Exhibit 4.1
Execution Copy
HONDA AUTO RECEIVABLES 2007-1 OWNER TRUST,
as Issuer,
and
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Indenture Trustee
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INDENTURE
Dated as of February 1, 2007
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CROSS REFERENCE TABLE*
TIA Section Indenture Section
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310 (a)(1)................................................ 6.11
(a)(2)................................................ 6.11
(a)(3)................................................ 6.10; 6.11
(a)(4)................................................ N/A**
(a)(5)................................................ 6.11
(b)................................................... 6.08; 6.11
(c)................................................... N/A
311 (a)................................................... 6.12
(b)................................................... 6.12
(c)................................................... N.A.
312 (a)................................................... 7.01
(b)................................................... 7.02
(c)................................................... 7.02
313 (a)................................................... 7.04
(b)(1)................................................ 7.04
(b)(2)................................................ 7.04
(c)................................................... 7.04; 11.05
(d)................................................... 7.04
314 (a)................................................... 7.03
(b)................................................... 11.15
(c)(1)................................................ 11.01
(c)(2)................................................ 11.01
(c)(3)................................................ 11.01
(d)................................................... 11.01
(e)................................................... 11.01
(f)................................................... 11.01
315 (a)................................................... 6.01
(b)................................................... 6.05; 11.01
(c)................................................... 6.01
(d)................................................... 6.01
(e)................................................... 5.13
316 (a)................................................... 1.01
(a)(1)(A)............................................. 5.11
(a)(1)(B)............................................. 5.12
(a)(2)................................................ N.A.
(b)................................................... 5.07
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* This Cross Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part
of this Indenture.
** N.A. means Not Applicable.
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TIA Section Indenture Section
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(c)................................................... N.A.
317 (a)(1)................................................ 5.03
(a)(2)................................................ 5.03
(b)................................................... 3.03
318 (a)................................................... 11.07
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. Definitions...................................................... 2
Section 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act................ 9
Section 1.03. Rules of Construction............................................ 9
ARTICLE TWO
THE NOTES
Section 2.01. Form. 10
Section 2.02. Execution, Authentication and Delivery........................... 10
Section 2.03. Temporary Notes.................................................. 11
Section 2.04. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.............. 11
Section 2.05. Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Lost or Stolen Notes....................... 12
Section 2.06. Persons Deemed Owner............................................. 13
Section 2.07. Payment of Principal and Interest, Defaulted Interest............ 13
Section 2.08. Cancellation..................................................... 14
Section 2.09. Book-Entry Notes................................................. 15
Section 2.10. Notices to Clearing Agency....................................... 15
Section 2.11. Definitive Notes................................................. 15
Section 2.12. Release of Collateral............................................ 16
Section 2.13. Tax Treatment.................................................... 16
Section 2.14. Employee Benefit Plans........................................... 16
ARTICLE THREE
COVENANTS
Section 3.01. Payment of Principal and Interest................................ 17
Section 3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.................................. 17
Section 3.03. Money for Payments to be Held in Trust........................... 17
Section 3.04. Existence........................................................ 19
Section 3.05. Protection of Owner Trust Estate................................. 19
Section 3.06. Opinions as to Owner Trust Estate................................ 20
Section 3.07. Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables............. 20
Section 3.08. Negative Covenants............................................... 22
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Section 3.09. Annual Statement as to Compliance................................ 22
Section 3.10. Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.............. 23
Section 3.11. Successor or Transferee.......................................... 25
Section 3.12. No Other Business................................................ 25
Section 3.13. No Borrowing..................................................... 25
Section 3.14. Servicer's Obligations........................................... 25
Section 3.15. Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities................ 25
Section 3.16. Capital Expenditures............................................. 25
Section 3.17. Removal of Administrator......................................... 25
Section 3.18. Restricted Payments.............................................. 26
Section 3.19. Notice of Events of Default...................................... 26
Section 3.20. Further Instruments and Acts..................................... 26
Section 3.21. Compliance with Laws............................................. 26
Section 3.22. Amendments of Sale and Servicing Agreement and Trust Agreement... 26
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.......................... 26
Section 4.02. Application of Trust Money....................................... 28
Section 4.03. Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent......................... 28
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 5.01. Events of Default................................................ 28
Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity, Rescission and Annulment............... 29
Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Indenture Trustee................................................ 30
Section 5.04. Remedies, Priorities............................................. 32
Section 5.05. Optional Preservation of the Receivables......................... 33
Section 5.06. Limitation of Suits.............................................. 34
Section 5.07. Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and
Interest......................................................... 34
Section 5.08. Restoration of Rights and Remedies............................... 34
Section 5.09. Rights and Remedies Cumulative................................... 35
Section 5.10. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver................................... 35
Section 5.11. Control by Noteholders........................................... 35
Section 5.12. Waiver of Past Defaults.......................................... 36
Section 5.13. Undertaking for Costs............................................ 36
Section 5.14. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws................................. 36
Section 5.15. Action on Notes.................................................. 36
Section 5.16. Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations............... 37
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ARTICLE SIX
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
Section 6.01. Duties of Indenture Trustee...................................... 37
Section 6.02. Rights of Indenture Trustee...................................... 39
Section 6.03. Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee........................... 40
Section 6.04. Indenture Trustee's Disclaimer................................... 40
Section 6.05. Notice of Defaults............................................... 41
Section 6.06. Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders.......................... 41
Section 6.07. Compensation and Indemnity....................................... 41
Section 6.08. Replacement of Indenture Trustee................................. 42
Section 6.09. Successor Indenture Trustee by Xxxxxx............................ 43
Section 6.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.................... 44
Section 6.11. Eligibility, Disqualification.................................... 45
Section 6.12. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer................. 45
Section 6.13. Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee.............. 45
ARTICLE SEVEN
NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS
Section 7.01. Issuer to Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of
Noteholders...................................................... 46
Section 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communications, Reports and
Certain Documents to Noteholders................................. 47
Section 7.03. Reports by Issuer................................................ 47
Section 7.04. Reports by Indenture Trustee..................................... 48
ARTICLE EIGHT
ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
Section 8.01. Collection of Money.............................................. 48
Section 8.02. Accounts......................................................... 48
Section 8.03. General Provisions Regarding Accounts............................ 49
Section 8.04. Release of Owner Trust Estate.................................... 50
Section 8.05. Opinion of Counsel............................................... 50
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders........... 51
Section 9.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Noteholders.............. 52
Section 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures............................. 53
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Section 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indenture................................. 54
Section 9.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.............................. 54
Section 9.06. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures.................... 54
ARTICLE TEN
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
Section 10.01. Redemption....................................................... 54
Section 10.02. Form of Redemption Notice........................................ 55
Section 10.03. Notes Payable on Redemption Date................................. 55
ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc........................ 55
Section 11.02. Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee................. 57
Section 11.03. Acts of Noteholders.............................................. 58
Section 11.04. Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating
Agencies......................................................... 58
Section 11.05. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver................................... 59
Section 11.06. Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions.......................... 60
Section 11.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act................................ 60
Section 11.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents......................... 60
Section 11.09. Successors and Assigns........................................... 60
Section 11.10. Separability..................................................... 60
Section 11.11. Benefits of Indenture............................................ 60
Section 11.12. Legal Holidays................................................... 61
Section 11.13. Governing Law.................................................... 61
Section 11.14. Counterparts..................................................... 61
Section 11.15. Recording of Indenture........................................... 61
Section 11.16. Trust Obligation................................................. 61
Section 11.17. No Petition...................................................... 61
Section 11.18. Inspection....................................................... 62
Section 11.19. [Reserved]....................................................... 62
Section 11.20. Tax Treatment.................................................... 62
Section 11.21. Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness............................ 62
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SCHEDULES
Schedule A - Schedule of Receivables S-A-1
EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A - Form of Note A-1
Exhibit B - Form of Note Depository Agreement B-1
Exhibit C - Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in
Assessment of Compliance C-1
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This Indenture, dated as of February 1, 2007, is between Honda Auto
Receivables 2007-1 Owner Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Issuer"), and
Citibank, N.A., as indenture trustee (the "Indenture Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and
for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Issuer's Class A-1
5.32200% Asset Backed Notes (the "Class A-1 Notes"), Class A-2 5.25% Asset
Backed Notes (the "Class A-2 Notes"), Class A-3 5.10% Asset Backed Notes (the
"Class A-3 Notes") and Class A-4 5.09% Asset Backed Notes (the "Class A-4 Notes"
and, together with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3
Notes, the "Notes"):
GRANTING CLAUSE
The Issuer hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee at the Closing Date,
on behalf of and for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, without recourse,
all of the Issuer's right, title and interest in, to and under (i) the
Receivables and all monies due thereon and received thereon on and after
February 1, 2007; (ii) the security interests in the Financed Vehicles; (iii)
any proceeds of any physical damage insurance policies covering the Financed
Vehicles and in any proceeds of any credit life or credit disability insurance
policies relating to the Receivables or the Obligors; (iv) any proceeds of
Dealer Recourse; (v) the right to realize upon any property (including the right
to receive future Liquidation Proceeds) that shall have secured a Receivable and
have been repossessed by or on behalf of the Issuer; (vi) all funds, and all
investment property, from time to time carried in or credited to the Accounts,
including the Reserve Fund Initial Deposit and the Yield Supplement Account
Deposit and in all investment income and proceeds thereof; (vii) the rights of
the Seller under the Receivables Purchase Agreement including, but not limited
to, the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 2.02 and 2.03
therein and the rights of the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
including, but not limited to, the representations and warranties set forth in
Sections 2.03 and 5.01 therein; (viii) any Servicer Letter of Credit; and (ix)
all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in
respect of any or all of the foregoing, including all proceeds of the conversion
thereof, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all cash
proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel
paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, rights
to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables,
instruments and other property which at any time constitute all or part of or
are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing as each such term is
defined in Section 1.01 (collectively, the "Collateral").
The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of
principal of and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the
Notes, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, and to
secure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this
Indenture.
The Indenture Trustee, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Holders
of the Notes, acknowledges such Xxxxx, accepts the trusts under this Indenture
in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and agrees to perform its
duties as required in this Indenture to the end that the interests of the
Holders of the Notes may be adequately and effectively protected.
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. Definitions.
(a) Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may
otherwise require, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth
below for all purposes of this Indenture.
"Act" shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.03(a).
"Administration Agreement" means the Administration Agreement, dated
as of February 1, 2007, among the Administrator, the Issuer, the Depositor and
the Indenture Trustee.
"Administrator" means AHFC or any successor Administrator under the
Administration Agreement.
"AHFC" means American Honda Finance Corporation, and its successors.
"Authorized Officer" means, with respect to the Issuer, any officer of
the Owner Trustee or person appointed pursuant to a power of attorney who is
authorized to act for the Owner Trustee in matters relating to the Issuer and
who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Owner
Trustee to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be
modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter) and, so long as the
Administration Agreement is in effect, any Assistant Vice President or more
senior officer of the Administrator who is authorized to act for the
Administrator in matters relating to the Issuer and to be acted upon by the
Administrator pursuant to the Administration Agreement and who is identified on
the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Administrator to the Indenture
Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from
time to time thereafter).
"Benefit Plan" means (a) an employee benefit plan (as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a plan (as
defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) that is subject to Section 4975 of
the Code, and (c) an entity whose underlying assets include assets of a plan
described in (a) or (b) by reason of such plan's investment in the entity.
"Book-Entry Notes" means a beneficial interest in the Notes, ownership
and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency
as described in Section 2.09.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day
on which banking institutions or trust companies in Los Angeles, California,
Wilmington, Delaware or New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law,
regulation, executive order or governmental decree to remain closed.
"Class" means all Notes whose form is identical except for variation
in denomination, principal amount or owner.
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"Class A-1 Interest Rate" means 5.32200% per annum (computed on the
basis of the actual number of days in the related Interest Accrual Period
divided by 360).
"Class A-1 Notes" means the Class A-1 5.32200% Asset Backed Notes,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
"Class A-2 Interest Rate" means 5.25% per annum (computed on the basis
of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months).
"Class A-2 Notes" means the Class A-2 5.25% Asset Backed Notes,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
"Class A-3 Interest Rate" means 5.10% per annum (computed on the basis
of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months).
"Class A-3 Notes" means the Class A-3 5.10% Asset Backed Notes,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
"Class A-4 Interest Rate" means 5.09% per annum (computed on the basis
of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months).
"Class A-4 Notes" means the Class A-4 5.09% Asset Backed Notes,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing
agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act, which initially shall be
The Depository Trust Company.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing
Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Clearing Agency.
"Closing Date" means February 27, 2007.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time, and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Collateral" has the meaning specified in the Granting Clause of this
Indenture.
"Corporate Trust Office" means an office of the Indenture Trustee at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered,
which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located (i) solely
for purposes of the transfer, surrender or exchanges of Notes, at 000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust
Services - Honda Auto Receivables 2007-1 or (ii) for all other purposes, at 000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Structured
Finance Agency and Trust - Honda Auto Receivables 2007-1 Owner Trust or at such
other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate from time to time by notice
to the Noteholders and the Issuer, or the principal corporate trust office of
any successor Indenture
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Trustee at the address designated by such successor Indenture Trustee by notice
to the Noteholders and the Issuer.
"Default" means any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of
time or both would become, an Event of Default.
"Definitive Notes" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.11.
"Delaware Trustee" means Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee
under the Trust Agreement.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
"Event of Default" shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
"Executive Officer" means, with respect to any corporation or
depository institution, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer,
Chief Financial Officer, President, Executive Vice President, any Vice
President, the Secretary or the Treasurer of such corporation or depository
institution; and with respect to any partnership, any general partner xxxxxxx.
"Grant" means mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate,
remise, release, convey, assign, transfer, create and xxxxx x xxxx upon and a
security interest in and a right of set-off against, deposit, set over and
confirm pursuant to this Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of any other
agreement or instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none
of the obligations) of the granting party thereunder, including the immediate
and continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for
principal and interest payments in respect of the Collateral and all other
monies payable thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications,
to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to
bring Proceedings in the name of the granting party or otherwise, and generally
to do and receive anything that the granting party is or may be entitled to do
or receive thereunder or with respect thereto.
"Holder" means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the
Note Register.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time
to time.
"Indenture Trustee" means Citibank, N.A., a banking association
organized under the laws of the United States, as Indenture Trustee under this
Indenture, or any successor Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.
"Independent" means, when used with respect to any specified Person,
that the Person (i) is in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor on
the Notes, the Seller and any of their respective Affiliates, (ii) does not have
any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the
Issuer, any such other obligor, the Seller or any of their respective Affiliates
and (iii) is not connected with the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Seller
or any of their respective Affiliates as an officer, employee, promoter,
underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions.
