NORDSTROM CREDIT CARD RECEIVABLES II LLC, as Transferor, NORDSTROM fsb, as Servicer, WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Indenture Trustee, and NORDSTROM CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST II, as Issuer AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER AND SERVICING...
[Exhibit 99.4]
NORDSTROM CREDIT CARD RECEIVABLES II LLC,
as Transferor,
NORDSTROM fsb,
as Servicer,
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Indenture Trustee,
and
NORDSTROM CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST II,
as Issuer
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER
AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of May 1, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE |
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DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.01.
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Definitions | 1 | ||||
Section 1.02.
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Other Definitional Provisions | 14 | ||||
ARTICLE TWO |
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CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES |
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Section 2.01.
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Conveyance of Receivables | 15 | ||||
Section 2.02.
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Acceptance by Trust | 17 | ||||
Section 2.03.
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Representations and Warranties of Each Transferor Relating to Such Transferor | 17 | ||||
Section 2.04.
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Other Representations and Warranties of Each Transferor | 19 | ||||
Section 2.05.
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Reassignment of Ineligible Receivables | 21 | ||||
Section 2.06.
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Reassignment of Trust Portfolio | 22 | ||||
Section 2.07.
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Covenants of each Transferor | 23 | ||||
Section 2.08.
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Covenants of each Transferor with Respect to Receivables Purchase Agreements | 27 | ||||
Section 2.09.
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Addition of Accounts | 28 | ||||
Section 2.10.
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Removal of Accounts | 31 | ||||
Section 2.11.
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Account Allocations | 32 | ||||
Section 2.12.
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Discount Option | 33 | ||||
Section 2.13.
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Representations and Warranties as to the Security Interest of the Trust in the Receivables | 33 | ||||
ARTICLE THREE |
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ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES |
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Section 3.01.
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Acceptance of Appointment and Other Matters Relating to the Servicer | 34 | ||||
Section 3.02.
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Servicing Compensation | 35 | ||||
Section 3.03.
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Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer | 37 | ||||
Section 3.04.
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Reports and Records for the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee | 39 | ||||
Section 3.05.
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Annual Certificate of Servicer | 39 | ||||
Section 3.06.
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Annual Servicing Report of Independent Public Accountants; Copies of Reports Available | 39 | ||||
Section 3.07.
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Tax Treatment | 40 | ||||
Section 3.08.
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Notices to Nordstrom fsb | 40 | ||||
Section 3.09.
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Adjustments | 41 | ||||
Section 3.10.
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Reports to Rating Agencies | 41 |
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ARTICLE FOUR |
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OTHER TRANSFEROR MATTERS |
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Section 4.01.
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Liability of each Transferor | 43 | ||||
Section 4.02.
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Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, a Transferor | 43 | ||||
Section 4.03.
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Limitations on Liability of Each Transferor | 44 | ||||
ARTICLE FIVE |
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OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE SERVICER |
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Section 5.01.
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Liability of the Servicer | 44 | ||||
Section 5.02.
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Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the Servicer | 44 | ||||
Section 5.03.
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Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others | 44 | ||||
Section 5.04.
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Servicer Indemnification of the Trust and the Trustees | 45 | ||||
Section 5.05.
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Resignation of the Servicer | 45 | ||||
Section 5.06.
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Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Receivables | 46 | ||||
Section 5.07.
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Delegation of Duties | 46 | ||||
Section 5.08.
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Examination of Records | 46 | ||||
ARTICLE SIX |
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INSOLVENCY EVENTS |
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Section 6.01.
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Rights upon the Occurrence of an Insolvency Event | 47 | ||||
ARTICLE SEVEN |
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SERVICER DEFAULTS |
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Section 7.01.
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Servicer Defaults | 48 | ||||
Section 7.02.
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Indenture Trustee To Act; Appointment of Successor | 50 | ||||
Section 7.03.
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Notification to Noteholders | 52 | ||||
ARTICLE EIGHT |
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TERMINATION |
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Section 8.01.
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Termination of Agreement | 53 |
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ARTICLE NINE |
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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Section 9.01.
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Amendment; Waiver of Past Defaults | 54 | ||||
Section 9.02.
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Protection of Right, Title and Interest to Trust Assets | 55 | ||||
Section 9.03.
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GOVERNING LAW | 56 | ||||
Section 9.04.
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Notices; Payments | 56 | ||||
Section 9.05.
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Severability of Provisions | 57 | ||||
Section 9.06.
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Further Assurances | 57 | ||||
Section 9.07.
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No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies | 57 | ||||
Section 9.08.
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Counterparts | 58 | ||||
Section 9.09.
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Third-Party Beneficiaries | 58 | ||||
Section 9.10.
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Actions by Noteholders | 58 | ||||
Section 9.11.
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Rule 144A Information | 58 | ||||
Section 9.12.
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Merger and Integration | 58 | ||||
Section 9.13.
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Headings | 58 | ||||
Section 9.14.
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Assignment | 58 | ||||
Section 9.15.
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Nonpetition Covenant | 59 | ||||
Section 9.16.
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Limitation of Liability | 59 | ||||
EXHIBITS |
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EXHIBIT A
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Form of Assignment of Receivables in Supplemental Accounts | A-1 | ||||
EXHIBIT B
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Form of Reassignment of Receivables in Removed Accounts | B-1 | ||||
EXHIBIT C
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Form of Annual Servicer’s Certificate | C-1 | ||||
EXHIBIT D-1
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Form of Opinion of Counsel with Respect to Amendments | X-0-0 | ||||
XXXXXXX X-0
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Form of Opinion of Counsel with Respect to Accounts | D-2-1 | ||||
EXHIBIT D-3
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Provisions to be Included in Annual Opinion of Counsel | D-3-1 | ||||
SCHEDULES |
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SCHEDULE 1
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List of Accounts and Receivables | S1-1 |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRANSFER AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
TRANSFER AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2007 (as
amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Amended and Restated
Transfer and Servicing Agreement”), is between Nordstrom Credit Card Receivables II LLC (formerly
known as Nordstrom Private Label Receivables LLC), a Delaware limited liability company, as
Transferor (the “Transferor”), Nordstrom fsb, as Servicer (the “Servicer”), Nordstrom Credit Card
Master Note Trust II (formerly known as Nordstrom Credit Card Private Label Master Note Trust), a
Delaware statutory trust, as issuer or the trust (the “Issuer” or the “Trust”) and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture
Trustee”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Transferor is a limited liability company formed pursuant to and in accordance
with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del. Code § 18-101 et
seq.) on October 11, 2001, and governed by the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company
Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2007, among Nordstrom Credit, Inc., as the sole equity member (the
“Member”), and D. Xxxx Xxxxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxx, as the Special Members;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto entered into a Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
October 1, 2001 (the “Original Transfer and Servicing Agreement”) to provide for, among other
things, the transfer to, and servicing of, certain assets of the Issuer;
WHEREAS, the Transferor has previously acquired, and will continue to acquire, certain Private
Label Receivables (as defined herein) and related assets and, in addition on and after the date
hereof will acquire an undivided beneficial interest equal to the Participation Percentage (as
defined herein) in certain VISA® Receivables (as defined herein) and related assets
which it desires to transfer to the Trust, and which assets will be serviced by the Servicer; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Original Transfer and Servicing
Agreement upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, each party agrees
as follows for the benefit of the other parties, the Noteholders and any Series Enhancer (as such
capitalized terms are defined below) to the extent provided herein, in the Master Indenture and in
any related Indenture Supplement:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and
phrases shall have the following meanings:
“Account” means each (i) Initial Account, (ii) Additional Account (but only from and
after the Addition Date with respect thereto), (iii) Related Account and (iv) Transferred Account,
but shall exclude any Account all the Receivables in which are either: (a) after the Removal
Date, Removed Accounts, (b) Ineligible Receivables reassigned to the Transferor pursuant to Section
2.05 or 2.06 or (c) Servicer Repurchase Receivables assigned and transferred to the Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.03.
“Account Originator” means Nordstrom fsb or, upon satisfaction of the Rating Agency
Condition, any other entity which is the issuer of the credit card relating to an Account pursuant
to a Credit Card Agreement.
“Account Owner” means the Account Originator relating to an Account or any Person who
has acquired such Account and has sold the related Receivables to the Transferor pursuant to a
Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“Account Schedule” shall mean a computer file or microfiche list containing a true and
complete list of Accounts, identified by bank identification number and by bank numbers and by
account number and setting forth the aggregate amount of Principal Receivables outstanding in such
Accounts, or in the case of the VISA® Receivables, the Participation Percentage
multiplied by the aggregate amount of the Principal Receivables outstanding in such Accounts, as of
(a) the Initial Cut-Off Date (for the Account Schedule delivered on the Initial Issuance Date), (b)
as soon as practicable after the Determination Date immediately succeeding the related Monthly
Period (for any Account Schedule relating to Additional Accounts) and (c) the Addition Cut-Off Date
(for any Account Schedule relating to Supplemental Accounts).
“Addition” means the designation of additional Eligible Accounts to be included as
Accounts pursuant to Section 2.09(a) and Section 2.09(b).
“Addition Cut-Off Date” means, with respect to any Additional Accounts to be included
in the Trust, the date on which such Additional Accounts are designated for inclusion in the Trust.
“Addition Date” means the date on which the Receivables in Additional Accounts are
conveyed to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.09(a).
“Additional Account” means each VISA®, private label or other retail
consumer revolving credit card account established pursuant to a Credit Card Agreement, which
account is designated pursuant to Section 2.09(a) to be included as an Account.
“Additional Transferors” means Affiliates of the Transferor designated by the
Transferor to be included as Transferors pursuant to Section 2.09(d).
“Adverse Effect” means, with respect to any action, that such action will (i) result
in the occurrence of a Pay Out Event or an Event of Default or (ii) materially and adversely affect
the amount or timing of distributions to be made to the Noteholders of any Series or Class pursuant
to this Agreement, the Master Indenture or the related Indenture Supplement.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling
or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “control” means the power to direct the management and policies of a Person, directly
or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
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“Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement, as the
same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Appointment Date” means the day on which an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to
the Transferor.
“Assignment” means an Assignment of Receivables in Supplemental Accounts, in
substantially the form of Exhibit A.
“Authorized Newspaper” means any major newspaper or newspapers of general circulation
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, printed in the English language (and, with
respect to any Series or Class, if and so long as the Notes of such Series are (i) listed on the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange and such Exchange shall so require, in Luxembourg, printed in any
language satisfying the requirements of such Exchange or (ii) Bearer Notes, in such place as may be
specified in the applicable Indenture Supplement) and customarily published on each business day at
such place, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays.
“Business Day” means any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday or (ii) any other day
on which national banking associations or State banking institutions in Arizona, Colorado,
Minnesota, New York, Delaware or any other State in which the principal executive offices of
Nordstrom fsb, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or other Account Owner, as the case may be,
are located, are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or governmental decree to be
closed or (iii) for purposes of any particular Series, any other day specified in the related
Indenture Supplement.
“Cash Advance Fees” means cash advance transaction fees and cash advance late fees, if
any, as specified in the Credit Card Agreement applicable to each Account.
“Certificateholder” or “Holder” means each holder of a Transferor Certificate.
“Collections” means all payments by or on behalf of Obligors (including Insurance
Proceeds) received in respect of the Receivables, in the form of cash, checks, wire transfers,
electronic transfers, ATM transfers or any other form of payment in accordance with a Credit Card
Agreement in effect from time to time, Cash Advance Fees and Interchange and all other amounts
specified by this Agreement, the Master Indenture or any Indenture Supplement as constituting
Collections. All Recoveries will be treated as Collections of Finance Charge Receivables.
Collections with respect to any Monthly Period shall include a portion, calculated pursuant to
Section 2.07(i), of Interchange paid to the Trust with respect to such Monthly Period, to be
applied as if such amount were Collections of Finance Charge Receivables for all purposes.
“Contractually Delinquent” with respect to an Account, means an Account as to which
the required minimum payment set forth on the related billing statement has not been received by
the due date thereof.
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“Corporate Trust Office” has the meaning when used in respect of (i) the Owner
Trustee, specified in the Trust Agreement and (ii) the Indenture Trustee, specified in the Master
Indenture.
“Credit Card Agreement” means, with respect to each VISA® credit card
account, private label credit card account or other retail revolving consumer credit card accounts
subsequently conveyed to the Trust, the agreements between an Account Owner and the Obligor
governing the terms and conditions of such account, as such agreements may be amended, modified or
otherwise changed from time to time and as distributed (including any amendments and revisions
thereto) to holders of such account.
“Credit Card Guidelines” means the written policies and procedures of the Servicer,
the Transferor or any other Account Owner, as the case may be, relating to the operation of its
consumer revolving lending business as they pertain to the VISA® credit card accounts,
private label credit card accounts or other retail revolving consumer credit card accounts
subsequently conveyed to the Trust, which are consistent with prudent practice, including, the
written policies and procedures for determining the creditworthiness of credit card account
customers, the extension of credit to credit card account customers and relating to the maintenance
of credit card accounts and collection of receivables with respect thereto, as such policies and
procedures may be amended, modified or otherwise changed from time to time.
“Date of Processing” means, with respect to any transaction or receipt of Collections,
the date on which such transaction is first recorded on the Servicer’s computer file of revolving
credit card accounts (without regard to the effective date of such recordation).
“Debtor Relief Laws” means (i) Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from
time to time, and (ii) all other applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium,
arrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, suspension of payments, adjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets or similar debtor relief laws of the United States, any State or any foreign
country from time to time in effect affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Defaulted Receivables” means, with respect to any Monthly Period, all Principal
Receivables which are charged off as uncollectible in such Monthly Period in accordance with the
Credit Card Guidelines and the Servicer’s customary and usual servicing procedures for servicing
VISA® or private label, as applicable, or other retail consumer revolving credit account
receivables comparable to the Receivables (excluding any servicing procedures applicable to
receivables arising in Secured Accounts). A Principal Receivable shall become a Defaulted
Receivable on the day on which such Principal Receivable is recorded as charged off on the
Servicer’s computer master file of consumer revolving credit card accounts but, in any event, shall
be deemed a Defaulted Receivable no later than the month following the day the related Account
becomes 151 days Contractually Delinquent unless the Obligor cures such default by making a partial
payment which satisfies the criteria for curing delinquencies set forth in the applicable Credit
Card Guidelines.
“Determination Date” means, with respect to any Series, the date specified in the
applicable Indenture Supplement.
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“Dilution Amount” means the amount by which the Servicer is required to adjust the
amount of Principal Receivables used to calculate the Transferor Interest pursuant to the first two
sentences of Section 3.09.
“Discount Option” means the Transferor’s option to designate at any time all or any
specified portion of Principal Receivables existing on or after a Discount Option Date to be
treated as Finance Charge Receivables pursuant to Section 2.12.
“Discount Option Date” means the date on which a Discount Percentage designated by the
Transferor takes effect.
“Discount Option Receivable Collections” means on any Date of Processing, the product
of (i) a fraction the numerator of which is the aggregate amount of Discount Option Receivables and
the denominator of which is the sum of the aggregate amount of Principal Receivables and the
aggregate amount of Discount Option Receivables, in each case at the end of the prior Date of
Processing and (ii) Collections of Principal Receivables on such Date of Processing prior to any
reduction for Finance Charge Receivables which are Discount Option Receivables received on such
Date of Processing.
“Discount Option Receivables” means Principal Receivables (or a specified portion
thereof) existing on or after the Discount Option Date designated by the Transferor as being
treated as Finance Charge Receivables pursuant to Section 2.12(a). The aggregate amount of
Discount Option Receivables outstanding on any Date of Processing occurring on or after the
Discount Option Date shall equal the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of Discount Option Receivables
at the end of the prior Date of Processing (which amount, prior to the Discount Option Date, shall
be zero) plus (ii) the aggregate amount of any new Discount Option Receivables created on such Date
of Processing minus (iii) any Discount Option Receivables Collections received on such Date of
Processing. Discount Option Receivables created on any Date of Processing means the product of the
amount of any Principal Receivables created on such Date of Processing prior to any reduction for
Finance Charge Receivables which are Discount Option Receivables received on such Date of
Processing and the Discount Percentage.
“Discount Percentage” means 0% initially or such other percentage the Transferor may
designate pursuant to Section 2.12(a).
“Distribution Date” means, with respect to any Series, the date specified in the
applicable Indenture Supplement.
“Dollars,” “$” or “U.S. $” means United States dollars.
“Early Accumulation Period” has the meaning, with respect to any Series, specified in
the related Indenture Supplement.
