JOHN DEERE OWNER TRUST 2010 TRUST AGREEMENT between JOHN DEERE RECEIVABLES, INC. Depositor and BNY MELLON TRUST OF DELAWARE Owner Trustee Dated as of April 21, 2010
Exhibit
99.1
EXECUTION
VERSION
XXXX
DEERE OWNER TRUST 2010
between
XXXX
DEERE RECEIVABLES, INC.
Depositor
and
BNY
MELLON TRUST OF DELAWARE
Owner
Trustee
Dated as
of April 21, 2010
Table of
Contents
Page
ARTICLE
I
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DEFINITIONS
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SECTION
1.01
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Capitalized
Terms
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1
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SECTION
1.02
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Other
Definitional Provisions
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3
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ARTICLE
II
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ORGANIZATION
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SECTION
2.01
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Name
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SECTION
2.02
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Office
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4
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SECTION
2.03
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Purposes
and Powers
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4
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SECTION
2.04
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Appointment
of Owner Trustee
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5
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SECTION
2.05
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Initial
Capital Contribution of Trust Estate
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5
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SECTION
2.06
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Declaration
of Trust
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5
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SECTION
2.07
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Liability
of the Owner
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5
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SECTION
2.08
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Title
to Trust Property
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6
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SECTION
2.09
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Situs
of Trust
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6
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SECTION
2.10
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Representations
and Warranties of the Depositor
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6
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ARTICLE
III
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CERTIFICATE
AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
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SECTION
3.01
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Initial
Ownership
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7
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SECTION
3.02
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The
Certificate
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7
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SECTION
3.03
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Authentication
of the Certificate
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7
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SECTION
3.04
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Exchange
of the Certificate
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7
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SECTION
3.05
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificate
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8
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SECTION
3.06
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Persons
Deemed Owners
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8
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SECTION
3.07
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Access
to Certificateholder’s Name and Address
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8
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SECTION
3.08
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Maintenance
of Office or Agency
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8
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SECTION
3.09
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Appointment
of Paying Agent
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9
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SECTION
3.10
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Depositor
as Certificateholder
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9
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ARTICLE
IV
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ACTIONS
BY OWNER TRUSTEE
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SECTION
4.01
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Prior
Notice to Owner with Respect to Certain Matters
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SECTION
4.02
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Action
by the Owner with Respect to Certain Matters
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10
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SECTION
4.03
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Action
by the Owner with Respect to Bankruptcy
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10
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SECTION
4.04
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Restrictions
on the Owner’s Power
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10
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ARTICLE
V
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APPLICATION
OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES
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SECTION
5.01
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Establishment
of Trust Account
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SECTION
5.02
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Application
of Trust Funds
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11
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SECTION
5.03
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Method
of Payment
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11
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SECTION
5.04
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No
Segregation of Monies; No Interest
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11
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SECTION
5.05
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Accounting
and Reports to the Owner, the Internal Revenue Service and
Others
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12
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ARTICLE
VI
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AUTHORITY
AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE
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SECTION
6.01
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General
Authority
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SECTION
6.02
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General
Duties
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12
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SECTION
6.03
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Action
upon Instruction
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12
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SECTION
6.04
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No
Duties Except as Specified in This Agreement or in
Instructions
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13
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SECTION
6.05
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No
Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions
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14
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SECTION
6.06
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Restrictions
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ARTICLE
VII
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CONCERNING
THE OWNER TRUSTEE
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SECTION
7.01
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Acceptance
of Trusts and Duties
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SECTION
7.02
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Furnishing
of Documents
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16
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SECTION
7.03
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Representations
and Warranties
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16
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SECTION
7.04
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Reliance;
Advice of Counsel
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16
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SECTION
7.05
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Not
Acting in Individual Capacity
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17
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SECTION
7.06
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Owner
Trustee Not Liable for Certificate or Receivables
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SECTION
7.07
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Owner
Trustee May Own Notes
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ARTICLE
VIII
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COMPENSATION
OF OWNER TRUSTEE
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SECTION
8.01
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Owner
Trustee’s Fees and Expenses
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SECTION
8.02
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Indemnification
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SECTION
8.03
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Payments
to the Owner Trustee
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ARTICLE
IX
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TERMINATION
OF TRUST AGREEMENT
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SECTION
9.01
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Termination
of Trust Agreement
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SECTION
9.02
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Dissolution
upon Bankruptcy of the Depositor
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ARTICLE
X
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SUCCESSOR
OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES
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SECTION
10.01
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Eligibility
Requirements for Owner Trustee
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SECTION
10.02
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Resignation
or Removal of Owner Trustee
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SECTION
10.03
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Successor
Owner Trustee
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SECTION
10.04
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Merger
or Consolidation of Owner Trustee
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SECTION
10.05
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Appointment
of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee
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ARTICLE
XI
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MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION
11.01
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Supplements
and Amendments
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SECTION
11.02
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No
Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate in the Owner
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SECTION
11.03
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Limitations
on Rights of Others
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24
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SECTION
11.04
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Notices
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24
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SECTION
11.05
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Severability
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25
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SECTION
11.06
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Separate
Counterparts
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25
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SECTION
11.07
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Successors
and Assigns
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25
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SECTION
11.08
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Covenant
of the Depositor
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25
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SECTION
11.09
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No
Petition
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25
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SECTION
11.10
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No
Recourse
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SECTION
11.11
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Headings
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26
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SECTION
11.12
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GOVERNING
LAW
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SECTION
11.13
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Depositor
Payment Obligation
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26
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SECTION
11.14
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Administrator
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SECTION
11.15
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Non-transferability
of the Certificates(s)
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EXHIBIT
A
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Form of Certificate
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A-1
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EXHIBIT
B
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Certificate of Trust of Xxxx Deere Owner Trust 2010
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B-1
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iii
TRUST
AGREEMENT, dated as of April 21, 2010, between Xxxx Deere Receivables, Inc., a
Nevada corporation, as Depositor, and BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, a Delaware
banking corporation as Owner Trustee.