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"Independent Certificate" means a certificate or opinion to be
delivered to the Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and
otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.01, made by
an Independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order and
approved by the Indenture Trustee, and such opinion or certificate shall state
that the signer has read the definition of "Independent" in this Indenture and
that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.
"Interest Accrual Period" means, subject to Section 11.12 hereof, with
respect to any Payment Date and (i) the Class A-1 Notes, the period from and
including the immediately preceding Payment Date (or, in the case of the first
Payment Date, the Closing Date) to but excluding such Payment Date and (ii) the
Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4 Notes, the period from and
including the 18th day of the prior month (or, in the case of the first Payment
Date, the Closing Date) to but excluding the 18th day of the month of such
Payment Date.
"Interest Rate" means the Class A-1 Interest Rate, the Class A-2
Interest Rate, the Class A-3 Interest Rate or the Class A-4 Interest Rate, as
applicable.
"Issuer" means Honda Auto Receivables 2007-1 Owner Trust until a
successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of
any provision contained herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on
the Notes.
"Issuer Order" or "Issuer Request" means a written order or request
signed in the name of the Issuer by any Authorized Officer and delivered to the
Indenture Trustee.
"Note Depository Agreement" means the agreement dated February 26,
2007, among the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and The Depository Trust Company,
as the initial Clearing Agency, relating to the Notes, substantially in the form
of Exhibit B hereto.
"Noteholder" or "Holder" means the Person in whose name a Note is
registered on the Note Register.
"Note Owner" means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person who
is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of
the Clearing Agency or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such
Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect
participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
"Note Register" and "Note Registrar" shall have the respective
meanings specified in Section 2.04.
"Notes" means the Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes
and the Class A-4 Notes.
"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by any Authorized
Officer of the Issuer, under the circumstances described in, and otherwise
complying with, the applicable requirements
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of Section 11.01, and delivered to the Indenture Trustee. Unless otherwise
specified, any reference in this Indenture to an Officer's Certificate shall be
to an Officer's Certificate of the Issuer.
"Opinion of Counsel" means one or more written opinions of counsel who
may, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, be an employee of
or counsel to the Issuer and who shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee,
and which opinion or opinions shall be addressed to the Indenture Trustee as
Indenture Trustee, shall comply with any applicable requirements of Section
11.01 and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee.
"Outstanding" means, as of the date of determination, all Notes
theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture except:
(i) Notes theretofore cancelled by the Note Registrar or
delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation;
(ii) Notes or portions thereof the payment for which money
in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the
Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such
Notes (provided, however, that if such Notes are to be redeemed,
notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this
Indenture or provision for such notice has been made, satisfactory to
the Indenture Trustee); and
(iii) Notes cancelled or paid pursuant to Section 2.05 in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof satisfactory to
the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a
bona fide Protected Purchaser;
provided, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Outstanding
Amount have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver hereunder or under any other Basic Document, Notes owned by the
Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Seller or any of their respective
Affiliates shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that,
in determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon
any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver,
only Notes that the Indenture Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded
as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture
Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the
pledgee is not the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Seller or any
Affiliate of any of their respective Affiliates.
"Outstanding Amount" means, except as otherwise indicated by the
context, the aggregate principal amount of all Notes of all Classes Outstanding
at the date of determination.
"Owner Trust Estate" means the Grant of the Collateral to the
Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, including all proceeds thereof.
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"Owner Trustee" means Union Bank of California, N.A., not in its
individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, or
any successor Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement.
"Paying Agent" means the Indenture Trustee or any other Person that
meets the eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee specified in Section
6.11 and is authorized by the Issuer to make payments to and distributions from
the Collection Account and the Note Distribution Account, including payments of
principal of or interest on the Notes on behalf of the Issuer.
"Payment Date" means the 18th calendar day of each month, commencing
March 19, 2007, or if such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding
Business Day.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Predecessor Note" means, with respect to any particular Note, every
previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by
such particular Note; and, for the purpose of this definition, any Note
authenticated and delivered under Section 2.05 in lieu of a mutilated, lost,
destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.
"Proceeding" means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial
or administrative proceeding.
"Protected Purchaser" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8 of
the UCC.
"Rating Agency Condition" means, with respect to any action, that each
Rating Agency shall have been given ten days (or such shorter period as is
acceptable to each Rating Agency) prior notice thereof and that each Rating
Agency shall have notified the Seller, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and
the Owner Trustee in writing that such action will not result in a
qualification, reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating of the Notes.
"Record Date" means, with respect to a Payment Date or Redemption
Date, the day immediately preceding such Payment Date or Redemption Date or, if
Definitive Notes have been issued, the close of business on the last day of the
month immediately preceding the month in which such Payment Date or Redemption
Date occurs.
"Redemption Date" means, in the case of a redemption of the Notes
pursuant to Section 10.01, the Payment Date specified by the Servicer or the
Issuer pursuant to Section 10.01.
"Redemption Price" means, in the case of a redemption of the Notes
pursuant to Section 10.01, an amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the
Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the weighted average
of the Interest Rates for each Class of Notes being so redeemed to but excluding
the Redemption Date.
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"Registered Holder" means the Person in whose name a Note is
registered on the Note Register on the applicable Record Date.
"Regulation AB" means Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities
(Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. Sections 229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended
from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have
been provided by the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed
Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan.
7, 2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the
Commission or its staff from time to time.
"Sale and Servicing Agreement" means the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of February 1, 2007, between the Issuer, the Seller and the Servicer.
"Schedule of Receivables" means the list of the Receivables set forth
in Schedule A hereto.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Servicer" means American Honda Finance Corporation, in its capacity
as servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and any Successor Servicer
thereunder.
"Servicing Criteria" means the "servicing criteria" set forth in Item
1122(d) of Regulation AB, as such may be amended from time to time.
"Sponsor" means American Honda Finance Corporation, in its capacity as
sponsor under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and any Successor Sponsor
thereunder.
"State" means any one of the 50 states of the United States or the
District of Columbia.
"Seller" means American Honda Receivables Corp., in its capacity as
seller under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and its successors.
"Subcontractor": Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not
responsible for the overall servicing (as "servicing" is commonly understood by
participants in the asset-backed securities market) of the Receivables but
performs one or more material discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of
Regulation AB with respect to the Receivables under the direction or authority
of the Servicer or a Subservicer.
"Subservicer": Any Person that services Receivables on behalf of the
Servicer or any Subservicer and is responsible for the performance (whether
directly or through Subservicers or Subcontractors) of a substantial portion of
the material servicing functions required to be performed by the Servicer under
this Agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.
"Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
as in force on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.
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"UCC" means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Uniform
Commercial Code, as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction, as amended from time
to time.
"United States" means the United States of America.
(b) Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may
otherwise require, capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined
shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Section 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following
TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"indenture securities" means the Notes.
"indenture security holder" means a Noteholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Indenture
Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Issuer and any other
obligor on the indenture securities.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the
TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule
have the meaning assigned to them by such definitions.
Section 1.03. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise
requires: (i) a term has the meaning assigned to it; (ii) an accounting term not
otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time; (iii) "or" is not
exclusive; (iv) "including" means including without limitation; (v) words in the
singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular; (vi)
any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any
instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such agreement,
instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented and
includes (in the case of agreements or instruments) references to all
attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; (vii) references to a
Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns; (viii) the words
"hereof', "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this
Indenture shall refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this Indenture; (ix) the term "proceeds" shall have the meaning set
forth in the applicable UCC; and (x) Section, subsection and Schedule references
contained in this Indenture are references to Sections, subsections and
Schedules in or to this Indenture unless otherwise specified.
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ARTICLE TWO
THE NOTES
Section 2.01. Form. The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the
Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, in each case together with the
Indenture Trustee's certificate of authentication, shall be in substantially the
form set forth in Exhibit A, with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this
Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification
and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith,
be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their
execution of the Notes. Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on
the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the
Note.
Definitive Notes shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods (with or without steel
engraved borders), all as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as
evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of
the Notes are the terms of this Indenture.
Section 2.02. Execution, Authentication and Delivery. The Notes
shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers. The
signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Notes may be manual or
facsimile. Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who
were at any time Authorized Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold
such offices at the date of such Notes.
The Indenture Trustee shall, upon Issuer Order, authenticate and
deliver for original issue the following aggregate principal amount of Notes:
(i) $319,000,000 of Class A-1 Notes, (ii) $329,000,000 of Class A-2 Notes, (iii)
$389,000,000 of Class A-3 Notes and (iv) $174,170,000 of Class A-4 Notes. The
aggregate principal amount of Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes
and Class A-4 Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed such respective
amounts except as provided in Section 2.05.
Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes
shall be issuable as registered Notes in minimum denominations of $1,000 and in
integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Indenture Trustee by the manual signature of one of its
authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder.
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Section 2.03. Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of
Definitive Notes pursuant to Section 2.11, the Issuer may execute, and upon
receipt of an Issuer Order the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
temporary Notes that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or
otherwise produced, of the tenor of the Definitive Notes in lieu of which they
are issued and with such variations not inconsistent with the terms of this
Indenture as the officers executing such Notes may determine, as evidenced by
their execution of such Notes.
If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer shall cause Definitive Notes
to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive
Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon
surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Issuer to be
maintained as provided in Section 3.02, without charge to the related Holder.
Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuer
shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor, a like tenor and principal amount of Definitive Notes of
authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive
Notes.
Section 2.04. Registration, Registration of Transfer and
Exchange. The Issuer shall cause to be kept a register (the "Note Register") in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer
shall provide for the registration of Notes and the registration of transfers of
Notes. The Indenture Trustee initially shall be the "Note Registrar" for the
purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. Upon any
resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor
or, if it elects not to make such an appointment, assume the duties of Note
Registrar.
If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the
Issuer as Note Registrar, the Issuer will give the Indenture Trustee prompt
written notice of the appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location,
and any change in the location, of the Note Register, and the Indenture Trustee
shall have the right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and to
obtain copies thereof, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to rely
upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by an Executive
Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the Holders of the Notes and
the principal amounts and number of such Notes.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office
or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, provided
that the requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall
execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall
obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Notes of the same Class in any authorized
denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of
the same Class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal
amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency.
Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, provided that the
requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met (as determined by the Issuer),
the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the
Noteholder
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shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Notes which the Noteholder making
the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt,
and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered
upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the
Holder thereof or such Xxxxxx's attorney duly authorized in writing, with such
signature guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the
requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Securities Transfer Agent's Medallion Program ("STAMP") or
such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Note
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with
the Exchange Act.
No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or
exchange of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.03 or 9.06 not
involving any transfer.
The preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Issuer
shall not be required to make and the Note Registrar need not register transfers
or exchanges of Notes selected for redemption or of any Note for a period of 15
days preceding the due date for any payment with respect to the Note.
Section 2.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. If (i)
any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture
Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft
of any Note, (ii) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee such security or
indemnity as may be required by it to hold the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee
harmless and (iii) the requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met, then,
in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture
Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a Protected Purchaser, the Issuer
shall execute, and upon its written request the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note of the same Class; provided,
however, that if any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, but not a mutilated
Note, shall have become or within seven days shall be due and payable, or shall
have been called for redemption, instead of issuing a replacement Note, the
Issuer may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so due or payable or
upon the Redemption Date without surrender thereof. If, after the delivery of
such replacement Note or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to
the proviso to the preceding sentence, a Protected Purchaser of the original
Note in lieu of which such replacement Note was issued presents for payment such
original Note, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover
such replacement Note (or such payment) from the Person to whom it was delivered
or any Person taking such replacement Note from such Person to whom such
replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a
protected purchaser,
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and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided
therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the
Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection therewith.
Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section, the
Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may require the payment by the Holder of such
Note of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may
be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the
fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee or the Note Registrar) connected
therewith.
Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section in replacement
of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and
shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.
Section 2.06. Persons Deemed Owner. Prior to due presentment for
registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any
of their respective agents may treat the Person in whose name any Note is
registered (as of the day of determination) as the owner of such Note for the
purpose of receiving payments of principal of and interest, if any, on such Note
and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and
none of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective agents
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 2.07. Payment of Principal and Interest, Defaulted
Interest.
(a) Each Class of Notes shall accrue interest at the related Interest
Rate, and such interest shall be due and payable on each Payment Date as
specified therein, subject to Sections 3.01 and 11.12 hereof. Any installment of
interest or principal, if any, payable on any Note that is punctually paid or
duly provided for by the Issuer on the applicable Payment Date shall be paid to
the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is
registered on the Record Date by check mailed first-class postage prepaid to
such Person's address as it appears on the Note Register on such Record Date,
except that, unless Definitive Notes have been issued pursuant to Section 2.11,
with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee
of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payment will
be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account
designated by such nominee and except for the final installment of principal
payable with respect to such Note on a Payment Date, a Redemption Date or on the
related Final Scheduled Payment Date, as the case may be (and except for the
Redemption Price for any Note called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.01),
which shall be payable as provided below. The funds represented by any such
checks returned undelivered shall be held in accordance with Section 3.03.
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(b) The principal of each Note shall be payable as provided in Section
8.02(d) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal
amount of the Notes shall be due and payable, if not previously paid, on the
related Final Payment Date or the date on which an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, if the Indenture Trustee or Holders of the Notes
representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount have declared
the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section
5.02. All principal payments on each Class of Notes shall be made pro rata to
the Noteholders of such Class entitled thereto. The Indenture Trustee shall
notify the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business 5
Business Days preceding the Payment Date on which the Issuer expects that the
final installment of principal of and interest on such Note will be paid. Such
notice shall be mailed or transmitted by facsimile prior to such final Payment
Date and shall specify that such final installment will be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of such Note and shall specify the place where such
Note may be presented and surrendered for payment of such installment. Notices
in connection with redemptions of Notes shall be mailed to Noteholders as
provided in Section 10.02. In addition, the Administrator shall notify each
Rating Agency upon the final payment of interest and principal of each Class of
Notes, and upon the termination of the Trust, in each case pursuant to Section
1.02(a)(iii) of the Administration Agreement.
(c) If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the
Issuer shall pay defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to
the extent lawful) at the applicable Interest Rate in any lawful manner. The
Issuer may pay such defaulted interest to the Persons who are Noteholders on a
subsequent special record date, which date shall be at least five Business Days
prior to the next payment date. The Issuer shall fix or cause to be fixed any
such special record date and related payment date, and, at least 15 days before
any such special record date, the Issuer shall mail to each Noteholder a notice
that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of
defaulted interest to be paid.
Section 2.08. Cancellation. All Notes surrendered for payment,
registration of transfer, exchange or redemption shall, if surrendered to any
Person other than the Indenture Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee
and shall be promptly cancelled by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may at any
time deliver to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any
manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the
Indenture Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for
any Notes cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted
by this Indenture. All cancelled Notes may be held or disposed of by the
Indenture Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or disposal policy
as in effect at the time unless the Issuer shall direct by an Issuer Order that
they be destroyed or returned to it; provided, that such Issuer Order is timely
and the Notes have not been previously disposed of by the Indenture Trustee.
