WACHOVIA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2007-A, as Issuer, and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Indenture Trustee
Exhibit
4.1
EXECUTION
COPY
WACHOVIA
AUTO
OWNER TRUST 2007-A,
as Issuer,
as Issuer,
and
U.S. BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Indenture Trustee
as Indenture Trustee
Dated as
of June
1, 2007
$132,000,000
5.34013% Class A‑1 Asset Backed
Notes
$169,000,000 5.38% Class A‑2 Asset Backed Notes
$185,000,000 5.39% Class A-3 Asset Backed Notes
$169,000,000 5.38% Class A‑2 Asset Backed Notes
$185,000,000 5.39% Class A-3 Asset Backed Notes
$142,875,000
5.49% Class A‑4 Asset Backed Notes
$16,125,000 5.80% Class B Asset Backed Notes
$16,125,000 5.80% Class B Asset Backed Notes
CROSS
REFERENCE TABLE*
TIA
Section
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310(a)(1)
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6.11
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(a)(2)
|
6.11
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(a)(3)
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6.10;
6.11
|
(a)(4)
|
N.A**
|
(a)(5)
|
6.11
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(b)
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6.08;
6.11
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(c)
|
N.A.
|
311(a)
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6.12
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(b)
|
6.12
|
(c)
|
N.A.
|
312(a)
|
7.01
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(b)
|
7.02
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(c)
|
7.02
|
313(a)
|
7.04
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(b)(1)
|
7.04
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(b)(2)
|
7.04
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(c)
|
7.04;
11.05
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(d)
|
7.04
|
314(a)
|
3.09;
7.03
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(b)
|
3.06;
11.15
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(c)(1)
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11.01
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(c)(2)
|
11.01
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(c)(3)
|
11.01
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(d)
|
11.01
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(e)
|
11.01
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(f)
|
11.01
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315(a)
|
6.01
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(b)
|
6.05;
11.01
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(c)
|
6.01
|
(d)
|
6.01
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(e)
|
5.13
|
316(a)
|
1.01
|
(a)(1)(A)
|
5.11
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(a)(1)(B)
|
5.12
|
(a)(2)
|
N.A.
|
(b)
|
5.07
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(c)
|
N.A.
|
317(a)(1)
|
5.03
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(a)(2)
|
5.03
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(b)
|
3.03
|
318(a)
|
11.07
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*This
Cross Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part
of this
Indenture.
**N.A.
means Not Applicable.
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TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
ONE
DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section
1.01.
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Definitions.
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2
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Section
1.02.
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Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
|
13
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Section
1.03.
|
Interpretive
Provisions
|
14
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ARTICLE
TWO
THE
NOTES
Section
2.01.
|
Form.
|
15
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Section
2.02.
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Execution,
Authentication and Delivery.
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15
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Section
2.03.
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Temporary
Notes.
|
16
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Section
2.04.
|
Tax
Treatment
|
16
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Section
2.05.
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Registration;
Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
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16
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Section
2.06.
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes.
|
18
|
Section
2.07.
|
Persons
Deemed Owner
|
19
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Section
2.08.
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Payment
of Principal and Interest.
|
19
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Section
2.09.
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Cancellation
|
23
|
Section
2.10.
|
Book-Entry
Notes
|
24
|
Section
2.11.
|
Notices
to Clearing Agency
|
24
|
Section
2.12.
|
Definitive
Notes
|
24
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Section
2.13.
|
Release
of Collateral
|
25
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Section
2.14.
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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25
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Section
2.15.
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Authenticating
Agents
|
26
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ARTICLE
THREE
COVENANTS
Section
3.01.
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Payment
of Principal and Interest
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27
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Section
3.02.
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Maintenance
of Office or Agency
|
27
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Section
3.03.
|
Money
for Payments to be Held in Trust.
|
27
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Section
3.04.
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Existence
|
29
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Section
3.05.
|
Protection
of Trust Estate
|
29
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Section
3.06.
|
Opinions
as to Trust Estate.
|
29
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Section
3.07.
|
Performance
of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables.
|
30
|
Section
3.08.
|
Negative
Covenants
|
32
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Section
3.09.
|
Annual
Statement as to Compliance
|
33
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Section
3.10.
|
Issuer
May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
|
33
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Section
3.11.
|
Successor
or Transferee.
|
34
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Section
3.12.
|
No
Other Business
|
35
|
Section
3.13.
|
No
Borrowing
|
35
|
Section
3.14.
|
Master
Servicer’s Obligations
|
35
|
Section
3.15.
|
Guarantees,
Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities
|
35
|
Section
3.16.
|
Capital
Expenditures
|
35
|
Section
3.17.
|
Removal
of Administrator
|
35
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Section
3.18.
|
Restricted
Payments
|
35
|
Section
3.19.
|
Notice
of Events of Default
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36
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Section
3.20.
|
Further
Instruments and Acts
|
36
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Section
3.21.
|
Compliance
with Laws
|
36
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Section
3.22.
|
Amendments
of Sale and Servicing Agreement and Trust Agreement
|
36
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ARTICLE
FOUR
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
Section
4.01.
|
Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture
|
37
|
Section
4.02.
|
Satisfaction,
Discharge and Defeasance of the Notes.
|
38
|
Section
4.03.
|
Application
of Trust Money
|
39
|
Section
4.04.
|
Repayment
of Monies Held by Paying Agent
|
39
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ARTICLE
FIVE
EVENTS
OF
DEFAULT; REMEDIES
Section
5.01.
|
Events
of Default
|
40
|
Section
5.02.
|
Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
|
41
|
Section
5.03.
|
Collection
of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture
Trustee.
|
42
|
Section
5.04.
|
Remedies.
|
44
|
Section
5.05.
|
Optional
Preservation of the Receivables
|
45
|
Section
5.06.
|
Limitation
of Suits
|
45
|
Section
5.07.
|
Unconditional
Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest
|
46
|
Section
5.08.
|
Restoration
of Rights and Remedies
|
46
|
Section
5.09.
|
Rights
and Remedies Cumulative
|
46
|
Section
5.10.
|
Delay
or Omission Not a Waiver
|
46
|
Section
5.11.
|
Control
by Noteholders of the Controlling Class
|
46
|
Section
5.12.
|
Waiver
of Past Defaults
|
47
|
Section
5.13.
|
Undertaking
for Costs
|
47
|
Section
5.14.
|
Waiver
of Stay or Extension Laws
|
47
|
Section
5.15.
|
Action
on Notes
|
48
|
Section
5.16.
|
Performance
and Enforcement of Certain Obligations.
|
48
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ARTICLE
SIX
THE
INDENTURE TRUSTEE
Section
6.01.
|
Duties
of Indenture Trustee.
|
50
|
Section
6.02.
|
Rights
of Indenture Trustee.
|
51
|
Section
6.03.
|
Individual
Rights of Indenture Trustee
|
52
|
Section
6.04.
|
Indenture
Trustee’s Disclaimer
|
52
|
Section
6.05.
|
Notice
of Defaults
|
52
|
Section
6.06.
|
Reports
by Indenture Trustee to Noteholders
|
52
|
Section
6.07.
|
Compensation
and Indemnity.
|
52
|
Section
6.08.
|
Replacement
of Indenture Trustee.
|
53
|
Section
6.09.
|
Successor
Indenture Trustee by Xxxxxx.
|
54
|
Section
6.10.
|
Appointment
of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
|
55
|
Section
6.11.
|
Eligibility;
Disqualification
|
56
|
Section
6.12.
|
Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Issuer
|
57
|
Section
6.13.
|
Representations
and Warranties of Indenture Trustee
|
57
|
ARTICLE
SEVEN
NOTEHOLDERS’
LISTS AND REPORTS
Section
7.01.
|
Issuer
to Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of
Noteholders
|
58
|
Section
7.02.
|
Preservation
of Information; Communications, Reports and Certain Documents
to
Noteholders.
|
58
|
Section
7.03.
|
Reports
by Issuer.
|
58
|
Section
7.04.
|
Reports
by Indenture Trustee.
|
59
|
ARTICLE
EIGHT
ACCOUNTS,
DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
Section
8.01.
|
Collection
of Money
|
60
|
Section
8.02.
|
Accounts.
|
60
|
Section
8.03.
|
General
Provisions Regarding Accounts.
|
61
|
Section
8.04.
|
Release
of Trust Estate.
|
61
|
Section
8.05.
|
Opinion
of Counsel
|
62
|
ARTICLE
NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
Section
9.01.
|
Supplemental
Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders.
|
63
|
Section
9.02.
|
Supplemental
Indentures With Consent of Noteholders
|
64
|
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Section
9.03.
|
Execution
of Supplemental Indentures
|
66
|
Section
9.04.
|
Effect
of Supplemental Indenture
|
66
|
Section
9.05.
|
Conformity
with Trust Indenture Act
|
66
|
Section
9.06.
|
Reference
in Notes to Supplemental Indentures
|
66
|
ARTICLE
TEN
REDEMPTION
OF NOTES
Section
10.01.
|
Redemption.
|
67
|
Section
10.02.
|
Form
of Redemption Notice
|
67
|
Section
10.03.
|
Notes
Payable on Redemption Date
|
68
|
ARTICLE
ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
11.01.
|
Compliance
Certificates and Opinions, etc.
|
69
|
Section
11.02.
|
Form
of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee.
|
70
|
Section
11.03.
|
Acts
of Noteholders.
|
71
|
Section
11.04.
|
Notices,
etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer, Depositor and Rating
Agencies
|
72
|
Section
11.05.
|
Notices
to Noteholders; Waiver
|
72
|
Section
11.06.
|
Alternate
Payment and Notice Provisions
|
73
|
Section
11.07.
|
Conflict
with Trust Indenture Act
|
73
|
Section
11.08.
|
Effect
of Headings and Table of Contents
|
73
|
Section
11.09.
|
Successors
and Assigns
|
73
|
Section
11.10.
|
Severability
|
74
|
Section
11.11.
|
Benefits
of Indenture; Third Party Beneficiaries
|
74
|
Section
11.12.
|
Legal
Holidays
|
74
|
Section
11.13.
|
GOVERNING
LAW
|
74
|
Section
11.14.
|
Counterparts
|
74
|
Section
11.15.
|
Recording
of Indenture
|
74
|
Section
11.16.
|
Trust
Obligation
|
74
|
Section
11.17.
|
No
Petition
|
75
|
Section
11.18.
|
Inspection
|
75
|
Section
11.19.
|
Subordination
Agreement
|
75
|
Section
11.20.
|
Security
Interest Matters.
|
75
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A
– Form of Notes
|
A-1
|
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This
Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2007, is between Wachovia Auto Owner Trust
2007-A, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”), and U.S. Bank National
Association, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity
but
solely as trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”).
Each
party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the
equal and
ratable benefit of the holders of the Issuer’s 5.34013% Class A-1 Asset
Backed Notes (the “Class A-1 Notes”), 5.38% Class A-2 Asset Backed
Notes (the “Class A-2 Notes”), 5.39% Class A-3 Asset Backed Notes (the
“Class A-3 Notes”), 5.49% Class A-4 Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-4
Notes”) and 5.80% Class B Asset Backed Notes (the “Class B Notes”)
and, together with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the
Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, the “Notes”):
GRANTING
CLAUSE
The
Issuer hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date, on
behalf of
and for the benefit of the Noteholders, without recourse, all of the
Issuer’s
right, title and interest in, to and under, whether now owned or existing
or
hereafter acquired or arising, (i) the Receivables, (ii) all amounts
due and collected on or in respect of the Receivables (including proceeds
of the
repurchase of Receivables by the Seller pursuant to the Receivables Purchase
Agreement) after the Cutoff Date, (iii) the security interests in the
Financed Vehicles granted by the Obligors pursuant to the Receivables,
(iv) all proceeds from claims on and refunds of premiums of any physical
damage or theft insurance policies and extended warranties covering the
Financed
Vehicles and any proceeds and refunds of premiums of any credit life
or credit
disability insurance policies relating to the Receivables, the Financed
Vehicles
or the Obligors, (v) the Receivable Files, (vi) the Collection
Account, the Note Payment Account, the Reserve Fund, and all amounts,
securities, Financial Assets, investments and other property deposited
in or
credited to any of the foregoing and all proceeds thereof, (vii) all rights
of the Depositor under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, including
the right
to require the Seller to repurchase Receivables from the Depositor,
(viii) any proceeds of Dealer Recourse, (ix) all rights of the Issuer
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, including the right to require
the
Seller to repurchase or the Master Servicer to purchase Receivables from
the
Issuer, (x) the right to realize upon any property (including the right to
receive future Net Liquidation Proceeds and Recoveries) that shall have
secured
a Receivable and have been repossessed by or on behalf of the Issuer,
(xi) all of the Issuer’s rights and benefits under the First Tier
Assignment (but none of its obligations or burdens) and (xii) all
present and future claims, demands, causes of action and choses in action
in
respect of any or all of the foregoing, and all payments on or under
and all
proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all
of the
foregoing, including all proceeds of the conversion thereof, voluntary
or
involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all accounts, accounts
receivable, general intangibles, chattel paper, documents, money, investment
property, deposit accounts, notes, drafts, acceptances, letters of credit,
letter of credit rights, Insurance Proceeds, condemnation awards, rights
to
payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables,
instruments and other property which at any time constitute all or part
of or
are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing (collectively, the
“Collateral”).
The
foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of principal and
interest
on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes, equally and
ratably
without prejudice, priority or distinction, and to secure compliance
with the
provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture.
The
Indenture Trustee, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders,
acknowledges such Xxxxx, accepts the trusts under this Indenture in accordance
with the provisions of this Indenture and agrees to perform its duties
as
required in this Indenture to the best of its ability to the end that
the
interests of the Noteholders may be adequately and effectively
protected.
ARTICLE
ONE
DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section
1.01. Definitions.
(a) Whenever
used in this Indenture, the following words and phrases, unless the context
otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings.
“Accounts”
has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
“Act”
has the meaning specified in Section 11.03(a).
“Additional
Servicing Fee” means, for any Collection Period, if a Successor Master
Servicer is appointed pursuant to Section 7.02 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the amount, if any, by which (i) the compensation payable
to such Successor Master Servicer for such Collection Period exceeds
(ii) the Monthly Servicing Fee for such Collection Period.
“Administration
Agreement” means the administration agreement, dated as of June 1, 2007
among the Administrator, the Issuer, the Depositor and the Indenture
Trustee.
“Administrator”
means Wachovia Bank, in its capacity as administrator under the Administration
Agreement, and its successors in such capacity.
“Affiliate”
has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
“Aggregate
Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the Priority Principal Distributable Amount and the Secondary Principal
Distributable Amount.
“Authenticating
Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15.
“Authorized
Officer” means, with respect to the Issuer, any officer of the Owner Trustee
who is authorized to act for or on behalf of the Owner Trustee in matters
relating to the Issuer and who is identified on the list of Authorized
Officers
delivered by the Owner Trustee to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing
Date (as
such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter)
and, for
so long as the Administration Agreement is in effect, any Assistant Vice
President or more senior officer of the Administrator who is authorized
to act
for the Administrator in matters relating to the Issuer and to be acted
upon by
the Administrator pursuant to the Administration Agreement and who is
identified
on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Administrator to
the
Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or
supplemented from time to time thereafter).
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“Available
Collections” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Available
Funds” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Basic
Documents” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Benefit
Plan” means (i) employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3)
of ERISA) that are subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) plans described
in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, including individual retirement accounts
or Xxxxx Plans that are not exempt under Section 4975(g) of the Code, and
(iii) any entities whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of
a plan’s investment in such entities.
“Book-Entry
Notes” means a beneficial interest in the Notes, ownership and transfers
of
which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described
in
Section 2.10.
“Business
Day” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Certificate
Payment Account” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Certificateholder”
has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
“Class”
means a class of Notes, which may be the Class A-1 Notes, the
Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-4 Notes or the
Class B Notes, as the context may require.
“Class A
Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A Note is registered
in the Note Register.
“Class A
Notes” means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the
Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes.
“Class
A-1 Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means July 18, 2008.
“Class A-1
Interest Rate” means 5.34013% per annum (computed on the basis of the actual
number of days in the related Interest Period divided by 360).
“Class A-1
Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-1 Note is
registered in the Note Register.
“Class A-1
Notes” means the 5.34013 Class A-1 Asset Backed Notes, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A.
“Class A-2
Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means the April 20,
2010 Distribution Date.
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“Class A-2
Interest Rate” means 5.38% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months).
“Class A-2
Notes” means the 5.38% Class A-2 Asset Backed Notes, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A.
“Class A-3
Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means the September 20,
2011 Distribution Date.
“Class A-3
Interest Rate” means 5.39% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months).
“Class A-3
Notes” means the 5.39% Class A-3 Asset Backed Notes, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A.
“Class A-4
Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means the April 22,
2013 Distribution Date.
“Class A-4
Interest Rate” means 5.49% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months).
“Class A-4
Notes” means the 5.49% Class A-4 Asset Backed Notes, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A.
“Class B
Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means the January 20,
2015 Distribution Date.
“Class B
Interest Rate” means 5.80% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months).
“Class B
Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class B Note is registered
in the Note Register.
“Class B
Notes” means the 5.80% Class B Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A.
“Clearing
Agency” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to
Section 17A of the Exchange Act, which initially shall be The Depository
Trust Company.
“Clearing
Agency Custodian” means the Indenture Trustee, as custodian for the Clearing
Agency.
“Clearing
Agency Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency
effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing
Agency.
“Closing
Date” means June 28, 2007.
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“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Treasury Regulations
promulgated
thereunder.
“Collateral”
has the meaning specified in the Granting Clause of this Indenture.
“Collection
Account” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Collection
Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the immediately
preceding calendar month (or, in the case of the first Collection Period,
the
period from but excluding the Cutoff Date to and including the last day of
the month immediately preceding the month in which the first Distribution
Date
occurs).
“Commission” has
the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
“Controlling
Class” means the Class A Notes so long as any Class A Notes are
Outstanding and thereafter the Class B Notes.
“Corporate
Trust Office” means the principal office of the Indenture Trustee at which
at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered,
which
office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located at 00 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX XX XX0X, Xx. Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Structured Finance
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WAOT 2007-A, or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate
from time to time by written notice to the Noteholders and the Issuer,
or the
principal corporate trust office of any successor Indenture Trustee at
the
address designated by such successor Indenture Trustee by written notice
to the
Noteholders and the Issuer.
“Cumulative
Net Loss Percentage” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and the
related Collection Period, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, (i) the
numerator of which is equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the
aggregate Principal Balance of all Receivables that became Defaulted
Receivables during such Collection Period and all prior Collection Periods
(in
each case as of the day that each such Receivable became a Defaulted
Receivable)
over (b) the aggregate Net Liquidation Proceeds and Recoveries received by
the Master Servicer during such Collection Period and all prior Collection
Periods and (ii) the denominator of which is the Cutoff Date Pool
Balance.
“Cutoff
Date” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Cutoff
Date Pool Balance” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Dealer
Recourse” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Default”
means any event that with notice or the lapse of time or both would become
an
Event of Default.
“Defaulted
Receivable” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Definitive
Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10.
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“Depositor”
has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
“Distribution
Date” means the 20th day of each month, or if such 20th day is not a
Business Day, the following Business Day, commencing on August 20, 2007;
provided, however, if the Class A-1 Notes remain Outstanding following
the June
2008 Distribution Date, the portion of Available Funds to be distributed
on the
July 2008 Distribution Date necessary to pay interest on and principal
of the
Class A-1 Notes in full, if any, will be paid on the Class A-1 Final
Scheduled
Distribution Date and, with respect to the Class A-1 Notes only, for
the July
2008 Distribution Date, the term “Distribution Date” shall mean and refer to the
Class A-1 Final Scheduled Distribution Date.