“Eligible Account” means a consumer revolving credit card account owned by an Account
Owner identified by the Transferor as of (i) the Initial Cut-Off Date, in the case of the Initial
Accounts or (ii) the applicable Addition Cut-Off Date, in the case of the Additional Accounts, as
having the following characteristics:
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(a) has not been cancelled and is in existence and maintained by the applicable Account
Owner;
(b) is payable in Dollars;
(c) except as provided below, has not been identified as an Account the credit card or
cards with respect to which have been reported to the applicable Account Owner as having
been lost or stolen or has an Obligor who has not been identified as deceased;
(d) except as provided below, does not have any Receivables which are Defaulted
Receivables;
(e) has at no time been a Secured Account;
(f) except as provided below, does not have any Receivables which have been identified
by the applicable Account Owner or the relevant Obligor as having been incurred as a result
of fraudulent use of any related credit card;
(g) except as provided below, the Obligor of which has not been identified by the
Servicer in its computer files as having been declared bankrupt;
(h) is a VISA® or private label account originated by the Bank or, subject
to satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, other retail revolving credit card account;
(i) was created in accordance with the Credit Card Guidelines or if the Account Owner
is not the applicable Account Originator, in accordance with the underwriting guidelines of
the Account Originator, in either case at the time of creation of such Account; and
(j) does not have outstanding Receivables that give rise to any claim of any
Governmental Authority including the government of the United States or any State thereof or
any agency, instrumentality or department thereof.
Eligible Accounts may include Accounts, the Receivables of which have been written off, or
with respect to which the Transferor believes the related Obligor is bankrupt, or as to which
certain Receivables have been identified by the Obligor as having been incurred as a result of
fraudulent use of any credit cards, or as to which any credit cards have been reported to the
Account Owner or the Servicer as lost or stolen, in each case as of the Initial Cut-Off Date, with
respect to the Initial Accounts, and as of the related Addition Cut-Off Date, with respect to the
Additional Accounts; provided that (i) the balance of all Receivables included in such Accounts is
reflected on the books and records of the Account Owner (and is treated for purposes of this
Agreement) as “zero,” and (ii) charging privileges with respect to all such Accounts have been
canceled in accordance with the relevant Credit Card Guidelines.
“Eligible Receivable” means each Receivable, including, where applicable, the
underlying receivable:
(a) which has arisen in an Eligible Account;
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(b) which was created in compliance in all material respects with all Requirements of
Law applicable to the institution which owned such Receivable at the time of its creation
and pursuant to a Credit Card Agreement which complies in all material respects with all
Requirements of Law applicable to the Account Originator or Account Owner, as the case may
be;
(c) with respect to which all material consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations
of, or registrations or declarations with, any Governmental Authority required to be
obtained, effected or given in connection with the creation of such Receivable or the
execution, delivery and performance by the applicable Account Originator and any subsequent
Account Owner of its obligations, if any, under the related Credit Card Agreement pursuant
to which such Receivable was created, have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in
full force and effect;
(d) as to which at the time of the transfer of such Receivable to the Trust, the
Transferor or the Trust will have good and marketable title thereto, free and clear of all
Liens (other than any Lien for municipal or other local taxes if such taxes are not then due
and payable or if the Transferor is then contesting the validity thereof in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect
thereto);
(e) which has been the subject of either a valid transfer and assignment from the
Transferor to the Trust of all the Transferor’s right, title and interest therein (including
any proceeds thereof), or the grant of a first priority perfected security interest therein
(and in the proceeds thereof), effective until the termination of the Trust;
(f) which at all times will be the legal, valid and binding payment obligation of the
related Obligor enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws or by general principles
of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in equity), and except as such
enforceability may be limited by a right to offset, recoupment, adjustment or any other
claim under 12 CFR Section 226.12(c), 12 CFR Section 226.13(d), or the Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act of 2003;
(g) which, at the time of transfer to the Trust, has not been waived or modified except
as permitted in accordance with the Credit Card Guidelines and which waiver or modification
is reflected in the Servicer’s computer file of revolving credit card accounts;
(h) which, at the time of transfer to the Trust, is not subject to any right of
rescission, setoff, counterclaim or any other defense (including defenses arising out of
violations of usury laws) of the Obligor, other than defenses arising out of applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and except as such enforceability may be limited
by general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or equity) or as to
which the Servicer is required by Section 3.09 to make an adjustment;
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(i) as to which, at the time of transfer to the Trust, the relevant Account Originator
and any subsequent Account Owner has satisfied all of its obligations required to be
satisfied by such time;
(j) as to which, at the time of transfer to the Trust, none of the Transferor, the
Bank, or any other Account Owner, as the case may be, has taken any action which would
impair, or omitted to take any action the omission of which would impair, the rights of the
Trust or the Noteholders therein;
(k) that does not cause the aggregate amount of Receivables that arises from Accounts
that have Obligors with a billing address outside the United States and its territories to
be more than 1.0% of total amount of Receivables in the Trust;
(l) that does not cause the aggregate amount of Receivables that arise from Accounts
the Obligors for which are employees of Nordstrom or its affiliates to be more than 7.0% of
the total amount of Receivables in the Trust; and
(m) which constitutes either an “account,” “chattel paper” or “payment intangible”
under and as defined in Article 9 of the UCC in effect in the State of Delaware and any
other State where the filing of a financing statement is required to perfect the Trust’s
interest in the Receivables and the proceeds thereof.
“Eligible Servicer” means the Indenture Trustee or, if the Indenture Trustee is not
acting as Servicer, an entity which, at the time of its appointment as Servicer, (i) is servicing a
portfolio of revolving credit card accounts, (ii) is legally qualified and has the capacity to
service the Accounts, (iii) has demonstrated the ability to service professionally and competently
a portfolio of similar accounts in accordance with high standards of skill and care, (iv) is
qualified to use the software that is then being used to service the Accounts or obtains the right
to use or has its own software which is adequate to perform its duties under this Agreement and (v)
has a net worth of at least $50,000,000 as of the end of its most recent fiscal quarter.
“Excess Reserve Account Investment Earnings” has the meaning specified in the related
Indenture Supplement.
“FDIC” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and its successors.
“Finance Charge Receivables” means (a) all amounts billed to the Obligor on any
private label Account, and the Participation Percentage of all amounts billed to the Obligor on any
VISA® Account, in respect of (i) Periodic Rate Finance Charges, (ii) Cash Advance Fees,
(iii) annual membership fees and annual service charges, (iv) Late Fees, (v) Returned Check Fees,
(vi) Insurance Proceeds and (vii) Discount Option Receivables, if any. Finance Charge Receivables
shall also include (a) the Participation Percentage of Interchange, (b) all Recoveries and (c)
Reserve Account investment earnings in excess of the amount required in the Reserve Account on such
date. For so long as the Bank owns all or any portion of the Retained Interest in the Receivables
pursuant to the Participation Agreement, Finance Charge Receivables and Collections on all or such
portion of the related Accounts shall not include amounts accrued and due to the Bank, in
accordance with the Participation Agreement.
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“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles.
“Governmental Authority” means the United States, any State or other political
subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
“Indenture” means the Master Indenture, as supplemented by the related Indenture
Supplement, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Indenture Trustee” means Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, and its successors,
in its capacity as trustee under the Indenture, and any successor indenture trustee under the
Indenture.
“Ineligible Receivables” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a).
“Initial Account” means each private label credit card account and each
VISA® credit card account designated to the Trust on and after October 1, 2001, and each
VISA® credit card designated to the Trust on or after May 1, 2007, each established
pursuant to a Credit Card Agreement between the applicable Account Owner and any person, each as
identified in the on the Account Schedule delivered to the Owner Trustee by the Transferor on the
Initial Issuance Date.
“Initial Cut-Off Date” means October 1, 2001, in the case of the Private Label
Receivables, and the close of business on April 30, 2007, in the case of the Participation.
“Initial Issuance Date” means May 1, 2007.
“Insolvency Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.
“Insurance Proceeds” means any amounts received pursuant to the payment of benefits
under any credit life insurance policies, credit disability or unemployment insurance policies
covering any Obligor with respect to Receivables under such Obligor’s Account.
“Interchange” means certain fees received by the Bank, or any other Account Owner, in
its capacity as credit card issuing bank, from the Visa USA, Inc. association or any other retail
credit card association for which the retail credit card receivables originated outside Nordstrom,
Inc. stores, or on-line or catalog sales, have been added to the Trust, as partial compensation for
taking credit risk, absorbing fraud and funding receivables for a limited period prior to initial
billing. Any reference in this Agreement, the Indenture or any Indenture Supplement to Interchange
shall refer only to the interchange fees that are transferred by the Seller or another Account
Owner to a Transferor pursuant to a Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“Invested Amount” means, with respect to any Series and for any date, an amount equal
to the invested amount or adjusted invested amount, as applicable, specified in the related
Indenture Supplement.
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“Investor Percentage” means, with respect to any Series, the investor percentage for
such Series specified in the related Indenture Supplement.
“Late Fees” has the meaning set forth in the Credit Card Agreement applicable to each
Account for late fees or similar terms.
“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, equity interest, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), preference, participation
interest, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature
whatsoever, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financing lease
having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing and the filing of any
financing statement under the UCC or comparable law of any jurisdiction to evidence any of the
foregoing; provided, however, that any assignment permitted by Section 3.06(b) of the Trust
Agreement or Section 4.02 hereof shall not be deemed to constitute a Lien and any undivided
interest in the receivables relating to the Receivables retained by an Account Owner shall not be
deemed to constitute a Lien; provided further, however, that each of the lien created in favor of
(i) the Seller under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, (ii) the Transferor under this Agreement
and (iii) the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture shall not be deemed to constitute a Lien.
“Master Indenture” means the Amended and Restated Master Indenture, dated as of May 1,
2007, between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented,
restated or otherwise modified from time to time including, with respect to any Series or Class,
the related Indenture Supplement.
“Monthly Servicing Fee” means, with respect to any Series and any Monthly Period, the
portion of the Servicing Fee for such Monthly Period allocable to such Series.
“Notices” means all demands, notices, instructions, directions and communications
under this Agreement.
“Obligor” means, with respect to any Account, the Person or Persons obligated to make
payments with respect to such Account, including any guarantor thereof, but excluding any merchant.
“Operating Agreement” means the Operating Agreement, dated as of August 30, 1991,
between the Bank and the Seller, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time
to time.
“Owner Trustee” means Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity, but
solely as owner trustee under the Trust Agreement, its successors in interest and any successor
owner trustee under the Trust Agreement.
“Participation Agreement” means the Participation Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2007,
between the Bank and the Seller, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time
to time.
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“Participation Percentage” has the meaning set forth in the Receivables Purchase
Agreement
“Periodic Rate Finance Charges” has the meaning set forth in the Credit Card Agreement
applicable to each Account for finance charges (due to periodic rate) or any similar term.
“Person” means any legal person, including any individual, corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, governmental entity or other entity of any nature.
“Portfolio Yield” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture Supplement.
“Predecessor Servicer Work Product” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(e).
“Principal Funding Account” has the meaning, with respect to any Series, specified in
the related Indenture Supplement.
“Principal Funding Account Balance” has the meaning, with respect to any Series,
specified in the related Indenture Supplement.
“Principal Receivables” means all Receivables other than Finance Charge Receivables or
Defaulted Receivables; provided, however, that after the Discount Option Date, Principal
Receivables on any Date of Processing thereafter means Principal Receivables as otherwise
determined pursuant to this definition minus the amount of any Discount Option Receivables. In
calculating the aggregate amount of Principal Receivables on any day, the amount of Principal
Receivables shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of credit balances in the Accounts on such
day. Any Principal Receivables which the Transferor is unable to transfer as provided in Section
2.11 shall not be included in calculating the amount of Principal Receivables.
“Private Label Receivables” has the meaning set forth in the Receivables Purchase
Agreement.
“Reassignment” means a Reassignment of Receivables in Removed Accounts, in
substantially the form of Exhibit B.
“Receivables” has the meaning set forth in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“Receivables Purchase Agreement” means (i) the Amended and Restated Receivables
Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2007, between Nordstrom Credit, Inc., as seller, and
Nordstrom Credit Card Receivables II LLC, as purchaser, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time or (ii) any receivables purchase agreement entered into
between the Transferor and an Account Owner, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time.
“Recoveries” means all amounts received (net of out-of-pocket costs of collection)
including Insurance Proceeds, which are reasonably estimated by the Servicer to be attributable to
Defaulted Receivables, including the net proceeds of any sale of such Defaulted Receivables by the
Transferor or the Servicer.
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“Related Account” means an Account with respect to which a new credit account number
has been issued by the applicable Account Owner or Servicer or the applicable Transferor under
circumstances resulting from a lost or stolen credit card and not requiring standard application
and credit evaluation procedures under the Credit Card Guidelines.
“Removal Date” means the date specified by the Transferor for removal of Removed
Accounts.
“Removed Accounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(a).
“Required Designation Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.09(a)(i).
“Required Minimum Principal Balance” means, unless otherwise provided in an Indenture
Supplement relating to any Series, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of
the numerators used in the calculation of the Investor Percentages with respect to Principal
Receivables for all outstanding Series on such date; provided that with respect to any Series in
its Early Accumulation Period or such other period as designated in the related Indenture
Supplement with an Invested Amount as of such date of determination equal to the Principal Funding
Account Balance relating to such Series taking into account the Principal Funding Account Balance
relating to such Series on deposit in the Principal Funding Account on such date of determination,
the numerator used in the calculation of the Investor Percentage with respect to Principal
Receivables relating to such Series shall, solely for the purpose of the definition of Required
Minimum Principal Balance, be deemed to equal zero.
“Requirements of Law” means any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or determination of
an arbitrator or Governmental Authority, whether federal, State or local (including usury laws, the
Federal Truth in Lending Act and Regulation B and Regulation Z of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System), and, when used with respect to any Person, the certificate of
incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person.
“Retained Interest” has the meaning set forth in the Participation Agreement.
“Secured Account” means any Account for which the related Obligor has pledged assets
or made a cash collateral deposit as security for payment of the Receivables arising in such
Account.
“Series Enhancer” has the meaning set forth in the related Indenture Supplement.
“Service Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(b).
“Servicer” means Nordstrom fsb, in its capacity as Servicer pursuant to this
Agreement, and, after any Service Transfer, the Successor Servicer.
“Servicer Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(a).
“Servicer Repurchase Receivables” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(b).
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“Servicing Fee” means the servicing fee payable to the Servicer in respect of each
Monthly Period pursuant to Section 3.02 in an amount equal to one-twelfth of the product of (i) the
weighted average of the Servicing Fee Rates with respect to each outstanding Series (based upon the
Servicing Fee Rate for each Series and the Invested Amount (or such other amount as specified in
the related Indenture Supplement) of such Series, in each case as of the last day of the prior
Monthly Period) and (ii) the amount of Receivables on the last day of the prior Monthly Period.
“Servicing Fee Rate” means, with respect to any Series, the servicing fee rate
specified in the related Indenture Supplement.
“Successor Servicer” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(a).
“Supplemental Accounts” means Additional Accounts that the Transferor designates as
Accounts pursuant to Sections 2.09(a)(i) and 2.09(b).
“Supplemental Certificate” has the meaning set forth in the Trust Agreement.
“Tax Opinion” has the meaning set forth in the Master Indenture.
“Ten Percent Growth Date” means the date on which the Accounts designated to the Trust
and Receivables in the Trust first exceeds 10% of the Accounts designated to the Trust and
Receivables in the Trust as of the Initial Issuance Date and each date thereafter on which the
Accounts designated to the Trust or Receivables in the Trust exceeds 10% of the Accounts designated
to the Trust and Receivables in the Trust as of the immediately preceding Ten Percent Growth Date.
“Termination Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(b).
“Transaction Documents” has the meaning set forth in the Master Indenture.
“Transfer Agent and Registrar” has the meaning set forth in the Master Indenture.
“Transfer Restriction Event” means a Transferor is unable for any reason to transfer
Receivables to the Trust pursuant to this Agreement, including by reason of the application of the
provisions of Section 6.01 or any order of any Governmental Authority.
“Transferor” means (i) Nordstrom Credit Card Receivables II LLC, or its successor
under this Agreement and (ii) any Additional Transferor.
“Transferred Account” means each Account into which an Account shall be transferred;
provided, that (i) such transfer was made in accordance with the Credit Card Guidelines and (ii)
such account can be traced or identified as an account into which an Account has been transferred.
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“Trust Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of
May 1, 2007, between Nordstrom Credit Card Receivables II LLC (formerly known as
Nordstrom Private Label Receivables LLC) and the Owner Trustee, as the same may be amended,
supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Trust Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a).
“Trustees” means the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code, as amended from time to time, as in effect in
the applicable jurisdiction.
“VISA® Receivables” has the meaning set forth in the Receivables Purchase
Agreement.
“Xxxxx Fargo” means Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, and its successors.
Section 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions.
(a) With respect to any Series, all terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have meanings ascribed to them in the Trust Agreement or the Master Indenture, as applicable.
