FORM OF TRUST AGREEMENT
between
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES CORPORATION,
as Company,
and
[_____________________]
as Owner Trustee
Dated as of _________________
Table of Contents Page
ARTICLE I
Definitions....................................................... 1
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms...................................... 1
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions...................... 4
ARTICLE II
Organization...................................................... 4
SECTION 2.01. Name............................................... 4
SECTION 2.02. Office............................................. 5
SECTION 2.03. Purposes and Powers................................ 5
SECTION 2.04. Appointment of Owner Trustee....................... 5
SECTION 2.05. Initial Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate 5
SECTION 2.06. Declaration of Trust............................... 6
SECTION 2.07. Liability of the Owners............................ 6
SECTION 2.08. Title to Trust Property............................ 6
SECTION 2.09. Situs of Trust..................................... 6
SECTION 2.10. Representations and Warranties of the Company...... 7
SECTION 2.11. Maintenance of the Demand Note.............. 8
SECTION 2.12. Federal Income Tax Allocations.............. 8
ARTICLE III
Trust Certificates and Transfer of Interests............... 9
SECTION 3.01. Initial Ownership........................... 9
SECTION 3.02. The Trust Certificates...................... 9
SECTION 3.04. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust
Certificates....................................... 9
SECTION 3.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust
Certificates...................................... 10
SECTION 3.06. Persons Deemed Owners............................. 10
SECTION 3.07. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and
Addresses..........................................11
SECTION 3.08. Maintenance of Office or Agency................... 11
SECTION 3.09. Appointment of Paying Agent....................... 11
SECTION 3.10. Ownership by Company of Trust Certificates........ 12
SECTION 3.11. Book-Entry Trust Certificates..................... 12
SECTION 3.12. Notices to Clearing Agency........................ 13
SECTION 3.13. Definitive Trust Certificates..................... 13
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ARTICLE IV
Actions by Owner Trustee......................................... 14
SECTION 4.01. Prior Notice to Owners with Respect to Certain
Matters........................................... 14
SECTION 4.02. Action by Owners with Respect to Certain Matters.. 14
SECTION 4.03. Action by Owners with Respect to Bankruptcy ...... 14
SECTION 4.04. Restrictions on Owners' Power..................... 15
SECTION 4.05. Majority Control.................................. 15
ARTICLE V
Application of Trust Funds; Certain Duties....................... 15
SECTION 5.01. Establishment of Trust Account.................... 15
SECTION 5.02. Application of Trust Funds........................ 15
SECTION 5.03. Method of Payment................................. 16
SECTION 5.04. No Segregation of Moneys; No Interest............. 16
SECTION 5.05. Accounting and Reports to the Noteholders, Owners,
the Internal Revenue Service and Others........... 16
SECTION 5.06. Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner......... 17
ARTICLE VI
Authority and Duties of Owner Trustee............................ 17
SECTION 6.01. General Authority................................. 17
SECTION 6.02. General Duties.................................... 17
SECTION 6.03. Action upon Instruction........................... 17
SECTION 6.04. No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or
in Instructions .................................. 18
SECTION 6.05. No Action Except Under Specified Documents or
Instructions...................................... 18
SECTION 6.06. Restrictions...................................... 19
ARTICLE VII
Concerning the Owner Trustee.............................. .......19
SECTION 7.01. Acceptance of Trust and Duties.................... 19
SECTION 7.02. Furnishing of Documents........................... 20
SECTION 7.03. Representations and Warranties.................... 20
SECTION 7.04. Reliance; Advice of Counsel....................... 21
SECTION 7.05. Not Acting in Individual Capacity................. 21
SECTION 7.06. Owner Trustee Not Liable for Trust Certificates or
Receivables....................................... 21
SECTION 7.07. Owner Trustee May Own Trust Certificates and Notes 22
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ARTICLE VIII
Compensation of Owner Trustee.................................... 22
SECTION 8.01. Owner Trustee's Fees and Expenses................. 22
SECTION 8.02. Indemnification................................... 22
SECTION 8.03. Payments to the Owner Trustee..................... 23
ARTICLE IX
Termination of Trust Agreement................................... 23
SECTION 9.01. Termination of Trust Agreement.................... 23
SECTION 9.02. Dissolution upon Bankruptcy of the Company........ 24
ARTICLE X
Successor Owner Trustees and Additional Owner Trustees........... 24
SECTION 10.01. Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee....... 24
SECTION 10.02. Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee.......... 25
SECTION 10.03. Successor Owner Trustee.......................... 25
SECTION 10.04. Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee......... 26
SECTION 10.05. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.... 26
ARTICLE XI
Miscellaneous.................................................... 27
SECTION 11.01. Supplements and Amendments....................... 27
SECTION 11.02. No Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate in Owners... 29
SECTION 11.03. Limitations on Rights of Others.................. 29
SECTION 11.04. Notices.......................................... 29
SECTION 11.05. Severability..................................... 29
SECTION 11.06. Separate Counterparts............................ 29
SECTION 11.07. Successors and Assigns........................... 30
SECTION 11.08. Covenants of the Company......................... 30
SECTION 11.09. No Petition...................................... 30
SECTION 11.10. No Recourse...................................... 30
SECTION 11.11. Headings......................................... 31
SECTION 11.12. GOVERNING LAW.................................... 31
SECTION 11.13. Trust Certificate Transfer Restrictions.......... 31
EXHIBIT A - FORM OF TRUST CERTIFICATE................................ A-1
EXHIBIT B - CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF
CS FIRST BOSTON AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 199__-__................. B-1
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EXHIBIT C - FORM OF CERTIFICATE DEPOSITORY AGREEMENT................. C-1
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TRUST AGREEMENT dated as of _______________________, between ASSET BACKED
SECURITIES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
________________, a Delaware banking corporation, as owner trustee (the "Owner
Trustee").
ARTICLE I
Definitions
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SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. Whenever used in this Agreement, the
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following terms, unless the context requires otherwise, shall have the meanings
set forth below:
"Agreement" shall mean this Trust Agreement, as the same may be amended and
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supplemented from time to time.
"Basic Documents" shall mean the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the
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Indenture, the Note Depository Agreement, the Certificate Depository Agreement
and the other documents and certificates delivered in connection therewith.
"Benefit Plan" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
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11.13.
"Book-Entry Trust Certificate" shall mean a beneficial interest in the
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Trust Certificates, ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book
entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 3.11.
"Business Trust Statute" shall mean Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware
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Code, 12 Del. Code (S) 3801 et seq., as the same may be amended from time to
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time.
"Certificate Depository Agreement" shall mean the agreement dated
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____________________, among the Trust, the Owner Trustee and The Depository
Trust Company, as the initial Clearing Agency, substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C, relating to the Trust Certificates, as the same
may be amended and supplemented from time to time.
"Certificate Distribution Account" shall have the meaning assigned to such
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term in Section 5.01.
"Certificate of Trust" shall mean the Certificate of Trust, substantially
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in the form of Exhibit B, filed for the Trust pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the
Business Trust Statute.
"Certificate Owner" shall mean, with respect to a Book-Entry Trust
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Certificate, the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Trust
Certificate, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency or on the books of
a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency
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(directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in
each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
"Certificate Register" and "Certificate Registrar" shall mean the register
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mentioned in and the registrar appointed pursuant to Section 3.04.
"Certificateholder" or "Holder" shall mean a Person in whose name a Trust
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Certificate is registered.
"Clearing Agency" shall mean an organization registered as a "clearing
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agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
"Clearing Agency Participant" shall mean a broker, dealer, bank, other
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financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing
Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Clearing Agency.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
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Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Company" shall mean Asset Backed Securities Corporation, a Delaware
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corporation, and any successor in interest.
"Corporate Trust Office" shall mean, with respect to the Owner Trustee, the
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principal corporate trust office of the Owner Trustee located at
_____________________, or at such other address as the Owner Trustee may
designate by notice to the Owners and the Company, or the principal corporate
trust office of any successor Owner Trustee at the address designated by such
successor Owner Trustee by notice to the Owners and the Company.
"Definitive Trust Certificates" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
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3.11.
"Demand Note" shall mean, in the case of _____________, the Demand Note
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dated __________, from [CS First Boston Corporation] to ________________.
"ERISA" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.13.
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"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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"Expenses" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.02.
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"Indemnified Parties" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
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Section 8.02.
"Indenture" shall mean the Indenture dated as of _______________ between
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the Trust and ___________, as Indenture Trustee.
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"Initial Certificate Balance" shall mean $________________.
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"Note Depository Agreement" shall mean the agreement dated
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________________, among the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and The Depository
Trust Company, as the initial Clearing Agency, relating to the Notes, as the
same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.
"Owner" shall mean each Holder of a Trust Certificate.
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"Owner Trust Estate" shall mean all right, title and interest of the Trust
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in and to the property and rights assigned to the Trust pursuant to Article II
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, all funds on deposit from time to time in
the Trust Accounts and the Certificate Distribution Account and all other
property of the Trust from time to time, including any rights of the Owner
Trustee and the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
"Owner Trustee" shall mean _______________, a Delaware banking corporation,
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not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee under this Agreement,
and any successor Owner Trustee hereunder.
"Paying Agent" shall mean any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed
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pursuant to Section 3.09, which initially shall be ________________.
"Record Date" shall mean, with respect to any Distribution Date, the close
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of business on the day immediately preceding such Distribution Date.
"Sale and Servicing Agreement" shall mean the Sale and Servicing Agreement
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dated as of ________________, among the Trust, as issuer, Asset Backed
Securities Corporation, as seller, and ____________, as servicer, as the same
may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Secretary of State" shall mean the Secretary of State of the State of
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Delaware.
"Treasury Regulations" shall mean regulations, including proposed or
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temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code. References herein to
specific provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous
provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury
Regulations.
"Trust" shall mean the trust established by this Agreement.
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"Trust Certificate" shall mean a certificate evidencing the beneficial
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interest of a Certificate Owner in the Trust, substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A.
"Underwriter" shall mean that underwriter named in and a party to the
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Certificate Underwriting Agreement dated _______________, with the Company,
pursuant to which the Trust Certificates will be offered publicly.
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SECTION 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Capitalized terms used
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and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Sale and Servicing Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Indenture.
(b) All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings
when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto
unless otherwise defined therein.
(c) As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document made
or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this
Agreement or in any such certificate or other document, and accounting terms
partly defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document to
the extent not defined herein or therein, shall have the respective meanings
given to them under generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent
that the definitions of accounting terms in this Agreement or in any such
certificate or other document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms
under generally accepted accounting principles, the definitions contained in
this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document shall control.
(d) The words "hereof", "herein", "hereunder" and words of similar import
when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement; Section and Exhibit references
contained in this Agreement are references to Sections and Exhibits in or to
this Agreement unless otherwise specified; and the term "including" shall mean
"including without limitation".