“Eligible
Institution” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Eligible
Investments” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“Event
of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
“Excess
Collections” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.08(a)(x).
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“Exchange
Act Reports” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Executive
Officer” means, with respect to any (i) corporation, limited liability
company or depository institution, the chief executive officer, the chief
operating officer, the chief financial officer, the president, any Vice
President, the secretary or the treasurer of such corporation, limited
liability
company or depository institution and (ii) partnership, any general partner
thereof.
“Final
Scheduled Distribution Date” means the Class A-1 Final Scheduled
Distribution Date, the Class A-2 Final Scheduled Distribution Date, the
Class A-3 Final Scheduled Distribution Date, the Class A-4 Final
Scheduled Distribution Date or the Class B Final Scheduled Distribution
Date, as the context may require.
“Financed
Vehicle” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Financial
Asset” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“First
Tier Assignment” means the first tier assignment in substantially the form
attached as Exhibit B to the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“Grant”
means to mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise,
release,
convey, assign, transfer, create and xxxxx x xxxx upon and a security
interest
in and a right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant
to
this Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of any other agreement
or instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none
of the
obligations) of the granting party thereunder, including the immediate
and
continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for
principal
and interest payments in respect of the Collateral and all other monies
payable
thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make
waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring
Proceedings in the name of the granting party or otherwise, and generally
to do and receive anything that the granting party is or may be entitled
to do
or receive thereunder or with respect thereto.
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“Holder”
or “Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on
the Note Register.
“Indenture”
means this Indenture.
“Indenture
Trustee” means U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking
association, as Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, and any successor
in
such capacity.
“Independent”
means, when used with respect to any specified Person, that the Person
(i) is in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor on the Notes,
the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer and any of their respective
Affiliates, (ii) does not have any direct financial interest or any
material indirect financial interest in the Issuer, any such other obligor,
the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any of their respective
Affiliates
and (iii) is not connected with the Issuer, any such other obligor, the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any of their respective
Affiliates
as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director
or
person performing similar functions.
“Independent
Certificate” means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the Indenture
Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying
with, the
applicable requirements of Section 11.01, made by an Independent appraiser
or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order and acceptable to the Indenture
Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care, and such opinion or certificate
shall state that the signer has read the definition of “Independent” in this
Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the meaning
thereof.
“Insurance
Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Interest
Carryover Shortfall Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and
a Class of Notes, the excess, if any, of the Interest Distributable Amount
for
that Class of Notes on the immediately preceding Distribution Date over
the
amount in respect of interest that is actually deposited in the Note
Payment
Account with respect to that Class of Notes on that preceding Distribution
Date,
plus, to the extent permitted by applicable law, interest on the amount
of
interest due but not paid to such Noteholders on that preceding Distribution
Date at the applicable Interest Rate.
“Interest
Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and a
Class of Notes, the sum of the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount
and the
Interest Carryover Shortfall Amount for that Class of Notes for that
Distribution Date.
“Interest
Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and the
(i) Class A-1 Notes, the period from, and including, the prior
Distribution Date (or from, and including, the Closing Date with respect
to the
first Distribution Date) to, but excluding, the current Distribution
Date and
(ii) Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-4 Notes
and the Class B Notes, the period from, and including the 20th day of the
month of the prior Distribution Date (or from, and including, the Closing
Date
with respect to the first Distribution Date) to, but excluding, the 20th
day of
the month of the current Distribution Date (assuming each month has 30
days).
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“Interest
Rate” means the Class A-1 Interest Rate, the Class A-2 Interest
Rate, the Class A-3 Interest Rate, the Class A-4 Interest Rate and the
Class B Interest Rate, as applicable.
“Investment
Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940.
“Issuer”
means Wachovia Auto Owner Trust 2007-A until a successor replaces it
and,
thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision contained
herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on the Notes.
“Issuer
Order” or “Issuer Request” means a written order or request signed in
the name of the Issuer by any Authorized Officer of the Issuer and delivered
to
the Indenture Trustee by the Administrator, if signed by an officer of
the
Administrator, or at the written direction of the Depositor, if signed
by an
officer of the Owner Trustee.
“Lien”
has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
“Maryland
Vehicle Sales Finance Act” means Maryland Code Annotated, Financial
Institutions §11-401 et seq.
“Master
Servicer” means Wachovia Bank, in its capacity as master servicer under the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, and its successors in such capacity.
“Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date
and any Class of Notes, the interest due on that Class of Notes for the
related
Interest Period calculated based on the Interest Rate for that Class
of Notes
and the principal amount of that Class of Notes on the preceding Distribution
Date, after giving effect to all payments of principal on such Class
of Notes on
or prior to that Distribution Date, or, in the case of the first Distribution
Date, on the original principal amount of that Class of Notes as of the
Closing
Date.
“Monthly
Payment” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Monthly
Servicing Fee” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Monthly
Trustee Fees” means the monthly fees and expenses payable to each of the
Trustees on each Distribution Date for the related Collection Period
for
performing their respective obligations under the Basic Documents.
“Moody’s”
means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
“Net
Liquidation Proceeds” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
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“Nonrecoverable
Advance” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Note
Balance” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Notes
that are Outstanding at such time or the aggregate principal amount of
all Notes
of the Controlling Class or a particular Class that are Outstanding at
such
time, as the context requires.
“Note
Depository Agreement” means the agreement, dated the Closing Date, between
the Issuer and The Depository Trust Company, as the initial Clearing
Agency,
relating to the Notes.
“Note
Owner” means, with respect to any Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the
beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of
the
Clearing Agency or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with
such
Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect
participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing
Agency).
“Note
Payment Account” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Note
Register” and “Note Registrar” have the respective meanings specified
in Section 2.05(a).
“Notes”
means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3
Notes, the Class A-4 Notes and the Class B Notes.
“Obligor”
has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
“Officer’s
Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Authorized Officer of the
Issuer, under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying
with, the
applicable requirements of Section 11.01, and delivered to the
Indenture Trustee. Unless otherwise specified, any reference in this
Indenture to an Officer’s Certificate shall be to an Officer’s Certificate of
the Issuer.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel who may, except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, be an employee of, or
outside
counsel to, the Issuer, the Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer
and who
shall be acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, and which opinion or opinions
shall be addressed to the Indenture Trustee, shall comply with any applicable
requirements of Section 11.01 and shall be in form and substance
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee.
“Outstanding”
means, as of the date of determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated
and
delivered under this Indenture except:
(i) Notes
theretofore canceled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the Note Registrar
for cancellation;
(ii) Notes
or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary amount
has been
theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent
in trust
for the Noteholders; provided, however, that if such Notes are to be
redeemed,
notice of such redemption must have been duly given pursuant to this
Indenture
or provision for such notice must have been made in a manner satisfactory
to the
Indenture Trustee; and
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(iii) Notes
in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated
and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the
Indenture
Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a Protected
Purchaser;
provided,
however, that in determining whether the Noteholders of the requisite
principal
amount of the Notes Outstanding have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or under any other Basic
Document, Notes owned by the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes,
the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any of their respective
Affiliates
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding unless all of the
Notes of
the related Class or Classes are owned by the Issuer, any other obligor
upon the Notes, the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any
of their
respective Affiliates, except that, in determining whether the Indenture
Trustee
shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes that a Responsible Officer
of
the Indenture Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may
be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction
of the
Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and
that the pledgee is not the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes,
the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any of their respective
Affiliates.
“Owner
Trustee” has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
“Paying
Agent” means the Indenture Trustee or any other Person that meets the
eligibility standards specified in Section 6.11 and is authorized by the
Issuer to make or cause to be made payments to and distributions from
the
Collection Account, the Note Payment Account, the Certificate Payment
Account
and the Reserve Fund, including payments of principal or interest on
the Notes
on behalf of the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial
Paying Agent hereunder.
“Pennsylvania
Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act” means 69 P.S. § 601
et seq.
“Person”
has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
“Pool
Balance” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Predecessor
Note” means, with respect to any particular Note, every previous Note
evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Note; and, for the purpose of this definition, any Note authenticated
and delivered under Section 2.06 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or
stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated,
lost,
destroyed or stolen Note.
“Principal
Balance” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
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“Priority
Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of the Note Balance of the Class A Notes as of
such Distribution Date (before giving effect to any payments made to
Noteholders
on that Distribution Date) over the Pool Balance as of the last day of
the
preceding Collection Period; provided, however, that the Priority Principal
Distributable Amount for each Distribution Date on and after the Final
Scheduled
Distribution Date for any Class of Class A Notes will not be less than the
amount that is necessary to reduce the outstanding principal balance of
such Class of Class A Notes to zero.
“Proceeding”
means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative
proceeding.
“Protected
Purchaser” has the meaning specified in Section 8-303 of the
UCC.
“PTCE”
means Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption.
“Rating
Agency” means Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s; provided, however, that
if either of Xxxxx’x and Standard & Poor’s cease to exist, Rating
Agency shall mean any nationally recognized statistical rating organization
or
other comparable Person designated by the Issuer to replace such Person,
written
notice of which designation shall have been given to the Depositor, the
Master
Servicer and the Trustees.
“Rating
Agency Condition” means, with respect to any action, that each Rating
Agency shall have been given ten days (or such shorter period as is
acceptable to such Rating Agency) prior notice thereof and that each
such Rating
Agency shall have notified the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the
Trustees
in writing that such action will not result in a qualification, reduction
or
withdrawal of the then-current rating assigned by such Rating Agency
to any
Class of Notes.
“Receivable”
has the meaning specified in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“Receivable
Files” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Receivables
Purchase Agreement” means the receivables purchase agreement, dated as of
June 1, 2007, between the Seller and WDS Receivables, as purchaser.
“Record
Date” shall mean, with respect to the Notes and any Distribution Date or
Redemption Date, the close of business on the Business Day preceding
such
Distribution Date or Redemption Date, provided, however, that if Definitive
Notes have been issued pursuant to Section 2.12, Record Date shall mean,
with respect to any Distribution Date or Redemption Date, the last day
of the
preceding Collection Period.
“Recoveries”
has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
“Redemption
Date” means, in the case of a redemption of the Notes pursuant to
Section 10.01, the Distribution Date specified by the Master Servicer
pursuant to such Section.
“Redemption
Price” means, in the case of a redemption of the Notes pursuant to
Section 10.01, an amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the Notes
redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the related
Interest
Period at the related Interest Rates.
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“Reserve
Fund” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Reserve
Fund Amount” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Reserve
Fund Deficiency” means, as of any date, the excess of the Reserve Fund
Required Amount over the Reserve Fund Amount.
“Reserve
Fund Draw Amount” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Reserve
Fund Required Amount” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Responsible
Officer” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Sale
and Servicing Agreement” means the sale and servicing agreement, dated as of
June 1, 2007, among the Issuer, the Depositor, the Seller and the Master
Servicer.
“Secondary
Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of the Note Balance of the Class A Notes and
Class B Notes on that Distribution Date (before giving effect to any
payments made to holders of the Notes on that Distribution Date) over
the sum of
the Priority Principal Distributable Amount and the Pool Balance as of
the last
day of the related Collection Period; provided, however, that on and
after the
Final Scheduled Distribution Date for the Class B Notes, the Secondary
Principal
Distributable Amount will be not less than the amount that is necessary
to
reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Class B Notes to
zero.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.
“Securityholders”
has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement
“Seller”
has the meaning specified in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“Servicer
Termination Event” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Standard &
Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a
Division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.
“State”
means any of the 50 states of the United States or the District of
Columbia.
“Successor
Master Servicer” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Total
Servicing Fee” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
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“Total
Trustee Fees” means, for any Collection Period and the related Distribution
Date, with respect to each of the Trustees, the sum of (i) the Monthly
Trustee Fees for such Collection Period and (ii) all accrued but unpaid
Monthly Trustee Fees for the previous Collection Period.
“Transition
Costs” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Treasury
Regulations” has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
“Trust
Agreement” means the second amended and restated trust agreement, dated as
of June 1, 2007, between the Depositor and the Owner Trustee.
“Trust
Estate” means all money, instruments, rights, and other property that are
subject or intended to be subject to the lien and security interest of
this
Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders (including all property
and
interests Granted to the Indenture Trustee), including all proceeds
thereof.
“Trust
Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in
force on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.
“Trustees”
means the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.
“UCC”
means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Uniform Commercial
Code, as in
effect in the relevant jurisdiction.
“United
States” means the United States of America.
“Vice
President” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Wachovia
Bank” has the meaning specified in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Wachovia
Dealer Services” means Wachovia Dealer Services, Inc.
“WDS
Receivables” has the meaning specified in the Receivables Purchase
Agreement.
(b) Except
as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise require,
for all
purposes of this Indenture, capitalized terms used herein that are not
otherwise
defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement or the Trust Agreement, as the case may be.
Section
1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act. Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA,
that provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the
following meanings:
“indenture
securities” means the Notes.
“indenture
security holder” means a Noteholder.
“indenture
to be qualified” means this Indenture.
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“indenture
trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Indenture
Trustee.
“obligor”
on the indenture securities means the Issuer and any other obligor on
the
indenture securities.
All
other
TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the TIA, defined
by TIA
reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have the meaning
assigned to them by such definitions.
Section
1.03. Interpretive Provisions. With respect to all
terms in this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires: (i) a term
has the meaning assigned to it; (ii) an accounting term not otherwise
defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States;
(iii) “or” is not exclusive; (iv) “including” means including without
limitation; (v) words in the singular include the plural and words in the
plural include the singular; (vi) any agreement, instrument or statute
defined or referred to herein or in any instrument or certificate delivered
in
connection herewith means such agreement, instrument or statute as from
time to
time amended, modified or supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements
or instruments) references to all attachments thereto and instruments
incorporated therein; (vii) references to a Person are also to its
successors and permitted assigns; (viii) the words “hereof”, “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Indenture shall refer
to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Indenture; (ix) references contained in this Indenture to Section, Schedule
and Exhibit, as applicable, are references to Sections, Schedules and
Exhibits
in or to this Indenture unless otherwise specified; (x) references to
“writing” include printing, typing, lithography and other means of reproducing
words in a visible form; and (xi) the term “proceeds” has the meaning set
forth in the applicable UCC.
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ARTICLE
TWO
THE
NOTES
Section
2.01. Form.
(a) The
Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3
Notes, the Class A-4 Notes and the Class B Notes, in each case together
with the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A, with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required
or
permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other
marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as
may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes,
as
evidenced by their execution of the Notes. Any portion of the text of
any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate
reference
thereto on the face of the Note.
(b) Notes
shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by
any
combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved borders),
all as
determined by the Authorized Officers executing such Notes, as evidenced
by
their execution of such Notes.
(c) Each
Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the
Notes as set forth in Exhibit A are part of the terms of this Indenture and
are incorporated herein by reference.
(d) The
aggregate principal amount of the Notes may from time to time be increased
or
decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Indenture Trustee
or the
Clearing Agency or its nominee, as the case may be, as hereinafter
provided.
(e) Except
as provided in Section 2.12 hereof, owners of beneficial interests in
Book-Entry
Notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Definitive
Notes.
Section
2.02. Execution, Authentication and Delivery.
(a) The
Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its Authorized
Officers. The signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Notes
may be manual or facsimile. Notes bearing the manual or facsimile
signature of individuals who were at any time Authorized Officers of
the Issuer
shall bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of
them have
ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery
of such
Notes or did not hold such offices on the date of such Notes.
(b) The
Indenture Trustee shall, upon Issuer Order, authenticate and deliver
for
original issue the following aggregate principal amounts of Notes:
(i) $132,000,000 of Class A-1 Notes, (ii) $169,000,000 of
Class A-2 Notes, (iii) $185,000,000 of Class A-3 Notes, (iv)
$142,875,000 of Class A-4 Notes and (v) $16,125,000 of Class B
Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Class A-1 Notes,
Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes, Class A-4 Notes and Class B
Notes Outstanding at any time may not exceed such respective amounts except
as provided in Section 2.06.
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(c) Each
Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall
be issuable as registered Notes in minimum denominations of $2,000 and
in
integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
(d) No
Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid
or
obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate
of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed
by the
Indenture Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories,
and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and
the only
evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder.
Section
2.03. Temporary Notes.
(a) Pending
the preparation of Definitive Notes pursuant to Section 2.12, the Issuer
may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the Indenture Trustee
shall
authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes that are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, of the tenor of the
Definitive
Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such variations not inconsistent
with the terms of this Indenture as the officers executing such Notes
may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
(b) If
temporary Notes are issued pursuant to this Section, the Issuer shall
cause
Definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of Definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable
for
Definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office
or agency
of the Note Registrar to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, without
charge to the related Noteholder. Upon surrender for cancellation of
any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor, a like tenor
and
principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized
denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive
Notes.
Section
2.04. Tax Treatment. The Issuer has entered into
this Indenture, and the Notes will be issued, with the intention that,
for all
purposes including federal, State and local income, single business and
franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness of the
Issuer
secured by the Trust Estate. The Issuer, by entering into this
Indenture, and each Noteholder, by its acceptance of a Note (and each
Note Owner
by its acceptance of an interest in the applicable Book-Entry Note),
agree to
treat the Notes as indebtedness of the Issuer for all purposes, including
federal, State and local income, single business and franchise tax
purposes.
Section
2.05. Registration; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange.
(a) The
Issuer shall cause to be kept a register (the “Note Register”) in which, subject
to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall
provide for
the registration of Notes and the registration of transfers of
Notes. The Indenture Trustee initially shall be the registrar (the
“Note Registrar”) for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as
herein provided. Upon any resignation of any Note Registrar, the
Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor or, if it elects not to make
such an
appointment, assume the duties of Note Registrar.
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(b) If
a Person other than the Indenture Trustee or Wachovia Bank is appointed
by the
Issuer as Note Registrar, the Issuer will give the Indenture Trustee
prompt
written notice of the appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location,
and any change in the location, of the Note Register, and the Indenture
Trustee
shall have the right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times
and to
obtain copies thereof, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right
to rely
upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by an Executive
Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the Holders of the Notes
and
the principal amounts and number of such Notes.
(c) Upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency
of
the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, provided that the
requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall execute,
and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Noteholder
making such surrender and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture
Trustee, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one
or more
new Notes of the same Class in any authorized denomination and a like
aggregate
principal amount. The Indenture Trustee may rely upon the
Administrator with respect to the determination of whether the requirements
of
Section 8-401 of the UCC are met.
(d) At
the option of the related Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes
of the
same Class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal
amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or
agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, provided
that the requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met (as determined by
the Issuer), the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Noteholder making such exchange, the
Notes which
such Noteholder is entitled to receive. The Indenture Trustee may
rely upon the Administrator with respect to the determination of whether
the
requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met.
(e) All
Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall
be the
valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled
to the
same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such
registration of transfer or exchange.
(f) Each
Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be
duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof
or
such Xxxxxx’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature
guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of
the Note Registrar.
(g) No
service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer
or
exchange of Notes, but the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may require
payment
by such Noteholder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer
or
exchange of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.03 or 9.06
not involving any transfer.
(h) The
preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Issuer shall
not be
required to make, and the Note Registrar need not register, transfers
or
exchanges of Notes with respect to which the due date for any payment
will occur
within 15 days.
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(i) Each
Person to whom a Class A Note is transferred will be required to represent,
in
the case of a Definitive Note, or deemed to represent, in the case of
a
Book-Entry Note, that (i) such Person is not a Benefit Plan or (ii)
such Person is acquiring a Note and the Person’s acquisition, holding and
disposition of the Note are and will be eligible for relief under
PTCE 84-14, 90-1, 91-38, 95-60 or 96-23. Each Person to whom a
Class B Note is transferred will be required to represent, in the case
of a
Definitive Note, or deemed to represent, in the case of a Book-Entry
Note,
that such Person is not a Benefit Plan.
