
shall currently be contesting the validity thereof in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and shall have set aside on its books adequate
reserves with respect thereto;
(iii) Liens in favor of CFUSA created by a TCA Financing
Originator pursuant to the Conveyancing Agreement, or Liens in favor
of the Depositor created pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement,
in each case transferred to the Trust pursuant hereto or Liens in
favor of the Depositor created pursuant to the VFC Purchase and Sale
Agreement;
(iv) Liens in favor of the Trust created pursuant to this
Agreement;
(v) Liens in favor of an Originator which have been transferred
to the applicable Financing Originator and pursuant to the Purchase
and Sale Agreement by such Financing Originator to the Depositor
(through CFUSA and the Conveyancing Agreement in the case of TCA
Financing Originators, and through CFUSA, the Depositor and the VFC
Trust and the VFC Assignment in the case of the VFC Contracts) and in
each case transferred to the Trust pursuant hereto;
(vi) Liens in favor of the Indenture Trustee crated pursuant to
the Indenture and/or this Agreement;
(vii) (A) interests in favor of Dell Financial Services, L.P.
("DFS") which are subject to the prior payment of all Obligor
obligations in respect of Scheduled Payments on the related Contract
and which have been transferred by DFS along with the related Contract
to its limited purpose affiliate, DFS--SPV, L.P., and (B) interests in
favor of a Vendor which are subject to the prior payment of all
Obligor obligations in respect of Scheduled Payments on the related
Contract; and
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(viii) Liens granted by the End-Users which are subordinated to
the interest of the Trust in such Equipment.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust
(including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated organization or government
or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Plan" means an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title IV
of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the
Code as to which the Servicer or any member of the Controlled Group may have any
liability.
"Pledged Revenues" means (i) all Scheduled Payments on the Contracts
received on or after the Cut-Off Date (excluding the Excluded Amounts); (ii) any
Prepayments received on the Contracts on or after the Cut-Off Date (other than
(a) in the case of a Lease, any portion thereof allocated to the Depositor, or
(b) in the case of a Prepaid Contract for which a substitution has been made in
accordance with Section ___ of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that portion
thereof to which the Depositor is entitled pursuant to Section ___); (iii) the
Purchase Amount of any Contracts purchased by CFUSA in accordance with Section
___ of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (other than any portion thereof
attributable in the case of a Lease to the Excluded Residual Investment of the
related Equipment); (iv) the amount paid by the Depositor to purchase the
Contracts pursuant to Section ___ of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (v)
that portion of the Liquidation Proceeds received in respect of any Contracts
and the disposition of the related Equipment on or after the Cut-Off Date and
allocated to the Trust; and (vi) any earnings on the investment of amounts
credited to the Trust Accounts. Pledged Revenues shall not include any amounts
received with respect to any Excluded Residual Investment.
"Pooling Agreement" means this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof.
"Prepaid Contract" means any Contract that has terminated or been prepaid
in full prior to its scheduled expiration date (including because of a Casualty
Loss), other than a Defaulted Contract.
"Prepayment" means with respect to any Collection Period for any Contract,
a partial or full prepayment of amounts due and owing under such Contract.
"Principal Amount" means, with respect to a Class of Notes, the aggregate
Initial Principal Amount thereof reduced by (i) the aggregate amount of any
payments applied in reduction of such principal amount and (ii) the aggregate
amount of any payments then on deposit in the Note Distribution Account, if any,
for such Class of Notes established in accordance with the Indenture and to be
applied in reduction of such principal amount in accordance with such Indenture.
"Principal Differential" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the
excess, if any, of (i) the remainder, if any, of (a) the Aggregate Principal
Amount of the Notes (prior to giving effect to the payment of principal on the
Notes on such Payment Date) minus (b) the lesser of (1) the Contract Pool
Principal Balance as of the related Accounting Date for the preceding Payment
Date, minus the Contract Pool Principal Balance as of the related Accounting
Date for such Payment Date, or (2) the Related Collection Period Pledged Revenue
remaining after the payment of amounts owing to the Servicer and the payment of
all interest due on the Notes on such Payment Date, over (ii) the aggregate of
the Required Payoff Amounts for all Contracts as of the related Accounting Date.
"Principal Deficiency Amount" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the
lesser of (a) the Current Realized Losses for the related Collection Period or
(b) the excess, if any, of (i) the Principal Amount of the Notes (after giving
effect to all distributions of principal from the Available Pledged Revenues
(determined without regard to the last sentence of the definition thereof) on
such Payment Date), over (ii) the aggregate of the Required Payoff Amounts for
all Contracts as of the last day of the related Collection Period.
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"Program Agreement" means each vendor finance program agreement pursuant to
which End-User Contracts originated by a Vendor are assigned to the applicable
Financing Originator.
"Prospectus" has the meaning given such term in the Underwriting Agreement.
"Purchase Amount" means, with respect to Ineligible Contracts, on any date
of determination, the aggregate Required Payoff Amount for such Ineligible
Contracts as of the related Accounting Date.
"Purchase and Sale Agreement" means the Purchase and Sale Agreement dated
as of ________, 20__ among CFUSA, _________ and the Depositor, as the same may
be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Purchase Price" means, with respect to any Contract conveyed on the
Closing Date (or any Subsequent Transfer Date, as applicable), an amount equal
to the Contract Principal Balance of such Contract as of the applicable Cutoff
Date.
"Qualified Eligible Investments" means Eligible Investments acquired by the
Indenture Trustee in its name and in its capacity as Indenture Trustee, which
are held by the Indenture Trustee in the Trust Accounts and with respect to
which (a) the Indenture Trustee has noted its interest therein on its books and
records, and (b) the Indenture Trustee has purchased such investments for value
without notice of any adverse claim thereto (and, if such investments are
securities or other financial assets or interests therein, within the meaning of
Section 8-102 of the UCC as enacted in the State of New York, without acting in
collusion with a securities intermediary in violating such securities
intermediary's obligations to entitlement holders in such assets, under Section
8-504 of such UCC, to maintain a sufficient quantity of such assets in favor of
such entitlement holders), and (c) either (i) such investments are in the
possession of the Indenture Trustee, or (ii) such investments, (A) if
certificated securities and in bearer form, have been delivered to the Indenture
Trustee, or in registered form, have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee and
either registered by the issuer in the name of the Indenture Trustee or endorsed
by effective endorsement to the Indenture Trustee or in blank; (B) if
uncertificated securities, the ownership of which has been registered to the
Indenture Trustee on the books of the issuer thereof (or another person, other
than a securities intermediary, either becomes the registered owner of the
uncertified security on behalf of the Indenture Trustee or, having previously
become the registered owner, acknowledges that it holds for the Indenture
Trustee); or (C) if securities entitlements (within the meaning of Section 8-102
of the UCC as enacted in the State of New York) representing interests in
securities or other financial assets (or interests therein) held by a securities
intermediary (within the meaning of said Section 8-102), a securities
intermediary indicates by book entry that a security or other financial asset
has been credited to the Indenture Trustee's securities account with such
securities intermediary. Any such Qualified Eligible Investment may be purchased
by or through the Indenture Trustee or any of its Affiliates.
"Qualified Institution" means (a) the corporate trust department of the
Indenture Trustee or (b) a depository institution organized under the laws of
the United States of America or any one of the states thereof or the District of
Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), (i) (A) which has (or the
parent corporation of which has) either (1) a long-term unsecured debt rating
acceptable to the Rating Agencies or (2) a short-term unsecured debt rating or
certificate of deposit rating acceptable to the Rating Agencies or (B) which is
otherwise acceptable to the Rating Agencies and (ii) whose deposits are insured
by the FDIC.
"Rating Agency" means each of S&P, Xxxxx'x, and Fitch, so long as such
Persons maintain a rating on the Notes; and if none of S&P, Xxxxx'x, or Fitch no
longer maintains a rating on the Notes; such other nationally recognized
statistical rating organization selected by the Depositor.
"Rating Agency Condition" means, with respect to any action or series of
related actions or proposed transaction or series of related proposed
transactions, that each Rating Agency shall have notified the Depositor and the
Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in writing that such action or series of
related actions or the consummation of such proposed transaction or series of
related transactions will not result in a Ratings Effect.
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"Ratings Effect" means, with respect to any action or series of related
actions or proposed transaction or series of related proposed transactions, a
reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding Class with respect to
which a Rating Agency has previously issued a rating as a result of such action
or series of related actions or the consummation of such proposed transaction or
series of related transactions.
"Record Date" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the calendar day
immediately preceding such Payment Date.
"Related Collection Period Pledged Revenues" means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the amount of Pledged Revenues in the Collection Account as of the
Deposit Date which were received by the Servicer during the related Collection
Period, including all Liquidation Proceeds [(other than in respect of Excluded
Residual Investment)] so received by excluding any Purchase Amounts.
"Replaced Assets" has the meaning assigned such term in Section 2.04.
"Replaced Contracts" has the meaning assigned such term in Section 2.04.
"Reportable Event" means a reportable event as defined in Section 4043 of
ERISA and the regulations issued under such section, with respect to a Plan,
excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC has by regulation waived
the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within 30 days
of the occurrence of such event, provided, however, that a failure to meet the
minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code and of Section 302 of ERISA
shall be a Reportable Event regardless of the issuance of any such waiver of the
notice requirement in accordance with either Section 4043(a) of ERISA or Section
412(d) of the Code.
"Required Holders" means (i) prior to the payment in full of the Class A
Notes Outstanding, Class A-1 Noteholders, Class A-2 Noteholders, Class A-3
Noteholders, Class A-4 Noteholders and/or Class A-5 Noteholders holding Class
A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes, Class A-4 Notes and/or Class A-5
Notes evidencing more than 66 2/3% of the Aggregate Principal Amount of all
Class A Notes Outstanding, (ii) from and after the payment in full of the Class
A Notes Outstanding, Holders of Class B Notes holding Class B Notes evidencing
more than 66 2/3% of the Aggregate Principal Amount of all Class B Notes
Outstanding, (iii) from and after the payment in full of the Class B Notes
Outstanding, Holders of Class C Notes holding Class C Notes evidencing more than
66 2/3% of the Aggregate Principal Amount of all Class C Notes Outstanding, and
(iv) from and after the payment in full of the Class C Notes Outstanding,
Holders of Class D Notes holding Class D Notes evidencing more than 66 2/3% of
the Aggregate Principal Amount of all Class D Notes Outstanding.
"Required Payoff Amount" means, with respect to any Collection Period for a
Contract, the sum of (i) the Scheduled Payment due in such Collection Period,
together with any Scheduled Payments due in prior Collection Periods but not yet
received, plus (ii) the Contract Principal Balance of such Contract (after
taking into account the Scheduled Payment due in such Collection Period whether
or not received).
"Requirements of Law" for any Person means the certificate of incorporation
or articles of association and by-laws or other organizational or governing
documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or order or
determination of an arbitrator or Governmental Authority, in each case
applicable to or binding upon such Person or to which such Person is subject,
whether Federal, state or local (including, without limitation, usury laws, the
Federal Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z and Regulation B of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System).
"Required Cash Collateral Amount" means, (i) with respect to any Payment
Date on or prior to the Payment Date occurring in [ ], an amount equal to $[ ],
and (ii) with respect to any Payment Date thereafter, an amount equal to the
greater of (a) the sum of (1) [ ]% of the Contract Pool Principal Balance for
such Payment Date, plus (2) the excess, if any of (A) the Aggregate Principal
Amount of the Notes (after giving effect to all distributions of principal on
such Payment Date) over (B) the Contract Pool Principal Balance for such Payment
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Date, and (b) $[ ]; provided, that in no event will the Required Cash Collateral
Amount exceed the Aggregate Principal Amount of the Notes.
"Residual Investment" means, with respect to certain Leases, any funds that
the Financing Originator shall have advanced against all or any portion of the
anticipated residual value of the leased Equipment upon the expiration of such
Lease in accordance with its terms, and in excess of the discounted present
value of the rental payments due under such Lease.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Owner Trustee, any officer
in its Corporate Trust Administration Department (or any similar group of a
successor Owner Trustee) customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to
whom a corporate trust matter is referred because of knowledge of, familiarity
with, and authority to act with respect to a particular matter.
"Scheduled Payment" means, with respect to any Contract, the monthly or
quarterly or semi-annual or annual rent or financing (whether principal or
principal and interest) payment or other payment scheduled to be made by the
related Obligor under the terms of such Contract (or, if applicable, from a
Vendor or Obligor with respect to any Guaranteed Residual Investment); it being
understood that Scheduled Payments do not include any Excluded Amount or
Excluded Residual Investment but does not include Guaranteed Residual
Investment.
"Schedule of Contracts" means the schedule of Contracts which are conveyed
to the Trust pursuant to the related Assignment Agreement, executed and
delivered on or as of the Closing Date, which schedule shall identify by any
reasonable means or designation the applicable Financing Originator with respect
to each Contract identified in such Schedule, and which shall otherwise be
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. Such Schedule shall be
supplemented from time to time (a) by each subsequent Substitution Schedule of
Contracts with respect to each Substitution Transfer Agreement and related
Substitution Transfer, which Schedules of Contracts shall be deemed incorporated
and made a part of the original Schedule of Contracts on Exhibit C hereto; and
(b) by the Servicer from time to time to reflect the release by and removal from
the Trust Assets of (i) Contracts released in connection with (A) in respect of
a Contract becoming a Prepaid Contract in accordance herewith or having its
final Scheduled Payment paid in full in accordance with the Contract, or (B) in
respect of a repurchase from the Trust through payment of a Purchase Amount, and
(ii) Replaced Contracts. The comprehensive Schedule of Contracts is to be
maintained by the Servicer (with copies thereof, as the same shall be
supplemented or amended as described above, to be provided promptly to the Owner
Trustee). With respect to the Closing Date Transfer Agreement (or Substitution
Transfer Agreement, as applicable), "Schedule of Contracts" shall mean the
schedule attached thereto identifying the Contracts being conveyed thereby.
"Schedule of Representations" means the Schedule of Representations and
Warranties set forth on Exhibit G hereto.
"Secondary Contract" shall mean, with respect to a Vendor Loan, each
End-User Contract securing such Vendor Loan.
"Secured Note" means each promissory note with a related security interest
evidenced by written agreement, pursuant to which the purchase of specified
assets by an Obligor or End-User is financed for specified monthly, quarterly,
semiannual or annual payments.
"Securities" means the Notes and the Certificate, or any of them.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to
time.
"Securityholders" means the Holders of the Notes or the Certificate.
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"Servicer" means initially _____, until any Successor Servicer is appointed
pursuant to Article VIII hereof, and thereafter, means the Successor Servicer so
appointed.
"Servicer Advance" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the amounts, if
any, deposited by the Servicer in the Collection Account for such Payment Date
in respect of Scheduled Payments pursuant to Section 5.14 hereof.
"Servicer Default" has the meaning given such term in Section 8.01.
"Services" means, in connection with the financing of Software by an
Originator, the support and consulting services related to such Software, the
procurement of which was also financed by such Originator pursuant to a
Contract.
"Servicing Fee" has the meaning specified in Section 5.18 hereof.
"Servicing Fee Percentage" means 0.75%.
"Servicing Officer" means any officer of the Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of Contracts.
"Servicing Standard" means, with respect to the servicing and collection
activities of the Servicer concerning the Contract Assets, the conduct of such
activities with reasonable care, using that degree of skill and attention that
the relevant Financing Originator for such Contract Assets exercises with
respect to all comparable contracts and related assets that it services for
itself or others, and in accordance with Customary Policies and Procedures and
applicable law.
"Servicing Transfer" is defined in Section 8.02(b).
"Software" means the computer software programs financed or leased by an
Obligor pursuant to a Contract.
"Solvent" means, as to any Person at any time, that (a) the fair value of
the Property of such Person is greater than the amount of such Person's
liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as
such value is established and liabilities evaluated for purposes of Section
101(31) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) the present fair saleable value of the
Property of such Person in an orderly liquidation of such Person is not less
than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such
Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured; (c) such Person is able
to realize upon its Property and pay its debts and other liabilities (including
disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as they mature in the normal
course of business; (d) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe
that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person's ability to pay as
such debts and liabilities mature; and (e) such Person is not engaged in
business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or a
transaction, for which such Person's property would constitute unreasonably
small capital.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Service, a division of The McGraw
Hill Companies, or any successor thereto.
"Subsidiary" means with respect to a Person, any corporation or other
entity of which securities or other ownership interests (whether directly or
indirectly in connection with contract rights) having ordinary voting power to
elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar
functions are at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person.
"Substitute Contract" means any Contract conveyed, assigned and transferred
by the Depositor or CFUSA to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.04.
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"Substitute Contract Assets" means Contract Assets relating to Substitute
Contracts.
"Substitute Contract Qualification Conditions" means, with respect to any
Substitute Contract being transferred to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.04,
each of the following:
(1) the accuracy of each of the following statements as of the related
Cutoff Date for such Contract:
(a) the Contract Principal Balance of such Substitute Contract is
not less than that of the related Replaced Contract[s];
(b) no adverse selection procedure shall have been employed in
the selection of such Substitute Contract from the Financing
Originator's portfolio;
(c) each such Substitute Contract satisfied the criteria set
forth in the definition of Eligible Contract herein; and
(d) if the Replaced Contract for which such Substitute Contract
is being substituted was a TCA Contract, then such Substitute Contract
is itself a TCA Contract, and if such Replaced Contract is an CFUSA
Contract, then such Substitute Contract is itself an CFUSA Contract;
and
(2) with respect to any such Substitute Contract which is replacing a
Replaced Contract of the type described in clause (a) of the definition of
Substitution Event (a "Type"), the condition that after giving effect to
such transfer, the Contract Pool Principal Balance of all Substitute
Contracts transferred to the Trust since the Closing Date in respect of
Replaced Contracts of the same Type shall not exceed 10% of the Contract
Pool Principal Balance as of the Initial Cutoff Date.
"Substitute Transferred Assets" has the meaning assigned such term in
Section 2.04.
"Substitution Assignment Agreement" means, with respect to any Substitute
Contracts, the agreement between CFUSA and the Depositor pursuant to which CFUSA
transfers the identified Substitute Contracts to the Depositor, the form of
which is attached to the Purchase and Sale Agreement as Exhibit B.
"Substitution Cutoff Date" means the date specified as such for the
relevant Substitute Contracts, in the related Substitution Transfer Agreement.
"Substitution Event" means, with respect to any transfer of a related
Substitute Contract to the Trust under Section 2.04, the occurrence of any of
the following: (a) one or more Contracts identified in the related Substitution
Notice as being an intended Replaced Contract with respect to such Substitute
Contract, has become a Defaulted Contract, (b) one or more Contracts identified
in the related Substitution Notice as being an intended Replaced Contract with
respect to such Substitute Contract, has been subjected to a Material
Modification, (c) one or more Contracts identified in the related Substitution
Notice as being an intended Replaced Contract with respect to such Substitute
Contract, has become an Ineligible Contract, or (d) one or more Contracts
identified in the related Substitution Notice as being an intended Replaced
Contract with respect to such Substitute Contract, has become a Prepaid Contract
and the Trust has not yet received the related Prepayment.
