Exhibit 4.2
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BOND SECURITIZATION, L.L.C.
Seller,
[____________________________________]
Servicer
and
[____________________________________]
Trustee
on behalf of the Holders
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FORM OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
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Dated as of ________ __, 200[_]
[______________________] TRUST 200[_]
____% Asset Backed Certificates, Class A
____% Asset Backed Certificates, Class B
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS........................................................................... 1
Section 1.1. Definitions......................................................... 1
Section 1.2. Other Interpretative Provisions..................................... 19
Section 1.3. Calculations........................................................ 19
Section 1.4. References ......................................................... 19
Section 1.5. Action by or Consent of Holders..................................... 19
ARTICLE II. THE TRUST PROPERTY................................................................... 19
Section 2.1. Conveyance of Trust Property........................................ 19
Section 2.2. Representations and Warranties as to Each Receivable................ 20
Section 2.3. Representations and Warranties as to the Receivables in the
Aggregate........................................................... 23
Section 2.4. Repurchase upon Breach.............................................. 24
Section 2.5. Custodian of Receivable Files....................................... 24
ARTICLE III. ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF TRUST PROPERTY..................................... 27
Section 3.1. Duties of Servicer................................................. 27
Section 3.2. Collection of Receivable Payments.................................. 28
Section 3.3. Realization upon Receivables....................................... 28
Section 3.4. Physical Damage Insurance.......................................... 29
Section 3.5. Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles............. 30
Section 3.6. Covenants of Servicer.............................................. 30
Section 3.7. Purchase by Servicer upon Breach................................... 30
Section 3.8. Servicing Compensation............................................. 31
Section 3.9. Servicer's Report.................................................. 31
Section 3.10. Annual Statement as to Compliance.................................. 32
Section 3.11. Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants' Report............ 32
Section 3.12. Access to Certain Documentation and Receivables Information
Regarding.......................................................... 33
Section 3.13. Reports to the Commission.......................................... 33
Section 3.14. Reports to the Rating Agency....................................... 33
Section 3.15. Servicer Expenses.................................................. 33
ARTICLE IV. DISTRIBUTIONS; RESERVE ACCOUNT; STATEMENTS TO HOLDERS............................... 33
Section 4.1. Establishment of Accounts........................................... 33
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Section 4.2. Collections.......................................................... 34
Section 4.3. [Reserved]........................................................... 36
Section 4.4. Additional Deposits; Net Deposits.................................... 36
Section 4.5. Distributions........................................................ 36
Section 4.6. Reserve Account...................................................... 38
Section 4.7. Statements to Holders................................................ 40
ARTICLE V. THE CERTIFICATES....................................................................... 41
Section 5.1. The Certificates..................................................... 41
Section 5.2. Authentication of Certificates....................................... 42
Section 5.3. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates................ 42
Section 5.4. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.................... 43
Section 5.5. Persons Deemed Owners................................................ 43
Section 5.6. Access to List of Holders' Names and Addresses....................... 43
Section 5.7. Maintenance of Office or Agency...................................... 43
Section 5.8. Book Entry Certificates.............................................. 44
Section 5.9. Notices to Clearing Agency........................................... 45
Section 5.10. Definitive Certificates.............................................. 45
ARTICLE VI. SELLER................................................................................ 45
Section 6.1. Representations and Warranties of Seller............................. 45
Section 6.2. [RESERVED]........................................................... 47
Section 6.3. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations
of, Seller........................................................... 47
Section 6.4. Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others......................... 47
Section 6.5. [RESERVED]........................................................... 48
ARTICLE VII. SERVICER............................................................................. 48
Section 7.1. Representations and Warranties of Servicer........................... 48
Section 7.2. Indemnities of Servicer.............................................. 49
Section 7.3. Merger or Consolidation of or Assumption of the Obligations
of Servicer.......................................................... 50
Section 7.4. Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others....................... 51
Section 7.5. [______] Not To Resign as Servicer................................... 51
Section 7.6. Servicer May Own Certificates........................................ 51
Section 7.7. Existence............................................................ 52
ARTICLE VIII. SERVICING TERMINATION............................................................... 52
Section 8.1. Servicer Termination Events.......................................... 52
Section 8.2. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor Servicer.................... 54
Section 8.3. Effect of Servicing Transfer......................................... 54
Section 8.4. Notification to Holders.............................................. 55
Section 8.5. Waiver of Past Servicer Termination Events........................... 55
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Section 8.6. Transfer of Accounts................................................. 55
ARTICLE IX. TRUSTEE............................................................................... 56
Section 9.1. Acceptance by Trustee................................................ 56
Section 9.2. Duties of Trustee.................................................... 56
Section 9.3. Trustee's Certificate................................................ 57
Section 9.4. Trustee's Assignment of Purchased Receivables........................ 58
Section 9.5. Certain Matters Affecting Trustee.................................... 58
Section 9.6. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Receivables................... 60
Section 9.7. Trustee May Own Certificates......................................... 61
Section 9.8. Trustee's Fees and Expenses.......................................... 61
Section 9.9. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee................................. 61
Section 9.10. Resignation or Removal of Trustee.................................... 62
Section 9.11. Successor Trustee.................................................... 62
Section 9.12. Merger or Consolidation of or Assumption of Obligations of
Trustee.............................................................. 63
Section 9.13. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee........................ 63
Section 9.14. Representations and Warranties of Trustee............................ 65
Section 9.15. Reports by Trustee................................................... 66
Section 9.16. Tax Returns.......................................................... 66
Section 9.17. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Certificates........ 66
ARTICLE X. TERMINATION............................................................................ 66
Section 10.1. Termination of the Trust............................................. 66
Section 10.2. Optional Purchase of All Receivables................................. 67
ARTICLE XI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.............................................................. 67
Section 11.1. Amendment............................................................ 67
Section 11.2. Protection of Title to Trust Property................................ 69
Section 11.3. Limitation on Rights of Holders...................................... 71
Section 11.4. Governing Law........................................................ 72
Section 11.5. Notices.............................................................. 72
Section 11.6. Severability of Provisions........................................... 72
Section 11.7. Assignment........................................................... 72
Section 11.8. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid............................ 72
Section 11.9. Intention of Parties................................................. 73
Section 11.10. Counterparts......................................................... 73
Section 11.11. Further Assurances................................................... 73
Section 11.12. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies........................................ 73
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SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE A LOCATION OF RECEIVABLE FILES
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A FORM OF Class A CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT B FORM OF Class B CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT C FORM OF SERVICER'S REPORT
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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT dated as of ____________, 200[_],
between BOND SECURITIZATION, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, as
Seller, [_________________________________], a [________] Servicer, and
__________, a ______________________ corporation, as trustee hereunder.
In consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements herein
contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is
acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS.
Section 1.1. Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the
following capitalized words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires,
have the following meanings:
"Accounts" means collectively the Collection Account, the Class A
Distribution Account, the Class B Distribution Account and the Payahead Account.
"Account Property" means all amounts and investments held from time to
time in any Account or the Reserve Account, as the case may be (whether in the
form of deposit accounts, instruments, certificated securities, book entry
securities, uncertificated securities or otherwise), and all proceeds of the
foregoing.
"Actuarial Receivable" means a Receivable that provides for (i)
amortization of the loan over a series of fixed level payment monthly
installments and (ii) each monthly installment, including the monthly
installment representing the final payment on the Receivable, to consist of an
amount of interest equal to 1/12 of the Contract Rate of the loan multiplied by
the unpaid principal balance of the loan, and an amount of principal equal to
the remainder of the monthly installment.
"Acquired Receivable" means a Receivable acquired by a the Transferor
through a bulk purchase of Receivables or the acquisition of a financial
institution that owned the Receivable.
"Additional Servicing" means, for each Distribution Date, an amount
equal to the lesser of (i) the amount by which (A) the aggregate amount of the
Servicing Fee for such Distribution Date and all prior Distribution Dates
exceeds (B) the aggregate amount of Additional Servicing paid to the Servicer on
all prior Distribution Dates and (ii) the amount, if any, by which (A) the sum
of Available Interest and Available Principal for such Distribution Date exceed
(B) the sum, without duplication of (x) the Servicing Fee paid on such
Distribution Date with respect to the related Collection Period and any accrued
and unpaid Servicing Fee for prior Collection Periods, (y) all amounts required
to be distributed to the Holders on such
Distribution Date and (z) the amount, if any, deposited in the Reserve Account
on such Distribution Date.
"Administration Agreement" means the Administration Agreement dated as
of _______, 200[ ] by and between the Trust. [___________], and the Indenture
Trustee is amended, restated and otherwise modified from time to time.
"Administrator" means [ ] in its capacity as administrator of the
Trust under The Administration Agreement.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any specified Person, any other
Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such specified
Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect
to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing. A Person shall not be
deemed to be an Affiliate of any specified Person solely because such other
Person has the contractual right or obligation to manage such specified Person
or act as servicer with respect to the financial assets of such specified Person
unless such other Person controls the specified Person through equity ownership
or otherwise.
"Agreement" means this Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including its
schedules and exhibits, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
"Authorized Officer" means any officer within the Corporate Trust
Office of Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president,
secretary, assistant secretary or any other officer of Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to
whom such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
"Available Interest" means, for any Distribution Date, the sum of the
following amounts for the related Collection Period: (a) that portion of the
Collections on the Receivables received during the such Collection Period that
is allocable to interest in accordance with Servicer's customary servicing
procedures, (b) all Liquidation Proceeds received during the related Collection
Period and (c) the Purchase Amounts, to the extent allocable to accrued
interest, of all Receivables that are purchased by Servicer as of the last day
of the related Collection Period. "Available Interest" for any Distribution
Date shall exclude all payments and proceeds of any Receivables the Purchase
Amount of which has been distributed on a prior Distribution Date.
"Available Principal" means, for any Distribution Date the sum of the
following amounts with respect to the related Collection Period: (a) that
portion of all Collections on the
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Receivables received during such Collection Period that is allocable to
principal in accordance with Servicer's customary servicing procedures; and (b)
the Purchase Amounts, to the extent attributable to principal, of all
Receivables purchased by Servicer as of the last day of the related Collection
Period. "Available Principal" on any Distribution Date shall exclude all
payments and proceeds of any Receivables the Purchase Amount of which has been
distributed on a prior Distribution Date.
"Available Reserve Amount" is defined in Section 4.6.
"Book Entry Certificate" means beneficial interests in the definitive
Certificates described in Section 5.8, the ownership of which shall be
evidenced, and transfers of which shall be made, through book entries by a
Clearing Agency as described in Section 5.8.
"Business Day" means a day that is not a Saturday or a Sunday and that
in the States of New York, Illinois, Ohio and the State in which the Corporate
Trust Office is located is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking
institutions are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to be closed.
"Certificate" means any Class A Certificate or Class B Certificate.
"Certificate Owner" means, with respect to a Book Entry Certificate,
the Person who is the owner of such Book Entry Certificate, as reflected on the
books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account
with such Clearing Agency (directly or as an indirect participant, in accordance
with the rules, regulations and procedures of such Clearing Agency).
"Certificate Register" means the register maintained by Trustee for
the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates
as provided in Section 5.3.
"Class A Certificate" means a certificate executed by Trustee on
behalf of the Trust and authenticated by Trustee substantially in the form of
Exhibit A.
"Class A Certificate Balance" means, at any time, the original Class A
Certificate Balance, as reduced by all amounts allocable to principal on the
Class A Certificates distributed to Class A Holders prior to such time.
"Class A Certificate Rate" means ____% per annum, calculated on the
basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
"Class A Distribution Account" means the account established,
maintained and designated as the "Class A Distribution Account" pursuant to
Section 4.1.
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"Class A Holder" means the Person in whose name a Class A Certificate
is registered in the Certificate Register, except that, solely for the purpose
of giving any consent, request or waiver pursuant to this Agreement, the
interest evidenced by any Class A Certificate registered in the name of the
Transferor, Servicer, or any Person actually known to an Authorized Officer of
Trustee to be an Affiliate, the Transferor, or Servicer, shall not be taken into
account in determining whether the requisite percentage necessary to effect any
such consent, request or waiver shall have been obtained.
"Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, (a) with respect to the
initial Distribution Date, zero, and (b) with respect to any other Distribution
Date, the excess of Class A Monthly Interest for the preceding Distribution Date
and any outstanding Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall on such preceding
Distribution Date, over the amount in respect of interest that is actually
deposited in the Class A Distribution Account on such preceding Distribution
Date, plus 30 days of interest on such excess, to the extent permitted by law,
in an amount equal to the product of one-twelfth multiplied by the Class A
Certificate Rate multiplied by the amount of such excess.
"Class A Interest Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of (a) the Class A Monthly Interest for such
Distribution Date and (b) the Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall for such
Distribution Date.
"Class A Monthly Interest" means, for any Distribution Date, an amount
equal to one-twelfth (or the actual number of days from and including the
Closing Date to but excluding _____________, 200_ divided by 360, for the
initial Distribution Date) of the Class A Certificate Rate multiplied by the
Class A Certificate Balance as of the close of business on the immediately
preceding Distribution Date, after giving effect to all payments of principal to
the Class A Certificates on or prior to such Distribution Date (or, in the case
of the first Distribution Date, the Original Class A Certificate Balance).
"Class A Monthly Principal" means, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the Class A Percentage of Available Principal for such Distribution Date
plus the Class A Percentage of Realized Losses with respect to the related
Collection Period.
"Class A Percentage" means _____%.
"Class A Pool Factor" means, with respect to any Distribution Date,
the Class A Certificate Balance as of the close of business on such Distribution
Date (after giving effect to any payments to be made on such Distribution Date)
divided by the Original Class A Certificate Balance, expressed as a seven-digit
decimal.
"Class A Principal Carryover Shortfall" means, as of the close of
business on any Distribution Date, the excess of Class A Monthly Principal for
such Distribution Date and any outstanding Class A Principal Carryover Shortfall
from the preceding Distribution Date over the
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amount in respect of principal that is actually deposited in the Class A
Distribution Account on such Distribution Date.
"Class A Principal Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of Class A Monthly Principal for such Distribution
Date and, in the case of any Distribution Date other than the initial
Distribution Date, the Class A Principal Carryover Shortfall as of the close of
business on the preceding Distribution Date; provided that the Class A Principal
Distributable Amount shall not exceed the Class A Certificate Balance prior to
such Distribution Date. In addition, on the Final Scheduled Distribution Date,
the Class A Principal Distributable Amount shall include, to the extent not
included under the preceding sentence, the amount that is necessary (after
giving effect to the other amounts to be deposited in the Class A Distribution
Account on such Distribution Date and allocable to principal) to reduce the
Class A Certificate Balance to zero.
"Class B Certificate" means a certificate executed by Trustee on
behalf of the Trust and authenticated by Trustee substantially in the form of
Exhibit B.
"Class B Certificate Balance" means, at any time, the Original Class B
Certificate Balance, as reduced by all amounts allocable to principal on the
Class B Certificates distributed to Class B Holders prior to such time.
"Class B Certificate Owner" means, with respect to a Book Entry
Certificate representing a beneficial interest in the Class B Certificates, the
Person who is the owner of such Book Entry Certificate, as reflected on the
books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account
with such Clearing Agency (directly or as an indirect participant in accordance
with the rules, regulations and procedures of such Clearing Agency).
"Class B Certificate Rate" means ____% per annum, calculated on the
basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
"Class B Distribution Account" means the account established,
maintained and designated as the "Class B Distribution Account" pursuant to
Section 4.1.
"Class B Holder" means the Person in whose name a Class B Certificate
is registered in the Certificate Register, except that, solely for the purpose
of giving any consent, request or waiver pursuant to this Agreement, the
interest evidenced by any Class B Certificate registered in the name of the
Transferor, Servicer, or any Person actually known to an Authorized Officer of
Trustee to be an Affiliate of the Transferor or Servicer, shall not be taken
into account in determining whether the requisite percentage necessary to effect
any such consent, request or waiver shall have been obtained.
"Class B Interest Carryover Shortfall" means, (a) with respect to the
initial Distribution Date, zero, and (b) with respect to any other Distribution
Date, the excess of Class B
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Monthly Interest for the preceding Distribution Date and any outstanding Class B
Interest Carryover Shortfall on such preceding Distribution Date, over the
amount in respect of interest that is actually deposited in the Class B
Distribution Account on such preceding Distribution Date, plus 30 days of
interest on such excess, to the extent permitted by law, in an amount equal to
the product of one-twelfth multiplied by the Class B Certificate Rate multiplied
by the amount of such excess.
"Class B Interest Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of (a) the Class B Monthly Interest for such
Distribution Date and (b) the Class B Interest Carryover Shortfall for such
Distribution Date.
"Class B Monthly Interest" means, for any Distribution Date, an amount
equal to one-twelfth (or the actual number of days from and including the
Closing Date to but excluding __________, 200_ divided by 360, for the initial
Distribution Date) of the Class B Certificate Rate multiplied by the Class B
Certificate Balance as of the close of business on the immediately preceding
Distribution Date, after giving effect to all payments of principal to the Class
B Certificates on or prior to such Distribution Date (or, in the case of the
first Distribution Date, the Certificate Balance on the Closing Date).
"Class B Monthly Principal" means, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the Class B Percentage of Available Principal for such Distribution Date
plus the Class B Percentage of Realized Losses with respect to the related
Collection Period.
"Class B Percentage" means __%.
"Class B Pool Factor" means, with respect to any Distribution Date,
the Class B Certificate Balance as of the close of business on such Distribution
Date (after giving effect to any payments to be made on such Distribution Date)
divided by the Original Class B Certificate Balance, expressed as a seven-digit
decimal.
"Class B Principal Carryover Shortfall" means, as of the close of
business on any Distribution Date, the excess of Class B Monthly Principal for
such Distribution Date and any outstanding Class B Principal Carryover Shortfall
from the preceding Distribution Date over the amount in respect of principal
that is actually deposited in the Class B Distribution Account on such
Distribution Date.
"Class B Principal Distributable Amount" means, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of Class B Monthly Principal for such Distribution
Date and, in the case of any Distribution Date other than the initial
Distribution Date, the Class B Principal Carryover Shortfall as of the close of
business on the preceding Distribution Date; provided that the Class B Principal
Distributable Amount shall not exceed the Class B Certificate Balance prior to
such Distribution Date. In addition, on the Final Scheduled Distribution Date,
the Class B Principal Distributable Amount shall include, to the extent not
included under the preceding sentence, the
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amount that is necessary (after giving effect to the other amounts to be
deposited in the Class B Distribution Account on such Distribution Date and
allocable to principal) to reduce the Class B Certificate Balance to zero.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing
agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act, as amended.
"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 of securities deposited with the Clearing
Agency.
"Closing Date" means the date of the initial issuance of the
Certificates hereunder.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Collection Account" means the segregated account or accounts
established, maintained and designated as the "Collection Account" pursuant to
Section 4.1.
"Collection Period" means, (a) in the case of the initial Collection
Period, the period from [but not including] the Cutoff Date to and including
___________ __, 200[_] and (b) thereafter, each calendar month during the term
of this Pooling and Servicing Agreement. With respect to any Determination Date,
Deposit Date or Distribution Date, the "related Collection Period" means the
Collection Period preceding the month in which such Determination Date, Deposit
Date or Distribution Date occurs.
"Collections" means all collections on the Receivables and any
proceeds from Insurance Policies and lender's single interest insurance
policies.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Contract Rate" means, with respect to a Receivable, the rate per
annum of interest charged on the outstanding principal balance of such
Receivable.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of Trustee at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered,
which office at date of execution of this Agreement is located at ____________,
Attention: ______________, Telephone: _______________, Facsimile:
________________ or at such other address as Trustee may designate from time to
time by notice to the Holders, the Transferor, Seller and Servicer, or the
principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (the address of which
the successor Trustee will notify the Holders, the Transferor, Seller and
Servicer).
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"Custodian" means Servicer in its capacity as agent of the Trustee, as
custodian of the Receivable Files and the Transferor acting as agent for
Servicer for the purpose of maintaining custody of the Receivables Files.
"Cutoff Date" means the [opening] of business on ___________ __,
200__.
"Cutoff Date Principal Balance" means, with respect to any Receivable,
the Initial Principal Balance of such Receivable minus the sum of the portion of
all payments received under such Receivable from or on behalf of the related
Obligor on or prior to the Cutoff Date and allocable to principal in accordance
with the terms of the Receivable.
"Dealer" means, with respect to any Receivable, the seller of the
related Financed Vehicle.
"Dealer Agreement" means an agreement between an Originator and a
Dealer pursuant to which such Originator acquires Motor Vehicle Loans from the
Dealer or gives such Dealer the right to induce persons to apply to such
Originator for loans in connection with the retail sale of Motor Vehicles by
such Dealer.
"Dealer Recourse" means, with respect to any Dealer, any rights and
remedies against such Dealer under the related Dealer Agreement (other than with
respect to any breach of representation or warranty thereunder) with respect to
credit losses on a Receivable secured by a Financed Vehicle sold by such Dealer.
"Defaulted Receivable" means, with respect to any Collection Period, a
Receivable (other than a Purchased Receivable) which Servicer has determined to
charge off during such Collection Period in accordance with its customary
servicing practices; provided that any Receivable which Servicer is obligated to
repurchase or purchase shall be deemed to have become a Defaulted Receivable
during a Collection Period if Servicer fails to deposit the related Purchase
Amount on the related Deposit Date when due.