(j) The
Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for ascertaining whether any
transfer
complies with, or for otherwise monitoring or determining compliance
with, the
requirements or terms of the Securities Act, applicable state securities
laws,
ERISA, the Code or the Investment Company Act; except that if a certificate
is
specifically required by the terms of this Section 2.05 to be provided
to the
Indenture Trustee by a prospective transferor or transferee, the Indenture
Trustee shall be under a duty to receive and examine the same to determine
whether it conforms substantially on its face to the applicable requirements
of
this Section 2.05.
Any
purported transfer of a Note not in
accordance with this Section 2.05 shall be null and void and shall not
be given
effect for any purpose whatsoever.
Section
2.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes.
(a) If
(i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the
Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction,
loss
or theft of any Note, (ii) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee such
security or indemnity as may be required by it to hold the Issuer and
the
Indenture Trustee harmless and (iii) the requirements of Section 8-405
of the UCC are met, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the
Note
Registrar or the Indenture Trustee that such Note has been acquired by
a
Protected Purchaser, the Issuer shall execute, and upon its request the
Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or
in lieu of
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note
of the
same Class; provided, however, that if any such destroyed, lost or stolen
Note,
but not a mutilated Note, shall have become or within seven days of the
Indenture Trustee’s receipt of evidence to its satisfaction of such destruction,
loss or theft shall be due and payable, or shall have been called for
redemption
pursuant to Section 10.01, instead of issuing a replacement Note, the
Issuer may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so due or payable
or
upon the Redemption Date without surrender thereof. The Indenture
Trustee may rely upon the Administrator with respect to the determination
of
whether the requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are
met. If, after the delivery of such replacement Note or payment of a
destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to the proviso to the preceding
sentence, a Protected Purchaser of the original Note in lieu of which
such
replacement Note was issued presents for payment such original Note,
the Issuer
and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover such replacement
Note (or
such payment) from the Person to whom such replacement Note was delivered
or any
Person taking such replacement Note from such Person to whom such replacement
Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a Protected
Purchaser,
and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided
therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred
by the
Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection therewith.
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(b) Upon
the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section, the Issuer or
the
Indenture Trustee may require the payment by the Holder of such Note
of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in
relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the fees
and
expenses of the Indenture Trustee or the Note Registrar) connected
therewith.
(c) Every
replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section in replacement of any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone,
and
shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
(d) The
provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.
Section
2.07. Persons Deemed Owner. Prior to due
presentment for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the
Indenture
Trustee and any of their respective agents may, subject to Section 2.06,
treat the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the Note Register
(as
of the day of determination) as the owner of such Note for the purpose
of
receiving payments of principal of and interest, if any, on such Note
and for
all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note shall be overdue,
and
none of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective
agents
shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section
2.08. Payment of Principal and Interest.
(a) On
each Distribution Date, prior to the acceleration of the Notes following
the
occurrence of an Event of Default, upon receipt of written instructions
from the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.09(c) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall apply the Available Funds on deposit
in
the Collection Account to make the following payments and deposits in
the
following order of priority:
(i) to
the Master Servicer, the Total Servicing Fee and any Nonrecoverable Advances
for
the related Collection Period;
(ii) to
the Trustees pro rata, the Total Trustee Fees, provided; however, that
the
aggregate amount to be paid to the Trustees for such fees and expenses
pursuant
to this clause shall not exceed $100,000 in any given calendar
year;
(iii) to
the Note Payment Account, for payment to the Class A Notes, the Interest
Distributable Amount, ratably, for each Class of Class A
Notes;
(iv) to
the Note Payment Account, for payment of principal on the Notes in the
priority
set forth in Section 2.08(b), the Priority Principal Distributable Amount,
if any;
(v) to
the Note Payment Account, for payment to the Class B Notes, the Interest
Distributable Amount for the Class B Notes;
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(vi) to
the Note Payment Account, for payment of principal on the Notes in the
priority
set forth in Section 2.08(b), the Secondary Principal Distributable Amount,
if any;
(vii) to
the Reserve Fund, the Reserve Fund Deficiency for such Distribution Date,
if
any;
(viii) if
a Successor Master Servicer has been appointed pursuant to Section 7.02 of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to such Successor Master Servicer,
any
Transition Costs due in connection with such transfer of servicing and
not paid
pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, plus the
Additional Servicing Fee, if any, for the related Collection
Period;
(ix) to
the Trustees, pro rata, the Total Trustee Fees, to the extent that they
have not
previously been paid; and
(x) to
the Certificate Payment Account, for payment to the Certificateholders,
any
remaining Available Funds (the “Excess Collections”).
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, following the occurrence and during the continuation of
an Event
of Default which has resulted in an acceleration of the Notes, all Available
Funds shall be deposited into the Note Payment Account and applied in
accordance
with Section 2.08(f). Any distributions to be made by the
Indenture Trustee under the Basic Documents may be made by the Paying
Agent.
For
the
July 2008 Distribution Date, the portion of items (iii) and (iv) in the
second
preceding paragraph, necessary to pay interest on and principal of the
Class A-1
Notes in full, if any, will be paid on the Class A-1 Final Scheduled
Distribution Date, with the balance of the distributions with respect
to the
July 2008 Distribution Date to be made on the July 2008 Distribution
Date.
The
Reserve Fund Draw Amount shall be used to make the payments described
in Section
4.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
If
the
amount on deposit in the Note Payment Account (including any portion
of the
Reserve Fund Draw Amount) on any Distribution Date is less than the amount
described in clause (iii) above for such Distribution Date, the
Indenture Trustee, either directly or through the Paying Agent, shall
pay the
available amount to the Noteholders of each Class of Class A Notes pro rata
based on the Interest Distributable Amount payable to such Class on such
Distribution Date.
If
on any
Distribution Date, the aggregate amount on deposit in the Collection
Account and
the Reserve Fund equals or exceeds the Note Balance of all Notes Outstanding
as
of the last day of the related Collection Period, the accrued and unpaid
interest thereon and all amounts due to the Master Servicer and the Trustees,
the Master Servicer shall provide written notification thereof to the
Indenture
Trustee and shall direct the Indenture Trustee to apply all such amounts
to
retire the Notes and to pay all such amounts due to the Master Servicer
and the
Trustees in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
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(b) The
principal of each Note shall be payable in installments on each Distribution
Date in an aggregate amount (unless the Notes have been declared immediately
due
and payable following an Event of Default) for all Classes of Notes equal
to the
Aggregate Principal Distributable Amount. On each Distribution Date,
upon receipt of instructions from the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.09(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and subject to
Section 2.08(f), the Indenture Trustee shall either directly or through a
Paying Agent apply or cause to be applied the amount on deposit in the
Note
Payment Account on such Distribution Date in respect of the Aggregate
Principal
Distributable Amount, to make the following payments in the following
order of
priority:
(i) to
the Class A-1 Notes, until the principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes
has been
paid in full;
(ii) to
the Class A-2 Notes until the principal amount of the Class A-2 Notes
has been
paid in full;
(iii) to
the Class A-3 Notes until the principal amount of the Class A-3 Notes
has been
paid in full;
(iv) to
the Class A-4 Notes until the principal amount of the Class A-4 Notes
has been
paid in full; and
(v) to
the Class B Notes until the principal amount of the Class B Notes has
been paid
in full.
(c) The
unpaid principal amount, to the extent not previously paid of the
(i) Class A-1 Notes shall be due and payable on the Class A-1
Final Scheduled Distribution Date, (ii) Class A-2 Notes shall be due
and payable on the Class A-2 Final Scheduled Distribution Date,
(iii) Class A-3 Notes shall be due and payable on the Class A-3
Final Scheduled Distribution Date, (iv) Class A-4 Notes shall be due
and payable on the Class A-4 Final Scheduled Distribution Date and
(viii) Class B Notes shall be due and payable on the Class B
Final Scheduled Distribution Date.
(d) Each
Class of Notes shall accrue interest during each Interest Period at the
related
Interest Rate, and such interest shall be due and payable on each Distribution
Date. Interest on the Class A-1 Notes shall be calculated on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a 360-day
year. Interest on the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3
Notes, the Class A-4 Notes and the Class B Notes shall be calculated
on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Subject to
Section 3.01, any installment of interest or principal, if any, payable on
any Note that is punctually paid or duly provided for on the applicable
Distribution Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note
(or one or
more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the related Record Date by check
mailed
first-class postage prepaid to such Person’s address as it appears on the Note
Register on such Record Date; provided, however, that, unless Definitive
Notes
have been issued pursuant to Section 2.12, with respect to Notes registered
on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency
(initially,
such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payment shall be made by wire transfer
in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee,
and
except for the final installment of principal payable with respect to
such Note
on a Distribution Date or on the related Final Scheduled Distribution
Date (and
except for the Redemption Price for any Note called for redemption in
whole
pursuant to Section 10.01), which shall be payable as provided
below. The funds represented by any such checks returned undelivered
shall be held in accordance with Section 3.03. The Indenture
Trustee, either directly or through the Paying Agent, shall pay all Interest
Distributable Amounts for any Distribution Date to the Noteholders on
the
related Record Date even if a portion of such Interest Distributable
Amount
relates to an earlier Distribution Date.
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(e) All
principal and interest payments on a Class of Notes shall be made pro
rata to
the Noteholders of such Class. Except as otherwise provided herein,
the Indenture Trustee shall, before the Distribution Date on which the
Issuer
expects to pay the final installment of principal of and interest on
any Note,
notify the Holder of such Note as of the related Record Date of such
final
installment. Such notice shall be mailed or transmitted by facsimile
and shall specify that such final installment shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of such Note and shall specify the place where
such
Note may be presented and surrendered for payment of such
installment. Notices in connection with redemption of Notes shall be
sent by mail to Noteholders as provided in Section 10.02.
(f) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the unpaid principal amount of the Notes and all other
amounts
due hereunder shall be due and payable, to the extent not previously
paid, on
the date on which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
if
the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than
51% of
the Note Balance of the Controlling Class have declared the Notes to
be
immediately due and payable in the manner provided in
Section 5.02(a). On each Distribution Date following
acceleration of the Notes, upon receipt of instructions from the Master
Servicer
pursuant to Section 4.09(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the
Indenture Trustee or the Paying Agent shall deposit all Available Funds
into the
Note Payment Account and shall apply or cause to be applied all such
amounts to
make the following payments and deposits in the following order of
priority:
(i) first,
to the Master Servicer, the Total Servicing Fee and any Nonrecoverable
Advances
for the related Collection Period;
(ii) second,
to the Trustees, the Total Trustee Fees;
(iii) third,
to the Class A Noteholders, the Interest Distributable Amount for each
Class of Class A Notes;
(iv) (a) fourth,
if an Event of Default described in Section 5.01(i), (ii), (v) or
(vi) has occurred, in the following order of priority:
(A) to
the Class A-1 Noteholders, payments of principal until the principal amount
of the Class A-1 Notes has been paid in full;
(B) to
the Holders of each Class of remaining Class A Notes, pro rata based on the
outstanding principal amount of each such Class of Class A Notes as of such
Distribution Date, payments of principal until the principal amount of
each such
Class of remaining Class A Notes has been paid in full;
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(C) to
the Class B Noteholders, the Interest Distributable Amount for the
Class B Notes; and
(D) to
the Class B Noteholders, payments of principal until the principal amount
of the Class B Notes has been paid in full;
(iv)(b) fourth,
if an Event of Default described in Section 5.01(iii) or (iv) has
occurred, in the following order of priority:
(A) to
the Class B Noteholders, the Interest Distributable Amount for the
Class B Notes;
(B) to
the Class A-1 Noteholders, payments of principal until the principal amount
of the Class A-1 Notes has been paid in full;
(C) to
the Holders of each Class of remaining Class A Notes, pro rata based on the
outstanding principal amount of each such Class of Class A Notes as of such
Distribution Date, payments of principal until the principal amount of
each such
Class of remaining Class A Notes has been paid in full; and
(D) to
the Class B Noteholders, payments of principal until the principal amount
of the Class B Notes has been paid in full;
(v) fifth,
if a Successor Master Servicer has been appointed pursuant to Section 7.02
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to such Successor Master Servicer,
any
Transition Costs due in connection with such transfer of servicing and not paid
pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement plus the
Additional Servicing Fee, if any, for the related Collection Period;
and
(vi) sixth,
to the Certificateholders, any remaining amounts.
(g) The
Indenture Trustee shall transfer or shall cause the Master Servicer to
transfer,
amounts from the Reserve Fund and deposit amounts transferred therefrom
at the
written direction of the Master Servicer in accordance with the Sale
and
Servicing Agreement.
Section
2.09. Cancellation. All Notes surrendered for
payment, registration of transfer, exchange or redemption in whole pursuant
to
Section 10.01 shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Indenture
Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall be promptly
cancelled
by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the
Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated
and
delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever,
and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Indenture
Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange
for any Notes cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Notes may be held or
disposed of by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with its standard
retention
or disposal policy as in effect at the time unless the Issuer shall direct
by an
Issuer Order that they be destroyed or returned to it; provided, that
such
Issuer Order is timely and the Notes have not been previously disposed
of by the
Indenture Trustee.
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Section
2.10. Book-Entry Notes. Except as provided in
Section 2.12, the Notes, upon original issuance, will be issued in the
form of a
typewritten Note or Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered
to
The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency, by, or on
behalf of,
the Issuer. The Book-Entry Notes shall be registered initially on the
Note Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial
Clearing Agency, and no Note Owner will receive a definitive Note representing
such Note Owner’s interest in such Book Entry Note, except as provided in
Section 2.12. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Notes
(the “Definitive Notes”) have been issued to such Note Owners pursuant to
Section 2.12:
(i) the
provisions of this Section shall be in full force and effect;
(ii) the
Note Registrar shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for
all
purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of principal of and
interest
on the Notes and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder)
as the sole
Holder of such Notes, and shall have no obligation to the Note
Owners;
(iii) to
the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with any other
provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section shall
control;
(iv) the
rights of Note Owners shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency
and
shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such
Note
Owners and the Clearing Agency or the Clearing Agency Participants; pursuant
to
the Note Depository Agreement, unless and until Definitive Notes are
issued
pursuant to Section 2.12, the Clearing Agency will make book-entry
transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit
payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to such Clearing Agency
Participants; and
(v) whenever
this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions
or directions of the Holders of Notes (or Holders of Notes of any Class,
including the Controlling Class) evidencing a specified percentage of
the Note
Balance, the Clearing Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage
only
to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from Note
Owners
and/or Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively,
such
required percentage of the beneficial interest in the Notes or such Class
of
Notes and has delivered such instructions to the Indenture Trustee.
Section
2.11. Notices to Clearing Agency. Whenever a notice
or other communication to the Noteholders is required under this Indenture,
unless and until Definitive Notes shall have been issued to such Note
Owners
pursuant to Section 2.12, the Indenture Trustee shall give all such notices
and communications specified herein to be given to the Noteholders to
the
Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligation to such Note Owners.
Section
2.12. Definitive Notes. Definitive Notes will be
issued only in the following circumstances:
(a) If:
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(i) (A) the
Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities with respect to the Book-Entry Notes and (B) the
Indenture Trustee is not able to locate a qualified successor; or
(ii) after
the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Servicer Termination Event,
owners of
Book-Entry Notes representing beneficial interests aggregating not less
than 51%
of the principal amount of a Class of Notes advise the Indenture Trustee
and the
Clearing Agency Participant through the Clearing Agency, in writing that
the
continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency is no
longer in
the best interests of such Note Owners;
then,
in
each case, the Indenture Trustee shall notify such Note Owners of the
related
Class of Notes through the Clearing Agency of the occurrence of any such
event
and of the availability of Definitive Notes of the related Class of Notes
to
Note Owners requesting the same.
(b) Upon
surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the Note or Notes representing
the
Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration
instructions, the Issuer at its own expense shall execute and deliver
the
Definitive Notes to the Indenture Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate the Definitive Notes in accordance with the instructions
of the
Clearing Agency. None of the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the
Indenture Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions
and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such
instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes of a Class, the
Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Noteholders of the Definitive Notes
as
Noteholders hereunder.
Section
2.13. Release of Collateral. Subject to
Section 11.01 and the terms of the other Basic Documents, the Indenture
Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture only upon
receipt
of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of
Counsel and, if required by Section 11.01, Independent Certificates in
accordance with Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1) of the TIA or an Opinion
of
Counsel in lieu of such Independent Certificates to the effect that the
TIA does
not require any such Independent Certificates. If the Commission
shall issue an exemptive order under TIA Section 304(d) modifying the
Indenture
Trustee’s obligations under TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1), the Indenture
Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture in accordance
with the conditions and procedures set forth in such exemptive
order.
Section
2.14. Employee Benefit Plans. The Class A Notes
may, in general, be purchased by, or on behalf of, or with “plan assets” of a
Benefit Plan. A fiduciary of a Benefit Plan purchasing the Class A
Notes or a beneficial interest in such Notes, with the assets of a Benefit
Plan
is deemed to represent that the purchase of one or more such Notes or
a
beneficial interest therein is consistent with its fiduciary duties under
ERISA
and does not result in a nonexempt prohibited transaction as defined
in
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. If the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the
Owner
Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates (i) has investment or
administrative discretion with respect to the assets of a Benefit Plan,
(ii) has authority or responsibility to give, or regularly gives,
investment advice with respect to such Benefit Plan assets, for a fee
and
pursuant to an agreement or understanding that such advice will (a) serve
as a primary basis for investment decisions with respect to such Benefit
Plan
assets and (b) be based on the particular investment needs for such Benefit
Plan or (iii) is an employer maintaining or contributing to such Benefit
Plan, then a purchase of the Notes by such a Benefit Plan may represent
a
conflict of interest or act of self-dealing by the fiduciary. The
Class B Notes may not be purchased by, or on behalf of, or with “plan assets” of
a Benefit Plan.
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Section
2.15. Authenticating Agents. The Indenture Trustee
may appoint one or more Persons (each, an “Authenticating Agent”) with power to
act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication
of Notes in
connection with issuance, transfers and exchanges under Sections 2.02,
2.03, 2.05 and 2.06, as fully to all intents and purposes as though each
such
Authenticating Agent had been expressly authorized by those Sections
to
authenticate such Notes. For all purposes of this Indenture, the
authentication of Notes by an Authenticating Agent pursuant to this Section
shall be deemed to be the authentication of Notes “by the Indenture
Trustee”.
Any
corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted
or
with which it may be consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger,
consolidation or conversion to which any Authenticating Agent shall be
a party,
or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate
trust
business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of such
Authenticating Agent hereunder, without the execution or filing of any
document
or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or such Authenticating
Agent or such successor corporation.
Any
Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice
of
resignation to the Trustees. The Indenture Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice
of
termination to such Authenticating Agent and the Owner Trustee. Upon
receiving such notice of resignation or upon such a termination, the
Indenture
Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent and shall give written
notice of any such appointment to the Owner Trustee.
The
Administrator agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time,
reasonable compensation for its services. The provisions of Sections
2.09 and 6.04 shall be applicable to any Authenticating Agent.
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ARTICLE
THREE
COVENANTS
Section
3.01. Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer
will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest, if any, on
the Notes
in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture. Amounts
properly withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to any
Noteholder
of interest or principal shall be considered as having been paid by the
Issuer
to such Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.
Section
3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer
will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office
or agency where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer
or
exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect
of the
Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer hereby appoints
the Indenture Trustee to serve as its agent for the foregoing
purposes. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the
Depositor and the Indenture Trustee of the location, and of any change
in the
location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer
shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to furnish
the
Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders, notices
and demands
may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office and the Issuer hereby
appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders,
notices and demands.