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
SECTION
1.01 Capitalized
Terms. For
all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set
forth below:
“Administration
Agreement” means the Administration Agreement dated as of April 22, 2010, among
the Administrator, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
“Administrator”
means Xxxx Deere Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation, or any successor
Administrator under the Administration Agreement.
“Agreement”
shall mean this Trust Agreement, as the same may be amended and supplemented
from time to time.
“Basic
Documents” shall mean the Purchase Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
the Indenture, the Administration Agreement, the Depository Agreement and the
other documents and certificates delivered in connection therewith.
“Certificate”
shall mean a certificate evidencing the beneficial interest of the Owner in the
Trust, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“Certificate
Distribution Account” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
5.01.
“Certificate
of Trust” shall mean the Certificate of Trust in the form of Exhibit B to be
filed for the Trust pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the Trust
Statute.
“Certificate
Register” and “Certificate Registrar” shall mean the register mentioned and the
registrar appointed pursuant to Section 3.04.
“Certificateholder”
shall mean the Depositor.
“Code”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Corporate Trust Office” shall mean,
with respect to the Owner Trustee, the corporate trust office of the Owner
Trustee located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Vice President;
or at such other address as the Owner Trustee may designate by notice to the
Owners and the Depositor, or the principal corporate trust office of any
successor Owner Trustee (the address of which the successor owner trustee will
notify the Owners and the Depositor).
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“Depositor”
shall mean Xxxx Deere Receivables, Inc., in its capacity as Depositor
hereunder.
“Depository
Agreement” means the agreement among the Trust and The Depository Trust Company,
dated on or about the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit C to
the Indenture.
“Expenses”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.02.
“Indenture”
shall mean the Indenture, dated as of April 22, 2010, between the Trust and the
Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to
time.
“Indenture
Trustee” shall mean U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture.
“JDCC”
shall mean Xxxx Deere Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“Owner”
shall mean the Certificateholder.
“Owner
Trust Estate” shall mean all right, title and interest of the Trust 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 and the Administration
Agreement.
“Owner
Trustee” shall mean BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, a Delaware banking
corporation, 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 pursuant to
Section 3.09 and shall initially be The Bank of
New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation.
“Purchase
Agreement” shall mean the Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 22, 2010,
between JDCC and the Depositor, as the same may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time.
“Record
Date” shall mean, with respect to any Payment Date, the close of business on the
last day of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in which
the Payment Date occurs.
“Representatives”
means X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC in their
capacity as the representatives under the Underwriting Agreement.
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“Sale and
Servicing Agreement” shall mean the Sale and Servicing Agreement among the
Trust, the Depositor, as seller, and JDCC, as servicer, dated as of April 22,
2010, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time.
“Secretary
of State” shall mean the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.
“Treasury
Regulations” shall mean regulations, including proposed or 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.
“Trust
Statute” shall mean Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code
Section 3801 et
seq., as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Underwriting
Agreement” means the Underwriting Agreement dated April 14, 2010 among JDCC, the
Depositor and the Representatives set forth on the signature pages
thereto.
SECTION
1.02 Other
Definitional Provisions.
(a) Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined 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, shall have the respective meanings given to them under
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. 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 in the United States, 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.”
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(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.
ARTICLE
II
Organization
SECTION
2.01 Name. The
Trust created hereby shall be known as “Xxxx Deere Owner Trust 2010” 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.
SECTION
2.02 Office. The
office of the Trust shall be in care of the Owner Trustee at the Corporate Trust
Office or at such other address as the Owner Trustee may designate by written
notice to the Owners and the Depositor.
SECTION
2.03 Purposes and
Powers. The
purpose of the Trust is to engage in the following activities:
(i) to
issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and to sell the Notes upon the written
order of the Depositor, and pursuant to this Agreement to issue a Certificate
with a $39,240,380 aggregate principal amount to the Depositor upon the written
order of the Depositor;
(ii) with
the proceeds of the sale of the Notes and the issuance of the Certificate, to
pay the Depositor the amounts owed pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, by directing the Representatives to wire transfer such
proceeds in accordance with instructions received from the
Depositor;
(iii) with
the proceeds from capital contributions from the Depositor, to fund the Reserve
Account and to pay organizational and transactional expenses of the
Trust;
(iv) to
assign, grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey the Trust Estate pursuant
to the Indenture and to hold, manage and distribute to the Owner pursuant to the
terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement any portion of the Trust Estate
released from the Lien of, and remitted to the Trust pursuant to, the
Indenture;
(v) to
enter into and perform its obligations under the Basic Documents to which it is
to be a party;
(vi) 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
(vii) 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 Owner and the Noteholders.
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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
Depositor hereby appoints 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 Trust Estate. The
Depositor hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Owner
Trustee, as of the date hereof, the sum of $1.00. The Owner Trustee
hereby acknowledges receipt in trust from the Depositor, 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 Depositor shall pay 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 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 Owner, subject to the obligations of the Trust under the Basic
Documents. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust
constitute a statutory trust under the Trust Statute and that this Agreement
constitute the governing instrument of such statutory trust. It is
the intention of the parties that the Trust will be disregarded as an entity
separate from the Owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes as provided by
Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(b)(1)(ii). In the event,
however, that during its term the Trust has more than one beneficial owner or
member, then the parties agree, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, to treat
the Trust as a partnership and to take no action inconsistent with the treatment
of the Trust as a partnership. In such event, the parties agree that,
unless otherwise required by appropriate tax authorities, the Trust will elect
to be treated as a partnership and 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 Trust Statute
with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust. In no event
shall the Trust elect to be treated as an association taxable as a
corporation. The Depositor shall make an election on Internal Revenue
Service Form 8832, Entity Classification Election, for the Trust to be
disregarded as a separate entity from the Owner.
SECTION
2.07 Liability of the
Owner.