Section 2.09. Book-Entry Notes. The Notes, upon original
issuance, will be issued in the form of a typewritten Note or Notes representing
the Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee, as agent for The
Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of, the
Issuer. The Book-Entry Notes shall be registered initially on the Note Register
in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing
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Agency, and no Note Owner will receive a definitive Note representing such Note
Owner's interest in such Note, except as provided in Section 2.11. Unless and
until definitive, fully registered Notes (the "Definitive Notes") have been
issued to such Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.11:
(i) the provisions of this Section shall be in full force
and effect;
(ii) the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee shall be
entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this
Indenture (including the payment of principal of and interest on the
Notes and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the
sole holder of the Notes, and shall have no obligation to the Note
Owners;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section
conflict with any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions
of this Section shall control;
(iv) the rights of Note Owners shall be exercised only
through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established
by law and agreements between such Note Owners and the Clearing Agency
and/or the Clearing Agency Participants. Pursuant to the Note
Depository Agreement, unless and until Definitive Notes are issued
pursuant to Section 2.11, the Clearing Agency will make book-entry
transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and
transmit payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to such
Clearing Agency Participants; and
(v) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to
be taken based upon instructions or directions of Holders of Notes
evidencing a specified percentage of the Outstanding Amount, the
Clearing Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to
the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from Note
Owners and/or Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing,
respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest in
the Notes and has delivered such instructions to the Indenture
Trustee.
Section 2.10. Notices to Clearing Agency. Whenever a notice or
other communication to the Noteholders is required under this Indenture, unless
and until Definitive Notes shall have been issued to such Note Owners pursuant
to Section 2.11, the Indenture Trustee shall give all such notices and
communications specified herein to be given to Holders of the Notes to the
Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligation to such Note Owners.
Section 2.11. Definitive Notes. If (i)(A) the Administrator
advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer
willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the
Book-Entry Notes and (B) neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Administrator is
able to locate a qualified successor, (ii) the Administrator at its option
advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the
book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or (iii) after the occurrence of
an Event of Default or a Servicer Default, Owners of Book-Entry Notes
representing beneficial interests aggregating at least a majority of the
Outstanding Amount of such Notes advise the Indenture Trustee and the Clearing
Agency
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Participants through the Clearing Agency, in writing that the continuation of a
book-entry system through the Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interests
of such Note Owners, then, in each case, the Indenture Trustee shall notify all
Note Owners of the related Class of Notes through the Clearing Agency of the
occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Notes of the
related Class of Notes to Note Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the
Indenture Trustee of the Note or Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes by the
Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the Issuer shall
execute and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate the Definitive Notes in
accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of the Issuer, the
Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee shall be liable for any delay in
delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be
protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive
Notes of a Class, the Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the
Definitive Notes as Noteholders hereunder.
Section 2.12. Release of Collateral. Subject to Section 11.01 and
the terms of the other Basic Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall release
property from the lien of this Indenture only upon receipt of an Issuer Request
accompanied by an Officer's Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and Independent
Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1) or an Opinion
of Counsel in lieu of such Independent Certificates to the effect that the TIA
does not require any such Independent Certificates.
Section 2.13. Tax Treatment. The Issuer has entered into this
Indenture, and the Notes will be issued, with the intention that, for all
purposes including federal, state and local income, single business and
franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness of the Issuer
secured by the Owner Trust Estate. The Issuer, by entering into this Indenture,
and each Noteholder, by its acceptance of a Note (and each Note Owner by its
acceptance of an interest in the applicable Book-Entry Note), agree to treat the
Notes for all purposes including federal, state and local income, single
business and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.
Section 2.14. Employee Benefit Plans. The transfer of a
Definitive Note shall not be registered unless the prospective transferee has
represented in writing to the Indenture Trustee that either (i) it is not a
Benefit Plan and is not acting on behalf of or investing the assets of a Benefit
Plan or (ii) its acquisition and holding of the Definitive Note will be covered
by a United States Department of Labor prohibited transaction class exemption or
some other applicable statutory or administrative exemption. Any Person that
acquires a beneficial interest in a Book-Entry Note with the assets of a Benefit
Plan shall be deemed to represent that its acquisition and holding of such
beneficial interest is covered by a United States Department of Labor prohibited
transaction class exemption or some other applicable statutory or administration
exemption.
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ARTICLE THREE
COVENANTS
Section 3.01. Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer will
duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Notes in
accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture. Without limiting the
foregoing, subject to Section 8.02(c), the Issuer will cause to be distributed
all amounts on deposit in the Note Distribution Account on a Payment Date
deposited therein in accordance with Section 8.02(d). Amounts properly withheld
under the Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder of interest and/or
principal shall be considered as having been paid by the Issuer to such
Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.
Section 3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer will
maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency
where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and
where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this
Indenture may be served. The Issuer hereby initially appoints the Indenture
Trustee to serve as its agent for the foregoing purposes. The Issuer will give
prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee of the location, and of any
change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer
shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders, notices and demands
may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer hereby
appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders,
notices and demands, provided that the Indenture Trustee shall not serve as an
agent or office for the purpose of service of process on behalf of the Issuer.
Section 3.03. Money for Payments to be Held in Trust. As provided
in Sections 5.04 and 8.02, all payments of amounts due and payable with respect
to any Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Collection
Account and the Note Distribution Account pursuant to Section 8.02(c) shall be
made on behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by another Paying
Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from the Collection Account and the Note
Distribution Account for payments of Notes shall be paid over to the Issuer
except as provided in this Section.
On or before the Business Day immediately preceding each Payment Date
and Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the
Collection Account (to be transferred to the Note Distribution Account on the
related Payment Date) an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the amounts then
becoming due under the Notes, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless the Paying Agent is the Indenture
Trustee) shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee in writing of its action or
failure so to act.
The Issuer will cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture
Trustee to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which
such Paying Agent shall agree with the
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Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee acts as Paying Agent, it hereby
so agrees), subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent
will:
(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due
with respect to the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such
Persons as herein provided;
(ii) give the Indenture Trustee notice of any default by the
Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes) of which it has actual
knowledge in the making of any payment required to be made with
respect to the Notes;
(iii) at any time during the continuance of any such
default, upon the written request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith
pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying
Agent;
(iv) immediately resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay
to the Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment
of Notes if at any time it ceases to meet the standards required to be
met by a Paying Agent at the time of its appointment; and
(v) comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to
the withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes of any
applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any
applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith.
The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in
trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon
the same trusts as those upon which the sums were held by such Paying Agent; and
upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, any money
held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of
any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such amount has become due and payable shall be discharged from such trust
and be paid to the Issuer on Issuer Request; and the Holder of such Note shall
thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for
payment thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so paid to the Issuer),
and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to
such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Indenture
Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment,
shall at the expense and written direction of the Issuer cause to be published
once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on
each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New York, notice
that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein,
which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be
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repaid to or for the account of the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall also
adopt and employ, at the expense and written direction of the Issuer, any other
reasonable means of notification of such repayment (including, but not limited
to, mailing notice of such repayment to Holders whose Notes have been called but
have not been surrendered for redemption or whose right to or interest in monies
due and payable but not claimed is determinable from the records of the
Indenture Trustee or of any Paying Agent, at the last address of record for each
such Holder).
Section 3.04. Existence. The Issuer will keep in full effect its
existence, rights and franchises as a statutory trust under the laws of the
State of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is or
becomes, organized under the laws of any other State or of the United States, in
which case the Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction) 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 Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other
instrument or agreement included in the Owner Trust Estate, including all
licenses required under the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act and MD.
Fin. Inst. Code Xxx., Title 11, Subtitle 4, as applicable, in connection with
this Agreement and the other Basic Documents and the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby until such time as the Issuer shall terminate in accordance
with the terms hereof.
Section 3.05. Protection of Owner Trust Estate. The Issuer
intends the security interest Granted pursuant to this Indenture in favor of the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders to be prior to all other liens in
respect of the Owner Trust Estate, and the Issuer shall take all actions
necessary to obtain and maintain, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee on
behalf of the Noteholders, a first lien on and a first priority, perfected
security interest in the Owner Trust Estate. The Issuer will from time to time
execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and all such
financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance
and other instruments, all as prepared by the Administrator and delivered to the
Issuer, and will take such other action necessary or advisable to:
(i) Grant more effectively any portion of the Owner Trust
Estate;
(ii) maintain or preserve the lien and security interest
(and the priority thereof) created by this Indenture or carry out more
effectively the purposes hereof;
(iii) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of
any Grant made or to be made by this Indenture;
(iv) enforce any of the Collateral;
(v) preserve and defend title to the Owner Trust Estate and
the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in such Owner
Trust Estate against the claims of all persons and parties; or
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(vi) pay all taxes or assessments levied or assessed upon
the Owner Trust Estate when due.
Section 3.06. Opinions as to Owner Trust Estate.
(a) Promptly after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (i) all financing statements
and continuation statements have been executed and filed that are necessary to
create and continue the Indenture Trustee's first priority perfected security
interest in the collateral for the benefit of the Noteholders, and reciting the
details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such
details are given, or (ii) no such action shall be necessary to perfect such
security interest.
(b) Within 90 days after the beginning of each fiscal year of the
Issuer beginning with the first fiscal year beginning more than three months
after the Cutoff Date, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel, dated as of a date during such 90-day period, to the effect
that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (i) all financing statements and
continuation statements have been executed and filed that are necessary to
create and continue the Indenture Trustee's first priority perfected security
interest in the collateral for the benefit of the Noteholders, and reciting the
details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such
details are given, or (ii) no such action shall be necessary to perfect such
security interest.
Section 3.07. Performance of Obligations; Servicing of
Receivables.
(a) The Issuer will not take any action and will use its best efforts
not to permit any action to be taken by others that would release any Person
from any of such Person's material covenants or obligations under any instrument
or agreement included in the Owner Trust Estate or that would result in the
amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair
the validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as
expressly provided in this Indenture, the other Basic Documents or such other
instrument or agreement.
(b) The Issuer may contract with other Persons to assist it in
performing its duties under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties
by a Person identified to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer's Certificate of
the Issuer shall be deemed to be action taken by the Issuer. Initially, the
Issuer has contracted with the Servicer and the Administrator to assist the
Issuer in performing its duties under this Indenture.
(c) The Issuer will and will cause the Administrator to, punctually
perform and observe all of its obligations and agreements contained in this
Indenture, the other Basic Documents and in the instruments and agreements
included in the Owner Trust Estate, including but not limited to filing or
causing to be filed all UCC financing statements and continuation statements
required to be filed by the terms of this Indenture and the other Basic
Documents in accordance with and within the time periods provided for herein and
therein. Except as otherwise expressly provided therein, the Issuer shall not
waive, amend, modify, supplement or terminate any Basic Document or any
provision thereof without the written consent of the
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Indenture Trustee or the Holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding
Amount or such greater percentage as may be specified in the particular
provision.
(d) If the Issuer shall have knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicer
Default, the Issuer shall promptly provide written notice to a Responsible
Officer of the Indenture Trustee and to each Rating Agency thereof, and shall
specify in such notice the action, if any, the Issuer is taking with respect of
such default. If a Servicer Default shall arise from the failure of the Servicer
to perform any of its duties or obligations under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement with respect to the Receivables, the Issuer shall take all reasonable
steps available to it to remedy such failure.
(e) As promptly as possible after the giving of notice of termination
to the Servicer of the Servicer's rights and powers pursuant to Section 7.01 of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall appoint a
Successor Servicer, and such Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment by
a written assumption in a form acceptable to the Indenture Trustee. In the event
that a Successor Servicer has not been appointed and accepted its appointment at
the time when the Servicer ceases to act as Servicer, the Indenture Trustee
without further action shall automatically be appointed the Successor Servicer.
The Indenture Trustee may resign as the Servicer by giving written notice of
such resignation to the Issuer and in such event will be released from such
duties and obligations, such release not to be effective until the date a new
servicer enters into a servicing agreement as provided below. Upon delivery of
any such notice to the Issuer, the Issuer shall obtain a new servicer as the
Successor Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Any Successor
Servicer other than the Indenture Trustee shall (i) be an established financial
institution having a net worth of not less than $50,000,000 and whose regular
business includes the servicing of motor vehicle receivables and (ii) enter into
a servicing agreement with the Issuer and the Seller having substantially the
same provisions as the provisions of the Sale and Servicing Agreement applicable
to the Servicer. If within 30 days after the delivery of the notice referred to
above, the Issuer shall not have obtained such a new servicer, the Indenture
Trustee may appoint, or may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to
appoint, a Successor Servicer. In connection with any such appointment, the
Issuer may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor as it
and such successor shall agree, subject to the limitations set forth below and
in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and in accordance with Section 7.02 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer and the Seller shall enter into an
agreement with such successor for the servicing of the Receivables (such
agreement to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee). If
the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the Servicer's duties as servicer of the
Receivables as provided herein, it shall do so in its individual capacity and
not in its capacity as Indenture Trustee and, accordingly, the provisions of
Article Six shall be inapplicable (except as set forth in the proviso contained
in Section 6.01(a)) to the Indenture Trustee in its duties as the successor to
the Servicer and the servicing of the Receivables. In case the Indenture Trustee
shall become successor to the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to appoint as Servicer any one of its
Affiliates or agents, provided that it shall be fully liable for the actions and
omissions of such Affiliate or agent in such capacity as Successor Servicer.
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(f) Upon any termination of the Servicer's rights and powers pursuant
to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly notify a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee. As soon as a Successor Servicer is
appointed, the Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee of such appointment,
specifying in such notice the name and address of such Successor Servicer.
Section 3.08. Negative Covenants. So long as any Notes are
Outstanding, the Issuer shall not:
(i) except as expressly permitted by Section 3.10(b) and the
Basic Documents, sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any
of the properties or assets of the Issuer, including those included in
the Owner Trust Estate, unless directed to do so by the Indenture
Trustee;
(ii) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the
principal or interest payable in respect of, the Notes (other than
amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code or
applicable state law) or assert any claim against any present or
former Noteholder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or
assessed upon any part of the Owner Trust Estate;
(iii) (A) permit the validity or effectiveness of this
Indenture to be impaired, or permit the lien created by this Indenture
to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged,
or permit any Person to be released from any covenants or obligations
with respect to the Notes under this Indenture except as may be
expressly permitted hereby, (B) permit any lien, charge, excise,
claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than
the lien of this Indenture) to be created on or extend to or otherwise
arise upon or burden the Owner Trust Estate or any part thereof or any
interest therein or the proceeds thereof (other than tax liens,
mechanics' liens and other liens that arise by operation of law, in
each case on any of the Financed Vehicles and arising solely as a
result of an action or omission of the related Obligor) or (C) permit
the lien created by this Indenture not to constitute a valid first
priority (other than with respect to any such tax, mechanics' or other
lien) security interest in the Owner Trust Estate; or
(iv) dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part.