Section
3.03. Money for Payments to be Held in Trust.
(a) As
provided in Section 8.02, all payments of amounts due and payable with
respect to any Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from
the
Accounts shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee
or by
the Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from the Accounts for payments
of
Notes shall be paid over to the Issuer except as provided in this
Section.
(b) On
or before each Distribution Date and Redemption Date, the Issuer shall
deposit
or cause to be deposited in the Note Payment Account an aggregate sum
sufficient
to pay the amounts then becoming due under the Notes, such sum to be
held in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless the
Paying
Agent is the Indenture Trustee) shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee
in
writing of its action or failure so to act.
(c) The
Issuer will cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee
to execute
and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such Paying
Agent
shall agree with the Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee
acts as
Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of this
Section,
that such Paying Agent will:
(i) hold
all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the
Notes in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums
shall be
paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and
pay such
sums to such Persons as herein provided;
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(ii) give
the Indenture Trustee notice of any default by the Issuer (or any other
obligor
upon the Notes) of which it has actual knowledge in the making of any
payment
required to be made with respect to the Notes;
(iii) at
any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written
request of
the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums
so held
in trust by such Paying Agent;
(iv) immediately
resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all
sums
held by it in trust for the payment of the Notes if at any time it ceases
to
meet the standards required to be met by a Paying Agent at the time of
its
appointment; and
(v) comply
with all requirements of the Code and any State or local tax law with
respect to
the withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes of any applicable
withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable
reporting
requirements in connection therewith.
(d) The
Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and
discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer Order
direct any
Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by
such
Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon the
same trusts
as those upon which such sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon
such
payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent
shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such sums.
(e) If
Definitive Notes are issued, subject to applicable laws with respect
to escheat
of funds, any money held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent
in trust
for the payment of any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining
unclaimed for two years after such amount has become due and payable
shall be
discharged from such trust and be paid to the Issuer on Issuer Request;
and such
Noteholder shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only
to the
Issuer for payment thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so
paid to the
Issuer), and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent
with
respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however,
that the
Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make
any such
repayment, shall at the expense and written direction of the Issuer cause
to be
published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The City
of
New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of
such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be
repaid to or for the account of the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee
shall also adopt and employ, at the expense and written direction of
the Issuer,
any other reasonable means of notification of such repayment (including
mailing
notice of such repayment to Holders whose Notes have been called but
have not
been surrendered for redemption in whole pursuant to Section 10.01 or whose
right to or interest in monies due and payable but not claimed is determinable
from the records of the Indenture Trustee or of any Paying Agent, at
the last
address of record for each such Holder).
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Section
3.04. Existence. The Issuer will keep in full
effect its existence, rights and franchises as a statutory trust under
the laws
of the State of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer
hereunder
is or becomes, organized under the laws of any other State or of the
United
States, in which case the Issuer will keep in full effect its existence,
rights
and franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction) and will obtain
and
preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which
such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each
other
instrument or agreement included in the Trust Estate, including all licenses
required under (i) the Maryland Vehicle Sales Finance Act or (ii) the
Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act in connection with this
Indenture
and the other Basic Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby
and
thereby until such time as the Issuer shall terminate in accordance with
the
terms hereof.
Section
3.05. Protection of Trust Estate. The Issuer
intends the security interest Granted pursuant to this Indenture in favor
of the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders to be prior to all other
liens in
respect of the Trust Estate, and the Issuer shall take all actions necessary
to
obtain and maintain, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee on behalf
of the
Noteholders, a first lien on and a first priority, perfected security
interest
in the Trust Estate. The Issuer will from time to time authorize,
execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and all
such
financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further
assurance
and other instruments, all as prepared by the Administrator and delivered
to the
Issuer, and will take such other action necessary or advisable to:
(i) Grant
more effectively any portion of the Trust Estate;
(ii) maintain
or preserve the lien and security interest (and the priority thereof)
created by
this Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof;
(iii) perfect,
publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made or to be
made by
this Indenture;
(iv) enforce
any of the Collateral; or
(v) preserve
and defend title to the Trust Estate and the rights of the Indenture
Trustee and
the Noteholders in such Trust Estate against the claims of all
Persons.
The
Issuer hereby authorizes the Indenture Trustee to file any financing
statement
or continuation statement required pursuant to this Section and designates
the
Indenture Trustee as its agent and attorney-in-fact to execute any other
instrument required under this Section.
Section
3.06. Opinions as to Trust Estate.
(a) On
the Closing Date, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel,
either
(i) all financing statements and continuation statements have been executed
and filed that are necessary to create and continue the first priority
perfected
security interest of the Indenture Trustee in the Collateral for the
benefit of
the Noteholders, and reciting the details of such filings or referring
to prior
Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given or (ii) no such action
shall be necessary to perfect such security interest.
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(b) Within
90 days after the beginning of each fiscal year of the Issuer beginning
with the first fiscal year beginning more than three months after the
Cutoff
Date, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action
has
been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling
of
this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite
documents and with respect to the authorization and filing of any financing
statements and continuation statements as is necessary to maintain the
lien and
security interest created by this Indenture and reciting the details
of such
action or stating that in the opinion of such counsel no such action
is
necessary to maintain such lien an security interest. Such Opinion of
Counsel shall also describe the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling
of
this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite
documents and the authorization and filing of any financing statements
and
continuation statements that shall, in the opinion of such counsel, be
required
to maintain the lien and security interest of this Indenture until March 31
in the following calendar year.
Section
3.07. Performance of Obligations; Servicing of
Receivables.
(a) The
Issuer will not take any action and will use its best efforts not to
permit any
action to be taken by others that would release any Person from any of
such
Person’s material covenants or obligations under any instrument or agreement
included in the Trust Estate or that would result in the amendment,
hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair
the
validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except
as
expressly provided in this Indenture or the other Basic Documents.
(b) The
Issuer may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing its
duties
under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person
identified
to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer shall be
deemed to be action taken by the Issuer. Initially, the Issuer has
contracted with the Master Servicer and the Administrator to assist the
Issuer
in performing its duties under this Indenture.
(c) The
Issuer will and will cause the Administrator to, punctually perform and
observe
all of its obligations and agreements contained in this Indenture, the
other
Basic Documents and in the instruments and agreements included in the
Trust
Estate, including filing or causing to be filed all UCC financing statements
and
continuation statements required to be filed by the terms of this Indenture
and
the other Basic Documents in accordance with and within the time periods
provided for herein and therein.
(d) If
the Issuer shall have knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicer Termination
Event, the Issuer shall promptly notify the Depositor, the Indenture
Trustee and
each Rating Agency, in writing of such event, and shall specify in such
notice
the action, if any, the Issuer is taking in respect of such
default. If a Servicer Termination Event shall arise from the failure
of the Master Servicer to perform any of its duties or obligations under
the
Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Receivables, the Issuer
shall
take all reasonable steps available to it to remedy such failure.
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(e) As
promptly as possible after the giving of notice of termination to the
Master
Servicer of the Master Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to
Section 7.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer may (subject
to the rights of the Indenture Trustee to direct such appointment pursuant
to
Section 7.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement) appoint a Successor
Master Servicer, and such Successor Master Servicer shall accept its
appointment
by a written assumption in a form acceptable to the Indenture
Trustee. In the event that a Successor Master Servicer has not been
appointed and has not accepted its appointment at the time when the Master
Servicer ceases to act as Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee without
further
action shall be the successor to the Master Servicer in all respects
in
accordance with Section 7.02 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. The Indenture Trustee may resign as the Successor Master
Servicer by giving written notice of such resignation to the Issuer and
the
Depositor and in such event will be released from such duties and obligations,
such release not to be effective until the date a new Master Servicer
enters
into a servicing agreement as provided below. Upon delivery of any such
notice to the Issuer, the Issuer shall obtain a new Master Servicer as
the
Successor Master Servicer. In each case of either the appointment of
the Indenture Trustee (or any Affiliate as provided below) as Successor
Master
Servicer, or resignation of the Indenture Trustee as Master Servicer,
the
Indenture Trustee shall provide to the Depositor, in writing, such information
as reasonably requested by the Depositor to comply with its reporting
obligation
under the Exchange Act with respect to a Successor Master Servicer or
the
resignation of the Master Servicer. Any Successor Master Servicer other
than the Indenture Trustee shall (i) be an established financial
institution having a net worth of not less than $50,000,000 and whose
regular
business includes the servicing of retail motor vehicle installment sale
contracts, (ii) enter into a servicing agreement with the Issuer and the
Depositor having substantially the same provisions as the provisions
of the Sale
and Servicing Agreement applicable to the Master Servicer, and (iii)
shall
provide to the Depositor, in writing, such information as reasonably
requested
by the Depositor to comply with its reporting obligation under the Exchange
Act
with respect to a Successor Master Servicer. If within 30 days
after the delivery of the notice referred to above, the Issuer shall
not have
obtained such a new Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee may appoint,
or may
petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, a Successor Master
Servicer. In connection with any such appointment, the Indenture
Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor
as it
and such successor shall agree with, subject to the limitations set forth
below
and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and in accordance with
Section 7.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall enter
into an agreement with such successor for the servicing of the Receivables
(such
agreement to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee). If the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the duties of the
Master Servicer as provided herein, it shall do so in its individual
capacity
and not in its capacity as Indenture Trustee and, accordingly, except
as
otherwise provided in the proviso to Section 6.01(a), the provisions of
Article Six shall be inapplicable to the Indenture Trustee in its duties as
the successor to the Master Servicer and the servicing of the
Receivables. In case the Indenture Trustee shall become successor to
the Master Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture
Trustee shall be entitled to appoint as Master Servicer any one of its
Affiliates or agents; provided that the Indenture Trustee, in its capacity
as
Master Servicer, shall be fully liable for the actions and omissions
of such
Affiliate or agent in such capacity as Successor Master
Servicer. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture to
the contrary, in no event shall the Indenture Trustee be liable for any
servicing fee or for any differential in the amount of the servicing
fee paid
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the amount necessary to induce
any
Successor Master Servicer to act as Successor Master Servicer under the
Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
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(f) The
Issuer shall promptly notify the Depositor, the Trustees and the Rating
Agencies, in writing of (i) any termination of the Master Servicer pursuant
to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and (ii) the appointment of each
Successor Master Servicer, including the name and address of such Successor
Master Servicer.
(g) The
Issuer shall not waive timely performance or observance by the Depositor,
the
Master Servicer or the Seller of their respective duties or obligations
under
the Basic Documents if such waiver would reasonably be expected to materially
adversely affect the Noteholders.
Section
3.08. Negative Covenants. For so long as any Notes
are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not:
(i) except
as expressly permitted by Section 3.10(b) and the Basic Documents, sell,
transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets
of
the Issuer, including those included in the Trust Estate, unless directed
to do
so in writing by the Indenture Trustee;
(ii) claim
any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or interest payable
in
respect of, the Notes (other than amounts properly withheld from such
payments
under the Code or applicable State law) or assert any claim against any
present
or former Noteholder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or
assessed
upon the Issuer;
(iii) (a) permit
the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be impaired, or permit
the
lien created by this Indenture to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated,
terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from any
covenants
or obligations with respect to the Notes under this Indenture except
as may be
expressly permitted hereby, (b) permit any lien, charge, excise, claim,
security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien
of this
Indenture) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden
the
Trust Estate or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds
thereof
(other than tax liens, mechanics’ liens and other liens that arise by operation
of law, in each case on any of the Financed Vehicles and arising solely
as a
result of an action or omission of the related Obligor) or (c) permit the
lien created by this Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority
(other
than with respect to any such tax, mechanics’ or other lien) security interest
in the Trust Estate;
(iv) dissolve
or liquidate in whole or in part;
(v) engage
in any activities other than those permitted by Section 2.03 of the Trust
Agreement and financing, acquiring, owning, pledging and managing the
Receivables as contemplated by the Basic Documents and activities incidental
to
such activities; or
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(vi) incur,
assume or guarantee any indebtedness other than the indebtedness evidenced
by
the Notes or indebtedness otherwise permitted by the Basic
Documents.
Section
3.09. Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Issuer
will deliver to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee, on or before
June 30 of each year (commencing with the June 30 that is at least six
months after the Closing Date), an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to the
Authorized Officer signing such Officer’s Certificate, that:
(a) a
review of the activities of the Issuer during the preceding year (or
such
shorter period in the case of the first such Officer’s Certificate) and of its
performance under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized
Officer’s
supervision; and
(b) to
the best of such Authorized Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the
Issuer has complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture
throughout the preceding year (or such shorter period in the case of
the first
such Officer’s Certificate) or, if there has been a default in its compliance
with any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default known
to such
Authorized Officer and the nature and status thereof.
Section
3.10. Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain
Terms.
(a) The
Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person,
unless:
(i) the
Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger shall be a
Person
organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State
and
shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed
and
delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Depositor
and
the Indenture Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal
of and
interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every agreement
and
covenant of this Indenture, and each other Basic Document, on the part
of the
Issuer to be performed or observed;
(ii) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default
shall
have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the
Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such
transaction;
(iv) the
Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered
copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such transaction
will not have any material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer, any
Noteholder
or any Certificateholder;
(v) any
action that is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created
by
this Indenture shall have been taken; and
(vi) the
Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation or merger
and
such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all
conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such
transaction
have been complied with (including any filing required by the Exchange
Act).
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(b) Other
than as specifically contemplated by the Basic Documents, the Issuer
shall not
convey or transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets,
including those included in the Trust Estate, to any other Person,
unless:
(i) the
Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties or assets
of the
Issuer shall (A) be a United States citizen or a Person organized and
existing under the laws of the United States or any State, (B) expressly
assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to
the
Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the
due and
punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the
performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture
and
each other Basic Document on the part of the Issuer to be performed or
observed,
all as provided herein, (C) expressly agree by means of such supplemental
indenture that all right, title and interest so conveyed or transferred
shall be
subject and subordinate to the rights of Noteholders, (D) unless otherwise
provided in such supplemental indenture, expressly agree to indemnify,
defend
and hold harmless the Issuer against and from any loss, liability or
expense
arising under or related to this Indenture and the Notes and (E) expressly
agree
by means of such supplemental indenture that such Person (or if a group
of
Persons, then one specified Person) shall make all filings with the Commission
(and any other appropriate Person) required by the Exchange Act in connection
with the Notes;
(ii) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default
shall
have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the
Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such
transaction;
(iv) the
Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered
copies thereof to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee) to the effect
that
such transaction will not have any material adverse federal tax consequence
to
the Issuer, any Noteholder or any Certificateholder;
(v) any
action that is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created
by
this Indenture shall have been taken; and
(vi) the
Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such conveyance or transfer
and such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions
precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such transaction
have been
complied with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act).
Section
3.11. Successor or Transferee.
(a) Upon
any consolidation or merger of the Issuer in accordance with
Section 3.10(a), the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or
merger (if other than the Issuer) shall succeed to, and be substituted
for, and
may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Indenture
with the
same effect as if such Person had been named as the Issuer herein.
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(b) Upon
any conveyance or transfer of all the properties and assets of the Issuer
in
accordance with Section 3.10(b), the Issuer will be released from every
covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be observed or performed
on the part
of the Issuer with respect to the Notes immediately upon the delivery
of written
notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor stating that the Issuer
is to
be so released.
Section
3.12. No Other Business. The Issuer shall not
engage in any business other than financing, acquiring, owning and pledging
the
Receivables in the manner contemplated by this Indenture and the other
Basic
Documents and activities incidental thereto.
Section
3.13. No Borrowing. The Issuer shall not issue,
incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly,
for
any indebtedness except for (i) the Notes and (ii) any other
indebtedness permitted by or arising under the Basic Documents.
Section
3.14. Master Servicer’s
Obligations. The Issuer shall cause the Master Servicer to comply
with the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Section
3.15. Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other
Liabilities. Except as contemplated by the Basic Documents, the
Issuer shall not make any loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee
(directly
or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuring another’s
payment or performance on any obligation or capability of so doing or
otherwise), endorse or otherwise become contingently liable, directly
or
indirectly, in connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of,
or own,
purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so) any
stock,
obligations, assets or securities of, or any other interest in, or make
any
capital contribution to, any other Person.
Section
3.16. Capital Expenditures. The Issuer shall not
make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for
capital
assets (either realty or personalty).
Section
3.17. Removal of Administrator. For so long as any
Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not remove the Administrator
without
cause unless the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with
respect
to such removal.
Section
3.18. Restricted Payments. Except as expressly
permitted by the Basic Documents, the Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly,
(i) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of capital or
otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof,
to
the Owner Trustee or any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer
or
otherwise with respect to any ownership or equity interest or security
in or of
the Issuer or to the Master Servicer, (ii) redeem, purchase, retire or
otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or
security or
(iii) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose;
provided, however, that the Issuer may make, or cause to be made,
(a) distributions as contemplated by, and to the extent funds are available
for such purpose under, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Trust
Agreement
and (b) payments to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
Section 1.02(b)(ii) of the Administration Agreement. The Issuer
will not, directly or indirectly, make payments to or distributions from
the
Collection Account, the Note Payment Account, the Certificate Payment
Account or
the Reserve Fund, except in accordance with this Indenture and the other
Basic
Documents.
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Section
3.19. Notice of Events of Default. The Issuer shall
give each Rating Agency, a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee
and the
Depositor prompt written notice of each Event of Default hereunder and
each
default on the part of the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Depositor
of its
obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and each default on
the part
of the Seller or the Depositor of its obligations under the Receivables
Purchase
Agreement.
Section
3.20. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of
the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer will execute and deliver such further
instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or
proper to
carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
Section
3.21. Compliance with Laws. The Issuer shall comply
with the requirements of all applicable laws, the non-compliance with
which
would, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect
the
ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations under the Notes, this
Indenture
or any Basic Document.
Section
3.22. Amendments of Sale and Servicing Agreement and Trust
Agreement. The Issuer shall not agree to any amendment to Section
9.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or Section 11.01 of the Trust
Agreement to eliminate the requirements thereunder that the Indenture
Trustee or
the Noteholders consent to amendments thereto as provided therein.
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ARTICLE
FOUR
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
Section
4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes
except
as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange,
(ii) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes,
(iii) rights of Noteholders to receive payments of principal thereof and
interest thereon, (iv) Sections 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.08, 3.10, 3.12,
3.13, 3.16 and 3.17, (v) the rights, obligations and immunities of the
Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee
under
Section 6.07 and the obligations of the Indenture Trustee under
Section 4.02) and (vi) the rights of Noteholders as beneficiaries
hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Indenture Trustee
payable to all or any of them, and the Indenture Trustee, on demand of
and at
the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes,
when:
(a) either:
(i) all
Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Notes (1) that
have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid
as
provided in Section 2.06 and (2) for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by
the
Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust,
as
provided in Section 3.03) have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for
cancellation; or
(ii) all
Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for
cancellation:
(A) have
become due and payable,
(B) will
become due and payable at the Class B Final Scheduled Distribution Date
within one year or
(C) are
to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory
to
the Indenture Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Indenture
Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer,
and
the
Issuer, in the case of clauses (A), (B) or (C) above, has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the
Indenture
Trustee, in trust, cash or direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed
by
the United States (which will mature prior to the date such amounts are
payable), in trust for such purpose, in an amount sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore delivered
to the
Indenture Trustee for cancellation when due to the related Final Scheduled
Distribution Date or Redemption Date (if Notes shall have been called
for
redemption pursuant to Section 10.01), as the case may be;
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(b) the
Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable by the Issuer
hereunder and under this Indenture and the other Basic Documents;
(c) the
Issuer has delivered to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA or
Section 11.01) an Independent Certificate, each meeting the applicable
requirements of Section 11.01(a) and, subject to Section 11.02, each
stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture
relating to
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with;
and
(d) the
Issuer has delivered to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion
of
Counsel to the effect that the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
pursuant to this Section will not cause any Noteholder to be treated
as having
sold or exchanged any of its Notes for purposes of Section 1001 of the
Code.