(b) All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.
(c) As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document made or delivered
pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this Agreement or in any such
certificate or other document, and accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement or in any such
certificate or other document to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given
to them under GAAP. To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms in this Agreement or in
any such certificate or other document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under GAAP,
the definitions contained in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document shall
control.
(d) Any reference to each Rating Agency shall only apply to any specific rating agency if such
rating agency is then rating any outstanding Series.
(e) Unless otherwise specified, references to any amount as on deposit or outstanding on any
particular date means such amount at the close of business on such day.
(f) For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires, (i) terms used herein include, as appropriate, all genders and the
plural as well as the singular, (ii) references to this Agreement include all Exhibits hereto,
(iii) references to words such as “herein,” “hereof” and the like shall refer to this Agreement as
a whole and not to any particular part, Article or Section within this Agreement, (iv) references
to an Article or Section such as “Article One” or “Section 1.01” and the like shall refer to the
applicable Article or Section of this Agreement, (v) the term “include” and all variations thereof
shall mean “include without limitation,” (vi) the term “or” shall include “and/or” and (vii) the
term “proceeds” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the UCC.
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ARTICLE TWO
CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES
Section 2.01. Conveyance of Receivables.
(a) By execution of this Agreement, Nordstrom Credit Card Receivables II LLC or, if
applicable, any Additional Transferor, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey
to the Trust, without recourse except as provided herein, all its right, title and interest in, to
and under (i) the Receivables existing at the close of business on the Initial Cut-Off Date, in the
case of Receivables arising in the Initial Accounts, and on each Addition Cut-Off Date, in the case
of Receivables arising in the Additional Accounts, and in each case thereafter created from time to
time until the termination of the Trust, (ii) Collections and Recoveries allocable to the Trust as
provided herein and all monies due or to become due and all amounts received or receivable with
respect thereto (including proceeds of the reassignment of the Receivables to the Transferor
pursuant to Section 2.05(a) or 2.06), (iii) all Eligible Investments and all monies, investment
properties, instruments and other property credited to the Collection Account, the Series Accounts
and the Special Funding Account (including any subaccount of any such account), and all interest,
dividends, earnings, income and other distributions from time to time received, receivable or
otherwise distributed or distributable thereto or in respect thereof (including any accrued
discount realized on liquidation of any investment purchased at a discount), (iv) all rights,
remedies powers, privileges and claims of the Transferor under or with respect to any Series
Enhancement, the rights of the Transferor under this Agreement and the Trust Agreement with respect
to any Series (whether arising pursuant to the terms of such Enhancement Agreement, the Trust
Agreement or this Agreement or otherwise available to the Transferor at law or in equity),
including the rights of the Transferor to enforce such Enhancement Agreement, the Trust Agreement
or this Agreement, and to give or withhold any and all consents, requests, notices, directions,
approvals, extensions or waivers under or with respect to such Series Enhancement, the Trust
Agreement or this Agreement to the same extent as the Transferor could but for the assignment and
security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, (v) the
rights of the Transferor to any property conveyed to the Trust and the right to receive Recoveries
attributed to cardholder charges for merchandise and services in the Accounts, (vi) the rights of
the Seller and the Transferor under the Operating Agreement and the Participation Agreement, as
applicable, (vii) all Insurance Proceeds related to the Receivables, (viii) all money, accounts,
general intangibles, chattel paper, instruments, documents, goods, investment property, deposit
accounts, certificates of deposit, letters of credit and advices of credit consisting of, arising
from, or related to the foregoing, (ix) any rights of the Transferor under the Receivables Purchase
Agreements, (x) all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of
any or all of the foregoing and (xi) any and all proceeds of the foregoing; in each case, including
any rights of the Owner Trustee and the Trust pursuant to the Transaction Documents, but excluding
the Transferor Interest and all amounts distributable to the holders of any Certificates pursuant
to the terms of any Transaction Document, shall constitute the assets of the Trust (the “Trust
Assets”). The foregoing does not constitute and is not intended to result in the creation or
assumption by the Trust, the Owner Trustee (as such or in its individual capacity), the Indenture
Trustee or any Noteholder of any obligation of any Account Owner, any Transferor, the Servicer or
any other Person in connection with the Accounts or the Receivables or under any agreement or
instrument
relating thereto, including any obligation to Obligors, merchant banks, merchants clearance
systems or insurers. The Obligors shall not be notified in connection with the creation of the
Trust of the transfer, assignment, set-over and conveyance of the Receivables (or any interest
therein) to the Trust.
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(b) Each Transferor hereby authorizes and agrees to record and file, at its own expense,
financing statements (and continuation statements when applicable) with respect to the Receivables
conveyed by such Transferor existing on the Initial Cut-Off Date and thereafter created meeting the
requirements of applicable State law in such manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary to
perfect, and maintain the perfection of, the transfer and assignment of its interest in such
Receivables to the Trust, and to deliver a file stamped copy of each such financing statement or
other evidence of such filing to the Owner Trustee as soon as practicable after the Initial
Issuance Date, in the case of Receivables arising in the Initial Accounts, and (if any additional
filing is so necessary) as soon as practicable after the applicable Addition Date, in the case of
Receivables arising in Additional Accounts. The Owner Trustee shall be under no obligation
whatsoever to file such financing or continuation statements or to make any other filing under the
UCC in connection with such transfer and assignment.
(c) Each Transferor further agrees, at its own expense, on or prior to (i) the Initial
Issuance Date, in the case of the Initial Accounts, (ii) the applicable Addition Date, in the case
of Additional Accounts with respect to such Transferor, if any, and (iii) the applicable Removal
Date, in the case of Removed Accounts with respect to such Transferor, (a) to cause each Account
Owner to indicate in its respective computer files that Receivables created (or reassigned, in the
case of Removed Accounts) in connection with the Accounts have been conveyed to the Trust pursuant
to this Agreement (or conveyed to each such Transferor or its designee in accordance with Section
2.10, in the case of Removed Accounts) by including (or deleting in the case of Removed Accounts)
in such computer files a clearly specified code correctly indicating the Trust’s ownership of the
Receivables, and (b) to deliver to the Owner Trustee a computer file or microfiche list containing
a true and complete list of all such Accounts specifying for each such Account, as of the Initial
Cut-Off Date, in the case of the Initial Accounts, the applicable Addition Cut-Off Date in the case
of Additional Accounts, and the applicable Removal Date in the case of Removed Accounts, its
account number and the aggregate amount outstanding in such Account. Each such file or list, as
supplemented, from time to time, to reflect Additional Accounts and Removed Accounts, shall be
marked as Schedule 1 to this Agreement and is hereby incorporated into and made a part of this
Agreement. Each Transferor further agrees not to alter the code referenced in this paragraph with
respect to any Account during the term of this Agreement unless and until such Account becomes a
Removed Account.
(d) If the arrangements with respect to the Receivables hereunder shall constitute a loan and
not a purchase and sale of such Receivables, it is the intention of the parties hereto that this
Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law, and each Transferor hereby
grants to the Trust a first priority perfected security interest in all of such Transferor’s right,
title and interest, whether owned on the Initial Cut-Off Date or thereafter acquired, in, to and
under the Trust Assets, and all money, accounts, general intangibles, chattel paper, instruments,
documents, goods, investment property, deposit accounts, certificates of deposit,
letters of credit, and advices of credit consisting of, arising from or related to the Trust
Assets, and all proceeds thereof, to secure its obligations hereunder.
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Section 2.02. Acceptance by Trust.
(a) The Trust hereby acknowledges its acceptance of all right, title and interest to the
property, now existing and hereafter created, conveyed to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
The Trust further acknowledges that, prior to or simultaneously with the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, the Transferor delivered to the Owner Trustee the Account Schedule relating to the
Initial Accounts. The Owner Trustee shall maintain a copy of Schedule 1, as delivered from time to
time, at its Corporate Trust Office.
(b) The Trust hereby agrees not to disclose to any Person any of the account numbers or other
information contained in the computer files or microfiche lists marked as Schedule 1 and delivered
to the Owner Trustee or the Trust, from time to time, except (i) to the Servicer, a Successor
Servicer or as required by a Requirement of Law applicable to the Owner Trustee, (ii) in connection
with the performance of the Owner Trustee’s or the Trust’s duties hereunder, (iii) to the Indenture
Trustee in connection with its duties in enforcing the rights of Noteholders or (iv) to bona fide
creditors or potential creditors of any Account Owner, the Servicer or any Transferor for the
limited purpose of enabling any such creditor to identify applicable Receivables or Accounts
subject to this Agreement or the Receivables Purchase Agreements. The Trust agrees to take such
measures as shall be reasonably requested by any Transferor to protect and maintain the security
and confidentiality of such information and, in connection therewith, shall allow each Transferor
or its duly authorized representatives to inspect the Owner Trustee’s security and confidentiality
arrangements as they specifically relate to the administration of the Trust from time to time
during normal business hours upon prior written notice. The Trust shall provide the applicable
Transferor with notice five Business Days prior to disclosure of any information of the type
described in this Section.
Section 2.03. Representations and Warranties of Each Transferor Relating to Such
Transferor. Each Transferor hereby severally represents and warrants to the Trust (and agrees
that the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely on each such representation
and warranty in accepting the Receivables and the other Transferred Assets and authenticating the
Notes, as the case may be as of the Initial Issuance Date and each subsequent Closing Date (but
only if, in either case, it was a Transferor on such date) that:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. Such Transferor is duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and
has, in all material respects, full power and authority to own its properties and conduct
its business as presently owned or conducted, and to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and each Transaction Document to which it is a party.
(b) Due Qualification. Such Transferor is duly qualified to do business and is
in good standing as a foreign limited liability company or foreign corporation (or is exempt
from such requirements) and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals, in
each jurisdiction in which failure to so qualify or to obtain such licenses and
approvals would have an Adverse Effect.
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(c) Due Authorization. (i) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
each Transaction Document to which it is a party by such Transferor and the consummation by
such Transferor of the transactions provided for herein and therein have been duly
authorized by such Transferor by all necessary action on the part of such Transferor and
(ii) this Agreement and each Transaction Document to which it is a party will remain, from
the time of its execution, an official record of such Transferor.
(d) No Conflict. The execution and delivery by such Transferor of this
Agreement and each Transaction Document to which it is a party, and the performance of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it
is a party and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof applicable to such
Transferor, will not conflict with or violate the organizational documents of the Transferor
or any Requirements of Law applicable to such Transferor or conflict with, result in any
breach of any of the material terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice
or lapse of time or both) a material default under, any indenture, contract, agreement,
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to which such Transferor is a party or by which
it or its properties are bound.
(e) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations, pending or, to
the best knowledge of such Transferor, threatened against such Transferor before any
Governmental Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document to which it is a party, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to
which it is a party, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that, in the reasonable
judgment of such Transferor, would materially and adversely affect the performance by such
Transferor of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to
which it is a party, (iv) seeking any determination or ruling that would materially and
adversely affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document to which it is a party or (v) seeking to affect adversely the income or franchise
tax attributes of the Trust under the United States Federal or any State income or franchise
tax systems.
(f) All Consents. All authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of or
registrations or declarations with any Governmental Authority required to be obtained,
effected or given by such Transferor in connection with the execution and delivery by such
Transferor of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party and
the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each other
Transaction Document to which it is a party by such Transferor have been duly obtained,
effected or given and are in full force and effect.
(g) Insolvency. No Insolvency Event with respect to such Transferor has
occurred and the transfer of the Receivables, or any interest therein, by such Transferor to
the Trust has not been made in contemplation of the occurrence thereof or with the intent to
hinder, delay or defraud such Transferor or the creditors of such Transferor.
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The representations and warranties of each Transferor set forth in this Section shall survive
the transfer and assignment by such Transferor of the respective Receivables to the Trust, the
pledge of the Receivables to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture, and the issuance of
the Notes. Upon discovery by such Transferor, the Servicer or the Owner Trustee of a breach of any
of the representations and warranties by such Transferor set forth in this Section, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties and the Indenture
Trustee. Such Transferor agrees to cooperate with the Servicer and the Owner Trustee in attempting
to cure any such breach.
Section 2.04. Other Representations and Warranties of Each Transferor.
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each Transferor hereby severally represents and
warrants to the Servicer and the Trust as of the Initial Issuance Date, each subsequent Closing
Date and, with respect to Additional Accounts, as of the related Addition Date (but only if, in
either case, it was a Transferor on such date) that:
(i) each Transaction Document to which it is a party and, in the case of Supplemental
Accounts, the related Assignment, each constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
such Transferor enforceable against such Transferor in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws or general principles of
equity;
(ii) as of the Initial Cut-Off Date with respect to the Initial Accounts (and the
Receivables arising therein), the Account Schedule provided to the Issuer by such
Transferor, as supplemented to such date, is an accurate and complete listing in all
material respects of all the Accounts the Receivables in which were transferred by such
Transferor on the Initial Issuance Date and the information contained therein with respect
to the identity of such Accounts and the Receivables existing thereunder is true and correct
in all material respects as of the Initial Cut-Off Date;
(iii) each Receivable conveyed to the Trust by such Transferor has been conveyed to the
Trust free and clear of any Lien of any Person claiming through or under such Transferor or
any of its Affiliates (other than Liens permitted under Section 2.07(b)) and in compliance
with all Requirements of Law applicable to such Transferor;
(iv) all authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of or registrations or
declarations with any Governmental Authority required to be obtained, effected or given by
such Transferor in connection with the conveyance by such Transferor of Receivables to the
Trust have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in full force and effect;
(v) either this Agreement or, in the case of Supplemental Accounts, the related
Assignment constitutes an absolute sale, transfer and assignment to the Trust of all right,
title and interest of such Transferor in the Receivables conveyed to the Trust by such
Transferor and the proceeds thereof and Recoveries identified as relating to the Receivables
conveyed to the Trust by such Transferor or, if this Agreement or, in the case of
Supplemental Accounts, the related Assignment does not constitute a sale of such property,
it constitutes a grant of a first priority perfected “security interest” (as defined
in the UCC) in such property to the Trust, which, in the case of existing Receivables
and the proceeds thereof and said Recoveries, is enforceable upon execution and delivery of
this Agreement, and which will be enforceable with respect to such Receivables hereafter and
thereafter created and the proceeds thereof upon such creation; upon the filing of the
financing statements and, in the case of Receivables hereafter created and the proceeds
thereof, upon the creation thereof, the Trust shall have a first priority perfected security
or ownership interest in such property and proceeds;
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(vi) on the Initial Cut-Off Date, with respect to each Initial Account and on each
Addition Cut-Off Date, with respect to each Additional Account, the Receivables in which
have been transferred to the Issuer by such Transferor, each Account is an Eligible Account
and in the case of each Automatic Additional Account, satisfies the conditions set forth in
Section 2.09, as applicable, and in the case of each Supplemental Account, satisfies the
conditions set forth in Section 2.09(g);
(vii) on the Initial Cut-Off Date, with respect to each Initial Account, and on the
applicable Addition Cut-Off Date with respect to each Additional Account, each Receivable
contained in such Account on such applicable date and conveyed to the Trust by such
Transferor is an Eligible Receivable;
(viii) as of the date of the creation of any new Receivable transferred to the Trust by
such Transferor, such Receivable is an Eligible Receivable;
(ix) no selection procedures believed by such Transferor to be materially adverse to
the interests of the Issuer or the Noteholders have been used in selecting such Accounts;
(x) except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or any Indenture
Supplement, neither such Transferor nor any Person claiming through or under such Transferor
has any claim to or interest in the Collection Account, the Special Funding Account, any
Series Account or any Series Enhancement;
(xi) the aggregate amount of Receivables that arise from Accounts that have Obligors
with a billing address outside the United States or its territories is less than 1.0% of the
total amount of Receivables in the Trust; and
(xii) the aggregate amount of Receivables that arise from Accounts for which the
related Obligor is an employee of Nordstrom or an Affiliate is less than 7.0% of the total
amount of Receivables in the Trust.
(b) Notice of Breach. The representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.03
and this Section shall survive the transfers and assignments of the Receivables to the Trust, the
pledge of the Receivables to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture, and the issuance of
the Notes. Upon discovery by any Transferor or the Servicer of a breach of any of the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.03 or this Section, the party discovering
such breach shall give notice to the other parties hereto and the Indenture Trustee within three
Business Days following such discovery; provided that the failure to give notice within three
Business Days does not preclude subsequent notice.
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Section 2.05. Reassignment of Ineligible Receivables.