Section 3.09. Annual Statement as to Compliance.
(a) The Issuer will deliver to the Indenture Trustee, within 120 days
after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer (commencing with the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2008), an Officer's Certificate stating, as to the Authorized
Officer signing such Officer's Certificate, that:
(i) a review of the activities of the Issuer during such
year and of its performance under this Indenture has been made under
such Authorized Officer's supervision; and
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(ii) to the best of such Authorized Officer's knowledge,
based on such review, the Issuer has complied with all conditions and
covenants under this Indenture throughout such year or, if there has
been a default in its compliance with any such condition or covenant,
specifying each such default known to such Authorized Officer and the
nature and status thereof.
(b) On or before June 1st of each calendar year in which a Form 10-K
is required to be filed on behalf of the Issuer, commencing in 2008, the
Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Issuer and the Administrator a report
regarding the Indenture Trustee's assessment of compliance with each of the
Servicing Criteria specified on Exhibit C hereto during the immediately
preceding reporting year accompanied by an attestation report by a registered
public accounting firm, in each case as required under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18
of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report shall be signed
by an authorized officer of the Indenture Trustee, and shall address each of the
Servicing Criteria specified on Exhibit C hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any failure of the Indenture Trustee to deliver such report and attestation on
or before June 1st (but not later than June 15th) shall not constitute a breach
of the Indenture Trustee's agreements pursuant to this Section.
Section 3.10. Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain
Terms.
(a) The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other
Person, unless:
(i) the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or
surviving such consolidation or merger shall be a Person organized and
existing under the laws of the United States or any State and shall
expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of
and interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every
agreement and covenant of this Indenture, and each other Basic
Document, on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied
with respect to such transaction;
(iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel
(and shall have delivered copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to
the effect that such transaction will not have any material adverse
tax consequence to the Issuer, any Noteholder or any
Certificateholder;
(v) any action that is necessary to maintain the lien and
security interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken; and
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(vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture
Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which
shall describe the actions taken as required by clause (v) above or
that no actions will be taken) each stating that such consolidation or
merger comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied
with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act).
(b) The Issuer shall not convey or transfer all or substantially all
of its properties or assets, including those included in the Owner Trust Estate,
to any Person (except as expressly permitted by the Basic Documents), unless:
(i) the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the
properties or assets of the Issuer shall (A) be a United States
citizen or a Person organized and existing under the laws of the
United States or any State, (B) expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee,
in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the due and punctual
payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the
performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this
Indenture and each other Basic Document on the part of the Issuer to
be performed or observed, all as provided herein, (C) expressly agree
by means of such supplemental indenture that all right, title and
interest so conveyed or transferred shall be subject and subordinate
to the rights of Holders of the Notes, (D) unless otherwise provided
in such supplemental indenture, expressly agree to indemnify, defend
and hold harmless the Issuer against and from any loss, liability or
expense arising under or related to this Indenture and the Notes and
(E) expressly agree by means of such supplemental indenture that such
Person (or if a group of Persons, then one specified Person) shall
make all filings with the Commission (and any other appropriate
Person) required by the Exchange Act in connection with the Notes;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied
with respect to such transaction;
(iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel
(and shall have delivered copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to
the effect that such transaction will not have any material adverse
federal tax consequence to the Issuer, any Noteholder or any
Certificateholder;
(v) any action that is necessary to maintain the lien and
security interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken; and
(vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture
Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which
shall describe the actions taken as required by clause (v) above or
that no actions will be taken) each stating that such conveyance or
transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and
that all conditions
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precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been
complied with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act).
Section 3.11. Successor or Transferee.
(a) Upon any consolidation or merger of the Issuer in accordance with
Section 3.10(a), the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger
(if other than the Issuer) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may
exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the same
effect as if such Person had been named as the Issuer herein.
(b) Upon a conveyance or transfer of all of the properties or assets
of the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.10(b), the Issuer will be released from
every covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be observed or performed on
the part of the Issuer with respect to the Notes immediately upon the delivery
of written notice to the Indenture Trustee stating that the Issuer is to be so
released.
Section 3.12. No Other Business. The Issuer shall not engage in
any business other than financing, purchasing, owning, selling and managing the
Receivables in the manner contemplated by this Indenture and the other Basic
Documents and activities incidental thereto.
Section 3.13. No Borrowing. The Issuer shall not issue, incur,
assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any
indebtedness except for (i) the Notes and (ii) any other indebtedness permitted
by or arising under the other Basic Documents.
Section 3.14. Servicer's Obligations. The Issuer shall cause the
Servicer to comply with Sections 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 4.10 and Article Eight of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Section 3.15. Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities.
Except as contemplated by the Basic Documents, the Issuer shall not make any
loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee (directly or indirectly or by an
instrument having the effect of assuring another's payment or performance on any
obligation or capability of so doing or otherwise), endorse or otherwise become
contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection with the obligations,
stocks or dividends of, or own, purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree
contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets or securities of, or any
other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person.
Section 3.16. Capital Expenditures. The Issuer shall not make any
expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets
(either realty or personalty).
Section 3.17. Removal of Administrator. So long as any Notes are
Outstanding, the Issuer shall not remove the Administrator without cause unless
the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied in connection with such
removal.
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Section 3.18. Restricted Payments. Except as expressly permitted
by the Basic Documents, the Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) pay
any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise),
whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, to the Owner
Trustee or any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or otherwise with
respect to any ownership or equity interest or security in or of the Issuer or
to the Servicer, (ii) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value
any such ownership or equity interest or security or (iii) set aside or
otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose; provided, however, that
the Issuer may make, or cause to be made, (a) distributions as contemplated by,
and to the extent funds are available for such purpose under, the Sale and
Servicing Agreement or the Trust Agreement and (b) payments to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to Section 1.02(b)(ii) of the Administration Agreement. The
Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, make payments to or distributions from
the Collection Account except in accordance with this Indenture and the Basic
Documents.
Section 3.19. Notice of Events of Default. The Issuer shall give
a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency prompt
written notice of each Event of Default hereunder and each default on the part
of the Servicer or the Seller of its obligations under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
Section 3.20. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the
Indenture Trustee, the Issuer will execute and deliver such further instruments
and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out
more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
Section 3.21. Compliance with Laws. The Issuer shall comply with
the requirements of all applicable laws, the non-compliance with which would,
individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the ability of
the Issuer to perform its obligations under the Notes, this Indenture or any
Basic Document.
Section 3.22. Amendments of Sale and Servicing Agreement and
Trust Agreement. The Issuer shall not agree to, any amendment to Section 9.01 of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement or Section 11.01 of the Trust Agreement to
eliminate the requirements thereunder that the Indenture Trustee or the Holders
of the Notes consent to amendments thereto as provided therein.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes except
as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange, (ii) substitution of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (iii) rights of Noteholders to
receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, (iv) Sections 3.03,
3.04, 3.05, 3.08, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.20 and 3.22, (v) the rights, obligations
and immunities of the Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the
Indenture Trustee under Section 6.07 and the obligations of the Indenture
Trustee under Section 4.02) and (vi)
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the rights of Noteholders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property
so deposited with the Indenture Trustee payable to all or any of them, and the
Indenture Trustee, on written demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture with respect to the Notes, when
(i) either
(A) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered
(other than (i) Notes that have been destroyed, lost or
stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section 2.05 and (ii) Notes for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held
in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer
or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 3.03)
have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for
cancellation; or
(B) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the
Indenture Trustee for cancellation
(1) have become due and payable,
(2) will become due and payable at the Class A-4
Final Payment Date within one year, or
(3) are to be called for redemption within one
year under arrangements satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the
Indenture Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of
the Issuer,
and the Issuer, in the case of clauses (1), (2) or (3)
above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably
deposited with the Indenture Trustee cash or direct
obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United
States (which will mature prior to the date such amounts are
payable), in trust for such purpose, in an amount sufficient
to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes
not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for
cancellation when due to the related Final Payment Date or
Redemption Date (if Notes shall have been called for
redemption pursuant to Section 10.01), as the case may be;
(ii) the Issuer has paid or performed or caused to be paid
or performed all amounts and obligations which the Issuer may owe to
or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Noteholders under this Indenture or the Notes; and
(iii) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an
Officer's Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the
TIA or the Indenture Trustee) an Independent Certificate from a firm
of certified public accountants, each meeting the applicable
requirements of Section 11.01 (a) and, subject to Section 11.02, each
stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied
with.
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Section 4.02. Application of Trust Money. All monies deposited
with the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust in a
segregated non-interest bearing account and applied by it, in accordance with
the provisions of the Notes, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, as the
Indenture Trustee may determine, to the Holders of the particular Notes for the
payment or redemption of which such monies have been deposited with the
Indenture Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and
interest; but such monies need not be segregated from other funds of the Issuer
except to the extent required herein or in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or
required by law.
Section 4.03. Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent. In
connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to
the Notes, all monies then held by any Paying Agent other than the Indenture
Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such Notes shall,
upon demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Indenture Trustee to be held and
applied according to Section 3.03 and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such monies.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 5.01. Events of Default. "Event of Default", wherever
used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(i) default by the Issuer in the payment of any interest on
any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default shall
continue for a period of five days;
(ii) default by the Issuer in the payment of the principal
of or any installment of the principal of any Note when the same
becomes due and payable;
(iii) default in the observance or performance of any
covenant or agreement of the Issuer made in this Indenture (other than
a covenant or agreement, a default in the observance or performance of
which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), or any
representation or warranty of the Issuer made in this Indenture or in
any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in
connection herewith proving to have been incorrect in any material
respect as of the time when the same shall have been made, and such
default shall continue or not be cured, or the circumstance or
condition in respect of which such misrepresentation or warranty was
incorrect shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured, for a
period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered or
certified mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or to the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% of the
Outstanding Amount, a written notice specifying such default or
incorrect representation or warranty and requiring it to be remedied
and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder;
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(iv) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court
having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Issuer or any
substantial part of the Owner Trust Estate in an involuntary case
under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar
official of the Issuer or for any substantial part of the Owner Trust
Estate, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer's
affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect
for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(v) the commencement by the Issuer of a voluntary case under
any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by the Issuer
to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any
such law, or the consent by the Issuer to the appointment or taking
possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or for any substantial
part of the Owner Trust Estate, or the making by the Issuer of any
general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by the
Issuer generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the
taking of any action by the Issuer in furtherance of any of the
foregoing.
The Issuer shall deliver to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee,
within five days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an
Officer's Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice and the lapse
of time would become an Event of Default under clause (iii) above, its status
and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity, Rescission and Annulment.
(a) If an Event of Default should occur and be continuing, then and in
every such case the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes representing not
less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount may declare all the Notes to be
immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the
Indenture Trustee if given by Noteholders), and upon any such declaration the
unpaid principal amount of such Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest
thereon through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and
payable.
(b) At any time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity has
been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been
obtained by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the
Holders of Notes representing a majority of the Outstanding Amount, by written
notice to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences if:
(i) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Indenture
Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:
(A) all payments of principal of and interest on all
Notes and all other amounts that would then be due hereunder
or upon such Notes if the Event of Default giving rise to
such acceleration had not occurred; and
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(B) all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee
hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its
agents and counsel; and
(ii) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the
principal of the Notes that has become due solely by such
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.12.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereto.
Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Indenture Trustee.
(a) The Issuer covenants that if the Notes are accelerated following
the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Issuer will, upon demand of the
Indenture Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the
whole amount then due and payable on such Notes for principal and interest, with
interest on the overdue principal and, to the extent payment at such rate of
interest shall be legally enforceable, on overdue installments of interest at
the related Interest Rate and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall
be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture
Trustee and its agents and counsel.
(b) In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon
such demand, the Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express
trust, may institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and
unpaid, and may prosecute such Proceeding to judgment or final decree and may
enforce the same against the Issuer or other obligor upon such Notes and collect
in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or other obligor
upon such Notes, wherever situated, the monies adjudged or decreed to be
payable.
(c) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture
Trustee may, as more particularly provided in Section 5.04, in its discretion,
proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders, by
such appropriate Proceedings as the Indenture Trustee shall deem most effective
to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any
power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or
equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
(d) In case there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer or any
other obligor upon the Notes or any Person having or claiming an ownership
interest in the Owner Trust Estate, Proceedings under Title 11 of the United
States Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or
reorganization, or liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been
appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other
obligor or Person, or in case of any other comparable judicial Proceedings
relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or
property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Indenture Trustee,
irrespective of whether the principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable
as
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therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the
Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this
Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceedings or
otherwise:
(i) to file and prove a claim or claims for the entire
amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the
Notes and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary
or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee
(including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Indenture
Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, and their respective
agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses
and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture
Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, except as a result of
negligence or bad faith) and of the Noteholders allowed in such
Proceedings;
(ii) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to
vote on behalf of the Holders of Notes in any election of a trustee, a
standby trustee or Person performing similar functions in any such
Proceedings;
(iii) to collect and receive any monies or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute all
amounts received with respect to the claims of the Noteholders and of
the Indenture Trustee on their behalf; and
(iv) to file such proofs of claim and other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims
of the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes allowed in any
Proceedings relative to the Issuer, its creditors and its property;
and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in
any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by each of such Noteholders to make
payments to the Indenture Trustee and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee
shall consent to the making of payments directly to such Noteholders, to pay to
the Indenture Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable
compensation to the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and
their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each
predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith.
(e) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Indenture Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on
behalf of any Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to
authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Noteholder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election
of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar Person.
(f) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture,
or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the
possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any trial or other
Proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or Proceedings instituted by
the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express
trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses,
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disbursements and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor
Indenture Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
(g) In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (including any
Proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to
which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party), the Indenture Trustee shall be
held to represent all the Holders of the Notes, and it shall not be necessary to
make any Noteholder a party to any such Proceedings.
Section 5.04. Remedies, Priorities.