"Substitution Notice" means, with respect to any transfer of Substitute
Contracts to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.04 (and the applicable Financing
Originator's corresponding conveyance and assignment of such Substitute
Contracts), a notice, which shall be given at least five days prior to the
related Substitution Transfer Date, identifying the Substitute Contracts to be
transferred, the Contract Principal Balance of such Substitute Contracts and the
related Substitution Event (with respect to an identified Contract or Contracts
then in the Contracts Pool, which will upon such substitution become a Replaced
Contract) to which such Substitute Contract relates, with such notice to be
signed both by the Depositor and the applicable Financing Originator[s].
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"Substitution Schedule of Contracts" means a schedule or list,
substantially in the form of the initial Schedule of Contracts delivered on the
Closing Date, but listing each Substitute Contract being transferred to the
Trust pursuant to a related Substitution Transfer Agreement, as well as the
related Replaced Contracts being removed from the existing Contract Pool by
virtue of such substitution.
"Substitution Transfer Agreement" means the agreement identified as such in
Section 2.04 hereof.
"Substitution Transfer Date" means any date on which Substitute Contracts
are transferred to the Trust.
"Successor Servicer" has the meaning given such term in Section 8.02(b).
"Tax Opinion" means, with respect to any action, an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that, for federal income tax purposes, (i) following such action the
Trust will not be deemed to be an association (or publicly traded partnership)
taxable as a corporation, (ii) following such action the Trust will be
disregarded as a separate entity from the Depositor, and (iii) such action will
not affect the tax characterization as debt of Notes of any outstanding Class
issued by the Trust for which an Opinion of Counsel has been provided that such
Notes are debt.
"Total Principal Payment Amount" means, with respect to any Payment Date,
the difference between (a) the aggregate outstanding principal of all Classes of
Notes and (b) the Contract Pool Principal Balance as of the last day of the
Collection Period immediately preceding such Payment Date; provided, that the
amount referred to in clause (b) shall be deemed to be zero on any Payment Date
on which the Contract Pool Principal Balance is less than $1,000,000.
"TCA" means, collectively, the following affiliates of CFUSA: __________,
_________, and _________.
"TCA Assignment" has the meaning given such term in the Conveyancing
Agreement.
"TCA Assignment Date" has the meaning given such term in the Conveyancing
Agreement.
"TCA Contract" has the meaning given such term in the Conveyancing
Agreement.
"TCA Contract Assets" has the meaning given such term in the Conveyancing
Agreement.
"TCA Contract File" has the meaning given such term in the Conveyancing
Agreement.
"TCA Financing Originator" means the Financing Originators (other than
CFUSA) in each case in the capacity of a TCA Financing Originator party to the
Conveyancing Agreement with CFUSA.
"Transaction Documents" means this Agreement, the Transfer Agreement, any
Substitution Transfer Agreement, the Conveyancing Agreement, any TCA Assignment,
the Purchase and Sale Agreement, any Assignment Agreement, the Trust Agreement,
the Administration Agreement, the Indenture, the Cash Collateral Account
Agreement and the Underwriting.
"Transfer Agreement" means, the Transfer Agreement dated the Closing Date
between the Depositor and the Trust pursuant to which the Depositor conveys and
assigns the Contract and other related Transferred Assets to the Trust, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
"Transferred Assets" means with respect to any Contracts (including
Substitute Contracts) conveyed or being conveyed to the Trust pursuant to this
Agreement, all right and interest of the Depositor in, to and under the
following:
(i) such Contracts and other related Contract Assets (subject to the
proviso below);
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(ii) related rights of the Depositor under the Purchase and Sale
Agreement and related Assignment Agreement (or Substitution Assignment
Agreement, as applicable) and the VFC Assignment, including, without
limitation, in respect of the obligation of CFUSA to repurchase or
substitute for such Contracts under certain circumstances as specified
therein; and
(iii) rights under the Transfer Agreement and each Substitution
Transfer Agreement; and
(iv) all income from and proceeds of the foregoing;
provided, that Transferred Assets shall not include any title to or
ownership interest in the Equipment related to such Contracts (although security
interests in such Equipment established pursuant to the related Contract, and
proceeds thereof, shall constitute Transferred Assets), and provided further,
that the security interest granted by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.01
hereof in related Equipment owned by it, shall constitute part of Transferred
Assets.
"Trust" means the trust created by the Trust Agreement, the assets and
property of which consists of the Trust Assets.
"Trust Accounts" means, collectively, the Collection Account, the Cash
Collateral Account and the Note Distribution Account, or any of them.
"Trust Account Property" means the Trust Accounts, all amounts and
investments held from time to time in any Trust Account (whether in the form of
deposit accounts, physical property, book-entry securities, uncertificated
securities or otherwise), and all proceeds of the foregoing.
"Trust Agreement" means the Trust Agreement, dated as of _________, 20__,
between the Depositor and the Owner Trustee, as amended, restated, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Trust Assets" has the meaning given to such term in the Trust Agreement.
"Trust Estate" shall have the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
"Trustees" means the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, or any of
them individually as the context may require.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in New York; provided,
however, in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any and
all of the attachment, perfection or priority of the Lien of the Trust in and to
the Trust Assets or the Lien of the Indenture Trustee in and to the Collateral
is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other
than the State of New York, the term UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof
relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of
definitions related to such provisions.
"UCC Filing Locations" means the States of New Jersey and _________ and
each other State in which the Servicer maintains the Contract Files related to
Contracts in the Contracts Pool (as of the Closing Date, the State of _________,
and each State in which a Vendor which is an Obligor on a Vendor Loan is located
(as defined in the UCC in such State)).
"Uncollectible Advance" means with respect to any Determination Date and
any Contract, the amount, if any, advanced by the Servicer pursuant to Section
5.14 which the Servicer has as of such Determination Date determined in good
faith will not be ultimately recoverable by the Servicer.
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"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement, dated ________,
20__ among ________ (as an underwriter thereunder and as representative of the
underwriters) and the Depositor.
"Unreimbursed Servicer Advances" means, at any time, the amount of all
previous Servicer Advances (or portions thereof) as to which the Servicer has
not been reimbursed as of such time pursuant to Section 7.05 and which the
Servicer has determined in its sole discretion are Uncollectible Advances, and
with respect to which the Servicer has given a written certification to such
effect to the Owner Trustee (which certification may take the form of an entry
on a Monthly Report identifying Unreimbursed Servicer Advances).
"United States" means the United States of America.
"Vehicle" means any motor vehicle, the transfer of interests in which is
governed by a state certificate of title or registry system.
"Vendor" means, with respect to a Contract, the equipment manufacturer,
dealer or distributor, or software licensor or distributor, or other Person that
provided financing under such Contract in connection with the acquisition or use
by an End-User of such party's Equipment, Software, Services or other products.
"Vendor Agreements" means the collective reference to Vendor Assignments
and Program Agreements.
"Vendor Assignment" means each assignment agreement pursuant to which an
individual End-User Contract originated by a Vendor is assigned by such Vendor
to the Financing Originator.
"Vendor Guarantee" means the irrevocable obligation of a Vendor to pay to
the Financing Originator the aggregate outstanding principal amount of a
Contract which has been canceled by the related Obligor pursuant to the terms of
such Contract.
"Vendor Loan" means a limited recourse loan agreement payable by a Vendor
and secured by the Vendor's interest in Secondary Contracts and by the
Equipment, if any, related thereto.
"VFC Assignment" means the Release and Assignment instrument dated
________, 20__, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-1, executed by the VFC
Trust conveying, assigning and releasing the VFC Contract Assets to the
Depositor.
"VFC Contract Assets" means the Contract Assets pertaining to the VFC
Contracts.
"VFC Contracts" means Contracts conveyed by the VFC Trust to the Depositor
pursuant to the VFC Assignment, as listed in the Schedule of Contracts attached
to the VFC Assignment.
"VFC TRUST" MEANS THE CIT EQUIPMENT TRUST - VFC SERIES CREATED AND
EXISTING PURSUANT TO THE TRUST AGREEMENT DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 25, 1999, AS
AMENDED BY AMENDMENT NO. 1 DATED AS OF JUNE 27, 2000 BY AND BETWEEN THE
DEPOSITOR AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE) AS OWNER TRUSTEE.
"VFC POOLING AGREEMENT" MEANS ________________________________________.
"Vice President" of any Person means any vice president of such Person,
whether or not designated by a number or words before or after the title "Vice
President," who is a duly elected officer of such Person.
"Voting Power" means, with respect to any outstanding membership interest
of the Depositor, the power (expressed as a percentage) represented by such
membership interest of the aggregate voting power of all outstanding membership
interests of the Depositor having ordinary voting power, including the power to
vote for
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election of members of the Board of Directors (and, if any class thereof has
power to designate members of the Board of Directors or any special committee
thereof, the power so to designate).
Section 1.02. Usage of Terms. With respect to all terms in this Agreement,
the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; words importing
any gender include the other genders; references to "writing" include printing,
typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a visible form;
references to agreements and other contractual instruments include all
amendments, modifications and supplements thereto or any changes therein entered
into in accordance with their respective terms and not prohibited by this
Agreement; references to Persons include their permitted successors and assigns;
and the term "including" means "including without limitation."
Section 1.03. Section References. All section references, unless otherwise
indicated, shall be to Sections in this Agreement.
Section 1.04. Accounting Terms. All accounting terms used but not
specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States.
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ARTICLE II
FUNDINGS OF TRUST; TRANSFERS OF CONTRACTS
Section 2.01. Creation and Funding of Trust; Transfer of Transferred Assets
to Trust. (a) The Trust shall be created pursuant to the terms and conditions of
the Trust Agreement, upon the execution and delivery of the Trust Agreement and
the filing by the Owner Trustee of an appropriately completed Certificate of
Trust under the Business Trust Statute. The Depositor, as settlor of the Trust,
shall fund and convey assets to the Trust pursuant to the terms and provisions
hereof. The Trust shall be administered pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement, the Administration Agreement and the Trust Agreement for the benefit
of the Noteholder and the Equity Certificateholder. Each of the Owner Trustee
and the Administrator (as defined in the Administration Agreement) is hereby
specifically recognized by the parties hereto as empowered to conduct business
dealings on behalf of the Trust in accordance with the terms hereof and of the
Trust Agreement and Administration Agreement.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, on the Closing
Date, the Depositor shall transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the
Trust by execution of the Transfer Agreement, without recourse (other than as
expressly provided herein), (i) all the right and interest of the Depositor in
and to the Contracts and related Transferred Assets identified in such Transfer
Agreement, (ii) the remittances, deposits and payments made into the Collection
Account from time to time and amounts in the Collection Account from time to
time (and any investments of such amounts), and (iii) all proceeds and products
of the foregoing.
(c) The parties hereto hereby agree and acknowledge that title to or
ownership of any related Equipment shall not be transferred to the Trust upon
such conveyance and that the Depositor shall retain its ownership interest (to
the extent the same has been so conveyed to the Depositor pursuant to the
Purchase and Sale Agreement and Assignment Agreements) in such Equipment
(provided, that the parties agree and intend that any mere security interest, as
opposed to title or ownership interest, in the related Equipment which secures
the Contract pursuant to the terms thereof, is being assigned and conveyed as
part of the Transferred Assets in accordance with the definition thereof). The
Depositor and the Trust further intend and agree that, except as described in
the preceding sentence with respect to ownership interests in related Equipment,
any such transfer is intended to be a conveyance and transfer of ownership of
the related Transferred Assets (or Substitute Transferred Assets conveyed as
described in Section 2.04 below) and that such Transferred Assets shall not be
part of the Depositor's estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy
petition by or against the Depositor under any bankruptcy law. In the event,
however, that notwithstanding such intent and agreement, a transfer and
assignment contemplated hereby and in the Transfer Agreement (or Substitution
Transfer Agreement, as applicable) is determined not to be a conveyance of
ownership, this Agreement and the Transfer Agreement (or Substitution Transfer
Agreement, as applicable) shall be deemed to constitute the Depositor's grant to
the Trust of a perfected first priority security interest in such Transferred
Assets, and this Agreement and the Transfer Agreement (or Substitution Transfer
Agreement, as applicable), collectively, shall constitute a security agreement
under applicable law, securing the related obligations of the Trust to the
Noteholder and the Equity Certificateholder, in the order and priorities, and
subject to the other terms and conditions of, this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents, together with such other obligations or interests as may
arise hereunder and thereunder with respect to such Transferred Assets in favor
of the parties thereto.
(d) In furtherance of and not in limitation of any of the foregoing, the
Depositor with respect to each item of Equipment owned by it as described above,
by execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transfer Agreement (or
Substitution Transfer Agreement, as applicable), hereby and thereby on and as of
the Closing Date (or Substitution Transfer Date, as applicable) grants to the
Trust a security interest in such item of owned Equipment, securing in each case
an amount payable by the Trust in respect of the Notes corresponding to the
Contract Principal Balance from time to time of the related Contract; it being
understood, however, that (i) recourse to such Equipment in realization of the
benefits of such security interest shall only occur if the related Contract has
become a Defaulted Contract, and (ii) the application of Liquidation Proceeds
realized therefrom shall be governed in accordance with the provisions hereof
generally applicable to such Pledged Revenue and allocation in accordance with
the Allocation Criteria.
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Section 2.02. Conditions to Transfers. The Depositor shall transfer to the
Trust the Contracts and other Transferred Assets described in Section 2.01 above
only upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions on or prior to
the Closing Date and shall be deemed to have represented in respect of the
Closing Date that all such conditions are satisfied upon the Depositor's
delivery of the Transfer Agreement:
(a) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee on behalf
of the Trust the duly executed Transfer Agreement, which shall include a
Schedule of Contracts listing the Contracts being transferred on the
Closing Date;
(b) CFUSA shall have delivered and the VFC Trust shall have delivered
to the Depositor and the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust a duly
executed Assignment Agreement (in the case of CFUSA) and the VFC Assignment
(in the case of the VFC Trust) with respect to the Contracts being conveyed
by them, respectively, on the Closing Date;
(c) A letter from KPMG LLP, or another nationally recognized
accounting firm, addressed to the Depositor and stating that such firm has
reviewed a sample of the Initial Contracts and performed specific
procedures for such sample with respect to certain contract terms and which
identifies those Initial Contracts which do not conform;
(d) Copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of CFUSA, the
Servicer and the Depositor or of the Executive Committee of the Board of
Directors of CFUSA, the Servicer and the Depositor approving the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents to which any of them is a party, as applicable, and the
transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder, certified in each case
by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of CFUSA, the Servicer and the
Depositor;
(e) Officially certified, recent evidence of due incorporation or
formation, as the case may be and good standing of each of CFUSA and the
Depositor under the laws of Delaware;
(f) Evidence of proper filing with appropriate officers in the UCC
Filing Locations of UCC financing statements executed by CFUSA, as debtor,
naming the Depositor as secured party (and the Owner Trustee as assignee)
and identifying the Contract Assets as collateral; evidence of proper
filing with appropriate officer in the UCC Filing Locations of a UCC
partial release identifying the VFC Contracts as collateral being released,
executed by the VFC Trust; and evidence of proper filing with appropriate
officer in the UCC Filing Locations of UCC financing statements executed by
the Depositor, as debtor, naming the Owner Trustee as secured party (and
the Indenture Trustee as assignee) and identifying the Trust Assets as
collateral; and evidence of proper filing with appropriate officers in the
UCC Filing Locations of UCC financing statements executed by the Trust and
naming the Indenture Trustee as secured party and identifying the Trust
Assets, as collateral;
(g) Evidence of deposit in the Collection Account of all Pledged
Revenues received with respect to the Initial Contracts after the Initial
Cutoff Date through and including the date which is two days preceding the
Closing Date, together with an Officer's Certificate from the Servicer to
the effect that such amount is materially correct;
(h) Evidence of deposit in the Cash Collateral Account of the initial
Required Cash Collateral Amount;
(i) A fully executed Purchase and Sale Agreement, together with the
Assignment Agreement executed by CFUSA pursuant thereto;
(j) A fully executed VFC Assignment;
(k) A fully executed Trust Agreement;
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(l) A fully executed Administration Agreement;
(m) A fully executed Indenture;
(n) an opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP to the effect that for
federal income tax purposes, the Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class
A-3 Notes, Class A-4 Notes, Class A-5 Notes, Class B Notes, Class C Notes
and Class D Notes will be characterized as debt and the Trust will not be
characterized as an association (or publicly traded partnership) taxable as
a corporation;
(o) each of the representations and warranties made by CFUSA pursuant
to Article III of the Purchase and Sale Agreement shall be true and correct
as of the Closing Date (including the representation made thereunder as to
compliance with the UCC filing criteria as set forth in clause (j) of the
definition of Eligible Contract), and CFUSA shall have performed in all
material respects all obligations to be performed by it under the Purchase
and Sale on or prior to the Closing Date;
(p) each of the representations and warranties made by the Trust, the
Depositor and the Servicer pursuant to Article III hereof shall be true and
correct as of the Closing Date;
(q) the Depositor shall, at its own expense, on or prior to the
Closing Date indicate in its computer files that the Transferred Assets
identified in the Transfer Agreement have been conveyed to the Trust
pursuant to this Agreement and the Transfer Agreement;
(r) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from the
conveyance on the Closing Date that constitutes a Servicer Default; and
(s) the Depositor or the Servicer shall have provided the Owner
Trustee on behalf of the Trust a statement or computer disk listing the
Contract Pool Principal Balance on the Closing Date of the contracts being
transferred on the Closing Date.
The failure to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions to transfer or to
obtain a waiver thereof shall not be deemed to adversely affect the validity of
any such transfer.
Section 2.03. Acceptance by Trust. On the Closing Date, if all the
conditions specified in Section 2.02 above have been satisfied, the Owner
Trustee shall issue on behalf of the Trust to, or upon the order of the
Depositor the Equity Certificate representing ownership of a beneficial interest
in 100% of the Trust and the Owner Trustee shall issue, and the Indenture
Trustee shall authenticate, to, or upon the order of, the Depositor the Notes
secured by the Collateral. The Owner Trustee hereby acknowledges its acceptance,
on behalf of the Trust, of the Trust Assets, and declares that it shall maintain
such right and interest in the Trust Assets in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and the Trust Agreement on the trust herein and therein set forth.