Section
4.02. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of the
Notes.
(a) Upon
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02(b), the Issuer
shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on
all the
Notes Outstanding, and the provisions of this Indenture, as it relates
to such
Notes, shall no longer be in effect (and the Indenture Trustee, at the
expense
of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same),
except
as to:
(i) the
rights of the Noteholders to receive, from the trust funds described
in
Section 4.02(b)(i), payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes
Outstanding at maturity of such principal or interest;
(ii) the
obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Notes under Sections 2.05,
2.06, 3.02 and 3.03;
(iii) the
obligations of the Administrator to the Indenture Trustee under
Section 6.07; and
(iv) the
rights, powers, trusts and immunities of the Indenture Trustee hereunder
and the
duties of the Indenture Trustee hereunder.
(b) The
satisfaction, discharge and defeasance of the Notes pursuant to
Section 4.02(a) is subject to the satisfaction of all of the following
conditions:
(i) the
Issuer has deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably (except as
provided
in Section 4.04) with the Indenture Trustee as trust funds in trust,
specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit
of
the Noteholders, which, through the payment of interest and principal
in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one
day
prior to the due date of any payment referred to below, money in an amount
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of Independent
certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Indenture Trustee, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness
on the Notes Outstanding, for principal thereof and interest thereon
to the date
of such deposit (in the case of Notes that have become due and payable)
or to
the maturity of such principal and interest, as the case may be;
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(ii) such
deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute an
event of
default under, any Basic Document or other agreement or instrument to
which the
Issuer is bound;
(iii) no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit
or
on the 91st day after such date;
(iv) the
Issuer has delivered to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion
of
Counsel to the effect that the satisfaction, discharge and defeasance
of the
Notes pursuant to this Section will not cause any Noteholder to be treated
as
having sold or exchanged any of its Notes for purposes of Section 1001 of
the Code; and
(v) the
Issuer has delivered to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the defeasance contemplated
by this Section have been complied with.
Section
4.03. Application of Trust Money. All monies
deposited with the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be held
in and applied by the Indenture Trustee, in accordance with the provisions
of
the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through
any
Paying Agent, to the Holders of the Notes for the payment or redemption
of which
such monies have been deposited with the Indenture Trustee, of all sums
due and
to become due thereon for principal and interest, but such monies need
not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein or in
the Sale
and Servicing Agreement or required by law.
Section
4.04. Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent. In
connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to
the Notes, all monies then held by any Paying Agent other than the Indenture
Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such Notes shall,
upon demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Indenture Trustee to be held
and
applied according to Section 3.03 and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such monies.
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ARTICLE
FIVE
EVENTS
OF
DEFAULT; REMEDIES
Section
5.01. Events of Default. Wherever used herein,
“Event of Default” means the occurrence of any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
voluntary
or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any
judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(i) default
in the payment of any interest on any Note of the Controlling Class when
the same becomes due and payable, and such default shall continue for
a period
of five days;
(ii) default
in the payment of the principal of any Note on its Final Scheduled Distribution
Date;
(iii) default
in the observance or performance of any material covenant or agreement
of the
Issuer made in this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement, a
default in
the observance or performance of which is specifically dealt with elsewhere
in
this Section) and such default shall continue or not be cured for a period
of
60 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail,
to the Issuer by the Depositor or the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer,
the
Depositor and the Indenture Trustee, by the Holders of Notes evidencing
not less
than 25% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class, a written notice
specifying such default and requiring it to be remedied and stating that
such
notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;
(iv) any
representation or warranty of the Issuer made in this Indenture or in
any
certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection
herewith
proving to have been incorrect in any material respect as of the time
when the
same shall have been made, and the circumstance or condition in respect
of which
such representation or warranty was incorrect shall not have been eliminated
or
otherwise cured for a period of 30 days after there shall have been given,
by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Depositor or the
Indenture
Trustee or to the Issuer, the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee by
the Holders
of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Note Balance of the Controlling
Class, a written notice specifying such incorrect representation or warranty
and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a notice
of Default
hereunder;
(v) the
filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction
in the
premises in respect of the Issuer or any substantial part of the Trust
Estate in
an involuntary case under any applicable federal or State bankruptcy,
insolvency
or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official
of
the Issuer or for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or ordering
the
winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer’s affairs, and such decree or order
shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days;
or
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(vi) the
commencement by the Issuer of a voluntary case under any applicable federal
or
State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect, or
the consent by the Issuer to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary
case under any such law, or the consent by the Issuer to the appointment
or
taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or for any substantial
part of
the Trust Estate, or the making by the Issuer of any general assignment
for the
benefit of creditors, or the failure by the Issuer generally to pay its
debts as
such debts become due, or the taking of any action by the Issuer in furtherance
of any of the foregoing.
The
Issuer shall deliver to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee, within
five
days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer’s
Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice or the lapse
of time or
both would become an Event of Default under clause (iii) or
(iv) above, its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to
take with respect thereto.
Section
5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and
Annulment.
(a) If
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture
Trustee
or the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 51% of the Note Balance
of the
Controlling Class may, upon prior written notice to each Rating Agency,
declare the Notes to be immediately due and payable by written notice
to the
Issuer (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by Noteholders), the Depositor
and
the Master Servicer, and upon any such declaration the unpaid principal
amount
of the Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through
the date
of acceleration, shall become immediately due and payable.
(b) If
the Notes have been declared immediately due and payable following an
Event of
Default, before a judgment or decree for payment of the amount due has
been
obtained by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article,
the
Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 51% of the Note Balance of
the
Controlling Class, by written notice to the Issuer, the Depositor and
the
Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration of acceleration
and
its consequences if:
(i) the
Issuer has paid or deposited with the Indenture Trustee a sum sufficient
to pay
all payments of principal of and interest on the Notes and all other
amounts
that would then be due hereunder or upon the Notes if the Event of Default
giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred; and
(ii) all
Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of the
Notes that
has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived
as
provided in Section 5.12.
No
such
rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent
thereto.
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Section
5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Indenture Trustee.
(a) If
a default is made in the payment of (i) any interest on any Note of the
Controlling Class when the same becomes due and payable, and such default
continues for a period of five days, or (ii) the principal of any Note on
the related Final Scheduled Distribution Date, the Issuer will, upon
demand of
the Indenture Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Noteholders,
the entire
amount then due and payable on such Notes for principal and interest,
with
interest upon the overdue principal at the applicable Interest Rate and,
to the
extent payment at such rate of interest shall be legally enforceable,
upon
overdue installments of interest at the applicable Interest Rate and,
in
addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover
the costs
and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and
counsel
and other amounts due and owing to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
Section 6.07.
(b) If
the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand,
the
Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust,
may
institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid,
and may
prosecute such Proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce
the same
against the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes and collect in
the manner
provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or other obligor upon
such
Notes, wherever situated, the monies adjudged or decreed to be
payable.
(c) If
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture
Trustee
may, as more particularly provided in Section 5.04, in its discretion,
proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders
by
such appropriate Proceedings as the Indenture Trustee shall deem most
effective
to protect and enforce such rights, whether for the specific enforcement
of any
covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of
any power
granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable
right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
(d) If
there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon
the
Notes or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in the Trust
Estate, Proceedings under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other
applicable federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law,
or if a
receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken
possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor or Person,
or if
there shall be pending any other comparable judicial Proceedings relative
to the
Issuer or other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property
of the
Issuer or such other obligor, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of
whether the
principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed
or by
declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee
shall
have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall
be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceedings or
otherwise:
(i) to
file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and
interest
owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and to file such other papers
or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims
of the
Indenture Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to
the
Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee), and their
respective
agents and attorneys, and for all expenses and other amounts due and
owing to
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07 and of the Noteholders
allowed in such Proceedings;
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(ii) unless
prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the
Noteholders in any election of a trustee, a standby trustee or Person
performing
similar functions in any such Proceedings;
(iii) to
collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable
on any
such claims and to pay all amounts received with respect to the claims
of the
Noteholders and of the Indenture Trustee on their behalf; and
(iv) to
file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary
or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee or the
Noteholders allowed in any Proceedings relative to the Issuer, its creditors
and
its property;
and
any
trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in
any such
Proceeding is hereby authorized by each of the Noteholders to make payments
to
the Indenture Trustee and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee shall
consent
to the making of payments directly to the Noteholders, to pay to the
Indenture
Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation
to
the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective
agents and attorneys, and all other expenses and amounts due and owing
to the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07.
(e) Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to
authorize
or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Noteholder
any
plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting
the
Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Indenture
Trustee
to vote in respect of the claim of any Noteholder in any such Proceeding
except,
as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or
similar
Person.
(f) All
rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under
any of
the Notes, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession
of
any of the Notes or the production thereof in any trial or other Proceedings
relative thereto, and any such action or Proceedings instituted by the
Indenture
Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust,
and any
recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements
and
compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee
and
their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit
of the
Noteholders.
(g) In
any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any Proceedings
involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which
the
Indenture Trustee shall be a party), the Indenture Trustee shall be held
to
represent all the Noteholders, and it shall not be necessary to make
any
Noteholder a party to any such Proceedings.
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Section
5.04. Remedies.
(a) If
the Notes have been declared to be immediately due and payable following
an
Event of Default, the Indenture Trustee may, or at the written direction
of the
Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 51% of the Note Balance of
the
Controlling Class shall take one or more of the following actions as
so directed
(subject to Sections 5.02 and 5.05):
(i) institute
Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the
collection of all amounts then payable on the Notes or under this Indenture
with
respect thereto, whether by declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment
obtained and collect from the Issuer and any other obligor upon the Notes
monies
adjudged due;
(ii) institute
Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial foreclosure
of this
Indenture with respect to the Trust Estate;
(iii) exercise
any remedies of a secured party under the UCC and take any other appropriate
action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Indenture
Trustee
and the Noteholders; and
(iv) sell
the Trust Estate or any portion thereof or rights or interest therein,
at one or
more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted
by
law;
provided,
however, that the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate
the
Trust Estate at the direction of the Noteholders following an Event of
Default,
other than an Event of Default described in Section 5.01(i) or (ii),
unless: (A) the Holders of Notes evidencing 100% of the Note Balance
consent thereto, (B) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation will be
sufficient to pay in full the Note Balance and all accrued but unpaid
interest
on the Outstanding Notes or (C) the Indenture Trustee determines that the
Trust Estate will not continue to provide sufficient funds for the payment
of
principal of and interest on the Notes as they would have become due if the
Notes had not been declared immediately due and payable, and the Indenture
Trustee obtains the consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less
than
66⅔% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class. In determining
such sufficiency or insufficiency with respect to clauses (B) and (C), the
Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion
of an
Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation
as to
the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of
the Trust
Estate for such purpose.
(b) If
the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this
Section as
a result of selling or liquidating the Trust Estate, it shall pay out
such money
or property (together with all Available Collections and all amounts
on deposit
in the Accounts) on the related Distribution Date or other date fixed
pursuant
to Section 5.04(c) in the order of priority set forth in
Section 2.08(f).
(c) The
Indenture Trustee may fix a record date and distribution date for any
payment to
Noteholders pursuant to this Section. At least five days before such
record date, the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Issuer shall mail
to each
Noteholder and the Indenture Trustee a notice that states the record date,
the distribution date and the amount to be paid.
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Section
5.05. Optional Preservation of the Receivables. If
the Notes have been declared to be due and payable under Section 5.02
following an Event of Default and such declaration and its consequences
have not
been rescinded and annulled, the Indenture Trustee may, but need
not, elect to maintain possession of the Trust Estate and apply
proceeds as if there had been no declaration of acceleration; provided
however,
that the Available Funds shall be applied in accordance with such declaration
of
acceleration in the manner specified in Section 2.08(f). It is
the desire of the parties hereto and the Noteholders that there be at
all times
sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and interest on the
Notes and
the Indenture Trustee shall take such desire into account when determining
whether or not to maintain possession of the Trust Estate. In
determining whether to maintain possession of the Trust Estate, the Indenture
Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent
investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the
feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the
Trust
Estate for such purpose.
Section
5.06. Limitation of Suits. No Holder of any Note
shall have any right to institute any Proceeding with respect to this
Indenture,
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless:
(a) such
Holder has previously given written notice to the Indenture Trustee of
a
continuing Event of Default;
(b) the
Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Note Balance of
the
Controlling Class have made written request to the Indenture Trustee to
institute such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its
own name as
Indenture Trustee hereunder;
(c) such
Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture Trustee reasonable indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying
with
such request;
(d) the
Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and
offer of indemnity has failed to institute such Proceedings; and
(e) no
direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the
Indenture
Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of Notes evidencing
not less
than 51% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class.
It
is
understood and intended that no one or more Noteholders shall have any
right in
any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of
this
Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Noteholders
or
to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other
Noteholders
or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein
provided.
In
the
event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent
requests
and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Notes, each evidencing
less
than 51% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class, the Indenture
Trustee in
its sole discretion may determine what action, if any, shall be taken,
notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture.
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Section
5.07. Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and
Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture,
the Holder of any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest, if
any, on
such Note on the respective due dates thereof expressed in such Note
or in this
Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and
to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right
shall not
be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section
5.08. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the
Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to
enforce any
right or remedy under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued
or abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely to the Indenture
Trustee or such Noteholder, then and in every such case the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall, subject to any determination
in
such Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former
positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholders shall continue as though no such Proceeding
had been
instituted.
Section
5.09. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or
remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or
the
Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy,
and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative
and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not
prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or
remedy.
Section
5.10. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or
omission of the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder to exercise any right
or
remedy accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any
such right
or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default
or any
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this
Article or by law to the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient,
by the
Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders, as the case may be.
Section
5.11. Control by Noteholders of the Controlling
Class. The Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 51% of the
Note Balance of the Controlling Class shall have the right to direct
the time,
method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available
to the
Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes or exercising any trust or
power
conferred on the Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that:
(i) such
direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture;
(ii) subject
to the terms of Section 5.04, any direction to the Indenture Trustee to
sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be by the Holders of Notes evidencing
not less than 100% of the Note Balance;
(iii) if
the conditions set forth in Section 5.05 have been satisfied and the
Indenture Trustee elects to retain the Trust Estate pursuant to such
Section,
then any written direction to the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of
Notes
evidencing less than 100% of the Note Balance to sell or liquidate the
Trust
Estate shall be of no force and effect; and
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(iv) the
Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture
Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction.
Notwithstanding
the rights of Noteholders set forth in this Section, subject to
Section 6.01, the Indenture Trustee need not take any action that it
reasonably believes might involve it in costs, expenses and liabilities
for
which it will not be adequately indemnified or might materially adversely
affect
the rights of any Noteholders not consenting to such action.
Section
5.12. Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the
declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of the Notes as provided
in
Section 5.02, the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 51% of the Note
Balance of the Controlling Class may, on behalf of all Noteholders, waive
any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences except a Default
or
Event of Default (i) in payment of principal of or interest on any of the
Notes or (ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that cannot be
amended, supplemented or modified without the consent of all the
Noteholders. Upon any such waiver, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee
and the Noteholders shall be restored to their former positions and rights
hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent
or
other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereto. Upon any such waiver, such Default or Event of Default shall
cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred,
and
any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured
and
not to have occurred, for every purpose of this Indenture, but no such
waiver
shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or
impair
any right consequent thereto.
Section
5.13. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this
Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by such Xxxxxx’s acceptance thereof
shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion
require, in
any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture,
or in
any suit against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered
or omitted
by it as Indenture Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such
suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in
its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits
and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided,
however, that the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit
instituted by (i) the Indenture Trustee, (ii) any Noteholder, or group
of Noteholders, in each case holding Notes evidencing in the aggregate
more than
10% of the Note Balance (or, in the case of any suit which is instituted
by the
Controlling Class, more than 10% of the Note Balance of the Controlling
Class)
or (iii) any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of
principal of or interest on any Note on or after the respective due dates
expressed in such Note and in this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption,
on
or after the Redemption Date).
Section
5.14. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer
covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not
at any
time insist upon, or plead or in any manner whatsoever claim or take
the benefit
or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at
any time
hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance
of this
Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants
that it
shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted
to
the Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every
such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
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Section
5.15. Action on Notes. The Indenture Trustee’s
right to seek and recover judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture
shall
not be affected by the seeking, obtaining or application of any other
relief
under or with respect to this Indenture. Neither the lien of this
Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the
Noteholders
shall be impaired by the recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee
against the Issuer or by the levy of any execution under such judgment
upon any
portion of the Trust Estate or upon any of the assets of the
Issuer. Any money or property collected by the Indenture Trustee
shall be applied in accordance with Section 5.04(b).
Section
5.16. Performance and Enforcement of Certain
Obligations.
(a) Promptly
following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and at the
Administrator’s expense, the Issuer shall take all such lawful action as the
Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and
observance
by the Depositor, the Seller and the Master Servicer of their respective
obligations to the Issuer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing
Agreement or by the Seller of its obligations under or in connection
with the
Receivables Purchase Agreement, and to exercise any and all rights, remedies,
powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under or in connection
with the Sale and Servicing Agreement to the extent and in the manner
directed
by the Indenture Trustee, including the transmission of notices of default
on
the part of the Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer thereunder
and the
institution of legal or administrative actions or proceedings to compel
or
secure performance by the Depositor, the Seller and the Master Servicer
of their
respective obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(b) If
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture
Trustee
may, and at the direction (which direction shall be in writing or by
telephone
(confirmed in writing promptly thereafter)) of Holders of Notes evidencing
not
less than 66⅔% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class shall, exercise all
rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against
the
Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer under or in connection with
the
Sale and Servicing Agreement or against the Seller under or in connection
with
the Receivables Purchase Agreement, including the right or power to take
any
action to compel or secure performance or observance by the Depositor,
the
Seller or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, of its obligations
to the
Issuer thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice, direction,
approval,
extension or waiver under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Receivables
Purchase Agreement, as the case may be, and any right of the Issuer to
take such
action shall be suspended.
(c) Promptly
following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and at the
Administrator’s expense, the Issuer agrees to take all such lawful action as the
Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and
observance
by the Seller of its obligations to the Depositor under or in connection
with
the Receivables Purchase Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof,
and to
exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully
available
to the Depositor or the Issuer under or in connection with the Receivables
Purchase Agreement to the extent and in the manner directed by the Indenture
Trustee, including the transmission of notices of default on the part
of the
Depositor or the Seller thereunder and the institution of legal or
administrative actions or proceedings to compel or secure performance
by the
Seller of its obligations under the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
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(d) If
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture
Trustee
may, and at the direction (which direction shall be in writing or by
telephone
(confirmed in writing promptly thereafter)) of the Holders of Notes evidencing
not less than 66⅔% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class shall, exercise
all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Depositor
against the
Seller under or in connection with the Receivables Purchase Agreement,
including
the right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance
or
observance by the Seller of its obligations to the Depositor thereunder
and to
give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or
waiver
under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, and any right of the Depositor
to take
such action shall be suspended.
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ARTICLE
SIX
THE
INDENTURE TRUSTEE
Section
6.01. Duties of Indenture Trustee.
(a) If
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture
Trustee
shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and
use the
same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person’s own
affairs; provided, however, that if the Indenture Trustee shall assume
the
duties of the Master Servicer, pursuant to Section 3.07(e), the Indenture
Trustee in performing such duties shall use the degree of care and skill
customarily exercised by a prudent institutional servicer, with respect
to
retail motor vehicle installment sale contracts and installment loans
that it
administers or services, as the case may be, for itself or others.