(e) The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the
singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well
as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.
(f) Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or
in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such
agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or
supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements or instruments) references
to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; references to a
Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.
ARTICLE II
Organization
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SECTION 2.01. Name. The Trust created hereby shall be known as "CS First
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Boston Auto Receivables Trust 199_-_", in which name the Owner Trustee may
conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other
instruments on behalf of the Trust and xxx and be sued.
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SECTION 2.02. Office. The office of the Trust shall be in care of the
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Owner Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office or at such other address in Delaware
as the Owner Trustee may designate by written notice to the Owners and the
Company.
SECTION 2.03. Purposes and Powers. (a) The purpose of the Trust is to
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engage in the following activities:
(i) to issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Trust
Certificates pursuant to this Agreement and to sell the Notes and the Trust
Certificates;
(ii) with the proceeds of the sale of the Notes and the Trust Certificates,
to purchase the Receivables, to fund the Reserve Account and to pay the
organizational, start-up and transactional expenses of the Trust and to pay the
balance to the Company pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement;
(iii) to assign, grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey the Trust
Estate pursuant to the Indenture and to hold, manage and distribute to the
Owners pursuant to the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement any portion of
the Owner Trust Estate released from the Lien of, and remitted to the Trust
pursuant to, the Indenture;
(iv) to enter into and perform its obligations under the Basic Documents
to which it is to be a party;
(v) to engage in those activities, including entering into agreements,
that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or are
incidental thereto or connected therewith; and
(vi) subject to compliance with the Basic Documents, to engage in such
other activities as may be required in connection with conservation of the Owner
Trust Estate and the making of distributions to the Owners and the Noteholders.
The Trust is hereby authorized to engage in the foregoing activities. The Trust
shall not engage in any activity other than in connection with the foregoing or
other than as required or authorized by the terms of this Agreement or the Basic
Documents.
SECTION 2.04. Appointment of Owner Trustee. The Company hereby appoints
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the Owner Trustee as trustee of the Trust effective as of the date hereof, to
have all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein.
SECTION 2.05. Initial Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate. The
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Company hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Owner
Trustee, as of the date hereof, the sum of $1. The Owner Trustee hereby
acknowledges receipt in trust from the Company, as of the date hereof, of the
foregoing contribution, which shall constitute the initial Owner Trust Estate
and shall be deposited in the Certificate Distribution Account. The Company
shall pay
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organizational expenses of the Trust as they may arise or shall, upon the
request of the Owner Trustee, promptly reimburse the Owner Trustee for any such
expenses paid by the Owner Trustee.
SECTION 2.06. Declaration of Trust. The Owner Trustee hereby declares
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that it will hold the Owner Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the
conditions set forth herein for the use and benefit of the Owners, subject to
the obligations of the Trust under the Basic Documents. It is the intention of
the parties hereto that the Trust constitute a business trust under the Business
Trust Statute and that this Agreement constitute the governing instrument of
such business trust. It is the intention of the parties hereto that, solely for
income and franchise tax purposes, the Trust shall be treated as a partnership,
with the assets of the partnership being the Receivables and other assets held
by the Trust, the partners of the partnership being the Certificateholders, and
the Notes being debt of the partnership. The parties agree that, unless
otherwise required by appropriate tax authorities, the Trust will file or cause
to be filed annual or other necessary returns, reports and other forms
consistent with the characterization of the Trust as a partnership for such tax
purposes. Effective as of the date hereof, the Owner Trustee shall have all
rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the Business Trust Statute
with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust.
SECTION 2.07. Liability of the Owners. (a) The Company shall be liable
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directly to and will indemnify any injured party for all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses of the Trust (including Expenses, to the
extent not paid out of the Owner Trust Estate) to the extent that the Company
would be liable if the Trust were a partnership under the Delaware Revised
Uniform Limited Partnership Act in which the Company were a general partner;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable for any losses incurred
by a Certificateholder in the capacity of an investor in the Trust Certificates
or by a Noteholder in the capacity of an investor in the Notes. In addition, any
third party creditors of the Trust (other than in connection with the
obligations described in the preceding sentence for which the Company shall not
be liable) shall be deemed third party beneficiaries of this paragraph. The
obligations of the Company under this paragraph shall be evidenced by the Trust
Certificates described in Section 3.10, which for purposes of the Business Trust
Statute shall be deemed to be a separate class of Trust Certificates from all
other Trust Certificates issued by the Trust; provided that the rights and
obligations evidenced by all Trust Certificates, regardless of class, shall,
except as provided in this Section, be identical.
(b) No Owner, other than to the extent set forth in paragraph (a) above,
shall have any personal liability for any liability or obligation of the Trust.
SECTION 2.08. Title to Trust Property. Legal title to all the Owner
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Trust Estate shall be vested at all times in the Trust as a separate legal
entity except where applicable law in any jurisdiction requires title to any
part of the Owner Trust Estate to be vested in a trustee or trustees, in which
case title shall be deemed to be vested in the Owner Trustee, a co-trustee
and/or a separate trustee, as the case may be.
SECTION 2.09. Situs of Trust. The Trust will be located and administered
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in the State of Delaware. All bank accounts maintained by the Owner Trustee on
behalf of the Trust shall be located in the State of Delaware or the State of
New York. The Trust shall not have any
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employees in any state other than Delaware; provided, however, that nothing
herein shall restrict or prohibit the Owner Trustee from having employees within
or without the State of Delaware. Payments will be received by the Trust only in
Delaware or New York, and payments will be made by the Trust only from Delaware
or New York. The only office of the Trust will be at the Corporate Trust Office
in Delaware.
SECTION 2.10. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company
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hereby represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee that:
(i) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization, with the power and authority to own its properties and to conduct
its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is
presently conducted.
(ii) The Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation
in good standing and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all
jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its property or the conduct of
its business shall require such qualifications.
(iii) The Company has the power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Company has full power and authority
to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited with
the Trust, and the Company has duly authorized such sale and assignment and
deposit to the Trust by all necessary corporate action; and the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by the
Company by all necessary corporate action.
(iv) The Company has the full power and authority to purchase the Trust
Certificates that the Company has agreed to purchase pursuant to Section 3.10.
(v) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result in any
breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without
notice or lapse of time) a default under, the articles of incorporation or
bylaws of the Company, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which
the Company is a party or by which it is bound; nor result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any
such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than pursuant to the Basic
Documents); nor violate any law or, to the best of the Company's knowledge, any
order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company of any court or of any
federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Company or its properties.
(vi) There are no proceedings or investigations pending or, to the
Company's best knowledge, threatened before any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction
over the Company or its properties: (A)
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asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, (B) seeking to prevent the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (C)
seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect
the performance by the Company of its obligations under, or the validity or
enforceability of, this Agreement.
SECTION 2.11. Maintenance of the Demand Note. To the fullest extent
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permitted by applicable law, the Company agrees that it shall not sell, convey,
pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Demand Note.
SECTION 2.12. Federal Income Tax Allocations. Net income of the Trust
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for any month as determined for federal income tax purposes (and each item of
income, gain, loss and deduction entering into the computation thereof) shall be
allocated:
(a) among the Certificate Owners as of the first day following the end of
such month, in proportion to their ownership of principal amount of Trust
Certificates on such date, net income in an amount up to the sum of (i) the
Certificateholders' Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for such month, (ii)
interest on the excess, if any, of the Certificateholders' Interest
Distributable Amount for the preceding Distribution Date over the amount in
respect of interest that is actually deposited in the Certificate Distribution
Account on such preceding Distribution Date, to the extent permitted by law, at
the Pass-Through Rate from such preceding Distribution Date through the current
Distribution Date, (iii) the portion of the market discount on the Receivables
accrued during such month that is allocable to the excess, if any, of the
initial aggregate principal amount of the Trust Certificates over their initial
aggregate issue price, (iv) any amount expected to be distributed to the
Certificateholders pursuant to Section 5.07(g) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement (to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to this clause), and
(v) any other amounts of income payable to the Certificateholders for such
month; such sum to be reduced by any amortization by the Trust of premium on
Receivables that corresponds to any excess of the issue price of Certificates
over their principal amount; and
(b) to the Company, to the extent of any remaining net income.
If the net income of the Trust for any month is insufficient for the allocations
described in clause (a) above, subsequent net income shall first be allocated to
make up such shortfall before being allocated as provided in the preceding
sentence. Net losses of the Trust, if any, for any month as determined for
federal income tax purposes (and each item of income, gain, loss and deduction
entering into the computation thereof) shall be allocated to the Company to the
extent the Company is reasonably expected to bear the economic burden of such
net losses, and any remaining net losses shall be allocated among the
Certificate Owners as of the first Record Date following the end of such month
in proportion to their ownership of principal amount of Trust Certificates on
such Record Date. The Company is authorized to modify the allocations in this
paragraph if necessary or appropriate, in its sole discretion, for the
allocations to fairly reflect the economic income, gain or loss to the Company
or to the Certificate Owners, or as otherwise required by the Code.
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ARTICLE III
Trust Certificates and Transfer of Interests
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SECTION 3.01. Initial Ownership. Upon the formation of the Trust by the
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contribution by the Company pursuant to Section 2.05 and until the issuance of
the Trust Certificates, the Company shall be the sole beneficiary of the Trust.
SECTION 3.02. The Trust Certificates. The Trust Certificates shall be
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issued in minimum denominations of $20,000 and in integral multiples of $1 in
excess thereof; provided, however, that the Trust Certificates issued to the
Company pursuant to Section 3.10 may be issued in such denomination as required
to include any residual amount. The Trust Certificates shall be executed on
behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature of an authorized officer of
the Owner Trustee. Trust 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 validly issued
and entitled to the benefit of this Agreement, notwithstanding that such
individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be so authorized prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Trust Certificates or did not hold such
offices at the date of authentication and delivery of such Trust Certificates.
A transferee of a Trust Certificate shall become a Certificateholder and
shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a
Certificateholder hereunder upon such transferee's acceptance of a Trust
Certificate duly registered in such transferee's name pursuant to Section 3.04.
SECTION 3.03. Authentication of Trust Certificates. On the Closing Date,
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the Owner Trustee shall cause the Trust Certificates in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the Initial Certificate Balance to be executed on behalf of the
Trust, authenticated and delivered to or upon the written order of the Company,
signed by its chairman of the board, its president, any vice president,
secretary or any assistant treasurer, without further corporate action by the
Company, in authorized denominations. No Trust Certificate shall entitle its
Holder to any benefit under this Agreement or be valid for any purpose unless
there shall appear on such Trust Certificate a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, executed by the Owner Trustee
by manual signature; such authentication shall constitute conclusive evidence
that such Trust Certificate shall have been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. All Trust Certificates shall be dated the date of their
authentication.