(a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Indenture Trustee may do one or more of the following (subject to Sections 5.02
and 5.05):
(i) institute Proceedings in its own name and/or as trustee
of an express trust for the collection of all amounts then payable on
the Notes or under this Indenture with respect thereto, whether by
declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained and collect
from the Issuer and any other obligor upon such Notes monies adjudged
due;
(ii) institute Proceedings from time to time for the
complete or partial foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the
Owner Trust Estate;
(iii) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the UCC
and any other remedy available to the Indenture Trustee and take any
other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and
remedies of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders under
this Indenture; and
(iv) sell the Owner Trust Estate or any portion thereof or
rights or interest therein, at one or more public or private sales
called and conducted in any manner permitted by law;
provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise
liquidate the Owner Trust Estate following an Event of Default, other than an
Event of Default described in Section 5.01(i) or (ii), unless (A) the Holders of
100% of the Outstanding Amount consent thereto, (B) the proceeds of such sale or
liquidation distributable to the Noteholders and Certificateholders are
sufficient to discharge in full all amounts then due and unpaid upon such Notes
and Certificates for principal and interest or (C) the Indenture Trustee
determines that the Owner Trust Estate will not continue to provide sufficient
funds for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and Certificates
as would have become due if the Notes and Certificates had not been declared due
and payable, and the Indenture Trustee obtains the consent of Holders of 100% of
the Outstanding Amount. In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with
respect to clause (B) and (C) above, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not,
obtain, at the expense of the Issuer, and rely upon an opinion of an Independent
investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the
feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Owner Trust
Estate for such purpose.
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(b) If the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant
to this Article, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order
and priority:
(i) to the Indenture Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the
Owner Trustee, any amounts due under the Trust Agreement or Section
6.07 hereof;
(ii) to the Servicer, for amounts due and unpaid in respect
of Nonrecoverable Advances under the Sale and Servicing Agreement;
(iii) to the Servicer, for amounts due and unpaid in respect
of the Total Servicing Fee under the Sale and Servicing Agreement;
(iv) to the Holders of the Notes of each Class, the Note
Interest Distributable Amount ratably in proportion to the Note
Interest Distributable Amount for each Class at their respective
Interest Rates;
(v) to the Holders of Notes of all Classes, the outstanding
principal amount of the Notes, pro rata in proportion to the
Outstanding principal amount of each Class;
(vi) to the Holders of the Trust Certificates, the
Certificate Interest Distributable Amount;
(vii) to the Holders of the Trust Certificates, the
outstanding principal amount of the Trust Certificates; and
(viii) to the Seller, any remaining amount.
The Indenture Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Noteholders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record date,
the Issuer shall mail to each Noteholder and the Indenture Trustee a notice that
states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.
Section 5.05. Optional Preservation of the Receivables. If the
Notes have been declared to be due and payable under Section 5.02 following an
Event of Default and such declaration and its consequences have not been
rescinded and annulled, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, elect to
maintain possession of the Owner Trust Estate. It is the desire of the parties
hereto and the Noteholders that there be at all times sufficient funds for the
payment of principal of and interest on the Notes, and the Indenture Trustee
shall take such desire into account when determining whether or not to maintain
possession of the Owner Trust Estate. In determining whether to maintain
possession of the Owner Trust Estate, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not,
obtain, at the expense of the Issuer, and rely upon an opinion of an Independent
investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the
feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Owner Trust
Estate for such purpose.
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Section 5.06. Limitation of Suits. No Holder of any Note shall
have any right to institute any Proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect
to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any
other remedy hereunder, unless:
(i) such Holder has previously given written notice to the
Indenture Trustee of a continuing Event of Default;
(ii) the Holders of not less than 25% of the Outstanding
Amount have made written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute
such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as
Indenture Trustee hereunder;
(iii) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture
Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities to be incurred in complying with such request;
(iv) the Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of
such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute
such Proceedings; and
(v) no direction inconsistent with such written request has
been given to the Indenture Trustee during such 60-day period by the
Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount.
It is understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Notes shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other
Holders of Notes or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over
any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the
manner herein provided.
In the event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or
inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Notes,
each representing less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount, the Indenture
Trustee in its sole discretion may determine what action, if any, shall be
taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture. The Indenture
Trustee shall not be liable for any such determination made in good faith.
Section 5.07. Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive
Principal and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture,
the Holder of any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on
such Note on or after the respective due dates thereof expressed in such Note or
in this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption
Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such
right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 5.08. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the
Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any
right or remedy under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued
or abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely to the Indenture
Trustee or to such Noteholder, then and in every
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such case the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall, subject
to any determination in such Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively
to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of
the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall continue as though no such
Proceeding had been instituted.
Section 5.09. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy
herein conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders
is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 5.10. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or
omission of the Indenture Trustee or any Holder of any Note to exercise any
right or remedy accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any
such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Default or Event of
Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article
or by law to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders may be exercised from
time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee
or by the Noteholders, as the case may be.
Section 5.11. Control by Noteholders. The Holders of Notes
representing a majority of the Outstanding Amount shall have the right to direct
the time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available
to the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes or exercising any trust or
power conferred on the Indenture Trustee; provided that:
(i) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of
law or with this Indenture;
(ii) subject to the terms of Section 5.04, any direction to
the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Owner Trust Estate
shall be by the Holders of Notes representing not less than 100% of
the Outstanding Amount;
(iii) if the conditions set forth in Section 5.05 have been
satisfied and the Indenture Trustee elects to retain the Owner Trust
Estate pursuant to such Section, then any direction to the Indenture
Trustee by the Holders of Notes representing less than 100% of the
Outstanding Amount to sell or liquidate the Owner Trust Estate shall
be of no force and effect; and
(iv) the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed
proper by the Indenture Trustee that is not inconsistent with such
direction.
Notwithstanding the rights of Noteholders set forth in this Section, subject to
Section 6.01, the Indenture Trustee need not take any action for which it will
not be adequately indemnified or might materially adversely affect the rights of
any Noteholders not consenting to such action.
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Section 5.12. Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the declaration
of the acceleration of the maturity of the Notes as provided in Section 5.02,
the Holders of Notes of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount may
waive any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences except a Default
(i) in payment of principal of or interest on any of the Notes or (ii) in
respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended
without the consent of the Holder of each Note. In the case of any such waiver,
the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Notes shall
respectively be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder; but no
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default
or impair any right consequent thereto. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall
cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, and
any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured and
not to have occurred, for every purpose of this Indenture.
Section 5.13. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this
Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by such Xxxxxx's acceptance thereof
shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in
any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in
any suit against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted
by it as Indenture Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to (i) any suit instituted by the
Indenture Trustee, (ii) any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or group of
Noteholders, in each case holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the
Outstanding Amount or (iii) any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the
enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Note on or after
the respective due dates expressed in such Note and in this Indenture (or, in
the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
Section 5.14. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer
covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any
time insist upon, or plead or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit
or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it
will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to
the Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
Section 5.15. Action on Notes. The Indenture Trustee's right to
seek and recover judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture shall not be
affected by the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or
with respect to this Indenture. Neither the lien of this Indenture nor any
rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders shall be impaired
by the recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Issuer or
by the levy of any execution under such judgment upon any portion of
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the Owner Trust Estate or upon any of the assets of the Issuer. Any money or
property collected by the Indenture Trustee shall be applied in accordance with
Section 5.04(b).
Section 5.16. Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations.
(a) Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so
and at the Administrator's expense, the Issuer shall take all such lawful action
as the Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and
observance by the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, of each of their
obligations to the Issuer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing
Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof, and to exercise any and all
rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under
or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement to the extent and in the
manner directed by the Indenture Trustee, including the transmission of notices
of default on the part of the Seller or the Servicer thereunder and the
institution of legal or administrative actions or proceedings to compel or
secure performance by the Seller or the Servicer of each of their obligations
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(b) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Indenture Trustee may, and at the direction (which direction shall be in
writing) of the Holders of 66 2/3% of the Outstanding Amount shall, exercise all
rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against the Seller
or the Servicer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
including the right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance
or observance by the Seller or the Servicer, of each of their obligations to the
Issuer thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval,
extension or waiver under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and any right of the
Issuer to take such action shall be suspended.
ARTICLE SIX
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
Section 6.01. Duties of Indenture Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing of which a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge, the Indenture
Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and
use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person
would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's
own affairs; provided, however, that if the Indenture Trustee shall assume the
duties of the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.07(e), the Indenture Trustee in
performing such duties shall use the degree of care and skill customarily
exercised by a prudent institutional servicer with respect to installment sale
contracts that it services for itself or others.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default of which a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge:
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(i) the Indenture Trustee shall undertake to perform such
duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
this Indenture against the Indenture Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Indenture
Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and
the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates
or opinions furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture; however, the Indenture Trustee shall
examine the certificates and opinions specifically required to be
furnished pursuant to any provision of this Agreement to determine
whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Indenture Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its
own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of Section
6.01(b);
(ii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error
of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is
proved that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect
to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance
with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 5.11.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the
Indenture Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.
(e) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any
money received by it except as the Indenture Trustee may agree in writing with
the Issuer.
(f) Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law or the terms of
this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Indenture Trustee
to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment
of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it.
(h) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or
affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Indenture Trustee
shall be subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the
TIA.
(i) The Indenture Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any
Event of Default unless either (i) a Responsible Officer shall have actual
knowledge of such Event of
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Default or (ii) written notice of such Event of Default shall have been received
by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture.
(j) The Indenture Trustee shall have no duty (A) to see to any
recording, filing, or depositing of this Indenture or any agreement referred to
herein or any financing statement or continuation statement evidencing a
security interest, or to see to the maintenance of any such recording or filing
or depositing or to any rerecording, refiling or redepositing of any thereof,
(B) to see to any insurance, (C) to see to the payment or discharge of any tax,
assessment, or other governmental charge or any lien or encumbrance of any kind
owing with respect to, assessed or levied against, any part of the Owner Trust
Estate, or (D) to confirm or verify the contents of any reports or certificates
of the Servicer delivered to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture
believed by the Indenture Trustee to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties.
Section 6.02. Rights of Indenture Trustee.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in the second succeeding sentence,
the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in acting
or refraining from acting upon, any resolution, Officer's Certificate, Opinion
of Counsel, certificate of auditors, Independent Certificate or any other
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by
the proper person. The Indenture Trustee need not investigate any fact,
calculation or matter stated in the document. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Indenture Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements,
opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the
Indenture Trustee that shall be specifically required to be furnished pursuant
to any provision of this Indenture, shall examine them to determine whether they
comply as to form to the requirements of this Indenture.
(b) Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
require an Officer's Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee
shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in
reliance on an Officer's Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through
agents or attorneys or a custodian or nominee, and the Indenture Trustee shall
not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the
supervision of, any such agent, attorney, custodian or nominee appointed with
due care by it hereunder.
(d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes
or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its
rights or powers; provided, that the Indenture Trustee's conduct does not
constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
(e) The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or
opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and
the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability
in respect to any action taken, omitted or
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suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or
opinion of such counsel.
(f) The Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Indenture or to institute, conduct
or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order
or direction of any of the Noteholders, pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, unless such Noteholders shall have offered to the Indenture Trustee
security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee against
the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;
provided, however, nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the
Indenture Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
of which a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee shall have actual
knowledge (which has not been cured), to exercise such of the rights and powers
vested in it by this Indenture, and to use the same degree of care and skill in
their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs.
(g) The right of the Indenture Trustee to perform any discretionary
act enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty, and the
Indenture Trustee shall not be answerable in the performance of such act for
other than its negligence or willful misconduct.
(h) The Indenture Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or
surety in respect of the execution of the Owner Trust Estate created hereby or
the powers granted hereunder.
(i) All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Note
may be prosecuted and enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession
of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any proceeding relating
thereto, any such proceeding instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be
brought in its own name or in its capacity as Indenture Trustee. Any recovery of
judgment shall, after provision for the payments to the Indenture Trustee
provided for in Section 6.07, be for the ratable benefit of the Noteholders in
respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 6.03. Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee. The
Indenture Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner
or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates
with the same rights it would have if it were not Indenture Trustee. Any Paying
Agent, Note Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like
rights. However, the Indenture Trustee must comply with Sections 6.11 and 6.12.
Section 6.04. Indenture Trustee's Disclaimer. The Indenture
Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the
validity or adequacy of this Indenture, the Owner Trust Estate or the Notes, it
shall not be accountable for the Issuer's use of the proceeds from the Notes,
and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer in this
Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or
in the Notes other than the Indenture Trustee's certificate of authentication.
The Indenture Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing any financing or
continuation statement in any public office at any time or to otherwise perfect
or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien granted to it
hereunder or to record this Indenture.
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Section 6.05. Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is
continuing and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee,
the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder notice of the Default within
90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default in payment of principal
of or interest on any Note (including payments pursuant to the mandatory
redemption provisions of such Note), the Indenture Trustee may withhold the
notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith
determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Noteholders.
Section 6.06. Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders. The
Indenture Trustee shall make available to each Noteholder such information as
may be required to enable each Noteholder to prepare its respective federal and
state income tax returns. The Indenture Trustee will make documents or
information which it is required to provide available to the Noteholders,
including, without limitation, the Servicer's Certificate (as such term is
defined in the Sale and Servicing Agreement), and the Indenture Trustee will
post at xxxx://xxx.xx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx information regarding principal and
interest due and paid on the Notes. The Indenture Trustee shall have the right
to change the way such statements are distributed in order to make such
distribution more convenient and/or more accessible to the above parties and the
Indenture Trustee shall provide timely and adequate notification to all above
parties regarding any such changes; provided, however, that the Indenture
Trustee will also mail copies of any such statements to any Noteholders who so
request in writing.
Section 6.07. Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuer shall, or
shall cause the Administrator to, (i) pay to the Indenture Trustee from time to
time reasonable compensation for its services, which compensation shall not be
limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust, (ii)
reimburse the Indenture Trustee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred or made by it, including without limitation, costs of collection, in
addition to the compensation for its services, which expenses shall include the
reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Indenture Trustee's agents, counsel, accountants and experts and (iii) indemnify
the Indenture Trustee and its officers, directors, employees and agents against
any and all loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees and
expenses) incurred by it in connection with the administration of this trust and
the performance of its duties hereunder not resulting from its own willful
misconduct, negligence or bad faith. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the
Issuer and the Administrator promptly of any claim for which it may seek
indemnity. Failure by the Indenture Trustee to so notify the Issuer and the
Administrator shall not relieve the Issuer or the Administrator of its
obligations hereunder. The indemnities contained in this Section 6.07 shall
survive the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee or the termination
of this Indenture. Absent an Event of Default, in the event of any claim, action
or proceeding for which indemnity will be sought pursuant to this Section 6.07,
the Indenture Trustee's choice of legal counsel shall be subject to the approval
of the Depositor (or if the Depositor is no longer an owner, the designee of the
Depositor), which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned,
delayed or denied. Neither the Issuer nor the Administrator need reimburse any
expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the
Indenture Trustee (1) through the Indenture Trustee's own willful misconduct,
negligence or
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bad faith or (2) in the case of the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty
contained in Section 6.13 expressly made by the Indenture Trustee.