(a) The
Depositor shall be liable directly to and will indemnify the 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 Depositor would be liable if the Trust were a partnership under the
Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act in which the Depositor were a
general partner; provided, however, that the Depositor shall not be liable for
any losses incurred by a Certificateholder in the capacity of an investor in the
Certificate or a Noteholder in the capacity of an investor in the
Notes. In addition, any third party creditors of the Trust (other
than in connection with the obligations described in the preceding proviso for
which the Depositor shall not be liable) shall be deemed third
party
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beneficiaries
of this paragraph. The obligations of the Depositor under this
paragraph shall be evidenced by the Certificate described in Section
3.10.
(b) The
Owner, other than to the extent set forth in paragraph (a), shall not 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 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 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, the State of Illinois or the State of New
York. The Trust shall not have any 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.
SECTION
2.10 Representations and
Warranties of the Depositor. The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee that:
(i) the
Depositor is duly organized and validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, with 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
Depositor 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 failure to so qualify or to obtain such license or
approval would render any Receivable unenforceable that would otherwise be
enforceable by the Depositor, the Sub-Servicer or the Owner
Trustee;
(iii) the
Depositor has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and
to carry out its terms; the Depositor has full power and authority to sell and
assign the property to be sold and assigned to and deposited with the Trust and
the Depositor shall have 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 has been duly authorized by the Depositor by all
necessary corporate action; and
(iv) 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 certificate of incorporation or by-laws of
the Depositor, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the
Depositor 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
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Basic
Documents); nor violate any law or, to the best of the Depositor’s knowledge,
any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Depositor of any court or of any
Federal or State regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its
properties.
ARTICLE
III
Certificate
and Transfer of Interests
SECTION
3.01 Initial
Ownership. Upon
the formation of the Trust by the contribution by the Depositor pursuant to
Section 2.05 and until the termination of the Trust, the Depositor shall be the
sole beneficiary of the Trust.
SECTION
3.02 The
Certificate. The
Certificate shall be issued in denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples
of $1,000 in excess thereof; provided, however, that one Certificate may be
issued in a denomination that includes any remaining portion of the initial
Certificate Balance of the Certificate. The Certificate shall be
executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature of a Trust
Officer of the Owner Trustee. The Certificate 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, when
authenticated pursuant to Section 3.03, be validly issued and entitled to the
benefits 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 the Certificate or did not hold such offices at the date of authentication
and delivery of the Certificate.
SECTION
3.03 Authentication of the
Certificate. Concurrently
with the initial sale of the Receivables to the Trust pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall cause the Certificate in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the initial Certificate Balance to be
executed on behalf of the Trust, authenticated and delivered to the
Depositor. The Certificate shall not entitle its holder to any
benefit under this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there shall
appear on such Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the
form set forth in Exhibit A, executed by the Owner Trustee or the Owner
Trustee’s authentication agent, by manual signature; such authentication shall
constitute conclusive evidence that such Certificate shall have been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder. The Certificate shall be dated
the date of its authentication.
SECTION
3.04 Exchange of the
Certificate. 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 the Certificate and of exchanges of the Certificate as
herein provided. The Bank of New York
Mellon shall be the initial Certificate Registrar.
At the
option of the Certificateholder, the Certificate may be exchanged for other
Certificates of authorized denominations of a like aggregate amount upon
surrender of the Certificate to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained
pursuant to Section 3.08.
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Every
Certificate presented or surrendered for exchange shall be accompanied by a
written instrument of exchange in form satisfactory to the Owner Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Certificateholder or its attorney
duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for
registration of 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 the
Certificate, 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 the
Certificate.
SECTION
3.05 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost
or Stolen Certificate. If
(a) any mutilated 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 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 Certificate shall have been acquired by a protected
purchaser, the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute and the Owner
Trustee, or the Owner Trustee’s authenticating agent, shall authenticate and
deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like tenor and
denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new 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
Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence
of an ownership interest in the Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not
the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any
time.
SECTION
3.06 Persons Deemed
Owners. The
Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar or any Paying Agent may treat the
Person in whose name any Certificate shall be registered in the Certificate
Register as the owner of such 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 Certificateholder’s Name and Address. The
Owner Trustee shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Servicer and the
Depositor, within 15 days after receipt by the Owner Trustee of a request
therefor from the Servicer or the Depositor in writing the name and address of
the Certificateholder as of the most recent Record Date.
SECTION
3.08 Maintenance of Office or
Agency. The
Owner Trustee shall maintain an office or offices or agency or agencies where
the Certificate may be surrendered for registration of exchange and where
notices and demands to or upon the Owner Trustee in respect of the Certificate
and the Basic Documents may be served. The Owner Trustee initially
designates the Corporate Trust Office as its office for such
purposes. The Owner Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the
Depositor and to the Certificateholder of any change in the location of the
Certificate Register or any such office or agency.
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SECTION
3.09 Appointment of Paying
Agent. The
Paying Agent shall make distributions to the Certificateholder 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 shall initially be The Bank of New York Mellon, and any co-paying
agent chosen by the Paying Agent and acceptable to the Owner
Trustee. The Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying
Agent upon 30 days’ written notice to the Owner Trustee and the
Depositor. In the event that The Bank
of New York Mellon 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 successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold all
sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Certificateholder in trust for the
benefit of the Certificateholder until such sums shall be paid to the
Certificateholder. 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, 8.01 and 8.02 shall apply to the Owner
Trustee or any affiliate thereof also in its role as Paying Agent or Certificate
Registrar for so long as the Owner Trustee or any affiliate thereof shall act as
Paying Agent or Certificate Registrar, 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 Depositor as
Certificateholder. On
the Closing Date, the Depositor shall acquire the Certificate representing 100%
of the initial Certificate Balance and, thereafter, shall retain beneficial and
record ownership of the Certificate representing 100% of the Certificate
Balance. Any attempted transfer of any Certificate that would reduce
such interest of the Depositor below 100% of the Certificate Balance shall be
void. The Owner Trustee shall cause any Certificate issued to the
Depositor to contain a legend stating “THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT
TRANSFERABLE”.