SECTION 3.04. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust Certificates.
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The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or
agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.08, a Certificate Register in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Owner Trustee
shall provide for the registration of Trust Certificates and of transfers and
exchanges of Trust Certificates as herein provided. _______________ shall be
the initial Certificate Registrar.
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Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Trust Certificate at the
office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.08, the Owner Trustee shall
execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Trust Certificates in authorized denominations of a
like aggregate amount dated the date of authentication by the Owner Trustee or
any authenticating agent. At the option of a Holder, Trust Certificates may be
exchanged for other Trust Certificates of authorized denominations of a like
aggregate amount upon surrender of the Trust Certificates to be exchanged at the
office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.08.
Every Trust Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly
executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing.
Each Trust Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Owner Trustee in
accordance with its customary practice.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Trust Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar 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 Trust Certificates.
The preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Owner Trustee
shall not make, and the Certificate Registrar shall not register transfers or
exchanges of, Trust Certificates for a period of 15 days preceding the due date
for any payment with respect to the Trust Certificates.
SECTION 3.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Certificates.
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If (a) any mutilated Trust Certificate shall be surrendered to the Certificate
Registrar, or if the Certificate Registrar shall receive evidence to its
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Trust Certificate and (b)
there shall be delivered to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless,
then in the absence of notice that such Trust Certificate has been acquired by a
bona fide purchaser, the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute,
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Certificate, a new Trust Certificate of like
tenor and denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new Trust
Certificate under this Section, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith. Any duplicate
Trust Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive
evidence of ownership in the Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not the
lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Certificate shall be found at any time.
SECTION 3.06. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentation of a
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Trust Certificate for registration of transfer, the Owner Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar or any Paying Agent may treat the Person in whose name any
Trust Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register as the
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owner of such Trust Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions
pursuant to Section 5.02 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the
Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any Paying Agent shall be bound by
any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 3.07. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses.
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The Owner Trustee shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Servicer and the
Company, within 15 days after receipt by the Owner Trustee of a written request
therefor from the Servicer or the Company, a list, in such form as the Servicer
or the Company may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Certificateholders as of the most recent Record Date. If three or more
Certificateholders or one or more Holders of Trust Certificates evidencing not
less than 25% of the Certificate Balance apply in writing to the Owner Trustee,
and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other
Certificateholders with respect to their rights under this Agreement or under
the Trust Certificates and such application is accompanied by a copy of the
communication that such applicants propose to transmit, then the Owner Trustee
shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, afford
such applicants access during normal business hours to the current list of
Certificateholders. Each Holder, by receiving and holding a Trust Certificate,
shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold any of the Company, the Company, the
Certificate Registrar or the Owner Trustee accountable by reason of the
disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source from which such
information is derived.
SECTION 3.08. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Owner Trustee shall
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maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or offices
or agency or agencies where Trust Certificates may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon
the Owner Trustee in respect of the Trust Certificates and the Basic Documents
may be served. The Owner Trustee initially designates ______________ as its
office for such purposes. The Owner Trustee shall give prompt written notice to
the Company and to the Certificateholders of any change in the location of the
Certificate Register or any such office or agency.
SECTION 3.09. Appointment of Paying Agent. The Paying Agent shall make
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distributions to Certificateholders from the Certificate Distribution Account
pursuant to Section 5.02 and shall report the amounts of such distributions to
the Owner Trustee. Any Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw
funds from the Certificate Distribution Account for the purpose of making the
distributions referred to above. The Owner Trustee may revoke such power and
remove the Paying Agent if the Owner Trustee determines in its sole discretion
that the Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this
Agreement in any material respect. The Paying Agent initially shall be
_______________, and any co-paying agent chosen by _______________ and
acceptable to the Owner Trustee. _______________ shall be permitted to resign
as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice to the Owner Trustee. In the event
that _______________ shall no longer be the Paying Agent, the Owner Trustee
shall appoint a successor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust
company). The Owner Trustee shall cause such successor Paying Agent or any
additional Paying Agent appointed by the Owner Trustee to execute and deliver to
the Owner Trustee an instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or
additional Paying Agent shall agree with the Owner Trustee that, as Paying
Agent, such
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successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any,
held by it for payment to the Certificateholders in trust for the benefit of the
Certificateholders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such
Certificateholders. The Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the
Owner Trustee and upon removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall also
return all funds in its possession to the Owner Trustee. The provisions of
Sections 7.01, 7.03, 7.04 and 8.01 shall apply to the Owner Trustee also in its
role as Paying Agent for so long as the Owner Trustee shall act as Paying Agent
and, to the extent applicable, to any other paying agent appointed hereunder.
Any reference in this Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying
agent unless the context requires otherwise.
SECTION 3.10. Ownership by Company of Trust Certificates. The Company
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shall on the Closing Date purchase from the Underwriter Trust Certificates
representing at least 1% of the Initial Certificate Balance and shall thereafter
retain beneficial and record ownership of Trust Certificates representing at
least 1% of the Certificate Balance. Any attempted transfer of any Trust
Certificate that would reduce such interest of the Company below 1% of the
Certificate Balance shall be void. The Owner Trustee shall cause any Trust
Certificate issued to the Company to contain a legend stating "THIS CERTIFICATE
IS NON-TRANSFERABLE AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3.10 OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT".
SECTION 3.11. Book-Entry Trust Certificates. The Trust Certificates,
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upon original issuance, will be issued in the form of a typewritten Trust
Certificate or Trust Certificates representing Book-Entry Trust Certificates, to
be delivered to The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency, by,
or on behalf of, the Trust; provided, however, that one Definitive Trust
Certificate may be issued to the Company pursuant to Section 3.10. Such Trust
Certificate or Trust 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 Trust
Certificate representing such Certificate Owner's interest in such Trust
Certificate, except as provided in Section 3.13. Unless and until definitive,
fully registered Trust Certificates (the "Definitive Trust Certificates") have
been issued to Certificate Owners pursuant to Section 3.13:
(a) The provisions of this Section shall be in full force and effect;
(b) The Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to
deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Agreement (including the
payment of principal of and interest on the Trust Certificates and the giving of
instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole Holder of the Trust
Certificates and shall have no obligation to the Certificate Owners;
(c) To the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with any
other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 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 and agreements
between such Certificate Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing
Agency Participants. Pursuant to the
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Certificate Depository Agreement, unless and until Definitive Trust Certificates
are issued pursuant to Section 3.13, the initial Clearing Agency will make book-
entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit
payments of principal of and interest on the Trust Certificates to such Clearing
Agency Participants; and
(e) Whenever this Agreement requires or permits actions to be taken based
upon instructions or directions of Holders of Trust Certificates evidencing a
specified percentage of the Certificate Balance, the Clearing Agency shall be
deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent that it has received
instructions to such effect from Certificate Owners and/or Clearing Agency
Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage of
the beneficial interest in the Trust Certificates and has delivered such
instructions to the Owner Trustee.
SECTION 3.12. Notices to Clearing Agency. Whenever a notice or other
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communication to the Certificateholders is required under this Agreement, unless
and until Definitive Trust Certificates shall have been issued to Certificate
Owners pursuant to Section 3.13, the Owner Trustee shall give all such notices
and communications specified herein to be given to Certificateholders to the
Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligations to the Certificate Owners.
SECTION 3.13. Definitive Trust Certificates. If (i) the Company advises
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the Owner Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or
able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Trust
Certificates and the Company is unable to locate a qualified successor, (ii) the
Company at its option advises the Owner Trustee in writing that it elects to
terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or (iii) after the
occurrence of an Event of Default or a Servicer Default, Certificate Owners
representing beneficial interests aggregating at least a majority of the
Certificate Balance advise the Clearing Agency in writing that the continuation
of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency is no longer in the best
interest of the Certificate Owners, then the Clearing Agency shall notify all
Certificate Owners and the Owner Trustee of the occurrence of such event and of
the availability of the Definitive Trust Certificates to Certificate Owners
requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Owner Trustee of the typewritten
Trust Certificate or Trust Certificates representing the Book-Entry Trust
Certificates by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions,
the Owner Trustee shall execute and authenticate the Definitive Trust
Certificates in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency.
Neither the Certificate Registrar nor the Owner 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
Trust Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the
Definitive Trust Certificates as Certificateholders. The Definitive Trust
Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in
any other manner that is reasonably acceptable to the Owner Trustee, as
evidenced by its execution thereof.
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ARTICLE IV
Actions by Owner Trustee
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SECTION 4.01. Prior Notice to Owners with Respect to Certain Matters.
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With respect to the following matters, the Owner Trustee shall not take action
unless at least 30 days before the taking of such action, the Owner Trustee
shall have notified the Certificateholders in writing of the proposed action and
the Owners shall not have notified the Owner Trustee in writing prior to the
30th day after such notice is given that such Owners have withheld consent or
provided alternative direction:
(a) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Trust (except claims or
lawsuits brought in connection with the collection of the Receivables) and the
compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Trust
(except with respect to the aforementioned claims or lawsuits for collection of
the Receivables);
(b) the election by the Trust to file an amendment to the Certificate of
Trust (unless such amendment is required to be filed under the Business Trust
Statute);
(c) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in
circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is required;
(d) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in
circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is not required and such
amendment materially adversely affects the interests of the Owners; or
(e) the appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Note
Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee or pursuant to this Agreement of a
successor Certificate Registrar, or the consent to the assignment by the Note
Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee or Certificate Registrar of its
obligations under the Indenture or this Agreement, as applicable.
SECTION 4.02. Action by Owners with Respect to Certain Matters. The
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Owner Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the direction of the Owners,
to (a) remove the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement pursuant to
Section 8.01 thereof or (b) except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents,
sell the Receivables after the termination of the Indenture. The Owner Trustee
shall take the actions referred to in the preceding sentence only upon written
instructions signed by the Owners.
SECTION 4.03. Action by Owners with Respect to Bankruptcy. The Owner
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Trustee shall not have the power to commence a voluntary proceeding in
bankruptcy relating to the Trust without the unanimous prior approval of all
Owners and the delivery to the Owner Trustee by each such Owner of a certificate
certifying that such Owner reasonably believes that the Trust is insolvent.
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SECTION 4.04. Restrictions on Owners' Power. The Owners shall not direct
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the Owner Trustee to take or to refrain from taking any action if such action or
inaction would be contrary to any obligation of the Trust or the Owner Trustee
under this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents or would be contrary to
Section 2.03, nor shall the Owner Trustee be obligated to follow any such
direction, if given.