"Definitive Certificates" is defined in Section 5.8.
"Delivery" when used with respect to Account Property means:
(a) with respect to bankers' acceptances, commercial paper,
negotiable certificates of deposit and other obligations that
constitute "instruments" within the meaning of Section 9-102(47) of
the UCC and are susceptible of physical delivery, transfer thereof to
Trustee or its nominee or custodian by physical delivery to Trustee or
its nominee or custodian endorsed to, or registered in the name of,
Trustee or its nominee or custodian or endorsed in blank, and, with
respect to a "certificated security" (as defined in Section 8-102 of
the UCC) transfer thereof (i) by delivery of such certificated
security endorsed to, or
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registered in the name of, Trustee or its nominee or custodian or
endorsed in blank to a "financial intermediary" (as defined in Section
8-313 of the UCC) and the making by such financial intermediary of
entries on its books and records identifying such certificated
securities as belonging to Trustee or its nominee or custodian and the
sending by such financial intermediary of a confirmation of the
purchase of such certificated security by Trustee or its nominee or
custodian, or (ii) by delivery thereof to a "clearing corporation" (as
defined in Section 8-102(3) of the UCC) and the making by such
clearing corporation of appropriate entries on its books reducing the
appropriate securities account of the transferor and increasing the
appropriate securities account of a financial intermediary by the
amount of such certificated security, the identification by the
clearing corporation of the certificated securities for the sole and
exclusive account of the financial intermediary, the maintenance of
such certificated securities by such clearing corporation or a
"custodian bank" (as defined in Section 8-102(4) of the UCC) or the
nominee of either subject to the clearing corporation's exclusive
control, the sending of a confirmation by the financial intermediary
of the purchase by Trustee or its nominee or custodian of such
securities and the making by such financial intermediary of entries on
its books and records identifying such certificated securities as
belonging to Trustee or its nominee or custodian (all of the
foregoing, "Physical Property"), and, in any event, any such Physical
Property in registered form shall be in the name of Trustee or its
nominee or custodian; and such additional or alternative procedures as
may hereafter become appropriate to effect the complete transfer of
ownership of any such Account Property to Trustee or its nominee or
custodian, consistent with changes in applicable law or regulations or
the interpretation thereof;
(b) with respect to any securities issued by the U.S. Treasury,
the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or by the Federal National
Mortgage Association that is a book-entry security held through the
Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations, the
following procedures, all in accordance with applicable law, including
applicable Federal regulations and Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC: book-
entry registration of such Account Property to an appropriate book-
entry account maintained with a Federal Reserve Bank by a financial
intermediary which is also a "depository" pursuant to applicable
Federal regulations and issuance by such financial intermediary of a
deposit advice or other written confirmation of such book-entry
registration to Trustee or its nominee or custodian of the purchase by
Trustee or its nominee or custodian of such book-entry securities; the
making by such financial intermediary of entries in its books and
records identifying such book entry security held through the Federal
Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations as belonging
to Trustee or its nominee or custodian and indicating that such
custodian holds such Account Property solely as agent for Trustee or
its nominee or custodian; and such additional or alternative
procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to
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effect complete transfer of ownership of any such Account Property to
Trustee or its nominee or custodian, consistent with changes in
applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof; and
(c) with respect to any item of Account Property that is an
uncertificated security under Article 8 of the UCC and that is not
governed by clause (b) above, registration on the books and records of
the issuer thereof in the name of the financial intermediary, the
sending of a confirmation by the financial intermediary of the
purchase by Trustee or its nominee or custodian of such uncertificated
security, the making by such financial intermediary of entries on its
books and records identifying such uncertificated certificates as
belonging to Trustee or its nominee or custodian.
"Deposit Date" means, with respect to any Collection Period, the
Business Day preceding the related Distribution Date.
"Depository Agreement" means the agreement among Seller, Servicer,
Trustee and the initial Clearing Agency, dated the Closing Date.
"Determination Date" with respect to any Collection Period, means the
tenth day of the calendar month following such Collection Period (or, if the
tenth day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).
"Direct Loan" means motor vehicle promissory notes and security
agreements executed by an Obligor in favor of a motor vehicle lender.
"Distribution Date" means the _____ day of each month (or, if the ___
day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), commencing _______
__, 200[_]_.
"Dollar" and the sign "$" mean lawful money of the United States.
"Eligible Deposit Account" means either (a) a segregated account with
an Eligible Institution or (b) a segregated trust account with the corporate
trust department of a depository institution organized under the laws of the
United States of America or any one of the states thereof or the District of
Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), having corporate trust
powers and acting as trustee for funds deposited in such account, so long as the
long-term unsecured debt of such depository institution shall have a credit
rating from each Rating Agency in one of its generic rating categories which
signifies investment grade. Any such accounts (other than the Reserve Account)
may be maintained with [_________________________], or any of its Affiliates, if
such accounts meet the requirements described in clause (a) of the preceding
sentence.
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"Eligible Institution" means a depository institution (which may be
Servicer or any Affiliate of Servicer or Trustee) organized under the laws of
the United States of America or any one of the states thereof or the District of
Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), which (a) has (i) either a
long-term senior unsecured debt rating of AA or a short-term senior unsecured
debt or certificate of deposit rating of A-1+ or better by S&P and (ii) (A) a
short-term senior unsecured debt rating of A-1 or better by S&P and (B) a short-
term senior unsecured debt rating of P-1 or better by Moody's, or any other
long-term, short-term or certificate of deposit rating acceptable to the Rating
Agencies and (b) whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation. If so qualified, Servicer, any Affiliate of Servicer or Trustee
may be considered an Eligible Institution.
"Eligible Investments" shall mean any one or more of the following
types of investments:
(a) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as
to timely payment by, the United States of America;
(b) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit
of any depository institution (including any Affiliate of the
Transferor Seller, Trustee or any Affiliate of the Trustee) or trust
company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or
any state thereof or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch
of a foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by
Federal or state banking or depository institution authorities
(including depository receipts issued by any such institution or trust
company as custodian with respect to any obligation referred to in
clause (a) above or a portion of such obligation for the benefit of
the holders of such depository receipts); provided that at the time of
the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein (which
shall be deemed to be made again each time funds are reinvested
following each Distribution Date), the commercial paper or other
short-term senior unsecured debt obligations (other than such
obligations the rating of which is based on the credit of a Person
other than such depository institution or trust company) of such
depository institution or trust company shall have a credit rating
from S&P of A-1+ and from Moody's of P-1;
(c) commercial paper (including commercial paper of any
Affiliate of the Transferor Seller) having, at the time of the
investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from
S&P of A-1+ and from Moody's of P-1;
(d) investments in money market funds (including funds for
which Trustee or any of its Affiliates or any of Seller's or
Transferor's Affiliates is investment manager or advisor) having a
rating from S&P of AAA-m or AAAm-G and from Moody's of Aaa;
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(e) bankers' acceptances issued by any depository institution
or trust company referred to in clause (b) above;
(f) repurchase obligations with respect to any security that is
a direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of
America or any agency or instrumentality thereof the obligations of
which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of
America, in either case entered into with a depository institution or
trust company (acting as principal) referred to in clause (b) above;
and
(g) any other investment with respect to which each Rating
Agency has provided written notice that such investment would not
cause such Rating Agency to downgrade or withdraw its then current
rating on the Class A Certificates or the Class B Certificates.
"Eligible Servicer" means a Person which, at the time of its
appointment as Servicer, (a) has a net worth of not less than $50,000,000, (b)
is servicing a portfolio of motor vehicle retail installment sales contracts
and/or motor vehicle loans, (c) is legally qualified, and has the capacity, to
service the Receivables, (d) has demonstrated the ability to service a portfolio
of motor vehicle loans similar to the Receivables professionally and competently
in accordance with standards of skill and care that are consistent with prudent
industry standards, and (e) is qualified and entitled to use pursuant to a
license or other written agreement, and agrees to maintain the confidentiality
of, the software which Servicer uses in connection with performing its duties
and responsibilities under this Agreement or obtains rights to use, or develops
at its own expense, software which is adequate to perform its duties and
responsibilities under this Agreement.
"ERISA" means the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
"Final Scheduled Distribution Date" means the _______ __ Distribution
Date.
"Final Scheduled Maturity Date" means the last day of the Collection
Period immediately preceding the Collection Period during which the Final
Scheduled Distribution Date falls.
"Financed Vehicle" means, with respect to a Receivable, the Motor
Vehicle, together with all accessories and accessions thereto, securing or
purporting to secure the indebtedness under such Receivable.
"Fitch" means Fitch Investors Service, L.P., or its successor.
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"GAAP" is defined in Section 11.1(c).
"Holder" means the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in
the Certificate Register, except that, solely for the purpose of giving any
consent, request or waiver pursuant to this Agreement, the interest evidenced by
any Certificate registered in the name of the Transferor, Servicer or any Person
actually known to an Authorized Officer of Trustee to be an Affiliate of the
Transferor or Servicer, shall not be taken into account in determining whether
the requisite percentage necessary to effect any such consent, request or waiver
shall have been obtained.
"Initial Principal Balance" means, in respect of a Receivable, the
amount advanced under the Receivable toward the purchase price of the Financed
Vehicle and related costs, including accessories, service and warranty
contracts, insurance premiums, other items customarily financed as part of
retail motor vehicle loans and/or retail installment sales contracts and other
fees charged by the Transferor or Dealer and included in the amount to be
financed, the total of which is shown as the initial principal balance in the
note and security agreement or retail installment sale contract evidencing and
securing such Receivable.
"Insurance Policies" means, all credit life and disability insurance
policies maintained by the Obligors and all Physical Damage Insurance Policies.
"Lien" means a security interest, lien, charge, pledge, preference,
participation interest or encumbrance of any kind, other than liens for taxes
not yet due and payable, mechanics' or materialmen's liens and other liens for
work, labor or materials, and any other liens that may attach by operation of
law.
"Liquidation Proceeds" means, with respect to any Receivable which has
become a Defaulted Receivable, (a) insurance proceeds received by Servicer with
respect to the Insurance Policies, (b) amounts received by Servicer in
connection with such Defaulted Receivable pursuant to the exercise of rights
under that Receivable and (c) the monies collected by Servicer (from whatever
source, including proceeds of a sale of a Financed Vehicle or a deficiency
balance recovered after the charge-off of the related Receivable or as a result
of any Dealer Recourse) on such Defaulted Receivable net of any expenses
incurred by Servicer in connection therewith and any payments required by law to
be remitted to the Obligor.
"Majority Holders" means Holders of Certificates evidencing not less
than a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Class A
Certificates and the Class B Certificates taken together as a single class.
"Minimum Specified Reserve Balance" with respect to any Distribution
Date means the lesser of (i) $______ and (ii) the aggregate outstanding Class A
Certificate Balance and Class B Certificate Balance (after giving effect to any
distributions on the Certificates on such Distribution Date).
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"Moody's" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
"Motor Vehicle" means a new or used automobile or light duty truck.
"Motor Vehicle Loan" means a Direct Loan or retail installment sales
contract secured by a Motor Vehicle originated by the Transferor or another
financial institution.
"Obligor" means, with respect to a Receivable, the borrower or co-
borrowers under the related Receivable and any co-signer of the Receivable or
other Person who owes or may be primarily or secondarily liable for payments
under such Receivable.
"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by the chairman,
the president, any vice president or the treasurer of the Transferor or
Servicer, as the case may be, and delivered to Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel (who may be an
employee of the Transferor or Servicer or any of their Affiliates) reasonably
acceptable in form to Trustee.
"Original Certificate Balance" means the sum of the Original Class A
Certificate Balance and the Original Class B Certificate Balance.
"Original Class A Certificate Balance" means $_________.
"Original Class B Certificate Balance" means $_________.
"Original Pool Balance" means the Pool Balance as of the Cutoff Date.
"Originator" means, with respect to any Direct Loan or retail
installment sales contract, the Transferor that was the lender with respect to
such Direct Loan or that acquired such Direct Loan or retail installment sales
contract from a Dealer or other Person.
"Payaheads" means early payments by or on behalf of Obligors on
Precomputed Receivables which, in accordance with the Servicer's customary
practices, do not constitute scheduled payments or full prepayments and are
applied to principal and interest in a subsequent period.
"Payahead Account" means the account designated as such, established
and maintained pursuant to Section 4.1.
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
estate, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association,
joint stock company, trust,
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unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.
"Physical Damage Insurance Policy" means a theft and physical damage
insurance policy maintained by the Obligor under a Receivable, providing
coverage against loss or damage to or theft of the related Financed Vehicle.
"Pool Balance" means, at any time, the aggregate Principal Balance of
the Receivables (excluding Defaulted Receivables) at such time.
"Pool Factor" means, with respect to any Collection Period, the Pool
Balance as of the last day of such Collection Period divided by the Original
Pool Balance, expressed as a seven-digit decimal.
"Precomputed Receivable" means (i) an Actuarial Receivable, (ii) a
Rule of 78's Receivable or (iii) a Sum of Periodic Balances Receivable.
"Principal Balance" means, as of any time, for any Receivable, the
principal balance of such Receivable under the terms of the Receivable
determined in accordance with the Servicer's customary practices.
"Purchase Agreement" means each Purchase Agreement dated as of
________ __, 200_ by and between the Transferor and the Seller, as amended,
restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Purchase Amount" of any Receivable means, with respect to any Deposit
Date, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the outstanding Principal Balance of
such Receivable as of the last day of the preceding Collection Period and (b)
the amount of accrued and unpaid interest on such Principal Balance at the
related Contract Rate from the date a payment was last made by or on behalf of
the Obligor through and including the last day of such preceding Collection
Period, in each case after giving effect to the receipt of monies collected on
such Receivable in such preceding Collection Period.
"Purchased Receivable" means, at any time, a Motor Vehicle Loan
included in the Schedule of Receivables as to which payment of the Purchase
Amount has previously been made by the Transferor or Servicer pursuant to this
Agreement.
"Rating Agencies" means Xxxxx'x, S&P and Fitch.
"Rating Agency Condition" means, with respect to any action, that each
Rating Agency shall have been given 10 days' prior notice thereof (or such
shorter period as shall be acceptable to the Rating Agencies) and that none of
the Rating Agencies shall have notified the Transferor Seller, Servicer or
Trustee in writing that such action will, in and of itself, result in a
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reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating on the Class A Certificates
or the Class B Certificates.
"Realized Losses" means, for any Collection Period, the aggregate
Principal Balances of any Receivables that became Defaulted Receivables during
such Collection Period.
"Receivable" means each Motor Vehicle Loan described in the Schedule
of Receivables, but excluding (i) Defaulted Receivables to the extent the
Principal Balances thereof have been deposited in the Collection Account and
(ii) any Purchased Receivables.
"Receivable File" is defined in Section 2.5.
"Record Date" means, subject to Section 1.4, with respect to any
Distribution Date, the last day of the related Collection Period.
"Related Agreements" means the Certificates, the Depository Agreement
and the underwriting agreement between Seller and the underwriter(s) of the
Certificates. The Related Agreements to be executed by any party are referred
to herein as "such party's Related Agreements", "its Related Agreements" or by a
similar expression.
"Required Rating" means a rating with respect to short term deposit
obligations of at least P-1 by Moody's and at least A-1 by S&P.
"Reserve Account" means the account established, maintained and
designated as the "Reserve Account" pursuant to Section 4.6.
"Reserve Account Initial Deposit" means cash or Eligible Investments
having a value of at least $____________.
"Reserve Account Property" is defined in Section 4.6.
"Rule of 78's Receivable" means a Receivable that provides for the
payment by the Obligor of a specified total amount of payments, payable in equal
monthly installments on each due date, which total represents the principal
amount financed and add-on interest in an amount calculated at the stated
Contract Rate for the term of the Receivable and allocated to each monthly
payment based upon a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of payments
scheduled to have been made prior to the due date for such monthly payments on
such Receivable and the denominator of which is the sum of all such numbers of
payments to be made until the maturity of such Receivable.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The
XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.
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"Schedule of Receivables" means, with respect to the Motor Vehicle
Loans to be conveyed to Seller by the Transferor and to Trustee by Seller, the
list identifying such retail Motor Vehicle Loans delivered to Trustee on the
Closing Date.
"Securities Intermediary" is defined in Section 4.6 of this Agreement.
"Seller" means Bond Securitization, L.L.C., in its capacity as seller
of the Receivables to the Trust under this Agreement, or any successor pursuant
to Section 6.3.
"Servicer" means [___________________], in its capacity as servicer of
the Receivables under this Agreement, any successor pursuant to Section 7.3 or
any successor Servicer appointed and acting pursuant to Section 8.2.
"Servicer Termination Event" means an event specified in Section 8.1.
"Servicer's Report" is defined in Section 3.9.
"Servicing Fee" means, with respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the product of (a) one-twelfth of the Servicing Fee Rate,
multiplied by (b) the Pool Balance as of the beginning of the first day of the
preceding Collection Period.
"Servicing Fee Rate" shall be ___% per annum, calculated on the basis
of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
"Servicing Officer" means any individual involved in, or responsible
for, the administration and servicing of the Receivables, whose name appears on
a list of servicing officers attached to an Officer's Certificate furnished to
Trustee by Servicer, as such list may be amended from time to time by Servicer
in writing.
"Simple Interest Method" means the method of allocating a fixed level
payment monthly installments between principal and interest, pursuant to which
such installment is allocated first to accrued and unpaid interest at the
Contract Rate on the unpaid principal balance and the remainder of such
installment is allocable to principal.
"Simple Interest Receivable" means any Receivable under which the
portion of a payment allocable to interest and the portion allocable to
principal is determined in accordance with the Simple Interest Method.
"Specified Reserve Account Balance" means, for any Distribution Date,
the greater of (a) ___% of the sum of the Class A Certificate Balance plus the
Class B Certificate Balance on such Distribution Date (after giving effect to
all payments on the Certificates to be made on or prior to such Distribution
Date), and (b) the Minimum Specified Reserve Balance as of such Distribution
Date.
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"Sum of Periodic Balances Receivable" means a Receivable that provides
for the payment by the obligor of a specified total amount of payments, payable
in equal monthly installments on each due date, which total represents the
principal amount financed and add-on interest in an amount calculated at the
stated Contract Rate for the term of the Receivable and allocated to each
monthly payment based upon a fraction, the numerator of which is the principal
balance of such Receivable immediately prior to the due date for such monthly
payment and the denominator of which is the sum of all principal balances for
each monthly payment to be made until the maturity of such Receivable.
"Supplemental Servicing Fee" is defined in Section 3.8.
"Transferor" means [________________________________________________].
"Trust" means the trust created by this Agreement, which shall be
known as [______________________________________] Trust 200__-__.
"Trustee" means _________, a ___________, as Trustee under this
Agreement and any successor Trustee appointed and acting pursuant to this
Agreement.
"Trust Property" means:
(a) all right, title and interest of Seller in and to the
Receivables, and all moneys received thereon [on or] after the Cutoff
Date;
(b) all right, title and interest of Seller in the security
interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by Obligors pursuant to the
Receivables and any other interest of Seller in the Financed Vehicles
and any other property that shall secure the Receivables;
(c) the interest of Seller in any proceeds with respect to the
Receivables from claims on any Insurance Policies covering Financed
Vehicles or the Obligors or from claims under any lender's single
interest insurance policy naming the Transferor as an insured;
(d) rebates of premiums relating to Insurance Policies and
rebates of other items such as extended warranties financed under the
Receivables, in each case, to the extent the Servicer would, in
accordance with its customary practices, apply such amounts to the
Principal Balance of the related Receivable;
(e) the interest of Seller in any proceeds from (i) any
Receivable repurchased by a Dealer, pursuant to a Dealer Agreement, as
a result of a breach of representation or warranty in the related
Dealer Agreement, (ii) a default by an Obligor resulting in the
repossession of the Financed Vehicle under the applicable
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Motor Vehicle Loan or (iii) any Dealer Recourse or other rights
relating to the Receivables under Dealer Agreements;
(f) all right, title and interest in all funds on deposit from
time to time in the Collection Account, the Payahead Account, the
Class A Distribution Account and the Class B Distribution Account
(including the Account Property related thereto) and in all
investments and proceeds thereof (but excluding all investment income
thereon);
(g) all right, title and interest of Seller under each Purchase
Agreement, including the right of Seller to cause the Transferor to
repurchase Receivables from Seller;
(h) all right, title and interest of Seller in any instrument
or document relating to the Receivables; and
(i) the proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Trust
Property shall not include, and the Trust shall not have any right to,
the Reserve Account or any funds actually or deemed to be deposited in
such account or any investments therein.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant
jurisdiction.
Other Interpretative Provisions. For purposes of this Agreement,
unless the context otherwise requires: (a) accounting terms not otherwise
defined in this Agreement, and accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement
to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them
under generally accepted accounting principles; (b) terms defined in Article 9
of the UCC as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction and not otherwise defined
in this Agreement are used as defined in that Article; (c) the words "hereof,"
"herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as
a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (d) references to
any Article, Section, Schedule, Appendix or Exhibit are references to Articles,
Sections, Schedules, Appendices and Exhibits in or to this Agreement and
references to any paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision within any
Section or definition refer to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other
subdivision of such Section or definition; (e) the term "including" means
"including without limitation"; (f) except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, references to any law or regulation refer to that law or regulation as
amended from time to time and include any successor law or regulation; (g)
references to any Person include that Person's successors and assigns; and (h)
headings are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the
meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof.