Section 2.04. Conveyance of Substitute Contracts. (a) Subject to the
limitations set forth in (and the other terms and conditions of) this Section
2.04, the Depositor may substitute other Contracts and related assets for
Contracts and related Transferred Assets previously conveyed to the Trust and in
the Contract Pool, by conveying such other Contracts and related assets to the
Trust pursuant to the procedures and documentation specified below. Upon the
effectiveness of such substitution, such other Contracts and related Transferred
Assets (such Contracts, "Substitute Contracts", and collectively, "Substitute
Transferred Assets") shall, for all purposes of this Agreement and the Trust
Agreement, constitute and be considered as part of the Trust Assets, and the
Contracts already in the Contract Pool and related Transferred Assets for which
the Substitute Assets have been substituted (such Contracts, "Replaced
Contracts", and collectively, "Replaced Assets") shall no longer constitute
Trust Assets. Upon consummation of such substitution, the Trust shall be deemed
to have assigned to the Depositor all of the Trust's right, title and interest
in and to the Replaced Assets, without recourse, representation or warranty.
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In addition, the parties hereto intend and agree that any conveyance
described in this Section 2.04 is made with the intent and effect described in
subsection (c) of Section 2.01 above.
(b) Subject to the conditions set forth in this subsection (b) below, and
pursuant to one or more related Substitution Transfer Agreements, the Depositor
shall transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Trust, without
recourse (other than as expressly provided herein), (i) all the right and
interest of the Depositor in and to the Substitute Contracts listed on the
related Substitution Schedule of Contracts, and (ii) all other rights and
property interests consisting of Transferred Assets related to such Substitute
Contracts. The Depositor shall effect such transfers only upon the satisfaction
of each of the following conditions on or prior to the related Substitution
Transfer Date (and the delivery of a related Substitution Notice by the
Depositor shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Depositor that
such conditions have been or will be, as of the related Substitution Transfer
Date, satisfied):
(i) At least five days prior to the related Substitution Transfer
Date, the Depositor shall have provided the Owner Trustee on behalf of the
Trust and the Indenture Trustee with a Substitution Notice complying with
the definition thereof contained herein;
(ii) there shall have occurred, with respect to each such Substitute
Contract, a corresponding Substitution Event with respect to one or more
intended Replaced Contracts then constituting Contracts in the Contract
Pool;
(iii) the Substitute Contract(s) being conveyed to the Trust, satisfy
the Substitute Contract Qualification Conditions;
(iv) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee on behalf
of the Trust a duly executed written assignment agreement in substantially
the form of Exhibit E hereto (a "Substitution Transfer Agreement"), which
shall include a Substitution Schedule of Contracts identifying the
Substitute Contracts and the related Replaced Contracts;
(v) CFUSA shall have delivered to the Depositor and the Owner Trustee
on behalf of the Trust a duly executed Substitution Assignment Agreement
with respect to such conveyance;
(vi) the Depositor shall have deposited or caused to be deposited in
the Collection Account all Pledged Revenue received with respect to the
Substitute Contracts after the applicable Substitution Cutoff Date and
through and including the date which is two Business Days preceding the
related Substitution Transfer Date;
(vii) no selection procedures adverse to the interests of either the
Trust or the Noteholders or Certificateholder shall have been utilized in
selecting the Substitute Contracts;
(viii) each of the representations and warranties made by CFUSA
pursuant to Article III of the Purchase and Sale Agreement shall be true
and correct as of the related Substitution Transfer Date (including the
representation made as to compliance with the UCC filing criteria set forth
in clause (j) of the definition of Eligible Contract), and CFUSA shall have
performed in all material respects all obligations to be performed by it
under the Purchase and Sale Agreement on or prior to such Substitution
Transfer Date; and
(ix) the Servicer and CFUSA shall, at their own expense, on or prior
to the Substitution Transfer Date, have indicated in their respective
computer files that the Substitute Contracts identified on the Substitution
Schedule of Contracts attached to the related Substitution Transfer
Agreement have been assigned and conveyed to the Trust through the
Depositor pursuant to this Pooling Agreement and the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.
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The failure to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions to transfer or to
obtain a waiver thereof shall not be deemed to adversely affect the validity of
any such transfer.
Section 2.05. Release of Excluded Amounts. The Trust hereby agrees to
release to the Servicer, an amount equal to the Excluded Amounts immediately
upon identification thereof, which release shall be automatic and shall require
no further act by the Trust, provided that the Trust shall execute and deliver
such instruments of release and assignment, or otherwise confirm the foregoing
release, as may reasonably be requested in writing by the Servicer. Upon such
release, such Excluded Amounts shall not constitute and shall not be included in
the Trust Assets.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
CFUSA under the Purchase and Sale Agreement has made, and upon execution of
each Substitution Assignment Agreement is deemed to remake with respect to the
relevant Contract Assets conveyed thereby, each of the representations and
warranties set forth in the Schedule of Representations, and has consented to
the assignment by the Depositor to the Trust of the Depositor's rights with
respect thereto. Such representations speak as of the Closing Date in the case
of the Initial Contracts, and as of the applicable Substitution Transfer Date in
the case of the Substitute Contracts, but shall survive the transfer and
assignment of the related Contracts to the Trust. Pursuant to Section 2.01 of
this Agreement, the Depositor has sold, assigned, transferred and conveyed to
the Trust as part of the Transferred Assets its rights under the Purchase and
Sale Agreement, including without limitation, the representations and warranties
of CFUSA therein as set forth in the Schedule of Representations, together with
all rights of the Depositor with respect to any breach thereof including any
right to require CFUSA to repurchase or substitute for any Contract in
accordance with the Purchase and Sale Agreement. It is understood and agreed
that the representations and warranties set forth or referred to in this Section
shall survive delivery of the Contract Files to the Owner Trustee or any
custodian.
The Depositor hereby confirms to the Trust that it has entered into the
Purchase and Sale Agreement with CFUSA, that CFUSA has made the representations
and warranties in the Schedule of Representations, that such representations and
warranties run to and are for the benefit of the Depositor, and that pursuant to
Section 2.01 of this Agreement the Depositor has transferred and assigned to the
Trust all rights of the Depositor to cause CFUSA under the Purchase and Sale
Agreement to repurchase or substitute for Contracts conveyed thereunder in the
event of a breach of such representations and warranties applicable to such
Contract.
Section 3.01. Representations and Warranties Regarding the Depositor. By
its execution of this Agreement, and each Substitution Transfer Agreement, the
Depositor represents and warrants to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Noteholders and the Equity Certificateholder that, as of the date
of the Closing Date and Substitution Transfer Date (and, with respect to the
representation set forth in subsection (l) of this Section 3.01 below, as of the
date the certificate, written report or written statement referred to in such
subsection is furnished):
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Depositor is a limited
liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of Delaware and has the requisite power to own its assets
and to transact the business in which it is currently engaged. The
Depositor is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the character of the business transacted by it or
properties owned or leased by it requires such qualification and in which
the failure so to qualify would have a material adverse effect on the
business, properties, assets, or condition (financial or other) of the
Depositor or the Trust.
(b) Authorization; Valid Transfer; Binding Obligations. The Depositor
has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this
Agreement and the other Transaction
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Documents to which it is a party and all of the transactions contemplated
under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a
party, and to create the Trust and cause it to make, execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate
action to authorize the due execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to
cause the Trust to be created. This Agreement and the Transfer Agreement
and any Substitution Transfer Agreement shall effect a valid transfer and
assignment of the relevant Transferred Assets, enforceable against the
Depositor and creditors of and purchasers from the Depositor. This
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Depositor is a
party have been duly executed and delivered by the Depositor and constitute
the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Depositor enforceable in
accordance with their terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors' rights generally and by the availability of equitable
remedies.
(c) No Consent Required. The Depositor is not required to obtain the
consent of any other Person or any consent, license, approval or
authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any Governmental
Authority in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity
or enforceability of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to
which it is a party.
(d) No Violations. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party by the
Depositor, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, will not violate any Requirements of Law applicable to the
Depositor, or constitute a material breach of any mortgage, indenture,
contract or other agreement to which the Depositor is a party or by which
the Depositor or any of the Depositor's properties may be bound, or result
in the creation or imposition of any security interest, lien, charge,
pledge, preference, equity or encumbrance of any kind upon any of its
properties pursuant to the terms of any such mortgage, indenture, contract
or other agreement, other than as contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
(e) Litigation. No litigation or administrative proceeding of or
before any court, tribunal or governmental body is currently pending, or to
the knowledge of the Depositor threatened, against the Depositor or any of
its properties or with respect to this Agreement or the other Transaction
Documents to which it is a party (1) which, if adversely determined, would
in the reasonable judgment of the Depositor have a material adverse effect
on the business, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise)
of the Depositor or the Trust or the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to which the Depositor is a
party or (2) seeking to adversely affect the federal income tax or other
federal, state or local tax attributes of the Notes.
(f) Taxes. The Depositor has filed or caused to be filed all material
tax returns which, to its knowledge, are required to be filed and has paid
all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns or on any material
assessments made against it or any of its property and all other material
taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its property by any
Governmental Authority (other than any amount of tax due, the validity of
which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and with respect to which reserves in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles have been provided on the books of the Depositor); no
tax lien has been filed and, to the Depositor's knowledge, no claim is
being asserted, with respect to any such tax, fee or other charge.
(g) Schedule of Representations. The representations and warranties
set forth on the Schedule of Representations are true and correct as of the
Closing Date (or Substitution Transfer Date, as applicable) with respect to
the Transferred Assets being conveyed to the Trust on such date.
(h) Solvency. The Depositor, at the time of and after giving effect to
each conveyance made hereunder, is Solvent on and as of the date thereof.
(i) Place of Business; Name Changes. The location of the Depositor's
sole place of business or chief executive office (within the meaning of
Article 9 of the UCC) is as set forth in Section
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11.04 below, and such location has not been changed within the four months
preceding any Transfer Date (or if so changed, all necessary actions in
connection with such change have been or are being timely taken in
accordance with Section 4.03 hereof). The Depositor has not changed its
name, whether by amendment of its certificate of formation, by
reorganization or otherwise, within the four months preceding any Transfer
Date (or if so changed, all necessary actions in connection with such
change have been or are being timely taken in accordance with Section 4.03
hereof).
(j) Not an Investment Company. The Depositor is not an "investment
company" (and does not control, and is not under the control of, an
investment company) within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (or the Depositor is exempt from all provisions of such
Act).
Such representations (except to the extent expressly stated by their terms to
speak as of a different date or time) speak as of the Closing Date and each
Transfer Date and Substitution Transfer Date, if any, but shall survive the
transfer and assignment of the Contracts to the Trust.
Section 3.02. Representations and Warranties of the Servicer. The Servicer
represents and warrants to the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee,
the Noteholders and the Equity Certificateholder that, as of the date of the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date and each
Substitution Transfer Date (and, with respect to the representations set forth
in subsection (h) of this Section 3.02 below, as of the date the certificate,
written report or written statement or financial statement referred to in such
subsection is furnished):
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Servicer is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation and has the corporate power to own its assets
and to transact the business in which it is currently engaged. The Servicer
is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the business
transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it requires such
qualification and in which the failure so to qualify would have a material
adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, or condition (financial
or otherwise) of the Servicer or the Trust. The Servicer (or any permitted
subservicer hereunder with respect to affected Contracts, if the Servicer
is not so licensed) is properly licensed in each jurisdiction to the extent
required by the laws of such jurisdiction to service the Contracts in
accordance with the terms hereof.
(b) Authorization; Binding Obligations. The Servicer has the power and
authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents to which the Servicer is a party and all of the
transactions contemplated under this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents to which the Servicer is a party, and has taken all necessary
corporate action to authorize the due execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Servicer
is a party. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the
Servicer is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the Servicer
and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer
enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement of such
terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting
the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by the availability of
equitable remedies.
(c) No Consent Required. The Servicer is not required to obtain the
consent of any other Person or any consent, license, approval or
authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any Governmental
Authority in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity
or enforceability of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to
which the Servicer is a party.
(d) No Violations. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Servicer is a
party by the Servicer will not violate any Requirements of Law applicable
to the Servicer, or constitute a material breach of any mortgage,
indenture, contract or other agreement to which the Servicer is a party or
by which the Servicer or any of the Servicer's properties may be bound, or
result in the creation of or imposition of any security interest, lien,
pledge, preference,
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equity or encumbrance of any kind upon any of its properties pursuant to
the terms of any such mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement,
other than as contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(e) Litigation. No litigation or administrative proceeding of or
before any court, tribunal or governmental body is currently pending, or to
the knowledge of the Servicer threatened, against the Servicer or any of
its properties or with respect to this Agreement, or any other Transaction
Document to which the Servicer is a party which, if adversely determined,
would in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer have a material adverse
effect on the business, properties, assets or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Servicer or the Trust or the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which the Servicer is a
party.
(f) No Servicer Default. No event has occurred and is continuing and
no condition exists which constitutes a Servicer Default.
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ARTICLE IV
PERFECTION OF TRANSFERS AND PROTECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS
Section 4.01. Custody of Contracts. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Section 4.01, the contents of each Contract File shall be held in the
custody of the Servicer (including through any subservicer contemplated under
Section 5.05), for the benefit of, and as agent for, the Noteholders, the Equity
Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, as well as the Trust as
the owner thereof.
(b) The Servicer agrees to maintain the Contract Files at its offices where
they are currently maintained, or at such other offices of the Servicer (or a
subservicer contemplated under Section 5.05) as shall from time to time be
established by the Servicer or such subservicer (or in certain instances at
offsite storage facilities in the same general geographic area as an office of
the Servicer or subservicer, pursuant to contractual agreement between the
Servicer or subservicer and the Person owning or maintaining such offsite
facility). The Servicer may temporarily move individual Contract Files or any
portion thereof without notice or other such compliance, as necessary to conduct
collection and other servicing activities in accordance with the Servicing
Standard; provided, however, that the Servicer will take all action necessary to
maintain the perfection of the Trust's interest in the Trust Assets and the
proceeds thereof. It is intended that by the Servicer's agreement pursuant to
Section 4.01(a) above and this Section 4.01(b), the Trust and the Owner Trustee
for the benefit of the Trust shall be deemed to have possession of the Contract
Files for purposes of Section 9-305 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State
in which the Contract Files are located.
(c) As custodian, the Servicer shall have and perform the following powers
and duties:
(i) hold the Contract Files on behalf of the Noteholder and the Equity
Certificateholder and the Trust; maintain accurate records pertaining to
each Contract to enable it to comply with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement; and maintain a current inventory thereof;
(ii) maintain and comply with Customary Policies and Procedures with
respect to Persons authorized to have access to the Contract Files;
(iii) attend to all details in connection with maintaining custody of
the Contract Files on behalf of the Noteholder and the Equity
Certificateholder and the Trust; and
(iv) indicate in the appropriate computer records that the Contracts
as of the Closing Date (or Substitution Transfer Date, as the case may be)
have been conveyed to the Trust.
(d) In performing its duties under this Section 4.01, the Servicer agrees
to act in accordance with the applicable Servicing Standard. In acting as
custodian of the Contract Files, the Servicer further agrees not to assert any
legal or beneficial ownership interest in the Contracts or the Contract Files,
except as provided in Section 5.06.
(e) The Servicer agrees to indemnify the Noteholder and the Equity
Certificateholder, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Trust for
any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, payments, costs, or
expenses of any kind whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted
against any of such parties as the result of any act or omission by the Servicer
relating to the maintenance and custody of the Contract Files or any other
breach or noncompliance of the Servicer in the performance of its duties and
obligations as Servicer hereunder; provided, however, that the Servicer will not
be liable to any such party for any portion of any such amount resulting from
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such party.
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Section 4.02. Filings. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Servicer shall
cause UCC financing statement(s) to be filed, and from time to time the Servicer
shall take and cause to be taken such other actions and execute such other
documents as are necessary to perfect or further perfect and protect the Trust's
first priority interest in the Trust Assets against all other Persons. Such
additional actions may include without limitation, the filing of financing
statements, amendments thereto and continuation statements, the execution of
transfer instruments and the making of notations on or taking possession of
records or documents of title.
Section 4.03. Name Change or Relocation. (a) During the term of this
Agreement, neither the Servicer nor the Depositor shall change, nor shall the
Servicer permit any Financing Originator to change, its name, identity or
structure or relocate its chief executive office without first giving at least
30 days' prior written notice to the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, and the
Indenture Trustee.
(b) If any change in either the Servicer's, a Financing Originator's or the
Depositor's name, identity or structure or other action would make any financing
or continuation statement or notice of lien seriously misleading within the
meaning of applicable provisions of the UCC or any title statute, the Servicer,
no later than thirty days after the effective date of such change, shall file
such amendments as may be required to preserve and protect the Trust's interests
in the Trust Assets and the proceeds thereof. In addition, neither any Financing
Originator, the Servicer nor the Depositor shall change its place of business
(within the meaning of Article 9 of the UCC), from the locations specified in
Section 11.04 hereof unless it has first taken such action as is necessary to
preserve and protect the Trust's interest in the Trust Assets.
Promptly after taking any of the foregoing actions, the Servicer shall
deliver to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
reasonably acceptable to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee stating
that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements or amendments
necessary to preserve and protect the interests of the Trust and Indenture
Trustee in the Trust Assets have been filed, and reciting the details of such
filing.
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ARTICLE V
SERVICING OF CONTRACTS
Section 5.01. Initial Servicer's Appointment and Acceptance; Responsibility
for Contract Administration. ______ shall be and is hereby appointed as the
Servicer and custodian (as contemplated in Article IV hereof) pursuant to this
Agreement with respect to the Contract Assets in the Contract Pool. ______
accepts the appointment and agrees to act as the Servicer and custodian pursuant
to this Agreement.
Except to the extent otherwise specified herein or as contemplated in
Section 5.05, the Servicer will have the sole obligation to manage, administer,
service and make collections on the Contracts and perform or cause to be
performed all contractual and customary undertakings of the Originator of the
Contracts to the Obligor. The Trust, at the written request of a Servicing
Officer, shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney or other
documents necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Servicer to enable the
Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The
Servicer is hereby appointed the Servicer hereunder until such time as any
Servicing Transfer may be effected pursuant to Article VIII hereof.
Section 5.02. General Duties. The Servicer will service, administer and
enforce the Contracts in the Contract Pool on behalf of the Trust and will have
full power and authority to do any and all things in connection with such
servicing and administration which it deems necessary or desirable and as shall
not contravene the provisions of this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document. The Servicer will manage, service, administer, and make collections on
the Contracts in the Contract Pool in accordance with the Servicing Standard.