SECTION 4.05. Majority Control. Except as expressly provided herein, any
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action that may be taken by the Owners under this Agreement may be taken by the
Holders of Trust Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the
Certificate Balance. Except as expressly provided herein, any written notice to
the Owners delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be effective if signed by
Holders of Trust Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the
Certificate Balance at the time of the delivery of such notice.
ARTICLE V
Application of Trust Funds; Certain Duties
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SECTION 5.01. Establishment of Trust Account. The Owner Trustee, for the
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benefit of the Certificateholders, shall establish and maintain in the name of
the Trust an Eligible Deposit Account (the "Certificate Distribution Account"),
bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are
held for the benefit of the Certificateholders.
The Owner Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds
on deposit from time to time in the Certificate Distribution Account and in all
proceeds thereof. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the
Certificate Distribution Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of
the Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders. If, at any time,
the Certificate Distribution Account ceases to be an Eligible Deposit Account,
the Owner Trustee (or the Company on behalf of the Owner Trustee, if the
Certificate Distribution Account is not then held by the Owner Trustee or an
affiliate thereof) 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 Certificate Distribution Account as an Eligible Deposit Account and shall
transfer any cash and/or any investments to such new Certificate Distribution
Account.
SECTION 5.02. Application of Trust Funds. (a) On each Distribution
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Date, the Owner Trustee will distribute to Certificateholders, on a pro rata
basis, amounts deposited in the Certificate Distribution Account pursuant to
Sections 5.06 and 5.07 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to such
Distribution Date.
(b) On each Distribution Date, the Owner Trustee shall send to each
Certificateholder the statement or statements provided to the Owner Trustee by
the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.08 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement with
respect to such Distribution Date.
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(c) In the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Trust's payment
(or allocations of income) to an Owner, such tax shall reduce the amount
otherwise distributable to the Owner in accordance with this Section. The Owner
Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to retain from amounts otherwise
distributable to the Owners sufficient funds for the payment of any tax that is
legally owed by the Trust (but such authorization shall not prevent the Owner
Trustee from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings and withholding
payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such
proceedings). The amount of any withholding tax imposed with respect to an
Owner shall be treated as cash distributed to such Owner at the time it is
withheld by the Trust and remitted to the appropriate taxing authority. If
there is a possibility that withholding tax is payable with respect to a
distribution (such as a distribution to a non-U.S. Owner), the Owner Trustee may
in its sole discretion withhold such amounts in accordance with this paragraph
(c).
SECTION 5.03. Method of Payment. Subject to Section 9.01(c),
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distributions required to be made to Certificateholders on any Distribution Date
shall be made to each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date
either by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such
Holder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such
Certificateholder shall have provided to the Certificate Registrar appropriate
written instructions at least five Business Days prior to such Distribution Date
and such Holder's Trust Certificates in the aggregate evidence a denomination of
not less than $____________, or, if not, by check mailed to such
Certificateholder at the address of such holder appearing in the Certificate
Register.
SECTION 5.04. No Segregation of Moneys; No Interest. Subject to Sections
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5.01 and 5.02, moneys received by the Owner Trustee hereunder need not be
segregated in any manner except to the extent required by law or the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and may be deposited under such general conditions as may be
prescribed by law, and the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for any interest
thereon.
SECTION 5.05. Accounting and Reports to the Noteholders, Owners, the
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Internal Revenue Service and Others. The Owner Trustee shall (a) maintain (or
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cause to be maintained) the books of the Trust on a calendar year basis and the
accrual method of accounting, (b) deliver to each Owner, as may be required by
the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, such information as may be
required (including Schedule K-1) to enable each Owner to prepare its federal
and state income tax returns, (c) file such tax returns relating to the Trust
(including a partnership information return, IRS Form 1065) and make such
elections as from time to time may be required or appropriate under any
applicable state or federal statute or any rule or regulation thereunder so as
to maintain the Trust's characterization as a partnership for federal income tax
purposes, (d) cause such tax returns to be signed in the manner required by law
and (e) collect or cause to be collected any withholding tax as described in and
in accordance with Section 5.02(c) with respect to income or distributions to
Owners. The Owner Trustee shall elect under Section 1278 of the Code to include
in income currently any market discount that accrues with respect to the
Receivables. The Owner Trustee shall not make the election provided under
Section 754 of the Code.
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SECTION 5.06. Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner. (a) The Owner
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Trustee shall sign on behalf of the Trust the tax returns of the Trust unless
applicable law requires an Owner to sign such documents, in which case such
documents shall be signed by the Company.
(b) The Company shall be designated the "tax matters partner" of the Trust
pursuant to Section 6231(a)(7)(A) of the Code and applicable Treasury
Regulations.
ARTICLE VI
Authority and Duties of Owner Trustee
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SECTION 6.01. General Authority. The Owner Trustee is authorized and
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directed to execute and deliver the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be
a party and each certificate or other document attached as an exhibit to or
contemplated by the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be a party, in each
case, in such form as the Company shall approve, as evidenced conclusively by
the Owner Trustee's execution thereof. In addition to the foregoing, the Owner
Trustee is authorized, but shall not be obligated, to take all actions required
of the Trust pursuant to the Basic Documents. The Owner Trustee is further
authorized from time to time to take such action as the Company recommends with
respect to the Basic Documents.
SECTION 6.02. General Duties. It shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee
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to discharge (or cause to be discharged) all of its responsibilities pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement and the Basic Documents to which the Trust is a
party and to administer the Trust in the interest of the Owners, subject to the
Basic Documents and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 6.03. Action upon Instruction. (a) Subject to Article IV and in
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accordance with the terms of the Basic Documents, the Owners may by written
instruction direct the Owner Trustee in the management of the Trust. Such
direction may be exercised at any time by written instruction of the Owners
pursuant to Article IV.
(b) The Owner Trustee shall not be required to take any action hereunder or
under any Basic Document if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonably determined,
or shall have been advised by counsel, that such action is likely to result in
liability on the part of the Owner Trustee or is contrary to the terms hereof or
of any Basic Document or is otherwise contrary to law.
(c) Whenever the Owner Trustee is unable to decide between alternative
courses of action permitted or required by the terms of this Agreement or under
any Basic Document, the Owner Trustee shall promptly give notice (in such form
as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Owners requesting
instructions as to the course of action to be adopted, and to the extent the
Owner Trustee acts in good faith in accordance with any written instruction
received from the Owners, the Owner Trustee shall not be liable on account of
such action to any Person. If the Owner Trustee shall not have received
appropriate instruction within 10 days of
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such notice (or within such shorter period of time as reasonably may be
specified in such notice or may be necessary under the circumstances) it may,
but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action not
inconsistent with this Agreement or the Basic Documents as it shall deem to be
in the best interests of the Owners, and shall have no liability to any Person
for such action or inaction.
(d) In the event that the Owner Trustee is unsure as to the application of
any provision of this Agreement or any Basic Document, or any such provision is
ambiguous as to its application or is, or appears to be, in conflict with any
other applicable provision, or in the event that this Agreement permits any
determination by the Owner Trustee or is silent or is incomplete as to the
course of action that the Owner Trustee is required to take with respect to a
particular set of facts, the Owner Trustee may give notice (in such form as
shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to the Owners requesting
instruction and, to the extent that the Owner Trustee acts or refrains from
acting in good faith in accordance with any such instruction received, the Owner
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any such action or inaction to any
Person. If the Owner Trustee shall not have received appropriate instruction
within 10 days of such notice (or within such shorter period of time as
reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary under the
circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from
taking such action not inconsistent with this Agreement or the Basic Documents
as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the Owners, and shall have no
liability to any Person for such action or inaction.
SECTION 6.04. No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in
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Instructions. The Owner Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to
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manage, make any payment with respect to, register, record, sell, dispose of, or
otherwise deal with the Owner Trust Estate, or to otherwise take or refrain from
taking any action under, or in connection with, any document contemplated hereby
to which the Owner Trustee is a party, except as expressly provided by the terms
of this Agreement or in any document or written instruction received by the
Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 6.03; and no implied duties or obligations
shall be read into this Agreement or any Basic Document against the Owner
Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing any
financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to
otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien
granted to it hereunder or to prepare or file any Securities and Exchange
Commission filing for the Trust or to record this Agreement or any Basic
Document. The Owner Trustee nevertheless agrees that it will, at its own cost
and expense, promptly take all action that may be necessary to discharge any
liens on any part of the Owner Trust Estate that result from actions by, or
claims against, the Owner Trustee that are not related to the ownership or the
administration of the Owner Trust Estate.
SECTION 6.05. No Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions.
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The Owner Trustee shall not manage, control, use, sell, dispose of or otherwise
deal with any part of the Owner Trust Estate except (i) in accordance with the
powers granted to and the authority conferred upon the Owner Trustee pursuant to
this Agreement, (ii) in accordance with the Basic Documents and (iii) in
accordance with any document or instruction delivered to the Owner Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.03.
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SECTION 6.06. Restrictions. The Owner Trustee shall not take any action
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(a) that is inconsistent with the purposes of the Trust set forth in Section
2.03 or (b) that, to the actual knowledge of the Owner Trustee, would result in
the Trust's becoming taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes.
The Owners shall not direct the Owner Trustee to take action that would violate
the provisions of this Section.
ARTICLE VII
Concerning the Owner Trustee
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SECTION 7.01. Acceptance of Trust and Duties. The Owner Trustee accepts
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the trusts hereby created and agrees to perform its duties hereunder with
respect to such trusts, but only upon the terms of this Agreement. The Owner
Trustee also agrees to disburse all moneys actually received by it constituting
part of the Owner Trust Estate upon the terms of the Basic Documents and this
Agreement. The Owner Trustee shall not be answerable or accountable hereunder
or under any Basic Document under any circumstances, except (i) for its own
willful misconduct or negligence or (ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of any
representation or warranty contained in Section 7.03 expressly made by the Owner
Trustee. In particular, but not by way of limitation (and subject to the
exceptions set forth in the preceding sentence):
(a) The Owner Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made by
a Trust Officer of the Owner Trustee;
(b) The Owner Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the instructions of any Owner
transmitted pursuant to the terms hereof;
(c) No provision of this Agreement or any Basic Document shall require the
Owner Trustee to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur any financial liability
in the performance of its rights or powers hereunder or under any Basic Document
if the Owner Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment
of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured or provided to it;
(d) Under no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee be liable for
indebtedness evidenced by or arising under any of the Basic Documents, including
the principal of and interest on the Notes;
(e) The Owner Trustee shall not be responsible for or in respect of the
validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due execution hereof by the
Company, or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity
of any of the Owner Trust Estate, or for or in respect of the validity or
sufficiency of the Basic Documents, other than the certificate of authentication
on the Trust Certificates, and the Owner Trustee shall in no event assume or
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any liability, duty or obligation to any Noteholder or to any Owner, other than
as expressly provided for herein or expressly agreed to in the Basic Documents;
(f) The Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the default or misconduct of
the Company, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer under any of the Basic
Documents or otherwise, and the Owner Trustee shall have no obligation or
liability to perform the obligations of the Trust under this Agreement or the
Basic Documents that are required to be performed by the Indenture Trustee under
the Indenture or the Servicer or the Company under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement; and
(g) The Owner 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 otherwise or in relation to this
Agreement or any Basic Document, at the request, order or direction of any of
the Owners, unless such Owners have offered to the Owner Trustee security or
indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that
may be incurred by the Owner Trustee therein or thereby. The right of the Owner
Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement or in any
Basic Document shall not be construed as a duty, and the Owner Trustee shall not
be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the
performance of any such act.