(a) Reassignment of Receivables. In the event (i) any representation or warranty
contained in Section 2.04(a)(ii), (iv), (vi), (vii), (viii) or (ix) is not true and correct in any
material respect as of the date specified therein with respect to any Receivable or the related
Account and such breach has a material adverse effect on any Receivable (which determination shall
be made without regard to whether funds are then available pursuant to any Series Enhancement)
unless cured within 60 days (or, if the Transferor is diligently pursuing a cure of such breach,
150 days) after the earlier to occur of the discovery thereof by the Transferor which conveyed such
Receivables to the Trust or receipt by such Transferor of written notice thereof given by the
Trust, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer, (ii) any representation or warranty contained in
Section 2.04(a)(iii) or (v) is not true and correct in any material respect as of the date
specified therein with respect to any Receivable and such breach has a material adverse effect on
any Receivable (which determination shall be made without regard to whether funds are then
available pursuant to any Series Enhancement) or (iii) it is so provided in Section 2.07(a) with
respect to any Receivables conveyed to the Trust by such Transferor, then in each such case such
Receivable shall be designated ineligible (“Ineligible Receivables”) and (A) shall be assigned a
principal balance of zero for the purpose of determining the aggregate amount of Principal
Receivables on any day and (B) at the option of such Transferor the Issuer’s interest in such
Ineligible Receivables shall be reassigned to such Transferor on the terms and conditions set forth
in paragraph (c) below; provided that such Receivables pursuant to clause (i) will not be deemed to
be Ineligible Receivables but will be deemed Eligible Receivables and such Principal Receivables
shall be included in determining the aggregate Principal Receivables in the Issuer if, on any day
prior to the end of such 60-day or longer period, (x) either in the case of an event described in
(1) clause (i), the relevant representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material
respects as if made on such day or (2) clauses (ii) and (iii), the circumstances causing such
Receivable to become an Ineligible Receivable shall no longer exist and (y) such Transferor shall
have delivered an Officer’s Certificate to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee describing the
nature of such breach and the manner in which the relevant representation and warranty became true
and correct.
(b) Maintaining Required Transferor Interest. On and after the date of its
designation as an Ineligible Receivable, each Ineligible Receivable shall not be included in
determining the aggregate amount of Principal Receivables used to calculate the Transferor Interest
or the allocation percentages applicable to any Series. If, immediately following the exclusion of
such Principal Receivables from the calculation of the Transferor Interest, the Transferor Interest
would be less than the Required Transferor Interest, the applicable Transferor shall pay to the
Indenture Trustee for deposit into the Special Funding Account in immediately available funds prior
to the fifth succeeding Business Day an amount equal to the amount by which the Transferor Interest
would be less than the Required Transferor Interest (up to the amount of such excluded Principal
Receivables) and provide to the Indenture Trustee written notice of such amount. The payment of
such amount in immediately available funds shall otherwise be considered payment in full of all of
the Ineligible Receivables.
The obligation of a Transferor to make the payments, if any, required to be made to the Issuer
for deposit in the Special Funding Account as provided in this Section, shall constitute the
sole remedy respecting the event giving rise to such obligation available to the Issuer, the
Noteholders, the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders or any Series Enhancer.
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(c) Price of Reassignment. Upon the Transferor’s written notice to the Owner Trustee
that such Transferor has exercised its option and caused reassignment of any Ineligible Receivable,
the Trust shall automatically and without further action be deemed to transfer, assign, set over
and otherwise convey to the applicable Transferor or its designee, without recourse, representation
or warranty, all the right, title and interest of the Trust in and to such Ineligible Receivable
(or interest therein), all Recoveries related thereto, all monies and amounts due or to become due
and all proceeds thereof and such reassigned Ineligible Receivable shall be treated by the Trust as
collected in full as of the date on which it was transferred. The obligation of each Transferor to
accept reassignment of any Ineligible Receivables (or interest therein) conveyed to the Trust by
such Transferor, and to make the deposits, if any, required to be made to the Special Funding
Account as provided in this Section, shall constitute the sole remedy respecting the event giving
rise to such obligation available to the Trust, the Noteholders (or the Indenture Trustee on behalf
of the Noteholders) or any Series Enhancer. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a
reassignment of an Ineligible Receivable (or interest therein) in excess of the amount that would
cause the Transferor Interest to be less than the Required Transferor Interest shall not occur if
the applicable Transferor fails to make any deposit required by this Section with respect to such
Ineligible Receivable (or interest therein). The Trust shall execute such documents and
instruments of transfer or assignment and take such other actions as shall reasonably be requested
and provided by the applicable Transferor to effect the conveyance of such Ineligible Receivables
(or interest therein) pursuant to this Section, but only upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate
from such Transferor that states that all conditions set forth in this Section have been satisfied.
Section 2.06. Reassignment of Trust Portfolio. In the event any representation or
warranty of a Transferor set forth in Section 2.03(a) or (c) or Section 2.04(a)(i) is not true and
correct in any material respect and such breach has a material adverse effect on the Receivables
conveyed to the Trust by such Transferor or the availability of the proceeds thereof to the Trust
(which determination shall be made without regard to whether funds are then available pursuant to
any Series Enhancement), then either the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes evidencing not
less than 50% of the principal balance of the Outstanding Notes of all Series, by notice then given
to such Transferor and the Servicer (and to the Trust and Indenture Trustee if given by the
Noteholders), may direct such Transferor to accept a reassignment of the Receivables conveyed to
the Trust by such Transferor if such breach and any material adverse effect caused by such breach
is not cured within 60 days of such notice (or, if the Transferor is diligently pursuing a cure of
such breach, 150 days), and upon those conditions such Transferor shall be obligated to accept such
reassignment on the terms set forth below; provided, however, that such Receivables will not be
reassigned to such Transferor if, on any day prior to the end of such 60-day or longer period (i)
the relevant representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as if
made on such day and (ii) such Transferor shall have delivered to the Trust and the Indenture
Trustee a certificate of an authorized officer describing the nature of such breach and the manner
in which the relevant representation and warranty has become true and correct.
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The applicable Transferor shall deposit in the Collection Account in immediately available
funds not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, two Business Days after which such reassignment
obligation arises, in payment for such reassignment, an amount equal to the sum of the amounts
specified therefor with respect to each outstanding Series in the related Indenture Supplement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, such amounts shall be distributed to
the Noteholders on such Distribution Date in accordance with the terms of each Indenture
Supplement. If the Trust, Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders gives notice directing the
applicable Transferor to accept a reassignment of the Receivables as provided above, the obligation
of such Transferor to accept such reassignment pursuant to this Section and to make the deposit
required to be made to the Collection Account as provided in this paragraph shall constitute the
sole remedy respecting an event of the type specified in the first sentence of this Section
available to the Trust, the Noteholders (or the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders) or
any Series Enhancer. Upon making the required payment by the applicable Transferor, the Trust
shall automatically and without further action be deemed to transfer, assign, set-over and
otherwise convey to the applicable Transferor, without recourse, representation or warranty, the
right, title and interest of the Trust in and to the Receivables, all related Interchange,
Insurance Proceeds and Recoveries allocable to the Trust, and all monies and amounts due or to
become due with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof. The Trust shall execute such documents
and instruments of transfer or assignment and take such other actions as shall reasonably be
requested by the applicable Transferor to effect the conveyance of such property pursuant to this
Section.
Section 2.07. Covenants of each Transferor. Each Transferor hereby severally
covenants that:
(a) Receivables Not Evidenced by Promissory Notes. Except in connection with
its enforcement or collection of any Receivable, such Transferor will take no action to
cause any Receivable conveyed by it to the Trust to be evidenced by an instrument or chattel
paper (each as defined in the UCC) and if any such Receivable is so evidenced (whether or
not in connection with the enforcement or collection of a Receivable) it shall be deemed to
be an Ineligible Receivable and shall be reassigned to such Transferor in accordance with
Section 2.05(b).
(b) Security Interests. Except for the conveyances hereunder, such Transferor
will not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or grant, create, incur,
assume or suffer to exist any Lien arising through or under such Transferor on, any
Receivable conveyed by it to the Trust, whether now existing or hereafter created, or any
interest therein, and such Transferor shall defend the right, title and interest of the
Trust and the Indenture Trustee in, to and under the Receivables, whether now existing or
hereafter created, against all claims of third parties claiming through or under such
Transferor; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent or be deemed to
prohibit such Transferor from suffering to exist upon any of the Receivables transferred by
it to the Trust any Liens for municipal or other local taxes if such taxes shall not at the
time be due and payable or if such Transferor shall currently be contesting the validity
thereof in good faith by appropriate proceedings and shall have set aside on its books
adequate reserves with respect thereto.
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(c) Delivery of Collections or Recoveries. In the event that such Transferor
receives Collections or Recoveries, such Transferor agrees to pay the Servicer all such
Collections and Recoveries as soon as practicable after receipt thereof but in no event
later than two Business Days after the Date of Processing.
(d) Notice of Liens. Such Transferor shall notify the Trust, the Indenture
Trustee and each Series Enhancer promptly after becoming aware of any Lien on any Receivable
conveyed by it to the Trust other than the conveyances hereunder and under any Receivables
Purchase Agreement to which it is a party and the Indenture.
(e) Notice of Change in Credit Card Guidelines. The Transferor shall notify
the Rating Agencies of any materially adverse change in the Credit Card Guidelines.
(f) Continuous Perfection. The Transferor shall not change its name, identity
or structure in any manner that might cause any financing or continuation statement filed
pursuant to this Agreement to be seriously misleading unless the Transferor shall have
delivered to the Trust at least 30 days’ prior written notice thereof and, no later than 30
days after making such change, shall have taken all action necessary or advisable to amend
such financing statement or continuation statement so that it is not seriously misleading.
The Transferor shall not change the jurisdiction under whose laws it is organized, its chief
executive office or change the location of its principal records concerning the Receivables
unless it has delivered to the Trust at least 30 days’ prior written notice of its intention
to do so and has taken such action as is necessary or advisable to cause the interest of the
Trust in the Receivables to continue to be perfected with the priority required by this
Agreement.
(g) Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation. Such Transferor will not
amend in any material respect its certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation or
other organizational documents without providing each Rating Agency, to the extent
applicable, with notice no later than the fifth Business Day prior to such amendment (unless
the right to such notice is waived by each Rating Agency) and satisfying the Rating Agency
Condition; provided, however, that the Rating Agency Condition need not be satisfied if such
Transferor ceases to be a Transferor on or before the date that such amendment becomes
effective.
(h) Separate Corporate Existence. Such Transferor shall:
(i) Maintain in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a limited
liability company or corporation under the laws of the State of its organization or
incorporation 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 Agreement, the Trust Agreement and any
Receivables Purchase Agreement to which it is a party and each other instrument or
agreement necessary or appropriate to proper administration hereof and to permit and
effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby.
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(ii) Except as provided herein, maintain its own deposit accounts, separate
from those of any Affiliate of such Transferor, with commercial banking
institutions. The funds of such Transferor will not be diverted to any other Person
or for other than the corporate use of such Transferor, and, except as may be
expressly permitted by this Agreement or any Receivables Purchase Agreement to which
it is a party, the funds of such Transferor shall not be commingled with those of
any Affiliate of such Transferor or any other Person.
(iii) Ensure that, to the extent that it shares the same officers or other
employees as any of its partners, members, managers, stockholders or Affiliates, the
salaries of and the expenses related to providing benefits to such officers and
other employees shall be fairly allocated among such entities, and each such entity
shall bear its fair share of the salary and benefit costs associated with all such
common officers and employees.
(iv) Ensure that, to the extent that it jointly contracts with any of its
partners, members, managers, stockholders or Affiliates to do business with vendors
or service providers or to share overhead expenses, the costs incurred in so doing
shall be allocated fairly among such entities, and each such entity shall bear its
fair share of such costs. To the extent that such Transferor contracts or does
business with vendors or service providers where the goods and services provided are
partially for the benefit of any other Person, the costs incurred in so doing shall
be fairly allocated to or among such entities for whose benefit the goods and
services are provided, and each such entity shall bear its fair share of such costs.
All material transactions between such Transferor and any of its partners, members,
managers, stockholders or Affiliates shall be only on an arm’s-length basis and
shall receive the approval of such Transferor’s Board of Directors, partners,
members, managers or other governing body including at least one Independent
Director (defined below).
(v) Maintain a principal executive and administrative office through which its
business is conducted and a telephone number separate from those of its members,
stockholders and Affiliates (other than Affiliates that are special purpose
bankruptcy remote entities). To the extent that such Transferor and any of its
members, stockholders or Affiliates (other than special purpose bankruptcy remote
entities) have offices in contiguous space, there shall be fair and appropriate
allocation of overhead costs (including rent) among them, and each such entity shall
bear its fair share of such expenses.
(vi) Conduct its affairs strictly in accordance with its certificate of
incorporation or other certificate of formation, as the case may be, and observe all
necessary, appropriate and customary corporate formalities (or such formalities
appropriate to the entity), including, but not limited to, holding all regular and
special stockholders’ and directors’ or partners’, members’ or managers’, as the
case may be, meetings appropriate to authorize all corporate or entity action,
keeping separate and accurate minutes of such meetings, passing all resolutions or
consents necessary to authorize actions taken or to be taken, and maintaining
accurate and separate books, records and accounts, including payroll and
intercompany transaction accounts. Regular stockholders’ or other owners’ and
directors’, partners’, members’ or managers’, as the case may be, meetings shall be
held at least annually.
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(vii) Ensure that its board of directors or other governing body shall at all
times include at least one Independent Director (for purposes hereof, “Independent
Director” shall mean any member of the board of directors or partner, member or
manager, as the case may be, of such Transferor that is not and has not at any time
been (x) an officer, agent, advisor, consultant, attorney, accountant, employee or
shareholder of any Affiliate of such Transferor, which Affiliate is not a special
purpose bankruptcy remote entity, (y) a director of any Affiliate of such Transferor
other than an independent director of any Affiliate which is a special purpose
bankruptcy remote entity or (z) a member of the immediate family of any of the
foregoing).
(viii) Ensure that decisions with respect to its business and daily operations
shall be independently made by such Transferor (although the officer making any
particular decision may also be an officer, partner, member, manager or director of
an Affiliate of such Transferor) and shall not be dictated by an Affiliate of such
Transferor.
(ix) Act solely in its own corporate or entity name and through its own
authorized officers, partners, members, managers and agents, and no Affiliate of
such Transferor shall be appointed to act as agent of such Transferor. Such
Transferor shall at all times use its own stationery and business forms and describe
itself as a separate legal entity.
(x) Ensure that no Affiliate of such Transferor shall advance funds to such
Transferor, and no Affiliate of such Transferor will otherwise guaranty debts of
such Transferor.
(xi) Other than organizational expenses and as expressly provided herein, pay
all expenses, indebtedness and other obligations incurred by it with its own funds.
(xii) Except as contemplated by the Transaction Documents, not enter into any
guaranty, or otherwise become liable, with respect to or hold its assets or
creditworthiness out as being available for the payment of any obligation of any
Affiliate of such Transferor or of any other Person nor shall such Transferor make
any loans to, or incur any indebtedness in respect of, any Person.
(xiii) Ensure that any financial reports required of such Transferor shall
comply with GAAP and shall be issued separately from, but may be consolidated with,
any reports prepared for any of its Affiliates; provided, that any such consolidated
reports shall indicate that the Transferor is a separate legal entity and
that the assets of the Transferor are not available to the creditors of any
Affiliate of the Transferor.
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(xiv) Ensure that at all times it is adequately capitalized to engage in the
transactions contemplated in its certificate of organization or other organizational
documents.
(i) Interchange. With respect to any Distribution Date, on or prior to the
immediately preceding Determination Date, the Servicer shall notify the Transferor of the
amount of Interchange required to be included as Collections of Finance Charge Receivables
with respect to such Monthly Period, which amount for any Series shall be specified in the
related Indenture Supplement. Not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related
Transfer Date, the Transferor shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, into the Collection
Account, in immediately available funds, the amount of the Interchange to be so included as
Collections of Finance Charge Receivables with respect to such Monthly Period.
(j) Amendments to Receivables Purchase Agreements. Each Transferor further
covenants that it will not enter into any amendments to a Receivables Purchase Agreement or
enter into a new Receivables Purchase Agreement, in each case, that would have an Adverse
Effect unless the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied.
(k) Taxes. The Transferor shall pay out of its own funds, without
reimbursement, the costs and expenses relating to any stamp, documentary, excise, property
(whether on real, personal or intangible property) or any similar tax levied on the Issuer
or the Issuer’s assets that are not expressly stated in this Agreement to be payable by the
Issuer (other than federal, State, local and foreign income and franchise taxes, if any, or
any interest or penalties with respect thereto, assessed on the Issuer).