The Servicer's duties will include collection and posting of all payments,
responding to inquiries of Obligors regarding the Contracts in the Contract
Pool, investigating delinquencies, accounting for collections, furnishing
reports with respect to collections and payments as contemplated in Article IX
hereof, making Servicer Advances in its discretion, and using its best efforts
to maintain the perfected first priority interest of the Trust in the Trust
Assets. The Servicer will have full power and authority, acting alone, to do any
and all things in connection with such managing, servicing, administration, and
collection that it deems necessary or desirable. If the Servicer commences a
legal proceeding to enforce a Defaulted Contract pursuant to Section 5.15 or
commences or participates in a legal proceeding (including a bankruptcy
proceeding) relating to or involving a Contract in the Contract Pool, the Trust
will be deemed to have automatically assigned such Contract to the Servicer
solely for purposes of, and to the extent necessary for, commencing or
participating in any such proceeding as a party or claimant (but in all cases
subject to the continuing interest of the Trust and its assignees in the
proceeds and recoveries from such proceedings, as and to the extent provided in
the Transaction Documents), and the Servicer is authorized and empowered by the
Trust, pursuant to this Section 5.02, to execute and deliver, on behalf of
itself and the Trust, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation,
or partial or full release or discharge, and all other notices, demands, claims,
complaints, responses, affidavits or other documents or instruments in
connection with any such proceedings. If in any enforcement suit or legal
proceeding it is held that the Servicer may not enforce a Contract on the ground
that it is not a real party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce the
Contract, then the Owner Trustee will, at the Servicer's expense and written
direction, take steps on behalf of the Trust to enforce the Contract, including
bringing suit in the Trust's name.
Section 5.03. Assignment or Replacement. At the request of an Obligor, the
Servicer may in its sole discretion consent to the assignment by such Obligor of
its rights under a Contract in the Contract Pool or the sublease of a unit of
the Equipment relating to such a Contract, so long as such Obligor remains
liable for all of its obligations under such Contract; provided, that the
Servicer may release such Obligor from its obligations if the Obligor's assignee
is determined by the Servicer to be of at least equivalent credit risk, all in
accordance with Customary Policies and Procedures. Upon the request of any
Obligor, the Servicer may, in its sole discretion, provide for the substitution
or replacement of any unit of Equipment for a substantially similar unit of
Equipment, so long as such Obligor remains liable for all of its obligations
under such Contract.
Section 5.04. Disposition Upon Termination of Contract. Upon the
termination of a Contract included in the Contract Pool as a result of a default
by the Obligor thereunder, and upon any such Contract becoming a
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Defaulted Contract, the Servicer will use commercially reasonable efforts to
dispose of any related Equipment. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, if the Servicer disposes of any such Equipment by purchasing such
Equipment or by selling such Equipment to any of its Affiliates, such
disposition shall be for a purchase price equal to the fair market value thereof
(as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable discretion). The Servicer will
deposit any Prepayments and any Liquidation Proceeds derived from any such
disposition in accordance with Article VII hereof.
Section 5.05. Subservicers. The Servicer may enter into servicing
agreements with one or more subservicers (including the Financing Originators or
any other Affiliate of the Servicer) to perform all or a portion of the
servicing functions on behalf of the Servicer; provided that the Servicer shall
remain obligated and be liable to the Trust for servicing and administering the
Contracts in the Contract Pool in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement without diminution of such obligation and liability by virtue of the
appointment of such subservicer, to the same extent and under the same terms and
conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering such
Contracts. The fees and expenses of the subservicer (if any) will be as agreed
between the Servicer and its subservicer and neither the Owner Trustee, the
Trust, the Indenture Trustee nor any Noteholder or Equity Certificateholder will
have any responsibility therefor. All actions of a subservicer taken pursuant to
such a subservicing agreement will be taken as an agent of the Servicer with the
same force and effect as though performed by the Servicer.
Section 5.06. Further Assurance. The Trust will execute and deliver to the
Servicer, and the Servicer will prepare and furnish any subservicer with, any
powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the
Servicer or a subservicer, as applicable, to carry out its servicing and
administrative duties under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
Section 5.07. Notice to Obligors. Except as contemplated in clause (m) of
the definition of Eligible Contract, the Servicer will not be required to notify
any Obligor that such Obligor's Contract or related Equipment, or any security
interest in such Contract or such Equipment, has been transferred, assigned, and
conveyed pursuant to the Conveyancing Agreement, the Purchase and Sale Agreement
or pursuant to this Agreement; provided that, in the event that the Servicer
resigns or is replaced, then if the place for payment pursuant to any Contract
is changed, the Successor Servicer must give each related Obligor prompt written
notice of the appointment of the Successor Servicer and the place to which such
Obligor should make payments pursuant to each such Contract.
Section 5.08. Collection Efforts; Modification of Contracts. (a) The
Servicer will make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under
the terms and provisions of the Contracts in the Contract Pool as and when the
same become due, in accordance with the Servicing Standard. The Servicer is
authorized in its discretion to waive any Late Charges, or other administrative
fees, expenses and charges collectible in respect of a Contract in the Contract
Pool, including late payment interest, documentation fees, insurance
administration charges, and extension fees.
(b) The Servicer also may, subject to Sections 5.09 and 5.10, at the
request of an Obligor and at the Servicer's option, waive, amend, modify or
otherwise vary any other provision of a Contract in accordance with Customary
Policies and Procedures (it being understood that any modification or amendment
of a Contract resulting from an Insolvency Event with respect to the related
Obligor will not be deemed to have been granted by the Servicer hereunder),
including without limitation:
(i) in order to (A) change the Obligor's regular due date to a date
within the Collection Period in which such due date occurs, or (B)
re-amortize (over the remainder of the original Contract term) the
Scheduled Payments on a Contract following a partial Prepayment (provided,
that the sum of such partial Prepayment and the Contract Principal Balance
of the affected Contract after re-amortization is at least equal to the
Contract Principal Balance for such Contract prior to giving effect to the
partial Prepayment), or
(ii) for any other purpose; provided, that no such modification or
amendment shall:
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(A) change the amount or the due date of any Scheduled Payment
(except as provided in clauses (i)(A) and (B) above, Section 5.09 and
Section 5.10 below);
(B) release the related Equipment from the Contract, unless (1)
the release complies with Section 5.03 above, or (2) the release is
pursuant to a partial Prepayment (which, in the case of a partial
Prepayment on a Lease, meets the requirements of Section 5.09 below)
and the ratio of the fair market value (determined by the Servicer in
its reasonable discretion) of the related Equipment to the Contract
Principal Balance of the affected Contract after giving effect to such
Prepayment and release, is at least equal to such ratio existing prior
to such event;
(C) except as provided in clause (ii)(A) above, result in the
Contract Principal Balance of the Contract being less than it would
have been absent such modification or amendment; or
(D) if such modification or amendment had been in effect on the
relevant Transfer Date with respect to the Contract, cause or have
caused the Contract not to constitute an Eligible Contract.
Section 5.09. Prepayments of Certain Contracts. The Servicer may, at its
option and in accordance with Customary Policies and Procedures, agree to permit
a Contract in the Contract Pool that is not otherwise contractually prepayable
by its terms and is not a Defaulted Contract, to become a Prepaid Contract
through a voluntary Prepayment by the Obligor (which shall not be deemed to
include prepayment due to a Casualty Loss); provided, that the Servicer will not
permit the voluntary full or partial Prepayment of such a Contract unless the
amount of such Prepayment (or, in the case of a partial Prepayment, the sum of
such Prepayment and the remaining Contract Principal Balance of the Contract
after application of such Prepayment), together with such additional amounts as
are (i) otherwise available to or supplied by the Servicer for the purpose of
prepaying such Contract, and (ii) deposited in the Collection Account
contemporaneously with the deposit therein of such Prepayment, is at least equal
to the Required Payoff Amount for such Contract determined as of the beginning
of the current Collection Period.
Section 5.10. Certain Extensions; Acceleration. (a) The Servicer may
(subject to subsection (b) below) grant payment extensions on a Contract in the
Contract Pool, consistent with Customary Policies and Procedures (it being
understood that any extensions on a Contract resulting from an Insolvency Event
with respect to the related Obligor will not be deemed to have been granted by
the Servicer hereunder) if the Servicer believes in good faith that such
extension is necessary to avoid a termination and liquidation of such Contract
and will maximize the amount to be received by the Trust with respect to such
Contract; provided, however, that the aggregate period of all extensions granted
on a Contract shall not exceed six months. Nothing in this Section 5.10 shall be
deemed to prevent the Servicer from extending or renewing, or otherwise
accepting the continued performance by the Obligor under, a Contract after
expiration of its stated term.
(b) The Servicer also, consistent with Customary Policies and Procedures,
may accelerate (or elect not to accelerate) the maturity of all or any Scheduled
Payments under any Contract in the Contract Pool under which a default under the
terms thereof has occurred and is continuing (after the lapse of any applicable
grace period); provided that the Servicer is required to accelerate the
Scheduled Payments due under any Contract in the Contract Pool (and take other
action in accordance with applicable Customary Policies and Procedures,
including repossessing or otherwise converting the related Equipment, to realize
upon the value of such Contract and the related Equipment) to the fullest extent
permitted by the terms of such Contract, promptly after such Contract becomes a
Defaulted Contract.
Section 5.11. Taxes and Other Amounts. To the extent provided for in any
Contract in the Contract Pool, the Servicer will make reasonable efforts
consistent with the applicable Servicing Standard to collect (or cause to be
collected) all payments with respect to amounts due for taxes, assessments and
insurance premiums relating to
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such Contract or the related Equipment and remit such amounts to the appropriate
Governmental Authority or insurer on or prior to the date such payments are due.
Section 5.12. Suits by Servicer. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the Servicer does not have any obligation pursuant to this Agreement
to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action which is not incidental to
its servicing duties under this Agreement.
Section 5.13. Remittances. The Servicer will service all Collections in
accordance with Article VII hereof.
Section 5.14. Servicer Advances. For any Collection Period, if the Servicer
determines that any Scheduled Payment (or portion thereof) which was due and
payable pursuant to a Contract in the Contract Pool during such Collection
Period was not received prior to the end of such Collection Period, the Servicer
may make a Servicer Advance in an amount up to the amount of such delinquent
Scheduled Payment (or portion thereof), to the extent that in its sole
discretion it determines that it can recover such amount from subsequent
Collections under the related Contract. The Servicer will deposit any Servicer
Advances into the Collection Account on or prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York time)
on the Deposit Date, in immediately available funds. The Servicer will be
entitled to be reimbursed for Servicer Advances pursuant to Article VII hereof.
Section 5.15. Realization Upon Defaulted Contract. The Servicer will use
its best efforts consistent with the applicable Servicing Standard to repossess
or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of any Equipment relating to a
Defaulted Contract and will act as transfer and processing agent for Equipment
or Applicable Security which it repossesses. The Servicer will follow such other
practices and procedures, consistent with the Servicing Standard, in order to
realize upon such Equipment or Applicable Security, which practices and
procedures may include reasonable efforts to enforce all obligations of Obligors
and repossessing and selling such Equipment or Applicable Security at public or
private sale in circumstances other than those described in the preceding
sentence. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer may
sell any such Equipment or Applicable Security to the Servicer or its Affiliates
for a purchase price equal to the then fair market value thereof (determined by
the Servicer in its reasonable discretion). In any case in which any such
Equipment or Applicable Security has suffered damage, the Servicer will not
expend funds in connection with any repair or toward the repossession of such
Equipment or Applicable Security unless it determines in its discretion that
such repair and/or repossession will increase the Liquidation Proceeds by an
amount greater than the amount of such expenses. The Servicer will remit to the
Collection Account the Liquidation Proceeds received in connection with the
transfer or disposition of Equipment or Applicable Security relating to a
Defaulted Contract in accordance with Article VII hereof.
Section 5.16. Maintenance of Insurance Policies. The Servicer will use
reasonable efforts, consistent with the Servicing Standard, to ensure that each
Obligor complies with applicable insurance requirements set forth in the related
Contract; provided that the Servicer, in accordance with Customary Policies and
Procedures, may allow Obligors to self-insure. If an Obligor fails to maintain
property damage insurance to the extent required under its Contract, the
Servicer may, consistent with Customary Policies and Procedures, purchase and
maintain such insurance on behalf of, and at the expense of (if the applicable
Contract so provides), the Obligor. In connection with its activities as
Servicer of Contracts in the Contract Pool, the Servicer agrees to present, on
behalf of itself, the Trust and the Noteholders or Equity Certificateholders,
claims to the insurer under each Insurance Policy and any such liability policy,
and to settle, adjust and compromise such claims, in each case, consistent with
the terms of each Contract.
Section 5.17. Certain Other Duties With Respect to Trust. The Servicer
shall, and hereby agrees that it will, monitor the Trust's compliance with all
applicable provisions of state and federal securities laws, notify the Trust and
the Administrator of any actions to be taken by the Trust necessary for
compliance with such laws and prepare on behalf of the Trust and the
Administrator all notices, filings or other documents or instruments required to
be filed under such laws.
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Section 5.18. Servicing Compensation. As compensation for its servicing
activities with respect to the Contract Pool, and also in consideration of its
expenses as set forth in Section 5.19, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive
a servicing fee in respect of any Collection Period (or portion thereof) (with
respect to each Collection Period, the "Servicing Fee"), equal to the sum of (i)
one-twelfth of the product of (A) the Servicing Fee Percentage and (B) the
Contract Pool Principal Balance as of the first day of such Collection Period
and (ii) any amount described in the clause (iv) of the definition of "Excluded
Accounts."
Section 5.19. Payment of Certain Expenses by Servicer. The Servicer will be
required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities
under this Agreement, including fees and disbursements of independent
accountants, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee taxes imposed on the
Servicer, expenses incurred in connection with payments and reports pursuant to
this Agreement, and all other fees and expenses not expressly stated under this
Agreement to be for the account of the Trust or the Depositor, but excluding
Liquidation Expenses incurred as a result of activities contemplated by Section
5.15 (which may be netted from Liquidation Proceeds). The Servicer will be
required to pay all reasonable fees and expenses owing to the Owner Trustee or
the Indenture Trustee in connection with the maintenance of the Collection
Account. The Servicer shall be required to pay such expenses for its own account
and shall not be entitled to any payment or reimbursement therefor other than
the Servicing Fee, payable from Collections as provided herein.
Section 5.20. Records. The Servicer shall, during the period it is Servicer
hereunder, maintain such books of account and other records as will enable the
Trust or the Administrative Agent to determine the status of each Contract in
the Contract Pool.
Section 5.21. Inspection. (a) The Servicer shall afford the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee and their respective authorized agents not more
frequently than once during each calendar year at the Servicer's expense, not to
exceed $1,000 in expenses and upon reasonable prior written request, reasonable
access during normal business hours to the Servicer's records relating to the
Contracts in the Contract Pool, and will cause its personnel to assist in any
examination of such records by any such Person, and allow copies of the same to
be made. The examination referred to in this Section will be conducted in a
manner which does not unreasonably interfere with the Servicer's normal
operations or customer or employee relations. Without otherwise limiting the
scope of the examination, such examining party may, using generally accepted
audit procedures, verify the status of each such Contract and review the
Computer Disk and records relating thereto for conformity to reports prepared by
the Servicer pursuant to Article IX hereof, and compliance with the standards
represented to exist as to each such Contract in this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents.
(b) At all times during the term hereof, the Servicer shall keep available
a copy of the Schedule of Contracts at its principal executive office for
inspection by any such party referred to in subsection (a) of this Section 5.21.
Section 5.22. Trust To Cooperate in Releases. At the same time as (i) any
Lease in the Contract Pool terminates and the Equipment related to such Lease is
sold, (ii) any Contract in the Contract Pool becomes a Prepaid Contract and in
connection therewith the Equipment related to such Prepaid Contract is sold,
(iii) the final Scheduled Payment is made in full on a Contract in the Contract
Pool, (iv) a Contract previously in the Contract Pool becomes a Replaced
Contract in accordance with Section 2.04, or is repurchased by deposit of a
Purchase Amount as provided herein, or (v) the Servicer substitutes or replaces
any unit of Equipment as contemplated in Section 5.03, the Trust shall to the
extent requested by the Servicer release the Trust's interest in the Equipment
relating to such affected Contract or such substituted or replaced Equipment, as
the case may be; provided that such release will not constitute a release of the
Trust's interest in the proceeds of Equipment the subject of a Contract still in
the Contract Pool (other than with respect to Equipment that is replaced
pursuant to Section 5.03). In connection with any transfer of such Equipment,
the Trust and the Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Servicer
any assignments, bills of sale, termination statements and any other releases
and instruments as the Servicer may request in order to effect such release and
transfer; provided that neither the Trust nor the Indenture Trustee shall be
deemed to make any representation or warranty, express or implied, with respect
to any such Equipment in
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connection with such transfer and assignment. Nothing in this Section 5.22 shall
diminish the Servicer's obligations pursuant to Article VII with respect to the
proceeds of any such transfer.
Section 5.23. Separate Entity Existence. The Servicer agrees to take or
refrain from taking or engaging in with respect to the Depositor, as applicable,
each of the actions or activities specified in the "nonsubstantive
consolidation" opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP (or in any related
Certificate of CFUSA) delivered on the Closing Date, upon which the conclusions
expressed therein are based.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS OF THE DEPOSITOR
Section 6.01. LLC Existence. During the term of this Agreement, the
Depositor will keep in full force and effect its existence, rights and
franchises as a limited liability company under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its formation and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in
each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to
protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the other Transaction
Documents and each other instrument or agreement necessary or appropriate to the
proper administration of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby. In addition, all transactions and dealings between the Depositor and its
Affiliates will be conducted on an arm's-length basis.
Section 6.02. Contracts Not to be Evidenced by Promissory Notes. The
Depositor will take no action to cause any Contract not originally consisting of
or evidenced by an instrument (except to the extent part of chattel paper) (as
such terms are defined in the UCC), to be evidenced by an instrument, except in
connection with the enforcement or collection of such Contract.
Section 6.03. Security Interests. The Depositor will not sell, pledge,
assign or transfer to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist any Lien on any Contract in the Contract Pool or on any other
Trust Asset or on any related Equipment, whether now existing or hereafter
transferred to the Trust, or any interest therein (except for Permitted Liens).
The Depositor will immediately notify the Trust and the Indenture Trustee of the
existence of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any Contract in the
Contract Pool or on any other Trust Assets or on any related Equipment; and the
Depositor shall defend the right and interest of the Trust in, to and under the
Contracts in the Contract Pool and the related Equipment, against all claims of
third parties; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 6.03 shall
prevent or be deemed to prohibit (i) the Depositor from suffering to exist
Permitted Liens upon any of the Contracts in the Contract Pool or any related
Equipment, or (ii) repurchases or substitutions by CFUSA pursuant to the
Purchase and Sale Agreement.
Section 6.04. Delivery of Collections. The Depositor agrees to pay to the
Servicer promptly any misdirected Collections received by the Depositor in
respect of the Contracts in the Contract Pool, for application in accordance
with Article VII.
Section 6.05. Regulatory Filings. The Depositor shall make any filings,
reports, notices, applications and registrations with, and seek any consents or
authorizations from, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
any state securities authority on behalf of the Trust as may be necessary or
that the Depositor deems advisable to comply with any federal or state
securities or reporting requirements or laws.
Section 6.06. Compliance With Law. Depositor hereby agrees to comply in all
material respects with all Requirements of Law applicable to Depositor.