SECTION
3.11 Non-transferability of the
Certificates(s). Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Certificate(s) is (are) not transferable
and shall remain registered in the name of Xxxx Deere Receivables,
Inc.
ARTICLE
IV
Actions
by Owner Trustee
SECTION
4.01 Prior
Notice to Owner with Respect to Certain Matters. 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 Certificateholder in
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writing
of the proposed action and the Owner shall not have notified the Owner Trustee
in writing prior to the 30th day after such notice is given that the Owner has
withheld consent or provided alternative direction:
(i) the
initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Trust (other than an action to collect
on a Receivable) and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by
or against the Trust (other than an action to collect on a
Receivable);
(ii) the
election by the Trust to file an amendment to the Certificate of
Trust;
(iii) the
amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in circumstances where
the consent of any Noteholder is required;
(iv) 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 interest of the Owner;
(v) the
amendment, change or modification of the Administration Agreement, except to
cure any ambiguity or to amend or supplement any provision in a manner that
would not materially adversely affect the interests of the Owner;
or
(vi) 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 the Owner with Respect to Certain Matters. The
Owner Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the written direction of the
Owner and the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of
the Notes, to (a) remove the Administrator under the Administration Agreement
pursuant to Section 8 thereof, (b) appoint a successor Administrator pursuant to
Section 8 of the Administration Agreement, (c) remove the Servicer under the
Sale and Servicing Agreement pursuant to Section 8.01 thereof or (d) 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 Owner.
SECTION
4.03 Action
by the Owner with Respect to Bankruptcy. The
Owner Trustee shall not have the power to commence a voluntary proceeding in
bankruptcy relating to the Trust without the prior written approval of the Owner
and the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the
Notes and the delivery to the Owner Trustee by the Owner of a certificate
certifying that the Owner reasonably believes that the Trust is
insolvent.
SECTION
4.04 Restrictions on the Owner’s
Power. The
Owner shall not direct the Owner Trustee to take or 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.
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ARTICLE
V
Application
of Trust Funds; Certain Duties
SECTION
5.01 Establishment of Trust
Account. The
Owner Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholder, 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
Certificateholder.
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 provided herein, the Certificate
Distribution Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Owner
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholder. If, at any time,
the Certificate Distribution Account ceases to be an Eligible Deposit Account,
the Owner Trustee (or the Depositor 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 following notification of such
occurrence (or such longer period, not to exceed 30 calendar days, as to which
the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied) 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 Payment Date, the Paying Agent will distribute to the Certificateholder,
amounts deposited in the Certificate Distribution Account pursuant to Sections
5.04 and 5.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement on such Payment
Date.
(b) On
each Payment Date, the Owner Trustee shall send to the Certificateholder the
statement provided to the Owner Trustee by the Servicer pursuant to Section
5.06(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement on such Payment Date.
SECTION
5.03 Method
of Payment. Subject
to Section 9.01(c), distributions required to be made to the Certificateholder
on any Payment Date shall be made to the Certificateholder of record on the
preceding Record Date either by wire transfer, in immediately available funds,
to the account of the Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having
appropriate facilities therefor, if the Certificateholder shall have provided to
the Certificate Registrar appropriate written instructions at least five
Business Days prior to such Payment Date or, if not, by check mailed to the
Certificateholder at the address of the Certificateholder appearing in the
Certificate Register.
SECTION
5.04 No
Segregation of Monies; No Interest. Subject
to Sections 5.01 and 5.02, monies 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.
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SECTION
5.05 Accounting and Reports to
the Owner, the Internal Revenue Service and Others. The
Owner Trustee shall (a) maintain (or cause to be maintained) the books of the
Trust on a fiscal year basis ending October 31 (or such other period as may be
required by applicable law), with the first year being a short year ending
October 31, 2010, and on the accrual method of accounting, (b) deliver to the
Owner, as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, such
information as may be required to enable the Owner to prepare its federal and
state income tax returns, (c) file such tax returns relating to the Trust as
directed by the Owner and make such elections as directed by the Owner as may
from time to time be required or appropriate under any applicable State or
federal statute or rule or regulation thereunder so as to maintain the Trust’s
characterization as disregarded as a separate entity from the Owner for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, and (d) in the event that during its term the Trust
has more than one beneficial owner or member as determined for such purposes,
deliver to each beneficial owner or member and file such returns as directed by
the Owner to treat the Trust as a partnership.
ARTICLE
VI
Authority
and Duties of Owner Trustee
SECTION
6.01 General
Authority. The
Owner Trustee is authorized and 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, or any amendment thereto or other agreement,
in each case, in such form as the Depositor shall approve as evidenced
conclusively by the delivery of such certificates and documents to the Owner
Trustee for 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 Administrator directs in writing with respect to the
Basic Documents and shall, upon the written direction of the Administrator,
execute and deliver any amendments to this Agreement or any Basic Documents
presented by the Administrator for execution and delivery by the Owner
Trustee.
SECTION
6.02 General
Duties. It
shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee to discharge (or cause to be discharged)
all of its responsibilities pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the
Basic Documents and to administer the Trust in the interest of the Owner,
subject to the Basic Documents and in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner Trustee shall be
deemed to have discharged its duties and responsibilities hereunder and under
the Basic Documents to the extent the Administrator has agreed in the
Administration Agreement to perform any act or to discharge any duty of the
Owner Trustee hereunder or under any Basic Document, and the Owner Trustee shall
not be liable for the default or failure of the Administrator to carry out its
obligations under the Administration Agreement.
SECTION
6.03 Action
upon Instruction.