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Section 1.3. Calculations. All calculations of the amount of
interest accrued on the Certificates during any Collection Period and all
calculations of the amount of the Servicing Fee payable with respect to a
Collection Period shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months.
Section 1.4. References. All references to the Record Date prior
to the first Record Date in the life of the Trust shall be to the Closing Date.
All references to the first day of a Collection Period shall refer to the
opening of business on such day. All references to the last day of a Collection
Period shall refer to the close of business on such day. All references herein
to the close of business means the close of business, Cleveland, Ohio time.
Section 1.5. Action by or Consent of Holders. Whenever any
provision of this Agreement refers to action to be taken, or consented to, by
Holders, such provision shall be deemed to refer to Holders of record as of the
Record Date immediately preceding the date on which such action is to be taken,
or consented to, by Holders.
ARTICLE II. THE TRUST PROPERTY.
Section 2.1. Conveyance of Trust Property. In consideration of
Trustee's delivery to Seller or its designee of authenticated Certificates, in
authorized denominations, in an aggregate amount equal to the Original
Certificate Balance, Seller hereby sells, transfers, assigns and conveys to
Trustee, upon the terms and conditions hereof, in trust for the benefit of the
Holders, the Trust Property, without recourse (except to the extent of the
Servicer's obligations under this Agreement and the Related Agreements). The
sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance made hereunder shall not
constitute and is not intended to result in an assumption by Trustee, any Holder
or any Certificate Owner of any obligation of the Transferor to the Obligors,
the Dealers or any other Person in connection with the Receivables and the other
Trust Property or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto.
Section 2.2. Representations and Warranties as to Each Receivable.
The Servicer hereby makes the following representations and warranties as to
each Receivable on which Trustee shall rely in accepting the Trust Property in
trust and authenticating the Certificates. Unless otherwise indicated, such
representations and warranties shall speak as of the Closing Date, but shall
survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables and the other Trust
Property to the Trust.
(a) Characteristics of Receivables. The Receivable has
been fully and properly executed by the parties thereto and (i) is a
Direct Loan made by an Originator or has been originated by a Dealer
in the ordinary course of such Dealer's business and has been
purchased by an Originator, in either case, in the ordinary course of
such Originator's business and in accordance with such Originator's
underwriting standards to finance the retail sale by a Dealer of the
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related Financed Vehicle or has otherwise been acquired by the
Transferor, (ii) the Originator of which has underwriting standards
that require physical damage insurance to be maintained on the related
Financed Vehicle, (iii) is secured by a valid, subsisting, binding and
enforceable first priority security interest in favor of the
Transferor in the Financed Vehicle (subject to administrative delays
and clerical errors on the part of the applicable government agency
and to any statutory or other lien arising by operation of law after
the Closing Date which is prior to such security interest), which
security interest is assignable together with such Receivable, and has
been so assigned to Seller, and subsequently assigned by Seller to
Trustee, (iv) contains customary and enforceable provisions such that
the rights and remedies of the holder thereof are adequate for
realization against the collateral of the benefits of the security,
(v) provided, at origination, for level monthly payments (provided
that the amount of the last payment may be different), which fully
amortize the Initial Principal Balance over the original term, (vi)
provides for interest at the Contract Rate specified in the Schedule
of Receivables, (vii) was originated in the United States, and (viii)
constitutes "chattel paper" as defined in the UCC.
(b) Individual Characteristics. The Receivables have the
following individual characteristics as of the Cutoff Date: (i) each
Receivable is secured by a Motor Vehicle; (ii) each Receivable has a
Contract Rate of at least ____% and not more than ___%; (iii) each
Receivable had a remaining number of scheduled payments, as of the
Cutoff Date, of not less than ______ and not more than _____; (iv)
each Receivable had an initial Principal Balance of not less than
$_______ and not more than $_____; (v) no Receivable was more than 30
days past due as of the Cutoff Date; (vi) no Financed Vehicle had been
repossessed as of the Cutoff Date; (vii) no Receivable is subject to a
force placed Physical Damage Insurance Policy on the related Financed
Vehicle; [(viii) each Receivable is a Simple Interest Receivable;] and
(ix) the Dealer of the Financed Vehicle has no participation in, or
other right to receive, any proceeds of the Receivable. The
Receivables were selected using selection procedures that were not
intended by the Transferor or Seller to be adverse to the Holders.
(c) Schedule of Receivables. The information with respect
to each Receivable set forth in the Schedule of Receivables, including
(without limitation) the identity and address of the Obligor, account
number, the Initial Principal Balance, the maturity date and the
Contract Rate, was true and correct in all material respects as of the
close of business on the Cutoff Date.
(d) Compliance with Law. The Receivable complied at the
time it was originated or made, and will comply as of the Closing
Date, in all material respects with all requirements of applicable
federal, state and local laws, and regulations thereunder, including,
to the extent applicable, usury laws, the Federal
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Truth in Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair
Credit Billing Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Federal Trade
Commission Act, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxx Warranty Act, the Fair Debt
Collection Practices Act, Federal Reserve Board Regulations B and Z
and any other consumer credit, consumer protection, equal opportunity
and disclosure laws.
(e) Binding Obligation. The Receivable constitutes the
genuine, legal, valid and binding payment obligation in writing of the
Obligor, enforceable in all material respects by the holder thereof in
accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally, and the Receivable is not
subject to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense,
including the defense of usury.
(f) Lien in Force. Neither Seller nor the Transferor has
taken any action which would have the effect of releasing the related
Financed Vehicle from the Lien granted by the Receivable in whole or
in part.
(g) No Amendment or Waiver. No material provision of the
Receivable has been amended, waived, altered or modified in any
respect, except such waivers as would be permitted under this
Agreement, and no amendment, waiver, alteration or modification causes
such Receivable not to conform to the other representations or
warranties contained in this Section.
(h) No Liens. Neither Seller nor the Transferor has
received notice of any Liens or claims, including Liens for work,
labor, materials or unpaid state or federal taxes, relating to the
Financed Vehicle securing the Receivable, that are or may be prior to
or equal to the Lien granted by the Receivable.
(i) No Default. Except for payment delinquencies
continuing for a period of not more than 30 days as of the Cutoff
Date, to the knowledge of Seller, no default, breach, violation or
event permitting acceleration under the terms of the Receivable exists
and no continuing condition that with notice or lapse of time, or
both, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event
permitting acceleration under the terms of the Receivable has arisen.
(j) Insurance. The Receivable requires the Obligor to
insure the Financed Vehicle under a Physical Damage Insurance Policy,
pay the premiums for such insurance and keep such insurance in full
force and effect.
(k) Good Title. No Receivable has been sold, transferred,
assigned, or pledged by Seller to any Person other than the Trust.
Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment herein contemplated,
Seller had good and marketable title
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to the Receivable free and clear of any Lien and had full right and
power to transfer and assign the Receivable to the Trust and
immediately upon the transfer and assignment of the Receivable to the
Trust, the Trust shall have good and marketable title to the
Receivable, free and clear of any Lien; and the Trust's interest in
the Receivable resulting from the transfer has been perfected under
the UCC.
(l) Obligations. The Transferor has duly fulfilled all
obligations on its part to be fulfilled under, or in connection with,
the Receivable.
(m) Possession. There is only one original executed
Receivable, and immediately prior to the Closing Date, the Transferor
will have possession of such original executed Receivable.
(n) No Government Obligor. The Obligor on the Receivable
is not the United States of America or any state thereof or any local
government, or any agency, department, political subdivision or
instrumentality of the United States of America or any state thereof
or any local government.
(o) Marking Records. By the Closing Date, Seller shall
have caused the portions of Seller's and the Transferor's electronic
master record of Motor Vehicle Loans relating to the Receivables to be
clearly and unambiguously marked to show that the Receivable is owned
by Trustee in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(p) No Assignment. As of the Closing Date, Seller shall
not have taken any action to convey any right to any Person that would
result in such Person having a right to payments received under the
Insurance Policies or Dealer Agreements, or payments due under the
Receivable, that is senior to, or equal with, that of Trustee.
(q) Lawful Assignment. The Receivable has not been
originated in, and is not subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction
under which the sale, transfer or assignment of such Receivable
hereunder or pursuant to transfers of the Certificates are unlawful,
void or voidable. Neither Seller nor the Transferor has entered into
any agreement with any obligor that prohibits, restricts or conditions
the assignment of any portion of the Receivables.
(r) Dealer Agreements. A Dealer Agreement for each
Receivable is in effect whereby the Dealer warrants title to the Motor
Vehicle and indemnifies the Transferor against the unenforceability of
each Receivable sold
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hereunder, and the rights of such Seller Affiliate thereunder, with
regard to the Receivable sold hereunder, have been validly assigned to
and are enforceable against the Dealer by the Seller and then to and
by the Trustee, along with any Dealer Recourse.
(s) Composition of Receivable. No Receivable has a
Principal Balance which includes capitalized interest or late charges.
(t) Database File. The information included with respect
to each Receivable in the database file delivered pursuant to Section
3.9(b) is accurate and complete in all material respects.
Section 2.3. Representations and Warranties as to the Receivables in
the Aggregate. The Servicer hereby makes the following representations and
warranties as to the Receivables on which Trustee shall rely in accepting the
Trust Property in trust and authenticating the Certificates. Unless otherwise
indicated, such representations and warranties shall speak as of the Closing
Date, but shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables and
the other Trust Property to the Trust.
(a) Amounts. The Original Pool Balance was $_____________.
(b) Aggregate Characteristics. The Receivables had the
following characteristics in the aggregate as of the Cutoff Date: (i)
approximately ___% of the Original Pool Balance was attributable to
loans for purchases of new Financed Vehicles, and approximately ___%
of the Original Pool Balance was attributable to loans for purchases
of used Financed Vehicles; (ii) approximately ___%, ___%, ___% and
____% of the Original Pool Balance was attributable to Receivables the
mailing addresses of the Obligors with respect to which are located in
the States of __________, __________, __________, and ___________,
respectively, and no other state accounts for more than 5% of the
Original Pool Balance; (iii) the weighted average Contract Rate of the
Receivables was ____%; (iv) there are Receivables being conveyed by
Seller to the Trust; (v) the average Cutoff Date Principal Balance of
the Receivables was $________; and (vi) the weighted average original
term and weighted average remaining term of the Receivables were
______ months and ___ months, respectively.
Section 2.4. Repurchase upon Breach. Seller, Servicer or Trustee,
as the case may be, shall inform the other parties to this Agreement promptly,
in writing, upon the discovery of any breach or failure to be true of the
representations or warranties made by The Servicer in Section 2.2, provided that
the failure to give such notice shall not affect any obligation of The Servicer.
If the breach or failure shall not have been cured by the last day of the
Collection Period which includes the 60th day (or if The Servicer elects, the
30th day) after the date on which The Servicer becomes aware of, or receives
written notice from Trustee or Servicer of, such breach or failure, and such
breach or failure materially and adversely affects the interests of Trustee and
the Holders in any Receivable, The Servicer shall purchase each such affected
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Receivable from Trustee as of such last day of such Collection Period at a
purchase price equal to the Purchase Amount for such Receivable as of such last
day of such Collection Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such breach or
failure with respect to the representations and warranties contained in Section
2.2 will not be deemed to have such a material and adverse effect with respect
to a Receivable if the facts resulting in such breach or failure do not affect
the ability of the Trust to receive and retain payment in full on such
Receivable. In consideration of the repurchase of a Receivable hereunder, The
Servicer shall remit the Purchase Amount of such Receivable, no later than the
close of business on the next Deposit Date, in the manner specified in Section
4.4. The sole remedy of the Trust, Trustee or the Holders with respect to a
breach or failure to be true of the representations or warranties made by The
Servicer pursuant to Section 2.2 shall be to require The Servicer to purchase
Receivables pursuant to this Section.
Section 2.5. Custodian of Receivable Files. (a) Custody. To assure
uniform quality in servicing the Receivables and to reduce administrative costs,
Trustee, upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, revocably appoints
the Custodian, as agent, and the Custodian accepts such appointment, to act as
agent on behalf of Trustee to maintain custody of the following documents or
instruments, which are hereby constructively delivered to Trustee with respect
to each Receivable (collectively, a "Receivable File"):
(i) the fully executed original of the Receivable;
(ii) any documents customarily delivered to or held by
Servicer evidencing the existence of any Physical Damage
Insurance Policies;
(iii) the original credit application, fully executed by the
Obligor;
(iv) the original certificate of title, or such other
documents as the Transferor, as appropriate, keeps on file, in
accordance with its customary procedures, evidencing the
security interest of the Transferor in the Financed Vehicle;
(v) originals or true copies of all documents, instruments
or writings relating to extensions, amendments or waivers of
the Receivable; and
(vi) any and all other documents or electronic records that
the Transferor or Servicer, as the case may be, keeps on file,
in accordance with its customary procedures, relating to the
Receivable, any Insurance Policies, the Obligor or the
Financed Vehicle.
(b) Safekeeping. Servicer, in its capacity as Custodian,
shall hold the Receivable Files as agent on behalf of Trustee for the
benefit of all present and future Holders, and maintain such accurate
and complete accounts, records and computer systems pertaining to each
Receivable as shall enable Servicer and
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Trustee to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement
applicable to them. In performing its duties as Custodian hereunder,
the Custodian shall act with reasonable care, exercising the degree of
skill, attention and care that Custodian exercises with respect to
receivable files relating to other similar motor vehicle loans owned
and/or serviced by the Custodian and that is consistent with industry
standards. In accordance with its customary practice with respect to
its retail installment sale contracts, Custodian shall conduct, or
cause to be conducted, periodic audits of the Receivable Files held by
it under this Agreement, and of the related accounts, records, and
computer systems, and shall maintain the Receivable Files in such a
manner as shall enable Trustee to verify, if Trustee so elects, the
accuracy of the record keeping of Custodian. Custodian shall promptly
report to Trustee any failure on its part to hold the Receivable Files
and maintain its accounts, records and computer systems as herein
provided, and promptly take appropriate action to remedy any such
failure. The Custodian hereby acknowledges receipt of the Receivable
File for each Receivable listed on the Schedule of Receivables.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to require Trustee to verify the
accuracy of the record keeping of the Custodian.
(c) Maintenance of and Access to Records. The Custodian
shall maintain each Receivable File at the location specified in
Schedule A to this Agreement, or at such other office of the Custodian
within the United States (or, in the case of any successor Custodian,
within the State in which its principal place of business is located)
as shall be specified to Trustee by 30 days' prior written notice.
Upon Trustee's reasonable request, the Custodian shall make available
to Trustee or its agents (or, when requested in writing by Trustee, to
its attorneys or auditors) the Receivable Files and the related
accounts, records and computer systems maintained by the Custodian at
such times during the normal business hours of the Custodian for
purposes of inspecting, auditing or making copies or abstracts of the
same.
(d) Release of Documents. Upon written instructions from
Trustee, Custodian shall release any document in the Receivable Files
to Trustee or its agent or designee, as the case may be, at such place
or places as Trustee may designate, as soon thereafter as is
practicable. Any document so released shall be handled by Trustee with
due care and returned to the Custodian for safekeeping as soon as
Trustee or its agent or designee, as the case may be, shall have no
further need therefor.
(e) Title to Receivables. The Custodian agrees that, in
respect of any Receivable File held by the Custodian hereunder, the
Custodian will not at any time have or in any way attempt to assert
any interest in such Receivable File or the related Receivable, other
than solely for the purpose of collecting or enforcing the Receivable
for the benefit of the Trust and that the entire equitable interest in
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such Receivable and the related Receivable File shall at all times be
vested in the Trust.
(f) Instructions; Authority to Act. The Custodian shall be
deemed to have received proper instructions with respect to the
Receivable Files upon its receipt of written instructions signed by an
Authorized Officer of Trustee. A certified copy of excerpts of certain
resolutions of the Board of Directors of Trustee shall constitute
conclusive evidence of the authority of any such Authorized Officer to
act and shall be considered in full force and effect until receipt by
the Custodian of written notice to the contrary given by Trustee.
(g) Custodian's Indemnification. Custodian shall indemnify
and hold harmless Trustee, its officers, directors, employees and
agents and the Holders from and against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, compensatory damages, payments, costs or expenses
(including legal fees if any) of any kind whatsoever that may be
imposed on, incurred or asserted against Trustee or the Holders as the
result of any act or omission of Custodian relating to the maintenance
and custody of the Receivable Files; provided that the Custodian shall
not be liable hereunder to the extent that such liabilities,
obligations, losses, compensatory damages, payments, costs or expenses
result from the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of
Trustee. Indemnification under this Section 2.5(g) shall include
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation and
shall survive termination of this Agreement and the resignation or
removal of Trustee. If Custodian shall have made any indemnity
payments to Trustee pursuant to this Section and Trustee thereafter
shall collect any of such amounts from Persons other than Custodian,
Trustee shall immediately upon receipt thereof repay such amounts to
Custodian, without interest.
(h) Effective Period and Termination. Servicer's
appointment as Custodian shall become effective as of the Cutoff Date
and shall continue in full force and effect until terminated pursuant
to this subsection (h). If Servicer shall resign as Servicer in
accordance with Section 7.5 or if all of the rights and obligations of
Servicer shall have been terminated under Section 8.1, the appointment
of Servicer as Custodian hereunder may be terminated by Trustee or by
the Majority Holders, in the same manner as Trustee or such Holders
may terminate the rights and obligations of Servicer under Section
8.1. Trustee may terminate Servicer's appointment as Custodian
hereunder at any time with cause, or with 30 days' prior written
notice without cause, upon written notification to Servicer. As soon
as practicable after any termination of such appointment Servicer
shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the Receivable Files to
Trustee, Trustee's agent or Trustee's designee at such place or places
as Trustee may reasonably designate. Notwithstanding any termination
of Servicer as Custodian hereunder (other than in connection with a
termination resulting from the
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termination of Servicer, as such, pursuant to Section 8.1), from
and after the date of such termination, and for so long as Servicer
is acting as such pursuant to this Agreement, Trustee shall
provide, or cause the successor Custodian to provide, access to the
Receivable Files to Servicer, at such times as Servicer shall
reasonably request, for the purpose of carrying out its duties and
responsibilities with respect to the servicing of the Receivables
hereunder.
(i) Delegation. Custodian may, at any time without notice
or consent, delegate any or all of its duties to the Transferor;
provided that no such delegation shall relieve Custodian of its
responsibility with respect to such duties and Custodian shall
remain obligated and liable to Trustee and the Holders for its
duties hereunder as if Custodian alone were performing such duties.
ARTICLE III. ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF TRUST PROPERTY.
Section 3.1. Duties of Servicer. Servicer is hereby authorized to
act as agent for the Trust and in such capacity shall manage, service,
administer and make collections on the Receivables (other than Purchased
Receivables), and perform the other actions required by Servicer under this
Agreement, with reasonable care. Without limiting the standard set forth in the
preceding sentence, Servicer shall use a degree of skill, attention and care
that is not less than Servicer exercises with respect to comparable Motor
Vehicle Loans that it services for itself or others and that is consistent with
prudent industry standards. Servicer's duties shall include the collection and
posting of all payments, responding to inquiries by obligors on the Receivables,
or by federal, state or local governmental authorities, investigating
delinquencies, sending payment coupons or monthly invoices to Obligors,
reporting required tax information to Obligors, accounting for Collections,
monitoring the status of Physical Damage Insurance Policies with respect to the
Financed Vehicles as provided in Section 3.4(a), furnishing monthly and annual
statements to Trustee with respect to distributions, providing collection and
repossession services in the event of Obligor default and performing the other
duties specified herein. Servicer shall also administer and enforce all rights
and responsibilities of the holder of the Receivables provided for in the
Physical Damage Insurance Policies as provided in Section 3.4(b) and the Dealer
Agreements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Servicer is hereby
authorized and empowered by Trustee to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself,
the Trust, Trustee and the Holders, any and all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other
comparable instruments, with respect to the Receivables or to the Financed
vehicles, all in accordance with this Agreement; provided that notwithstanding
the foregoing, Servicer shall not, except pursuant to an order from a court of
competent jurisdiction, release an Obligor from payment of any unpaid amount
under any Receivable or waive the right to collect the unpaid balance of any
Receivable from the Obligor, except in connection with a de minimis deficiency
which Servicer would not attempt to collect in accordance with its customary
procedures. If Servicer shall commence a legal proceeding to enforce a
Receivable, Trustee shall thereupon be deemed to have automatically assigned
such Receivable to Servicer, which assignment shall be solely for purposes of
collection. Trustee
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shall furnish Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents or
instruments necessary or appropriate to enable Servicer to carry out its
servicing and administrative duties hereunder.
(b) Servicer may, at any time without notice (except that
Servicer shall give written notice to each Rating Agency of any
delegation outside the ordinary course of business of the substantial
portion of its servicing business) or consent, delegate specific
duties to subcontractors who are in the business of performing such
duties; provided that no such delegation shall relieve Servicer of its
responsibility with respect to such duties and Servicer shall remain
obligated and liable to Trustee and the Holders for servicing and
administering the Receivables in accordance with this Agreement as if
Servicer alone were performing such duties.