The Issuer's payment obligations to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
this Section shall survive the discharge of this Indenture and the resignation
or discharge of the Indenture Trustee and shall extend to any co-trustee or
separate trustee appointed pursuant to Section 6.10 hereunder. When the
Indenture Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in
Section 5.01 (iv) or (v) with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended
to constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of the United States
Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
law.
Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, in no
event shall the Indenture Trustee be liable for special, indirect or
consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited
to lost profits, other than interest due but not paid on the Notes), even if the
Indenture Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and
regardless of the form of action.
Section 6.08. Replacement of Indenture Trustee. No resignation or
removal of the Indenture Trustee and no appointment of a successor Indenture
Trustee shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section. The Indenture Trustee may
resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer. Noteholders representing a
majority of the Outstanding Amount may remove the Indenture Trustee at any time
and appoint a successor Indenture Trustee by so notifying the Indenture Trustee
in writing. The Issuer shall remove the Indenture Trustee if:
(i) the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11;
(ii) a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect
of the Indenture Trustee in an involuntary case or proceeding under
federal or state banking or bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter
constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law, shall have entered a decree or order
granting relief or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, conservator, sequestrator (or similar official)
for the Indenture Trustee or for any substantial part of the Indenture
Trustee's property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the
Indenture Trustee's affairs, provided any such decree or order shall
have continued unstayed and in effect for a period of 30 consecutive
days;
(iii) the Indenture Trustee commences a voluntary case under
any federal or state banking or bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter
constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law, or consents to the appointment of or
taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, conservator, sequestrator or other similar official for the
Indenture Trustee or for any substantial part of the Indenture
Trustee's property, or makes any assignment for the benefit of
creditors or fails generally to pay its debts as such debts become due
or takes any corporate action in furtherance of any of the foregoing;
or
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(iv) the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of
acting.
If the Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists
in the office of the Indenture Trustee for any reason (the Indenture Trustee in
such event being referred to herein as the retiring Indenture Trustee), the
Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Indenture Trustee.
A successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of
its appointment to the retiring Indenture Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon
the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall become
effective, and the successor Indenture Trustee shall have all the rights, powers
and duties of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture. The successor
Indenture Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to the Noteholders. The
retiring Indenture Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as
Indenture Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee.
If a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 60 days
after the retiring Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring
Indenture Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of a majority in Outstanding Amount
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Indenture Trustee.
If the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11, any
Noteholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of
the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and appointment of
a successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall
not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Indenture
Trustee pursuant to this Section and payment of all fees and expenses owed to
the outgoing Indenture Trustee. Notwithstanding the replacement of the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Issuer's and the Administrator's
obligations under Section 6.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring
Indenture Trustee.
Section 6.09. Successor Indenture Trustee by Xxxxxx. If the
Indenture Trustee consolidates or merges with, converts or transfers all or
substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation
or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation
shall, without any further act, be the successor Indenture Trustee; provided,
that such corporation or banking association shall be otherwise qualified and
eligible under Section 6.11. The Indenture Trustee shall provide each Rating
Agency prior written notice of any such transaction.
In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion
or consolidation to the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by
this Indenture any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered,
any such successor to the Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate of
authentication of any predecessor trustee and deliver such Notes so
authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been
authenticated, any successor to the Indenture Trustee may authenticate such
Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the
successor to the Indenture Trustee; and in all such
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cases such certificates shall have the full force as is provided anywhere in the
Notes or in this Indenture that the certificate of the Indenture Trustee shall
have.
Section 6.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, at any
time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in
which any part of the Owner Trust Estate may at the time be located, the
Indenture Trustee and the Administrator, acting jointly, shall have the power
and may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons to
act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of
all or any part of the Trust, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such
capacity and for the benefit of the Noteholders, such title to the Owner Trust
Estate or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this
Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture
Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Administrator shall not have
joined in such appointment within 15 days after its receipt of a request to do
so, the Indenture Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment.
No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms
of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 6.11 and no notice to
Noteholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be
required under Section 6.08.
(b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or
imposed upon the Indenture Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon
and exercised or performed by the Indenture Trustee and such separate
trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate
trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the
Indenture Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that
under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts
are to be performed the Indenture Trustee shall be incompetent or
unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights,
powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the
Owner Trust Estate or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction)
shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or
co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Indenture Trustee;
(ii) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by
reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and
(iii) the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator may at any
time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or
co-trustee.
(c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture
Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees
and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and
the conditions of this Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its
acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property
specified
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in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Indenture Trustee or
separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this
Indenture, specifically including every provision of this Indenture relating to
the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the
Indenture Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Indenture
Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Administrator.
(d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the
Indenture Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority,
to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of
this Indenture on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or
co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of
its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be
exercised by the Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the
appointment of a new or successor trustee.
Section 6.11. Eligibility, Disqualification. The Indenture
Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a). The
Indenture Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of
condition, and the time deposits of the Indenture Trustee shall be rated at
least A-1 by Standard & Poor's and F1 by Fitch. The Indenture Trustee shall
comply with TIA Section 310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded
from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under
which other securities of the Issuer are outstanding if the requirements for
such exclusion set forth in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met.
In the event that, (A) the Indenture Trustee (i) or any of its
directors or executive officers is an underwriter, or (ii) directly or
indirectly, controls or is controlled by, or is in common control with, an
underwriter; and (B) an Event of Default occurs, the Indenture Trustee shall
comply with TIA Section 310(b). For this purpose only and pursuant to TIA
Section 310(b), an "underwriter" means any person who, within one year prior to
the occurrence of the Event of Default, was an underwriter of any of the notes
outstanding at the time of such Event of Default.
Section 6.12. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer.
The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311 (a), excluding any
creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). An Indenture Trustee who has
resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 31l(a) to the extent
indicated.
Section 6.13. Representations and Warranties of Indenture
Trustee. The Indenture Trustee hereby makes the following representations and
warranties on which the Issuer and Noteholders shall rely:
(i) it is a banking association duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of
America;
(ii) it has full power, authority and legal right to
execute, deliver, and perform this Indenture and shall have taken all
necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance
by it of this Indenture;
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(iii) assuming the necessary authorization, execution and
delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, the duties and
obligations of the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture constitute
the valid, legal and binding obligations of the Indenture Trustee
enforceable in accordance with its terms except as enforcement may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws or
equitable principles limiting creditors' rights generally, and
provided that no representation is expressed as to the availability of
equitable remedies;
(iv) that to the best knowledge of the Indenture Trustee,
the Indenture Trustee is not in breach of or default under any law or
administrative rule or regulation of the United States of America or
any department, division, agency or instrumentality thereof, or any
applicable court or administrative decree or order, and which would
materially impair the ability of the Indenture Trustee to perform its
obligations under the Indenture; and
(v) that to the best knowledge of the Indenture Trustee, no
authorization, consent or other order of any state or federal
government authority or agency having jurisdiction over the trust
powers of the Indenture Trustee are required to be obtained by the
Indenture Trustee for the valid authorization, execution and delivery
by the Indenture Trustee of the Indenture or the authentication of the
Notes.
Section 6.14. Communications. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, any and all communications (both text and attachments) by or
from the Indenture Trustee that the Indenture Trustee in its sole discretion
deems to contain confidential, proprietary, and/or sensitive information and
sent by electronic mail will be encrypted. The recipient (the "Email Recipient")
of the email communication will be required to complete a one-time registration
process. Information and assistance on registering and using the email
encryption technology can be found at Citibank's secure website at
xxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxx/xxxxx.xxx or by calling (866)
000-0000 (in the U.S.) or (000) 000-0000 at any time.
ARTICLE SEVEN
NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS
Section 7.01. Issuer to Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and
Addresses of Noteholders. If Definitive Notes are issued, the Issuer will
furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee (i) not more than five
days after the earlier of (a) each Record Date and (b) three months after the
last Record Date, a list, in such form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes as of such Record
Date, and (ii) at such other times as the Indenture Trustee may request in
writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list
of similar form and content as of a date not more than ten days prior to the
time such list is furnished; provided, however, that so long as the Indenture
Trustee is the Note Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished.
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Section 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communications,
Reports and Certain Documents to Noteholders.
(a) The Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes
contained in the most recent list furnished to the Indenture Trustee as provided
in Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders of Notes received by the
Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may
destroy any list furnished to it as provided in such Section 7.01 upon receipt
of a new list so furnished.
(b) Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with
other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the
Notes.
(c) The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar shall
have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
(d) The Indenture Trustee will provide to Securityholders the reports,
certificates, opinions and documents specified in Section 3.15 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, upon written request to the Indenture Trustee.
Section 7.03. Reports by Issuer.
(a) The Issuer shall:
(i) file with the Indenture Trustee, within 15 days after
the Issuer is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of
the annual reports and the information, documents and other reports
(or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission
may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that the
Issuer may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
(ii) file with the Indenture Trustee and the Commission in
accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by
the Commission such additional information, documents and reports with
respect to compliance by the Issuer with the conditions and covenants
of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules
and regulations; and
(iii) supply to the Indenture Trustee (and the Indenture
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Noteholders described in TIA
Section 313(c)) such summaries of any information, documents and
reports required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to clauses (i) and
(ii) of this Section 7.03(a) and by rules and regulations prescribed
from time to time by the Commission.
(b) Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the
Issuer shall end on March 31 of each year.
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Section 7.04. Reports by Indenture Trustee. If required by TIA
Section 313(a), within 60 days after each December 15 beginning with December
15, 2007, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder as required by TIA
Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA
Section 313(a). The Indenture Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Noteholders shall
be filed by the Indenture Trustee with the Commission and each stock exchange,
if any, on which the Notes are listed. The Issuer shall notify the Indenture
Trustee in writing if and when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.
ARTICLE EIGHT
ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
Section 8.01. Collection of Money. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, the Indenture Trustee may demand payment or delivery of, and
shall receive and collect, directly and without intervention or assistance of
any fiscal agent or other intermediary, all money and other property payable to
or receivable by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture. The Indenture
Trustee shall apply all such money received by it as provided in this Indenture.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, if any default occurs
in the making of any payment or performance under any agreement or instrument
that is part of the Owner Trust Estate, the Indenture Trustee may take such
action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including
the institution and prosecution of appropriate Proceedings. Any such action
shall be without prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of Default
under this Indenture and any right to proceed thereafter as provided in Article
Five.
Section 8.02. Accounts.
(a) Pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
there has been established and there shall be maintained an Eligible Account
(initially at Citibank, N.A.) in the name, and under the sole dominion and
control, of the Indenture Trustee until the Outstanding Amount has been reduced
to zero, and thereafter, in the name, and under the sole dominion and control,
of the Owner Trustee, which is designated as the Yield Supplement Account.
(b) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause the
Servicer to establish and maintain, in the name of the Indenture Trustee,
Eligible Accounts for the benefit of the (i) Securityholders, the Collection
Account, the Yield Supplement Account and the Payahead Account, and (ii)
Noteholders, the Note Distribution Account and the Reserve Fund as provided in
Section 4.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(c) On or before each Payment Date, with respect to the preceding
Collection Period, all amounts required to be deposited in the Collection
Account will be deposited as provided in Sections 4.02 and 4.05 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement. On or before each Payment Date, all amounts required to be
deposited in the Note Distribution Account with respect to the preceding
Collection Period pursuant to Sections 4.06 and 4.07 of the Sale and Servicing
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Agreement will be transferred from the Collection Account, the Reserve Fund, the
Payahead Account and/or the Yield Supplement Account to the Note Distribution
Account.
(d) On each Payment Date and Redemption Date, the Indenture Trustee
shall distribute all amounts on deposit in the Note Distribution Account to
Noteholders in respect of the Notes to the extent of amounts due and unpaid on
the Notes for principal and interest (including any premium) in the amounts and
order as set forth in the Servicer's Certificate which shall be in the following
amounts and in the following order of priority (except as otherwise provided in
Section 5.04(b)):
(i) the Note Interest Distributable Amount; provided, that
if there are not sufficient funds in the Note Distribution Account to
pay the allocable portion of the Note Interest Distribution Amount
with respect to each Class of Notes, the amount in the Note
Distribution Account shall be applied to the payment of such amount
pro rata on the basis of the total Note Interest Distributable Amount
due on the Notes;
(ii) the Note Principal Distributable Amount (first to the
Class A-1 Notes until the Class A-1 Notes are paid in full, second to
the Class A-2 Notes until paid in full, third to the Class A-3 Notes
until paid in full, and fourth to the Class A-4 Notes until paid in
full);
(iii) notwithstanding clause (ii) above, on each Payment
Date after the Notes have been accelerated as provided in Section
5.02(a) following the occurrence of an Event of Default, until such
time as the Notes have been paid in full, the Note Principal
Distributable Amount shall be paid first to the Class A-1 Notes until
the Class A-1 Notes are paid in full and then to the Class A-2, Class
A-3 and Class A-4 Notes on a pro rata basis based on the Outstanding
Amount of each such Class of Notes; and
(iv) in the event that there are insufficient funds in the
Note Distribution Account, an amount will be withdrawn from the
Reserve Fund pursuant to Section 4.07(b) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
The Indenture Trustee shall, subject to Article VI, make the distributions on
the Notes in a manner consistent with the Servicer's Certificate and will, upon
the request of the Issuer, confirm to the Issuer that it has made such payments
in accordance with the Servicer's Certificate.
Section 8.03. General Provisions Regarding Accounts.
(a) So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, all or a portion of the funds in the Accounts shall be invested
in Eligible Investments and reinvested by the Indenture Trustee upon the written
direction of the Servicer, subject to the provisions of Section 4.01(b) of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.01 (b)
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, all income or other gain from investments
of monies deposited in the Accounts shall be paid to the Servicer, and any loss
resulting from such investments shall be charged to the related Account.
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(b) Subject to Section 6.01(c), the Indenture Trustee shall not in any
way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency in any of the Accounts
resulting from any loss on any Eligible Investment included therein except for
losses attributable to the Indenture Trustee's failure to make payments on such
Eligible Investments issued by the Indenture Trustee, in its commercial capacity
as principal obligor and not as trustee, in accordance with their terms.
(c) If (i) the Servicer shall have failed to give investment
directions for any funds on deposit in the Accounts to the Indenture Trustee by
2:00 P.M., New York Time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee) on any Business Day or (ii) to the knowledge of a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee a Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Notes but the Notes shall
not have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 5.02 or (iii) if such
Notes shall have been declared due and payable following an Event of Default but
amounts collected or receivable from the Owner Trust Estate are being applied in
accordance with Section 5.05 as if there had not been such a declaration, then
the Indenture Trustee upon actual knowledge by a Responsible Officer of such
event shall, in the case of clause (i) above, maintain such funds in cash or, in
the case of clauses (ii) or (iii) above, to the fullest extent practicable,
invest and reinvest funds in the Accounts in the Eligible Investment listed in
clause (vii) of the definition thereof.