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(a) Subject
to Article IV, the Owner 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 Owner 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 any Basic Document, the
Owner Trustee shall promptly give notice (in such form as shall be appropriate
under the circumstances) to the Owner requesting instruction 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 of the Owner received, 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 ten 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 interest of the Owner, 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 Owner 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, on account of 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 Owner, 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
Instructions. The
Owner Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to 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
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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 as 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. The
Owner Trustee shall not manage, control, use, sell, dispose of or otherwise deal
with any part of the Owner Trust Estate except (a) in accordance with the powers
granted to and the authority conferred upon the Owner Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement, (b) in accordance with the Basic Documents and (c) in accordance with
any document or instruction delivered to the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section
6.03.
SECTION
6.06 Restrictions. The
Owner Trustee shall not take any action (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 Owner shall not
direct the Owner Trustee to take action that would violate the provisions of
this Section. In no event shall the Trust elect to be treated as an
association taxable as a corporation.
ARTICLE
VII
Concerning
the Owner Trustee
SECTION
7.01 Acceptance of Trusts and
Duties. The
Owner Trustee accepts 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 for (i) its own willful misconduct or negligence
or (ii) 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):
(i) the
Owner Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith
by a responsible officer of the Owner Trustee;
(ii) 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 the Administrator, the
Depositor, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner;
(iii) 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 any of its rights or powers hereunder or under any Basic
Document, if the
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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;
(iv) 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;
(v) 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 Depositor
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
Certificate, and the Owner Trustee shall in no event assume or incur any
liability, duty, or obligation to any Noteholder or to the Owner, other than as
expressly provided for herein and in the Basic Documents;
(vi) the
Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the default or misconduct of the
Administrator, 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 Administrator under the
Administration Agreement, the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or the
Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement;
(vii) 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
disclosure litigation under this Agreement or otherwise or in relation to this
Agreement or any Basic Document, at the request, order or direction of the
Owner, unless the Owner has 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; and
(viii) notwithstanding
any Person’s right to instruct the Owner Trustee, except as required by law or
regulation, neither the Owner Trustee nor any agent, employee, director or
officer of the Owner Trustee shall have any obligation to execute any
certificates or other documents required pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of
2002 or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the refusal to
comply with any such instructions shall not constitute a default or breach under
any Basic Document.
(ix) in
no event shall the Owner Trustee be liable for any damages in the nature of
special, indirect or consequential damages, however styled, including, without
limitation, lost profits, or for any losses due to forces beyond the control of
the Owner Trustee, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, acts
of war or terrorism, insurrection, revolution, nuclear or natural catastrophes
or acts of God and interruptions,
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loss or
malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware)
services provided by unaffiliated third parties to the Owner
Trustee.
SECTION
7.02 Furnishing of
Documents. The
Owner Trustee shall furnish to the Owner promptly upon receipt of a written
reasonable request therefor, duplicates or copies of all reports, notices,
requests, demands, certificates, financial statements and any other instruments
furnished to the Owner Trustee and in its possession under the Basic
Documents.
SECTION
7.03 Representations and
Warranties. The
Owner Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, for the benefit
of the Owner, that:
(i) it
is a banking corporation duly organized and validly existing in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and it has all requisite corporate power
and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this
Agreement;
(ii) 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; and
(iii) neither
the execution nor the delivery by it of this Agreement, nor the consummation by
it of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor 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 constitute any default under its charter documents or
by-laws.
SECTION
7.04 Reliance; Advice of
Counsel.
(a) The
Owner Trustee shall 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 the 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
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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 this Article VII, in accepting the trusts hereby created BNY
Mellon Trust of Delaware 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 Certificate or Receivables. The
recitals contained herein and in the Certificate (other than the signature of
the Owner Trustee on the Certificate and its representations and warranties in
Section 7.03) shall be taken as the statements of the Depositor 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 Certificate (other than the signature
of the Owner Trustee on the Certificate) or the Notes, or of any Receivable or
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 Equipment 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 the Certificateholder under this Agreement or the Noteholders
under the Indenture, including, without limitation: the existence,
condition and ownership of any Financed Equipment; the existence and
enforceability of any 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 Depositor 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
Administrator, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer or any subservicer taken in
the name of the Owner Trustee.
SECTION
7.07 Owner
Trustee May Own Notes. The
Owner Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or
pledgee of Notes and may deal with the Depositor, the Administrator, the
Indenture Trustee and the Servicer in banking transactions with the same rights
as it would have if it were not Owner Trustee.
ARTICLE
VIII
Compensation
of Owner Trustee
SECTION
8.01 Owner
Trustee’s Fees and Expenses. The
Owner Trustee shall receive as compensation for its services hereunder such fees
as have been separately agreed upon before the date hereof between the Depositor
and the Owner Trustee, and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed
by the Depositor for its other reasonable expenses hereunder, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of such agents,
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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
Depositor shall be liable as primary obligor for, and shall indemnify the Owner
Trustee and its successors, assigns, agents (including the Certificate Registrar
and the Paying Agent) 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
Depositor shall not be liable for or required to indemnify the Owner Trustee
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 removal of the Owner Trustee or
the termination of this Agreement. In any 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
Depositor, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
SECTION
8.03 Payments to the Owner
Trustee. Any
amounts paid to the 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
SECTION
9.01 Termination of Trust
Agreement.
(a) The
Trust shall dissolve and terminate in accordance with Sections 3808(d) and (e)
of the Trust Act (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. Any money or other
property held as part of the Owner Trust Estate following such distribution (and
following a final distribution of proceeds from a sale under Section 9.02) shall
be distributed to the Depositor.
(b) Except
as provided in Section 9.01(a), neither the Depositor nor the Owner shall be
entitled to revoke or terminate the Trust.
(c) Notice
of any dissolution of the Trust, specifying the Payment Date upon which the
Certificateholder shall surrender its Certificate to the Paying Agent for
payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given by the Owner
Trustee by letter to the Certificateholder mailed within five Business Days of
receipt of notice of such termination from
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the
Servicer given pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
stating (i) the Payment Date upon or with respect to which final payment of the
Certificate shall be made upon presentation and surrender of the Certificate 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
Payment Date is not applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and
surrender of the Certificate 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 the Certificateholder. Upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificate, the Paying Agent shall cause to
be distributed to the Certificateholder amounts distributable on such Payment
Date pursuant to Section 5.02.