(b) Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the
Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties
as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or
obligations
shall be read into this Indenture against the Indenture Trustee;
and
(ii) in
the absence of bad faith on its part, the Indenture Trustee may conclusively
rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions
expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Indenture
Trustee and, if required by the terms of this Indenture, conforming to
the
requirements of this Indenture; provided, however, that the Indenture
Trustee
shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not
they
conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The
Indenture Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct,
except
that:
(i) this
paragraph does not limit the effect of Section 6.01(b);
(ii) the
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good
faith by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee unless it is
proved that
the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
and
(iii) the
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes
or
omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by
it
pursuant to Section 5.11.
(d) Every
provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Indenture
Trustee is
subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this
Section.
(e) The
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received
by it
except as the Indenture Trustee may agree in writing with the
Issuer.
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(f) Money
held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated from other
funds
except to the extent required by law or the terms of this Indenture,
the Trust
Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(g) No
provision of this Indenture shall require the Indenture Trustee to expend
or
risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance
of
any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or
powers
hereunder, if the Indenture Trustee shall have reasonable grounds to
believe
that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against
such risk
or liability is not assured to it.
(h) Every
provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the
liability
of or affording protection to the Indenture Trustee shall be subject
to the
provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the TIA.
(i) The
Indenture Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Event of
Default
unless either (i) a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee shall have
actual knowledge of such Event of Default or (ii) written notice of such
Event of Default shall have been given to the Indenture Trustee in accordance
with the provisions of this Indenture.
Section
6.02. Rights of Indenture Trustee.
(a) The
Indenture Trustee may rely on any document believed by it to be genuine
and to
have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Indenture
Trustee need not investigate any fact, calculation or matter stated in
any such
document. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indenture Trustee, upon
receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports,
documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Indenture Trustee
that
shall be specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision
of this
Indenture, shall examine them to determine whether they comply as to
form to the
requirements of this Indenture.
(b) Before
the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may request and
be
entitled to receive an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of
Counsel. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on an Officer’s Certificate or
Opinion of Counsel unless it is proved that the Indenture Trustee was
negligent
in such reliance.
(c) The
Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform
any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys
or a
custodian or nominee, and the Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible
for any
misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of, any
such
agent, attorney, custodian or nominee appointed with due care by it
hereunder.
(d) The
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits
to take
in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights
or powers;
provided, however, that such action or omission by the Indenture Trustee
does
not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
(e) The
Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion
of counsel
with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes
shall be
full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect
to any
action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
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(f) The
Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or
powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of
any of the
Noteholders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Noteholders shall
have
offered to the Indenture Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to
it
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by
it in
compliance with such request or direction.
Section
6.03. Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee. The
Indenture Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner
or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates
with the same rights it would have if it were not Indenture
Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Note Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying
agent may do the same with like rights.
Section
6.04. Indenture Trustee’s
Disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee shall not be
(i) responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, (ii) accountable for the Issuer’s
use of the proceeds from the Notes and (iii) responsible for any statement
of the Issuer in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection
with the
sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Indenture Trustee’s certificate
of authentication.
Section
6.05. Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and
is continuing and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder notice of
such
Default within 30 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a
Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Note (including
payments
pursuant to the mandatory redemption provisions of such Note), the Indenture
Trustee may withhold the notice to the Noteholders if and so long as
a committee
of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding
the notice
is in the interests of Noteholders.
Section
6.06. Reports by Indenture Trustee to
Noteholders. The Indenture Trustee shall deliver, within a
reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, to each
Person
who at any time during such calendar year was a Noteholder, such information
furnished to the Indenture Trustee as may be required to enable such
Person to
prepare its federal and State income tax returns.
Section
6.07. Compensation and Indemnity.
(a) The
Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, shall pay or cause to be paid
to the
Indenture Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its
services. The Indenture Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited
by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The
Administrator on behalf of the Issuer, shall reimburse the Indenture
Trustee for
all expenses, advances and disbursements reasonably incurred or made
by it,
including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its
services;
provided, however, that the Administrator need not reimburse the Indenture
Trustee for any expense incurred through the Indenture Trustee’s willful
misconduct, negligence, or bad faith. Such expenses shall include the
reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Indenture Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The
Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, shall indemnify the Indenture
Trustee
for, and hold it and its officers, directors, employees, representatives
and
agents, harmless against, any and all loss, liability or expense (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with the
administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder;
provided, however, that the Administrator need not indemnify the Indenture
Trustee for, or hold it harmless against, any such loss, liability or
expense
incurred through the Indenture Trustee’s willful misconduct, negligence, or bad
faith. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Issuer and the
Administrator promptly of any claim for which it may seek
indemnity. Any failure by the Indenture Trustee to so notify the
Issuer and the Administrator shall not, however, relieve the Administrator
of
its obligations hereunder. The Administrator, on behalf of the
Issuer, shall defend any such claim. The Indenture Trustee may have
separate counsel in connection with the defense of any such claim, and
the
Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, shall pay the fees and expenses
of such
counsel. Neither the Issuer nor the Administrator need reimburse any
expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred
by the
Indenture Trustee through the Indenture Trustee’s own willful misconduct,
negligence or bad faith. The Administrator may delegate any of its
foregoing obligations to the Master Servicer with prior notice to the
Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee.
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(b) The
payment obligations to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section
shall
survive the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and the discharge
of
this Indenture. When the Indenture Trustee incurs fees or expenses
after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 5.01(v) or
(vi) with respect to the Issuer, such fees and expenses are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of the United States
Code or any other applicable federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency
or similar
law.
Section
6.08. Replacement of Indenture Trustee.
(a) No
resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and no appointment of
a
successor Indenture Trustee shall become effective until the acceptance
of
appointment by the successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Section. The Indenture Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying
the Issuer, the Depositor and the Noteholders, and will provide all
information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to comply
with its
reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K under the Exchange Act,
with
respect to the resignation of the Indenture Trustee. The Holders of
Notes evidencing not less than 51% of the Note Balance of the Notes may
remove the Indenture Trustee without cause by notifying the Indenture
Trustee
(with a copy to the Issuer, the Depositor and the Rating Agencies) of
such
removal and, following such removal, may appoint a successor Indenture
Trustee. The Issuer shall remove the Indenture Trustee
if:
(i) the
Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11;
(ii) the
Indenture Trustee is adjudged to be bankrupt or insolvent;
(iii) a
receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Indenture Trustee
or its
property; or
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(iv) the
Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
The
Depositor may remove the Indenture
Trustee if the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 3.07(e),
Section 6.08 or Section 6.09 with respect to notice to or providing information
to the Depositor, or with Article Nine of the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
in
each case if such failure continues for the lesser or 10 days or such
period in
which the applicable Exchange Act Report can be timely filed (without
taking
into account any extensions). If the Indenture Trustee resigns or is
removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Indenture Trustee
for any
reason (the Indenture Trustee in such event being referred to herein
as the
retiring Indenture Trustee), the Administrator shall promptly appoint
a
successor Indenture Trustee and notify the Depositor such
appointment.
(b) Any
successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the
Depositor and shall also provide all information reasonably requested by
the Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation under
the
Exchange Act with respect to the replacement Indenture Trustee. Upon
delivery of such written acceptance, the resignation or removal of the
retiring
Indenture Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Indenture
Trustee
shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Indenture Trustee
under this
Indenture. The successor Indenture Trustee shall mail a notice of its
succession to the Noteholders. The retiring Indenture Trustee shall
promptly transfer all property held by it as Indenture Trustee to the
successor
Indenture Trustee.
(c) If
a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Indenture
Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than
51% of the
Note Balance of the Controlling Class may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee. If
the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11, any Noteholder may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Indenture
Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.
(d) Notwithstanding
the replacement of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section, the
Issuer’s
and the Administrator’s obligations under Section 6.07 shall continue for
the benefit of the retiring Indenture Trustee.
Section
6.09. Successor Indenture Trustee by Xxxxxx.
(a) If
the Indenture Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or
transfers
all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another
corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee
corporation or banking association, without any further act, shall be
the
successor Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that such corporation
or banking
association must be otherwise qualified and eligible under
Section 6.11. The Indenture Trustee shall provide the Rating
Agencies and the Depositor with prior written notice of any such
transaction and shall provide the Depositor with written notice of such
event no
later than five Business Days after the effective date of such merger,
together
with the information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to
comply
with its reporting obligation under the Exchange Act with respect to
a successor
Indenture Trustee.
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(b) If
at the time such successor or successors by consolidation, merger or
conversion
to the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this
Indenture
any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any
such
successor to the Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication
of any predecessor trustee and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and
in case
at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any
such
successor to the Indenture Trustee may authenticate such Notes either
in the
name of any predecessor trustee or in the name of the successor to the
Indenture
Trustee. In all such cases such certificates shall have the full
force which the Notes or this Indenture provide that the certificate
of the
Indenture Trustee shall have.
Section
6.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate
Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture, at any time, for the purpose of
meeting
any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust
Estate
may at the time be located, the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator,
acting
jointly, shall have the power and may execute and deliver an instrument
to
appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, jointly
with
the Indenture Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all
or any
part of the Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such
capacity and for the benefit of the Noteholders, such title to the Trust
Estate
or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section,
such
powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture Trustee
may
consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee
under this Indenture shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility
as a
successor trustee under Section 6.11 and no notice of the appointment of
any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under
Section 6.08.
(b) Each
separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law,
be
appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(i) all
rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the
Indenture
Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed
by the
Indenture Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it
being
understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee shall not be authorized
to
act separately without the Indenture Trustee joining in such act), except
to the
extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular
act or
acts are to be performed the Indenture Trustee shall be incompetent or
unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights,
powers,
duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Estate
or
any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and
performed
singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction
of
the Indenture Trustee;
(ii) no
trustee under this Indenture shall be personally liable by reason of
any act or
omission of any other trustee under this Indenture; and
(iii) the
Indenture Trustee and the Administrator may at any time accept the resignation
of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.
(c) Any
notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee shall
be deemed
to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees,
as
effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing
any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Indenture 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
Indenture Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject
to all the
provisions of this Indenture, specifically including every provision
of this
Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or
affording
protection to, the Indenture Trustee. Each such instrument shall be
filed with the Indenture Trustee and a copy thereof given to the
Administrator.
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(d) Any
separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Indenture
Trustee,
its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent
permitted by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Indenture
on
its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its
estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised
by the
Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment
of a
new or successor trustee.
Section
6.11. Eligibility; Disqualification. The Indenture
Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA
Section 310(a). The Indenture Trustee or its parent shall have a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in
its most
recent published annual report of condition and shall have a long term
debt
rating of investment grade by each Rating Agency or shall otherwise be
acceptable to each Rating Agency. The Indenture Trustee shall comply
with TIA Section 310(b).
If
at any
time following the occurrence of an Event of Default which shall not
have been
cured or waived, the Indenture Trustee shall ascertain that it has a
conflict of
interest (as defined in TIA Section 310(b)), with respect to one or more
Classes
of Notes, then within 90 days after ascertaining such conflict of interest,
unless authorized by the Commission, the Indenture Trustee shall either
eliminate such conflict of interest or, except as otherwise provided in TIA
Section 310(b), resign with respect to such Class or Classes of Notes in
accordance with Section 6.08, and the Issuer shall appoint a successor
Indenture Trustee for each such Class, as applicable, so that there will
be one
or more separate Indenture Trustees, as necessary, for any Class or Classes
of Notes as to which the retiring Indenture Trustee had a conflict of
interest. In the event the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with the
terms of the preceding sentence, the Indenture Trustee shall comply with
clauses
(ii) and (iii) of TIA Section 310(b).
In
the
case of the appointment pursuant to this Section of a successor Indenture
Trustee with respect to one or more Classes of Notes, the Issuer, the
retiring
Indenture Trustee and the successor Indenture Trustee with respect to
such Class
of Notes shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein
each
successor Indenture Trustee shall accept such appointment and which
(i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to
transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, the successor Indenture Trustee
all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Indenture Trustee with
respect
to the Notes of the Class to which the appointment of such successor
Indenture Trustee relates, (ii) if the retiring Indenture Trustee is not
retiring with respect to all Classes of Notes, shall contain such provisions
as
shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Indenture Trustee with respect to the
Notes of
each Class as to which the retiring Indenture Trustee is not retiring
shall
continue to be vested in the Indenture Trustee and (iii) shall add to or
change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary
to provide
for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more
than one
Indenture Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such
supplemental indenture shall constitute such Indenture Trustees co-trustees
of
the same trust and that each such Indenture Trustee shall be a trustee
of a
trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts
hereunder
administered by any other such Indenture Trustee; and upon the removal
of the
retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
herein.
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Section
6.12. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA
Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA
Section 311(b). An Indenture Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent
indicated.
Section
6.13. Representations and Warranties of Indenture
Trustee. The Indenture Trustee hereby makes the following
representations and warranties on which the Issuer and the Noteholders
shall
rely:
(a) it
is a national banking association duly organized, validly existing and
in good
standing under the laws of the United States;
(b) it
has full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver, and perform
its
obligations under this Indenture and has taken all necessary action to
authorize
the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Indenture;
and
(c) this
Indenture is an enforceable obligation of the Indenture Trustee.
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ARTICLE
SEVEN
NOTEHOLDERS’
LISTS AND REPORTS
Section
7.01. Issuer to Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of
Noteholders. The Issuer shall furnish or cause to be furnished to
the Indenture Trustee (i) not more than five days after each Record Date, a
list, in such form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of
the names
and addresses of the Noteholders as of such Record Date and (ii) at such
other times as the Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days
after receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form
and
content as of a date not more than ten days prior to the time such list is
furnished; provided, however, that so long as the Indenture Trustee is
the Note
Registrar or the Notes are issued as Book-Entry Notes, no such list shall
be
required to be furnished.
Section
7.02. Preservation of Information; Communications, Reports and
Certain Documents to Noteholders.
(a) The
Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of the Noteholders contained in
the most
recent list furnished to the Indenture Trustee as provided in Section 7.01
and the names and addresses of Noteholders received by the Indenture
Trustee in
its capacity as Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may destroy any
list furnished to it as provided in such Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new
list so furnished.
(b) Noteholders
may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Noteholders
with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes.
(c) The
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar shall have the protection
of TIA Section 312(c).
(d) The
Indenture Trustee will provide to Securityholders the reports, certificates,
opinions and documents specified in Section 3.14 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, upon written request to the Indenture Trustee.
Section
7.03. Reports by Issuer.
(a) The
Issuer shall:
(i) file
with the Indenture Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is required to
file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and the
information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions
of any of
the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations
prescribe) that the Issuer may be required to file with the Commission
pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
(ii) file
with the Indenture Trustee, the Commission, in accordance with rules
and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional
information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the
Issuer with
the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from
time to
time by such rules and regulations; and
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(iii) supply
to the Indenture Trustee (and the Indenture Trustee shall mail to all
Noteholders described in TIA Section 313(c)) such summaries of any
information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Issuer
pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 7.03(a) and by
the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission.
(b) Unless
the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the Issuer shall
end on
December 31 of each year.
Section
7.04. Reports by Indenture Trustee.
(a) If
required by TIA Section 313(a), within 60 days after each December 15
beginning with December 15, 2007, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to
each
Noteholder as required by TIA Section 313(c), a brief report dated as
of such
date that complies with TIA Section 313(a). The Indenture
Trustee shall also comply with TIA Section 313(b).
(b) The
Indenture Trustee shall provide to the Administrator and the Master Servicer,
to
be filed by the Administrator or the Master Servicer with the Commission
and
each stock exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed, a copy of
each
report mailed to Noteholders pursuant to this Indenture. The Issuer
shall notify the Indenture Trustee if and when the Notes are listed on
any stock
exchange.
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ARTICLE
EIGHT
ACCOUNTS,
DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
Section
8.01. Collection of Money. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee may demand payment or
delivery
of, and shall receive and collect, directly and without intervention
or
assistance of any fiscal agent or other intermediary, all money and other
property payable to or receivable by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
this
Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee
shall apply all such money received by it as provided in this Indenture
and the
Sale and Servicing Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly provided
in this Indenture, if any default occurs in the making of any payment
or
performance under any agreement or instrument that is part of the Trust
Estate,
the Indenture Trustee may take such action as may be appropriate to enforce
such
payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of
appropriate
Proceedings. Any such action shall be without prejudice to any right
to claim a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture and any right
to
proceed thereafter as provided in Article Five.
Section
8.02. Accounts.
(a) On
or before the Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause the Master Servicer
to
establish and maintain, at an Eligible Institution, which shall initially
be the
Indenture Trustee, in the name of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit
of the
Securityholders, the Master Servicer, the Trustees and the Paying Agent,
the Collection Account as provided in Section 4.01(a) of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement. On or before each Distribution Date, the Master
Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account all amounts required
to be
deposited therein with respect to the preceding Collection Period as
provided in
Sections 4.05 and 4.08 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. On each Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee
shall apply or cause to be applied the amount on deposit in the Collection
Account on such Distribution Date in accordance with Section 2.08(a) (or
following the acceleration of the Notes after the occurrence of an Event
of
Default, in accordance with Section 2.08(f)).
(b) On
or before the Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause the Master Servicer
to
establish and maintain, at Wachovia Bank in the name of the Indenture
Trustee,
for the benefit of the Securityholders, the Reserve Fund as provided
in Sections
4.01 and 4.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. On or before each
Distribution Date, upon receipt of instructions from the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 4.09(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the
Indenture Trustee, directly or through the Paying Agent, shall withdraw
or cause
to be withdrawn from the Reserve Fund and deposit in the Collection Account,
the
Reserve Fund Draw Amount, if any, for such Distribution Date.
(c) On
or before the Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause the Master Servicer
to
establish and maintain, at an Eligible Institution, which shall initially
be the
Indenture Trustee, in the name of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit
of the
Noteholders, the Master Servicer, the Trustees and the Paying Agent,
the Note
Payment Account as provided in Section 4.01(a) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. On each Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee shall,
directly or through the Paying Agent, apply or cause to be applied the
amount on
deposit in the Note Payment Account on such Distribution Date in accordance
with
Section 2.08.
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Section
8.03. General Provisions Regarding Accounts.
(a) So
long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
all or a portion of the funds in the Accounts shall be invested by the
Master
Servicer or the Indenture Trustee at the written direction of the Master
Servicer, as applicable, in Eligible Investments as provided in Sections
4.01 of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement. All income or other gain (net of
losses and investment expenses) from investments of monies deposited
in the
Accounts shall be withdrawn (or caused to be withdrawn) by the Indenture
Trustee, from such accounts and distributed (but only under the circumstances
set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement) as provided in
Sections 4.01, 4.02, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08 and 4.09 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. The Master Servicer shall not and shall not direct the
Indenture Trustee to make any investment of any funds or to sell any
investment
held in any of the Accounts unless the security interest granted and
perfected
in such account will continue to be perfected in such investment or the
proceeds
of such sale, in either case without any further action by any Person,
and, in
connection with any direction to the Indenture Trustee to make any such
investment or sale, if requested by the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer
shall
deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, acceptable to
the
Indenture Trustee, to such effect.
(b) Subject
to Section 6.01(c), the Indenture Trustee shall not in any way be held
liable by reason of any insufficiency in any of the Accounts resulting
from any
loss on any Eligible Investment included therein except for losses attributable
to the Indenture Trustee’s failure to make payments on such Eligible Investments
issued by the Indenture Trustee, in its commercial capacity as principal
obligor
and not as trustee, in accordance with their terms.