Section 2.08. Covenants of each Transferor with Respect to Receivables Purchase
Agreements. Each Transferor hereby covenants that it will at all times enforce the covenants
and agreements of the Account Owners under the terms of the Receivables Purchase Agreements to
which it is a party, including covenants to the effect set forth below:
(a) Periodic Rate Finance Charges and Other Fees. Except (i) as otherwise
required by any Requirements of Law or (ii) as is deemed by the Account Owner to be
necessary in order for it to maintain its credit card business on a competitive basis based
on a good faith assessment by it of the nature of its competition in the credit card
business, it shall not at any time reduce the Periodic Rate Finance Charges assessed on the
Receivables transferred by it to the Transferor or other fees charged on any of the Accounts
owned by it if either (1) as a result of any such reduction, such Account Owner’s reasonable
expectation is that such reduction will cause a Pay Out Event or Event of Default to occur
or (2) such reduction is not also applied to all comparable segments of VISA®,
private label or other retail consumer revolving credit card accounts owned by such Account
Owner which have characteristics the same as, or substantially similar to, such Accounts.
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(b) Credit Card Agreements and Guidelines. Such Account Owner shall comply
with and perform its obligations under the Credit Card Agreements relating to the Accounts
owned by it and the Credit Card Guidelines except insofar as any failure so to comply or
perform would not materially and adversely affect the rights of the Trust or the
Noteholders. Subject to compliance with all Requirements of Law and Section 2.08(a)(i),
such Account Owner may change the terms and provisions of the Credit Card Agreements or the
Credit Card Guidelines with respect to any of the Accounts owned by it in any respect
(including the calculation of the amount or the timing of charge-offs and the Periodic Rate
Finance Charges and other fees to be assessed thereon) only if such change is made
applicable to all comparable segments of VISA®, private label or other retail
consumer revolving credit card accounts owned by such Account Owner which have
characteristics the same as, or substantially similar to, such Accounts. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, unless required by Requirements of Law or as permitted by Section 2.08(a), no
Account Owner will take any action with respect to the applicable Credit Card Agreements or
the applicable Credit Card Guidelines, which, at the time of such action, the Account Owner
reasonably believes will have a material adverse effect on the Noteholders.
(c) Receivables Purchase Agreement. The Transferor, in its capacity as
Purchaser of Receivables from the Seller under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, shall
enforce the covenants and agreements of the Seller as set forth in such Receivables Purchase
Agreement.
(d) New or Amendments to Receivables Purchase Agreements. No Transferor will
enter into any amendments to a Receivables Purchase Agreement or enter into a new
Receivables Purchase Agreement that would have an Adverse Effect unless the Rating Agency
Condition has been satisfied.
Section 2.09. Addition of Accounts.
(a) Additional Accounts.
(i) Required Additions. If on any Business Day, either (A) the Transferor
Interest is less than the Required Transferor Interest or (B) the total amount of Principal
Receivables is less than the Required Minimum Principal Balance on such Business Day, the
Transferor shall on or prior to the close of business on the second Business Day following
such Business Day (the “Required Designation Date”), unless the Transferor Interest exceeds
the Required Transferor Interest and the total amount of Principal Receivables exceeds the
Required Minimum Principal Balance, in each case, as of the close of business on such
Required Designation Date, cause to be designated additional Eligible Accounts to be
included as Accounts as of the Required Designation Date or any earlier date in a sufficient
amount such that, after giving effect to such addition, the Transferor Interest as of the
close of business on the applicable Addition Date, is at least equal to the Required
Transferor Interest and the aggregate principal balance of Principal Receivables conveyed to
the Trust as of the close of business on the Addition Date, is at least equal to the
Required Minimum Principal Balance on such date. The Transferor shall promptly give notice
to each Rating Agency of any obligation of the Transferor to
designate Accounts pursuant to the preceding sentence. The failure of any condition
set forth in Section 2.09(c) shall not relieve the Transferor of its obligation pursuant to
this paragraph; provided, however, that the failure of the Transferor to transfer
Receivables to the Trust as provided in this clause solely as a result of the unavailability
of a sufficient amount of Eligible Receivables shall not constitute a breach of this
Agreement; provided further, that any such failure which has not been timely cured may
nevertheless result in the occurrence of a Pay Out Event.
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(ii) Optional Additions. In addition to designating Additional Accounts
pursuant to clause (i) above, the Transferor, subject to the conditions set forth in this
Section, may elect on any date to designate Eligible Accounts or interests therein to the
Trust and/or to automatically convey newly originated Eligible Receivables to the Trust upon
their establishment. The Transferor hereby elects to automatically convey newly originated
Eligible Receivables to the Trust upon their establishment. The Transferor shall be
permitted to transfer Eligible Receivables to the Trust pursuant to this clause as long as
(A) the number of new Accounts and the amount of Receivables arising from such Accounts
designated during any fiscal year do not exceed 20% of the total amount of Accounts
designated to the Trust and Receivables in the Trust, respectively, as of the first day of
such year fiscal year or (B) for any fiscal quarter, the number of new Accounts and the
amount of Receivables arising from such Accounts designated during such fiscal quarter do
not exceed 15% of the total amount of Accounts designated to the Trust and Receivables in
the Trust, respectively, as of the first day of such quarter;. provided, that, the
foregoing limitations shall not apply to the Transferor so long as it is delivering to the
Rating Agencies pool specific information for new Accounts and Receivables arising therefrom
each time that the number of new Accounts and the amount of Receivables arising from such
Accounts exceeds 10% of the total amount of Accounts designated to the Trust and Receivables
in the Trust, respectively, as of the Initial Issuance Date and as of each Ten Percent
Growth Date, unless the Rating Agencies suspend the Transferor’s ability to do so. The
Transferor shall give prompt notice to each Rating Agency of any Ten Percent Growth Date.
If the Transferor elects to suspend or terminate the automatic addition of Eligible
Receivables, it shall do so only upon providing the Indenture Trustee, the Trust, the Rating
Agencies and the Servicer with notice thereof.
(b) Restricted Additions. Each Transferor may from time to time, at its sole
discretion, subject to the conditions specified in Section 2.09(c), designate additional Eligible
Accounts to be included as Accounts as of the applicable Addition Date.
(c) Conditions to Required Additions and Restricted Additions. On the Addition Date
with respect to any Supplemental Accounts designated pursuant to Section 2.09(a)(i) or (b), the
Transferor shall transfer the Receivables in such Supplemental Accounts or interests therein (and
such Supplemental Accounts shall be deemed to be Accounts for purposes of this Agreement) as of the
close of business on the applicable Addition Date, subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions:
(i) on or before the tenth Business Day immediately preceding the Addition Date, each
Participating Transferor shall have given the Trust, the Indenture Trustee and
each Rating Agency written notice that the Supplemental Accounts will be included and
specifying the applicable Addition Date, the Addition Cut-Off Date and the approximate
number of accounts expected to be added and the approximate aggregate balances expected to
be outstanding in the accounts to be added (in the case of Supplemental Accounts);
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(ii) in the case of Supplemental Accounts, such Transferor shall have delivered to the
Trust and the Indenture Trustee copies of UCC-1 financing statements covering such
Supplemental Accounts, if necessary to perfect the Trust’s interest in the Receivables
arising therein;
(iii) as of each of the Addition Cut-Off Date and the Addition Date, no Insolvency
Event with respect to the related Transferor or the Account Owner of the Supplemental
Accounts shall have occurred nor shall the transfer of the Receivables arising in the
Supplemental Accounts to the Trust have been made in contemplation of the occurrence thereof
or with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud the Transferor or the creditors of the
Transferor;
(iv) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such
Addition;
(v) the related Transferor shall have delivered to the Trust and the Indenture Trustee
an Officer’s Certificate, dated the Addition Date, stating that (A) in the case of
Supplemental Accounts, as of the applicable Addition Cut-Off Date, the Supplemental Accounts
are all Eligible Accounts, (B) to the extent applicable, the conditions set forth in
Sections 2.09(c)(ii) through (c)(iv) and (c)(viii) have been satisfied and (C) such
Transferor reasonably believes that the addition by such Transferor of the Receivables
arising in the Supplemental Accounts to the Trust will not, based on the facts known to such
officer at the time of such addition, then or thereafter result in an Adverse Effect with
respect to any Series;
(vi) on or prior to each Distribution Date, the Transferors shall have delivered to the
Trust, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency, an Opinion of Counsel substantially in
the form of Exhibit D-2 with respect to the Supplemental Accounts, if any, included as
Accounts during the related Monthly Periods ending prior to such Distribution Date; the
opinion delivery requirement set forth in the immediately preceding sentence may be modified
provided that the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied;
(vii) in the case of designation of Supplemental Accounts, such Transferors shall have
delivered to the Owner Trustee (A) an Account Schedule with respect to such Supplemental
Accounts and (B) a duly executed Assignment; and
(viii) to the extent required by Section 8.04 of the Master Indenture, the Servicer
shall have deposited in the Collection Account all Collections with respect to such
Supplemental Accounts since the Addition Cut-Off Date.
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(d) Additional Transferors. Upon satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, the
Transferor may designate Additional Transferors under this Agreement in an amendment hereto
pursuant to Section 9.01(a) and, in connection with such designation, the Transferor shall
surrender the Transferor Certificate to the Owner Trustee in exchange for a newly issued Transferor
Certificate modified to reflect such Additional Transferor’s interest in the Transferor Interest;
provided, however, that prior to any such designation and exchange the conditions set forth in
clauses (iii) and (vi) of Section 3.06(b) of the Trust Agreement shall have been satisfied with
respect thereto.
Section 2.10. Removal of Accounts.
(a) Once per Monthly Period, each Transferor shall have the right to require the reassignment
to it or its designee of all the Trust’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables
then existing and thereafter created, all Recoveries related thereto after the Removal Date, all
monies due or to become due and all amounts received or receivable with respect thereto, and all
proceeds thereof in or with respect to certain specified Accounts (the “Removed Accounts”) and
designated for removal by the Transferor, upon satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i) on or before the fifth Business Day preceding the Removal Date, such Transferor
shall have given written notice to the Trust, the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, the
Rating Agency and each Series Enhancer (unless such notice requirement is otherwise waived)
of such removal and specifying the Removal Date;
(ii) on or prior to the date that is five Business Days on or before the Removal Date,
such Transferor shall amend the Account Schedule by delivering to the Owner Trustee a
computer file or microfiche list containing a true and complete list of the Removed Accounts
specifying for each such Account, as of the date notice of the Removal Date is given, its
account number, the aggregate amount outstanding in such Account and the aggregate amount of
Principal Receivables outstanding in such Account;
(iii) the removal will not cause the Transferor Interest to be less than the Required
Transferor Interest;
(iv) such Transferor shall have represented and warranted as of the Removal Date that
the list of Removed Accounts delivered pursuant to clause (ii) above, as of the Removal
Date, is true and complete in all material respects;
(v) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to the removal
of the Removed Accounts;
(vi) such Transferor shall have delivered to the Trust and the Indenture Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate, dated the Removal Date, to the effect that such Transferor reasonably
believes that (A) such removal will not have a material adverse effect on the Noteholders,
(B) such removal will not result in the occurrence of a Pay Out Event or Event of Default,
and (C) no selection procedures believed by such Transferor to be materially adverse to the
interests of the Noteholders have been used in selecting the Removed Accounts; and
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(vii) as of the Removal Date, no more than 10% of the Receivables outstanding are more
than 30 days Contractually Delinquent.
(b) Upon satisfaction of the above conditions, the Trust shall execute and deliver to such
Transferor a Reassignment and shall, without further action, be deemed to transfer, assign, set
over and otherwise convey to such Transferor or its designee, effective as of the Removal Date,
without recourse, representation or warranty, all the right, title and interest of the Trust in and
to the Receivables arising in the Removed Accounts, all Recoveries related thereto, all monies due
and to become due and all amounts received or receivable with respect thereto after the Removal
Date and all proceeds thereof and any Insurance Proceeds relating thereto. The Trust and Owner
Trustee may conclusively rely on the Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to this Section and
shall have no duty to make inquiries with regard to the matters set forth therein and shall incur
no personal liability in so relying.
Section 2.11. Account Allocations. In the event that a Transfer Restriction Event
occurs with respect to a Transferor, then, (i) such Transferor and the Servicer agree (except as
prohibited by any such order) to allocate and pay to the Trust, after the date of such inability,
all Collections, including Collections of Receivables transferred to the Trust prior to the
occurrence of such event, and all amounts which would have constituted Collections but for such
Transferor’s inability to transfer Receivables (up to an aggregate amount equal to the amount of
Receivables transferred to the Trust by such Transferor in the Trust on such date), (ii) such
Transferor and the Servicer agree that such amounts will be applied as Collections in accordance
with Article Eight of the Master Indenture and the terms of each Indenture Supplement and (iii) for
so long as the allocation and application of all Collections and all amounts that would have
constituted Collections are made in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii) above, Principal
Receivables and all amounts which would have constituted Principal Receivables but for such
Transferor’s inability to transfer Receivables to the Trust which are charged off as uncollectible
in accordance with this Agreement shall continue to be allocated in accordance with Article Eight
of the Master Indenture and the terms of each Indenture Supplement. For the purpose of the
immediately preceding sentence, such Transferor and the Servicer shall treat the first received
Collections with respect to the Accounts as allocable to the Trust until the Trust shall have been
allocated and paid Collections in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of Principal Receivables
in the Trust as of the date of the occurrence of such event. If such Transferor and the Servicer
are unable pursuant to any Requirements of Law to allocate Collections as described above, such
Transferor and the Servicer agree that, after the occurrence of such event, payments on each
Account with respect to the principal balance of such Account shall be allocated first to the
oldest principal balance of such Account and shall have such payments applied as Collections in
accordance with Article Eight of the Master Indenture and the terms of each Indenture Supplement.
The parties hereto agree that Finance Charge Receivables, whenever created, accrued in respect of
Principal Receivables which have been conveyed to the Trust shall continue to be a part of the
Trust notwithstanding any cessation of the transfer of additional Principal Receivables to the
Trust and Collections with respect thereto shall continue to be allocated and paid in accordance
with Article Eight of the Master Indenture and the terms of each Indenture Supplement.
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Section 2.12. Discount Option.
(a) The Transferor shall have the option to designate at any time and from time to time a
percentage or percentages, which may be a fixed percentage or a variable percentage based on a
formula (the “Discount Percentage”), of all or any specified portion of Principal Receivables
existing on or after the Discount Option Date to be treated as Discount Option Receivables and
thereafter treated as Finance Charge Receivables. As of the Initial Issuance Date, the Discount
Percentage is 0%. The Transferor shall provide to the Servicer, the Trustees and any Rating Agency
30 days’ prior written notice of the Discount Option Date, and such designation shall become
effective on the Discount Option Date (i) upon delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of the
Transferor such designation in the reasonable belief of the Transferor would not cause a Pay Out
Event or Event of Default with respect to any Series to occur, or an event which, with notice or
lapse of time or both, would constitute a Pay Out Event or Event of Default with respect to any
Series and (ii) satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition. In addition, the Transferor shall
also have the option of reducing or withdrawing the Discount Percentage, on the date the Transferor
delivers an Officer’s Certificate that in the Transferor’s reasonable belief, the continued
discounting of Principal Receivables would have an adverse regulatory implication for the
Transferor or Account Owner on and after the applicable Discount Option Date.
(b) After the Discount Option Date, Discount Option Receivable Collections shall be treated as
Collections of Finance Charge Receivables.
Section 2.13. Representations and Warranties as to the Security Interest of the Trust in
the Receivables. The Transferor makes the following representations and warranties to the
Trust. The representations and warranties speak as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and as of each Closing Date. Such representations and warranties shall survive the sale, transfer
and assignment of the Receivables to the Trust, the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee and the
termination of this Agreement and shall not be waived by any party hereto unless the Rating Agency
Condition is satisfied.
(a) This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the
applicable UCC) in the Trust Assets in favor of the Trust, which security interest is prior
to all other Liens other than the Lien of the Indenture, and is enforceable as such as
against creditors of and purchasers from the Transferor.
(b) The Receivables constitute “accounts” or “payment intangibles” within the meaning
of the applicable UCC.
(c) The Transferor owns and has good and marketable title to the Trust Assets free and
clear of any Lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person.
(d) The Transferor has caused or will have caused, within ten days of the Closing Date,
the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the
appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in
the Trust Assets granted to the Trust hereunder.
(e) Other than the security interest granted to the Trust pursuant to this Agreement,
the Transferor has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise
conveyed any of the Trust Assets. The Transferor has not authorized the
filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Transferor that
include a description of collateral covering the Trust Assets other than any financing
statement relating to the security interest granted to the Trust hereunder or that has been
terminated. The Transferor is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the
Transferor.
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ARTICLE THREE
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF RECEIVABLES
OF RECEIVABLES
Section 3.01. Acceptance of Appointment and Other Matters Relating to the Servicer.
(a) Nordstrom fsb agrees to act as the Servicer under this Agreement and the Noteholders, by
their acceptance of Notes or a beneficial interest therein, consent to Nordstrom fsb acting as
Servicer.