In the
event that the Certificateholder shall not surrender its Certificate 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
Certificateholder to surrender its Certificate for cancellation and receive the
final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the
second notice, the Certificate shall not have been surrendered for cancellation,
the Owner Trustee may take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take
appropriate steps, to contact the Certificateholder concerning surrender of its
Certificate, 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 Depositor.
(d) Upon
the winding up of the Trust and satisfaction of all obligations in accordance
with Section 3808 of the Trust Statute, the Owner Trustee shall cause the
Certificate of Trust to be canceled by filing a certificate of cancellation with
the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of Section 3810 of the
Trust Statute and the Trust shall terminate and this Agreement (other than
Article VIII) shall be of no further force or effect.
SECTION
9.02 Dissolution upon Bankruptcy
of the Depositor. In
the event that an Insolvency Event shall occur with respect to the Depositor,
the Trust shall be dissolved 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 each of the
Noteholders, 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 Depositor, (i) the
Depositor shall give the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee written notice
of such Insolvency Event, (ii) the Owner Trustee shall, upon the receipt of such
written notice from the Depositor, give prompt written notice to the
Certificateholder and the Indenture Trustee, of the occurrence of such event and
(iii) the Indenture Trustee shall, upon receipt of written notice of such
Insolvency Event from the Owner Trustee or the Depositor, 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, a dissolution of the Trust pursuant to the first sentence
of this Section 9.02. Upon a dissolution 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 under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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ARTICLE
X
Successor
Owner Trustees and Additional Owner Trustees
SECTION
10.01 Eligibility Requirements for
Owner Trustee. The
Owner Trustee shall at all times be a Person satisfying the provisions of
Section 3807(a) of the Trust Statute; authorized to exercise corporate trust
powers; and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State
authorities. If such Person shall publish reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid
supervising or examining authority, then for the purpose of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. In case 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 Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby
created by giving written notice thereof to the Administrator, provided,
however, that such resignation and discharge shall only be effective upon the
appointment of a successor Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall
provide to the Seller in writing and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Seller, all information reasonably requested by the Seller
in order to comply with its reporting obligation under the Exchange Act with
respect to the resignation of the Owner Trustee. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation, the Administrator 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 Administrator, 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 of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the
Administrator may remove the Owner Trustee. If at any time the Owner
Trustee shall fail to comply with any of its obligations under Section 10.02 or
Section 10.04 of this Agreement or Section 4.16 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement during the period that the Seller is required to file Exchange Act
Reports with respect to the Trust and such failure is not remedied within the
lesser of ten calendar days and the period of time in which the related Exchange
Act Report is required to be filed (without taking into account any extensions),
then the Seller may remove the Owner Trustee. If the Administrator or Seller
shall remove the Owner Trustee under the authority of the two immediately
preceding sentences, the Administrator shall promptly appoint a successor Owner
Trustee, by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of which instrument
shall be delivered to the outgoing Owner Trustee so removed, one copy to the
successor Owner
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Trustee,
and one copy to the Seller, together with the basis for removal 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 Administrator 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 appointed pursuant to Section 10.02 shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Administrator and to its predecessor Owner
Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment under this Agreement and
deliver to the Seller in writing and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Seller, all information reasonably requested by the Seller
in order to comply with its reporting obligation under the Exchange Act with
respect to the successor Owner Trustee, 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 and the Sale and Servicing 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 and statements and monies held by it under this Agreement;
and the Administrator and the predecessor Owner Trustee shall execute and
deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required
for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor 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 Administrator shall mail notice of the successor of such Owner Trustee to
all Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Rating
Agencies. If the Administrator shall fail to mail such notice within
10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner Trustee, the
successor Owner Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of
the Administrator.
SECTION
10.04 Merger or Consolidation of
Owner Trustee. Any
Person into which the Owner Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any Person 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, provided
that such Person shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01, 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
further that the Owner Trustee shall mail notice of such merger or consolidation
to the Rating Agencies and that the Owner Trustee will provide the
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Seller in
writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Seller, all
information reasonably requested by the Seller in order to comply with its
reporting obligation under the Exchange Act with respect to the successor Owner
Trustee.
SECTION
10.05 Appointment of Co-Trustee or
Separate Trustee. Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the purpose of meeting
any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Owner Trust
Estate or any Financed Equipment may at the time be located, the Administrator
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 Owner
Trustee to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Owner Trustee, or 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 Administrator and the Owner
Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Administrator
shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it
of a request so to do, 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 a successor trustee
pursuant to Section 10.01 and no notice of the appointment of any co-trustee or
separate trustee shall be required pursuant to 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:
(i) 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 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 Trust 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;
(ii) no
trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable by reason of any act or
omission of any other trustee under this Agreement; and
(iii) the
Administrator 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
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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
Administrator.
Any
separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Owner Trustee, its
agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not
prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on
its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Owner Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new
or successor trustee.
ARTICLE
XI
Miscellaneous
SECTION
11.01 Supplements and
Amendments. This
Agreement may be amended by the Depositor and the Owner Trustee, without the
consent of any of the Noteholders or the Certificateholder, 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 or of modifying in any manner the rights of
the Noteholders or the Certificateholder; provided, however, that such action
shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Noteholder or the Certificateholder, provided further that 10 days’ (or, in the
case of Fitch, 10 Business Days’) prior written notice of any such amendment be
given to each Rating Agency and, if Xxxxx’x notifies the Owner Trustee that such
amendment will result in a downgrading or withdrawal of the then current rating
of any class of the Notes, such amendment shall become effective with the
consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes; provided further that any solicitation of such
consent shall disclose the downgrading or withdrawal that would result from such
amendment.