Section 3.2. Collection of Receivable Payments. Servicer shall make
reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and
provisions of the Receivables as and when the same shall become due, and
otherwise act with respect to the Receivables, the Physical Damage Insurance
Policies, the Dealer Agreements and the other Trust Property in such manner as
will, in the reasonable judgment of Servicer, maximize the amount to be received
by the Trust with respect thereto, in accordance with the standard of care
required by Section 3.1. Servicer shall be entitled to amend or modify any
Receivable in accordance with its customary procedures if Servicer believes in
good faith that such amendment or modification is in the best interests of the
Trust; provided that Servicer may not, unless ordered by a court of competent
jurisdiction or otherwise required by applicable law, (i) extend a Receivable
beyond the Final Scheduled Maturity Date, or (ii) reduce the Principal Balance
or Contract Rate of any Receivable. If Servicer fails to comply with the
provisions of the preceding sentence, Servicer shall be required to purchase the
Receivable or Receivables affected thereby, for the Purchase Amount, in the
manner specified in Section 4.7 as of the close of business for the Collection
Period in which such failure occurs. Servicer may, in its discretion (in
accordance with its customary standards, policies and procedures), waive any
prepayment charge, late payment charge, extension fee or any other fee that may
be collected in the ordinary course of servicing a Receivable.
(b) If in the course of collecting payments under the
Receivables, Servicer determines to set off any obligation of Servicer
to an Obligor against an amount payable by the Obligor with respect to
such Receivable, Servicer shall deposit the amount so set off in the
Collection Account, no later than the close of business on the Deposit
Date for the Collection Period in which the set-off occurs. All
references herein to payments or Liquidation Proceeds collected by
Servicer shall include amounts set-off by Servicer.
Section 3.3. Realization upon Receivables. On behalf of the Trust,
Servicer shall charge off a Receivable as a Defaulted Receivable in accordance
with its customary standards (and, in no event later than ___ days after a
Receivable shall have become delinquent)
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and shall use reasonable efforts to repossess and liquidate the Financed Vehicle
securing any Defaulted Receivable as soon as feasible after default, in
accordance with the standard of care required by Section 3.1. In taking such
action, Servicer shall follow such customary and usual practices and procedures
as it shall deem necessary or advisable in its servicing of Motor Vehicle Loans,
and as are otherwise consistent with the standard of care required under Section
3.1, which shall include exercising any rights under the Dealer Agreements and
selling the Financed Vehicle at public or private sale. Servicer shall be
entitled to recover all reasonable expenses incurred by it in the course of
repossessing and liquidating a Financed Vehicle into cash proceeds or pursuing
any deficiency claim against the related Obligor, but only out of the cash
proceeds of such Financed Vehicle or any deficiency obtained from the Obligor.
The foregoing shall be subject to the provision that, in any case in which a
Financed Vehicle shall have suffered damage, Servicer shall not expend funds in
connection with the repair or the repossession of such Financed Vehicle unless
it shall determine in its discretion that such repair and/or repossession will
increase the Liquidation Proceeds of the related Receivable by an amount equal
to or greater than the amount of such expenses.
If Servicer elects to commence a legal proceeding to enforce a Dealer
Agreement, the act of commencement shall be deemed to be an automatic assignment
from Trustee to Servicer of the rights under such Dealer Agreement. If,
however, in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding, it is held that Servicer
may not enforce a Dealer Agreement on the grounds that it is not a real party in
interest or a Person entitled to enforce the Dealer Agreement, Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust, at Servicer's expense, shall take such steps as Servicer
deems necessary to enforce the Dealer Agreement, including bringing suit in its
name or the names of the Holders.
Section 3.4. Physical Damage Insurance. The Receivables require that
each Financed Vehicle be insured under a Physical Damage Insurance Policy.
Servicer shall monitor or cause to be monitored, the status of such physical
damage insurance coverage to the extent consistent with its customary servicing
procedures. If Servicer shall determine that an Obligor has failed to obtain or
maintain a Physical Damage Insurance Policy covering the related Financed
Vehicle, Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to enforce the rights of the
holder of the Receivable under the Receivable to require the Obligor to obtain
such physical damage insurance, provided that Servicer shall not be required to
take such actions if there is in place a lender's single interest policy with
respect to the related Financed Vehicle that complies with Servicer's customary
requirements. It is understood that Servicer will not "force-place" any Physical
Damage Insurance Policy on any Financed Vehicle.
(b) Servicer may xxx to enforce or collect upon the
Physical Damage Insurance Policies, in its own name, if possible, or
as agent for the Trust. If Servicer elects to commence a legal
proceeding to enforce a Physical Damage Insurance Policy, the act of
commencement shall be deemed to be an automatic assignment of the
rights of the Trust under such Physical Damage Insurance Policy to
Servicer for purposes of collection only. If, however, in any
enforcement suit or legal proceeding it is held that Servicer may not
enforce a
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Physical Damage Insurance Policy on the grounds that it is not a real
party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce the Physical Damage
Insurance Policy, Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, at Servicer's
expense, shall take such steps as Servicer deems necessary to enforce
such Physical Damage Insurance Policy, including bringing suit in its
name or the name of Trustee for the benefit of the Holders. Servicer
shall make all claims and enforce its rights under any lender's single
interest insurance policy (to the extent such claims or rights relate
to Receivables) for the benefit of the Trust and shall treat as
Collections all related proceeds of such policies.
Section 3.5. Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles.
Servicer, in accordance with the standard of care required under Section 3.1,
shall take such reasonable steps as are necessary to maintain perfection of the
security interest created by each Receivable in the related Financed Vehicle for
the benefit of the Trust. Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, hereby authorizes
Servicer, and Servicer hereby agrees, to take such reasonable steps as are
necessary to re-perfect such security interest on behalf of the Trust in the
event Servicer receives notice of the relocation of a Financed Vehicle. If there
has been a Servicer Termination Event, upon the request of Trustee, Servicer, at
its expense, shall promptly and duly execute and deliver such documents and
instruments, and take such other reasonable actions as may be necessary, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to Trustee to perfect the Trust's
interest in the Trust Property against all other Persons, including the delivery
of the Receivables and the Receivable Files to Trustee, its agent, or its
designee, the endorsement and delivery of the Physical Damage Insurance Policies
or the notification of the insurers thereunder, the execution of transfer
instruments, and the endorsement to Trustee and the delivery of the certificates
of title to the Financed Vehicles to the appropriate department or departments
of motor vehicles (or other appropriate governmental agency).
Section 3.6. Covenants of Servicer. Servicer makes the following
covenants on which Trustee relies in accepting the Trust Property in trust and
in executing and authenticating the Certificates:
(a) Security Interest to Remain in Force. Servicer shall
not release any Financed Vehicle from the security interest granted by
the related Receivable in whole or in part, except upon payment in
full of the Receivable or as otherwise contemplated herein.
(b) No Impairment. Servicer shall not impair in any
material respect the rights of the Holders in the Receivables, the
Dealer Agreements or the Physical Damage Insurance Policies or,
subject to clause (c), otherwise amend or alter the terms thereof if,
as a result of such amendment or alteration, the interests of the
Trust and the Holders hereunder would be materially adversely
affected.
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(c) Amendments. Servicer shall not amend or otherwise modify
any Receivable (including the grant of any extension thereunder),
except in accordance with Section 3.2.
Section 3.7. Purchase by Servicer upon Breach. Seller, Servicer or
Trustee, as the case may be, shall inform the other parties promptly, in
writing, upon the discovery of any breach by Servicer of its covenants under
Section 3.5 or 3.6; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not
affect any obligation of Servicer. Unless the breach shall have been cured by
the last day of the Collection Period which includes the 60th day (or the 30th
day, if Servicer so elects) after the date on which Servicer becomes aware of,
or receives written notice of, such breach, and such breach or failure
materially and adversely affects the interests of Trustee and the Holders in any
Receivable, Servicer shall purchase such Receivable from Trustee as of the last
day of the Collection Period at a purchase price equal to the Purchase Amount
for such Receivable as of the last day of such Collection Period; provided that
in the case of a breach of the covenant contained in Section 3.6(c), Servicer
shall be obligated to purchase the affected Receivable or Receivables on the
Deposit Date immediately succeeding the Collection Period during which Servicer
becomes aware of, or receives written notice of, such breach. In consideration
of the purchase of a Receivable hereunder, Servicer shall remit the Purchase
Amount of such Receivable in the manner specified in Section 5.4. The sole
remedy of the Trust, Trustee or the Holders against Servicer with respect to a
breach pursuant to Section 3.5 or 3.6 shall be to require Servicer to repurchase
Receivables pursuant to this Section.
Section 3.8. Servicing Compensation. The servicing fee for (a) the
_____ 200[_] Distribution Date shall equal $________ and (b) for each
Distribution Date thereafter shall equal the product of (i) one-twelfth, (ii)
the Servicing Fee Rate and (iii) the Pool Balance as of the opening of business
on the first day of the related Collection Period (the "Servicing Fee").
Servicer shall also be entitled to retain any late fees, extension fees,
prepayment charges (including, in the case of any Rule of 78's Receivable or Sum
of Periodic Balances Receivable that is prepaid in full, amounts received in
excess of the outstanding Principal Balance of such Receivable and accrued
interest thereon calculated as if such Receivable were an Actuarial Receivable)
and certain non-sufficient funds charges and other administrative fees or
similar charges allowed by applicable law with respect to Receivables collected
(from whatever source) on the Receivables and shall be paid any interest earned
on deposits in the Accounts (the "Supplemental Servicing Fee"). It is understood
and agreed that Available Interest or Available Principal shall not include any
amounts retained by Servicer which constitute Supplemental Servicing Fees. The
Servicing Fee in respect of a Collection Period (together with any portion of
the Servicing Fee that remains unpaid from prior Distribution Dates), if the
Rating Agency Condition is satisfied, may be paid at the beginning of such
Collection Period out of Collections for such Collection Period. As provided in
Section 4.5, as additional compensation, Servicer shall be entitled to receive
on each Distribution Date, any Additional Servicing for such Distribution Date.
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Section 3.9. Servicer's Report. On each Determination Date, Servicer
shall deliver to Trustee, each Paying Agent and Seller, with a copy to the
Rating Agencies, a Servicer's Report substantially in the form of Exhibit C (a
"Servicer's Report") containing, among other things, (i) all information
necessary to make the deposits, transfers and distributions required by Sections
4.4, 4.5 and 4.6, (ii) all information necessary for sending statements to
Holders pursuant to Section 4.7, (iii) all information necessary to prepare the
certificate described in Section 9.3, (iv) all information necessary to
determine if there has been a Servicer Termination Event under Section 8.1, and
(v) all information necessary to reconcile all deposits to, and withdrawals
from, the Collection Account for such Distribution Date and the related
Collection Period. Servicer also shall separately identify (by account number of
the Receivable as it appears in the Schedule of Receivables) to Trustee in a
written notice or a list in computer readable form the Receivables to be
purchased by Servicer, as the case may be, on the related Deposit Date, and each
Receivable which became a Defaulted Receivable during the related Collection
Period.
(b) Servicer shall provide Trustee with a database file for
the Receivables at or prior to the Closing Date (but with information
as of the close of business on the Cutoff Date).
Section 3.10. Annual Statement as to Compliance. Servicer shall
deliver to Trustee and each Rating Agency, on or before ___________ of each
year, beginning on ___________, 200[_]_, an Officer's Certificate, dated as of
_______________ of such year, stating that (i) a review of the activities of
Servicer during the preceding 12-month period (or, in the case of the first such
report, during the period from the Closing Date to ___________, 200[_]_) and of
its performance under this Agreement has been made under such officer's
supervision and (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge, based on such
review, Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations in all material respects
under this Agreement throughout such year, or, if there exists any uncured
default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default
known to such officer and the nature and status thereof.
(b) Servicer shall deliver to Trustee and each Rating
Agency, promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no
event later than five Business Days thereafter, written notice in an
Officer's Certificate of any event which constitutes, or with the
giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would become, a Servicer
Termination Event under Section 8.1.
Section 3.11. Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants'
Report. The Servicer shall cause a firm of independent certified public
accountants (who may also render other services to the Servicer or Seller), to
deliver to Seller, Trustee and each Rating Agency within 120 days following the
end of each fiscal year of the Servicer, a report to the effect that such firm
has examined the Servicer's assertion that it has complied with the minimum
servicing standards set forth in the Mortgage Banker's Association of America's
Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers ("USAP") for the
previous twelve months ended
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June 30, and that such examination (1) included| test relating to the servicing
or administration of the Receivables in accordance with the requirements of the
USAP, to the extent the procedures in such program apply to the servicing or
administration of the Receivables and (2) except as described in the report,
disclosed no exceptions or errors in the records relating to the servicing or
administration of the Receivables that, in the firm's opinion, paragraph six of
such program requires such firm to report.
Such report will also indicate that the firm is independent of
Servicer within the meaning of the Code of Professional Ethics of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Sectiom 3.12. Access to Certain Documentation and Information
Regarding Receivables. Servicer shall provide Trustee and the Holders with
access to the Receivable Files (in the case of the Holders, only in such cases
where it shall be required by applicable statutes or regulations to give access
to such documentation as demonstrated by evidence satisfactory to Servicer in
its reasonable judgment). Such access shall be afforded without charge, but only
upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the offices of
Servicer. Nothing in this Section shall affect the obligation of Servicer to
observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the
Obligors, and the failure of Servicer to provide access to information as a
result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section. Any
Holder, by its acceptance of a Certificate, shall be deemed to have agreed to
keep any information obtained by it pursuant to this Section confidential and
not to use such information for any other purpose, except as required by
applicable law.
Section 3.13 Reports to the Commission. Servicer shall, on behalf
of the Trust, cause to be filed with the Commission any periodic reports
required to be filed under the provisions of the Exchange Act, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Section 3.14. Reports to the Rating Agency. Servicer shall deliver
to each Rating Agency a copy of all reports or notices furnished or delivered
pursuant to this Article and a copy of any amendments, supplements or
modifications to this Agreement and any other information reasonably requested
by such Rating Agency to monitor this transaction.
Section 3.15. Servicer Expenses. Servicer shall be required to pay
all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder,
including fees and disbursements of the Trustee, independent accountants, taxes
imposed on Servicer and expenses incurred in connection with distributions and
reports to Holders.
ARTICLE IV. DISTRIBUTIONS; RESERVE ACCOUNT; STATEMENTS TO HOLDERS.
Section 4.1. Establishment of Accounts. Trustee, on behalf of the
Trust and for the benefit of the Holders, shall establish and maintain in the
name of Trustee one or more segregated Eligible Deposit Accounts (collectively,
the "Collection Account"), bearing a
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designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the
benefit of the Holders. Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and for the benefit of
the Class A Holders, shall establish and maintain in the name of Trustee an
Eligible Deposit Account (the "Class A Distribution Account"), bearing a
designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the
benefit of the Class A Holders. Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and for the
benefit of the Class B Holders, shall establish and maintain in the name of
Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the "Class B Distribution Account"),
bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are
held for the benefit of the Class B Holders. Trustee on behalf of the Trust and
for the benefit of the Holders, shall establish and maintain in the name of
Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the "Payahead Account"), bearing a
designation clearly indicating that the funds therein are held for the benefit
of the Holders. The Collection Account, the Class A Distribution Account, the
Class B Distribution Account, and the Payahead Account shall be initially
established and maintained with the trust department of Trustee.
(b) Funds on deposit in the Collection Account, the Class A
Distribution Account, the Class B Distribution Account, and the
Payahead Account shall be invested by Trustee in Eligible Investments
selected by Servicer (pursuant to standing instructions or otherwise)
and confirmed in writing by Servicer to Trustee; provided that, it is
understood and agreed that neither Servicer nor Trustee shall be
liable for any loss arising from such investment in Eligible
Investments. All such Eligible Investments shall be held by Trustee
for the benefit of the beneficiaries of the applicable Account;
provided that on each Distribution Date all interest and other
investment income (net of losses and investment expenses) on funds on
deposit therein shall be withdrawn from the Accounts at the written
direction of Servicer and shall be paid to Servicer and shall not be
available or otherwise subject to any claims or rights of the Holders.
Other than as permitted by each Rating Agency, funds on deposit in the
Accounts with respect to any Collection Period or Distribution Date
shall be invested only in Eligible Investments that, except for money
market funds, will mature so that such funds will be available at the
close of business on the related Deposit Date. Funds deposited in an
Account on a Deposit Date which immediately precedes a Distribution
Date upon the maturity of any Eligible Investments are not required to
be (but may be) invested overnight. No Eligible Investment with a
stated maturity shall be disposed of prior to that maturity unless a
default occurs with respect to that Eligible Investment and Servicer
directs Trustee in writing to dispose of it.
(c) Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in
all funds on deposit from time to time in the Accounts and in all
proceeds thereof (excluding all income thereon) and all such funds,
investments and proceeds shall be part of the Trust Property. The
Accounts shall be under the sole dominion and the exclusive custody
and control of Trustee, and Trustee shall have sole signature
authority with respect thereto. If, at any time, any of the Accounts
ceases to be an
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Eligible Deposit Account, Trustee (or Servicer on its behalf) shall
within 10 Business Days (or such longer period as to which each Rating
Agency may consent) establish a new Account as an Eligible Deposit
Account and shall transfer any cash and/or any investments that are in
the existing Account which is no longer an Eligible Deposit Account to
such new Account.
Section 4.2. Collections. Subject to the provisions of the
succeeding sentence and of subsections (b) and (c), Servicer shall remit to the
Collection Account all payments (other than amounts constituting Supplemental
Servicing Fees) by or on behalf of the Obligors on the Receivables, including
all Liquidation Proceeds received by Servicer during any Collection Period, as
soon as practicable, but in no event after the close of business on the second
Business Day, after receipt thereof. Subject to the provisions of subsections
(b) and (c), on the Closing Date, Servicer shall deposit in the Collection
Account all payments by or on behalf of the Obligors on the Receivables received
by Servicer after the Cutoff Date and on or prior to the second Business Day
immediately preceding the Closing Date.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), if
[_________] is the Servicer and (i) Servicer shall have the Required
Rating or (ii) Trustee otherwise shall have received written notice
from each of the Rating Agencies that the then outstanding rating on
the Class A Certificates and the Class B Certificates would not be
lowered or withdrawn as a result, Servicer may deposit all amounts
referred to in subsection (a) for any Collection Period into the
Collection Account not later than the close of business on the Deposit
Date with respect to such Collection Period; provided that if (x) a
Servicer Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, (y)
Servicer has been terminated as such pursuant to Section 8.1 or (z)
Servicer ceases to have the Required Rating, Servicer shall deposit
such amounts (including any amounts then being held by Servicer) into
the Collection Account as provided in Section 4.2(a). Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the provisions of the proviso to the preceding sentence
shall not be applicable to a successor Servicer solely by reason of
the occurrence of an event specified in clauses (x), (y) and (z) of
such proviso with respect to the outgoing Servicer. Pending the
deposit of the amounts referred to in subsection (a) into the
Collection Account, such amounts may be employed by Servicer at its
own risk and for its own benefit and need not be segregated from
Servicer's own funds. Any losses resulting from Servicer's actions
shall be borne exclusively by the Servicer. Servicer shall promptly
notify Trustee in writing if it shall obtain or lose the Required
Rating.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and
(b), Servicer may retain, or will be entitled to be reimbursed, from
amounts otherwise payable into, or on deposit in, the Collection
Account with respect to a Collection Period any amounts previously
deposited in the Collection Account but later determined to have
resulted from mistaken deposits or postings or checks returned for
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insufficient funds, in each case, with respect to which Servicer has
not been previously reimbursed hereunder. The amount to be retained
or reimbursed hereunder shall not be included in Collections with
respect to the related Distribution Date.
(d) With respect to each Precomputed Receivable,
collections and payments by or on behalf of an obligor (other than any
amounts constituting Supplemental Servicing Fees) for each Collection
Period shall be applied to the scheduled payment on such Precomputed
Receivable for such Collection Period.
To the extent such collections and payments on a Precomputed Receivable during a
Collection Period exceed the scheduled payment on such Precomputed Receivable
and are insufficient to prepay the Precomputed Receivable in full, collections
shall be treated as Payaheads until such later Collection Period as such
Payaheads may be transferred to the Collection Account and applied either to the
scheduled payments due or to prepay the Precomputed Receivable in full in
accordance with Section 4.5.
Section 4.3. [Reserved].
Section 4.4. Additional Deposits; Net Deposits. On or prior to each
Deposit Date, Servicer shall remit to the Collection Account, in next-day or
immediately available funds, the aggregate Purchase Amounts of the Receivables
to be purchased by it under an obligation that arose during the preceding
Collection Period pursuant to Section 2.4, 3.7 or 10.2, respectively.
(b) Servicer may make the remittances to be made by it
pursuant to this Article IV net of amounts to be distributed to it
pursuant to Section 4.5 (but subject to the priorities set forth
therein), for so long as (i) no Servicer Termination Event has
occurred and is continuing and (ii) Servicer has not been terminated
as such pursuant to Section 8.1; provided that Servicer shall account
for all of such amounts in the related Servicer's Report as if such
amounts were deposited and distributed separately; and provided that,
if an error is made by Servicer in calculating the amount to be
deposited or retained by it and a shortfall in the amount deposited in
the Collection Account results, Servicer shall make a payment of the
deficiency to the Collection Account, immediately upon becoming aware,
or receiving notice from Trustee, of such error.