(c) If
(i) the Master Servicer shall have failed to give written investment
directions for any funds on deposit in the Accounts to the Indenture
Trustee by
11:00 A.M., New York City time (or such other time as may be agreed upon by
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee), on the related Deposit Date or
(ii) a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
with respect to the Notes but the Notes shall not have been declared
due and
payable pursuant to Section 5.02 or (iii) if the Notes shall have been
declared due and payable following an Event of Default but amounts collected
or
receivable from the Trust Estate are being applied in accordance with
Section 5.05 as if there had not been such a declaration, then the
Indenture Trustee upon actual knowledge by a Responsible Officer of the
Indenture Trustee of such event shall, to the fullest extent practicable,
invest
and reinvest funds in the Accounts in the one or more Eligible Investments
listed in clause (vii) of the definition of the term “Eligible
Investments”.
Section
8.04. Release of Trust Estate.
(a) Subject
to the payment of its fees and expenses pursuant to Section 6.07, the
Indenture Trustee may, and when required by the provisions of this Indenture
shall, execute instruments to release property from the lien of this
Indenture,
or convey the Indenture Trustee’s interest in the same, in a manner and under
circumstances that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture. No party relying upon an instrument executed by the
Indenture Trustee as provided in this Article shall be bound to ascertain
the Indenture Trustee’s authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any
conditions precedent or see to the application of any monies.
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(b) The
Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes Outstanding
and all
sums due to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07 have been paid
in full, release any remaining portion of the Trust Estate that secured
the
Notes from the lien of this Indenture and release or cause to be released
to the
Issuer or any other Person entitled thereto any funds then on deposit
in the
Accounts. The Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien
of this Indenture pursuant to this Section only upon receipt of an Issuer
Request accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and,
if required by the TIA or Section 11.01, Independent Certificates in
accordance
with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1), and otherwise in accordance with
the
applicable requirements of Section 11.01.
Section
8.05. Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee
shall receive at least seven days notice when requested by the Issuer
to take
any action pursuant to Section 8.04(a), accompanied by copies of any
instruments involved, and the Indenture Trustee shall also require, except
in
connection with any action contemplated by Section 8.04(b), as a condition
to such action, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory
to the
Indenture Trustee, stating the legal effect of any such action, outlining
the
steps required to complete such action, and concluding that all conditions
precedent to the taking of such action have been complied with and such
action
will not materially and adversely impair the security for the Notes or
the
rights of the Noteholders in contravention of the provisions of this
Indenture; provided, however, that such Opinion of Counsel shall not
be required
to express an opinion as to the fair value of the Trust
Estate. Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely, without
independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate
or
other instrument delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection with
any such
action.
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ARTICLE
NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
Section
9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Noteholders.
(a) The
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order,
may,
without the consent of any Holders of any Notes but with prior written
notice to
the Rating Agencies, at any time and from time to time, enter into one
or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee,
for any of the following purposes:
(i) to
correct or amplify the description of any property at any time subject
to the
lien of this Indenture, or better to assure, convey and confirm unto
the
Indenture Trustee any property subject or required to be subjected to
the lien
of this Indenture, or to subject to the lien of this Indenture additional
property;
(ii) to
evidence the succession, in compliance with the applicable provisions
hereof, of
another Person to the Issuer, and the assumption by any such successor
of the
covenants of the Issuer herein and in the Notes contained;
(iii) to
add to the covenants of the Issuer, for the benefit of the Noteholders,
or to
surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer;
(iv) to
convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with
the
Indenture Trustee;
(v) to
cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein or
in any
supplemental indenture that may be inconsistent with any other provision
herein
or in any supplemental indenture or in any (i) offering document used in
connection with the initial offer and sale of the Notes or to add any
provisions
to or change in any manner or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture
which will not be inconsistent with other provisions of this Indenture
or
(ii) other Basic Document with respect to matters or questions arising
under this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture;
(vi) to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment hereunder
by a
successor trustee with respect to the Notes and to add to or change any
of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, pursuant
to the
requirements of Article Six; or
(vii) to
modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this Indenture to such
extent as
shall be necessary to effect the qualification of this Indenture under
the TIA
or under any similar federal statute hereafter enacted and to add to
this
Indenture such other provisions as may be expressly required by the TIA
or the
rules and regulations of the Commission.
provided,
however, that no such supplemental indenture (i) may materially adversely
affect the interests of any Noteholder and (ii) will be permitted unless an
Opinion of Counsel is delivered to the Indenture Trustee to the effect
that such
supplemental indenture will not cause the Issuer to be characterized
for federal
income tax purposes as an association or publicly traded partnership
taxable as
a corporation or otherwise have any material adverse impact on the federal
income taxation of any Notes Outstanding or any Noteholder. The
Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any
such
supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements
and
stipulations that may be therein contained.
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A
supplemental indenture shall be
deemed not to materially adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder
if the
Person requesting such supplemental indenture (i) has delivered no fewer
than
ten days prior written notice of such supplemental indenture to each
Rating
Agency and (ii) obtains and delivers to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion
of
Counsel to the effect that the supplemental indenture would not materially
adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder.
Section
9.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Noteholders. The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when
authorized by an Issuer Order, may, with the consent of the Holders of
Notes
evidencing not less than 51% of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class
and
with prior written notice to the Rating Agencies, by Act of such Holders
delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, at any time and from
time to
time enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose
of
adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the
provisions of, this Indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of
the
Holders of the Notes under this Indenture; provided, however, that (i)
the
Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect such action
and
(ii) no such supplemental indenture will be permitted unless an Opinion
of
Counsel is delivered to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such
supplemental indenture will not cause the Issuer to be characterized
for federal
income tax purposes as an association or publicly traded partnership
taxable as
a corporation or otherwise have any material adverse impact on the federal
income taxation of any Notes Outstanding or any Noteholder; and, provided
further, that no such supplemental indenture may, without the consent
of the
Holder of each Outstanding Note, to the extent any such Person is materially
and
adversely affected by such supplemental indenture:
(a) change
any Final Scheduled Distribution Date or the date of payment of any installment
of principal of or interest on any Note, or reduce the principal amount
thereof,
the Interest Rate applicable thereto or the Redemption Price with respect
thereto, change the provisions of this Indenture relating to the application
of
collections on, or the proceeds of the sale of, the Trust Estate to payment
of
principal of or interest on the Notes, or change any place of payment
where, or
the coin or currency in which, any Note or the interest thereon is
payable;
(b) impair
the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the provisions of
this
Indenture requiring the application of available funds, as provided in
Article Five, to the payment of any amount due on the Notes on or after the
respective due dates thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after
the
Redemption Date);
(c) reduce
the percentage of the Note Balance or the Note Balance of the Controlling
Class,
the consent of the Holders of Notes of which is required for any such
supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Holders of Notes of which
is
required for any waiver of compliance with the provisions of this Indenture
or
of defaults hereunder and their consequences as provided in this
Indenture;
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(d) modify
or alter (A) the provisions of the proviso to the definition of the term
“Outstanding”, (B) the definition of the term “Note Balance” or
(C) the definition of the term “Controlling Class”;
(e) reduce
the percentage of the Note Balance required to direct the Indenture Trustee
to
sell or liquidate the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.04 if the proceeds
of such sale would be insufficient to pay in full the principal amount
of and
accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes;
(f) reduce
the percentage of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class the consent of
the Holders of Notes of which is required for any such supplemental indenture
amending the provisions of this Indenture which specify the applicable
percentage of the Note Balance of the Controlling Class the consent of
which is required for such supplemental indenture or the amendment of
any other
Basic Document;
(g) affect
the calculation of the amount of any interest on or principal of the
Notes
payable on any Distribution Date (including the calculation of any of
the
individual components of such calculation);
(h) modify
any of the provisions of this Indenture in such a manner as to affect
the rights
of the Holders of the Notes to the benefit of any provisions for the
mandatory
redemption of the Notes; or
(i) permit
the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the lien
of this
Indenture with respect to any part of the Trust Estate or, except as
otherwise
permitted or contemplated herein, terminate the lien of this Indenture
on any
such collateral at any time subject hereto or deprive the Noteholders
of the
security provided by the lien of this Indenture.
The
Administrator shall certify to the Indenture Trustee whether or not any
Notes
would be affected by any supplemental indenture and any such certification
shall
be conclusive upon the Holders of all Notes, whether theretofore or thereafter
authenticated and delivered hereunder.
It
shall
not be necessary for any Act of Noteholders under this Section to approve the
particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be
sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
The
Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any
such
supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements
and
stipulations that may be therein contained.
Promptly
after the execution by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Section, the Indenture Trustee shall mail
to the
Noteholders to which such supplemental indenture relates a notice setting
forth
in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any
failure of the Indenture Trustee to mail such notice or supplemental
indenture,
or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect
the
validity of any such supplemental indenture.
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Section
9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In
executing, or permitting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental
indenture permitted by this Article or the modification thereby of the
trusts created by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled
to
receive, and subject to Sections 6.01 and 6.02, shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such
supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and
that all
conditions precedent in this Indenture to the execution and delivery
of such
supplemental indenture have been satisfied. The Indenture Trustee
may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental
indenture
that affects the Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties, liabilities or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section
9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof,
this Indenture shall be and shall be deemed to be modified and amended
in
accordance therewith with respect to the Notes affected thereby, and
the
respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties, liabilities
and
immunities under this Indenture of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer
and the
Noteholders shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder
subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all
the terms
and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed
to be
part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all
purposes.
Section
9.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every
amendment of this Indenture and every supplemental indenture executed
pursuant
to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the TIA as then in
effect so long as this Indenture shall then be qualified under the
TIA.
Section
9.06. Reference in Notes to Supplemental
Indentures. Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution
of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and if required
by the Indenture Trustee shall, bear a notation in form approved by the
Indenture Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental
indenture. If the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall so determine,
new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Indenture
Trustee and
the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed
by
the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in
exchange
for Outstanding Notes.
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ARTICLE
TEN
REDEMPTION
OF NOTES
Section
10.01. Redemption.
(a) The
Notes are subject to redemption in whole, but not in part, at the direction
of
the Seller pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, on
any Distribution Date on which the Seller exercises its option to purchase
the
assets of the Issuer pursuant to said Section, and the amount paid by
the Seller
shall be treated as collections in respect of the Receivables and applied
to pay
all amounts due to the Master Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
the Total Trustee Fees and the unpaid principal amount of the Notes plus
accrued
and unpaid interest thereon. The Seller or the Issuer shall furnish
each Rating Agency notice of such redemption. If the Notes are
to be redeemed pursuant to this Section, the Seller shall furnish notice
of such
redemption to the Master Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor and
the Rating Agencies, not later than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date
and the Issuer shall deposit one Business Day prior to the Redemption
Date with
the Indenture Trustee in the Note Payment Account the Redemption Price
of the
Notes to be redeemed (all or a portion of which deposit may be made from
Available Funds), whereupon all such Notes shall be due and payable on
the
Redemption Date upon the furnishing of a notice complying with
Section 10.02 to each Noteholder.
(b) In
the event that the assets of the Issuer are purchased by the Seller pursuant
to
Section 8.01(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, all amounts on deposit
in the Note Payment Account shall be paid to the Noteholders up to the
unpaid
principal amount of the Notes and all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon. If such amounts are to be paid to Noteholders pursuant to
this Section, the Issuer shall, to the extent practicable, furnish or
cause the
Seller to furnish notice of such event to the Depositor, the Indenture
Trustee and the Rating Agencies, not later than 30 days prior to the
Redemption Date, whereupon all such amounts shall be payable on the Redemption
Date.
Section
10.02. Form of Redemption Notice. Notice of
redemption of the Notes under Section 10.01 shall be given by the Indenture
Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid, or by facsimile transmitted
promptly following receipt of notice from the Issuer or the Seller pursuant
to
Section 10.01(a), but not later than ten days prior to the applicable
Redemption Date to each Noteholder, as of the close of business on the
Record
Date preceding the applicable Redemption Date, at such Noteholder’s address or
facsimile number appearing in the Note Register.
All
notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the
Redemption Date;
(ii) the
Redemption Price;
(iii) the
place where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption
Price
(which shall be the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as
provided
in Section 3.02); and
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(iv) that
on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable
upon
each Note and that interest thereon shall cease to accrue from and after
the
Redemption Date.
Notice
of
redemption of the Notes shall be given by the Indenture Trustee in the
name and
at the expense of the Issuer. Failure to give notice of redemption,
or any defect therein, to any Noteholder shall not impair or affect the
validity
of the redemption of any other Note.
Section
10.03. Notes Payable on Redemption Date. The Notes
to be redeemed shall, following notice of redemption as required by
Section 10.02, on the Redemption Date become due and payable at the
Redemption Price and (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment
of the
Redemption Price) no interest shall accrue on the Redemption Price for
any
period after the date to which accrued interest is calculated for purposes
of
calculating the Redemption Price.
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ARTICLE
ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
11.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc.
(a) Upon
any application or request by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to
take any
action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish
to the
Indenture Trustee (i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed
action have been complied with, (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in
the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have
been
complied with and (iii) if required by Section 11.01(b)(ii) or the TIA
or an
Independent Certificate, except that, in the case of any such application
or
request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically
required by
any provision of this Indenture, no additional certificate or opinion
need be
furnished.
Every
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant
provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(i) a
statement that each signatory of such certificate or opinion has read
or has
caused to be read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating
thereto;
(ii) a
brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or
opinion
are based;
(iii) a
statement that, in the opinion of each signatory, such signatory has
made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such signatory
to express
an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has
been
complied with; and
(iv) a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of each signatory, such condition
or
covenant has been complied with.
(b) (i) Prior
to the deposit of any Collateral or other property or securities with
the
Indenture Trustee that is to be made the basis for the release of any
property
or securities subject to the lien of this Indenture, the Issuer shall,
in
addition to any obligation imposed in Section 11.01(a) or elsewhere in this
Indenture, deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying
or stating the opinion of each individual signing such certificate as
to the
fair value (within 90 days of such deposit) to the Issuer of the Collateral
or other property or securities to be so deposited.
(ii) Whenever
the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as
to the
matters described in clause (i) above, the Issuer shall also furnish
to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same matters,
if
the fair value to the Issuer of the property or securities to be so deposited
and of all other such securities made the basis of any such withdrawal
or
release since the commencement of the then-current fiscal year of the
Issuer, as
set forth in the certificates furnished pursuant to clause (i) above
and this clause (ii), is 10% or more of the Note Balance, but such a
certificate need not be furnished with respect to any property or securities
so
deposited, if the fair value thereof to the Issuer as set forth in the
related
Officer’s Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than 1% of the Note
Balance.
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(iii) Other
than with respect to any release described in clause (A) or (B) of
Section 11.01(b)(v), whenever any property or securities are to be released
from the lien of this Indenture, the Issuer shall also furnish to the
Indenture
Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each
person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days
of such release) of the property or securities proposed to be released
and
stating that in the opinion of such person the proposed release will
not impair
the security under this Indenture in contravention of the provisions
hereof.
(iv) Whenever
the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as
to the
matters described in clause (iii) above, the Issuer shall also furnish
to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same matters
if
the fair value of the property or securities and of all other property
(other
than property described in clauses (A) or (B) of
Section 11.01(b)(v)) released from the lien of this Indenture since the
commencement of the then-current calendar year, as set forth in the certificates
required by clause (iii) above and this clause (iv), equals 10%
or more of the Note Balance, but such certificate need not be furnished
in the
case of any release of property or securities if the fair value thereof
as set
forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than 1%
of the Note Balance at the time of such release.
(v) Notwithstanding
Section 2.13 or any other provision of this Section, the Issuer may,
without compliance with the requirements of the other provisions of this
Section, (A) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of Receivables
and Financed Vehicles as and to the extent permitted or required by the
Basic
Documents and (B) make cash payments out of the Accounts as and to the
extent permitted or required by the Basic Documents.
Section
11.02. Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture
Trustee.
(a) In
any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered
by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters
be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or
that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person
may certify
or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other
such
Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give
an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
(b) Any
certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer may be
based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion
of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise
of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which such Officer’s Certificate or opinion is
based are erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer or
Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters,
upon
a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, one or more officers
of the
Seller, the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Issuer or the Administrator,
stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is
in the
possession of the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Issuer
or the
Administrator, unless such Authorized Officer or counsel knows, or in
the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion
or
representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
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(c) Where
any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications,
requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments
under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form
one
instrument.
(d) Whenever
in this Indenture, in connection with any application or certificate
or report
to the Indenture Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer shall deliver
any
document as a condition of the granting of such application, or as evidence
of
the Issuer’s compliance with any term hereof, it is intended that the truth and
accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or at the effective
date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts
and
opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions precedent
to
the right of the Issuer to have such application granted or to the sufficiency
of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be
construed to affect the Indenture Trustee’s right to rely upon the truth and
accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as
provided
in Article Six.
Section
11.03. Acts of Noteholders.
(a) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other
action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Noteholders
may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially
similar
tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by agents duly appointed
in
writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly provided such action
shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to
the
Indenture Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the
Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the
“Act” of
the Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such
agent shall
be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer,
if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The
fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or
writing
may be proved in any manner that the Indenture Trustee deems
sufficient.
(c) The
ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.
(d) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other
action by the Holder of any Note shall bind the Holder of every Note
issued upon
the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof,
in respect
of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Indenture Trustee
or the
Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is
made upon
such Note.
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Section
11.04. Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer, Depositor and
Rating Agencies. Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or Act of Noteholders or other documents provided
or
permitted by this Indenture shall be in writing and if such request,
demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Noteholders
is to be
made upon, given or furnished to or filed with:
(a) the
Indenture Trustee by any Noteholder or the Issuer shall be sufficient
for every
purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing and sent
by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, overnight courier or facsimile (followed
by
original) to or with the Indenture Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office;
(b) the
Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder shall be sufficient
for every
purpose hereunder if in writing and sent by first-class mail, postage
prepaid,
overnight courier or facsimile (followed by original) to the Issuer addressed
to: Wachovia Auto Owner Trust 2007-A, in care of Wilmington Trust Company,
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Corporate
Trust
Administration (with a copy to the Administrator, 000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
0xx
Xxxxx, XX0000, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 28288-5578, Attention: ABS Deal
Administration), or at any other address previously furnished in writing
to the
Indenture Trustee by the Issuer or the Administrator; the Issuer shall
promptly
transmit any notice received by it from the Noteholders to the Indenture
Trustee; or
(c) the
Depositor by the Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer or any Noteholder,
shall
be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and sent by first-class
mail, postage prepaid, overnight courier or facsimile (followed by original)
to
the Depositor addressed to WDS Receivables LLC, 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxx,
Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000, Attention: Treasury ABS Department
or at any
other address previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee
by the
Depositor.
Notices
required to be given to each Rating Agency, as applicable, by the Issuer,
the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee shall be in writing, personally
delivered, telecopied, mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested,
or
sent by electronic delivery in the case of (i) Moody’s, at Xxxxx’x Investors
Service, Inc., ABS Monitoring Department, 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx
00000 (e-mail: XxxxxxxxXxxxxxx@Xxxxxx.xxx) and
(ii) Standard & Poor’s, at Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Services, a Division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Asset Backed Surveillance Department
(e-mail: Xxxxxxxx_Xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx); or at such other address as shall
be
designated by written notice to the other parties.
Section
11.05. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver. Where this
Indenture provides for notice to Noteholders of any event, such notice
shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing
and sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid to each Noteholder affected
by
such event, at such Noteholder’s address as it appears on the Note Register, not
later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed
for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to
Noteholders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice
nor any
defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Noteholder shall affect
the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Noteholders, and any
notice
that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall conclusively be presumed
to
have been duly given.