SECTION 7.02. Furnishing of Documents. The Owner Trustee shall furnish
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to the Owners promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor, duplicates or
copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates, financial
statements and any other instruments furnished to the Owner Trustee under the
Basic Documents.
SECTION 7.03. Representations and Warranties. The Owner Trustee hereby
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represents and warrants to the Company, for the benefit of the Owners, that:
(a) It is a banking corporation duly organized and validly existing in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. It has all requisite
corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations
under this Agreement.
(b) It has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution
and delivery by it of this Agreement, and this Agreement will be executed and
delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized to execute and deliver
this Agreement on its behalf.
(c) None of the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby or compliance by it
with any of the terms or provisions hereof will contravene any federal or
Delaware law, governmental rule or regulation governing the banking or trust
powers of the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order binding on it, or
constitute any default under its charter documents or bylaws or any indenture,
mortgage, contract, agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which
any of its properties may be bound.
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SECTION 7.04. Reliance; Advice of Counsel. (a) The Owner Trustee shall
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incur no liability to anyone in acting upon any signature, instrument, notice,
resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, bond, or
other document or paper believed by it to be genuine and believed by it to be
signed by the proper party or parties. The Owner Trustee may accept a certified
copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any
corporate party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly
adopted by such body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to any
fact or matter the method of determination of which is not specifically
prescribed herein, the Owner Trustee may for all purposes hereof rely on a
certificate, signed by the president or any vice president or by the treasurer
or other authorized officers of the relevant party, as to such fact or matter,
and such certificate shall constitute full protection to the Owner Trustee for
any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.
(b) In the exercise or administration of the trusts hereunder and in the
performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement or the Basic
Documents, the Owner Trustee (i) may act directly or through its agents or
attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them, and the Owner
Trustee shall not be liable for the conduct or misconduct of such agents or
attorneys if such agents or attorneys shall have been selected by the Owner
Trustee with reasonable care, and (ii) may consult with counsel, accountants and
other skilled Persons to be selected with reasonable care and employed by it.
The Owner Trustee shall not be liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in
good faith by it in accordance with the written opinion or advice of any such
counsel, accountants or other such Persons and not contrary to this Agreement or
any Basic Document.
SECTION 7.05. Not Acting in Individual Capacity. Except as provided in
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this Article VII, in accepting the trusts hereby created ____________________
acts solely as Owner Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity, and
all Persons having any claim against the Owner Trustee by reason of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Basic Document shall look
only to the Owner Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.
SECTION 7.06. Owner Trustee Not Liable for Trust Certificates or
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Receivables. The recitals contained herein and in the Trust Certificates (other
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than the signature and countersignature of the Owner Trustee on the Trust
Certificates) shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Owner
Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Owner Trustee
makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, of
any Basic Document or of the Trust Certificates (other than the signature and
countersignature of the Owner Trustee on the Trust Certificates) or the Notes,
or of any Receivable or any related documents. The Owner Trustee shall at no
time have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality,
validity and enforceability of any Receivable, or the perfection and priority of
any security interest created by any Receivable in any Financed Vehicle or the
maintenance of any such perfection and priority, or for or with respect to the
sufficiency of the Owner Trust Estate or its ability to generate the payments to
be distributed to Certificateholders under this Agreement or to Noteholders
under the Indenture, including, without limitation: the existence, condition
and ownership of any Financed Vehicle; the existence and enforceability of any
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insurance thereon; the existence and contents of any Receivable on 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 the Company or
the Servicer with any warranty or representation made under any Basic Document
or in any related document or the accuracy of any such warranty or
representation, or any action of the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer or any
subservicer taken in the name of the Owner Trustee.
SECTION 7.07. Owner Trustee May Own Trust Certificates and Notes. The
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Owner Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or
pledgee of Trust Certificates or Notes and may deal with the Company, the
Indenture Trustee and the Servicer in banking transactions with the same rights
it would have if it were not Owner Trustee.
ARTICLE VIII
Compensation of Owner Trustee
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SECTION 8.01. Owner Trustee's Fees and Expenses. The Owner Trustee shall
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receive as compensation for its services hereunder such fees as have been
separately agreed upon before the date hereof between the Company and the Owner
Trustee, and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Company
for its other reasonable expenses hereunder, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses and disbursements of such agents, representatives,
experts and counsel as the Owner Trustee may employ in connection with the
exercise and performance of its rights and its duties hereunder.
SECTION 8.02. Indemnification. The Company shall be liable as primary
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obligor for, and shall indemnify the Owner Trustee and its successors, assigns,
agents and servants (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") from and against,
any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, taxes, claims, actions
and suits, and any and all reasonable costs, expenses and disbursements
(including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of any kind and nature whatsoever
(collectively, "Expenses") which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against the Owner Trustee or any Indemnified Party in any way relating
to or arising out of this Agreement, the Basic Documents, the Owner Trust
Estate, the administration of the Owner Trust Estate or the action or inaction
of the Owner Trustee hereunder, except only that the Company shall not be liable
for or required to indemnify an Indemnified Party from and against Expenses
arising or resulting from any of the matters described in the third sentence of
Section 7.01. The indemnities contained in this Section shall survive the
resignation or termination of the Owner Trustee or the termination of this
Agreement. In the event of any claim, action or proceeding for which indemnity
will be sought pursuant to this Section, the Owner Trustee's choice of legal
counsel shall be subject to the approval of the Company, which approval shall
not be unreasonably withheld.
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SECTION 8.03. Payments to the Owner Trustee. Any amounts paid to the
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Owner Trustee pursuant to this Article VIII shall be deemed not to be a part of
the Owner Trust Estate immediately after such payment.
ARTICLE IX
Termination of Trust Agreement
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SECTION 9.01. Termination of Trust Agreement. (a) This Agreement (other
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than Article VIII) and the Trust shall terminate and be of no further force or
effect (i) upon the final distribution by the Owner Trustee of all moneys or
other property or proceeds of the Owner Trust Estate in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Article V or (ii)
at the time provided in Section 9.02. The bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution,
death or incapacity of any Owner, other than the Company as described in Section
9.02, shall not (x) operate to terminate this Agreement or the Trust or (y)
entitle such Owner's legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to
take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of all
or any part of the Trust or Owner Trust Estate or (z) otherwise affect the
rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto.
(b) Except as provided in Section 9.01(a), none of the Company or any Owner
shall be entitled to revoke or terminate the Trust.
(c) Notice of any termination of the Trust, specifying the Distribution
Date upon which Certificateholders shall surrender their Trust Certificates to
the Paying Agent for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall
be given by the Owner Trustee by letter to Certificate holders mailed within
five Business Days of receipt of notice of such termination from the Servicer
given pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, stating
(i) the Distribution Date upon or with respect to which final payment of the
Trust Certificates shall be made upon presentation and surrender of the Trust
Certificates at the office of the Paying Agent therein designated, (ii) the
amount of any such final payment and (iii) that the Record Date otherwise
applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable, payments being made only
upon presentation and surrender of the Trust Certificates at the office of the
Paying Agent therein specified. The Owner Trustee shall give such notice to the
Certificate Registrar (if other than the Owner Trustee) and the Paying Agent at
the time such notice is given to Certificateholders. Upon presentation and
surrender of the Trust Certificates, the Paying Agent shall cause to be
distributed to Certificateholders amounts distributable on such Distribution
Date pursuant to Section 5.02.
In the event that all of the Certificateholders shall not surrender their
Trust Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified
in the above mentioned written notice, the Owner Trustee shall give a second
written notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Trust
Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect
thereto. If within one year after the second notice all the Trust Certificates
shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Owner Trustee may take
appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take
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appropriate steps, to contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning
surrender of their Trust 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 the Owner Trustee to the Company, subject to applicable laws with
respect to escheat of funds.
(d) Upon the winding up of the Trust and its termination, the Owner Trustee
shall cause the Certificate of Trust to be cancelled by filing a certificate of
cancellation with the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3810 of the Business Trust Statute.
SECTION 9.02. Dissolution upon Bankruptcy of the Company. In the event
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that an Insolvency Event shall occur with respect to the Company, this Agreement
shall be terminated in accordance with Section 9.01 90 days after the date of
such Insolvency Event, unless, before the end of such 90-day period, the Owner
Trustee shall have received written instructions from (a) Holders of
Certificates (other than the Company) representing more than 50% of the
Certificate Balance (not including the Certificate Balance of the Trust
Certificates held by the Company) and (b) Holders (as defined in the Indenture)
of the Notes representing more than 50% of the Outstanding Amount thereof, to
the effect that each such party disapproves of the liquidation of the
Receivables and termination of the Trust. Promptly after the occurrence of any
Insolvency Event with respect to the Company, (A) the Company shall give the
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee written notice of such Insolvency Event,
(B) the Owner Trustee shall, upon receipt of such written notice from the
Company, give prompt written notice to the Certificateholders and the Indenture
Trustee of the occurrence of such event and (C) the Indenture Trustee shall,
upon receipt of written notice of such Insolvency Event from the Owner Trustee
or the Company, give prompt written notice to the Noteholders of the occurrence
of such event; provided, however, that any failure to give a notice required by
this sentence shall not prevent or delay, in any manner, the termination of the
Trust pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 9.02. Upon termination
pursuant to this Section, the Owner Trustee shall direct the Indenture Trustee
promptly to sell the assets of the Trust (other than the Trust Accounts and the
Certificate Distribution Account) in a commercially reasonable manner and on
commercially reasonable terms. The proceeds of such a sale of the assets of the
Trust shall be treated as collections made under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
ARTICLE X
Successor Owner Trustees and Additional Owner Trustees
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SECTION 10.01. Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee. The Owner
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Trustee shall at all times be a corporation satisfying the provisions of Section
3807(a) of the Business Trust Statute; authorized to exercise corporate trust
powers; having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities; and
having (or having a parent that has) a rating of at least Baa3 by Xxxxx'x. If
such corporation shall publish reports of condition at least annually pursuant
to law or to the requirements of the
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aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purpose of this
Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to
be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Owner Trustee
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section
10.02.