Section 4.5. Distributions. On each Determination Date, Servicer
shall calculate all amounts required to determine the amounts to be deposited on
the related Distribution Date in the Class A Distribution Account and the Class
B Distribution Account which calculations shall be set forth in the Servicer's
Report delivered to Trustee on or before such Determination Date.
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(b) On or before each Distribution Date, Servicer shall
instruct Trustee in writing (based on the information contained in
Servicer's Report delivered on the related Determination Date pursuant
to Section 3.9) to, and the Trustee shall:
(i) withdraw from the Payahead Account and deposit in the
Collection Account, in immediately available funds, (x) with
respect to each Precomputed Receivable for which the payments
made by or on behalf of the obligor for the related Collection
Period are less than the scheduled payment for the related
Collection Period, the amount of Payaheads, if any, made with
respect to such Receivable which, when added to the amount of
such payments, is equal to the amount of such scheduled
payment, (y) with respect to each Precomputed Receivable for
which prepayments insufficient to prepay the Receivable in full
have been made by or on behalf of the Obligor for the related
Collection Period, the amount of Payaheads, if any, made with
respect to such Receivable which, when added to the amount of
such prepayments, is equal to an amount sufficient to prepay
such Receivable in full, and (z) the amount of all Payaheads,
if any, made with respect to any Purchased Receivable; and
(ii) withdraw from the Collection Account and deposit in the
Payahead Account (or receive from the Servicer, which will
remit to the Trustee for deposit in the Payahead Account, as
the case may be), in immediately available funds, the aggregate
amount of collections on Precomputed Receivables treated as
Payaheads pursuant to Section 4.2 for the Collection Period
related to such Distribution Date.
(c) On each Distribution Date, based on the related
Servicer's Report, Trustee will make the following deposits and
distributions from the Collection Account by [ ] a.m. (___________,
________ time), to the extent of the sum of Available Interest and any
Available Reserve Amount (and, in the case of shortfalls in the Class A
Interest Distributable Amount occurring under clause (ii), the Class B
Percentage of Available Principal to the extent of such shortfalls), in the
following priority:
(i) to Servicer, any unpaid Servicing Fee for the related
Collection Period and all unpaid Servicing Fees from prior
Collection Periods;
(ii) to the Class A Distribution Account, the Class A Interest
Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date; and
(iii) to the Class B Distribution Account, the Class B Interest
Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date.
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On each Distribution Date, based on the related Servicer's Report, Trustee will
make the following deposits and distributions, to the extent of the portion of
Available Principal, Available Interest and Available Reserve Amount remaining
after the application of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), in the following priority:
(iv) to the Class A Distribution Account, the Class A
Principal Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date;
(v) to the Class B Distribution Account, the Class B
Principal Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date;
(vi) to the Reserve Account, any amounts remaining, until the
amount on deposit in the Reserve Account equals the Specified
Reserve Account Balance;
(vii) to the Servicer, the Additional Servicing for such
Distribution Date; and
(vii) to the Transferor, any amounts remaining.
(d) On each Distribution Date, all amounts on deposit in the
Class A Distribution Account will be distributed to the Class A
Holders (determined as of the related Record Date) by Trustee and all
amounts on deposit in the Class B Distribution Account will be
distributed to the Class B Holders (determined as of the related
Record Date) by Trustee. Except as provided in Section 10.1, payments
under this paragraph shall be made to the Holders by check mailed by
Trustee to each Holder's respective address of record (or, in the case
of Certificates registered in the name of a Clearing Agency, or its
nominee, by wire transfer of immediately available funds). To the
extent that Trustee is required to wire funds to the Holders from the
Class A Distribution Account or the Class B Distribution Account, as
applicable, it shall request the bank maintaining the Class A
Distribution Account or the Class B Distribution Account, as
applicable, to make a wire transfer of the amount to be distributed
and the bank maintaining the Class A Distribution Account or the Class
B Distribution Account, as applicable, shall promptly deliver to
Trustee a confirmation of such wire transfer. To the extent that
Trustee is required to make payments to Holders by check hereunder, it
shall request the bank maintaining the Class A Distribution Account or
the Class B Distribution Account, as applicable, to provide it with a
supply of checks to make such payments. The bank shall, if a request
is made by Trustee for a wire transfer by [ ] A.M. ( , time) on any
Distribution Date, wire such funds in accordance with such
instructions by [ ] A.M. ( , time) on such Distribution Date, and it
will otherwise act in compliance with the provisions of this paragraph
and the other provisions of this Agreement applicable to it as the
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bank maintaining the Class A Distribution Account or the Class B
Distribution Account, as applicable. Servicer shall take all necessary
action (including requiring an agreement to such effect) to ensure
that any bank maintaining the Class A Distribution Account or the
Class B Distribution Account, as applicable, agrees to comply, and
complies, with the provisions of this paragraph and the other
provisions of this Agreement applicable to it as the bank maintaining
the Class A Distribution Account or the Class B Distribution Account,
as applicable.
Section 4.6. Reserve Account. the Servicer shall establish and
maintain in the name of the Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the "Reserve
Account"). The Reserve Account shall be initially established and maintained
with the Trustee (the "Securities Intermediary"). On the Closing Date, the
Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the Reserve Account an amount
equal to the Reserve Account Initial Deposit.
(b) Trustee shall, at the written direction of
Administrator, direct the Securities Intermediary to invest funds on
deposit in the Reserve Account in Eligible Investments selected by
Administrator and confirmed in writing by Administrator to Trustee;
provided that it is understood and agreed that none of Trustee,
Securities Intermediary or Administrator shall be liable for any loss
arising from such investment in Eligible Investments. Funds on deposit
in the Reserve Account shall be invested in Eligible Investments that
will mature so that all such funds will be available at the close of
business on each Deposit Date; provided that to the extent permitted
by the Rating Agencies following written request by Administrator,
funds on deposit in the Reserve Account may be invested in Eligible
Investments that mature later than the next Deposit Date. Funds
deposited in the Reserve Account on a Deposit Date upon the maturity
of any Eligible Investments are not required to be (but may be)
invested overnight.
(c) On each Distribution Date, any amounts on deposit in
the Collection Account with respect to the preceding Collection Period
after payments to Servicer, the Class A Distribution Account and the
Class B Distribution Account have been made will be deposited into the
Reserve Account until the amount of the Reserve Account is equal to
the Specified Reserve Account Balance.
(d) The Reserve Account shall be under the sole custody and
control of Trustee. If, at any time, the Reserve Account ceases to be
an Eligible Deposit Account, Trustee shall within 10 Business Days (or
such longer period, not to exceed 30 calendar days, as to which each
Rating Agency may consent) establish a new Reserve Account as an
Eligible Deposit Account and shall transfer any cash and/or any
investments that are in the existing account which is no longer an
Eligible Deposit Account to such new Reserve Account.
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(c) On each Distribution Date, the amount available in the
Reserve Account (the "Available Reserve Amount") will equal the lesser
of (i) the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account (exclusive of
investment earnings) and (ii) the Specified Reserve Account Balance.
On each Deposit Date, Trustee will withdraw funds from the Reserve
Account to the extent that (A) the sum of the amounts required to be
distributed to Holders and the accrued and unpaid Servicing Fees
payable to Servicer on such Distribution Date exceeds (B) the amount
on deposit in the Collection Account with respect to the preceding
Collection Period (net of net investment income). The aggregate
amount to be withdrawn from the Reserve Account on any Deposit Date
shall not exceed the Available Reserve Amount with respect to the
related Distribution Date. Trustee will deposit the proceeds of such
withdrawal into the Collection Account on or before such Distribution
Date with respect to which such withdrawal was made.
(f) Amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account will be
released to The Transferor on each Distribution Date to the extent
that the amount credited to the Reserve Account would exceed the
Specified Reserve Account Balance. Upon any distribution to The
Transferor of amounts from the Reserve Account, the Holders will not
have any rights in, or claims to, such amounts. Amounts distributed to
The Transferor from the Reserve Account in accordance with this
Section shall not be available under any circumstances to the Trust,
Trustee or the Holders and The Transferor shall in no event thereafter
be required to refund any such distributed amounts.
(g) Investment earnings attributable to the Reserve Account
Property and proceeds therefrom shall be held by Trustee for the
benefit of The Transferor. Investment earnings attributable to the
Reserve Account Property shall not be available to pay the
distributions provided for in Section 4.5 and shall not otherwise be
subject to any claims or rights of the Holders or Servicer. Trustee
shall cause all investment earnings attributable to the Reserve
Account to be distributed on each Distribution Date to The Transferor.
(h) The Transferor may at any time, without consent of
Holders, sell, transfer, convey or assign in any manner its rights to
and interests in distributions from the Reserve Account provided that
(i) the Rating Agencies confirm in writing that such action will not
result in a reduction or withdrawal of the rating of the Class A
Certificates or the Class B Certificates, (ii) The Transferor provides
to Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from independent counsel that such
action will not cause Trust to be classified as an association (or
publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for federal
income tax purposes and (iii) such transferee or assignee agrees in
writing to take positions for federal income tax purposes consistent
with the federal income tax positions agreed to be taken by The
Transferor.
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Section 4.7. Statements to Holders. On each Distribution Date,
Servicer shall provide to Trustee (with a copy to each Rating Agency) written
instructions for Trustee to forward to each Holder of record a statement setting
forth at least the following information as to the Certificates to the extent
applicable:
(a) the amount of the distribution allocable to principal
on the Class A Certificates and the Class B Certificates;
(b) the amount of the distribution allocable to interest on
the Class A Certificates and the Class B Certificates;
(c) the amount of the Servicing Fee paid to Servicer with
respect to the related Collection Period;
(d) the Class A Certificate Balance, the Class A Pool
Factor, the Class B Certificate Balance and the Class B Pool Factor as
of such Distribution Date, after giving effect to payments allocated
to principal reported under clause (a);
(e) the Pool Balance as of the close of business on the
last day of the preceding Collection Period;
(f) the amount of Defaulted Receivables and Liquidation
Proceeds, if any, for such Collection Period;
(g) the aggregate Purchase Amount of Receivables purchased
by Servicer with respect to the related Collection Period;
(h) the Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall, the Class B
Interest Carryover Shortfall, the Class A Principal Carryover
Shortfall and the Class B Principal Carryover Shortfall, if any, in
each case as applicable to each of the Class A Certificates and the
Class B Certificates, and the change in such amounts from the
preceding statement;
(i) the balance of the Reserve Account on such Distribution
Date, after giving effect to changes therein on such Distribution
Date;
(j) the Specified Reserve Account Balance as of the close
of business on such Distribution Date; and
(k0 the number, and aggregate principal amount outstanding,
of Receivables past due 31-60, 61-90 and over 90 days.
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Each amount set forth pursuant to clauses (a), (b) and (c) shall be expressed in
the aggregate and as a dollar amount per $1,000 of original denomination of a
Certificate.
Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, but
not later than the latest date permitted by law, Servicer shall furnish a report
to the Trust and Trustee shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, to each Person
who at any time during such calendar year shall have been a Holder, a statement
based upon such report as to the sum of the amounts determined in clauses (a)
and (b) above for such calendar year, or, in the event such Person shall have
been a Holder during a portion of such calendar year, for the applicable portion
of such year, and such other information as is available to Servicer as Servicer
deems necessary or desirable to enable the Holders to prepare their federal
income tax returns. The obligation of the Trustee set forth in this paragraph
shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially
comparable information shall be provided pursuant to any requirement of the
Code.
ARTICLE V. THE CERTIFICATES.
Section 5.1. The Certificates. Trustee shall, upon written order or
request signed in the name of Seller by one of its officers authorized to do so
and delivered to an Authorized Officer of Trustee, execute on behalf of the
Trust, authenticate and deliver the Certificates to or upon the order of Seller
in the aggregate principal amount and denominations as set forth in such written
order or request. The Certificates shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000
and integral multiples thereof; provided that one Class A Certificate and one
Class B Certificate may be issued in a denomination that represents the residual
amount of the original Class A Certificate Balance and the Original Class B
Certificate Balance, respectively. Upon initial issuance, the Class A
Certificates and the Class B Certificates shall be in the form of Exhibit A and
Exhibit B, respectively, which are incorporated by reference herein, and shall
be issued as provided in Section 5.8, in an aggregate amount equal to the
Original Class A Certificate Balance and the Original Class B Certificate
Balance, respectively. The Certificates shall be executed by Trustee on behalf
of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature of an Authorized Officer of
Trustee under Trustee's seal imprinted thereon and attested by the manual or
facsimile signature of an Authorized Officer of Trustee. Certificates bearing
the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when
such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the
Trust, shall be valid and binding obligations of the Trust, notwithstanding that
such individuals shall have ceased to be so authorized prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such offices at
the date of such Certificates.
Section 5.2. Authentication of Certificates. No Certificate shall
entitle the Holder thereof to any benefit under this Agreement, or shall be
valid for any purpose, unless there shall appear on such Certificate a
certificate of authentication, substantially in the form set forth in the form
of Certificates attached hereto as Exhibit A and Exhibit B, executed by Trustee
by manual signature. Such authentication shall constitute conclusive evidence,
and the only
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evidence, that such Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication.
Section 5.3. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, at the office or agency to be
maintained by it in accordance with Section 5.7, a Certificate Register in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, Trustee shall
provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of
Certificates as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of
any Class A Certificate or Class B Certificate at such office or agency, Trustee
shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Class A Certificates or Class B
Certificates, as the case may be, in authorized denominations of a like
aggregate amount. At the option of a Holder, Class A Certificates or Class B
Certificates may be exchanged for other Class A Certificates or Class B
Certificates, as the case may be, of authorized denominations of a like
aggregate amount at the office or agency maintained by Trustee in accordance
with Section 5.7. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
duly executed by the Holder and in a form satisfactory to Trustee. No service
charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Certificates, but Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer
or exchange of Certificates. All Certificates surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and disposed of in accordance with the
customary procedures of Trustee.
The Class B Certificates and any beneficial interest in such Class B
Certificates may not be acquired (a) with the assets of an employee benefit plan
(as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provisions of Title
I of ERISA, (b) by a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or (c) by
any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan's
investment in the entity. By accepting and holding a Class B Certificate or
interest therein, the Holder thereof or Class B Certificate Owner thereof shall
be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not subject to the
foregoing limitation.
The preceding provisions of this Section 5.3 notwithstanding, Trustee
shall not make and need not register any transfer or exchange of Certificates
for a period of fifteen (15) days preceding any Distribution Date for any
payment with respect to the Certificates.
Section 5.4. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If
(a) any mutilated Class A Certificate or Class B Certificate shall be
surrendered to Trustee, or if Trustee shall receive evidence to its satisfaction
of the destruction, loss or theft of any Class A Certificate or Class B
Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered to Trustee such security or
indemnity as may be required to save Trustee harmless, then in the absence of
notice that such Class A Certificate or Class B Certificate shall have been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, Trustee shall execute, authenticate and
deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Class A Certificate or Class B Certificate, a new Class A Certificate or
Class B
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Certificate of like tenor and denomination. In connection with the issuance of
any new Certificate under this Section 5.4, Trustee may require the payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection herewith. Any replacement Certificate issued pursuant to this
Section 5.4 shall constitute conclusive evidence of ownership in the Trust, as
if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate
shall be found at any time.
Section 5.5. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentation of a
Certificate for registration of transfer, Trustee may treat the Person in whose
name any Certificate shall be registered as the owner of such Certificate for
the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to Section 4.5 and for all other
purposes, and Trustee shall not be bound by any notice to the contrary.
Section 5.6. Access to List of Holders' Names and Addresses. Trustee
shall furnish or cause to be furnished to Servicer, within fifteen days after
receipt by Trustee of a request therefor from Servicer in writing, in such form
as Servicer may reasonably require, a list of the names and addresses of the
Holders as of the most recent Record Date. If Definitive Certificates have been
issued, Trustee, upon written request of (a) three or more Holders or (b) one or
more Holders evidencing not less than 25% of the aggregate outstanding principal
balance of the Certificates, will, within five Business Days after the receipt
of such request, afford such Holders access during normal business hours to the
most current list of Holders for purposes of communicating with other Holders
with respect to their rights under the Agreement. Each Holder, by receiving and
holding a Certificate, shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold Seller,
Servicer or Trustee accountable by reason of the disclosure of such Holder's
name and address, regardless of the source from which such information was
derived.
Section 5.7. Maintenance of Office or Agency. Trustee shall
maintain, or cause to be maintained, at its expense, in _________, an office or
agency where Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange and where notices and demands to or upon Trustee in respect of the
Certificates and this Agreement may be served. Trustee initially designates its
office located at ________ for such purposes. Trustee shall give prompt written
notice to Servicer and to Holders of any change in the location of any such
office or agency.
Section 5.8. Book Entry Certificates. Upon original issuance, the
Class A Certificates and the Class B Certificates, other than the Class A
Certificate representing the residual amount of the Original Class A Certificate
Balance and the Class B Certificate representing the residual amount of the
Original Class B Certificate Balance, which shall be issued upon the written
order of Seller, shall be issued in the form of one or more typewritten
Certificates representing the Book Entry Certificates, to be delivered to the
initial Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of, Seller. Such Certificates shall
initially be registered on the Certificate Register in the name of CEDE & Co.,
the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no Certificate Owner will
receive a Definitive Certificate representing such Certificate Owner's interest
in the Class A Certificates or the Class B Certificates, as the case may be,
except as
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provided in Section 5.10. Unless and until definitive, fully registered
Certificates ("Definitive Certificates") have been issued to the Holders
pursuant to Section 5.10:
(a) the provisions of this Section 5.8 shall be in full
force and effect;
(b) Seller, Servicer and Trustee may deal with the Clearing
Agency for all purposes (including the making of distributions on the
Certificates and the taking of actions by the Holders) as the
authorized representative of the Certificate Owners;
(c) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 5.8
conflict with any other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions
of this Section 5.8 shall control;
(d) the rights of Certificate Owners shall be exercised
only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those
established by law, the rules, regulations and procedures of the
Clearing Agency and agreements between such Certificate Owners and the
Clearing Agency and all references in this Agreement to actions by
Holders shall refer to actions taken by the Clearing Agency upon
instructions from the Clearing Agency Participants, and all references
in this Agreement to distributions, notices, reports and statements to
Holders shall refer to distributions, notices, reports and statements
to the Clearing Agency or its nominee, as registered holder of the
Certificates, as the case may be, for distribution to Certificate
Owners in accordance with the rules, regulations and procedures of the
Clearing Agency; and
(e) pursuant to the Depository Agreement, the initial
Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing
Agency Participants and receive and transmit distributions of
principal and interest on the Certificates to the Clearing Agency
Participants, for distribution by such Clearing Agency Participants to
the Certificate Owners or their nominees.
For purposes of any provision of this Agreement requiring or
permitting actions with the consent of, or at the direction of, Holders of
Certificates evidencing specified percentages of the aggregate outstanding
principal balance of such Certificates, such direction or consent may be given
by Certificate Owners having interests in the requisite percentage, acting
through the Clearing Agency.
Section 5.9. Notices to Clearing Agency. Whenever notice or other
communication to the Holders is required under this Agreement unless and until
Definitive Certificates shall have been issued to Certificate Owners pursuant to
Section 5.10, Trustee shall give all such notices and communications specified
herein to be given to Holders to the Clearing Agency.
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Section 5.10. Definitive Certificates. If (a) (i) Servicer advises
Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able
properly to discharge its responsibilities under the Depository Agreement and
(ii) Trustee or Servicer is unable to locate a qualified successor, (b)
Servicer, at its option, advises Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate
the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or (c) after the occurrence of
a Servicer Termination Event, Certificate Owners representing in the aggregate
not less than a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the
Certificates, advise Trustee and the Clearing Agency through the Clearing Agency
Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the
Clearing Agency is no longer in the Certificate Owners' best interests, Trustee
shall notify the Clearing Agency which shall be responsible to notify the
Certificate Owners of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability
of Definitive Certificates to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon
surrender to Trustee by the Clearing Agency of the Certificates registered in
the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency, accompanied by re-registration
instructions from the Clearing Agency for registration, Trustee shall execute,
on behalf of the Trust, authenticate and deliver Definitive Certificates in
accordance with such instructions. Seller shall arrange for, and will bear all
costs of, the printing and issuance of such Definitive Certificates. Neither
Seller, Servicer nor 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 Certificates, Trustee shall
recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Holders hereunder.
ARTICLE VI. SELLER.
Section 6.1. Representations and Warranties of Seller. Seller
makes the following representations and warranties, on which Trustee relies in
accepting the Receivables and the other Trust Property in trust and executing
and authenticating the Certificates. Such representations are made as of the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, but shall survive the sale, transfer
and assignment of the Receivables and the other Trust Property to the Trust.
(a) Organization and Good Standing. Seller has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a Delaware limited liability
company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with
the power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its
business as such properties are presently owned and such business is
presently conducted and had at all relevant times, and has, full
power, authority and legal right to acquire, own and sell the
Receivables and the other Trust Property.
(b) Power and Authority. Seller has the power, authority
and legal right to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Related
Agreements to which it is a party and to carry out their respective
terms and to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to
and deposited with Trustee as Trust Property; and the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Related
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Agreements to which it is a party have been duly authorized by Seller
by all necessary limited liability company action.
(c) No Consent Required. No approval, authorization,
consent, license or other order or action of, or filing or
registration with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency is
required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of
this Agreement or the Related Agreements to which it is a party or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, other
than (i) as may be required under the blue sky or securities laws of
any State or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and (ii) the
filing of UCC financing statements.