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Section 6.07. Activities. The Depositor shall not engage in any business or
activity of any kind, or enter into any transaction or indenture, mortgage,
instrument, agreement, contract, lease or other undertaking, which is not
directly related to the transactions contemplated and authorized by this
Agreement or the other Transaction Documents; provided, however, that the
Depositor may purchase and sell (or grant Liens in respect of) contracts and/or
other related assets similar to the Contracts to other Persons in securitization
or other non-recourse financing transactions involving ____, CFUSA or any of
their Affiliates on terms and conditions (with respect to the liabilities
imposed upon the Depositor by virtue of such transactions, as well as in respect
of agreements or restrictions concerning activities of the Depositor and its
relations or interactions with CFUSA or a Financing Originator or other
applicable Affiliate relevant to "bankruptcy remoteness" or "substantive
consolidation" analysis), in each case substantially similar to such terms and
conditions applicable to the Depositor hereunder and under the other Transaction
Documents.
Section 6.08. Indebtedness. The Depositor shall not create, incur, assume
or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or other liability whatsoever, except (i)
obligations incurred under this Agreement or other Transaction Documents, or
incidental thereto, or (ii) liabilities incident to the maintenance of its
corporate existence in good standing, or (iii) obligations in connection with
transactions described in the proviso to Section 6.07, as limited thereby.
Section 6.09. Guarantees. The Depositor shall not become or remain liable,
directly or contingently, in connection with any Indebtedness or other liability
of any other Person, whether by guarantee, endorsement (other than endorsements
of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of
business), agreement to purchase or repurchase, agreement to supply or advance
funds, or otherwise, except as contemplated hereby and in connection with
transactions described in Section 6.07, as limited thereby.
Section 6.10. Investments. The Depositor shall not make or suffer to exist
any loans or advances to, or extend any credit to, or make any investments (by
way of transfer of property, contributions to capital, purchase of stock or
securities or evidences of indebtedness, acquisition of the business or assets,
or otherwise) in, any Person except (i) for purchases or other acquisitions of
Contracts and related Contract Assets pursuant to the Purchase and Sale
Agreement or purchases or other acquisitions of similar contracts and related
assets permitted by Section 6.07, or (ii) the holding of ownership interests in
Equipment contemplated herein or in transactions permitted by Section 6.07, or
(iii) for investments in Eligible Investments in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
Section 6.11. Merger; Transfers. The Depositor shall not enter into any
transaction of merger or consolidation, or liquidate or dissolve itself (or
suffer any liquidation or dissolution) or acquire or be acquired by any Person,
or convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
property or business, except as provided for in this Agreement.
Section 6.12. Payments. The Depositor shall not declare or pay, directly or
indirectly, any dividend or make any other payment (whether in cash or other
property) with respect to the profits, assets or capital of the Depositor or any
Person's interest therein, or purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for value
any of its equity ownership interests now or hereafter outstanding, except that
the Depositor may effect payments of its earnings in respect of Trust Assets to
its members in each case so long as it would continue to be Solvent after giving
effect thereto, and otherwise in accordance with the Transaction Documents.
Section 6.13. Other Agreements. The Depositor shall not become a party to,
or permit any of its properties to be bound by, any indenture, mortgage,
instrument, contract, agreement, lease or other undertaking, except this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and any
agreement relating to another securitization transaction permitted by Section
6.07; nor shall it amend or modify the provisions of its Certificate of
Formation or Limited Liability Company Agreement except in accordance with the
Transaction Documents and with the consent of the Required Holders, or issue any
power of attorney except to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the
Servicer pursuant to the Transaction Documents (or other similar powers of
attorney in connection with transactions permitted by the proviso to Section
6.07).
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Section 6.14. Separate Entity Existence. The Depositor shall:
(i) Maintain its own deposit account or accounts, separate from
those of any Affiliate, with commercial banking institutions. The
funds of the Depositor will not be diverted to any other Person or for
other than authorized uses of the Depositor.
(ii) Ensure that, to the extent that it shares the same officers
or other employees as any of its members or Affiliates, the salaries
of and the expenses related to providing benefits to such officers and
other employees shall be fairly allocated among such entities, and
each such entity shall bear its fair share of the salary and benefit
costs associated with all such common officers and employees.
(iii) Ensure that, to the extent that it jointly contracts with
any of its members or Affiliates to do business with vendors or
service providers or to share overhead expenses, the costs incurred in
so doing shall be allocated fairly among such entities, and each such
entity shall bear its fair share of such costs. To the extent that the
Depositor contracts or does business with vendors or service providers
when the goods and services provided are partially for the benefit of
any other Person, the costs incurred in so doing shall be fairly
allocated to or among such entities for whose benefit the goods and
services are provided, and each such entity shall bear its fair share
of such costs. All material transactions between Depositor and any of
its Affiliates shall be only on an arm's length basis.
(iv) To the extent that the Depositor and any of its members or
Affiliates have offices in the same location, there shall be a fair
and appropriate allocation of overhead costs among them, and each such
entity shall bear its fair share of such expenses.
(v) Conduct its affairs strictly in accordance with its Limited
Liability Company Agreement and its Certificate of Formation, and
observe all necessary, appropriate and customary limited liability
company formalities, including, but not limited to, holding all
regular and special members' and manager/directors' meetings
appropriate to authorize all entity action, keeping separate and
accurate records of such meetings and its actions, passing all
resolutions or consents necessary to authorize actions taken or to be
taken, and maintaining accurate and separate books, records and
accounts, including, but not limited to, payroll and intercompany
transaction accounts.
(vi) Take or refrain from taking or engaging in, as applicable,
each of the actions or activities specified in the "true sale" and
"substantive nonconsolidation" opinions of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP
delivered on the Closing Date (or in any related certificate delivered
in connection therewith), upon which the conclusions expressed therein
are based.
Section 6.15. Location; Records. The Depositor shall not move outside the
State of New Jersey, the location of its chief executive office, without thirty
(30) days' prior written notice to the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and the
Servicer, and will promptly take all actions required (including, but not
limited to, all filings and other acts necessary or advisable under the UCC of
each relevant jurisdiction) in order to continue the first priority perfected
security interest of the Indenture Trustee in Trust Assets. The Depositor will
give the Indenture Trustee, Trust and the Servicer prompt notice of a change
within the State of New Jersey of the location of its chief executive office.
Section 6.16. Liability of Depositor; Indemnities. The Depositor shall be
liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically
undertaken by the Depositor under this Agreement.
The Depositor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trust, the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer (and any of their
respective officers, directors, employees or agents) from and against any taxes
that may at any time be asserted against any such Person with respect to the
transactions contemplated herein
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and in the other Transaction Documents, including any sales, gross receipts,
general corporation, tangible personal property, personal property replacement
privilege or license taxes (but, in the case of the Trust, not including any
taxes asserted with respect to, and as of the date of, the transfer of Contracts
to the Trust or the issuance and original sale of Senior Certificates, or
asserted with respect to ownership of Contract Assets, or federal or other
income taxes arising out of payments from Collections on the Trust Assets) and
costs and expenses in defending against the same.
The Depositor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trust, the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer (and any of their
respective officers, directors, employees or agents) and the Securityholders
from and against any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of the
Depositor's willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence (other than errors in
judgment) in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, or by reason of
reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.
The Depositor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trust, the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer (and any of their
respective officers, directors, employees or agents) and any Senior
Certificateholder from and against all costs, expenses, losses, claims, damages
and liabilities arising out of or incurred in connection with the acceptance or
performance (or failure of performance) of the trusts and duties herein and, in
the case of the Owner Trustee, in the Trust Agreement and, in the case of the
Indenture Trustee, in the Indenture, except to the extent that such cost,
expense, loss, claim, damage or liability in the case of (i) the Owner Trustee;
shall be due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of the Owner
Trustee, or shall arise from the breach by the Owner Trustee of any of its
representations or warranties set forth in Section 7.03 of the Trust Agreement,
or (ii) the Indenture Trustee, shall be due to the willful misfeasance, bad
faith or negligence of the Indenture Trustee.
The Depositor shall be liable directly to and will indemnify any injured
party or any other creditor of the Trust for all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses of the Trust to the extent that the Depositor would be
liable if the Trust were a partnership under the Delaware Revised Uniform
Limited Partnership Act in which the Depositor were a general partner; provided,
however, that the Depositor shall not be liable for any losses incurred by the
Equity Certificateholder in the capacity of an investor in the Equity
Certificate or a Noteholder in the capacity of an investor in the Notes. In
addition, any third party creditors of the Trust (other than in connection with
the obligations described in the immediately preceding sentence for which the
Depositor shall not be liable) shall be deemed third party beneficiaries of this
paragraph. The obligation of the Depositor under this paragraph shall be
evidenced by the Equity Certificate.
The Depositor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Owner Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee from and against any loss, liability or expense
incurred by reason of the Depositor's or Trust's violation of federal or state
securities laws in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes and the
Certificate.
Indemnification under this Section shall include, without limitation,
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation; provided,
however, that the indemnification under this Section, notwithstanding anything
to the contrary, is limited to the assets of the Depositor (including its rights
under Article VI of the Purchase and Sale Agreement); provided, further, any
indemnity payments to be made pursuant to this Section shall not be made from
the Trust Assets (except to the extent any of the same have been distributed to
the Depositor free and clear of any interest of the Trust therein and except to
the extent CFUSA as co-obligor is obligated to make such payment pursuant to
Article VI of the Purchase and Sale Agreement), and such indemnity payments, if
unpaid, shall not constitute a claim against the Trust or the Trust Assets
(except in respect of rights against CFUSA in respect of such Article VI). If
the Depositor (or CFUSA pursuant to such Article VI) shall have made any
indemnity payments pursuant to this Section and the Person to or on behalf of
whom such payments are made thereafter shall collect any of such amounts from
others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the Depositor (or
CFUSA, as applicable), without interest.
Indemnification under this Section shall survive the resignation or removal
of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, and the
termination of this Agreement.
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Section 6.17. Bankruptcy Limitations. The Depositor shall not, without the
affirmative vote of each of the manager/directors of the Depositor (which must
include the affirmative vote of at least one duly appointed Independent Director
as defined in the Certificate of Formation and the Limited Liability Company
Agreement of the Depositor) (A) dissolve or liquidate, in whole or in part, or
institute proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, (B) consent to
the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, (C) file a
petition seeking or consent to reorganization or relief under any applicable
federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, (D) consent to the appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar
official) of the Depositor or a substantial part of its property, (E) make a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (F) admit in writing its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or (G) take any entity
action in furtherance of the actions set forth in clauses (A) through (F) above;
provided, however, that no manager/director may be required by any member of the
Depositor to consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings
against the Depositor so long as it is Solvent.
Section 6.18. Limitation on Liability of Depositor and Others. The
Depositor and any director or officer or employee or agent of the Depositor may
rely in good faith on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed
and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The
Depositor shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend
any legal action that shall not be incidental to its obligations under this
Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.
Section 6.19. Chief Executive Office. During the term of this Agreement,
the Depositor will maintain its chief executive office in one of the States of
the United States, except Louisiana, Tennessee, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Utah or Wyoming.
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ARTICLE VII
ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS; PAYMENTS
Section 7.01. Trust Accounts; Collections. (a) On or before the Closing
Date, the Trust or (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall establish the
Collection Account, Note Distribution Account and Cash Collateral Account, each
in the name of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders and the
Certificateholder. The Servicer and Indenture Trustee are hereby required to
ensure that each of the Trust Accounts is established and maintained as a
segregated corporate trust account with a Qualified Institution. If any
institution with which any of the accounts established pursuant to this Section
7.01(a) ceases to be a Qualified Institution, the Servicer shall within 30 days
after notice of such event establish a replacement account at a Qualified
Institution, and effect (or cause to be effected) a concurrent transfer of all
amounts in the current non-qualifying account to the replacement account.
(b) The Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited, without
deposit into any intervening account, into the Collection Account as promptly as
practical after the Date of Processing (but in any case not later than the
second Business Day following the Date of Processing thereof), all Pledged
Revenues on deposit with the Servicer in the form of available funds, and all
Pledged Revenues otherwise received by the Servicer (and all Investment Earnings
from investments of the Collection Account).
(c) Notwithstanding Section 7.01(b), the Servicer shall deposit or
cause to be deposited, on the Closing Date and on each Substitution Transfer
Date, in immediately available funds into the Collection Account, all Pledged
Revenues received after the applicable Cutoff Date and through and including the
date which is two Business Days preceding the Closing Date or Substitution
Transfer Date, as the case may be, in respect of Contracts being transferred to
the Trust on such date.
(d) Notwithstanding Sections 7.01(b) and (c), if (i) the Servicer makes
a deposit into the Collection Account in respect of Pledged Revenues of a
Contract in the Contract Pool and such Pledged Revenues were received by the
Servicer in the form of a check which is not honored for any reason, or (ii) the
Servicer makes a mistake with respect to the amount of any Pledged Revenues and
deposits an amount that is less than or more than the actual amount of such
Collection, the Servicer shall appropriately adjust the amount subsequently
deposited into the Pledged Revenues Account to reflect such dishonored check or
mistake. Any Scheduled Payment in respect of which a dishonored check is
received shall be deemed not to have been paid.
Section 7.02. Cash Collateral Account.
(a) On the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deposit the sum of
$_______ into the Cash Collateral Account from the net proceeds of the sale of
the Notes and the Indenture Trustee shall deposit into the Cash Collateral
Account proceeds of loans made by the Cash Collateral Account Lenders equal to
$_________.
(b) If on any Payment Date, the amounts on deposit in the Cash
Collateral Account (after giving effect to all deposits thereto or withdrawals
therefrom on such Payment Date) is greater than the Required Cash Collateral
Amount, the Indenture Trustee shall distribute the excess of the amount on
deposit in the Cash Collateral Account over the Required Cash Collateral Amount
as provided in the Cash Collateral Account Agreement. Amounts properly
distributed pursuant to the prior sentence shall be deemed released from the
Trust Estate and the security interest herein granted to the Trustee, and the
Trust shall in no event be required to refund such distributed amounts.
Section 7.03. Trust Account Procedures. If the Servicer so directs, in
writing (with a copy to the Owner Trustee), the Qualified Institution
maintaining any Trust Account may invest the amounts therein in Eligible
Investments of the type specified in such written direction that mature not
later than one Business Day prior to the next succeeding Payment Date (or that
mature on such other Business Day as the Rating Agencies shall aprove). Once
such funds are invested, the Servicer shall not change or permit a change in the
investment of such funds. Subject to the other provisions hereof, the Indenture
Trustee shall have sole control over each such investment and
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the income thereon, and any certificate or other instrument evidencing any such
investment, if any, shall be delivered directly to the Indenture Trustee or its
agent, together with each document of transfer, if any, necessary to transfer
title to such investment to the Indenture Trustee in a manner which complies
with this Section 7.03. All Investment Earnings on investments of funds in the
Collection Account and Note Distribution Account shall be deposited in or
maintained within the Collection Account pursuant to Section 7.01 and
distributed on the next Payment Date pursuant to Section 7.05. All Investment
Earnings in the Cash Collateral Account shall be distributed in accordance with
the Cash Collateral Account Agreement. The Servicer, the Depositor and the Trust
agree and acknowledge that the Indenture Trustee is to have "control" (within
the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC as enacted in New York) of collateral
consisting of "Investment Property" (within the meaning of Section 9-115 of the
UCC as enacted in New York) for all purposes of this Agreement. In the absence
of timely written direction from the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee shall
invest or cause to be invested amounts in the Trust Accounts in Eligible
Investments of the type specified in clause (vi) of the definition of Eligible
Investments herein.
Section 7.04. Securityholder Payments. (a) On each Payment Date, each
Noteholder and the Equity Certificateholder as of the related Record Date shall
be paid amounts payable on such date pursuant to Section 7.05 below by check
mailed to such Noteholder or the Equity Certificateholder at the address for
such Noteholder or the Equity Certificateholder appearing on the Note Register
or the Certificate Register, or by wire transfer if such Noteholder or the
Equity Certificateholder has provided written instructions for such payment
method to the Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee, respectively, at least ten
days prior to such Payment Date.
(b) The Indenture Trustee shall serve as the Paying Agent hereunder and
shall make the payments to the Noteholders and the Equity Certificateholder
required hereunder. The Indenture Trustee hereby agrees that all amounts held by
it for payment hereunder will be held in trust for the benefit of the
Noteholders and Certificateholder.
Section 7.05. Allocations and Payments.
(a) Distributions. On each Payment Date, the Trustee shall (based
solely on the information contained in thee Servicer's Certificate delivered on
the related Determination Date, upon which the Trustee may conclusively rely)
distribute the following amounts and in the order of priority specified below.
Within each order of priority, amounts shall be deemed withdrawn first from
Available Pledged Revenues, and second (but only as to amounts described in
clauses (ii) and (iii) below) from amounts deposited in the Collection Account
pursuant to Section 7.02.
(i) first, from the Available Pledged Revenues then on deposit
in the Collection Account, to the Servicer,, the Sevicing Fee and
Servicer Advances for the related Collection Period (less that portion
thereof to be applied by the Trustee in accordance with the Cash
Collateral Account Agreement) and any amounts specified in Section 2.05
hereof, to the extent the Servicer has not reimbursed itself in respect
of such amounts;
(ii) second, from the Amount Available then remaining on
deposit in the Collection Account, to the Note Distribution Account an
amount equal to the Note Interest Distributable Amount for such Payment
Date.
(iii) third, from the Amount Available then remaining on
deposit in the Collection Account, to the Note Distribution Account, an
amount equal to the Note Principal Distributable Amount for such
Payment Date;
(iv) fourth, from the Amount Available then remaining on
deposit in the Collection Account, to the Cash Collateral Account, the
amount, if any, necessary to increase the balance therein to the
Requisite Cash Collateral Amount;
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(v) fifth, from the Amount Available then remaining on deposit
in the Collection Account, to the parties entitled thereto in
accordance with the Cash Collateral Account Agreement, any amounts due
and unpaid thereunder; and
(vi) sixth, any remaining Amount Available to the Owner
Trustee for distribution to the Equity Certificateholder.
In the event the Servicer's Certificate shows that, as of any
Determination Date, there are amounts on deposit in the Collection
Account which do not constitute Pledged Revenues due to the clause
(ii)(b) of the definition thereof and to which the Depositor is
entitled pursuant to Section 2.04 hereof, the Trustee shall forthwith
pay such amount to or upon the order of the Depositor.