SECTION 10.02. Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee. The Owner
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Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created
by giving written notice thereof to the Company. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee by
written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the resigning Owner Trustee and one copy to the successor Owner
Trustee. If no successor Owner Trustee shall have been so appointed and have
accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning Owner Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Owner Trustee.
If at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 10.01 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Company, or if at any time the Owner Trustee shall be
legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver
of the Owner Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Owner Trustee or its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the
Company may remove the Owner Trustee. If the Company shall remove the Owner
Trustee under the authority of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company
shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee by written instrument, in
duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the outgoing Owner
Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee, and shall pay
all fees owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee.
Any resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee and appointment of a
successor Owner Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall
not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner
Trustee pursuant to Section 10.03 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to
the outgoing Owner Trustee. The Company shall provide notice of such
resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee to each of the Rating Agencies.
SECTION 10.03. Successor Owner Trustee. Any successor Owner Trustee
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appointed pursuant to Section 10.02 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to
the Company and to its predecessor Owner Trustee an instrument accepting such
appointment under this Agreement, and thereupon the resignation or removal of
the predecessor Owner Trustee shall become effective and such successor Owner
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested
with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor under
this Agreement, with like effect as if originally named as Owner Trustee. The
predecessor Owner Trustee shall upon payment of its fees and expenses deliver to
the successor Owner Trustee all documents, statements and monies held by it
under this Agreement; and the Company and the predecessor Owner Trustee shall
execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may
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reasonably be required for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the
successor Owner Trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations.
No successor Owner Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Owner Trustee shall
be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to
this Section, the Company shall mail notice thereof to all Certificateholders,
the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Rating Agencies. If the Company
shall fail to mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of such
appointment by the successor Owner Trustee, the successor Owner Trustee shall
cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 10.04. Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee. Any corporation
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into which the Owner Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Owner Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Owner Trustee, shall be the successor of the Owner 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;
provided, that such corporation shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01 and,
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provided, further, that the Owner Trustee shall mail notice of such merger or
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consolidation to the Rating Agencies.
SECTION 10.05. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
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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 Owner Trust Estate or any Financed Vehicle may at the time be located,
the Company and the Owner Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall
execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by
the Company and Owner Trustee to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Owner
Trustee, or as separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the
Owner Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person, in such capacity, such title to
the Trust or any part thereof and, subject to the other provisions of this
Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Company and
the Owner Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Company shall not
have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a
request to do so, the Owner 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 successor Owner Trustee under
Section 10.01 and no notice of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate
trustee shall be required under Section 10.03.
Each separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law,
be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(a) All rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon
the Owner Trustee shall be conferred upon and exercised or performed by the
Owner Trustee and such
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separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate
trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Owner
Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any
jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed, the Owner
Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in
which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding
of title to the Owner Trust Estate or any portion thereof in any such
jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee
or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Owner Trustee;
(b) No trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable by reason of
any act or omission of any other trustee under this Agreement; and
(c) The Company and the Owner Trustee acting jointly may at any time accept
the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Owner Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees,
as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of
the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in
its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Owner 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, the
Owner Trustee. Each such instrument shall be filed with the Owner Trustee and a
copy thereof given to the Company.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Owner
Trustee as 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 the
Owner Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new
or successor co-trustee or separate trustee.
ARTICLE XI
Miscellaneous
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SECTION 11.01. Supplements and Amendments. This Agreement may be amended
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by the Company and the Owner Trustee, with prior written notice to the Rating
Agencies, without the consent of any of the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provisions in this Agreement or for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions in this Agreement
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or modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the
Certificateholders; provided, however, that such action shall not, as evidenced
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by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interest
of any Noteholder or Certificateholder.
This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Company and the
Owner Trustee, with prior written notice to the Rating Agencies, with the
consent of the Holders (as defined in the Indenture) of Notes evidencing not
less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the consent of
the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the
Certificate Balance, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders;
provided, however, that no such amendment shall (a) increase or reduce in any
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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 for
the benefit of the Noteholders or the Certificateholders or (b) reduce the
aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the Certificate
Balance required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the
holders of all the outstanding Notes and Certificates.
Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Owner
Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or
consent to each Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee and each of the Rating
Agencies.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders,
Noteholders or the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 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 any other consents of Certificateholders provided for in this
Agreement or in any other Basic Document) and of evidencing the authorization of
the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable
requirements as the Owner Trustee may prescribe.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to the Certificate of Trust,
the Owner Trustee shall cause the filing of such amendment with the Secretary of
State.
Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or the
Certificate of Trust, the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely
upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is
authorized or permitted by this Agreement. The Owner Trustee may, but shall not
be obligated to, enter into any such amendment that affects the Owner Trustee's
own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
In connection with the execution of any amendment to this Trust Agreement
or any amendment of any other agreement to which the Issuer is a party, the
Owner Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that such amendment is authorized or permitted by the
Basic Documents and that all conditions
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precedent in the Basic Documents for the execution and delivery thereof by the
Issuer or the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, have been satisfied.
SECTION 11.02. No Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate in Owners. The
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Owners shall not have legal title to any part of the Owner Trust Estate. The
Owners shall be entitled to receive distributions with respect to their
undivided ownership interest therein only in accordance with Articles V and IX.
No transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any right, title or interest
of the Owners to and in their ownership interest in the Owner Trust Estate shall
operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts hereunder or entitle any
transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to it of legal title to any part
of the Owner Trust Estate.
SECTION 11.03. Limitations on Rights of Others. Except for Section 2.07,
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the provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Owner
Trustee, the Company, the Owners, and, to the extent expressly provided herein,
the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, and nothing in this Agreement (other
than Section 2.07 hereof), whether express or implied, shall be construed to
give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the
Owner Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants,
conditions or provisions contained herein.
SECTION 11.04. Notices. (a) Unless otherwise expressly specified or
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permitted by the terms hereof, all notices shall be in writing and shall be
deemed given upon receipt by the intended recipient or three Business Days after
mailing if mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid (except that notice to the
Owner Trustee shall be deemed given only upon actual receipt by the Owner
Trustee), if to the Owner Trustee, addressed to the Corporate Trust Office; and
if to the Company, addressed to _______________, Attention _______________; or,
as to each party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in
a written notice to each other party.
(b) Any notice required or permitted to be given to a Certificateholder
shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such
Holder listed in the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the time
prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice.
SECTION 11.05. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is
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prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provisions in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 11.06. Separate Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by
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the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and
delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
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SECTION 11.07. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements
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contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, each of the
Company and its permitted assignees, the Owner Trustee and its successors and
each Owner and its successors and permitted assigns, all as herein provided.
Any request, notice, direction, consent, waiver or other instrument or action by
an Owner shall bind the successors and assigns of such Owner.
SECTION 11.08. Covenants of the Company. In the event that (a) the
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Certificate Balance shall be reduced by Realized Losses and (b) any litigation
with claims in excess of $1,000,000 to which the Company is a party which shall
be reasonably likely to result in a material judgment against the Company that
the Company will not be able to satisfy shall be commenced by an Owner, during
the period beginning nine months following the commencement of such litigation
and continuing until such litigation is dismissed or otherwise terminated (and,
if such litigation has resulted in a final judgment against the Company, such
judgment has been satisfied), the Company shall not pay any dividend to
Collateralized Mortgage Securities Corporation, or make any distribution on or
in respect of its capital stock to Collateralized Mortgage Securities
Corporation, or repay the principal amount of any indebtedness of the Company
held by Collateralized Mortgage Securities Corporation, unless (i) after giving
effect to such payment, distribution or repayment, the Company's liquid assets
shall not be less than the amount of actual damages claimed in such litigation
or (ii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to
any such payment, distribution or repayment. The Company will not at any time
institute against the Trust any bankruptcy proceedings under any United States
federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations
relating to the Trust Certificates, the Notes, the Trust Agreement or any of the
Basic Documents.
SECTION 11.09. No Petition. The Owner Trustee, by entering into this
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Agreement, each Owner, by accepting a Trust Certificate or a beneficial interest
therein, and the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder, by accepting the
benefits of this Agreement, hereby covenant and agree that they will not at any
time institute against the Company or the Trust, or join in any institution
against the Company or the Trust of, any bankruptcy proceedings under any United
States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any
obligations relating to the Trust Certificates, the Notes, this Agreement or any
of the Basic Documents.
SECTION 11.10. No Recourse. Each Owner, by accepting a Trust Certificate
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or a beneficial interest therein, acknowledges that such Owner's Trust
Certificates represent beneficial interests in the Trust only and do not
represent interests in or obligations of the Servicer, the Company, the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates and no
recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as may be
expressly set forth or contemplated in this Agreement, the Trust Certificates or
the Basic Documents.
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SECTION 11.11. Headings. The headings of the various Articles and
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Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or
limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 11.12. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
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ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
SECTION 11.13. Trust Certificate Transfer Restrictions. The Trust
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Certificates may not be acquired by or for the account of (i) an employee
benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA")) that is subject to the provisions of
Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or
(iii) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a
plan's investment in the entity (each, a "Benefit Plan"). By accepting and
holding a Trust Certificate, the Holder thereof shall be deemed to have
represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers
hereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written.
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES CORPORATION,
as Company,
By __________________________
Name:
Title:
_____________________________,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Owner Trustee,
By ___________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF TRUST CERTIFICATE
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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 $____________
R- CUSIP NO. ________
CS FIRST BOSTON AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 199__-__
_______% ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATE
evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the Trust, as defined below, the
property of which consists of a pool of motor vehicle installment loan contracts
and motor vehicle retail installment sale contracts (collectively, "Motor
Vehicle Installment Contracts") secured by new and used automobiles, vans and
light-duty trucks.
(This Trust Certificate does not represent an interest in or an obligation of CS
First Boston Corporation or any of its affiliates, except to the extent
described below.)
THIS CERTIFIES THAT ___________________ is the registered owner of
______________ DOLLARS nonassessable, fully-paid, fractional undivided interest
in CS First Boston Auto Receivables Trust 199__-__ (the "Trust"), formed
pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated as of _________________ (the "Trust
Agreement"), between Asset Backed Securities Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the "Company") and ___________________, as owner trustee (the "Owner Trustee").
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OWNER TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Trust Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Trust
Agreement.