(d) Valid Sale; Binding Obligation. Seller intends this
Agreement to effect a valid sale, transfer, and assignment of the
Receivables and the other Trust Property conveyed by Seller to the
Trust hereunder, enforceable against creditors of and purchasers from
Seller; and each of this Agreement and the Related Agreements to which
it is a party constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
Seller, enforceable against Seller in accordance with its respective
terms, subject, as to enforceability, to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, conservatorship, receivership, liquidation
and other similar laws affecting enforcement of the rights of
creditors generally and to equitable limitations on the availability
of specific remedies.
(e) No Violation. The execution, delivery and performance
by Seller of this Agreement and the Related Agreements to which it is
a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby will not conflict with, result in any material breach of
any of the terms and provisions of, constitute (with or without notice
or lapse of time) a material default under or result in the creation
or imposition of any Lien upon any of its material properties pursuant
to the terms of, (i) the organic documents of Seller, (ii) any
material indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust or other
instrument or agreement to which Seller is a party or by which Seller
is bound, or (iii) any law, order, rule or regulation applicable to
Seller of any federal or state regulatory body, any court,
administrative agency, or other governmental instrumentality having
jurisdiction over Seller.
(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or
investigations pending, or, to the knowledge of Seller, threatened,
before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, or other
tribunal or governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over
Seller or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement or any Related Agreement, (ii) seeking to prevent the
issuance of the Certificates or the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Related Agreement,
(iii) seeking any determination or ruling
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that might materially and adversely affect the performance by Seller
of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this
Agreement or any Related Agreement or (iv) that may materially and
adversely affect the federal or state income, excise, franchise or
similar tax attributes of the Certificates.
(g) Chief Executive Office. The chief executive office of
Seller is [_______________].
Section 6.2. [RESERVED]
Section 6.3. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the
Obligations of, Seller. Any Person (a) into which Seller may be merged or
consolidated, (b) that may result from any merger, conversion or consolidation
to which Seller is a party, or (c) that may succeed by purchase and assumption
to all or substantially all of the business of Seller, where Seller in any of
the foregoing cases is not the surviving entity, which corporation or other
entity shall execute an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of
Seller under this Agreement, shall be the successor to Seller hereunder without
the execution or filing of any document or any further act by any of the parties
to this Agreement; provided that (x) Servicer shall have delivered to Trustee an
Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such merger,
conversion, consolidation or succession and such agreement of assumption comply
with this Section, and (y) Servicer shall have delivered to Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all
financing statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto have
been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the
interest of Trustee in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such
filings, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action
shall be necessary to fully preserve and protect such interest. Seller shall
promptly inform Trustee and each Rating Agency of any such merger, conversion,
consolidation or purchase and assumption, where Seller is not the surviving
entity.
Section 6.4 Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others. Seller
and any director or officer or employee or agent of Seller may rely in good
faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima facie
properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising
under this Agreement or any Related Agreement (provided that such reliance shall
not limit in any way Seller's obligations under Section 3.2). Seller shall not
be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that
shall not be incidental to its obligations under this Agreement, and that in its
opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.
Section 6.5. [RESERVED]
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ARTICLE VII. SERVICER.
Section 7.1. Representations and Warranties of Servicer. Servicer
makes the following representations and warranties on which Trustee relies in
accepting the Receivables and the other Trust Property in trust and in
authenticating the Certificates. These representations are made as of the
Closing Date, but shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the
Receivables and the other Trust Property to the Trust.
(a) Organization and Good Standing. Servicer has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a national banking association in
good standing under the laws of the United States, with the power and
authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such
properties are presently owned and such business is presently
conducted, and had at all relevant times, and shall have, the power,
authority and legal right to service the Receivables and the other
Trust Property.
(b) Due Qualification. Servicer shall be duly qualified to
do business as a foreign corporation in good standing, and shall have
obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in
which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its
business (including the servicing of the Receivables as required by
this Agreement) shall require such qualifications.
(c) Power and Authority. Servicer has the power, authority
and legal right to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Related
Agreements to which it is a party and to carry out their respective
terms; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the Related Agreements to which it is a party have been duly
authorized by Servicer by all necessary corporate action.
(d) No Consent Required. No approval, authorization,
consent, license or other order or action of, or filing or
registration with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency is
required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of
this Agreement, the Related Agreements to which it is a party or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, other
than the filing of UCC financing statements.
(e) Binding Obligation. Each of this Agreement and the
Related Agreements to which it is a party constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of Servicer, enforceable against Servicer in
accordance with its respective terms, subject, as to enforceability,
to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, conservatorship,
receivership, liquidation and other similar laws affecting enforcement
of the rights of creditors of banks generally and to equitable
limitations on the availability of specific remedies.
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(f) No Violation. The execution, delivery and performance
by Servicer of this Agreement and the Related Agreements to which it
is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby will not conflict with, result in any material
breach of any of the terms and provisions of, constitute (with or
without notice or lapse of time) a material default under, or result
in the creation or disposition of any Lien upon any of its material
properties pursuant to the terms of, (i) the articles of association
or bylaws of Servicer, (ii) any material indenture, contract, lease,
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument or agreement to which
Servicer is a party or by which Servicer is bound, or (iii) any law,
order, rule or regulation applicable to Servicer of any federal or
state regulatory body, any court, administrative agency, or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over Servicer.
(g) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or
investigations pending, or, to Servicer's knowledge, threatened,
before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, or tribunal
or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over
Servicer or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement, any Related Agreement or the Certificates, (ii) seeking to
prevent the issuance of the Certificates or the consummation of any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Related
Agreement, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that might
materially and adversely affect the performance by Servicer of its
obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this
Agreement, any Related Agreement or the Certificates, or (iv) that may
materially and adversely affect the federal or state income, excise,
franchise or similar tax attributes of the Certificates.
Section 7.2. Indemnities of Servicer. Servicer shall be liable in
accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically
undertaken by Servicer under this Agreement.
(b) Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless
Trustee, Seller, the Holders and any of the officers, directors,
employees and agents of Trustee or Seller from any and all costs,
expenses, losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) to the extent arising out of,
or imposed upon any such Person through, the gross negligence, willful
misfeasance or bad faith (other than errors in judgment) of Servicer
in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement
or in the performance of the obligations and duties of any subservicer
under any subservicing agreement.
(c) Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless
Trustee and its officers, directors, employees and agents from and
against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against any such
Person with respect to the transactions contemplated in this Agreement
or in the other Related Agreements, including any
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sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible or intangible
personal property, privilege, or license taxes, or any taxes of any
kind which may be asserted (but not including any Federal or other
income taxes arising out of transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the other Related Agreements) against the Trust, and
costs and expenses in defending against the same.
(d) Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless
Trustee, Seller and the Holders or any of the officers, directors,
employees and agents of Trustee or Seller from any and all costs,
expenses, losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) to the extent arising out of
or imposed upon any such Person as a result of any compensation
payable to any subcustodian or subservicer (including any fees payable
in connection with the release of any Receivable File from the custody
of such subservicer or in connection with the termination of the
servicing activities of such subservicer with respect to any
Receivable) whether pursuant to the terms of any subservicing
agreement or otherwise.
(e) Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless
Trustee, Seller and the Holders or any of the directors, officers,
employees and agents of Trustee and Seller from and against any and
all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities,
including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of
litigation, arising out of or resulting from the use, ownership, or
operation by Servicer or any Affiliate thereof of any Financed
Vehicle.
Indemnification under this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of
Trustee and the termination of this Agreement and shall include reasonable fees
and expenses of counsel and other expenses of litigation. If Servicer shall
have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section and the Person to or
on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter shall collect any of such
amounts from others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to Servicer,
without interest.
Section 7.3 Merger or Consolidation of or Assumption of the
Obligations of Servicer. Any corporation or other entity (a) into which Servicer
may be merged or consolidated, (b) that may result from any merger, conversion,
or consolidation to which Servicer is a party, (c) that may succeed by purchase
and assumption to all or substantially all of the business of Servicer or (d)
50% of the voting stock of which is owned directly or indirectly by [______],
where, in the case of clauses (a), (b) and (c), Servicer is not the surviving
entity, which corporation or other entity in any of the foregoing cases shall
execute an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of Servicer under
this Agreement, shall be the successor to Servicer under this Agreement without
any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement; provided
that, unless [______] is the surviving party to such transaction (x) Servicer
shall have delivered to Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel each stating that such merger, conversion, consolidation or succession
and such agreement of assumption
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comply with this Section, and (y) Servicer shall have delivered to Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all
financing statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto have
been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the
interest of Trustee in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such
filings, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action
shall be necessary to fully preserve and protect such interest. Servicer shall
promptly inform Trustee and each Rating Agency of any such merger, conversion,
consolidation or purchase and assumption where Servicer is not the surviving
entity.
Section 7.4. Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others. Neither
Servicer nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be under
any liability to the Trust or the Holders, except as provided under this
Agreement, for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action
by Servicer or any subservicer pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in
judgment; provided that this provision shall not protect Servicer or any such
Person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of
willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties
(except for errors in judgment) or by reason of reckless disregard of
obligations and duties under this Agreement. Servicer or any subservicer and any
of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents may rely in good
faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by
any Person respecting any matters arising under this Agreement.
Except as provided in this Agreement, Servicer shall not be under any
obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall be
incidental to its duties to service the Receivables in accordance with this
Agreement, and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability;
provided that Servicer may (but shall not be required to) undertake any
reasonable action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this
Agreement and the Related Agreements to protect the interests of the Holders
under this Agreement and the Related Agreements. In such event, the legal
expense and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be
expenses, costs and liabilities of the Servicer.
Section 7.5. [______] Not To Resign as Servicer. Subject to the
provisions of Section 7.3, [______] hereby agrees not to resign from the
obligations and duties hereby imposed on it as Servicer under this Agreement
except upon determination that the performance of its duties hereunder shall no
longer be permissible under applicable law or if such resignation is required by
regulatory authorities. Notice of any such determination permitting the
resignation of [______] as Servicer shall be communicated to Trustee at the
earliest practicable time (and, if such communication is not in writing, shall
be confirmed in writing at the earliest practicable time) and any such
determination shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect
delivered to Trustee concurrently with or promptly after such notice. No such
resignation shall become effective until the earlier of Trustee or a successor
Servicer having assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the resigning
Servicer in accordance with Section 8.2 or the date upon which any regulatory
authority requires such resignation.
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Section 7.6. Servicer May Own Certificates. Servicer, and any
Affiliate of Servicer, may, in its individual or any other capacity, become the
owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it
were not Servicer or an Affiliate thereof, except as otherwise provided in the
definition of "Holder", "Class A Holder" and "Class B Holder" in Section 1.1.
Certificates so owned by or pledged to Servicer or such Affiliate shall have an
equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of this Agreement, without
preference, priority or distinction as among all of the Certificates, except as
otherwise provided in the definitions of "Class A Holder" and "Class B Holder".
Section 7.7. Existence. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.3,
during the term of this Agreement, [______] will keep in full force and effect
its existence, rights and franchises as a national banking association under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.
ARTICLE VIII. SERVICING TERMINATION.
Section 8.1. Servicer Termination Events. (a) Any one of the following
events shall constitute a "Servicer Termination Event":
(i) any failure by Servicer to deliver to Trustee a Servicer's
Report for any Collection Period, which failure shall continue
beyond the related Deposit Date;
(ii) any failure by Servicer to deliver to any Account or the
Reserve Account any payment or deposit required to be so
delivered or paid under the terms of the Certificates and this
Agreement, or to direct Trustee to make any required distribution
from any Account or the Reserve Account, which failure shall
continue unremedied for a period of five Business Days after
written notice is received from the Trustee by Servicer or after
discovery of such failure by Servicer (or, in the case of a
payment or deposit to be made no later than a Deposit Date
immediately preceding a Distribution Date, the failure to make
such payment or deposit by such Distribution Date);
(iii) any failure on the part of Servicer duly to observe or to
perform in any material respect any other covenants or agreements
set forth in the Certificates or in this Agreement, which failure
shall (A) materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders
(which determination shall be made without regard to whether
funds are available to the Holders pursuant to the Reserve
Account) and (B) continue unremedied for a period of 60 days
after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring
the same to be remedied, shall have been given (1) to Servicer by
Trustee, or (2) to Trustee and Servicer by the Holders of
Certificates representing not less than 25% of the outstanding
principal amount of the Certificates (or for
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such longer period, not in excess of 120 days, as may be
reasonably necessary to remedy such default; provided that such
default is capable of remedy within 120 days and Servicer
delivers an Officer's Certificate to Trustee to such effect and
to the effect that Servicer has commenced or will promptly
commence, and will diligently pursue, all reasonable efforts to
remedy such default);
(iv) the entry of a decree or order by a court or agency or
supervisory authority of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator or trustee for
Servicer, Seller, the Transferor, or any of their respective
successors, in any bankruptcy, receivership, conservatorship,
insolvency or similar proceedings, or for the winding up or
liquidation of its affairs, and any such decree or order
continues unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive
days; or
(v) the consent by Servicer, Seller, the Transferor, or any of
their respective successors, to the appointment of a conservator,
receiver, liquidator or trustee in any bankruptcy, receivership,
conservatorship, insolvency or similar proceedings of or relating
to such Person or relating to substantially all of its property,
the admission in writing by such Person of its inability to pay
its debts generally as they become due, the filing by such Person
of a petition to take advantage of any applicable bankruptcy,
receivership, conservatorship, insolvency or similar statute, the
making by such Person of an assignment for the benefit of its
creditors or the voluntary suspension by such Person of payment
of its obligations.
Upon the occurrence of any Servicer Termination Event, and so long as a Servicer
Termination Event shall not have been remedied, either Trustee, or the Majority
Holders, by notice then given in writing to Servicer, may terminate all of the
rights and obligations of Servicer (other than the obligations set forth in
Section 7.2) under this Agreement. On or after the receipt by Servicer of
such written notice, all authority and power of Servicer under this Agreement,
whether with respect to the Certificates or the Trust Property or otherwise,
shall pass to and be vested in Trustee or such successor Servicer as may be
appointed under Section 8.2 pursuant to this Section 8.1; and thereupon Trustee
shall be authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of Servicer,
as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments,
and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to
effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the
transfer and endorsement of the Receivable Files or the Physical Damage
Insurance Policies, the certificates of title to the Financed Vehicles, or
otherwise. Servicer shall cooperate with Trustee or any successor Servicer in
effecting the termination of its responsibilities and rights as Servicer under
this Agreement, including the transfer to Trustee or any successor Servicer for
administration of all cash amounts that are at the time held by Servicer for
deposit, shall have been deposited by Servicer in the Collection Account, or
thereafter shall be received with respect to a Receivable, all Receivable Files
and all
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information or documents that Trustee or such successor Servicer may require. In
addition, Servicer shall transfer its electronic records relating to the
Receivables to the successor Servicer in such electronic form as the successor
Servicer may reasonably request and shall transfer to the successor Servicer all
other records, correspondence and documents necessary for the continued
servicing of the Receivables in the manner and at such times as the successor
Servicer shall reasonably request. All reasonable out-of-pocket costs and
expenses incurred by the successor Servicer in connection with the transfer of
servicing shall be paid by the predecessor Servicer upon presentation of
reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses.
(b) If any of the foregoing Servicer Termination Events
occur, Trustee shall have no obligation to notify Holders or any other
Person of such occurrence prior to the continuance of such event
through the end of any cure period specified in Section 8.1(a).
Section 8.2. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor Servicer. Upon
Servicer's resignation pursuant to Section 7.5 or upon Servicer's receipt of
notice of termination as Servicer pursuant to Section 8.1, Trustee shall be the
successor in all respects to Servicer in its capacity as Servicer under this
Agreement, and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and
liabilities relating thereto placed on Servicer by the terms and provisions of
this Agreement, except that Trustee, when acting as successor Servicer, shall
not be obligated to purchase Receivables pursuant to Section 3.7 unless the
obligation to repurchase arose after the date of the notice of termination given
to Servicer pursuant to Section 8.1, and neither Trustee nor any successor
Servicer shall be liable for any acts or omissions of the terminated Servicer or
for any breach by such Servicer of any of its representations or warranties
contained herein or in any related documents or agreements. As compensation
therefor, Trustee shall be entitled to the same Servicing Fees (whether payable
out of the Collection Account or otherwise) and Supplemental Servicing Fees as
Servicer would have been entitled to under this Agreement if no such notice of
termination or resignation had been given. Notwithstanding the above, Trustee
may appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, an
Eligible Servicer as the successor to the terminated Servicer under this
Agreement; provided that Trustee shall continue to be the successor to Servicer
until another successor Servicer shall have assumed the responsibilities and
obligations of Servicer. In connection with such appointment, Trustee may make
such arrangements for the compensation of such successor Servicer out of
payments on Receivables as it and such successor shall agree, which shall in no
event be greater than the Servicing Fees and Supplemental Servicing Fees payable
to [______] as Servicer hereunder. Trustee and such successor shall take such
action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any
such succession. No Servicer shall resign or be relieved of its duties under
this Agreement until a newly appointed Servicer shall have assumed the
responsibilities and obligations of the terminated Servicer under this
Agreement.
Section 8.3. Effect of Servicing Transfer. (a) After the transfer of
servicing hereunder, Trustee or successor Servicer shall notify Obligors to make
directly to the successor Servicer payments that are due under the Receivables
after the effective date of such transfer.
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(b) Except as provided in Sections 7.2 and 9.8 after the
transfer of servicing hereunder, the predecessor Servicer shall have
no further obligations with respect to the management, administration,
servicing, custody or collection of the Receivables and the successor
Servicer shall have all of such obligations, except that the
predecessor Servicer will transmit or cause to be transmitted directly
to the successor Servicer for its own account, promptly on receipt and
in the same form in which received, any amounts held by the
predecessor Servicer (properly endorsed where required for the
successor Servicer to collect any such items) received as payments
upon or otherwise in connection with the Receivables and the
predecessor Servicer shall continue to cooperate with the successor
Servicer by providing information and in the enforcement of the Dealer
Agreements and the Physical Damage Insurance Policies.
(c) A transfer of servicing hereunder shall not affect the
rights and duties of the parties hereunder other than those relating
to the management, administration, servicing, custody or collection of
the Receivables and the other Trust Property. The successor Servicer
shall, upon its appointment pursuant to Section 8.2 and as part of its
duties and responsibilities under this Agreement, promptly take all
action it deems necessary or appropriate so that the predecessor
Servicer (in whatever capacity) is paid or reimbursed all amounts it
is entitled to receive under this Agreement on each Distribution Date
subsequent to the date on which it is terminated as Servicer
hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
predecessor Servicer will be entitled to receive all accrued and
unpaid Servicing Fees and Supplemental Servicing Fees through and
including the effective date of the termination of the predecessor
Servicer.
(d) Any successor Servicer shall provide Seller with access
to the Receivable Files and to the successor Servicer's records
(whether written or automated) with respect to the Receivable Files.
Such access shall be afforded without charge, but only upon reasonable
request and during normal business hours at the offices of the
successor Servicer. Nothing in this Section shall affect the
obligation of the successor Servicer to observe any applicable law
prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Obligors, and the
failure of Servicer to provide access to information as a result of
such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section.
Section 8.4. Notification to Holders. Upon any notice of a Servicer
Termination Event or upon any termination of, or appointment of a successor to,
Servicer pursuant to this Article VIII, Trustee shall give prompt written notice
thereof to Holders at their respective addresses of record, and to each Rating
Agency.
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Section 8.5. Waiver of Past Servicer Termination Events. The Majority
Holders may, on behalf of all Holders of Certificates, waive any Servicer
Termination Event hereunder and its consequences, except an event resulting from
the failure to make any required deposits or payments to the Collection Account
in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any such waiver of a past Servicer
Termination Event, such event shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have
been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend
to any subsequent or other event or impair any right arising therefrom, except
to the extent expressly so waived.
Section 8.6. Transfer of Accounts. Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 8.1, if any of the Accounts or the Reserve Account is maintained with
Servicer or an Affiliate of Servicer and a Servicer Termination Event shall
occur and be continuing, Servicer shall promptly, and in any event within five
Business Days, give notice to Trustee of such Servicer Termination Event, and
Trustee, within _____ days after the receipt of such notice, shall establish new
Eligible Deposit Accounts conforming with the requirements of this Agreement and
promptly shall transfer all funds in any such Accounts or the Reserve Account to
such new Eligible Deposit Accounts.
ARTICLE IX. TRUSTEE.
Section 9.1. Acceptance by Trustee. Trustee hereby acknowledges its
acceptance of all right, title and interest in and to the Receivables and the
other Trust Property conveyed by Seller pursuant to this Agreement and hereby
declares that Trustee holds and shall hold such right, title and interest, upon
the trust set forth in this Agreement.
Section 9.2. Duties of Trustee. (a) Trustee, both prior to and after
the curing of a Servicer Termination Event, undertakes to perform only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement and no implied covenants
or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against Trustee. If a Servicer
Termination Event, of which an Authorized Officer of Trustee has actual
knowledge, shall have occurred and shall not have been cured (the appointment of
a successor Servicer (including Trustee) to constitute a cure for the purposes
of this Article), Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in
it by this Agreement, and shall use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs; provided that if Trustee assumes the duties of
Servicer pursuant to Section 8.2, Trustee in performing such duties shall use
the degree of skill and attention required by Section 3.1.