Section 8.04. Release of Owner Trust Estate.
(a) Subject to the payment of its fees and expenses pursuant to
Section 6.07, the Indenture Trustee may, and when required by the provisions of
this Indenture shall, execute instruments to release property from the lien of
this Indenture, or convey the Indenture Trustee's interest in the same, in a
manner and under circumstances that are not inconsistent with the provisions of
this Indenture. No party relying upon an instrument executed by the Indenture
Trustee as provided in this Article shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture
Trustee's authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent
or see to the application of any monies.
(b) The Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes
Outstanding and all sums due the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07 have
been paid, release any remaining portion of the Owner Trust Estate that secured
the Notes from the lien of this Indenture and release to the Issuer or any other
Person entitled thereto any funds then on deposit in the Accounts. The Indenture
Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture pursuant to this
Section 8.04(b) only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an
Officer's Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA)
Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1)
meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.01. Such release shall be
deemed to have been made upon completion of the requirements set forth in the
foregoing sentence.
Section 8.05. Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee shall
receive at least seven days written notice when requested by the Issuer to take
any action pursuant to Section 8.04(a), accompanied by copies of any instruments
involved, and the Indenture Trustee shall also require, as a condition to such
action, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee, stating the legal effect of any such action, outlining the
steps required to complete the same, and concluding that all conditions
precedent to the taking of such action have
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been complied with and such action will not materially and adversely impair the
security for the Notes or the rights of the Noteholders in contravention of the
provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that such Opinion of Counsel
shall not be required to express an opinion as to the fair value of the Owner
Trust Estate. Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely, without independent
investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate or other
instrument delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection with any such
action.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Noteholders.
(a) Without the consent of the Holders of any Notes but with prior
notice to each Rating Agency, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when
authorized by an Issuer Order, at any time and from time to time, may enter into
one or more indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the
provisions of the TIA as in force at the date of the execution thereof), in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(i) to correct or amplify the description of any property at
any time subject to the lien of this Indenture, or better to assure,
convey and confirm unto the Indenture Trustee any property subject or
required to be subjected to the lien of this Indenture, or to subject
additional property to the lien of this Indenture;
(ii) to evidence the succession, in compliance with the
applicable provisions hereof, of another Person to the Issuer, and the
assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer herein
and in the Notes contained;
(iii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer, for the benefit
of the Holder of any Notes, or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Issuer;
(iv) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any
property to or with the Indenture Trustee;
(v) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein or in any supplemental indenture that may be
inconsistent with any other provision herein or in any supplemental
indenture or the other Basic Documents or to make any other provisions
with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture or
in any supplemental indenture; provided, that such action shall not
adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes;
(vi) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the
appointment hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Notes
and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as
shall be necessary to facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements of
Article Six; or
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(vii) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this
Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the
qualification of this Indenture under the TIA or under any similar
federal statute hereafter enacted and to add to this Indenture such
other provisions as may be expressly required by the TIA.
The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of
any such supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements
and stipulations that may be therein contained.
(b) The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer
Order, may, also without the consent of any of the Holders of the Notes but with
prior notice to each Rating Agency, enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this
Indenture; provided, however, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of
any Noteholder.
Section 9.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Noteholders. The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer
Order, also may, with prior notice to each Rating Agency and with the written
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount, by
Act of such Holders delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, enter
into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding
any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of the Notes under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such
supplemental indenture shall, without the written consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Note affected thereby:
(i) change the date of payment of any installment of
principal of or interest on any Note, or reduce the principal amount
thereof, the Interest Rate thereon or the Redemption Price with
respect thereto, change the provisions of this Indenture relating to
the application of collections on, or the proceeds of the sale of, the
Owner Trust Estate to payment of principal of or interest on the
Notes, or change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency
in which, any Note or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the
right to institute suit for the enforcement of the provisions of this
Indenture requiring the application of funds available therefor, as
provided in Article Five, to the payment of any such amount due on the
Notes on or after the respective due dates thereof (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date);
(ii) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount, the
consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental
indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is required for any
waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this
Indenture;
(iii) modify or alter the provisions of the proviso to the
definition of the term "Outstanding";
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(iv) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount
required to direct the Indenture Trustee to direct the Issuer to sell
or liquidate the Owner Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.04 or amend
the provisions of this Article which specify the percentage of the
Outstanding Amount required to amend this Indenture or the other Basic
Documents;
(v) modify any provision of this Section except to increase
any percentage specified herein or provide that certain additional
provisions of this Indenture or the Basic Documents cannot be modified
or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note
affected thereby;
(vi) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture in such
manner as to affect the calculation of the amount of any payment of
interest or principal due on any Note on any Payment Date (including
the calculation of any of the individual components of such
calculation) or affect the rights of the Holders of Notes to the
benefit of any provisions for the mandatory redemption of the Notes
contained herein; or
(vii) permit the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on
a parity with the lien of this Indenture with respect to any part of
the Owner Trust Estate or, except as otherwise permitted or
contemplated herein, terminate the lien of this Indenture on any
property at any time subject hereto or deprive the Holder of any Note
of the security provided by the lien of this Indenture.
The Administrator shall certify to the Indenture Trustee whether or
not any Notes would be affected by any supplemental indenture and any such
certification shall be conclusive upon the Holders of all Notes, whether
theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Noteholders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture,
but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee
of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section, the Indenture Trustee
shall mail to the Holders of the Notes to which such amendment or supplemental
indenture relates a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such
supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Indenture Trustee to mail such
notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect
the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
Section 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing,
or permitting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article or the modification thereby of the trusts created by
this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and subject
to Sections 6.01 and 6.02, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion
of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee may, but shall
not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the
Indenture Trustee's own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise.
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Section 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this
Indenture shall be and shall be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance
therewith with respect to the Notes affected thereby, and the respective rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under
this Indenture of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Notes
shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all
respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions
of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the
terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
Section 9.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every
amendment of this Indenture and every supplemental indenture executed pursuant
to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the TIA as then in effect
so long as this Indenture shall then be qualified under the TIA.
Section 9.06. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures.
Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Article may, and if required by the Indenture Trustee
shall, bear a notation in form approved by the Indenture Trustee as to any
matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in
the opinion of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, to any such supplemental
indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuer and authenticated and
delivered by the Indenture Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE TEN
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
Section 10.01. Redemption. The Outstanding Notes are subject to
redemption in whole, but not in part, pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, on any Payment Date on which the Servicer exercises its
option to purchase the Owner Trust Estate pursuant to said Section, for a
purchase price equal to the Redemption Price; provided that the Issuer has
available funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price. The Servicer or the
Issuer shall furnish each Rating Agency notice of such redemption. If the
outstanding Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to this Section, the Servicer or
the Issuer shall furnish written notice of such election to the Indenture
Trustee not later than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date and the Issuer shall
deposit by 8:00 A.M., Los Angeles time, on the Redemption Date with the
Indenture Trustee in the Note Distribution Account the Redemption Price of the
Notes to be redeemed, whereupon all such Notes shall be due and payable on the
Redemption Date upon the furnishing of a notice complying with Section 10.02 to
each Holder of the Notes.
Section 10.02. Form of Redemption Notice. Notice of redemption
under Section 10.01 shall be given by the Indenture Trustee by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, or by facsimile mailed or transmitted not later than ten days
prior to the applicable Redemption
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Date to each Holder of Notes, as of the close of business on the Record Date
preceding the applicable Redemption Date, at such Holder's address or facsimile
number appearing in the Note Register.
All notices of redemption shall include the following information:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price;
(iii) the place where such Notes are to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price (which shall be the office or agency
of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02); and
(iv) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will
become due and payable upon each Note and that interest thereon shall
cease to accrue from and after the Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption of the Notes shall be given by the Indenture Trustee in the
name and at the expense of the Issuer. Failure to give notice of redemption, or
any defect therein, to any Holder of any Note shall not impair or affect the
validity of the redemption of any other Note.
Section 10.03. Notes Payable on Redemption Date. The Notes or
portions thereof to be redeemed shall, following notice of redemption as
required by Section 10.02, on the Redemption Date become due and payable at the
Redemption Price and (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the
Redemption Price) no interest shall accrue on the Redemption Price for any
period after the date to which accrued interest is calculated for purposes of
calculating the Redemption Price.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc.
(a) Upon any application or request by the Issuer to the Indenture
Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer
shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee (i) an Officer's Certificate stating that
all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the
proposed action have been complied with, (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that
in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been
complied with and (iii) (if required by the TIA) an Independent Certificate from
a firm of certified public accountants meeting the applicable requirements of
this Section, except that, in the case of any such application or request as to
which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision
of this Indenture, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
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(i) a statement that each signatory of such certificate or
opinion has read or has caused to be read such covenant or condition
and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such
signatory, such signatory has made such examination or investigation
as is necessary to enable such signatory to express an informed
opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
(iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
signatory, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
(b) (i) Prior to the deposit of any Collateral or other property or
securities with the Indenture Trustee that is to be made the basis for the
release of any property or securities subject to the lien of this Indenture, the
Issuer shall, in addition to any obligation imposed in Section 11.01 (a) or
elsewhere in this Indenture, furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer's
Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each person signing such
certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of such deposit) to the Issuer
of the Collateral or other property or securities to be so deposited.
(ii) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the
Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the
opinion of any signer thereof as to the matters described in clause
(i) above, the Issuer shall also deliver to the Indenture Trustee an
Independent Certificate as to the same matters, if the fair value to
the Issuer of the securities to be so deposited and of all other such
securities made the basis of any such withdrawal or release since the
commencement of the then-current fiscal year of the Issuer, as set
forth in the certificates delivered pursuant to clause (i) above and
this clause (ii), is 10% or more of the Outstanding Amount, but such a
certificate need not be furnished with respect to any securities so
deposited, if the fair value thereof to the Issuer as set forth in the
related Officer's Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than one
percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes.
(iii) Other than with respect to any release described in
clause (A) or (B) of Section 11.01(b)(v), whenever any property or
securities are to be released from the lien of this Indenture, the
Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer's
Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each person signing
such certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of such release)
of the property or securities proposed to be released and stating that
in the opinion of such person the proposed release will not impair the
security under this Indenture in contravention of the provisions
hereof.
(iv) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the
Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the
opinion of any signer thereof as to the
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matters described in clause (iii) above, the Issuer shall also furnish
to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same
matters if the fair value of the property or securities and of all
other property (other than property described in clauses (A) or (B) of
Section 11.01 (b)(v)) released from the lien of this Indenture since
the commencement of the then-current calendar year, as set forth in
the certificates required by clause (iii) above and this clause (iv),
equals 10% or more of the Outstanding Amount, but such certificate
need not be furnished in the case of any release of property or
securities if the fair value thereof as set forth in the related
Officer's Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than one percent of
the then Outstanding Amount.
(v) Notwithstanding Section 2.12 or any other provision of
this Section, the Issuer may, without compliance with the requirements
of the other provisions of this Section, (A) collect, liquidate, sell
or otherwise dispose of Receivables and Financed Vehicles as and to
the extent permitted or required by the Basic Documents and (B) make
cash payments out of the Accounts as and to the extent permitted or
required by the Basic Documents, so long as the Issuer shall deliver
to the Indenture Trustee every six months, commencing June 15, 2007 an
Officer's Certificate of the Issuer stating that all the dispositions
of Collateral described in clauses (A) and (B) above that occurred
during the preceding six calendar months or shorter period in the case
of the first such Officer's Certificate were in the ordinary course of
the Issuer's business and that the proceeds thereof were applied in
accordance with the Basic Documents.
Section 11.02. Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by
an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters
be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that
they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may
certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other
such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an
opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer may
be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion
of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which such officer's
certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate of an
Authorized Officer or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to
factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an
officer or officers of the Servicer, the Seller, the Issuer or the
Administrator, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters
is in the possession of the Servicer, the Seller, the Issuer or the
Administrator, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to
such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
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Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or
certificate or report to the Indenture Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer
shall deliver any document as a condition of the granting of such application,
or as evidence of the Issuer's compliance with any term hereof, it is intended
that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or
at the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the
facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions
precedent to the right of the Issuer to have such application granted or to the
sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be
construed to affect the Indenture Trustee's right to rely upon the truth and
accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided
in Article Six.
Section 11.03. Acts of Noteholders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Noteholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by agents
duly appointed in writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly provided
such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are
delivered to the Indenture Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required,
to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein
and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the
Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any
such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient
for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in
favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in
this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved in any manner that the Indenture Trustee
deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action by the Holder of any Notes shall bind the Holder of every
Note issued upon the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the
Indenture Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of
such action is made upon such Note.
Section 11.04. Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and
Rating Agencies. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or Act of Noteholders or other documents provided or permitted by this
Indenture shall be in writing and if such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Noteholders is to be made upon,
given or furnished to or filed with:
(i) the Indenture Trustee by any Noteholder or by the Issuer
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given,
furnished or filed in writing and mailed first-class, postage prepaid,
overnight delivery service or facsimile (followed by original) to or
with the Indenture Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
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(ii) the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by any
Noteholder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in
writing and mailed first-class, postage prepaid, overnight delivery
service or facsimile (followed by original) to the Issuer addressed
to: Honda Auto Receivables 2007-1 Owner Trust, in care of Union Bank
of California, N.A. 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee by the Issuer
or the Administrator. The Issuer shall promptly transmit any notice
received by it from the Noteholders to the Indenture Trustee.
Notices required to be given to each Rating Agency by the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee shall be in writing, personally
delivered, couriered or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, or
overnight delivery service to (i) Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division
of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000-0000, Attention: ABS Surveillance Group and (ii) in the case of
Fitch, at the following address: Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance Department; or at such other address
as shall be designated by written notice to the other parties.
Section 11.05. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver. Where this
Indenture provides for notice to Noteholders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing
and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid to each Noteholder affected by such
event, at such Holder's address as it appears on the Note Register, not later
than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the
giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Noteholders is given by mail,
neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed
to any particular Noteholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with
respect to other Noteholders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein
provided shall conclusively be presumed to have been duly given.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice
may be waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either
before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Noteholders shall be filed with the Indenture
Trustee but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of
any action taken in reliance upon such a waiver.
In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a
result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical
to mail notice of any event to Noteholders when such notice is required to be
given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving
such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to
be a sufficient giving of such notice.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to each Rating Agency,
failure to give such notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations
created hereunder, and shall not under any circumstance constitute a Default or
Event of Default.