__________________________________
as Owner Trustee
By: ______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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The Trust was created pursuant to the Trust Agreement, a summary of certain
of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth below. To the extent not
otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings
assigned to them in the Trust Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement
dated as of ___________________ (as amended and supplemented from time to time,
the "Sale and Servicing Agreement"), among the Trust, the Company, and
________________, as servicer (the "Servicer"), as applicable.
This Certificate is one of the duly authorized Certificates designated as
the _______% Asset Backed Certificates (herein called the "Trust Certificates")
issued by the Trust. Also issued under an Indenture dated as of
___________________ (the "Indenture"), between the Trust and
____________________, as indenture trustee, are the two classes of Notes
designated as "Class A-1 _______% Asset Backed Notes" and the "Class A-2 ______%
Asset Backed Notes," (collectively, the "Notes"). This Trust Certificate is
issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Trust
Agreement, to which Trust Agreement the Holder of this Trust Certificate by
virtue of its acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound. The
property of the Trust consists of a pool of Motor Vehicle Installment Contracts
secured by new and used automobiles, vans and light-duty trucks, all monies due
under such Receivables on or after the Cutoff Date, in the case of Precomputed
Receivables, or received on or after the Cutoff Date, in the case of Simple
Interest Receivables, security interests in the vehicles financed thereby,
certain bank accounts and the proceeds thereof, proceeds from claims on certain
insurance policies and certain other rights under the Trust Agreement and the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, and all proceeds of the foregoing. The rights of
the Holders of the Trust Certificates are subordinated to the rights of the
Holders of the Notes, as set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Under the Trust Agreement, there will be distributed on the ___________ day
of each month or, if such _________ day is not a Business Day, the next Business
Day (each, a "Distribution Date"), commencing on __________________, to the
Person in whose name this Trust Certificate is registered at the close of
business on the day immediately preceding such Distribution Date (the "Record
Date"), such Certificateholder's fractional undivided interest in the amount to
be distributed to Certificateholders on such Distribution Date. No
distributions of principal will be made on any Certificate until all of the
Notes have paid in full.
The Holder of this Trust Certificate acknowledges and agrees that its
rights to receive distributions in respect of this Trust Certificate are
subordinated to the rights of the Noteholders as described in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and the Indenture.
It is the intent of the Company, the Servicer and the Certificateholders
that, for purposes of federal income, state and local income and single business
tax and any other income taxes, the Trust will be treated as a partnership and
the Certificateholders (including the Company) will be treated as partners in
that partnership. The Company and the other Certificateholders, by acceptance
of a Trust Certificate, agree to treat, and to take no action inconsistent with
the treatment of, the Trust Certificates for such tax purposes as partnership
interests in the Trust.
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Each Certificateholder or Certificate Owner, by its acceptance of a Trust
Certificate or, in the case of a Certificate Owner, a beneficial interest in a
Trust Certificate, covenants and agrees that such Certificateholder or
Certificate Owner, as the case may be, will not at any time institute against
the Company, or join in any institution against the Company of, any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding, or other
proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law
in connection with any obligations relating to the Trust Certificates, the
Notes, the Trust Agreement or any of the Basic Documents.
Distributions on this Trust Certificate will be made as provided in the
Trust Agreement by the Owner Trustee by wire transfer or check mailed to the
Certificateholder of record in the Certificate Register without the presentation
or surrender of this Trust Certificate or the making of any notation hereon,
except that with respect to Trust Certificates registered on the Record Date in
the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be
Cede & Co.), payments will be made by wire transfer in immediately available
funds to the account designated by such nominee. Except as otherwise provided
in the Trust Agreement and notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on
this Trust Certificate will made after due notice by the Owner Trustee of the
pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this
Trust Certificate at the office or agency maintained for that purpose by the
Owner Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Trust
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by
an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee, by manual signature, this Trust
Certificate shall not entitle the Holder hereof to any benefit under the Trust
Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.
THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF DELAWARE, 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and not in
its individual capacity, has caused this Trust Certificate to be duly executed.
CS FIRST BOSTON AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 199__-__
By: __________________________, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
Dated: _____________ By: ______________________________________
Authorized Signatory
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[REVERSE OF TRUST CERTIFICATE]
The Trust Certificates do not represent an obligation of, or an interest
in, the Servicer, the Company, the Owner Trustee or any of their respective
Affiliates, and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets
except as expressly set forth or contemplated herein or in the Trust Agreement
or the Basic Documents. In addition, this Trust Certificate is not guaranteed
by any governmental agency or instrumentality and is limited in right of payment
to certain collections and recoveries with respect to the Receivables (and
certain other amounts), all as more specifically set forth herein and in the
Sale and Servicing Agreement. A copy of each of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and the Trust Agreement may be examined by any Certificateholder upon
written request during normal business hours at the principal office of the
Company and at such other places, if any, designated by the Company.
The Trust Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Trust Agreement at
any time by the Company and the Owner Trustee with the consent of Holders of the
Trust Certificates and of each class of the Notes, voting as a class, evidencing
not less than a majority of the Certificate Balance and the outstanding
principal balance of the Notes of each such class. Any such consent by the
Holder of this Trust Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder
and on all future Holders of this Trust Certificate and of any Trust Certificate
issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof,
whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this Trust Certificate.
The Trust Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited
circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Trust
Certificates.
As provided in the Trust Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Trust Certificate is registerable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Trust Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies of the Certificate Registrar maintained
by the Owner Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar, duly executed by the Holder hereof
or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more
new Trust Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
interest in the Trust will be issued to the designated transferee. The initial
Certificate Registrar appointed under the Trust Agreement is
____________________________.
Except as provided in the Trust Agreement, the Trust Certificates are
issuable only as registered Trust Certificates without coupons in denominations
of $20,000 and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof. As provided in
the Trust Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Trust
Certificates are exchangeable for new Trust Certificates of authorized
denominations evidencing the same aggregate denomination, as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for any such
registration of transfer or
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exchange, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge payable in
connection therewith.
The Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Owner
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any such agent shall be affected by
any notice to the contrary.
The obligations and responsibilities created by the Trust Agreement and the
Trust created thereby shall terminate upon the payment to Certificateholders of
all amounts required to be paid to them pursuant to the Trust Agreement and the
Sale and Servicing Agreement and the disposition of all property held as part of
the Owner Trust Estate. The Servicer of the Receivables may at its option
purchase the Owner Trust Estate at the price specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, and such purchase of the Receivables and other property of the Trust
will effect an early retirement of the Trust Certificates; however, such right
of purchase is exercisable only as of the last day of any Collection Period as
of which the Pool Balance is less than or equal to 10% of the Cutoff Date Pool
Balance.
The Trust Certificates may not be acquired by (a) an employee benefit plan
(as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provisions of Title
I of ERISA, (b) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or (c) any
entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan's
investment in the entity or which uses plan assets to acquire Trust Certificates
(each, a "Benefit Plan"). By accepting and holding this Trust Certificate, the
Holder hereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a
Benefit Plan.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of assignee)
the within Trust Certificate, and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably
constitutes and appoints _____________________ attorney to transfer said Trust
Certificate on the books of the Certificate Registrar, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:
_____________________________/*/
Signature Guaranteed:
_____________________________/*/
_________________
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name
as it appears upon the face of the within Trust Certificate in every
particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatever. Such
signature must be guaranteed by a member firm of the New York Stock
Exchange or a commercial bank or trust company.
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EXHIBIT B
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF
CS FIRST BOSTON AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 199__-__
THIS Certificate of Trust of CS FIRST BOSTON AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 199__-
__ (the "Trust"), dated ____________________, is being duly executed and filed
by ___________________, a Delaware banking corporation, as trustee, to form a
business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del. Code. (S) 3801 et
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seq.).
1. Name: The name of the business trust formed hereby is CS FIRST BOSTON
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AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 199__-__.
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the
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Trust in the State of Delaware is _______________________. Attention:
______________________.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the sole trustee of the Trust,
has executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first above written.
__________________________________, not
in its individual capacity but solely as
owner trustee under a Trust Agreement
dated as of ______________________.
By: __________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT C
[Form of Certificate Depository Agreement]
Letter of Representations
[To be Completed by Issuer and Trustee]
___________________________________
[Name of Issuer]
___________________________________
[Name of Trustee]
______________________
(Date)
Attention: General Counsel's Office
The Depository Trust Company
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx; 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Re: ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
(Issue Description)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter sets forth our understanding with respect to certain matters
relating to the above-referenced issue (the "Securities"). Trustee will act as
trustee with respect to the Securities pursuant to a trust indenture dated
____________________ (the "Document"). ______________________ (the
"Underwriter") is distributing the Securities through the Depository Trust
Company ("DTC").
To induce DTC to accept the Securities as eligible for deposit at DTC, and
to act in accordance with its Rules with respect to the Securities, Issuer and
Trustee make the following representations to DTC:
1. Prior to closing on the Securities on _______________________ there
shall be deposited with DTC one Security certificate registered in the name of
DTC's nominee. Cede & Co. ___________ stated maturity of the Securities in the
face amounts set forth on Schedule A hereto, the total of which represents 100%
of the principal amount of such Securities. If,
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however, the aggregate principal amount of any maturity exceeds $200 million,
one Certificate will be issued with respect to each $200 million of principal
amount and an additional Certificate will be issued with respect to any
remaining principal amount. Each $200 million Certificate shall bear the
following legend:
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to 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.
2. In the event of any solicitation of consents from or voting by holders
of the Securities, Issuer or Trustee shall establish a record date for such
purposes (with no provision for revocation of consents or votes by subsequent
holders) and shall, to the extent possible, send notice of such record date to
DTC not less than 15 calendar days in advance of such record date. Notices to
DTC pursuant to this Paragraph by telecopy shall be sent to DTC's Reorganization
Department at (000) 000-0000 or (000) 000-0000, and receipt of such notices
shall be confirmed by telephoning (000) 000-0000. Notices to DTC pursuant to
this Paragraph by mail or by any other means shall be sent to DTC's
Reorganization Department as indicated in Paragraph 4.
3. In the event of a full or a partial redemption, Issuer or Trustee
shall send a notice to DTC specifying: (a) the amount of the redemption or
refunding; (b) in the case of refunding the maturity date(s) established under
the refunding; and (c) the date such notice is to be mailed to Security holders
or published (the "Publication Date"). Such notice shall be sent to DTC by a
secure means (e.g., legible telecopy, registered or certified mail, overnight
delivery) in a timely manner designed to assure that such notice is in DTC's
possession no later than the close of business on the business day before or, if
possible, two business days before the Publication Date. Issuer or Trustee shall
forward such notice either in a separate secure transmission for each CUSIP
number or in a secure transmission for multiple CUSIP numbers (if applicable)
which includes a manifest or list of each CUSIP number submitted in that
transmission. (The party sending such notice shall have a method to verify
subsequently the use of such means and the timeliness of such notice.) The
Publication Date shall be not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior the
redemption date or, in the case of an advance refunding, the date that the
proceeds are deposited in escrow. Notices to DTC pursuant to this Paragraph by
telecopy shall be sent to DTC's Call Notification Department at (000) 000-0000
or (000) 000-0000. If the party sending the notice does not receive a telecopy
receipt from DTC confirming that the notice has been received, such party shall
telephone (000) 000-0000. Notices to DTC pursuant to this Paragraph by mail or
by any other means shall be sent to:
Manager, Call Notification Department
The Depository Trust Company
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000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
4. In the event of an invitation to tender the Securities, notice by
Issuer or Trustee to Security holders specifying the terms of the tender and the
Publication Date of such notice shall be sent to DTC by a secure means in the
manner set forth in the preceding Paragraph. Notices to DTC pursuant to this
Paragraph and notices of other corporate actions (including mandatory tenders,
exchanges, and capital changes) by telecopy shall be sent to DTC's
Reorganization Department at (000) 000-0000 or (000) 000-0000, and receipt of
such notices shall be confirmed by telephone (000) 000-0000. Notices to DTC
pursuant to the above by mail or by any other means shall be sent to:
Manager, Reorganization Department
Reorganization Window
The Depository Trust Company
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
5. All notices and payment advices sent to DTC shall contain the CUSIP
number of the Securities.