(b) Allocations and Payments Prior to an Event of Default. On each
Payment Date and Redemption Date prior to an Event of Default, the Servicer,
pursuant to written monthly payment instructions and notification, shall
instruct the Indenture Trustee to withdraw and transfer, and on the succeeding
Payment Date the Indenture Trustee acting in accordance with such written
instructions shall withdraw and transfer, the amounts required to be withdrawn
from the Note Distribution Account in order to make the following payments or
allocations from the Amount Available for the related Payment Date (in each
case, such payment or transfer to be made only to the extent funds remain
available therefor after all prior payments and transfers for such Payment Date
have been made), in the following order of priority:
(i) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Class A-1
Noteholders an amount equal to the Class A-1 Interest Distributable
Amount; provided that if the Amount Available remaining to be allocated
pursuant to this clause are less than the full amount required to be so
allocated, such remaining Amount Available shall be allocated to the
Holders of Class A-1 Notes pro rata based upon their respective
entitlement pursuant to this clause;
(ii) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Class A-2
Noteholders an amount equal to the Class A-2 Interest Distributable
Amount ; provided that if the Amount Available remaining to be
allocated pursuant to this clause are less than the full amount
required to be so allocated, such remaining Amount Available shall be
allocated to the Holders of Class A-2 Notes pro rata based upon their
respective entitlement pursuant to this clause;
(iii) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Class A-3
Noteholders an amount equal to the Class A-3 Interest Distributable
Amounts provided that if the Amount Available remaining to be allocated
pursuant to this clause are less than the full amount required to be so
allocated, such remaining Amount Available shall be allocated to the
Holders of Class A-3 Notes pro rata based upon their respective
entitlement pursuant to this clause;
(iv) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Class A-4
Noteholders an amount equal to the Class A-4 Interest Distributable
Amount; provided that if the Amount Available remaining to be allocated
pursuant to this clause are less than the full amount required to be so
allocated, such remaining Amount Available shall be allocated to the
Holders of Class A-4 Notes pro rata based upon their respective
entitlement pursuant to this clause;
(v) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Class A-5
Noteholders an amount equal to the Class A-5 Interest Distributable
Amount; provided that if the Amount Available remaining to be allocated
pursuant to this clause are less than its full amount required to be so
allocated, such remaining Amount Available shall be allocated to its
Holders of Class A-5 Notes pro rata based upon their respective
entitlement pursuant to this clause;
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(vi) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Class B
Noteholders an amount equal to the Class B Interest Distributable
Amount; provided, that if the Amount Available remaining to be
allocated pursuant to this clause are less than the full amount
required to be so paid, such remaining Amount Available shall be paid
to the Holders of Class B Notes pro rata based on their respective
entitlement pursuant to this clause;
(vii) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Class C
Noteholders, an amount equal to the Class C Interest Distributable
Amount; provided, that if the Amount Available remaining to be
allocated pursuant to this clause are less than the full amount
required to be so paid, such remaining Amount Available shall be paid
to the Holders of Class C Notes pro rata based on their respective
entitlement pursuant to this clause;
(viii) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Class D
Noteholders an amount equal to the Class D Interest Distributable
Amount; provided, that if the Amount Available remaining to be
allocated pursuant to this clause are less than the full amount
required to be so paid, such remaining Amount Available shall be paid
to the Holders of Class D Notes pro rata based on their respective
entitlement pursuant to this clause;
(ix) prior to the Payment Date on which the Class A-1
Principal Balance has been reduced to zero, pay to the Indenture
Trustee, on behalf of the Class A-1 and Class A-5 Noteholders, the
Class A Principal Payment Amount, _____% of which shall be distributed
to the Class A-1 Noteholders and _____% of which shall be distributed
to the Class A-5 Noteholders; provided that if the amount available to
make such payments is not sufficient to pay the full Class A Principal
Payment Amount, such amount available shall be allocated (1) if such
Payment Date is the Class A-1 Stated Maturity Date (or any Payment Date
thereafter until the Class A-1 Principal Balance has been reduced to
zero), first, to the Class A-1 Noteholders to the extent necessary to
reduce the Class A-1 Principal Balance to zero, and, thereafter, to the
Class A-5 Noteholders, and (2) for any other Payment Date, between the
Class A-1 Noteholders and the Class A-5 Noteholders in the respective
percentages specified above in this clause;
(x) on the Payment Date on which the Class A-1 Principal
Balance shall be reduced to zero, pay to the Indenture Trustee, on
behalf of the Class A Noteholders, the Class A Principal Payment
Amount, allocated as follows:
(1) to the Class A-1 Noteholders, the remaining Class
A-1 Principal Balance;
(2) to the Class A-5 Noteholders, an amount equal to
_____% of the Total Principal Payment Amount; and
(3) the remaining Class A Principal Payment Amount,
if any, to the Class A-2 Noteholders until the
Class A-2 Principal Balance has been reduced to
zero, then to the Class A-3 Noteholders until the
Class A-3 Principal Balance has been reduced to
zero, then to the Class A-4 Noteholders until the
Class A-4 Principal Balance has been reduced to
zero and then to the Class A-5 Noteholders until
the Class A-5 Principal Balance has been reduced
to zero;
provided that if the amount available to make such payments is not
sufficient to pay the full Class A Principal Payment Amount, such
amount available shall be allocated, first, to the Class A-1 Notes and
the Class A-5 Notes as provided in clauses (1) and (2) above (and, if
such amount available is not sufficient to pay the full amounts so
provided for, such amount available shall be allocated (I) if such
Payment Date is the Class A-1 Stated Maturity Date (or any Payment Date
thereafter until the Class A-1 Principal Balance has been reduced to
zero), first, to the Class A-1 Noteholders to the extent necessary to
reduce the Class A-1 Principal Balance to zero, and, thereafter, to the
Class A-5 Noteholders, and (II) for any other Payment Date, between the
Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-5 Notes pro rata based upon the amounts
otherwise
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payable pursuant to such clauses (1) and (2)), and, thereafter, to the
Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0, Class A-4 and Class A-5 Notes as provided in
clause (3) above;
(xi) after the Payment Date on which the Class A-1 Principal
Balance has been reduced to zero, pay to the Indenture Trustee, on
behalf of the Class A Noteholders, the Class A Principal Payment
Amount, allocated as follows:
(1) on and prior to the Payment Date on which the
Class A-4 Principal Balance has been reduced to
zero:
(I) to the Class A-5 Noteholders, an amount
equal to _____% of the Total Principal
Payment Amount; and
(II) the remaining Class A Principal Payment
Amount to the Class A-2 Noteholders until
the Class A-2 Principal Balance has been
reduced to zero, then to the Class A-3
Noteholders until the Class A-3 Principal
Balance has been reduced to zero, then to
the Class A-4 Noteholders until the Class
A-4 Principal Balance has been reduced to
zero and then to the Class A-5 Noteholders
until the Class A-5 Principal Balance has
been reduced to zero;
provided that if the amount available to make
such payments is not sufficient to pay the full
Class A Principal Payment Amount, such amount
available shall be allocated (x) if such Payment
Date is the Stated Maturity Date of the Class
X-0, X-0 or A-4 Notes (or any Payment Date
thereafter until the Principal Balance of such
Class has been reduced to zero), first, to the
Noteholders of such Class to the extent necessary
to reduce the Principal Balance of such Class to
zero, and, thereafter, to the Class A-5
Noteholders, and (y) for any other Payment Date,
between the Class A-5 Notes, on the one hand, and
the Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4 Notes, on
the other, pro rata based upon the amounts
otherwise payable pursuant to clauses (I) and
(II) above; and
(2) after the Payment Date on which the Class A-4
Principal Balance has been reduced to zero, to
the Class A-5 Notes until the Class A-5 Principal
Balance has been reduced to zero;
(xii) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Class B
Noteholders, the Class B Principal Payment Amount;
(xiii) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Class C
Noteholders, the Class C Principal Payment Amount;
(xiv) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Class D
Noteholders, the Class D Principal Payment Amount; and
(xv) the Additional Principal, if any, to the Indenture
Trustee for the benefit, sequentially, of the Class X-0, Xxxxx X-0,
Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class B, Class C, and Class D
Noteholders.
(c) Allocations and Payments after an Event of Default. On each
Determination Date after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Servicer,
pursuant to monthly payment instructions and notification, shall instruct the
Indenture Trustee to withdraw and transfer, and on the succeeding Payment Date
the Indenture Trustee acting in accordance with such instructions shall withdraw
and transfer, the amounts required to be withdrawn from
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the Note Payment Account in order to make the following payments or allocations
from the Amount Available for the related Payment Date (in each case, such
payment or transfer to be made only to the extent funds remain available
therefor after all prior payments and transfers for such Payment Date have been
made), in the following order of priority:
(i) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Class A-1
Noteholders, Class A-2 Noteholders; Class A-3 Noteholders, the Class
A-4 Noteholders and the Class A-5 Noteholders, an amount equal to
interest accrued in respect of the related Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2
Notes, Class A-3 Notes, class A-4 Notes and Class A-5 Notes at the
respective Class A-1 Interest rate, Class A-2 Interest Rate, class A-3
Interest Rate, Class A-4 Interest Rate and Class A-5 Interest Rate for
the Accrual Period immediately preceding such Payment Date, together
with any such amounts that accrued in respect of prior Accrual Periods
for which no allocation was previously made; provided that if the
Amount Available remaining to be allocated pursuant to this clause are
less than the full amount required to be so allocated, such remaining
Amount Available shall be allocable to the Holders of the Class A-1
Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes, Class A-4 Notes and Class A-5
Notes pro rata based upon the then-outstanding Principal Amount
thereof;
(ii) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Class B
Noteholders an amount equal to the interest accrued thereon at the
Class B Interest Rate for the Accrual Period immediately preceding such
Payment Date, together with any amounts that accrued in respect of
prior Accrual Periods for which no allocation was previously made;
provided, that if the Amount Available remaining to be allocated
pursuant to this clause are less than the full amount required to be so
paid, such remaining Amount Available shall be paid to the Holder of
each Class B Note pro rata based on the outstanding Principal Amount
thereof;
(iii) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Class C
Noteholders, an amount equal to the interest accrued thereon at the
Class C Interest Rate for the Accrual Period immediately preceding such
Payment Date, together with any such amounts that accrued in respect of
prior Accrual Periods for which no allocation was previously made;
provided, that if the Amount Available remaining to be allocated
pursuant to this clause are less than the full amount required to be so
paid, such remaining Amount Available shall be paid to the Holder of
each Class C Note pro rata based on the outstanding Principal Amount
thereof;
(iv) pay to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Class D
Noteholders, an amount equal to the interest accrued thereon at the
Class D Interest Rate for the Accrual Period immediately preceding such
Payment Date, together with any such amounts that accrued in respect of
prior Accrual Periods for which no allocation was previously made;
provided, that if the Amount Available remaining to be allocated
pursuant to this clause are less than the full amount required to be so
paid, such remaining Amount Available shall be paid to the Holder of
each Class D Note pro rata based on the outstanding principal amount
thereof;
(v) pay to the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Class A-1
Noteholders, the Class A-1 Principal Payment Amount for such Payment
Date; provided (i) that if the Amount Available remaining to be
allocated pursuant to this clause are less than the full amount
required to be so paid, such remaining Amount Available shall be
allocated to each Class A-1 Note pro rata based on the outstanding
principal amount thereof and (ii) if the amount to be allocated
pursuant to this clause exceeds the amount needed to repay outstanding
Class A-1 Note principal in full, then such excess shall be applied in
repayment of principal on Class A-2 Notes;
(vi) pay to the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Class A-2
Noteholders, the Class A-2 Principal Payment Amount for such Payment
Date; provided (i) that if the Amount Available remaining to be
allocated pursuant to this clause are less than the full amount
required to be so paid, such remaining Amount Available shall be
allocated to each Class A-2 Note pro rata based on the outstanding
principal amount thereof, and (ii) if the amount to be allocated
pursuant to this clause exceeds the amount needed to
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repay outstanding Class A-2 Note principal in full, then such excess
shall be applied in repayment of principal on the Class A-3 Notes;
(vii) pay to the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Class A-3
Noteholders, the Class A-3 Principal Payment Amount for such Payment
Date; provided (i) that if the Amount Available remaining to be
allocated pursuant to this clause are less than the full amount
required to be so paid, such remaining Amount Available shall be
allocated to each Class A-3 Note pro rata based on the outstanding
principal amount thereof, and (ii) if the amount to be allocated
pursuant to this clause exceeds the amount needed to repay outstanding
Class A-3 Note principal in full, then such excess shall be applied in
repayment of principal on the Class A-4 Notes;
(viii) pay to the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Class
A-4 Noteholders, the Class A-4 Principal Payment Amount for such
Payment Date; provided (i) that if the Amount Available remaining to be
allocated pursuant to this clause are less than the full amount
required to be so paid, such remaining Amount Available shall be
allocated to each Class A-4 Note pro rata based on the outstanding
principal amount thereof, and (ii) if the amount to be allocated
pursuant to this clause exceeds the amount needed to repay outstanding
Class A-4 Note principal in full, then such excess shall be applied in
repayment of principal on the Class A-5 Notes;
(ix) pay to the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Class A-5
Noteholder, the Class A-5 Principal Payment Amount for such Payment
Date, provided, that if the Amount Available remaining to be allocated
pursuant to this clause are less than the full amount required to be
paid such remaining Amount Available shall be allocated to each Class
A-5 Note pro rata based on the outstanding principal amount thereof,
and (ii) if the amount to be allocated pursuant to this clause exceeds
the amount needed to repay outstanding class A-5 Notes principal in
full, then such excess shall be applied in repayment of principal on
the Class B Notes;
(x) pay to the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Class B
Noteholders, the Class B Principal Payment Amount for such Payment
Date; provided (i) that if the Amount Available remaining to be
allocated pursuant to this clause are less than the full amount
required to be so paid, such remaining Amount Available shall be
allocated to each Class B Note pro rata based on the outstanding
principal amount thereof, and (ii) if the amount to be allocated
pursuant to this clause exceeds the amount needed to repay outstanding
Class B Note principal in full, then such excess shall be applied in
repayment of principal on the Class C Notes;
(xi) pay to the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Class C
Noteholders, the Class C Principal Payment Amount for such Payment
Date; provided (i) that if the Amount Available remaining to be
allocated pursuant to this clause are less than the full amount
required to be so paid, such remaining Amount Available shall be
allocated to each Class C Note pro rata based on the outstanding
principal amount thereof, and (ii) if the amount to be allocated
pursuant to this clause exceeds the amount needed to repay outstanding
Class C Note principal in full, then such excess shall be applied in
repayment of principal on the Class D Notes;
(xii) pay to the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Class D
Noteholders, the Class D Principal Payment Amount for such Payment
Date; provided that if the Amount Available remaining to be allocated
pursuant to this clause are less than the full amount required to be so
paid, such remaining Amount Available shall be allocated to each Class
D Note pro rata based on the outstanding principal amount thereof;
(d) On the last Business Day preceding each Payment Date, the Indenture
Trustee shall, in accordance with directions from the Servicer, withdraw from
amounts on deposit in the Cash Collateral Account, and deposit into the
Collection Account, an amount equal to the lesser of the Available Cash
Collateral Amount for such Payment Date and the sum of the following amounts, if
any:
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(i) the amount, if any, by which the Available Pledged
Revenues with respect to such Payment Date, is less than the amount
specified in clauses (b)(i)-(viii) of this Section 7.05 (or in the case
of a payment after an Event of Default in clauses (c) (i) - (iv) of
this Section 7.05; plus
(ii) the Principal Deficiency Amount, if any, for such Payment
Date, plus
(iii) with respect to the Stated Maturity Date for any Class
of Notes or on the first Payment Date on which the Contract Pool
Principal Balance is less than $1,000,000, the amount, if any, by which
the Available Pledged Revenues, after payment of all amounts specified
in clauses (b)(i) through (b)(viii) (or in the event of a payment after
an Event of Default clauses (c) (i) - (b) (iv) of Section 7.05, is less
than (A) in the case of the Stated Maturity Date for a Class of Notes,
the remaining Principal Balance of such Class of Notes, and (B) in the
case of the first Payment Date on which the Contract Pool Analysis
Principal is less than $1,000,000 the Principal Amount of all
outstanding Notes.
In the event that the Available Pledged Revenues for any Payment Date are less
than the total amount, if any, specified above for such Payment Date, the amount
actually withdrawn by the Trustee shall be applied in the order of priority
specified above, and, within each clause specified above, in the order of
priority specified in Section 7.05(b). The Servicer shall give the Trustee and
the Cash Collateral Account Lenders' Agent notice, at least three Business Days
prior to each Payment Date, of the amounts, if any, specified in clauses (i)
through (iii) above for such Payment Date.
Section 7.06. Repurchases of, or Substitution for, Contracts for Breach
of Representations and Warranties. Upon a discovery by the Servicer of an
inaccuracy or breach of a representation or warranty set forth in the Schedule
of Representations which has been made or deemed made with respect to a Contract
in the Contract Pool, which inaccuracy or breach materially adversely affects
the Trust's or any Noteholder's or the Equity Certificateholder's interest in
such Contract (without regard to the benefits of Cash Collateral Account, any
reserve fund, over collateralization or other similar enhancement) or the
collectibility thereof (an "Ineligible Contract"), the Servicer shall promptly
notify CFUSA thereof. As provided in the Purchase and Sale Agreement and in
accordance with this Section 7.06, CFUSA is obligated to repurchase each such
Ineligible Contract, at a repurchase price equal to the Purchase Amount
(determined as of the date such repurchase is to be funded), not later than the
second Deposit Date following the date the Servicer becomes aware of any such
breach or inaccuracy and which breach or inaccuracy has not otherwise been
cured; provided, however, that if CFUSA is able to effect a substitution for any
such Ineligible Contract in compliance with Section 2.04, CFUSA may, in lieu of
repurchasing such Ineligible Contract, effect a substitution for such Ineligible
Contract with a Substitute Contract not later than the date a repurchase of such
Ineligible Contract would be required hereunder; and provided further, that with
respect to a breach or inaccuracy of any such representations or warranties
relating to the Contract Pool (or all Contracts conveyed on the Closing Date or
Substitution Transfer Date, as the case may be) in the aggregate and not to any
particular Contract, CFUSA (or the Servicer acting on its behalf) may select
Contracts (without adverse selection) to repurchase (or substitute for) such
that had such Contracts not been included as part of the related Transferred
Assets (and, in the case of a substitution, had such Substitute Contract been
included as part of the related Transferred Assets instead of the selected
Ineligible Contract) there would have been no breach or inaccuracy of such
representation or warranty. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, the obligation of CFUSA under the Purchase and Sale Agreement and
described in this Section 7.06 shall not terminate or be deemed released by any
party hereto upon a Servicing Transfer pursuant to Article VIII. The right to
enforce the repurchase or substitution obligation described in this Section
shall constitute the sole remedy of the Trust, the Indenture Trustee, the
Depositor and the Holders with respect to the inaccuracy or breach related to
such Ineligible Contract. The Purchase Amount shall be allocated in accordance
with the Allocation Criteria.
Section 7.07. Reassignment of Repurchased or Substituted Contracts.
Upon deposit into the Collection Account of the Purchase Amount with respect to
an Ineligible Contract as described in Section 7.06 (or upon the Substitution
Transfer Date related to a Substitute Contract described in Section 7.06), or of
the repurchase price set forth in Section 7.08, the Indenture Trustee shall
release and reassign to CFUSA all of the Trust's right and interest in the
repurchased or substituted Contract and related Transferred Assets without
recourse, representation or
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warranty, and such reassigned Contract shall no longer thereafter be included in
any calculations of Contract Principal Balances required to be made hereunder or
otherwise be deemed a part of the Trust Assets.