This Agreement may also be amended from
time to time by the Depositor and the Owner Trustee, with prior written notice
to the Rating Agencies, with the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not
less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and the consent of
the Certificateholder (which consents will not be unreasonably withheld) 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 Certificateholder; provided, however, that no such
amendment shall (a) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or
accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on Receivables or
distributions that shall be required to be made for the benefit of the
Noteholders or the Certificateholder or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of
the Outstanding Amount of the Notes required to consent to any such amendment or
eliminate the consent of the Certificateholder to any such amendment, without
the consent of the holders of all the outstanding Notes and the
Certificate.
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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
the Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee and each of the Rating
Agencies.
It shall
not be necessary for the consent of the Certificateholder, the 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.
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 and that all conditions precedent have been
satisfied. The Owner Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to,
enter into any such amendment which affects the Owner Trustee’s own rights,
duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
SECTION
11.02 No
Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate in the Owner. The
Owner shall not have legal title to any part of the Owner Trust
Estate. The Owner shall be entitled to receive distributions with
respect to its undivided ownership interest therein only in accordance with
Articles V and IX. No transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of
any right, title, and interest of the Owner to and in its 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, the provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of
the Owner Trustee, the Depositor, the Owner, the Administrator and, to the
extent expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders and
nothing in this Agreement, 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.
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SECTION
11.04 Notices.
(a) Unless
otherwise expressly specified or 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 with a copy to The Bank of New York
Mellon, 000 Xxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxx 0 Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000,
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx; if to the Depositor, addressed to Xxxx
Deere Receivables, Inc., 0 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx, Xxxxxx 00000, Attention of
Manager, with a copy to Deere & Company, Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Treasury Department, Assistant Treasurer;
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 the Certificateholder shall be given
by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of the Certificateholder as
shown 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 or the Certificate that is 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 or thereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION
11.06 Separate
Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed by 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.
SECTION
11.07 Successors and
Assigns. All
covenants and agreements contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to
the benefit of, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and its successors and the
Owner and its successors and permitted assigns, all as herein
provided. Any request, notice, direction, consent, waiver or other
instrument or action by the Owner shall bind the successors and assigns of the
Owner.
SECTION
11.08 Covenant of the
Depositor. In
the event that any litigation with claims in excess of $1,000,000 to which the
Depositor is a party which shall be reasonably likely to result in a material
judgment against the Depositor that the Depositor will not be able to satisfy
shall be commenced by the Owner (when the Owner is not the Depositor), 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 Depositor, such
judgment has been satisfied) the Depositor shall not pay any dividend to JDCC,
or make any distribution on or in respect of its capital stock to JDCC, or repay
the principal amount of any indebtedness of the Depositor held by JDCC, unless
(i) after giving effect to such payment, distribution or repayment, the
Depositor’s liquid assets shall not be less than the amount of actual damages
claimed in such litigation or (ii) the Rating Agency
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Condition
shall have been satisfied with respect to any such payment, distribution or
repayment. The Depositor further agrees that prior to the termination
of the Trust it shall not revoke, modify or otherwise amend any agreements with
JDCC in effect on the Closing Date in any manner that would adversely affect the
rights of the Depositor to receive from JDCC contributions of capital or
payments on demand pursuant to such agreements. The Depositor further
covenants and agrees that it will not enter into any transaction or take any
action (other than any transaction or action contemplated by this Agreement or
any of the Basic Documents) if, as a result of such transaction or action, any
rating of either the Notes or the Certificate by any of the Rating Agencies
would be downgraded or withdrawn.
SECTION
11.09 No
Petition. The
Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust, the Certificateholder, by accepting a
Certificate, 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 Depositor, or join in any institution against the
Depositor of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or
liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any U.S. federal or State
bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the
Certificate, the Notes, this Agreement or any of the Basic
Documents.
SECTION
11.10 No
Recourse. The
Certificateholder by accepting a Certificate acknowledges that such
Certificateholder’s Certificate represents beneficial interests in the Trust
only and do not represent interests in or obligations of the Seller, the
Servicer, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any
Affiliate thereof 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 Certificate or the Basic Documents.
SECTION
11.11 Headings. The
headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are for convenience of
reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions
hereof.
SECTION
11.12 GOVERNING
LAW. THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE.
SECTION
11.13 Depositor Payment
Obligation. The
Depositor shall be responsible for payment of the Administrator’s fees under the
Administration Agreement and shall reimburse the Administrator for all expenses
and liabilities of the Administrator incurred thereunder.
SECTION
11.14 Administrator. The
Administrator is authorized to execute on behalf of the Trust all such
documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall
be the duty of the Trust to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Basic
Documents. Upon request, the Owner Trustee shall execute and deliver
to the Administrator a power of attorney appointing the Administrator the agent
and attorney-in-fact of the Trust to execute all such documents, reports,
filings, instruments, certificates and opinions.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, as of the day
and year first above written.
BNY MELLON TRUST OF DELAWARE | ||||
as Owner Trustee, | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
XXXX DEERE RECEIVABLES, INC., as | ||||
Depositor, | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Assistant Secretary | |||
Acknowledged
and Agreed as of the day
and year
first above written,
THE BANK
OF NEW YORK
MELLON,
as Paying Agent and
Certificate
Registrar,
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: | Senior Associate | ||
EXHIBIT
A
NUMBER | $39,240,380 |
R-1 |
SEE
REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
XXXX
DEERE OWNER TRUST 2010
ASSET
BACKED CERTIFICATE
evidencing
an undivided interest in the Trust, as defined below, the property of which
includes a pool of equipment retail installment sale and loan contracts secured
by new and used agricultural, construction and forestry equipment and sold to
the Trust (as defined below) by Xxxx Deere Receivables, Inc.
(This
Certificate does not represent an interest in or obligation of Xxxx Deere
Receivables, Inc., Xxxx Deere Capital Corporation, Deere & Company or any of
their respective affiliates, except to the extent described below.)