(b) As agent for each Transferor and the Trust, the Servicer shall service and administer the
Receivables, shall collect and deposit into the Collection Account amounts received under the
Receivables and shall charge off as uncollectible Receivables, all in accordance with its customary
and usual servicing procedures for servicing credit card receivables comparable to the Receivables
and in accordance with the Credit Card Guidelines and the Transaction Documents. As agent for each
Transferor and the Trust, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through
any party properly designated by it hereunder, to do any and all things in connection with such
servicing and administration which it may deem reasonably necessary or desirable, including, but
not limited to, billing, collecting and remitting Collections, providing customer service and
performing other activities customary in servicing credit card receivables. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing and subject to Section 7.01, the Servicer or its designee is hereby
authorized and empowered, unless such power is revoked by the Indenture Trustee on account of the
occurrence of a Servicer Default, (i) to instruct the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee to
make withdrawals and payments from the Collection Account, the Special Funding Account and any
Series Account, as set forth in this Agreement, the Master Indenture or any Indenture Supplement,
(ii) to take any action required or permitted under any Series Enhancement, as set forth in this
Agreement, the Master Indenture or any Indenture Supplement, (iii) to execute and deliver, on
behalf of the Trust, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full
release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Receivables and,
after the delinquency of any Receivable and to the extent permitted under and in compliance with
applicable Requirements of Law, to commence collection proceedings with respect to such Receivable,
and, in its discretion, to sell Defaulted Receivables and (iv) to make any filings, reports,
notices, applications and registrations with, and to seek any consents or authorizations from, the
Commission and any State securities authority on behalf of the Trust as may be necessary or
advisable to comply with any federal or State securities or reporting requirements or other laws or
regulations. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee upon written request therefor shall
furnish the Servicer with any documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry
out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder.
(c) The Servicer shall not, and no Successor Servicer shall, be obligated to use separate
servicing procedures, offices, employees or accounts for servicing the Receivables from the
procedures, offices, employees and accounts used by the Servicer or such Successor Servicer, as the
case may be, in connection with servicing other credit card receivables.
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(d) The Servicer shall comply with and perform its servicing obligations with respect to the
Accounts and Receivables in accordance with the Credit Card Agreements relating to the Accounts and
the Credit Card Guidelines, except insofar as any failure to so comply or perform would not
materially and adversely affect the Trust or the Noteholders. The Servicer agrees to enforce
compliance by the Obligors, and use its best efforts to collect all amounts owning from the
Obligors, with respect to each Account.
(e) The Servicer shall pay out of its own funds, without reimbursement, all expenses incurred
in connection with the Trust and the servicing activities hereunder including expenses related to
enforcement of the Receivables, fees and disbursements of the Owner Trustee (as such and in its
individual capacity) and the Indenture Trustee (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its
outside counsel) and independent accountants and all other fees and expenses, including the costs
of filing UCC continuation statements, the costs and expenses relating to obtaining and maintaining
the listing of any Notes on any stock exchange and any stamp, documentary, excise, property
(whether on real, personal or intangible property) or any similar tax levied on the Trust or the
Trust’s assets that are not expressly stated in this Agreement to be payable by the Trust or the
Transferor (other than federal, State, local and foreign income and franchise taxes, if any, or any
interest or penalties with respect thereto, assessed on the Trust).
(f) The Servicer agrees at its own cost and expense to maintain during the term of this
Agreement adequate fidelity bond coverage of the officers and employees of the Servicer (as well as
any temporary personnel if not covered by their agency’s insurance) who handle or may have occasion
to handle or control any funds handled by the Servicer, documents and/or papers relating to the
Receivables. Such fidelity bond shall be in form and substance reasonable and customary for
companies which service credit card receivables, shall protect against losses, including losses
resulting from forgery, theft, embezzlement and fraud, and the coverage under the fidelity bond
shall be at least $5,000,000. The Servicer shall furnish to the Administrator certification by the
carrier of such fidelity coverage attesting to the form or type of bond evidencing such coverage,
together with the amount, term, date of commencement, anniversary or renewal date and name of
insured and affirmatively assuring the Administrator that such coverage cannot be materially
changed, other than by an increase in amount, or canceled without 30 days’ prior written notice to
the Administrator.
(g) The Servicer is authorized, in it own name, in the name of the Trust or in the name of the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust, to commence, defend against or otherwise participate in a
proceeding relating to or involving the protection or enforcement of the interests of the Trust or
the Trustee on behalf of the Trust. If the Servicer commences or participates in a legal
proceeding in its own name, each such party shall thereupon be deemed to have automatically
assigned its interest in (excluding legal title to) the related Receivable to the Servicer to the
extent necessary for the purposes of such proceeding.
Section 3.02. Servicing Compensation. As compensation for its servicing activities
hereunder and as reimbursement for any expense incurred by it in connection therewith, the Servicer
shall be entitled to receive the Servicing Fee with respect to each Monthly Period, payable on the
related Distribution Date. The Monthly Servicing Fee allocable to a Series of Notes with respect
to any Monthly Period (the “Monthly Servicing Fee”) shall be determined in accordance with the
relevant Indenture Supplement. The portion of the Servicing Fee with
respect to any Monthly Period not paid pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be paid by the
Holders of the Transferor Certificates on the related Distribution Date and in no event shall the
Trust, the Owner Trustee (as such or in its individual capacity), the Indenture Trustee, the
Noteholders of any Series or any Series Enhancer be liable for the share of the Servicing Fee with
respect to any Monthly Period to be paid by the Holders of the Transferor Certificates.
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Section 3.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer.
(a) Nordstrom fsb, as initial Servicer, hereby makes, and any Successor Servicer by its
appointment hereunder shall make, with respect to itself, on each Closing Date (and on the date of
any such appointment), the following representations, warranties and covenants on which the Trust
and the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have relied in accepting the Receivables in trust and
in entering into the Indenture:
(i) Organization and Good Standing. The Servicer is a federal savings bank
duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the United States and
has, in all material respects, full power and authority to own its properties and conduct
its credit card servicing business as presently owned or conducted, and to execute, deliver
and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(ii) Due Qualification. The Servicer is duly qualified to do business and is
in good standing as a foreign corporation or other foreign entity (or is exempt from such
requirements) and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in each jurisdiction in
which the servicing of the Receivables as required by this Agreement requires such
qualification except where the failure to so qualify or obtain licenses or approvals would
not have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations as Servicer
under this Agreement.
(iii) Due Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other agreements and instruments executed or to be executed by the
Servicer as contemplated hereby, have been duly authorized by the Servicer by all necessary
action on the part of the Servicer.
(iv) Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Servicer, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in
effect or the rights of creditors of federally chartered savings associations the deposit
accounts of which are insured by the FDIC or which are subject to regulation by the FDIC or
by general principles of equity.
(v) No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Servicer,
and the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof applicable to the
Servicer, will not conflict with, violate or result in any breach of any of the material
terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a
material default under, any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of
trust or other instrument to which the Servicer is a party or by which it or its
properties are bound.
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(vi) No Violation. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Servicer, the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents and the fulfillment of the terms hereof applicable to the Servicer
will not conflict with or violate any Requirements of Law applicable to the Servicer or
conflict with, violate, result in any breach of any of the material terms and provisions of,
or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any
indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to which the
Servicer is a party or by which it or any of its properties are bound.
(vii) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending or,
to the best knowledge of the Servicer, threatened against the Servicer before any
Governmental Authority seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or seeking any determination or ruling that, in the
reasonable judgment of the Servicer, would materially and adversely affect the performance
by the Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
(viii) Compliance with Requirements of Law. The Servicer shall duly satisfy
all obligations on its part to be fulfilled under or in connection with each Receivable and
the related Account, if any, will maintain in effect all qualifications required under
Requirements of Law in order to service properly each Receivable and the related Account, if
any, and will comply in all material respects with all other Requirements of Law in
connection with servicing each Receivable and the related Account the failure to comply with
which would have an Adverse Effect.
(ix) No Rescission or Cancellation. Subject to Section 3.09, the Servicer
shall not permit any rescission or cancellation of any Receivable except in accordance with
the Credit Card Guidelines or as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or other
Governmental Authority.
(x) Protection of Rights. The Servicer shall take no action which, nor omit to
take any action the omission of which, would substantially impair the rights of the Trust,
the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders in any Receivable or the related Account, if any,
nor shall it reschedule, revise or defer payments due on any Receivable except in accordance
with the Credit Card Guidelines.
(xi) Receivables Not Evidenced by Investment or Chattel Paper. Except in
connection with its enforcement or collection of an Account, the Servicer will take no
action to cause any Receivable to be evidenced by any instrument or chattel paper (each as
defined in the UCC) and if any Receivable is so evidenced (whether or not in connection with
the enforcement or collection of an Account) it shall be reassigned or assigned to the
Servicer as provided in this Section.
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(xii) All Consents. All authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of or
registrations or declarations with any Governmental Authority required to be obtained,
effected or given by the Servicer in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Servicer and the performance of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement by the Servicer, have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in full force
and effect.
(xiii) Interchange. With respect to any Distribution Date, on or prior to the
immediately preceding Determination Date, the Servicer shall notify the Transferor of the
amount of Interchange (if any) required to be included as Collections of Finance Charge
Receivables with respect to such Monthly Period, which amount shall be equal to the amount
of Interchange transferred to the Transferor with respect to such Monthly Period.
(b) In the event (i) any of the representations, warranties or covenants of the Servicer
contained in Section 3.03(a)(viii), (ix) or (x) with respect to any Receivable or the related
Account is breached, and such breach has a material adverse effect on such Receivable (which
determination shall be made without regard to whether funds are then available to any Noteholders
pursuant to any Series Enhancement) and is not cured within 60 days (or such longer period, not in
excess of 150 days, as may be agreed to by the Indenture Trustee and the Transferor) of the earlier
to occur of the discovery of such event by the Servicer, or receipt by the Servicer of notice of
such event given by the Indenture Trustee or the Transferor, or (ii) as provided in Section
3.03(a)(xi) with respect to any Receivable, all Receivables in the Account or Accounts to which
such event relates shall be assigned and transferred to the Servicer (“Servicer Repurchase
Receivables”) on the terms and conditions set forth below.
The Servicer shall effect such assignment by making a deposit into the Collection Account in
immediately available funds two Business Days after which such assignment obligation arises in an
amount equal to the amount of such Receivables.
Upon each such reassignment or assignment to the Servicer, the Trust shall automatically and
without further action be deemed to sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the
Servicer, without recourse, representation or warranty, all right, title and interest of the Trust
in and to such Receivables, all Interchange and Recoveries related thereto, all monies due or to
become due and all amounts received or receivable with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof.
The Trust shall execute such documents and instruments of transfer or assignment and take such
other actions as shall be reasonably requested by the Servicer to effect the conveyance of any such
Receivables pursuant to this Section but only upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate of the
Servicer that states that all conditions set forth in this section have been satisfied. The
obligation of the Servicer to accept reassignment or assignment of such Receivables, and to make
the deposits, if any, required to be made to the Collection Account as provided in the preceding
paragraph, shall constitute the sole remedy respecting the event giving rise to such obligation
available to Noteholders (or the Indenture Trustee on behalf of Noteholders) or any Series
Enhancer, except as provided in Section 5.04.
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Section 3.04. Reports and Records for the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.
(a) Daily Records. On each Business Day, the Servicer shall make or cause to be made
available at the office of the Servicer for inspection by the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee upon request a record setting forth (i) the Collections in respect of Principal Receivables
and in respect of Finance Charge Receivables processed by the Servicer on the second preceding
Business Day in respect of each Account and (ii) the amount of Receivables as of the close of
business on the second preceding Business Day in each Account. The Servicer shall, at all times,
maintain its computer files with respect to the Accounts in such a manner so that the Accounts may
be specifically identified and shall make available to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
at the office of the Servicer on any Business Day any computer programs necessary to make such
identification. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall enter into such reasonable
confidentiality agreements as the Servicer shall deem necessary to protect its interests and as are
reasonably acceptable in form and substance to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.
(b) Monthly Servicer’s Certificate. Not later than the Determination Date preceding
each Distribution Date, the Servicer shall, with respect to each outstanding Series, deliver to the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency, if applicable, a certificate of an
Authorized Officer in substantially the form set forth in the related Indenture Supplement.
Section 3.05. Annual Certificate of Servicer. The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency on or before April 30 of each calendar year,
beginning with April 30, 2008, an Officer’s Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
Section 3.06. Annual Servicing Report of Independent Public Accountants; Copies of Reports
Available.
(a) On or before April 30 of each fiscal year, beginning with April 30, 2008, the Servicer
shall cause a firm of nationally recognized independent public accountants (who may also render
other services to the Servicer or the Transferor or any Account Owner) to furnish a report
(addressed to the Indenture Trustee) to the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer and each Rating Agency
to the effect that they have applied certain procedures agreed upon with the Servicer and examined
certain documents and records relating to the servicing of the Receivables under this Agreement,
the Master Indenture and each Indenture Supplement for the prior fiscal year (or since the
effective date of this Agreement in the case of the first such report) and that, on the basis of
such agreed-upon procedures, nothing has come to the attention of such accountants that caused them
to believe that the servicing (including the allocation of Collections set forth in Article Eight
of the Master Indenture and in each Indenture Supplement) has not been conducted in compliance with
the terms and conditions set forth in Article Three and Section 5.08 of this Agreement, Article
Eight of the Master Indenture and the applicable provisions of each Indenture Supplement, except
for such exceptions as they believe to be immaterial and such other exceptions as shall be set
forth in such statement. Such report shall set forth the agreed-upon procedures performed.
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(b) On or before April 30 of each fiscal year, beginning with April 30, 2008, the Servicer
shall cause a firm of nationally recognized independent public accountants (who may also render
other services to the Servicer or Transferor) to furnish a report to the Indenture Trustee, the
Servicer and each Rating Agency to the effect that they have applied certain procedures agreed upon
with the Servicer to compare the mathematical calculations of certain amounts set forth in the
Servicer’s certificates delivered pursuant to Section 3.04(b) during the period covered by such
report with the Servicer’s computer reports that were the source of such amounts and that on the
basis of such agreed-upon procedures and comparison, and that such amounts are in agreement, except
for such exceptions as are immaterial and such other exceptions as shall be set forth in such
statement. Such report shall set forth the agreed-upon procedures performed.
(c) In the event such independent public accountants require the Indenture Trustee to agree to
the procedures to be performed by such firm in any of the reports required to be prepared pursuant
to this Section, the Servicer shall direct the Indenture Trustee in writing to so agree; provided,
however, that the Indenture Trustee will deliver such letter of agreement in conclusive reliance
upon the direction of the Servicer, and the Indenture Trustee will not make any independent inquiry
or investigation as to, and shall have no obligation or liability in respect of, the sufficiency,
validity or correctness of such procedures.
(d) A copy of this Agreement, as well as each certificate and report provided pursuant to
Section 3.04(b), or Section 3.05 or 3.06, may be obtained by any Noteholder or Note Owner by a
request in writing to the Indenture Trustee addressed to the Corporate Trust Office.
Section 3.07. Tax Treatment. Unless otherwise specified in the Master Indenture or an
Indenture Supplement with respect to a particular Series, the Transferor has entered into this
Agreement, and the Notes will be issued, with the intention that, for federal, State and local
income and franchise tax purposes, (i) the Notes of each Series which are characterized as
indebtedness at the time of their issuance will qualify as indebtedness secured by the Receivables
and (ii) the Trust shall not be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as
a corporation. The Transferor, by entering into this Agreement, and each Noteholder, by the
acceptance of any such Note (and each Note Owner, by its acceptance of an interest in the
applicable Note), agree to treat such Notes for federal, State and local income and franchise tax
purposes as indebtedness of the Transferor. Each Holder of such Note agrees that it will cause any
Note Owner acquiring an interest in a Note through it to comply with this Agreement as to treatment
as indebtedness under applicable tax law, as described in this Section. The parties hereto agree
that they shall not cause or permit the making, as applicable, of any election under Treasury
Regulation Section 301.7701-3 whereby the Trust or any portion thereof would be treated as a
corporation for federal income tax purposes and, except as required by Section 6.13 of the Master
Indenture, shall not file tax returns or obtain any federal employer identification number for the
Trust but shall treat the Trust as a security device for federal income tax purposes. The
provisions of this Agreement shall be construed in furtherance of the foregoing intended tax
treatment.
Section 3.08. Notices to Nordstrom fsb. In the event that Nordstrom fsb is no longer
acting as Servicer, any Successor Servicer shall deliver or make available to Nordstrom fsb each
certificate and report required to be provided thereafter pursuant to Sections 3.04(b), 3.05
and 3.06.
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Section 3.09. Adjustments.