Section 7.08. CFUSA's and Depositor's Repurchase Option. As provided in
the Purchase and Sale Agreement, on written notice to the Indenture Trustee at
least twenty (20) days prior to a Payment Date, and provided that the aggregate
Principal Amount of Notes outstanding is then less than 10% of the Initial
Contract Pool Principal Balance, CFUSA, through the Depositor, may (but is not
required to) repurchase from the Trust on that Payment Date all outstanding
Contracts in the Contract Pool at a price equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate
outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes (other than the Equity Certificate)
plus accrued unpaid interest thereon as of the current Payment Date, and (b) the
amount of unreimbursed Servicer Advances (if any) as well as accrued and unpaid
monthly Servicing Fees to the date of such repurchase plus (c) any other amounts
that would otherwise be payable from Pledged Revenues on such Payment Date
(assuming sufficient Pledged Revenues were available to effect such payments)
pursuant to Article VII, minus (d) Pledged Revenues and other Available Pledged
Revenues on deposit in the Collection Account and available to make such
payments on such Payment Date. Such price is to be deposited in the Collection
Account not later than the Deposit Date preceding such Payment Date, against the
Indenture Trustee's and Depositor's release of the Contract Assets and the
related Contract Files to CFUSA.
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ARTICLE VIII
SERVICER DEFAULTS; SERVICING TRANSFER
Section 8.01. Servicer Default. "Servicer Default" means the occurrence
of any of the following:
(a) any failure by the Servicer to make any payment, transfer
or deposit or to give instructions or notice to the Owner Trustee or
the Indenture Trustee to make any payment, transfer or deposit, or to
deliver the Monthly Report pursuant to this Agreement, which failure
continues unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days after the
first to occur of (i) written notice from the Owner Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee of such failure shall have been given to the
Servicer, or (ii) the date the Servicer becomes aware thereof; or
(b) failure on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or
perform any other covenants or agreements of the Servicer set forth in
this Agreement which has a material adverse effect on the Noteholders
or the Equity Certificateholder, which continues unremedied for a
period of thirty (30) days after the first to occur of (i) the date on
which written notice of such failure requiring the same to be remedied
shall have been given to the Servicer by and the Indenture Trustee or
to the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee by the Noteholders or the
Equity Certificateholder or the Indenture Trustee on behalf of such
Noteholders of Notes aggregating not less than 25% of the Principal
Amount of any Class adversely affected thereby, and (ii) the date on
which the Servicer becomes aware thereof, and such failure continues to
materially adversely affect the Noteholders or the Equity
Certificateholders for such period; or
(c) any representation, warranty or certification made by the
Servicer in this Agreement or in any certificate delivered pursuant
hereto shall prove to have been incorrect when made, which has a
material adverse effect on the Noteholders or Equity Certificateholder
and which continues to be incorrect in any material respect for a
period of thirty (30) days after the first to occur of (i) the date on
which written notice of such incorrectness requiring the same to be
remedied shall have been given to the Servicer and the Owner Trustee by
the Indenture Trustee, or to the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee by Noteholders or the Equity Certificateholders or by
the Indenture Trustee on behalf of Noteholders of Notes aggregating not
less than 25% of the Principal Amount of any Class adversely affected
thereby, and (ii) the date on which the Servicer becomes aware thereof,
and such incorrectness continues to materially adversely affect the
Noteholders or Equity Certificateholders for such period; or
(d) an Insolvency Event shall occur with respect to the Servicer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a delay in or failure of performance
referred to under clause (a) above for a period of five (5) Business Days or
referred to under clause (b) or (c) for a period of sixty (60) days (in addition
to any period provided in (a), (b) or (c)) shall not constitute a Servicer
Default until the expiration of such additional five (5) Business Days or sixty
(60) days, respectively, if such delay or failure could not be prevented by the
exercise of reasonable diligence by the Servicer and such delay or failure was
caused by an act of God or other similar occurrences. Upon the occurrence of any
such event the Servicer shall not be relieved from using its best efforts to
perform its obligations in a timely manner in accordance with the terms of this
Pooling Agreement and the Servicer shall provide the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee and the Depositor prompt notice of such failure or delay by
it, together with a description of its efforts to so perform its obligations.
The Servicer shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee in writing of any
Servicer Default.
Section 8.02. Servicing Transfer. (a) If a Servicer Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Required Holders, or (y) the Indenture Trustee
may, by written notice (a "Termination Notice") delivered to the parties hereto,
terminate all (but not less than all) of the Servicer's rights and obligations
under this Pooling Agreement with respect to the Trust Assets.
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(b) Upon delivery of the Termination Notice (or, if later, on a date
designated therein), and on the date that a successor Servicer shall have been
appointed pursuant to Section 8.03 (such appointment being herein called a
"Servicing Transfer"), all rights, benefits, fees, indemnities, authority and
power of the Servicer under this Pooling Agreement, whether with respect to the
Contracts in the Contract Pool, the Contract Files or otherwise, shall pass to
and be vested in such successor (the "Successor Servicer") pursuant to and under
this Section 8.02; and, without limitation, the Successor Servicer is authorized
and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of the Servicer, as
attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and
to do any and all acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes
of such notice of termination. The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the
Successor Servicer in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and
rights of the Servicer under this Pooling Agreement, including, without
limitation, the transfer to the Successor Servicer for administration by it of
all cash amounts which shall at the time be held by the Servicer for deposit, or
have been deposited by the Servicer, in the Collection Account, or for its own
account in connection with its services hereafter or thereafter received with
respect to the Contracts in the Contract Pool. The Servicer shall transfer to
the Successor Servicer (i) all records held by the Servicer relating to such
Contracts in such electronic form as the Successor Servicer may reasonably
request and (ii) any related Contract Files in the Servicer's possession. In
addition, the Servicer shall permit access to its premises (including all
computer records and programs) to the Successor Servicer or its designee, and
shall pay the reasonable transition expenses of the Successor Servicer. Upon a
Servicing Transfer, the Successor Servicer shall also be entitled to receive the
Servicing Fee for performing the obligations of the Servicer.
Section 8.03. Appointment of Successor Servicer; Reconveyance;
Successor Servicer to Act . Upon delivery of the Termination Notice (or, if
later, on a date designated therein), the Servicer shall continue to perform all
servicing functions under this Pooling Agreement until the date specified in the
Termination Notice or, if no such date is specified, until a date mutually
agreed by the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall as
promptly as possible after the giving of or receipt of a Termination Notice,
appoint a Successor Servicer, and such Successor Servicer shall accept its
appointment by a written assumption and by delivery of an opinion of counsel to
the Successor Servicer relating to corporate matters and enforceability, in each
case in a form acceptable to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee. In
effecting such appointment, the Indenture Trustee shall seek bids from potential
servicers which are established financial institutions each having a net worth
of at least $50,000,000 and whose regular business includes the servicing of
contracts similar to the Contracts in the Contract Pool.
In the event that a Successor Servicer has not been appointed and has
not accepted its appointment within 60 days of the delivery of a Termination
Notice, then the Indenture Trustee shall offer the Depositor, and the Depositor
shall offer the CFUSA, the right to accept retransfer of all the Trust Assets,
and such party may accept retransfer of such Trust Assets in consideration of
the Depositor's delivery to the Collection Account on or prior to the next
upcoming Payment Date of a sum equal to the Aggregate Principal Amount of all
Notes then outstanding, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon
through such date of deposit; provided, that the Indenture Trustee, if so
directed by, the Required Holders, need not accept and effect such reconveyance
in the absence of evidence (which may include valuations of an investment bank
or similar entity) reasonably acceptable to such Indenture Trustee or Required
Holders that such retransfer would not constitute a fraudulent conveyance of the
Depositor or CFUSA; provided, further, CFUSA may not accept such retransfer
unless it shall have delivered to each Rating Agency an Opinion of Counsel that
such retransfer would not constitute a fraudulent conveyance of the Depositor or
the Seller or that such retransfer would not constitute a preferential payment
by the Depositor or CFUSA.
In the event that a Successor Servicer has not been appointed and has
not accepted its appointment at the time when the then Servicer has ceased to
act as Servicer, the Indenture Trustee without further action shall
automatically be appointed the Successor Servicer. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Indenture Trustee is legally unable or prohibited from so
acting, it shall petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint any
established financial institution having a net worth of at least $50,000,000 and
whose regular business includes the servicing of contracts similar to the
Contracts in the Contract Pool as the Successor Servicer hereunder. On or after
a Servicing Transfer, the Successor Servicer shall be the successor in all
respects to the Servicer in its capacity as servicer under this Pooling
Agreement, and the transactions set forth or provided for in this Pooling
Agreement, and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and
liabilities relating thereto placed on the Servicer by the terms and provisions
hereof, and the terminated Servicer shall be relieved of such responsibilities,
duties and liabilities arising
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after such Servicing Transfer; provided, however, that the Successor Servicer
shall not be liable for any acts or omissions of the departing Servicer
occurring prior to such Servicer Servicing Transfer or for any breach by the
departing Servicer of any of its representations and warranties contained in
this Pooling Agreement or in any related or Transaction Document or other
agreement. As compensation therefor, the Successor Servicer shall be entitled to
receive the Servicing Fee. The Trust, the Noteholders and the Equity
Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee and such successor shall take such
action, consistent with this Pooling Agreement, as shall be necessary to
effectuate any such succession. To the extent the terminated Servicer has made
Servicer Advances, it shall be entitled to reimbursement of the same
notwithstanding its termination hereunder, to the same extent as if it had
continued to service the Trust Assets hereunder. In addition, it is understood
and agreed that if an Event of Default has occurred and a Servicer Transfer is
being effected by action of the Indenture Trustee hereunder, any documented
expenses reasonably incurred by the Indenture Trustee in connection with
effecting such Servicer Transfer shall be deemed expenses reimbursable from
Available Pledged Revenues after an Event of Default pursuant to Section
7.05(b)(i) hereof and Section 5.06(a)(i) of the Indenture.
Section 8.04. (a) Notifications to Noteholders and the Equity
Certificateholders. Promptly following the occurrence of any Servicer Default,
the Servicer shall give written notice thereof to the Trustees, the Depositor
and each Rating Agency at the addresses described in Section 11.04 and to the
Noteholders and Equity Certificateholder at their respective addresses appearing
on the Note Register and the Certificate Register, respectively.
(b) Within ten (10) days following any termination or appointment of a
Successor Servicer pursuant to this Article VIII, the Indenture Trustee shall
give written notice thereof to each Rating Agency and the Depositor at the
addresses described in Section 11.04, and to the Noteholders and the Equity
Certificateholder at their respective addresses appearing on the Note Register
and the Certificate Register, respectively.
Section 8.05. Effect of Transfer. (a) After a Servicing Transfer, the
terminated Servicer shall have no further rights or obligations under this
Pooling Agreement, including, without limitation, with respect to the
management, administration, servicing, custody or collection of the Trust
Assets, and the Successor Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 8.03 shall have
all of such obligations, except that the terminated Servicer will transmit or
cause to be transmitted directly to the Successor Servicer for its own account,
promptly on receipt and in the same form in which received, any amounts or items
(properly endorsed where required for the Successor Servicer to collect them)
received as payments upon or otherwise in connection with the Contracts in the
Contract Pool.
(b) A Servicing Transfer shall not affect the rights and duties of the
parties to this Pooling Agreement (including but not limited to the indemnities
of the departing Servicer) other than those relating to the management,
administration, servicing, custody or collection of the Contracts in the
Contract Pool and related Transferred Assets.
Section 8.06. Database File. The Servicer will provide the Successor
Servicer with a magnetic tape containing the database file for each Contract in
the Contract Pool on and as of the Business Day before the actual commencement
of servicing functions by the Successor Servicer following the occurrence of a
Servicer Default.
Section 8.07. Successor Servicer Indemnification. The departing
Servicer shall defend, indemnify and hold the Successor Servicer and any
officers, directors, employees or agents of the Successor Servicer harmless
against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable
legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, fees, and expenses
that the Successor Servicer may sustain in connection with the claims asserted
at any time by third parties against the Successor Servicer which result from
(i) any willful or grossly negligent act taken or omission by the departing
Servicer or (ii) a breach of any representations of the departing Servicer in
Section 3.02. The indemnification provided by this Section 8.07 shall survive
(a) a Servicing Transfer and/or (b) the termination of this Agreement.
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Section 8.08. Responsibilities of the Successor Servicer. The Successor
Servicer will not be responsible for delays attributable to the departing
Servicer's failure to deliver information, defects in the information supplied
by the departing Servicer or other circumstances beyond the control of the
Successor Servicer.
The Successor Servicer will make arrangements with the departing
Servicer for the prompt and safe transfer of, and the departing Servicer shall
provide to the Successor Servicer, all necessary servicing files and records,
including (as deemed necessary by the Successor Servicer at such time): (i)
microfiche loan documentation, (ii) servicing system tapes, (iii) Contract
payment history, (iv) collections history and (v) the trial balances, as of the
close of business on the day immediately preceding conversion to the Successor
Servicer, reflecting all applicable Contract Pool information. The departing
Servicer shall be obligated to pay the costs associated with the transfer of the
servicing files and records to the Successor Servicer.
The Successor Servicer shall have no responsibility and shall not be in
default hereunder nor incur any liability for any failure, error, malfunction or
any delay in carrying out any of its duties under this Pooling Agreement if any
such failure or delay results from the Successor Servicer acting in accordance
with information prepared or supplied by a Person other than the Successor
Servicer or the failure of any such Person to prepare or provide such
information. The Successor Servicer shall have no responsibility, shall not be
in default and shall incur no liability (i) for any act or failure to act by any
third party, including the departing Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustees or
for any inaccuracy or omission in a notice or communication received by the
Successor Servicer from any third party or (ii) which is due to or results from
the invalidity or unenforceability of any Contract under applicable law or the
breach or the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty made with respect to
any Contract.
Any Successor Servicer which assumes the role of Successor Servicer
hereunder shall be entitled to the benefits of (and subject to the provisions
of) Section 5.05 concerning delegation of duties to subservicers.
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ARTICLE IX
SERVICER REPORTING
Section 9.01. Monthly Reports. With respect to each Payment Date and
the related Collection Period, the Servicer will provide to each Trustee, and
each Rating Agency, on the related Determination Date, a monthly statement (a
"Monthly Report") substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto. On each Payment
Date, the Indenture Trustee will forward to each Noteholder a copy of the
Monthly Report for the related Collection Period. The parties hereto acknowledge
that the Indenture Trustee has no obligation to verify the accuracy of the
Monthly Report.
Section 9.02. Officer's Certificate. Each Monthly Report delivered
pursuant to Section 9.01 shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Servicing
Officer certifying the accuracy of the Monthly Report.
Section 9.03. Other Data. In addition, the Servicer shall, upon the
request of any Trustees, or any Rating agency, furnish such Trustee or Rating
agency, as the case may be, such Managing Agent such underlying data used to
generate a Monthly Report as may be reasonably requested.
Section 9.04. Annual Reporting; Evidence as to Compliance. The Servicer
shall cause a firm of nationally recognized independent accountants (the
"Independent Accountants"), who may also render other services to the Servicer
or its Affiliates, to deliver to the Trustees and each Rating agency, on or
before March 31 (or ninety (90) days after the end of the Servicer's fiscal
year, if other than December 31) of each year, beginning on March 31, 2000, with
respect to the twelve months ended the immediately preceding December 31 or
other applicable date), a report addressed to the Board of Directors of the
Servicer and to the Trustees (the "Accountant's Report") to the effect that such
Independent Accountants have, at the request of the Servicers, (i) audited the
financial statements of the Servicer (or, if the Servicer is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of another entity, the financial statements of such parent entity)
and issued an opinion thereon and that such audit was made in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards as in effect in the jurisdiction of the
entity being audited, which require that such Independent Accountants plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance as to whether the financial
statements of the Servicer (or its parent, as applicable) are free of material
misstatement, and (ii) with respect to the immediately prior year's public
securitization transactions involving similar contracts and assets, examined
management's assertion that the Servicer maintained effective control over the
servicing of such assets, in accordance with established or stated criteria, and
providing a report thereon, as well as confirming that such examination was
performed in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants. A copy of the Accountant's Report may be obtained
by any Securityholder by a request in writing to the Indenture Trustee, in the
case of a Noteholder, or in the case of a Certificateholder, addressed to its
respective Corporate Trust Office.
Section 9.05. Annual Statement of Compliance from Servicer. The
Servicer will deliver to the Trustees, and each of the Rating Agencies, on or
before March 31 of each year commencing March 31, 2001, an Officer's Certificate
stating that (a) a review of the activities of the Servicer during the prior
calendar year and of its performance under the Pooling Agreement was made under
the supervision of the officer signing such certificate and (b) to such
officer's knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fully performed or
cause to be performed in all material respects all its obligations under the
Pooling Agreement and no Servicer Default has occurred or is continuing, or, if
there has been a Servicer Default, specifying each such default known to such
officer and the nature and status thereof and the steps being taken or necessary
to be taken to remedy such event.
A copy of such certificate may be obtained by any Noteholder or the
Equity Certificateholder by a request in writing to the Indenture Trustee, with
respect to any Noteholder, or the Owner Trustee, with respect to the Equity
Certificateholder.
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ARTICLE X
TERMINATION
Section 10.01. Sale of Trust Assets.
(a) Upon any transfer of Trust Assets pursuant to Section 10.02 of the
Trust Agreement, the Servicer shall instruct the Indenture Trustee to deposit
the proceeds from such transfer after all payments and reserves therefrom have
been made (the "Insolvency Proceeds") into the Collection Account. On the
Payment Date on which the Insolvency Proceeds are deposited in such Collection
Account (or, if such proceeds are not so deposited on a Payment Date, on the
Payment Date immediately following such deposit), the Servicer shall instruct
the Indenture Trustee to allocate and apply the Insolvency Proceeds as if (and
in the same order of priority as) the Insolvency Proceeds were Pledged Revenues
being allocated and distributed on such date pursuant to this Pooling Agreement.
(b) Notice of any termination of the Trust shall be given by the
Servicer to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee as soon as practicable
after the Servicer has received notice thereof.
(c) Following the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the
payment in full of the principal of and interest on the Notes, the Equity
Certificateholder will succeed to the rights of the Noteholders hereunder.
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01. Amendments.
(a) This Pooling Agreement may be amended by the parties signatory
hereto, with the consent of the Required Holders, to cure any ambiguity, to
correct or supplement any provisions in this Agreement which are inconsistent
with other provisions herein, or to add any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under this Agreement that shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions thereof.