(b) Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders, or other instruments
furnished to Trustee that are required specifically to be furnished
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, shall examine them to
determine whether they conform to the requirements of this Agreement.
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(c) No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to
relieve Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, its own willful misfeasance or its own bad
faith; provided that:
(i) Prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event,
and after the curing of all such Servicer Termination Events that
may have occurred, the duties and obligations of Trustee shall be
determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement,
Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such
duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
this Agreement against Trustee, the permissible right of Trustee
(solely in its capacity as such) to do things enumerated in this
Agreement shall not be construed as a duty and, in the absence of
bad faith on the part of Trustee, or manifest error, Trustee
(solely in its capacity as such) may conclusively rely on the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions
expressed in any certificates or opinions furnished to Trustee
and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement;
(ii) Trustee shall not be personally liable for an error of
judgment made in good faith by an officer of Trustee, unless it
shall be proved that Trustee shall have been negligent in
performing its duties in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement; and
(iii) Trustee shall not be personally liable with respect to
any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken in good faith
in accordance with the direction of the Majority Holders, as set
forth in Section 8.1, relating to the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding or any remedy available to Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon Trustee, under this
Agreement.
(d) Except for the willful misfeasance, bad faith or
negligence of Trustee, Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk
its own funds or otherwise incur any 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 for
believing that the repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory
to it against such risk or liability shall not be reasonably assured
to it, and none of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall in
any event require Trustee to perform, or be responsible for the manner
of performance of, any of the obligations of Servicer under this
Agreement except during such time, if any, as Trustee shall be the
successor to, and be vested with the rights, duties, powers and
privileges of, Servicer in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
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(e) Except for actions expressly authorized by this
Agreement, Trustee shall take no action reasonably likely to impair
the security interests created or existing under any Receivable or
Financed Vehicle or to impair the value of any Receivable or Financed
Vehicle.
(f) Trustee shall have no power to vary the corpus of the
Trust including (i) accepting any substitute obligation for a
Receivable initially assigned to Trustee under this Agreement, (ii)
adding any other investment, obligation or security, or (iii)
withdrawing any Receivable, except for a withdrawal permitted under
this Agreement.
Section 9.3. Trustee's Certificate. As soon as practicable after each
Deposit Date on which Receivables shall be assigned to Seller pursuant to
Section 2.4 or 10.2 or to Servicer pursuant to Section 3.7, as applicable,
Trustee shall execute a certificate, prepared by Servicer, including its date
and the date of the Agreement, and accompanied by a copy of Servicer's Report
for the related Collection Period. Trustee's certificate shall operate, as of
such Deposit Date, as an assignment pursuant to Section 9.4.
Section 9.4. Trustee's Assignment of Purchased Receivables. With
respect to all Receivables repurchased by Servicer pursuant to Section 2.4 or
Section 10.2, or purchased by Servicer pursuant to Section 3.7 or Section 10.2,
Trustee shall assign, without recourse, representation or warranty, to Servicer,
all of Trustee's right, title and interest in and to such Receivables, and all
security and documents and all other Trust Property conveyed pursuant to Section
2.1 with respect to such Receivables. Such assignment shall be a sale and
assignment outright, and not for security. If, in any enforcement suit or legal
proceeding, it is held that Servicer, may not enforce any such Receivable on the
ground that it shall not be a real party in interest or a holder entitled to
enforce the Receivable, Trustee shall, at the expense of Servicer, take such
steps as Servicer, deems necessary to enforce the Receivable, including bringing
suit in Trustee's name or the names of the Holders.
Section 9.5. Certain Matters Affecting Trustee. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 9.2:
(a) Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in
acting or refraining from acting upon, any resolution, certificate of
auditors or accountants or any other certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, appraisal, bond, note or other paper or document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party
or parties.
(b) Trustee may consult with counsel knowledgeable in the
area and any opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or
suffered or omitted by it under this Agreement in
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good faith and in accordance with such written opinion of Counsel a
copy of which shall be provided to Seller and Servicer.
(c) Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement, or to institute,
conduct or defend any litigation under this Agreement or in relation
to this Agreement, at the request, order or direction of any of the
Holders pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless such
Holders shall have offered to Trustee security or indemnity
satisfactory to Trustee against the costs, expenses, and liabilities
that may be incurred therein or thereby. Nothing contained in this
Agreement, however, shall relieve Trustee of the obligations, upon the
occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event that is not timely cured or
waived pursuant to Section 8.5, to exercise such of the rights and
powers vested in it by this Agreement, and to use the same degree of
care and skill in their exercise as a prudent man would exercise or
use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs;
provided that if Trustee assumes the duties of Servicer pursuant to
Section 8.2, Trustee in performing such duties shall use the degree of
skill and attention required by Section 3.1.
(d) Trustee shall not be personally liable for any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to
be authorized or within the discretion, rights or powers conferred
upon it by this Agreement.
(e) Prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event
and after the curing of all Servicer Termination Events that may have
occurred, Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts of any matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent,
direction, order, approval, bond, note or other paper or document,
unless requested in writing so to do by the Majority Holders; provided
that if the payment within a reasonable time to Trustee of the costs,
expenses, or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of
an investigation requested by the Holders is, in the opinion of
Trustee, not reasonably assured to Trustee by the security afforded to
it by the terms of this Agreement, Trustee may require indemnity
satisfactory to it against such cost, expense, or liability as a
condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such
examination shall be paid by Servicer, or, if paid by Trustee, shall
be reimbursed by Servicer upon demand. Nothing in this clause (e)
shall affect the obligation of Servicer to observe any applicable law
prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Obligors; provided
further, that Trustee shall be entitled to make such further inquiry
or investigation into such facts or matter as it may reasonably see
fit, and if Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation it shall be entitled to examine the books and records of
Servicer, personally or by agent or attorney, at the sole cost and
expense of Servicer.
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(f) Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties under this Agreement either directly
or by or through agents, attorneys, nominees or a custodian, and shall
not be liable for the acts of such agents, attorney, nominees or
custodians except for (i) acts of ________ or any successor agent
carrying out Trustee's obligations with respect to the preparation of
Servicer Reports and (ii) acts of any other agent, attorney, nominee
or custodian if (A) Trustee has not acted with due care in their
appointment or (B) Seller has not consented to their appointment.
(g) Trustee shall not be required to make any initial or
periodic examination of any documents or records related to the
Receivables or Financed Vehicles for the purpose of establishing the
presence or absence of defects, the compliance by Seller with its
representations and warranties or for any other purpose.
(h) Trustee shall not be construed to be a guarantor of the
performance of Servicer, nor shall Trustee have any duty to monitor
the performance of Servicer other than as expressly stated in this
Agreement.
(i) Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be
deemed to have notice of any Servicer Termination Event hereunder,
except a Servicer Termination Event under Section 8.1(a)(i) or (ii),
unless Trustee shall be specifically notified in writing of such
Servicer Termination Event by Servicer, Seller or any Holder. All
notices or other instruments required by this Agreement to be
delivered to Trustee shall be delivered at the Corporate Trust Office
and, in the absence of such notice so delivered, Trustee may
conclusively assume there is no Servicer Termination Event except as
aforesaid.
Section 9.6. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Receivables.
Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the recitals contained
herein and in the Certificates (other than the certificate of authentication on
the Certificates). Except as expressly provided herein, Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or of the
Certificates (other than Trustee's execution of, and the certificate of
authentication on, the Certificates), or of any Receivable or related document,
or for the validity of the execution by Seller and Servicer of this Agreement or
of any supplements hereto or instruments of further assurance, or for the
sufficiency of the Trust Property hereunder, and Trustee shall not be bound to
ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any covenants,
conditions or agreements on the part of Servicer under this Agreement except as
herein set forth; but Trustee may require Servicer to provide full information
and advice as to the performance of the aforesaid covenants, condition and
agreements. Trustee (solely in its capacity as such) shall have no obligation to
perform any of the duties of Servicer, except as explicitly set forth in this
Agreement. Trustee shall have no liability in connection with compliance of
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Servicer with statutory or regulatory requirements to the Receivables. Trustee
shall not make or be deemed to have made any representations or warranties with
respect to the Receivables or the validity or sufficiency of any assignment of
the Receivables to the Trust or Trustee. Trustee (solely in its capacity as
such) shall at no time have any responsibility or liability for, or with respect
to, the legality, validity or enforceability of any security interest in any
Financed Vehicle or (prior to the time, if any, that Servicer is terminated as
custodian hereunder) any Receivable, or the perfection and priority of such a
security interest or the maintenance of any such perfection and priority, the
efficacy of the Trust or its ability to generate funds sufficient to provide for
the payments to be distributed to Holders under this Agreement, the existence,
condition, location, and ownership of any Financed Vehicle, the existence and
enforceability of the Insurance Policies, the existence and contents of any
Receivable or any computer or other record thereof, the validity of the
assignment of any Receivable to the Trust or of any intervening assignment, the
completeness of any Receivable, the performance or enforcement of any
Receivable, the compliance by Seller with any warranty or representation made
under this Agreement or in any related document and the accuracy, of any such
warranty or representation, prior to Trustee's receipt of notice or other
discovery of any noncompliance therewith or any breach thereof, any investment
of monies by Servicer or any loss resulting therefrom (it being understood that
Trustee shall remain responsible for any Trust Property that it may hold), the
acts or omissions of Seller, Servicer, or any Obligor, any action of Servicer
taken in the name of Trustee, or any action by Trustee taken at the instruction,
of Servicer (provided that such instruction is not in express violation of the
terms and provisions of this Agreement); provided that the foregoing shall not
relieve Trustee of its obligation to perform its duties under this Agreement.
Except with respect to a claim based on the failure of Trustee to perform its
duties under this Agreement (whether in its capacity as Trustee or as successor
Servicer) or based on Trustee's willful misconduct, negligence, or bad faith, or
based on Trustee's breach of a representation and warranty contained in Section
9.14, no recourse shall be had to Trustee (whether in its individual capacity or
as Trustee) for any claim based on any provision of this Agreement, the
Certificates, or any Receivable or assignment thereof against Trustee in its
individual capacity; Trustee shall not have any personal obligation, liability,
or duty whatsoever to any Holder or any other Person with respect to any such
claim. Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by Seller of
the proceeds of such Certificates, or for the use or application of any funds
paid to Servicer in respect of the Receivables prior to the time such amounts
are deposited in the Collection Account (whether or not the Collection Account
is maintained with Trustee). Trustee shall have no liability for any losses from
the investment or reinvestment in Eligible Investments made in accordance with
Section 4.1.
Section 9.7. Trustee May Own Certificates. Trustee in its individual
or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates with the
same rights as it would have if it were not Trustee.
Section 9.8. Trustee's Fees and Expenses. Servicer agrees to pay to
Trustee, and Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation (which shall
not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust) for all services
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rendered by it in the execution of the trusts created by this Agreement and in
the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties under this
Agreement as Trustee, and Servicer shall pay or reimburse Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable expenses (including expenses incurred in connection
with notices or other communications to Holders), disbursements and advances
(including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and
disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in its employ)
incurred or made by Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this
Agreement (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents, any co-
trustee and counsel) or in defense of any action brought against it in
connection with this Agreement except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may arise from its negligence, willful misfeasance, or bad faith. Servicer's
covenant to pay the expenses, disbursements and advances provided for in the
preceding sentence shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Section 9.9. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee. Trustee shall at
all times be organized and doing business under the banking laws of the United
States or of any state thereof, shall be authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers, shall have a consolidated net worth of at least
$50,000,000 and shall be subject to supervision or examination by federal or
state banking authorities. If Trustee shall publish reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid
supervising or examining authority, then for the purpose of this Section 9.9,
the consolidated net worth of such Trustee shall be deemed to be its
consolidated capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent consolidated
report of condition so published. In case at any time Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9.9, Trustee shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 9.10.
Section 9.10. Resignation or Removal of Trustee. (a) Trustee may at
any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving 30
days' prior written notice thereof to Servicer. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation, Servicer shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee, by written
instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the
resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor Trustee. If no successor Trustee
shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee;
provided, however, that such right to appoint or to petition for the appointment
of any such successor shall in no event relieve the resigning Trustee from any
obligations otherwise imposed on it under this Agreement and the Related
Agreements until such successor has in fact assumed such appointment.
(b) If at any time Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Section 9.9 and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by Servicer, or if at any time Trustee
shall be legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or
insolvent, or a receiver, conservator or liquidator of Trustee or of
its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take
charge or control of Trustee or of its property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation,
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conservation or liquidation, then Servicer may remove Trustee. If
Trustee is removed under the authority of the immediately preceding
sentence, Servicer shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by
written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall
be delivered to Trustee so removed, the successor Trustee, the Holders
at their respective addresses of record and the Rating Agencies.
(c) Any resignation or removal of Trustee and appointment of
a successor Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section
9.10 shall not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the
successor Trustee pursuant to Section 9.11.
(d) The respective obligations of Seller and Servicer
described in this Agreement shall survive the removal or resignation
of Trustee as provided in this Agreement.
Section 9.11. Successor Trustee. (a) Any successor Trustee appointed
pursuant to Section 9.10 shall execute, acknowledge, and deliver to Servicer and
to its predecessor Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment under this
Agreement, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Trustee
shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed
or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all rights, powers, duties, and
obligations of its predecessor under this Agreement, with like effect as if
originally named as Trustee. The predecessor Trustee shall deliver to the
successor Trustee all documents and statements held by it under this Agreement,
and Servicer and the predecessor Trustee shall execute and deliver such
instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for fully and
certainly vesting and confirming in the successor Trustee all such rights,
powers, duties, and obligations.
(b) No successor Trustee shall accept appointment as
provided in this Section 9.11 unless at the time of such acceptance
such successor Trustee shall be eligible pursuant to Section 9.9.
(c) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Section 9.11, Servicer shall mail notice of such
acceptance by the successor Trustee under this Agreement to all
Holders at their respective addresses of record and to the Rating
Agencies. If Servicer shall fail to mail such notice within 10 days
after acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee, the
successor Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense
of Servicer.
(d) No predecessor Trustee shall be liable for the acts or
omissions of any successor Trustee.
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Section 9.12. Merger or Consolidation of or Assumption of Obligations
of Trustee. Any corporation or banking association which is eligible to be a
successor Trustee under Section 9.9 (a) into which Trustee may be merged or
consolidated, (b) that may result from any merger, conversion or consolidation
to which Trustee shall be a party, or (c) that may succeed by purchase and
assumption to the business of Trustee, where Trustee is not the surviving
entity, which corporation or banking association executes an agreement of
assumption to perform every obligation of Trustee under this Agreement, shall be
the successor of Trustee hereunder, without the execution or filing of any
instrument or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding. Trustee shall promptly notify Servicer
and each Rating Agency of any such merger, conversion, consolidation or purchase
and assumption where Trustee is not the surviving entity.
Section 9.13. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the
purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part
of the Trust Property or any Financed Vehicle may at the time be located,
Servicer and Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and
deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by Trustee to
act as co-trustee, jointly with Trustee, or separate trustee or separate
trustees, of all or any part of the Trust, and to vest in such Person, in such
capacity and for the benefit of the Holders, such title to the Trust, or any
part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 9.13, such
powers, duties, obligations, rights, and trusts as Servicer and Trustee may
consider necessary or desirable. If Servicer shall not have joined in such
appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, or in
case a Servicer Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing, Trustee
alone shall have the power to make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate
trustee under this Agreement shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility
as a successor trustee pursuant to Section 9.9 and no notice to Holders of the
appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required pursuant to
Section 9.11. Notwithstanding the appointment of a co-trustee or separate
trustee hereunder, Trustee shall not be relieved of any of its obligations under
this Agreement.
(b) Each 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 Trustee shall be conferred upon and exercised or
performed by 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 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 (whether as Trustee under this Agreement or as
successor to Servicer under this Agreement), 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 Trust
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Property 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 Trustee.
(ii) No trustee under this Agreement shall be personally
liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee
under this Agreement.
(iii) Servicer and Trustee acting jointly 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 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 in particular to the provisions 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 in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with
Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the
provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision
of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability
of, or affording protection to, Trustee. Each such instrument shall be
filed with Trustee and a copy thereof given to Servicer.
(d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time,
appoint 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 Agreement 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 Trustee, to the
extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor
trustee. Trustee shall promptly notify Servicer and each Rating Agency
of any appointment made pursuant to this Section 9.13.
Section 9.14. Representations and Warranties of Trustee. Trustee
makes the following representations and warranties on which Seller, Servicer,
and Holders may rely:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. Trustee is a
[___________________________] duly organized, validly existing, and in
good standing under the laws of ____________.
(b) Power and Authority. Trustee has full power, authority
and legal right to execute, deliver, and perform this Agreement and
the Related Agreements and has taken all necessary action to authorize
the execution, delivery, and
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performance by it of this Agreement and the Related Agreements to
which it is a party.
(c) Enforceability. This Agreement and the Related
Agreements to which it is a party have been duly executed and
delivered by Trustee and this Agreement and such Related Agreements
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Trustee enforceable
against Trustee in accordance with their respective terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or
hereafter in effect affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and except as such enforceability may be limited by
equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies.
(d) No Consent Required. No approval, authorization,
consent, license or other order or action of, or filing or
registration with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency is
required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by
Trustee of this Agreement, the Related Agreements or the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(e) No Violation. The execution, delivery and performance
by Trustee of this Agreement and the Related Agreements and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will
not conflict with, result in any breach of the terms and provisions
of, constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default
under, or result in the creation or disposition of any Lien upon any
of its properties pursuant to the terms of, (i) the articles of
association or by-laws of Trustee, (ii) any indenture, contract,
lease, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument or agreement to
which Trustee is a party or by which Trustee is bound or to which any
of its properties are subject, or (iii) any law, order, rule or
regulation applicable to Trustee or its properties of any federal or
state regulatory body, any court, administrative agency or other
governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over Trustee or any
of its properties.
Section 9.15. Reports by Trustee. Trustee shall provide to any Holder
or Certificate Owner who so requests in writing (addressed to the Corporate
Trust Office) a copy of any Servicer's Report, the annual statement described in
Section 3.10, and the annual accountant's examination described in Section 3.11.
Trustee may require any Holder or Certificate Owner requesting such report to
pay a reasonable sum to cover the cost of Trustee's complying with such request.
Section 9.16. Tax Returns. Servicer shall prepare or shall cause to
be prepared any tax returns on Form 1065 (or other applicable form) required to
be filed by the Trust and shall remit such returns to Trustee for signature at
least five days before such returns are due to be filed. Trustee, upon request,
will furnish Servicer with all such information actually known to
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an Authorized Officer of Trustee as may be reasonably required in connection
with the preparation of all tax returns of the Trust, and shall, upon request,
execute such returns. Servicer shall prepare the tax returns of the Trust in
accordance with the Code and any regulations (including, to the extent
applicable by their terms, proposed regulations) thereunder.
Section 9.17. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Certificates. All rights of action and claims under this Agreement or the
Certificates may be prosecuted and enforced by Trustee without the possession of
any of the Certificates or the production thereof in any proceeding relating
thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by Trustee shall be brought in its
own name as trustee. Any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the
payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders in
respect of which such judgment has been obtained.
ARTICLE X. TERMINATION.
Section 10.1. Termination of the Trust. (a) The Trust, and the
respective obligations and responsibilities of Seller, Servicer and Trustee
hereunder, shall terminate (except as otherwise expressly provided herein) upon
the earliest of: (i) the Distribution Date next succeeding the purchase by
Servicer at its option, pursuant to Section 10.2, of the Receivables (other than
Defaulted Receivables) remaining in the Trust, (ii) the payment to Holders of
all amounts required to be paid to them pursuant to this Agreement or (iii) the
Distribution Date next succeeding the month which is six months after the
maturity or the liquidation of the last Receivable held in the Trust and the
disposition of any amounts received upon liquidation of any property remaining
in the Trust; provided that in no event shall the Trust created by this
Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last
survivor of the descendants living on the date of this Agreement of Xxxx Xxxxxxx
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Servicer shall promptly notify Trustee of
any prospective termination pursuant to this Section 10.1.
(b) Notice of any termination, specifying the Distribution
Date upon which the Holders may surrender the Certificates to Trustee
for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given
promptly by Trustee by letter to Holders of record and the Rating
Agencies mailed not earlier than the 15th day and not later than the
25th day of the month next preceding the specified Distribution Date
stating the amount of any such final payment and that the Record Date
otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable,
payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the
Certificates at the office of Trustee therein specified. Upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificates, Trustee shall cause to
be distributed to Holders amounts distributable on such Distribution
Date pursuant to Section 4.5. Amounts remaining in the Trust after
distribution, or after setting aside all funds required for
distribution, to the Holders shall be distributed to the Transferor.
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(c) In the event that all of the Holders shall not
surrender their Certificates for cancellation within six months after
the date specified in the above-mentioned written notice, Trustee
shall give a second written notice to the remaining Holders to
surrender their Certificates for cancellation and receive the final
distribution with respect thereto. Trustee shall after giving such
notice to deliver or cause to be delivered to Servicer the Certificate
Register. If within one year after the second notice all the
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation,
Servicer may take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take
appropriate steps, to contact the remaining Holders concerning
surrender of their Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid
out of the funds and other assets that shall remain subject to this
Agreement. Any funds remaining in the Trust after exhaustion of such
remedies shall be distributed by Trustee to the Transferor.