(a) If the Servicer adjusts downward the amount of any Receivable because of a rebate, refund,
unauthorized charge or billing error to a cardholder, or because such Receivable was created in
respect of merchandise which was refused or returned by a cardholder, then, in any such case, the
amount of Principal Receivables used to calculate the Transferor Interest, and (unless otherwise
specified) any other amount required herein or in the Master Indenture or any Indenture Supplement
to be calculated by reference to the amount of Principal Receivables, will be reduced by the amount
of the adjustment. Similarly, the amount of Principal Receivables used to calculate the Transferor
Interest and (unless otherwise specified) any other amount required herein or in any Indenture
Supplement to be calculated by reference to the amount of Principal Receivables will be reduced by
the principal amount of any Receivable which was discovered as having been created through a
fraudulent or counterfeit charge or with respect to which the covenant contained in Section 2.07(b)
was breached. Any adjustment required pursuant to either of the two preceding sentences shall be
made on the second Business Day after which such adjustment obligation arises. In the event that,
following the exclusion of such Principal Receivables from the calculation of the Transferor
Interest, the Transferor Interest would be less than the Required Transferor Interest, not later
than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day after which such adjustment
obligation arises, the Transferor shall make a deposit into the Special Funding Account in
immediately available funds in an amount equal to the amount by which the Transferor Interest would
be less than the Required Transferor Interest, due to adjustments with respect to Receivables
conveyed by such Transferor (up to the amount of such Principal Receivables).
(b) If the Servicer (i) makes a deposit into the Collection Account in respect of a Collection
of a Receivable and such Collection was received by the Servicer in the form of a check which is
not honored for any reason or (ii) makes a mistake with respect to the amount of any Collection and
deposits an amount that is less than or more than the actual amount of such Collection, the
Servicer shall appropriately adjust the amount subsequently deposited into the Collection Account
to reflect such dishonored check or mistake. Any Receivable in respect of which a dishonored check
is received shall be deemed not to have been paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, adjustments made
pursuant to this Section shall not require any change in any report previously delivered pursuant
to Section 3.04(a).
Section 3.10. Reports to Rating Agencies. Not later than each Determination Date, the
Servicer shall deliver to each Rating Agency a written report (unless one or more of such Rating
Agencies agrees in writing to waive receipt of such reports, in which case, the reports need not be
delivered to the Rating Agency or Rating Agencies which waived the requirement) setting forth, as
of the last day of the related Monthly Period, the number of Accounts which were with Obligors that
had addresses located outside the United States and its territories, and the amount of Principal
Receivables in such Accounts; provided that the foregoing report shall not be required if the
number of such Accounts is less than 1.0% of all Accounts and the amount of Principal Receivables
in such Accounts is less than 1.0% of all Principal Receivables, in each case as of the end of such
Monthly Period.
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ARTICLE FOUR
OTHER TRANSFEROR MATTERS
Section 4.01. Liability of each Transferor. Each Transferor shall be severally, and
not jointly, liable for all obligations, covenants, representations and warranties of such
Transferor arising under or related to this Agreement. Each Transferor shall be liable only to the
extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by it in its capacity as a Transferor.
Section 4.02. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, a
Transferor.
(a) No Transferor shall dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or merge into any other
corporation or convey, transfer or sell its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to
any Person unless:
(i) (A) the entity formed by such consolidation or into which such Transferor is merged
or the Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer or sale the properties and assets of
the Transferor substantially as an entirety shall be, if such Transferor is not the
surviving entity, organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State,
and shall be a depository institution or other entity which is not eligible to be a debtor
in a case under Title 11 of the United States Code or is a special purpose entity whose
powers and activities are limited to substantially the same degree as provided in the
certificate of formation of the Transferor, and, if such Transferor is not the surviving
entity, shall expressly assume, by an agreement supplemental hereto, executed and delivered
to the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trust and the
Indenture Trustee, the performance of every covenant and obligation of such Transferor
hereunder, and (B) such Transferor or the surviving entity, as the case may be, has
delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee (with a copy to each Rating Agency)
an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation,
merger, conveyance, transfer or sale and such supplemental agreement comply with this
Section, that such supplemental agreement is a valid and binding obligation of such
surviving entity enforceable against such surviving entity in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from
time to time in effect or general principles of equity, and that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with;
(ii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such
consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer; and
(iii) the relevant Transferor shall have delivered to the Trust, the Indenture Trustee
and each Rating Agency a Tax Opinion, dated the date of such consolidation, merger,
conveyance or transfer, with respect thereto.
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(b) Except as permitted by Section 2.07(c), the obligations, rights or any part thereof of
each Transferor hereunder shall not be assignable nor shall any Person succeed to such obligations
or rights of any Transferor hereunder except for conveyances, mergers, consolidations, assumptions,
sales or transfers (i) in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing paragraph and (ii) to
other entities (A) which such Transferor and the Servicer determine will not result in an Adverse
Effect, (B) which meet the requirements of Section 4.02(a)(ii) and (a)(iii) and (C) for which the
related purchaser, transferee, pledgee or entity shall expressly assume, in an agreement
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trust and the Indenture Trustee in writing in
form satisfactory to the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, the performance of every covenant and
obligation of such Transferor thereby conveyed.
Section 4.03. Limitations on Liability of Each Transferor. Subject to Section 4.01,
no Transferor nor any of its directors, officers, employees, incorporators or agents acting in such
capacities shall be under any liability to the Trust, either Trustee, the Noteholders, any Series
Enhancer or any other Person for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action,
in good faith in such capacities pursuant to this Agreement, it being expressly understood that
such liability is expressly waived and released as a condition of, and consideration for, the
execution of this Agreement, the Master Indenture and any Indenture Supplement and the issuance of
the Notes; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect any Transferor or any such
individual against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance,
bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of
obligations and duties hereunder. Each Transferor and any director, officer, employee or agent of
such Transferor may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed
and submitted by any Person (other than such Transferor) respecting any matters arising hereunder.
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ARTICLE FIVE
OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE SERVICER
Section 5.01. Liability of the Servicer. The Servicer shall be liable under this
Article only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Servicer in its
capacity as Servicer.
Section 5.02. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the
Servicer. The Servicer shall not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or
convey, transfer or sell its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person,
unless:
(a) (i) the entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Servicer is merged or
the Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer or sale the properties and assets of the
Servicer substantially in their entirety shall be, if the Servicer is not the surviving
entity, a corporation or a depository institution organized and existing under the laws of
the United States or any State, and, if the Servicer is not the surviving entity, such
corporation shall expressly assume, by an agreement supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Trust, Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the
Trust, Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, the performance of every covenant and
obligation of the Servicer hereunder;
(ii) the Servicer has delivered to the Trust, Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation,
merger, conveyance, transfer or sale comply with this Section and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction are in compliance;
(iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such
consolidation, merger or transfer or assets; and
(b) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Servicer is merged
or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of the
Servicer substantially in their entirety shall be an Eligible Servicer.
Section 5.03. Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others. Except as provided
in Section 3.01(e) and Section 5.04, neither the Servicer nor any of its directors, officers,
employees or agents shall be under any liability to the Trust, either Trustee, the Noteholders, any
Series Enhancer or any other Person for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any
action, in good faith in its capacity as Servicer pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however,
that this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any such Person against any liability which
would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the
performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. The
Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on any
document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person (other than the
Servicer) respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Servicer shall not be under any obligation
to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action which is not incidental to its duties as
Servicer in accordance with this Agreement and which in its reasonable judgment may involve
it in any expense or liability. The Servicer may, in its sole discretion, undertake any such
legal action which it may deem necessary or desirable for the benefit of the Noteholders with
respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the
Noteholders hereunder.
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Section 5.04. Servicer Indemnification of the Trust and the Trustees. The Servicer
shall indemnify and hold harmless each of the Trust, the Owner Trustee (as such and in its
individual capacity), the Indenture Trustee and any trustees predecessor thereto (including the
Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Transfer Agent and Registrar or as Paying Agent) and their
respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all loss, liability,
claim, expense or damage suffered or sustained by reason of (i) any acts or omissions of the
Servicer with respect to the Trust pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) the administration by the
Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee of the Trust or the performance by the Indenture Trustee of
its duties under the Indenture (other than such as may arise from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Owner Trustee or the negligence or willful misconduct of the Indenture Trustee,
as applicable), including any judgment, award, settlement, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other
costs or expenses incurred in connection with the defense of any action, proceeding or claim.
Indemnification pursuant to this Section shall not be payable from the Trust Assets. The
Servicer’s obligations under this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the
Trust or the earlier removal or resignation of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as
applicable. The Servicer agrees that the Indenture Trustee is a third party beneficiary of this
Section and is entitled to enforce the provisions hereof for the benefit of the Trust and in its
individual capacity.
Section 5.05. Resignation of the Servicer. The Servicer shall not resign from the
obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except (i) upon determination that (a) the performance
of its duties hereunder is no longer permissible under applicable law and (b) there is no
reasonable action which the Servicer could take to make the performance of its duties hereunder
permissible under applicable law and (ii) upon the assumption, by a supplemental agreement hereto,
executed and delivered to the Trustees, in form satisfactory to each Trustee, of the obligations
and duties of the Servicer hereunder by any of its Affiliates that is a direct or indirect wholly
owned subsidiary of Nordstrom, Inc. or by any entity the appointment of which shall have satisfied
the Rating Agency Condition and, in either case, qualifies as an Eligible Servicer. Any
determination permitting the resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced as to clause (i) above
by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Trust, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee. No resignation shall become effective until the Indenture Trustee or a Successor Servicer
shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the Servicer in accordance with Section
7.02. If within 120 days of the date of the determination that the Servicer may no longer act as
Servicer under clause (i) above the Indenture Trustee is unable to appoint a Successor Servicer,
the Indenture Trustee shall serve as Successor Servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Indenture Trustee shall, if it is legally unable so to act, petition a court of competent
jurisdiction to appoint any established institution qualifying as an Eligible Servicer as the
Successor Servicer hereunder. The Trust shall give prompt notice to each Rating Agency and each
Series Enhancer upon the appointment of a Successor Servicer. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, Nordstrom fsb may assign part or all of its obligations and duties as
Servicer under this Agreement to an Affiliate of Nordstrom fsb
so long as Nordstrom fsb shall have fully guaranteed the performance of such obligations and
duties under this Agreement.
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Section 5.06. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the
Receivables. The Servicer shall provide to the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as
applicable, access to the documentation regarding the Accounts and the Receivables in such cases
where the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, is required in connection with the
enforcement of the rights of Noteholders or by applicable statutes or regulations to review such
documentation, such access being afforded without charge but only (i) upon reasonable request, (ii)
during normal business hours, (iii) subject to the Servicer’s normal security and confidentiality
procedures and (iv) at reasonably accessible offices in the continental United States designated by
the Servicer. Nothing in this Section shall derogate from the obligation of the Transferor, the
Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting
disclosure of information regarding the Obligors and the failure of the Servicer to provide access
as provided in this Section as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this
Section.
Section 5.07. Delegation of Duties. In the ordinary course of business, the Servicer
may at any time delegate its duties hereunder with respect to the Accounts and the Receivables to
any Person that agrees to conduct such duties in accordance with the Credit Card Guidelines and
this Agreement. The Servicer shall promptly give notice to each Rating Agency of any delegation of
duties hereunder. Such delegation shall not relieve the Servicer of its liability and
responsibility with respect to such duties, and shall not constitute a resignation within the
meaning of Section 5.05.
Section 5.08. Examination of Records. Each Transferor and the Servicer shall indicate
generally in their computer files or other records that the Receivables arising in the Accounts
have been conveyed to the Trust, pursuant to this Agreement. Each Transferor and the Servicer
shall, prior to the sale or transfer to a third party of any Receivable held in its custody,
examine its computer records and other records to determine that such receivable is not, and does
not include, a Receivable.
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ARTICLE SIX
INSOLVENCY EVENTS
Section 6.01. Rights upon the Occurrence of an Insolvency Event. If any Transferor
shall consent or fail to object to the appointment of a bankruptcy trustee or conservator, receiver
or liquidator in any bankruptcy proceeding or other insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling
of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to any Transferor or relating to
all or substantially all of such Transferor’s property, or the commencement of an action seeking a
decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises
for the appointment of a bankruptcy trustee or conservator, receiver or liquidator in any
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or
for the winding-up, insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, conservatorship, receivership or
liquidation of such entity’s affairs, or notwithstanding an objection by such Transferor any such
action shall have remained undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days or upon entry of any
order or decree providing for such relief; or such Transferor shall admit in writing its inability
to pay its debts generally as they become due, file, or consent or fail to object (or object
without dismissal of any such filing within 60 days of such filing) to the filing of, a petition to
take advantage of any Debtor Relief Law, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors or
voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or any order or decree providing for relief under
any Debtor Relief Law shall be entered (any such act or occurrence with respect to any Person being
an “Insolvency Event”), such Transferor shall, on the related Appointment Date, immediately cease
to transfer Principal Receivables to the Trust and shall promptly give notice to each Rating Agency
and the Trustees thereof. Notwithstanding any cessation of the transfer to the Trust of additional
Principal Receivables, Principal Receivables transferred to the Trust prior to the occurrence of
such Insolvency Event, Collections in respect of such Principal Receivables and Finance Charge
Receivables (whenever created) accrued in respect of such Principal Receivables shall continue to
be a part of the Trust Assets and shall be allocated and distributed to Noteholders in accordance
with the terms of the Master Indenture and each Indenture Supplement.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
SERVICER DEFAULTS
Section 7.01. Servicer Defaults.
(a) If any one of the following events (a “Servicer Default”) shall occur and be continuing:
(i) any failure by the Servicer to make any payment, transfer or deposit or to give
instructions or to give notice to the Indenture Trustee to make such payment, transfer or
deposit on or before the date occurring five Business Days after the date such payment,
transfer or deposit or such instruction or notice is required to be made or given, as the
case may be, under the terms of this Agreement, the Master Indenture or any related
Indenture Supplement;
(ii) failure on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or perform in any material
respect any other covenants or agreements of the Servicer set forth in this Agreement which
has an Adverse Effect and which continues unremedied for a period of 60 days after the date
on which notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to
the Servicer by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, or to the Servicer, the Owner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee by Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 10% of the
principal balance of the Outstanding Notes of all Series (or, with respect to any such
failure that does not relate to all Series, 10% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
all Series to which such failure relates);
(iii) or the Servicer shall assign or delegate its duties under this Agreement, except
as permitted by Sections 5.02, 5.05 and 5.07;
(iv) any representation, warranty or certification made by the Servicer in this
Agreement or in any certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall prove to have
been incorrect when made, which has an Adverse Effect on the rights of the Noteholders of
any Series (which determination shall be made without regard to whether funds are then
available pursuant to any Series Enhancement) and which Adverse Effect continues for a
period of 60 days after the date on which notice thereof, requiring the same to be remedied,
shall have been given to the Servicer by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, or to
the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of Notes evidencing
not less than 10% of the principal balance of the Outstanding Notes of all Series (or, with
respect to any such representation, warranty or certification that does not relate to all
Series, 10% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Series to which such
representation, warranty or certification relates);
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(v) the Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a bankruptcy trustee or
conservator or receiver or liquidator in any bankruptcy proceeding or other insolvency,
readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or
relating to the Servicer or of or relating to all or substantially all its property, or a
decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the
premises
for the appointment of a bankruptcy trustee or a conservator or receiver or liquidator
in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities
or similar proceedings, or the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been
entered against the Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained in force
undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or the Servicer shall admit in writing its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage
of any Debtor Relief Law; or
(vi) with respect to a particular Series of Notes, any other Servicer Default described
in the related Indenture Supplement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a delay in or failure of performance referred to in Section
7.01(a)(i) for a period of ten Business Days after the applicable grace period or under Section
7.01(a)(ii) or (a)(iii) for a period of 60 Business Days after the applicable grace period, shall
not constitute a Servicer Default if such delay or failure could not be prevented by the exercise
of reasonable diligence by the Servicer and such delay or failure was caused by an act of God or
the public enemy, acts of declared or undeclared war, public disorder, rebellion or sabotage,
epidemics, landslides, lightning, fire, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods or similar causes. The
preceding sentence shall not relieve the Servicer from using all commercially reasonable efforts to
perform its obligations in a timely manner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the
Servicer shall provide the Trustees, each Transferor and any Series Enhancer with an Officer’s
Certificate giving prompt notice of such failure or delay by it, together with a description of its
efforts so to perform its obligations.