(b) This Pooling Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
parties signatory hereto, with the consent of the Required Holders, for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions thereof or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Noteholders or the Equity Certificateholder; provided, however, that no such
amendment shall (i) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or
accelerate or delay the timing of Pledged Revenues of payments on the Trust
Assets or payments that shall be required to be made on any Note or the Equity
Certificate (including by way of amendment of related definitions), or (B) the
manner in which the Cash Collateral Account is applied; or (ii) change in any
manner (including through amendment of related definitions), the Noteholders and
the Equity Certificateholders which are required to consent to any such
amendment; or (iii) make any Note or the Equity Certificate payable in money
other than Dollars, without the consent of the Noteholders and the Equity
Certificateholders of all Notes of the relevant affected Class then outstanding
and the Equity Certificateholder, if affected; or (iv) change in any manner the
duties of the Indenture Trustee under this Agreement without its written
consent, (in any such case).
(c) Prior to the execution of any such amendment or consent, the
Indenture Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such
amendment or consent, together with a copy thereof, to each Rating Agency.
(d) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the
Indenture Trustee, shall furnish written notification of the substance of such
amendment or consent to each Noteholder and the Equity Certificateholder,
respectively. It shall not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders and the
Equity Certificateholder pursuant to Section 11.01(b) to approve the particular
form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if such
consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such
consents and of evidencing the authorization by Noteholders and the Equity
Certificateholder of the execution thereof shall be subject to such reasonable
requirements as the Indenture Trustee may prescribe.
(e) Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of
Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment on behalf of the Trust is
authorized or permitted by this Pooling Agreement, and that all conditions
precedent to such execution as set forth herein have been satisfied. The
Trustees may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which
affects the Trustees' own rights, duties or immunities under this Pooling
Agreement or otherwise.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing
provisions of this Section 11.01, (a) the Depositor or the Servicer, acting on
behalf of the Depositor, may request each rating agency to approve a formula for
determining the Required Cash Collateral amount that is different from the
formula or result determined from the current definition thereof contained
herein so as to result in a decrease in the amount of the Required Cash
Collateral amount or the manner by which such Cash Collateral Account is funded.
If each Rating Agency delivers to the Indenture Trustee and Owner Trustee a
written notice or letter satisfying the Rating Agency condition in connection
with such change, then the Required Cash Collateral amount will be theretofore
determined in accordance with such changed formula or manner of funding, and an
amendment to this Agreement effecting such change may be executed without the
consent of any Noteholder and the Equity Certificateholder.
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Section 11.02. [Reserved].
Section 11.03. Governing Law. This Pooling Agreement shall be construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York and the obligations,
rights, and remedies of the parties under this Pooling Agreement shall be
determined in accordance with such laws, except that the duties of the Owner
Trustee shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware.
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Section 11.04. Notices. All notices, demands, certificates, requests
and communications hereunder ("notices") shall be in writing and shall be
effective (a) upon receipt when sent through the U.S. mails, registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, with such receipt to
be effective the date of delivery indicated on the return receipt, or (b) one
(1) Business Day after delivery to an overnight courier, or (c) on the date
personally delivered to an authorized officer of the party to which sent, or (d)
on the date transmitted by legible telefax transmission with a confirmation of
receipt, in all cases addressed to the recipient as follows:
(i) If to the Servicer:
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Fax No.:
Telephone No.:
with a copy to:
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Fax No.:
Telephone No.:
(ii) If to the Depositor:
NCT Funding Company, L.L.C.
c/o The CIT Group, Inc.
000 XXX Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attention: Securitization Treasury
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
(iii) If to the Indenture Trustee:
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Attention: Indenture Trust Administration
Fax No.:
Telephone No.:
(iv) If to a Financing Originator:
At the address, telephone and fax information
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set forth for such Financing Originator in the
Conveyancing Agreement (for TCA Financing
Originators) or the Purchase and Sale Agreement
(for CFUSA)
(v) If to CFUSA:
CIT Financial USA, Inc.
000 XXX Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attention: Treasury
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
(vi) If to the Owner Trustee:
The ___________ Bank
Attention: Trust Department
Fax No.:
Telephone No.:
with a copy to:
______________ Bank
Attention:
Fax No.:
Telephone No.:
Each party hereto may, by notice given in accordance herewith to each of the
other parties hereto, designate any further or different address to which
subsequent notices shall be sent.
Section 11.05. Severability of Provisions. If one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any
reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or
terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Notes or the
Equity Certificateholders or the rights of the holders thereof.
Section 11.06. Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, the parties hereto hereby manifest their intent
that no third party shall be deemed a third party beneficiary of this Agreement,
and specifically that Obligors are not third party beneficiaries of this
Agreement; provided, that the Owner Trustee shall be a third party beneficiary
of this Agreement for purposes of the fee and indemnification provisions hereof.
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Section 11.07. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 11.08. Headings. The headings of the various Articles and
Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or
limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 11.09. No Bankruptcy Petition; Disclaimer and Subordination.
(a) Each of the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and each
Noteholder and the Equity Certificateholder (by acceptance of the applicable
Notes or the Equity Certificate) covenants and agrees that it will not institute
against the Depositor, or the Trust, or solicit or join in or cooperate with or
encourage any other Person in instituting against the Depositor or the Trust,
any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceedings or other similar proceedings under the laws of the United States or
any state of the United States.
(b) Consistent with the provisions in Section 1.07 of the
Trust Agreement and Section 6.16 hereof, the Trust, as well as each Noteholder
and the Equity Certificateholder by accepting a Note or the Equity Certificate,
acknowledges and agrees that such Note or the Equity Certificate represents a
beneficial interest in the Trust and Trust Assets only and does not represent an
interest in any assets (other than the Trust Assets) of the Depositor (including
by virtue of any deficiency claim in respect of obligations not paid or
otherwise satisfied from the Trust Assets and proceeds thereof). In furtherance
of and not in derogation of the foregoing, to the extent the Depositor enters
into other securitization transactions as contemplated in Section 6.07, the
Trust as well as each Noteholder and the Equity Certificateholder by accepting a
Note or Certificate acknowledges and agrees that it shall have no right, title
or interest in or to any assets (or interests therein) (other than Trust Assets)
conveyed or purported to be conveyed by the Depositor to another securitization
trust (i.e., other than the Issuer) or other Person or Persons in connection
therewith (whether by way of a sale, capital contribution or by virtue of the
granting of a Lien) ("Other Assets"). To the extent that, notwithstanding the
agreements and provisions contained in the preceding sentences of this
subsection, the Trust, or any Noteholder and the Equity Certificateholder,
either (i) asserts an interest in or claim to, or benefit from, Other Assets,
whether asserted against or through the Depositor or any other Person owned by
the Depositor, or (ii) is deemed to have any such interest, claim or benefit in
or from Other Assets, whether by operation of law, legal process, pursuant to
applicable provisions of Insolvency Laws or otherwise (including without
limitation by virtue of Section 1111(b) of the federal Bankruptcy Code or any
successor provision having similar effect under the Bankruptcy Code), and
whether deemed asserted against or through the Depositor or any other Person
owned by the Depositor, then the Trust and each Noteholder and the Equity
Certificateholder by accepting a Note or the Equity Certificate further
acknowledges and agrees that any such interest, claim or benefit in or from
Other Assets is and shall be expressly subordinated to the indefeasible payment
in full of all obligations and liabilities of the Depositor which, under the
terms of the relevant documents relating to the securitization of such Other
Assets, are entitled to be paid from, entitled to the benefits of, or otherwise
secured by such Other Assets (whether or not any such entitlement or security
interest is legally perfected or otherwise entitled to a priority of payment or
application under applicable law, including Insolvency Laws, and whether
asserted against the Depositor or any other Person owned by the Depositor),
including, without limitation, the payment of post-petition interest on such
other obligations and liabilities. This subordination agreement shall be deemed
a subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy
Code. Each Noteholder and the Equity Certificateholder further acknowledges and
agrees that no adequate remedy at law exists for a breach of this Section 11.09
and that the terms and provisions of this Section 11.09 may be enforced by an
action for specific performance.
(c) The provisions of this Section 11.09 shall be for the
third party benefit of those entitled to rely thereon and shall survive the
termination of this Agreement.
Section 11.10. Jurisdiction. Any legal action or proceeding with
respect to this Agreement may be brought in the courts of the United States for
the Southern District of New York, and by execution and delivery of this
Agreement, each party hereto consents, for itself and in respect of its
property, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction
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of those courts. Each such party irrevocably waives any objection, including any
objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non
conveniens, which it may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any action or
proceeding in such jurisdiction in respect of this Agreement or any document
related hereto.
Section 11.11. Tax Characterization. Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 2.01 and Section 2.04 hereof, the Depositor and Owner Trustee agree that
pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3(b)(1)(ii), the Trust is to
be disregarded as a separate entity from the Depositor for federal income tax
purposes.
Section 11.12. Servicer Indemnity. The Servicer will indemnify the
Depositor, the Trust, the Securityholders and the Indenture Trustees, and any of
their officers, directors, employees or agents (each an "Indemnified Party")
from and against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures,
legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, fees and expenses
that any Indemnified Party may sustain in connection with claims asserted by
third parties against such Indemnified Party which result from any act or
omission on the part of the Servicer with respect to the Trust Assets or its
duties and obligations under this Pooling Agreement, except where such claims
arise out of any willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith on the part
of such Indemnified Party. Indemnification under this Section shall survive the
resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee, as the case
may be, and the termination of the Trust Agreement or this Pooling Agreement.
Section 11.13. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the
Agreement has been executed by The _____ Bank, not in its individual capacity
but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuer and in no event shall
The ______ Bank in its individual capacity or any beneficial owner of the Issuer
have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or
other obligations of the Issuer hereunder, as to all of which recourse shall be
had solely to the assets of the Issuer. For all purposes of this Agreement, in
the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner
Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and
provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.
Section 11.14. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT
WAIVES ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION
BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER
TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, IN ANY
ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY OF THE PARTIES
AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS,
OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES HERETO EACH AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF
ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE
FOREGOING, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO FURTHER AGREES THAT ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHT
TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION,
COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE
THE VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR A TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF
OR THEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, AMENDMENTS AND
RESTATEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION
DOCUMENT.
Section 11.15. Third Party Beneficiary. The Owner Trustee shall be a
third party beneficiary of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above
written.
CIT EQUIPMENT COLLATERAL _____-__
By: The ____________________ Bank, not
in its individual capacity but
solely as Owner Trustee on behalf
of the Trust
By: _____________________________
Printed Name:_____________________
Title:____________________________
NCT FUNDING COMPANY, L.L.C., as Depositor
By: ___________________________________
Printed Name: _____________________
Title: ____________________________
CIT FINANCIAL USA, INC.
By: ___________________________________
Printed Name: _____________________
Title: ____________________________
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in its individual capacity and as __Servicer
By: ___________________________________
Printed Name: _____________________
Title: ____________________________
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EXHIBIT A
Form of Transfer Agreement
TRANSFER AGREEMENT
This TRANSFER AGREEMENT, dated _____________ ___, _______, is by and
between NCT Funding Company, L.L.C., as Depositor and transferor, and CIT
Equipment Collateral ____-__, as transferee with respect to the conveyances
evidenced hereby.
WHEREAS, the parties named above are each parties to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of __________, 20__ (as from time to time amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified, the "PSA"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the PSA, the Depositor wishes to effect
conveyances of Transferred Assets (including the Contracts identified on the
Schedule of Contracts attached hereto), in each case in the manner and to the
effect described in Article II of the PSA;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements set forth herein and in the PSA, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
1. Definitions. All terms defined in the PSA (whether directly or by
reference to other documents) shall have such defined meanings when used herein,
unless such terms are otherwise defined herein.
2. Specification of Cutoff Date and Transfer Date.
(a) The "Cutoff Date" applicable to the Contracts conveyed
hereby is ____________ ___, _______.
(b) The "Transfer Date" with respect to the conveyances
effected hereby is ____________ ___, _______.
3. Conveyances. Subject to the terms and conditions provided for in the
PSA, the Depositor hereby make the assignments and conveyances specified in
Article II of the PSA as being effected by execution and delivery of this
Transfer Agreement, in each case (i) with respect to the Transferred Assets
related to and consisting in part of the Contracts and related Contract Assets
identified on the Schedule of Contracts attached hereto, and (ii) in the manner
and to the effect described in Article II of the PSA.
4. Incorporation of PSA. This Transfer Agreement is made pursuant to
and upon the representations, warranties and agreements on the part of the
parties hereto contained in the PSA and shall be governed in all respects by the
PSA.
5. Ratification of PSA. As supplemented by this Transfer Agreement, the
PSA is in all respects ratified and confirmed by the parties hereto.
6. Counterparts. This Transfer Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts including by telefax transmission thereof (and by different parties
on separate counterparts), each of which shall be an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
7. Governing Law. This Transfer Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New
York.
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8. Reaffirmation. As provided in Section 2.02 of the PSA, by delivery
of this Transfer Agreement the Depositor confirms that the conditions to
transfer set forth in Section 2.02 have been satisfied or otherwise waived as
described therein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Transfer
Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized
as of the date first written above.
NCT FUNDING COMPANY, L.L.C., CIT EQUIPMENT COLLATERAL _____-__
as Depositor
By: The ________ Bank, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee on
behalf of the Trust
By:____________________________ By:_________________________________________
Printed Name:__________________ Printed Name:_______________________________
Title:_________________________ Title:______________________________________
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EXHIBIT B
[Reserved]
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EXHIBIT C
Initial Schedule of Contracts
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EXHIBIT D
Form of Servicer's Monthly Report
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EXHIBIT E
Form of Substitution Transfer Agreement
SUBSTITUTION TRANSFER AGREEMENT
This SUBSTITUTION TRANSFER AGREEMENT, dated _____________ ___, _______,
is by and between NCT Funding Company, L.L.C., as Depositor and transferor, and
CIT Equipment Collateral ____-__, as transferee with respect to the conveyances
evidenced hereby.
WHEREAS, the parties named above are each parties to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of _______, 20__ (as from time to time amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified, the "PSA"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the PSA, the Depositor wishes to effect
conveyances of the Substitute Contracts (together with related Substitute
Transferred Assets), identified on the Substitution Schedule of Contracts
attached hereto, in each case in the manner and to the effect described in
Article II of the PSA; and
WHEREAS, the Servicer has delivered or caused to be delivered a
Substitution Notice with respect to such conveyance as required in the Pooling
Agreement referred to in Section 2 below;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements set forth herein and in the PSA, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
1. Definitions. All terms defined in the PSA (whether directly or by
reference to other documents) shall have such defined meanings when used herein,
unless such terms are otherwise defined herein.
2. Specification of Cutoff Date and Transfer Date.
(a) The "Substitution Cutoff Date" applicable to the
Substitute Contracts conveyed hereby is ____________ ___, _______.
(b) The "Substitution Transfer Date" with respect to the
conveyances effected hereby is ____________ ___, _______.
3. Conveyances. Subject to the terms and conditions provided for in the
PSA, the Depositor hereby makes the assignments and conveyances specified in
Article II of the PSA as being effected by execution and delivery of this
Substitution Transfer Agreement, in each case (i) with respect to the Substitute
Contracts (together with related Substitute Transferred Assets) identified on
the Substitution Schedule of Contracts attached hereto, and (ii) in the manner
and to the effect described in Article II of the PSA.
4. Incorporation of PSA. This Substitution Transfer Agreement is made
pursuant to and upon the representations, warranties and agreements on the part
of the parties hereto contained in the PSA and shall be governed in all respects
by the PSA.
5. Ratification of PSA. As supplemented by this Substitution Transfer
Agreement, the PSA is in all respects ratified and confirmed by the parties
hereto.
6. Counterparts. This Substitution Transfer Agreement may be executed
in two or more counterparts including by telefax transmission thereof (and by
different parties on separate counterparts), each of which shall be an original,
but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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7. Governing Law. This Substitution Transfer Agreement shall be
governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of
the State of New York.
8. Reaffirmation. As provided in Section 2.04(b) of the SCA, by
delivery of this Assignment Agreement the Depositor confirms that the conditions
to transfer set forth in Section 2.02 have been satisfied or otherwise waived as
described therein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Substitution
Transfer Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized as of the date first written above.
NCT FUNDING COMPANY, L.L.C., CIT EQUIPMENT COLLATERAL ____-__
as Depositor
By: ________, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee on
behalf of the Trust
By:____________________________ By:_________________________________________
Printed Name:__________________ Printed Name:_______________________________
Title:_________________________ Title:______________________________________
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EXHIBIT F
[RESERVED]
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EXHIBIT G
Schedule of Representations and Warranties
(a) List of Contracts. The information set forth in the
Schedule of Contracts (as the same may be amended or deemed amended in
respect of a conveyance of Substitute Contracts on a Substitution
Transfer Date) is true, complete and correct as of the Closing Date (or
Substitution Transfer Date, as applicable).
(b) Eligible Contract. As of its applicable Cutoff Date, each
Contract satisfied the criteria for the definition of Eligible Contract
set forth in the Pooling Agreement, and each Secondary Contract
securing a Vendor Loan constituting a Contract satisfied, as of its
applicable Cutoff Date, the definition of Eligible Secondary Contract
set forth in the Pooling Agreement.
(c) Contracts Secured by Vehicles. None of the Contracts
relating to Equipment constituting Vehicles are "true leases."
(d) Contract Files. As of the Closing Date (or as of the
Substitution Transfer Date, with respect to Substitute Contracts), (i)
immediately prior to such date, CFUSA (or the applicable Financing
Originator as custodian for CFUSA, with respect to TCA Contracts) had
possession of each original Contract and the related complete Contract
File, and there were no other custodial agreements relating to the same
in effect (other than offsite storage arrangements described in Section
4.01(b)); (ii) each of such documents which is required to be signed by
the Obligor has been signed by the Obligor in the appropriate spaces;
and (iii) the complete Contract File for each Contract is in the
possession of the Servicer.
(e) No Material Obligation. No Financing Originator has a
material performance obligation in respect of any Contract in favor of
an Obligor or End-User (it being understood that covenants of quiet
enjoyment, purchase options, obligations to accept return of the
property at end of lease term, and like obligations of a lessor typical
of a "triple net" lease, shall not be deemed "material performance
obligations" for purposes of this representation).
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EXHIBIT H
[Reserved]
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EXHIBIT I
[Reserved]
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EXHIBIT J
Minimum Value Filing Exceptions
With respect to the TCA Financing Originators, no financing statements
are filed against an Obligor located in a particular State describing Equipment
which is the subject of a particular Contract of such TCA Financing Originator,
unless the fair market value of the Equipment (determined in accordance with
Customary Policies and Procedures) related to such particular Contract is at
least $20,000 (or, in the alternative, at least $50,000 if such Contract is a
Lease with a "fair market value" purchase option).
With respect to the CFUSA Financing Originator, no financing statements
are filed against an Obligor located in a particular State describing Equipment
which is the subject of a particular Contract of such Financing Originator,
unless the fair market value of the Equipment (determined in accordance with
Customary Policies and Procedures) related to such particular Contract is at
least $25,000.
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