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Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be
waived in
writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before
or after
the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Noteholders shall be filed with the
Indenture Trustee but such filing shall not be a condition precedent
to the
validity of any action taken in reliance upon such a waiver.
In
case,
by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of a
strike,
work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail notice
of any
event to Noteholders when such notice is required to be given pursuant
to any
provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as
shall be
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient
giving
of such notice.
Where
this Indenture provides for notice to any Rating Agency, failure to give
such
notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations created hereunder,
and
shall not under any circumstance constitute a Default or Event of
Default.
Section
11.06. Alternate Payment and Notice
Provisions. Notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture or
any of the Notes to the contrary, the Issuer may enter into any agreement
with
any Noteholder providing for a method of payment, or notice by the Indenture
Trustee or any Paying Agent to such Noteholder, that is different from
the
methods provided for in this Indenture for such payments or
notices. The Issuer will furnish to the Indenture Trustee a copy of
each such agreement and the Indenture Trustee will cause payments to
be made and
notices to be given in accordance with such agreements.
Section
11.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any
provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision
hereof
that is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions
of
the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.
The
provisions of TIA Sections 310 through 317 that impose duties on any
Person
(including the provisions automatically deemed included herein unless
expressly
excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture,
whether or
not physically contained herein.
Section
11.08. Effect of Headings and Table of
Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and the
Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning
or
interpretation of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section
11.09. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and
agreements in this Indenture and the Notes by the Issuer shall bind its
successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All agreements
of the Indenture Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors,
co-trustees and agents.
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Section
11.10. Severability. In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable,
the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of
this
Indenture and the Notes shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
Section
11.11. Benefits of Indenture; Third Party
Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express
or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and
their
successors hereunder and the Noteholders, and any other party secured
hereunder,
and any other Person with an ownership interest in any part of the Trust
Estate,
any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Indenture shall inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, and the Owner
Trustee,
the Noteholders, the Certificateholders and their respective successors
and
permitted assigns shall be third party beneficiaries. Except as
otherwise provided in this Article, no other Person shall have any right
or
obligation hereunder.
Section
11.12. Legal Holidays. In any case where the date
on which any payment is due shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding
any other provision of the Notes or this Indenture) payment need not
be made on
such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the
same
force and effect as if made on the date on which nominally due, and no
interest
shall accrue for the period from and after any such nominal date.
SECTION
11.13. GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT
REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF
THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section
11.14. Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed
in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be
deemed to
be an original, but all of which counterparts shall together constitute
but one
and the same instrument.
Section
11.15. Recording of Indenture. If this Indenture is
subject to recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such
recording
shall be effected by the Issuer and at its expense accompanied by an
Opinion of
Counsel (which may be counsel to the Indenture Trustee or any other counsel
reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such
recording is necessary either for the protection of the Noteholders or
any other
Person secured hereunder or for the enforcement of any right or remedy
granted
to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.
Section
11.16. Trust Obligation. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 3.07(e), no recourse may be taken, directly or
indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner
Trustee or
the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under this Indenture or any certificate
or
other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against
(i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity,
(ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (iii) any
partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent
of the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any
holder of
a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee
or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee
in
its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly
agreed (it
being understood that the Indenture Trustee, except as otherwise provided
in
Section 3.07(e), and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their
individual capacities) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary
shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for
any unpaid
consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay
any
installment or call owing to such entity. For all purposes of this
Indenture, in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer
hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the
benefits
of, the terms and provisions of Articles Six, Seven and Eight of the Trust
Agreement.
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Section
11.17. No Petition. The Indenture Trustee, by
entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder or Note Owner, by accepting
a
Note or a beneficial interest therein, as the case may be, hereby covenant
and
agree that they will not at any time institute against the Issuer or
the
Depositor, or join in any institution against the Issuer or the Depositor
of,
any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States federal or
State
bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating
to the
Notes, this Indenture or any of the other Basic Documents.
Section
11.18. Inspection. The Issuer shall, with
reasonable prior notice, permit any representative of the Indenture Trustee,
during the Issuer’s normal business hours, to examine the books of account,
records, reports and other papers of the Issuer, to make copies and extracts
therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by Independent certified
public
accountants, and to discuss the Issuer’s affairs, finances and accounts with the
Issuer’s officers, employees, and Independent certified public accountants,
all
at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably
requested. The Indenture Trustee shall and shall cause its
representatives to hold in confidence all such information except to
the extent
disclosure may be required by law (and all reasonable applications for
confidential treatment are unavailing) and except to the extent that
the
Indenture Trustee may reasonably determine that such disclosure is consistent
with its obligations hereunder.
Section
11.19. Subordination Agreement. Each Noteholder, by
accepting a Note, hereby covenants and agrees that, to the extent it
is deemed
to have any interest in any assets of the Depositor, or a securitization
vehicle
(other than the Issuer) related to the Depositor, dedicated to other
debt
obligations of the Depositor or debt obligations of any other securitization
vehicle (other than the Issuer) related to the Depositor, its interest
in those
assets is subordinate to claims or rights of such other debtholders to
those
other assets. Furthermore, each Noteholder, by accepting a Note,
hereby covenants and agrees that such agreement constitutes a subordination
agreement for purposes of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy
Code.
Section
11.20. Security Interest Matters.
(a) This
Indenture creates a valid and continuing “security interest” (as defined in the
UCC) in the Receivables in favor of the Indenture Trustee, which security
interest is prior to all other Liens and is enforceable as such as against
creditors of and purchasers from the Issuer. With respect to each
Receivable, the Issuer has taken all steps necessary to perfect its security
interest against the related Obligor in the related Financed
Vehicle.
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(b) The
Receivables constitute “tangible chattel paper” (as defined in the
UCC). The Issuer has caused or will cause on or prior to the Closing
Date the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper
filing
offices in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law necessary
to
perfect the security interest in the Receivables granted to the Indenture
Trustee hereunder. Other than the security interest granted to the
Indenture Trustee hereunder, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold,
granted
a security interest in or otherwise conveyed any of the
Receivables. The Issuer has not authorized the filing of and is not
aware of any financing statements against the Issuer that include a description
of collateral covering the Receivables other than any financing statement
relating to the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder
or
that has been terminated. The motor vehicle retail installment sale
contracts and installment loans that constitute or evidence the Receivables
do
not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged,
assigned
or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Depositor, the Issuer
or the
Indenture Trustee. The Issuer is not aware of any judgment or tax
lien filings against the Issuer.
(c) All
financing statements filed or to be filed against the Issuer in favor
of the
Indenture Trustee contain a statement substantially to the following
effect: “A
purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this
financing
statement will violate the rights of the Indenture Trustee”.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly
executed by their respective officers, thereunto duly authorized, as
of the day
and year first above written.
WACHOVIA
AUTO OWNER TRUST 2007-A,
By:WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY,
not
in
its individual capacity but solely as
Owner Trustee
By:/s/
Xxxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not
in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture
Trustee
By:/s/
Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
FORM
OF
CLASS [A-1] [A-2] [A-3] [A-4] [B] NOTE
[FOR
CLASS A NOTES] THE ACQUISITION OF THE NOTES BY, OR ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH
THE
ASSETS OF ANY “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY
PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR ANY “PLAN” SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “INTERNAL REVENUE CODE”) OR ANY ENTITY
PART OR ALL OF THE ASSETS OF WHICH CONSTITUTE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN BY REASON OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION
2510.3-101 OR OTHERWISE, OR ANY GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT
TO
FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OR NON-U.S. LAW SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY
RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF
1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”) OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE IS
PROHIBITED UNLESS SUCH PURCHASE, HOLDING AND SUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION OF
THE NOTES
WOULD NOT RESULT IN ANY NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION
406 OF
ERISA OR UNDER SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (OR IN THE CASE
OF A
GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH OR OTHER PLAN, VIOLATE ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR
FEDERAL,
STATE, LOCAL OR NON-U.S. LAW). EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF THIS NOTE WILL
BE DEEMED
TO HAVE MADE THE REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS SET FORTH IN THE
INDENTURE.
[FOR
CLASS A NOTES] [A FIDUCIARY OF A BENEFIT PLAN PURCHASING THE CLASS [A-1]
[A-2]
[A-3] [A-4] [B] NOTES WITH THE ASSETS OF A BENEFIT PLAN IS DEEMED TO
REPRESENT
THAT THE PURCHASE OF ONE OR MORE NOTES IS CONSISTENT WITH ITS FIDUCIARY
DUTIES
UNDER ERISA AND DOES NOT RESULT IN A NONEXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION
AS DEFINED
IN SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE.]
[FOR
CLASS B NOTES] [THE CLASS B NOTES MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED BY, OR ON BEHALF
OF, OR
WITH THE ASSETS OF ANY “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY
RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR ANY “PLAN” SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, OR ANY ENTITY PART OR ALL OF THE ASSETS OF WHICH
CONSTITUTE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN BY REASON
OF
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101, ERISA SECTION 3(42)
OR
OTHERWISE, OR ANY GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO FEDERAL,
STATE,
LOCAL OR NON-U.S. LAW SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY
PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.]
A-1
ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE OF THIS NOTE FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY
OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN, UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUING
ENTITY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT
AND ANY
NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS
IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT
IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO.).
TRANSFERS
OF THIS NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART,
TO
NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND
TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED
TO
HEREIN.
PRINCIPAL
OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT
SHOWN
ON THE FACE HEREOF. ANY PERSON ACQUIRING THIS NOTE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS
CURRENT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT BY INQUIRY OF THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE.
THE
FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE ISSUING ENTITY AND THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE WITH
THE
APPLICABLE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CERTIFICATIONS (GENERALLY, AN INTERNAL
REVENUE SERVICE FORM W-9 (OR SUCCESSOR APPLICABLE FORM) IN THE CASE OF
A PERSON
THAT IS A “UNITED STATES PERSON” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 7701(A)(30) OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, OR AN APPROPRIATE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
FORM W-8
(OR SUCCESSOR APPLICABLE FORM) IN THE CASE OF A PERSON THAT IS NOT A
“UNITED
STATES PERSON” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 7701(A)(30) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE
CODE) MAY RESULT IN THE IMPOSITION OF U.S. FEDERAL BACK-UP WITHHOLDING
UPON
PAYMENTS TO THE HOLDER IN RESPECT OF THIS NOTE.
[FOR
CLASS A-2 , A-3 AND A-4 NOTES] THIS NOTE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF
PAYMENT TO THE CLASS A-1 NOTES [, THE CLASS A-2 NOTES, THE CLASS A-3
NOTES] AS DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.]
[FOR
CLASS B NOTES] THIS NOTE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE
CLASS A NOTES AS DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO
HEREIN.]
THIS
NOTE
IS NOT A DEPOSIT OR OBLIGATION OF OR AN INTEREST IN WACHOVIA DEALER SERVICES,
INC. OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES. THIS NOTE IS NOT GUARANTEED OR INSURED
BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY
OR FUND
OF THE UNITED STATES.
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REGISTERED
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$___________
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No. R-A1-1
[R-A2-1] [R-A3-1]
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CUSIP
NO. ___________
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[R-A4-1][R-B-1]
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ISIN
NO. ___________
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WACHOVIA
AUTO OWNER TRUST 2007-A
_____%
CLASS A-1 [A-2] [A-3][A-4] [B] ASSET BACKED NOTE
Wachovia
Auto Owner Trust 2007-A, a statutory trust organized and existing under
the laws
of the State of Delaware (the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby promises to
pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of
___________________ DOLLARS ($___________), payable to the extent described
in
the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof on each Distribution
Date;
provided, however, that the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note
shall be
payable on the earlier of _______________, 200__ (the “Class A-1 [A-2]
[A-3][A-3][B] Final Scheduled Distribution Date”) and the Redemption Date,
if any, selected pursuant to the Indenture.
The
Issuer will pay interest on this Note at the rate per annum shown above
on each
Distribution Date until the principal of this Note is paid or made available
for
payment, on the principal amount of this Note outstanding on the preceding
Distribution Date (after giving effect to all payments of principal made
on such
preceding Distribution Date), or on the Closing Date in the case of the
first
Distribution Date or if no interest has yet been paid, subject to certain
limitations contained in the Indenture. Interest on this Note will
accrue for each Distribution Date from, and including, the most recent
Distribution Date on which interest has been paid (or, in the case of
the first
Distribution Date or if no interest has yet been paid, from and including
the
Closing Date), to but excluding such current Distribution Date. [For
Class [A-1] Notes: Interest will be computed on the basis of the actual
number
of days during the related Interest Period divided by 360.] [For
Class A-2, A-3, A-4 and B Notes: Interest on this Note will accrue for each
Distribution Date from and including the 20th day
of the prior
month (or from and including the Closing Date, in the case of the first
Distribution Date or if no interest has yet been paid) to but excluding
the
20th day
of the
current month. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months.] The Issuer shall pay
interest on overdue installments of interest at the interest rate shown
above to
the extent lawful. Such principal and interest on this Note shall be
paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.
The
principal and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency
of the
United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public
and private debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to
this Note shall be applied first to interest due and payable on this
Note as
provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Note.
Reference
is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse
hereof,
which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face
of this
Note.
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Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Indenture
Trustee whose name appears below by manual or facsimile signature, this
Note
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid
or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed,
manually or
in facsimile, by an Authorized Officer, as of the date set forth
below.
Date:
June 28, 2007
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WACHOVIA
AUTO OWNER TRUST 2007-A
By:
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not
in
its individual capacity but solely as
Owner Trustee
under the Trust Agreement
By:_______________________________________
Authorized
Signatory
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INDENTURE
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is
one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Date:
June 28, 2007
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U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not
in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture
Trustee,
By:________________________________________
Authorized
Signatory
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[REVERSE
OF CLASS A-1 [A-2] [A-3] [A-4][B] NOTE]
This
Note
is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated
as its
_____% Class A-1 [A-2] [A-3] [A-4] [B] Asset Backed Notes (the
“Class [___] Notes”), all issued under the Indenture, dated as of June 1,
2007 (the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and U.S. Bank National Association,
as trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), to which Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective
rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee
and the
Noteholders. The Notes are subject to all terms of the
Indenture. Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise
defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture, which
also
contains rules as to construction that shall be applicable hereto.
The
Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3
Notes, the Class A-4 Notes and the Class B Notes (collectively,
the “Notes”) are, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture or in the Sale
and Servicing Agreement, equally and ratably secured by the Collateral
pledged
as security therefor as provided in the Indenture.
Principal
payable on the Class [A-1] [A-2] [A-3][A-4] [B] Notes will be paid on
each Distribution Date in the amount specified in the Indenture and in
the Sale
and Servicing Agreement. As described above, the entire unpaid
principal amount of this Note will be payable on the earlier of the
Class [A-1] [A-2] [A-3][A-4] [B] Final Scheduled Distribution Date and
the Redemption Date, if any, selected pursuant to the
Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, under certain
circumstances, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Class [A-1] [A-2]
[A-3][A-4] [B] Notes shall be due and payable following the occurrence and
continuance of an Event of Default, if the Indenture Trustee or the Holders
of
Notes evidencing not less than 51% of the Note Balance of the Controlling
Class have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the
manner provided in Section 5.02 of the Indenture. All principal
payments on the Class [A-1] [A-2] [A-3][A-4] [B] Notes shall be made pro
rata to the Class [A-1] [A-2] [A-3][A-4] [B] Noteholders entitled
thereto.
Payments
of principal and interest on this Note due and payable on each Distribution
Date
or Redemption Date shall be made by check mailed to the Person whose
name
appears as the registered Noteholder (or one or more Predecessor Notes)
on the
Note Register as of the close of business on the related Record Date,
except
that with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name
of the
nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede &
Co.), payments will be made by wire transfer in immediately available
funds to
the account designated by such nominee. Such checks shall be mailed
to the Person entitled thereto at the address of such Person as it appears
on
the Note Register as of the applicable Record Date without requiring
that this
Note be submitted for notation of payment. Any reduction in the
principal amount of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes)
effected by
any payments made on any Distribution Date or Redemption Date shall be
binding
upon all future Noteholders of this Note and of any Note issued upon
the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof,
whether
or not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be available, as
provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the remaining unpaid
principal
amount of this Note on a Distribution Date or Redemption Date, then the
Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify
the
Person who was the registered Noteholder as of the Record Date preceding
such
Distribution Date or Redemption Date by notice mailed within 30 days of
such Distribution Date or Redemption Date and the amount then due and
payable
shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at
the
Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee or at the office of the
Indenture Trustee’s agent appointed for such purposes located in the City of New
York.
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As
provided in the Indenture, the Notes may be redeemed, in whole but not
in part,
in the manner and to the extent described in the Indenture and the Sale
and
Servicing Agreement.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to the limitations set forth therein
and
on the face hereof, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the
Note
Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at
the office
or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed
by,
or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory
to the
Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Noteholder or such Noteholder’s attorney
duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible
guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, all in
accordance with the Exchange Act, and thereupon one or more new Notes
of
authorized denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will
be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge
will be charged for any registration of transfer or exchange of this
Note, but
the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such registration
of transfer or exchange.
Each
Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest
therein, as the case may be, covenants and agrees that no recourse may
be taken,
directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer,
the Owner
Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture
or any
certificate or other writing delivered in connection therewith, against
(i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, each in its individual
capacity, (ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or
(iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee
of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, each in its individual
capacity,
any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee
or the
Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee
or the
Owner Trustee, each in its individual capacity, except as any such Person
may
have expressly agreed and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary
shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for
any unpaid
consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay
any
installment or call owing to such entity.
Each
Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or a beneficial interest
therein, as the case may be, covenants and agrees by accepting the benefits
of
the Indenture and such Note that such Noteholder or Note Owner will not
at any
time institute against the Depositor or the Issuer, or join in any institution
against the Depositor or the Issuer of, any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under any United States
federal or State bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations
relating to the Notes, the Certificates, the Indenture or the other Basic
Documents.
The
Issuer has entered into the Indenture and this Note is issued with the
intention
that, for federal, State and local income, single business and franchise
tax
purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness of the Issuer secured
by the
Trust Estate. Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note (and each Note
Owner by acceptance of a beneficial interest in a Note), agrees to treat
the
Notes for federal, State and local income, single business and franchise
tax
purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.
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Prior
to
the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Issuer,
the
Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee
may treat
the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of determination or
as of such
other date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the
owner
hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note shall be overdue, and
none of
the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any such agent shall be affected
by notice
to the contrary.
The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer
and the
rights of the Noteholders under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer
with the
consent of the Holders of Notes representing at least 51% of the Note
Balance of
the Controlling Class. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Noteholders representing specified percentages of the
Note
Balance of the Controlling Class, on behalf of all Noteholders, to waive
compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain
past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such
consent or waiver by the Noteholder of this Note (or any one of more
Predecessor
Notes) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Noteholder and upon
all future
Noteholders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration
of
transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not
notation
of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. The Indenture also
permits the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee to amend or waive certain
terms and
conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of the
Noteholders.
The
Indenture permits the Issuer, under certain circumstances, to consolidate
or
merge with or into another Person, subject to the rights of the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholders under the Indenture.
The
Notes
are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in
the
Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.
THIS
NOTE
AND THE INDENTURE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF
NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER
THAN
SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS
AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of
the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is
absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note
at the
times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency herein
prescribed.
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ASSIGNMENT
Social
Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(name
and
address of assignee)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
the
within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes
and
appoints
attorney,
to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with
full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
____________________________________
___________________________________________*
Signature
Guaranteed:
___________________________________________*
*
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NOTICE: The
signature to this assignment must correspond with the name
of the
registered owner as it appears on the face of the within
Note in every
particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change
whatsoever. Such signature must be guaranteed by an “eligible
guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note
Registrar.
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