Section 10.2. Optional Purchase of All Receivables. If the Pool
Factor shall be .0500000 or less as of the last day of any Collection Period,
Servicer shall have the option to purchase the remaining Trust Property on any
Distribution Date occurring in a subsequent Collection Period. To exercise such
option, Servicer shall deposit the aggregate Purchase Amount for the remaining
Receivables (other than Defaulted Receivables) into the Collection Account on
the Deposit Date occurring in the month in which such repurchase is to be
effected. The payment shall be made in the manner specified in Section 4.4, and
shall be distributed pursuant to Section 4.5. Upon such payment Servicer shall
succeed to and own all interests in and to the Trust Property (subject to the
rights of the Holders to receive a final distribution on the related
Distribution Date).
ARTICLE XI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Section 11.1. Amendment. (a) This Agreement may be amended by Seller,
Servicer and Trustee, without the consent of any of the Holders, for the purpose
of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders; provided that such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel to Seller delivered to Trustee, materially and adversely affect the
interests of any Holder.
(b) This Agreement may be amended by Seller, Servicer and
Trustee without the consent of any of the Holders (i) to add, modify
or eliminate such provisions as may be necessary or advisable in order
to enable all or a portion of the Trust to qualify as, and to permit
an election to be made to cause all or a portion of the Trust to be
treated as, a "financial asset securitization investment trust" as
described in the provisions of the "Small Business Job Protection Act
of 1996," or to enable all or a portion of the Trust to qualify and an
election to be made for similar treatment under such comparable
subsequent federal income tax provisions as may ultimately be enacted
into law, and (ii) in connection with any
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such election, to modify or eliminate existing provisions set forth in
this Agreement relating to the intended federal income tax treatment
of the Certificates and the Trust in the absence of the election; it
being a condition to any such amendment that each Rating Agency will
have notified the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee in writing that
the amendment will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the
rating of any outstanding Certificates with respect to which it is a
Rating Agency.
(c) This Agreement may be amended by Seller, Servicer and
Trustee without the consent of any of the Holders to add, modify or
eliminate such provisions as may be necessary or advisable in order to
enable (i) the transfer to the Trust of all or any portion of the
Receivables to be derecognized under generally accepted accounting
principles ("GAAP") by Seller to the Trust, (ii) the Trust to avoid
becoming a member of Seller's consolidated group under GAAP; or (iii)
the Seller, the Transferor or any of their Affiliates to otherwise
comply with or obtain more favorable treatment under any law or
regulation or any accounting rule or principle; it being a condition
to any such amendment that each Rating Agency will have notified the
Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee in writing that the amendment
will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any
outstanding Certificates with respect to which it is a Rating Agency.
(d) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by
Seller, Servicer and Trustee, with the consent of the Majority
Holders, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement, or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders; provided that no
such amendment shall (i) increase or reduce in any manner the amount
of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on
Receivables or distributions that shall be required to be made on any
Certificate without the consent of all adversely affected Holders,
(ii) reduce the percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal
balance of the Certificates, the Holders of which are required to
consent to any such amendment, without the consent of all Holders,
(iii) materially and adversely affect the interests of either the
Class A Holders or the Class B Holders without the consent of the
Holders of Class A Certificates or Class B Certificates, as the case
may be, evidencing not less than a majority of the aggregate
outstanding principal balance of the Class A Certificates or the Class
B Certificates, as the case may be, or (iv) cause either Rating Agency
to downgrade or withdraw its rating of the Class A Certificates or the
Class B Certificates without the consent of Holders of Class A
Certificates or Class B Certificates, as the case may be, evidencing
more than 66 2/3% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of
the Class A Certificates or the Class B Certificates, as the case may
be. Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent,
Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such
amendment or consent to each Holder.
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(e) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Holders
pursuant to this Section 11.1 to approve the particular form of any
proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if such
consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining
such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution
thereof by Holders shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as
Trustee may prescribe.
(f) Notice of any amendment of this Agreement shall be sent
by Servicer to each Rating Agency, at such address as such Rating
Agency may from time to time specify in writing.
(g) In connection with any amendment pursuant to this
Section 11.1 Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such amendment is authorized or permitted
by the Agreement.
Section 11.2. Protection of Title to Trust Property. (a) Servicer
shall execute and file such financing statements and cause to be executed and
filed such continuation statements, all in such manner and in such places as may
be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect the interest of the
Holders and Trustee under this Agreement in the Trust Property and in the
proceeds thereof. Servicer shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to Trustee
file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document filed as provided
above, as soon as available following such filing. If Servicer fails to perform
its obligations under this subsection, Trustee may (but shall not be obligated
to) do so, at the expense of Servicer.
(b) Neither Seller nor Servicer shall change its name,
identity or corporate structure in any manner that would, could or
might make any financing statement or continuation statement filed by
Servicer in accordance with subsection (a) misleading within the
meaning of the UCC, unless it shall have given Trustee at least 60
days' prior written notice thereof and shall have promptly filed
appropriate amendments to all previously filed financing statements or
continuation statements.
(c) Seller and Servicer shall give Trustee at least 60
days' prior written notice of any relocation of its principal
executive office if, as a result of such relocation, the applicable
provisions of the UCC would require the filing of any amendment of any
previously filed financing or continuation statement or of any new
financing statement. Seller and Servicer shall at all times maintain
each office from which it shall service Receivables, and its principal
executive office, within the United States of America.
(d) Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to each
Receivable accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the
reader thereof to know at any
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time the status of such Receivable, including payments and recoveries
made and payments owing (and the nature of each), and (ii)
reconciliation between payments or recoveries on (or with respect to)
each Receivable and the amounts from time to time deposited in the
Collection Account in respect of such Receivable.
(e) Servicer shall maintain its computer systems so that,
from and after the time of sale under this Agreement of the
Receivables to Trustee, Servicer's master computer records (including
archives) that shall refer to a Receivable indicate clearly that such
Receivable is owned by the Trust. Indication of the Trust's ownership
of a Receivable shall be deleted from or modified on Servicer's
computer systems when, and only when, the Receivable shall be paid or
shall become a Purchased Receivable.
(f) If at any xxxx Xxxxxx, the Transferor or Servicer shall
propose to sell, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer
any interest in motor vehicle loans and/or retail installment sales
contracts to any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee,
Seller, Transferor Servicer, as the case may be, shall give to such
prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee computer tapes,
records or printouts (including any restored from archives) that, if
they shall refer in any manner whatsoever to any Receivable, shall
indicate clearly that such Receivable has been sold and is owned by
the Trust.
(g) Upon request, Servicer, at its expense, shall furnish
to Trustee, within thirty days, a list of all Receivables then held as
part of the Trust, together with a reconciliation of such list to each
Schedule of Receivables and to each of Servicer's Reports furnished
pursuant to Section 3.9 indicating removal of Receivables from the
Trust.
(h) Servicer shall deliver to Trustee upon the Closing
Date, and upon the execution and delivery of each amendment, if any,
of this Agreement an Opinion of Counsel to Servicer either (i) stating
that, in the opinion of such counsel, no filings or other action,
other than the filings required in the appropriate filing offices as
described in such opinion, are necessary to perfect and maintain (A)
the security interest of Trustee in the Financed Vehicles, subject to
the exceptions stated therein, and (B) the interest of Trustee in the
Receivables and the proceeds thereof against third parties, subject to
the exceptions stated therein, and reciting the details of such
filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such
details are given, or (ii) stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, no such action shall be necessary to perfect or complete the
perfected status of such interest.
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(i) Servicer shall permit Trustee and its agents, at the
expense of Trustee (except after a Servicer Termination Event, in
which case such cost will be at the expense of Servicer), at any time
to inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from Servicer's
records regarding any Receivables then or previously included in the
Trust.
Section 11.3. Limitation on Rights of Holders. (a) The death or
incapacity of any Holder shall not operate to terminate this Agreement or the
Trust, or entitle the Holder's legal representatives or heirs to claim an
accounting or to take any action or commence any proceeding in any court for a
partition or winding up of the Trust, or otherwise affect the rights,
obligations and liabilities of the parties to this Agreement or any of them.
(b) No Holder shall have any right to vote (except as
expressly provided herein) or in any manner otherwise control the
operation and management of the Trust or the obligations of the
parties to this Agreement, nor shall anything set forth in this
Agreement, or contained in the terms of the Certificates, be construed
so as to constitute the Holders as partners or members of an
association; nor shall any Holder be under any liability to any third
party by reason of any action taken pursuant to any provision of this
Agreement.
(c) No Holder shall have any right by virtue or by availing
itself of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit,
action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect
to this Agreement, unless such Holder previously shall have given to
Trustee a written notice of default and of the continuance thereof, as
hereinbefore provided, and unless, with respect to the Class A
Certificates, Class A Holders evidencing not less than a majority of
the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Class A
Certificates or, with respect to the Class B Certificates, Class B
Holders evidencing not less than a majority of the aggregate
outstanding principal balance of the Class B Certificates, shall have
made written request upon Trustee to institute such action, suit or
proceeding in its own name as Trustee under the Agreement and shall
have offered to Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require
against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or
thereby, and Trustee, for _ days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity satisfactory to it, shall have
neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding;
no one or more Holders of Certificates shall have any right in any
manner whatever by virtue or by availing itself or themselves of any
provisions of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the
rights of the Holders of any other of the Certificates, or to obtain
or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder
or to enforce any right under this Agreement, except in the manner
provided in this Agreement and for the equal, ratable and common
benefit of all Class A Holders or Class B Holders, as the case may be.
For the protection and
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enforcement of the provisions of this Section 11.3, each Holder and
Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law
or in equity.
Section 11.4. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS; EXCEPT THAT
THE GRANT OF A SECURITY INTEREST IN THE RESERVE ACCOUNT PROPERTY AND THE
PERFECTION, EFFECT OF PERFECTION, AND PRIORITY OF SUCH SECURITY INTEREST SHALL
BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ______________.
Section 11.5. Notices. All demands, notices, and communications under
this Agreement shall be in writing, personally delivered, or sent by telecopier,
overnight mail or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall
be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt (a) in the case of Seller to
[_____________], Attention: _______________; (b) in the case of Servicer, to
[_______________], Attention: ______________; (c) in the case of Trustee, at the
Corporate Trust Office, facsimile number: ______________; (d) in the case of
Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., at the following address: Xxxxx'x Investors
Service, Inc., ABS Monitoring Department, 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, facsimile number: (000) 000-0000; (e) in the case of Standard & Poor's
Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., at the
following address: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-
Xxxx Companies, Inc., 00 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance Department, facsimile number: (212) 208-
0030; and (f) in the case of Fitch, to __________________. Any notice required
or permitted to be mailed to a Holder shall be given by first class mail,
postage prepaid, at the address of record of such Holder. Any notice so mailed
within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to
have been duly given, whether or not the Holder shall receive such notice.
Section 11.6. Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the
covenants, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason
whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, provisions or terms shall be
deemed severable from the remaining covenants, provisions or terms of this
Agreement, and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the
other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the
Holders thereof.
Section 11.7. Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, except as provided in Section 2.5, 3.1, 6.3 and 7.3, this
Agreement may not be assigned by Seller or Servicer. This Agreement may not be
assigned by Trustee except as provided by Sections 9.10 through 9.13.
Section 11.8. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid. The
interests represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any losses
or expenses of the Trust or
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for any reason whatsoever, and, upon authentication thereof by Trustee pursuant
to Section 5.1, each Certificate shall be deemed fully paid.
Section 11.9. Intention of Parties. (a) The execution and delivery of
this Agreement shall constitute an acknowledgment by Seller and Trustee, on
behalf of the Holders, that it is intended that the assignment and transfer
herein contemplated constitute a sale and assignment outright, and not for
security, of the Receivables and the other Trust Property, conveying good title
thereto free and clear of any liens, from Seller to the Trust, and that the
Receivables and the other Trust Property shall not be a part of Seller's estate
in the event of the insolvency, receivership, conservatorship or the occurrence
of another similar event, of, or with respect to, Seller. In the event that such
conveyance is determined to be made as security for a loan made by the Trust or
the Holders to the Seller, the parties intend that Seller shall have granted to
Trustee a security interest in all of Seller's right, title and interest in and
to the Trust Property conveyed to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.1, and that
this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement shall
constitute an acknowledgment by Seller and Trustee on behalf of the
Holders that they intend that the Trust be classified (for Federal tax
purposes) as a grantor trust under Subpart E, Part I of Subchapter J
of the Internal Revenue Code of which the Holders are owners, rather
than as an association taxable as a corporation. The powers granted
and obligations undertaken in this Agreement shall be construed so as
to further such intent.
Section 11.10. Counterparts. For the purpose of facilitating the
execution of this Agreement and for other purposes, this Agreement may be
executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which
counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which counterparts
shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 11.11. Further Assurances. Seller and Servicer agree to do and
perform, from time to time, any and all acts and to execute any and all further
instruments required or reasonably requested by Trustee more fully to effect the
purposes of this Agreement, including without limitation, the execution of any
financing statements or continuation statements relating to the Receivables for
filing under the provisions of the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction.
Section 11.12. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to
exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Trustee or the Holders,
any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder, shall operate as a waiver
thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or
privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies,
powers and privileges therein provided are cumulative and not exhaustive of any
rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day
and year first above written.
BOND SECURITIZATION, L.L.C.
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
[________________________________], Servicer
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
______________________________________ BANK,
Trustee
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE A
LOCATION OF RECEIVABLE FILES
[__________________________________]
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FORM OF CLASS A CERTIFICATE
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EXHIBIT A
[___________________________]
_____% ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATE, CLASS A
Evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the Trust, as defined below, the
property of which includes a pool of fixed rate simple interest retail motor
vehicle loans and/or retail installment sales contracts (the "Receivables")
secured by the new and used automobiles and light duty trucks financed thereby
(the "Financed Vehicles") and sold to the Trust by Bond Securitization, L.L.C.
THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A FRACTIONAL UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN THE TRUST AND
DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF
[_____________________________]. THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE RECEIVABLES ARE NOT
DEPOSITS AND ARE NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE 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 CERTIFICATE
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.
NUMBER CUSIP _____________________
__________________ $__________________________
Original Certificate Amount
Exhibit A, Page 1
THIS CERTIFIES THAT ___________________ is the registered owner of a
______________ dollars, nonassessable, fully paid, fractional undivided interest
in [_________________] (the "Trust") formed pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of ___________, 200[_] (the "Agreement") among Bond
Securitization L.L.C. (the "Seller"), [__________________](the "Servicer") and
_____________ Bank, a _______________ corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee").
To the extent not otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms used
herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Agreement. This Certificate is
one of the duly authorized Certificates designated as "_____% Asset Backed
Certificates, Class A" (herein called the "Class A Certificates"). Also issued
under the Agreement are Certificates designated as "_____% Asset Backed
Certificates, Class B" (the "Class B Certificates"). The Class A Certificates
and the Class B Certificates are hereinafter collectively called the
"Certificates." This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions, and conditions of the Agreement, to which the Holder of this
Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder
is bound. The Trust Property includes (as more fully described in the
Agreement) a pool of Receivables, certain monies received under the Receivables
after ___________ __, 200[_] (the "Cutoff Date"), security interests in the
Financed Vehicles, and proceeds of the foregoing.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement (including the
availability of funds for distributions) and until the obligations created by
the Agreement shall have terminated in accordance therewith, there will be
distributed, but only from funds on deposit in the Class A Distribution Account,
on the _th day of each month or, if such _th day is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day (each such date, a "Distribution Date"), commencing
_________ __, 200[_], to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered
at the close of business on the last day of the preceding Collection Period (the
"Record Date"), such Holder's fractional undivided interest in the amounts to be
distributed to Class A Holders pursuant to the Agreement on such Distribution
Date.
Distributions on this Certificate will be made by Trustee by check
mailed to the Holder of record at its address as it appears in the Certificate
Register without the presentation or surrender of this Certificate or the making
of any notation hereon, except that with respect to a Certificate registered in
the name of a Clearing Agency or its nominee, distributions will be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds. Except as otherwise provided in the
Agreement and notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this
Certificate will be made after due notice by Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency maintained for that purpose by Trustee.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is hereby made to the Agreement for information with respect to the
rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby.
Exhibit A, Page 2
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been
executed by an authorized officer of Trustee, by manual signature, this
Certificate shall not entitle the holder hereof to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
Each Holder, by its acceptance of a Certificate or a beneficial
interest in a Certificate, acknowledges and agrees that they intend that the
Trust be classified (for Federal tax purposes) as a grantor trust under Subpart
E, Part I of Subchapter J of the Internal Revenue Code of which the Holders are
owners, rather than as an association taxable as a corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, and not in its
individual capacity, has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
[______________________________________]
By: __________________________________ BANK,
as Trustee
By: ___________________________________
Authorized Officer
DATED:
[SEAL]
ATTEST:
________________________________________
Authorized Officer
Trustee's Certificate of Authentication:
This is one of the Class A Certificates referred to in the within-
mentioned Agreement.
_______________________________________ BANK,
as Trustee
By: ___________________________________
Authorized Officer
Exhibit A, Page 3
FORM OF CLASS B CERTIFICATE
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EXHIBIT B
[_____________________________]
_____% ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATE, CLASS B
Evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the Trust, as defined below, the
property of which includes a pool of fixed rate simple interest retail motor
vehicle loans and/or retail installment sales contracts (the "Receivables")
secured by the new and used automobiles and light duty trucks financed thereby
(the "Financed Vehicles") and sold to the Trust by Bond Securitization, L.L.C..
THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A FRACTIONAL UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN THE TRUST AND
DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF [_________________________]
THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE RECEIVABLES ARE NOT DEPOSITS AND ARE NOT INSURED OR
GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE 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 CERTIFICATE
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.
NUMBER CUSIP _____________________
$__________________________
_______________ Original Certificate Amount
Exhibit B, Page 1
THIS CERTIFIES THAT ________________ is the registered owner of a
_________________ dollars, nonassessable, fully paid, fractional undivided
interest in the [__________________] (the "Trust") formed pursuant to a Pooling
and Servicing Agreement dated as of ________ __, 200[_] (the "Agreement") among
Bond Securitization, L.L.C., a Delaware corporation (the "Seller"),
[_____________________] (the "Servicer") and _____________ Bank, a _____________
corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee").
To the extent not otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms used
herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Agreement. This Certificate is
one of the duly authorized Certificates designated as "_____% Asset Backed
Certificates, Class B" (herein called the "Class B Certificates"). Also issued
under the Agreement are Certificates designated as "_____% Asset Backed
Certificates, Class A" (the "Class A Certificates"). The Class A Certificates
and the Class B Certificates are hereinafter collectively called the
"Certificates." This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions, and conditions of the Agreement, to which the Holder of this
Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder
is bound. The Trust Property includes (as more fully described in the
Agreement) a pool of Receivables, certain monies received under the Receivables
after ________ __, 200[_] (the "Cutoff Date"), security interests in the
Financed Vehicles, and proceeds of the foregoing. The rights of the Holder of
the Class B Certificates are subordinated to the rights of the Holders of the
Class A Certificates to the extent set forth in the Agreement.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement (including the
availability of funds for distributions and the subordination of the Class B
Certificates) and until the obligations created by the Agreement shall have
terminated in accordance therewith, there will be distributed, but only from
funds on deposit in the Class B Distribution Account, on the _th day of each
month or, if such _th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business
Day (each such date, a "Distribution Date"), commencing _______ , 200[_], to
the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business
on the last day of the preceding Collection Period (the "Record Date"), such
Holder's fractional undivided interest in the amounts to be distributed to Class
B Holders pursuant to the Agreement on such Distribution Date.
Distributions on this Certificate will be made by Trustee by check
mailed to the Holder of record at its address as it appears in the Certificate
Register without the presentation or surrender of this Certificate or the making
of any notation hereon, except that with respect to a Certificate registered in
the name of a Clearing Agency or its nominee, distributions will be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds. Except as otherwise provided in the
Agreement and notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this
Certificate will be made after due notice by Trustee of the pendency of such
distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the
office or agency maintained for that purpose by Trustee.
This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is hereby made to the Agreement for information with respect to the
rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced thereby.
Exhibit B, Page 2
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been
executed by an authorized officer of Trustee, by manual signature, this
Certificate shall not entitle the holder hereof to any benefit under the
Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
Each Holder, by its acceptance of a Certificate or a beneficial
interest in a Certificate, acknowledges and agrees that they intend that the
Trust be classified (for Federal tax purposes) as a grantor trust under Subpart
E, Part I of Subchapter J of the Internal Revenue Code of which the Holders are
owners, rather than as an association taxable as a corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, and not in its
individual capacity, has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.
[___________________________________]
By: __________________ BANK, as Trustee
By: ___________________________________
Authorized officer
DATED:
[SEAL]
ATTEST:
_______________________________________
Authorized Officer
Trustee's Certificate of Authentication:
This is one of the Class B Certificates referred to in the within-
mentioned Agreement.
______________________ BANK, as Trustee
By: ___________________________________
Authorized Officer
Exhibit B, Page 3
EXHIBIT C
Form of Servicer's Report
Exhibit C, Page 1