THIS
CERTIFIES THAT Xxxx Deere Receivables, Inc. is the registered owner of thirty
nine million two hundred forty thousand three hundred eighty dollars of
nonassessable, fully-paid, undivided beneficial interest in Xxxx Deere Owner
Trust 2010 (the “Trust”) formed by Xxxx Deere Receivables, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (the “Seller”).
THIS
CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE.
CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This is
the Certificate referred to in the within-mentioned Trust
Agreement.
BNY
Mellon Trust of Delaware,
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as
Owner Trustee
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By:
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The Trust
was created pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated as of April 21, 2010 (the “Trust
Agreement”), between the Depositor and BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware as owner
trustee (the “Owner Trustee”), 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 April 22,
2010 (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), among the Trust, the Seller and Xxxx
Deere Capital Corporation, as servicer (the “Servicer”), as
applicable.
This
Certificate is the duly authorized Certificate designated as the “Asset Backed
Certificate” (herein called the “Certificate”). Also issued under the
Indenture, dated as of April 22, 2010, between the Trust and U.S. Bank National
Association, as Indenture Trustee, are the Class A-1 0.34384% Asset Backed
Notes, the Class A-2 0.72% Asset Backed Notes, the Class A-3 1.32% Asset Backed
Notes and the Class A-4 2.13% Asset Backed Notes (collectively, the
“Notes”). This 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 Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof
assents and by which such holder is bound. The property of the Trust
includes a pool of retail installment sale and loan contracts for agricultural,
construction and forestry equipment (the “Receivables”), all monies received on
or after March 28, 2010 from payments on the Receivables, security interests in
the equipment 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, all right,
title, and interest of the Seller in and to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of
April 22, 2010, between Xxxx Deere Capital Corporation and the Seller and all
proceeds of the foregoing. The rights of the holders of the
Certificate 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 15th day
of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day (the
“Payment Date”), commencing on May 17, 2010, to the person in whose name this
Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last day of the month
(the “Record Date”) immediately preceding the month in which such Payment Date
occurs the Certificateholder’s undivided interest in the amount to be
distributed to the Certificateholder on such Payment Date.
The
holder of this Certificate acknowledges and agrees that its rights to receive
distributions in respect of this Certificate are subordinated to the rights of
the Noteholders as described in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the
Indenture.
It is the
intention of the parties that the Trust will be disregarded as an entity
separate from the Certificateholder for U.S. federal income tax
purposes.
The
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Certificate, covenants and agrees that
the Certificateholder will not at any time institute against the Seller, or join
in any institution against the Seller of, any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under
any U.S. federal or State bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any
obligations relating to the Certificate, the Notes, the Trust Agreement or any
of the Basic Documents.
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Distributions
on this 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
Certificate or the making of any notation hereon. Except as otherwise
provided in the Trust Agreement and notwithstanding the above, the final
distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Owner
Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and
surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency maintained for the purpose
by the Owner Trustee.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this 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 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
CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
DELAWARE.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and not in its
individual capacity, has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.
XXXX
DEERE OWNER TRUST 2010
By:
BNY MELLON TRUST OF DELAWARE,
not
in its individual capacity but solely
as Owner Trustee
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Dated: | By: |
A-3
(Reverse
of Certificate)
The
Certificate does not represent an obligation of, or an interest in, the Seller,
the Servicer, Deere & Company, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or
any affiliates of any of them and no recourse may be had against such parties or
their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated herein or in
the Trust Agreement or the Basic Documents. In addition, this
Certificate is not guaranteed by any governmental agency or instrumentality and
is limited in right of payment to certain collections with respect to the
Receivables (and certain other amounts), all as more specifically set forth
herein and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Certificate is
limited in right of payment to certain collections and recoveries respecting the
Receivables, all as more specifically set forth in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. A copy of each of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the
Trust Agreement may be examined during normal business hours at the principal
office of the Seller, and at such other places, if any, designated by the
Seller, by the Certificateholder upon written request.
The Trust
Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Seller and the
rights of the Certificateholder under the Trust Agreement at any time by the
Seller and the Owner Trustee with the consent of the holders of the Notes voting
as a class evidencing not less than a majority of the outstanding Notes and the
consent of the Certificateholder (which consents shall not be unreasonably
withheld). Any such consent by the holder of this Certificate shall
be conclusive and binding on the holder of this Certificate and of any
Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu
hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this
Certificate. The Trust Agreement also permits the amendment thereof,
in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the holder of the
Certificate.
As
provided in the Trust Agreement, this Certificate is
non-transferable. The initial Certificate Registrar appointed under
the Trust Agreement is The Bank of New York
Mellon.
The
Certificate is issuable only as a registered Certificate without coupons in
minimum denominations of at least $100,000. As provided in the Trust
Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Certificate
is exchangeable for new 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 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 the Certificateholder of all
amounts required to be paid to it pursuant to the Trust Agreement and the Sale
and Servicing Agreement and the disposition of all property held as part of the
Trust. The Servicer of the Receivables may at its
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option
purchase the corpus of the Trust at a price specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, and such purchase of the Receivables and other property of the Trust
will effect early retirement of the Certificate; 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 initial principal balance of
the Receivables.
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EXHIBIT
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CERTIFICATE
OF TRUST OF
XXXX
DEERE OWNER TRUST 2010
THIS
Certificate of Trust of XXXX DEERE OWNER TRUST 2010 (the “Trust”) is
being duly executed and filed by BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, a Delaware
banking corporation, as trustee, to form a statutory trust under the Delaware
Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. Code, Section 3801 et seq.) (the
“Act”).
1. Name. The
name of the statutory trust formed hereby is XXXX DEERE OWNER TRUST
2010.
2. Delaware
Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the Trust in
the State of Delaware is BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, 000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
3. This
Certificate of Trust will be effective upon filing.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Trust in
accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act.
BNY
MELLON TRUST OF DELAWARE
not
in its individual capacity but solely as trustee of
the
Trust.
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