6. Trustee shall send DTC written notice with respect to the dollar
amount per $1,000 original face value (or other minimum authorized denomination
if less than $1,000 face value) payable on each payment date allocated as to the
interest and principal portions thereof preferably 5, but not less than 2,
business days prior to such payment date. Such notices, which shall also
contain the current pool factor and Trustee contact's name and telephone number,
shall be sent by telecopy to DTC's Dividend Department at (000) 000-0000, or if
by mail or by any other means to:
Manager, Announcements
Dividend Department
The Depository Trust Company
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
7. [NOTE: ISSUER MUST REPRESENT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING, AND CROSS OUT THE
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OTHER.] [The interest accrual period is record date to record date.] [The
interest accrual period is payment date to payment date.]
8. Interest payments and principal payments that are part of periodic
principal-and-interest payments shall be received by Cede & Co., as nominee of
DTC, or its registered assigns in same-day funds on each payment date (or the
equivalent in accordance with existing arrangements between Issuer or Trustee
and DTC). Such payments shall be made payable to the
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order of Cede & Co. Absent any other existing arrangements, such
payments shall be addressed as follows:
Manager, Cash Receipts
Dividend Department
The Depository Trust Company
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx; 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
9. [NOTE: ISSUER MUST REPRESENT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING, AND CROSS OUT THE
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OTHER.]
Securities Eligible for DTC's Same-Day Funds Settlement ("SDFS")
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System.
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Other principal payments (redemption payments) shall be made in same-day
funds by Trustee in the manner set forth in the SDFS Paying Agent Operating
Procedures, a copy of which previously has been furnished to Trustee.
Securities Eligible for DTC's Next-Day Funds Settlement ("NDFS")
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System.
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Other principal payments (redemption payments) shall made in next-day funds
by Trustee to Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, or its registered assigns, on each
payment date. Such payments shall be made payable to the order of Cede & Co.,
and shall be addressed as follows:
NDFS Redemptions Manager
Reorganization/Redemptions Department
The Depository Trust Company
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx; 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
10. DTC may direct Issuer or Trustee to use any other number or address as
the number or address to which notices or payments of interest or principal may
be sent.
11. In the event of a redemption, acceleration, or any other similar
transaction (e.g., tender made and accepted in response to Issuer's or Trustee's
invitation) necessitating a reduction in the aggregate principal amount of
Securities outstanding or an advance refunding of part of the Securities
outstanding, DTC, in its discretion: (a) may request Issuer or Trustee to issue
and authenticate a new Security Certificate; or (b) may make an appropriate
notation on the Security Certificate indicating the date and amount of such
reduction in principal except in the case of final maturity, in which case the
Certificate will be presented to Issuer or Trustee prior to payment, if
required.
12. In the event that Issuer determines that beneficial owners of
Securities shall be able to obtain certificated Securities, Issuer or Trustee
shall notify DTC of the availability of certificates. In such event, Issuer or
Trustee shall issue, transfer, and exchange certificates in appropriate amounts,
as required by DTC and others.
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13. DTC may discontinue providing its services as securities depository
with respect to the Securities at any time by giving reasonable notice to Issuer
or Trustee (at which time DTC will confirm with Issuer or Trustee the aggregate
principal amount of Securities outstanding). Under such circumstances, at DTC's
request Issuer and Trustee shall cooperate fully with DTC by taking appropriate
action to make available one or more separate certificates evidencing Securities
to any DTC Participant having Securities credited to its DTC accounts.
14. Issuer: (a) understands that DTC has no obligation to, and will not,
communicate to its Participants or to any person having an interest in the
Securities any information contained in the Security Certificate(s); and (b)
acknowledges that neither DTC's Participants nor any person having an interest
in the Securities shall be deemed to have notice of the provisions of the
Security certificates by virtue of submission of such Certificate(s) to DTC.
15. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require Trustee to advance funds on
behalf of Issuer.
Notes: Very truly yours,
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A. If there is a Trustee (as defined in ____________________________________
this Letter of Representations), Trustee (Issuer)
as well as Issuer must sign this Letter.
If there is no Trustee, in signing this
Letter Issuer itself undertakes to perform
all of the obligations set forth herein. By: ________________________________
(Authorized Officer's Signature)
B. Schedule B contains statements that
DTC believes accurately describe DTC, the ____________________________________
method of effecting book-entry transfers of (Trustee)
securities distributed through DTC, and
certain related matters.
By: ________________________________
(Authorized Officer's Signature)
Received and Accepted:
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY
By: _______________________________
cc: Underwriter
Underwriter's Counsel
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SCHEDULE A
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(Describe Issue)
CUSIP Principal Amount Maturity Date Interest Rate
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SCHEDULE B
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SAMPLE OFFERING DOCUMENT LANGUAGE
Describing book-entry-only issuance
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(Prepared by DTC-bracketed material may be applicable only to certain issues)
1. The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), New York, NY, will act as securities
depository for the securities (the "Securities"). The Securities will be issued
as fully-registered securities registered in the name of Cede & Co. (DTC's
partnership nominee). One fully-registered Security Certificate will be issued
for [each issue of the Securities, [each] in the aggregate principal amount of
[any] issue exceeds $150 million, one Certificate will be issued with respect to
each $150 million of principal amount and an additional Certificate will be
issued with respect to any remaining principal amount of such issue.]
2. DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York
Banking Law, a "banking organization" within the meaning of the New York Banking
Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the
meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a "clearing agency"
registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. DTC holds securities that its participants ("Participants")
deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the settlement among Participants of
securities transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in deposited securities
through electronic computerized book-entry changes in Participants' accounts,
thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates.
Direct Participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust
companies, clearing corporations, and certain other organizations. DTC is owned
by a number of its Direct Participants and by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.,
the American Stock Exchange, Inc., and the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as
securities brokers and dealers, banks, and trust companies that clear through or
maintain a custodial relationship with a Direct Participant, either directly or
indirectly ("Indirect Participants"). The Rules applicable to DTC and its
Participants are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
3. Purchases of Securities under the DTC system must be made by or through
Direct Participants, which will receive a credit for the Securities on DTC's
records. The ownership interest of each actual purchaser of each Security
("Beneficial Owner") is in turn to be recorded on the Direct and Indirect
Participants records. Beneficial Owners will not receive written confirmation
from DTC of their purchase, but Beneficial Owners are expected to receive
written confirmations providing details of the transaction, as well as periodic
statements of their holdings, from the Direct or Indirect Participant through
which the Beneficial Owner entered into the transaction. Transfers of ownership
interests in the Securities are to be accomplished by entries made on the books
of Participants acting on behalf of Beneficial Owners. Beneficial Owners will
not receive certificates representing their ownership interests in Securities,
except in the event that use of the book-entry system for the Securities is
discontinued.
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4. To facilitate subsequent transfers, all Securities deposited by
Participants with DTC are registered in the name of DTC's partnership nominee,
Cede & Co. The deposit of Securities with DTC and their registration in the
name of Cede & Co. effect no change in beneficial ownership. DTC has no
knowledge of the actual Beneficial Owners of the Securities; DTC's records
reflect only the identity of the Direct Participants to whose accounts such
Securities are credited, which may or may not be the Beneficial Owners. The
Participants will remain responsible for keeping account of their holdings on
behalf of their customers.
5. Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to Direct
Participants, by Direct Participants to Indirect Participants, and by Direct
Participants and Indirect Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by
arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as
may be in effect from time to time.
6. Redemption notices shall be sent to Cede & Co. If less than all of the
Securities within an issue are being redeemed, DTC's practice is to determine by
lot the amount of the interest of each Direct Participant in such issue to be
redeemed.
7. Neither DTC nor Cede & Co. will consent or vote with respect to
Securities. Under its usual procedures, DTC mails an Omnibus Proxy to the
Issuer as soon as possible after the record date. The Omnibus Proxy assigns Cede
& Co.'s consenting or voting rights to those Direct Participants to whose
accounts the Securities are credited on the record date (identified in a listing
attached to the Omnibus Proxy).
8. Principal and interest payments on the Securities will be made to DTC.
DTC's practice is to credit Direct Participants' accounts on payable date in
accordance with their respective holdings shown on DTC's records unless DTC has
reason to believe that it will not receive payment on payable date. Payments by
Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by standing instructions and
customary practices, as is the case with securities held for the accounts of
customers in bearer form or registered in "street name," and will be the
responsibility of such Participant and not of DTC, the Agent, or the Issuer,
subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from
time to time. Payment of principal and interest to DTC is the responsibility of
the Issuer or the Agent, disbursement of such payments to Direct Participants
shall be the responsibility of DTC, and disbursement of such payments to the
Beneficial Owners shall be the responsibility of Direct and Indirect
Participants.
9. A Beneficial Owner shall give notice to elect to have its Securities
purchased or tendered, through its Participant, to the [Tender/Remarketing]
Agent, and shall effect delivery of such Securities by causing the Direct
Participant to transfer the Participant's interest in the Securities, on DTC's
records, to the [Tender/Remarketing] Agent. The requirement for physical
delivery of Securities in connection with a demand for purchase or a mandatory
purchase will be deemed satisfied when the ownership rights in the Securities
are transferred by Direct Participants on DTC's records.
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10. DTC may discontinue providing its services as securities depository with
respect to the Securities at any time by giving reasonable notice to the Issuer
or the Agent. Under such circumstances, in the event that a successor
securities depository is not obtained, Security certificates are required to be
printed and delivered.
11. The Issuer may decide to discontinue use of the system of book-entry
transfers through DTC (or a successor securities depository). In that event,
Security certificates will be printed and delivered.
12. The information in this section concerning DTC and DTC's book-entry
system has been obtained from sources that the Issuer believes to be reliable,
but the Issuer takes no responsibility for the accuracy thereof.
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