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Section 11.06. Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture or any of the Notes to the
contrary, the Issuer may enter into any agreement with any Holder of a Note
providing for a method of payment, or notice by the Indenture Trustee or any
Paying Agent to such Holder, that is different from the methods provided for in
this Indenture for such payments or notices. The Issuer will furnish to the
Indenture Trustee a copy of each such agreement and the Indenture Trustee will
cause payments to be made and notices to be given in accordance with such
agreements.
Section 11.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any
provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof
that is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.
The provisions of TIA Sections 310 through 317 that impose duties on
any person (including the provisions automatically deemed included herein unless
expressly excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture,
whether or not physically contained herein.
Section 11.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The
Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 11.09. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and
agreements in this Indenture and the Notes by the Issuer shall bind its
successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All agreements of the
Indenture Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors, co-trustees and
agents.
Section 11.10. Separability. In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this
Indenture and the Notes shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 11.11. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture
or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the
parties hereto and their successors hereunder, and the Noteholders, and any
other party secured hereunder, and any other Person with an ownership interest
in any part of the Owner Trust Estate, any benefit or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 11.12. Legal Holidays. In any case where the date on
which any payment is due shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any
other provision of the Note's or this Indenture) payment need not be made on
such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same
force and effect as if made on the date on which nominally due, and no interest
shall accrue for the period from and after any such nominal date.
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Section 11.13. Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 11.14. Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
Section 11.15. Recording of Indenture. If this Indenture is
subject to recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such recording
is to be effected by the Issuer and at its expense accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel (which may be counsel to the Indenture Trustee or any other counsel
reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such
recording is necessary either for the protection of the Noteholders or any other
Person secured hereunder or for the enforcement of any right or remedy granted
to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.
Section 11.16. Trust Obligation. No recourse may be taken,
directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under this Indenture or any
certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith,
against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual
capacity, (ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (iii) any
partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent of the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of
a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee
or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in
its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it
being understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such
obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner,
owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable
law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or
failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity. For all purposes of
this Indenture, in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer
hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits
of, the terms and provisions of Articles Six, Seven and Eight of the Trust
Agreement as if specifically set forth herein.
Section 11.17. No Petition. The Indenture Trustee, by entering
into this Indenture, and each Noteholder, by accepting a Note, hereby covenant
and agree that they will not at any time institute against the Issuer, or join
in any institution against the Issuer of, any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under
any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with
any obligations relating to the Notes, this Indenture or any of the other Basic
Documents.
Section 11.18. Inspection. The Issuer agrees that, on reasonable
prior notice, it will permit any representative of the Indenture Trustee, during
the Issuer's normal business hours,
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to examine all the books of account, records, reports and other papers of the
Issuer, to make copies and extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited
by Independent certified public accountants, and to discuss the Issuer's
affairs, finances and accounts with the Issuer's officers, employees and
Independent certified public accountants, all at such reasonable times and as
often as may be reasonably requested. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the foregoing shall not be construed to prohibit (i) the disclosure of
any and all information that is or becomes publicly known, or information
obtained by the Indenture Trustee from sources other than the Servicer or the
Issuer, (ii) the disclosure of any and all information (A) if required to do so
by any applicable law, rule or regulation, (B) to any government agency or
regulatory body having or claiming authority to regulate or oversee any aspects
of the Indenture Trustee's business or that of its affiliates, (C) pursuant to
any subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar demand or request of any
court, regulatory authority, arbitrator or arbitration to which the Indenture
Trustee or any affiliate or an officer, director, employer or shareholder
thereof is a party, (D) in any preliminary or final offering circular,
registration statement or contract or other document pertaining to the
transactions contemplated by the Agreement approved in advance by the Servicer
or the Issuer or (E) to any affiliate, independent or internal auditor, agent,
employee or attorney of the Indenture Trustee having a need to know the same,
provided that the Indenture Trustee advises such recipient of the confidential
nature of the information being disclosed, or (iii) any other disclosure
authorized by the Servicer or the Issuer.
Section 11.19. [Reserved]
Section 11.20. Tax Treatment. Notwithstanding the foregoing or
anything herein to the contrary, all persons (and their respective employees,
representatives or other agents) may disclose to any and all persons, without
limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transaction
described herein and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax
analyses) that are provided to the recipient relating to such tax treatment and
tax structure. However, any such information relating to the tax treatment or
tax structure shall be required to be kept confidential to the extent necessary
to comply with any applicable securities laws.
Section 11.21. Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness.
The Indenture Trustee and Issuer acknowledge and agree that the
purpose of Section 3.09 of this Agreement is to facilitate compliance by the
Issuer and the Depositor with the provisions of Regulation AB and related rules
and regulations of the Commission.
Neither the Issuer nor the Administrator (acting on behalf of the
Issuer) shall exercise its right to request delivery of information or other
performance under these provisions other than in good faith, or for purposes
other than compliance with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each of the parties hereto agrees
that (a) the obligations of the parties hereunder shall be interpreted in such a
manner as to accomplish compliance with Regulation AB, (b) the parties'
obligations hereunder will be supplemented and modified as necessary to be
consistent with any such amendments, interpretive advice or guidance from the
Securities and Exchange Commission, convention or consensus among active
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participants in the asset-backed securities markets, or otherwise in respect of
the requirements of Regulation AB as they may be applied by the Securities and
Exchange Commission to the Issuer in connection with the Notes and (c) the
parties shall comply with reasonable requests made by or on behalf of the Issuer
or the Indenture Trustee for delivery of additional or different information, to
the extent such information is available, as the person requesting such
information may determine in good faith is necessary for it to comply with the
provisions of Regulation AB. Any and all expenses incurred by the Indenture
Trustee in compliance with this Section shall be considered indemnities payable
in accordance with Section 6.07 hereof.
The Issuer (or the Administrator, acting on behalf of the Issuer)
shall cooperate with the Indenture Trustee by providing timely notice of
requests for information under these provisions and by reasonably limiting such
requests to information required, in the reasonable judgment of the Issuer to
comply with Regulation AB.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed by their respective officers, thereunto duly authorized and
duly attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
HONDA AUTO RECEIVABLES 2007-1 OWNER
TRUST,
By: UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., not
in its individual capacity but
solely as Owner Trustee on behalf
of the Trust,
By:
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Name:
Title:
CITIBANK, N.A.,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Indenture Trustee,
By:
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Name:
Title:
STATE OF __ ________ )
) ss
COUNTY OF __ ________ )
On February _______, 2007 before me, _______________, Notary Public,
personally appeared _____________________, __ _________________________.
[_] personally known to me, or
[_] proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the
person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within
instrument,
and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her authorized
capacity, and that by his/her signature on the instrument the person, or the
entity upon behalf of which such person acted, executed the instrument.
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
Signature [Seal]
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STATE OF __ ________ )
) ss
COUNTY OF __ ________ )
On February ___, 2007 before me, _______________, Notary Public,
personally appeared ______________________, __ __________________________.
[_] personally known to me, or
[_] proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the
person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within
instrument,
and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her authorized
capacity, and that by his/her signature on the instrument the person, or the
entity upon behalf of which such person acted, executed the instrument.
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
Signature [Seal]
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SCHEDULE A
SCHEDULE OF RECEIVABLES
Provided to the Owner Trustee at Closing
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTE
UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED
IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER
ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN.
ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE
LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.
REGISTERED $____________
No. R-__ CUSIP NO. _________
HONDA AUTO RECEIVABLES 2007-1 OWNER TRUST
____% ASSET BACKED NOTES, CLASS [A-1] [A-2] [A-3] [A-4]
Honda Auto Receivables 2007-1 Owner Trust, a statutory trust organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Issuer"), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the
principal sum of _____________________ Dollars ($__________), payable to the
extent described in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof on each
Payment Date; provided, however, that the entire unpaid principal amount of this
Note shall be payable on the earlier of ________________ ___, 20__ (the "Class
[A-1] [A-2] [A-3] [A-4] Final Payment Date") and the Redemption Date, if any,
selected pursuant to the Indenture.
The Issuer will pay interest on this Note at the rate per annum shown
above on each Payment Date until the principal of this Note is paid or made
available for payment, on the principal amount of this Note outstanding on the
preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to all payments of principal made on
the preceding Payment Date), or on the Closing Date in the case of the first
Payment Date or if no interest has yet been paid, subject to certain limitations
contained in the Indenture. [[Interest on this Class A-1 Note will accrue for
each Payment Date from and including the immediately preceding Payment Date (or,
in the case of the first Payment Date, the Closing Date), to but excluding such
Payment Date]. [Interest on this [Class A-2,]
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[Class A-3,] [Class A-4] Note will accrue for each Payment Date from and
including the 18th day of the prior month (or, in the case of the first Payment
Date, the Closing Date) to but excluding the 18th day of the month of such
Payment Date] and will be computed on the basis of [the actual number of days in
the Interest Accrual Period with respect to the Class A-1 Notes divided by 360]
[a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months in the case of the Class A-2,
Class A-3 and Class A-4 Notes]. Such principal of and interest on this Note
shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.
The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the Issuer
with respect to this Note shall be applied first to interest due and payable on
this Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on
the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth
on the face of this Note.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Indenture Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be
signed, manually or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer, as of the date set
forth below.
Date: HONDA AUTO RECEIVABLES 2007-1 OWNER
TRUST,
By: UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A. not
in its individual capacity but
solely as Owner Trustee on behalf
of the Trust,
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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INDENTURE TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
Date: CITIBANK, N.A., not in its individual
capacity but solely as Indenture
Trustee,
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer,
designated as its ___% Asset Backed Notes, Class [A- 1] [A-2] [A-3] [A-4] (the
"Class [A-1] [A-2] [A-3] [A-4] Notes"), all issued under the Indenture, to which
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a
statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Notes. The Notes are subject to all
terms of the Indenture. Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise
defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the
Class A-4 Notes (collectively, the "Notes") are and will be equally and ratably
secured by the collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the
Indenture.
Principal payable on the Notes will be paid on each Payment Date in
the amount specified in the Indenture and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note will be
payable on the earlier of the Class [A-1] [A-2] [A-3] [A-4] Final Payment Date
and the Redemption Date, if any, selected pursuant to the Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, under certain circumstances, the entire unpaid
principal amount of the Class [A-1] [A-2] [A-3] [A-4] Notes shall be due and
payable following the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, as
described in the Indenture. All principal payments on the Class [A-1] [A-2]
[A-3] [A-4] Notes shall be made pro rata to the Class [A-1] [A-2] [A-3] [A-4]
Noteholders entitled thereto.
Payments of principal and interest on this Note due and payable on
each Payment Date or Redemption Date shall be made by check mailed to the Person
whose name appears as the registered Holder of this Note (or one or more
Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of business on the
related Record Date, except that with respect to Notes registered on the Record
Date in the name of the nominee of the Depository (initially, such nominee to be
Cede & Co.), payments will be made by wire transfer in immediately available
funds to the account designated by such nominee. Such checks shall be mailed to
the Person entitled thereto at the address of such Person as it appears on the
Note Register as of the applicable Record Date without requiring that this Note
be submitted for notation of payment. Any reduction in the principal amount of
this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) affected by any payments made
on any Payment Date or Redemption Date shall be binding upon all future Holders
of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or
in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon. If funds are
expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of
the remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Payment Date or
Redemption Date, then the Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the
Issuer, will notify the Person who was the registered Holder hereof as of the
Record Date preceding such Payment Date or Redemption Date by notice mailed
within five days of such Payment Date or Redemption Date and the amount then due
and payable shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Note
at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee or at the office of the
Indenture Trustee's agent appointed for such purposes located in The City of New
York.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to the limitations set forth
therein and on the face hereof, the transfer of this Note may be registered on
the Note Register upon surrender of
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this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the
Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or such Xxxxxx's attorney duly authorized in
writing, with such signature guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution"
meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include
membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agent's Medallion Program
("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by
the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and thereupon
one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and in the same aggregate
principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No
service charge will be charged for any registration of transfer or exchange of
this Note, but the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
such registration of transfer or exchange.
Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case
of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, covenants and agrees that no
recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations
of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under
the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection
therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its
individual capacity, (ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or
(iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of
the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any
holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have
expressly agreed and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary shall be
fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid
consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any
installment or call owing to such entity.
Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case
of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, covenants and agrees by
accepting the benefits of the Indenture that such Noteholder or Note Owner will
not at any time institute against the Seller or the Issuer, or join in any
institution against the Seller or the Issuer of, any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under any United States
federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations
relating to the Notes, the Indenture or the other Basic Documents.
Any Person that acquires a beneficial interest in this Note with the
assets of a Benefit Plan shall be deemed to represent that its acquisition and
holding of such beneficial interest is covered by a United States Department of
Labor prohibited transaction class exemption or some other applicable statutory
or administrative exemption.
The Issuer has entered into the Indenture and this Note is issued with
the intention that, for federal, state and local income, single business and
franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness secured by the
Owner Trust Estate. Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note (and each Note
Owner by acceptance of a beneficial interest in a Note), agrees to treat the
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Notes for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax
purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.
Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this
Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of
determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the Indenture) is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be
overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any such agent shall
be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided,
the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any
time by the Issuer with the consent of the Holders of Notes representing a
majority of the Outstanding Amount of all Notes at the time Outstanding. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of Notes representing
specified percentages of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, on behalf of the
Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and
their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (or
any one or more Predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. The Indenture
also permits the Indenture Trustee to amend or waive certain terms and
conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of Holders of the
Notes issued thereunder.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as
provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.
This Note and the Indenture shall be construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law
provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder
and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at
the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
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ASSIGNMENT
Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee:
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto:
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(name and address of assignee)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes
and appoints
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attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with
full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: *
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Signature Guaranteed: *
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* NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of
the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every
particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatever. Such
signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting
the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include
membership or participation in STAMP or such other "signature guarantee
program" as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF NOTE DEPOSITORY AGREEMENT
[To be attached]
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EXHIBIT C
Servicing Criteria To Be Addressed In Assessment Of Compliance
The assessment of compliance to be delivered by the Indenture Trustee,
shall address, at a minimum, the criteria identified below as "Applicable
Servicing Criteria":
REFERENCE CRITERIA
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CASH COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION
1122(d)(2)(ii) Disbursements made via wire transfer on
behalf of an obligor or to an investor are
made only by authorized personnel.
INVESTOR REMITTANCES AND REPORTING
1122(d)(3)(ii) Amounts due to investors are allocated and
remitted in accordance with timeframes,
distribution priority and other terms set
forth in the transaction agreements.*
1122(d)(3)(iii) Disbursements made to an investor are posted
within two business days to the Servicer's
investor records, or such other number of
days specified in the transaction
agreements.
1122(d)(3)(iv) Amounts remitted to investors per the
investor reports agree with cancelled
checks, or other form of payment, or
custodial bank statements.
* With respect to remittances.
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