(b) Upon the occurrence of a Servicer Default, so long as the Servicer Default shall not have
been remedied, either the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes evidencing more than 50% of the
principal balance of the Outstanding Notes of all Series (or, with respect to any such Servicer
Default that does not relate to all Series, 50% of the principal balance of the Outstanding Notes
of all Series to which such Servicer Default relates), by notice then given to the Servicer and the
Owner Trustee (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by the Noteholders) (a “Termination Notice”),
may terminate all but not less than all the rights and obligations of the Servicer as Servicer
under this Agreement with respect to all Notes or the Notes of one or more affected Series;
provided, however, if within 60 days of receipt of a Termination Notice the Indenture Trustee does
not receive any bids from Eligible Servicers in accordance with Section 7.02(c) to act as a
Successor Servicer and receives an Officer’s Certificate of the Servicer to the effect that the
Servicer cannot in good faith cure the Servicer Default which gave rise to the Termination Notice,
the Indenture Trustee shall grant a right of first refusal to the Transferor which would permit the
Transferor at its option to acquire the Notes on the Distribution Date in the next calendar month.
The price for the Notes shall be equal to the sum of the amounts specified therefor with
respect to each outstanding Series in the related Indenture Supplement. The Transferor shall
notify the Indenture Trustee prior to the Record Date for the Distribution Date of the acquisition
if it is exercising such right of first refusal. If the Transferor exercises such right of first
refusal, the Transferor shall deposit the price into the Collection Account not later than 1:00
p.m., New York City time, on such Distribution Date in immediately available funds. The price
shall be
allocated and distributed to Noteholders in accordance with the terms of the Master Indenture
and each Indenture Supplement.
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After receipt by the Servicer of a Termination Notice, and on the date that a Successor
Servicer is appointed by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 7.02, all authority and power of
the Servicer under this Agreement with respect to all Notes or the Notes of one or more affected
Series shall pass to and be vested in the Successor Servicer (each, a “Service Transfer”); and,
without limitation, the Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered (upon the failure of
the Servicer to cooperate) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Servicer, as attorney-in-fact
or otherwise, all documents and other instruments upon the failure of the Servicer to execute or
deliver such documents or instruments, and to do and accomplish all other acts or things necessary
or appropriate to effect the purposes of such Service Transfer. The Servicer agrees to cooperate
with the Indenture Trustee and such Successor Servicer in effecting the termination of the
responsibilities and rights of the Servicer to conduct servicing hereunder, including the transfer
to such Successor Servicer of all authority of the Servicer to service the Receivables provided for
under this Agreement, including all authority over all Collections which shall on the date of
transfer be held by the Servicer for deposit, or which have been deposited by the Servicer, in the
Collection Account, or which shall thereafter be received with respect to the Receivables, and in
assisting the Successor Servicer. The Servicer shall within 20 Business Days transfer its
electronic records relating to the Receivables to the Successor Servicer in such electronic form as
the Successor Servicer may reasonably request and shall promptly transfer to the Successor Servicer
all other records, correspondence and documents necessary for the continued servicing of the
Receivables in the manner and at such times as the Successor Servicer shall reasonably request. To
the extent that compliance with this Section shall require the Servicer to disclose to the
Successor Servicer information of any kind which the Servicer deems to be confidential, the
Successor Servicer shall be required to enter into such customary licensing and confidentiality
agreements as the Servicer shall deem reasonably necessary to protect its interests.
Section 7.02. Indenture Trustee To Act; Appointment of Successor.
(a) On and after the receipt by the Servicer of a Termination Notice pursuant to Section 7.01,
the Servicer shall continue to perform all servicing functions under this Agreement until the date
specified in the Termination Notice or otherwise specified by the Indenture Trustee or until a date
mutually agreed upon by the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee shall as
promptly as possible after the giving of a Termination Notice notify each Rating Agency of such
Termination Notice and appoint an Eligible Servicer as a successor servicer (each, a “Successor
Servicer”), and such Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment by a written assumption in a
form acceptable to the Indenture Trustee. In the event that a Successor Servicer has not been
appointed or has not accepted its appointment at the time when the Servicer ceases to act as
Servicer, the Indenture Trustee without further action shall automatically be appointed the
Successor Servicer. The Indenture Trustee may delegate any of its servicing obligations to an
Affiliate or agent in accordance with Sections 3.01(b) and 5.07. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Indenture Trustee shall, if it is legally unable so to act, petition at the expense of the
Servicer a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint any established institution qualifying as an
Eligible Servicer as the Successor Servicer hereunder.
The Indenture Trustee shall give prompt notice to each Rating Agency and each Series Enhancer
upon the appointment of a Successor Servicer.
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(b) Upon its appointment, the Successor Servicer shall be the successor in all respects to the
Servicer with respect to servicing functions under this Agreement and shall be subject to all the
responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Servicer by the terms and
provisions hereof, and all references in this Agreement to the Servicer shall be deemed to refer to
the Successor Servicer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing obligations, the Successor Servicer, Xxxxx Fargo, its successors
or assigns, shall have (i) no liability with respect to any obligation which was required to be
performed by the terminated Servicer prior to the date that the Successor Servicer becomes the
Servicer or any claim of a third party based on any alleged action or inaction of the terminated
Servicer, (ii) no obligation to perform any repurchase obligations, if any, of the Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.03(b), (iii) no obligations of the Servicer in accordance with the Credit
Card Guidelines, (iv) no obligations to maintain fidelity bond coverage pursuant to Section 3.01(f)
and (v) no liability or obligation with respect to any Servicer indemnification obligations of any
prior Servicer, including the original Servicer.
(c) In connection with any Termination Notice, the Indenture Trustee will review any bids
which it obtains from Eligible Servicers and shall be permitted to appoint any Eligible Servicer
submitting such a bid as a Successor Servicer for servicing compensation not in excess of the
aggregate Servicing Fees for all Series plus the sum of the amounts with respect to each Series and
with respect to each Distribution Date equal to any Collections of Finance Charge Receivables
allocable to Noteholders of such Series which are payable to the Holders of the Transferor
Certificates after payment of all amounts owing to the Noteholders of such Series with respect to
such Distribution Date or required to be deposited in the applicable Series Accounts with respect
to such Distribution Date and any amounts required to be paid to any Series Enhancer for such
Series with respect to such Distribution Date pursuant to the terms of any Enhancement Agreement;
provided, however, that the Certificateholders shall be responsible for payment of the Transferor’s
portion of such aggregate Servicing Fees and all other such amounts in excess of such aggregate
Servicing Fees. Each Certificateholder agrees that, if Nordstrom fsb (or any Successor Servicer)
is terminated as Servicer hereunder, the portion of the Collections in respect of Finance Charge
Receivables that the Transferor is entitled to receive pursuant to this Agreement, the Master
Indenture or any Indenture Supplement shall be reduced by an amount sufficient to pay the
Transferor’s share of the compensation of the Successor Servicer.
(d) All authority and power granted to the Servicer under this Agreement shall automatically
cease and terminate upon termination of the Trust pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Trust Agreement,
and shall pass to and be vested in the Transferor and, without limitation, the Transferor is hereby
authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or
otherwise, all documents and other instruments, and to do and accomplish all other acts or things
necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such transfer of servicing rights. The Servicer
agrees to cooperate with the Transferor in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and
rights of the Servicer to conduct servicing of the Receivables. The Servicer shall transfer its
electronic records relating to the Receivables to the
Transferor or its designee in such electronic form as it may reasonably request and shall
transfer all other records, correspondence and documents to it in the manner and at such times as
it shall reasonably request. To the extent that compliance with this Section shall require the
Servicer to disclose to the Transferor information of any kind which the Servicer deems to be
confidential, the Transferor shall be required to enter into such customary licensing and
confidentiality agreements as the Servicer shall deem necessary to protect its interests.
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(e) The Successor Servicer will make arrangements with the Servicer for the prompt and safe
transfer of, and the Servicer shall provide to the Successor Servicer, all necessary servicing
files and records, including (as deemed necessary by the Successor Servicer at such time): (i)
microfiche loan documentation, (ii) servicing system tapes, (iii) contract payment history, (iv)
collections history and (v) the trial balances, as of the close of business on the day immediately
preceding conversion to the Successor Servicer, reflecting all applicable contract information. The
current Servicer shall be obligated to pay the costs associated with the transfer of the servicing
files and records to the Successor Servicer, including costs of the Indenture Trustee related to
the servicing transfer if the Indenture Trustee is the Successor Servicer.
(f) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement to the
contrary, Xxxxx Fargo, as Successor Servicer, is authorized to accept and rely on all of the
accounting records (including computer records) and work of the prior Servicer relating to the
Receivables without any audit or other examination thereof, and it shall have no duty,
responsibility, obligation or liability for the acts and omissions of the prior Servicer. If any
error, inaccuracy, omission or incorrect or non-standard practice or procedure make it materially
more difficult to service or should cause or materially contribute to Xxxxx Fargo making or
continuing any continued errors, it shall have no duty, responsibility, obligation or liability to
perform servicing for such continued errors; provided, however, that Xxxxx Fargo agrees to use its
best efforts to prevent further continued errors. In the event that Xxxxx Fargo becomes aware of
such errors or continued errors, it shall, with the prior consent of the Noteholders representing
66-2/3% of the outstanding Series of Notes, use its best efforts to reconstruct and reconcile such
data as is commercially reasonable to correct such errors and continued errors and to prevent
future continued errors. Xxxxx Fargo shall be entitled to recover its costs thereby expended in
accordance with Section 4.03(a) of the applicable Indenture or similar section; provided, that,
this sentence shall in no way limit or alter the liability of any Successor Servicer under Section
5.04 of this Agreement.
(g) If the Indenture Trustee or any other Successor Servicer assumes the role of Successor
Servicer hereunder, such Successor Servicer shall be entitled to the benefits of (and subject to
the provisions of) Section 5.07 concerning delegation of duties to subservicers.
Section 7.03. Notification to Noteholders. Within two Business Days after the
Servicer becomes aware of any Servicer Default, the Servicer shall give notice thereof to the
Trustees, each Rating Agency and each Series Enhancer and the Indenture Trustee shall give notice
to the Noteholders. Upon any termination or appointment of a Successor Servicer pursuant to this
Article, the Indenture Trustee shall give prompt notice thereof to the Noteholders.
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ARTICLE EIGHT
TERMINATION
Section 8.01. Termination of Agreement. This Agreement and the respective obligations
and responsibilities of the parties hereto shall terminate, except with respect to the duties
described in Section 5.04, Section 7.02(d) and Section 9.16 on the Trust Termination Date.
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ARTICLE NINE
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 9.01. Amendment; Waiver of Past Defaults.
(a) This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto from time to time prior to, or in
connection with, the issuance of the first Series of Notes hereunder without the requirement of any
consents or the satisfaction of any conditions set forth below. This Agreement may be amended from
time to time by the Servicer, the Transferor, the Indenture Trustee and the Trust, by a written
instrument signed by each of them, without the consent of the Noteholders, provided that (i) the
Transferor shall have delivered to the Trustees an Officer’s Certificate, dated the date of any
such amendment, stating that the Transferor reasonably believes that such amendment will not have
an Adverse Effect and the proposed amendment meets the requirements set forth in this Section, (ii)
such amendment does not affect the rights, duties or obligations of the Servicer or either Trustee
hereunder and (iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to any such
amendment. Additionally, this Agreement may be amended from time to time (including in connection
with the issuance of a Supplement Certificate, the designation of Supplemental Accounts under
Sections 2.09(a)(i) and 2.09(b), the designation of an Additional Transferor by the Servicer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Trust at the direction of the Transferor without the consent of any of
the Noteholders or Series Enhancers to add, modify or eliminate such provisions as may be necessary
or advisable in order to enable all or a portion of the Trust to avoid the imposition of State or
local income or franchise taxes imposed on the Trust’s property or its income; provided, however,
that (A) the Transferor delivers to the Trustees an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that the
proposed amendments meet the requirements set forth in this Section, (B) the Rating Agency
Condition hereunder shall have been satisfied with respect to any such amendment and (C) such
amendment does not affect the rights, duties or obligations of the Servicer or either Trustee. The
amendments which the Transferor may make without the consent of Noteholders or Series Enhancers
pursuant to the preceding sentence may include the addition of Receivables.
(b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties hereto, with the
consent of the Noteholders evidencing not less than 66-2/3% of the principal balance of the
Outstanding Notes of all affected Series for which the Transferor has not delivered an Officer’s
Certificate stating that there is no Adverse Effect, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in
any manner the rights of the Noteholders; provided, however, that such amendment shall satisfy the
Rating Agency Condition and shall not (i) reduce in any manner the amount of or delay the timing of
any distributions (changes in Pay Out Events or Events of Default that decrease the likelihood of
the occurrence thereof shall not be considered delays in the timing of distributions for purposes
of this clause) to be made to Noteholders or deposits of amounts to be so distributed or the amount
available under any Series Enhancement without the consent of each affected Noteholder, (ii) change
the definition of or the manner of calculating the interest of any Noteholder without the consent
of each affected Noteholder, (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentage required to consent to any such
amendment without the consent of each Noteholder or (iv) change in any material respect the
permitted activities of the Trust or the Servicer.
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(c) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent (other than an amendment
pursuant to Section 9.01(a)), the Servicer shall furnish notification of the substance of such
amendment to the Indenture Trustee, each Noteholder, each Rating Agency and each Series Enhancer.
(d) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders under this Section to approve the
particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve
the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization
of the execution thereof by Noteholders shall be subject to such reasonable requirements as the
Indenture Trustee may prescribe.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, no amendment may be made to this
Agreement which would adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Series Enhancer
without the consent of such Series Enhancer.
(f) Any Indenture Supplement executed in accordance with the provisions of Article Ten of the
Master Indenture shall not be considered an amendment of this Agreement for the purposes of this
Section.
(g) The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into
any such amendment which affects the Owner Trustee’s or the Indenture Trustee’s rights, duties,
benefits, protections, privileges or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise. In connection
with the execution of any amendment hereunder, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be
entitled to receive the Opinion of Counsel described in Section 9.02(d).
The Holders of Notes evidencing more than 66-2/3% of the principal balance of the Outstanding
Notes of all Series or, with respect to any Series with two or more Classes, of each Class (or,
with respect to any default that does not relate to all Series, 66-2/3% of the principal balance of
the Outstanding Notes of each Series to which such default relates or, with respect to any such
Series with two or more Classes, of each Class) may, on behalf of all Noteholders, waive any
default by the Transferor or the Servicer in the performance of their obligations hereunder and its
consequences, except the failure to make any distributions required to be made to Noteholders or to
make any required deposits of any amounts to be so distributed. Upon any such waiver of a past
default, such default shall cease to exist, and any default arising therefrom shall be deemed to
have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon except to the extent expressly
so waived. Promptly after any such waiver of a past default, the Servicer shall furnish
notification of the substance of such waiver to each Rating Agency.
Section 9.02. Protection of Right, Title and Interest to Trust Assets.
(a) The Transferor shall cause this Agreement, all amendments and supplements hereto and all
financing statements and continuation statements and any other necessary documents covering the
Indenture Trustee’s and the Trust’s right, title and interest to the Trust Assets to be promptly
recorded, registered and filed, and at all times to be kept recorded, registered and filed, all in
such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to
preserve and protect the right, title and interest of the Indenture Trustee, Noteholders and
the Trust hereunder to all property comprising the Trust Assets. The Transferor shall deliver to
the Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any
document recorded, registered or filed as provided above, as soon as available following such
recording, registration or filing. The Transferor shall cooperate fully with the Servicer in
connection with the obligations set forth above and will execute any and all documents reasonably
required to fulfill the intent of this paragraph.
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(b) Within 30 days after any Transferor makes any change in its name, identity or corporate
structure which would make any financing statement or continuation statement filed in accordance
with Section 9.03(a) seriously misleading within the meaning of Section 9-506 (or any comparable
provision) of the UCC, such Transferor shall give the Trustees notice of any such change and shall
file such financing statements or amendments as may be necessary to continue the perfection of the
Trust’s security interest or ownership interest in the Receivables and the proceeds thereof.
(c) Each Transferor shall give the Trustees prompt notice of any relocation of its chief
executive office or any change in the jurisdiction under whose laws it is organized and whether, as
a result of such relocation or change, the applicable provisions of the UCC would require the
filing of any amendment of any previously filed financing or continuation statement or of any new
financing statement and shall file such financing statements or amendments as may be necessary to
perfect or to continue the perfection of the Trust’s security interest in the Receivables and the
proceeds thereof. Each Transferor shall at all times maintain its chief executive offices within
the United States and shall at all times be organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located
within the United States.
(d) The Transferor shall deliver to the Trustees and each Rating Agency (i) upon the execution
and delivery of each amendment of this Agreement, an Opinion of Counsel to the effect specified in
Exhibit D-1, (ii) on each date specified in Section 2.09(c)(vi) with respect to any Additional
Accounts to be designated as Accounts, an Opinion of Counsel substantially in the form of Exhibit
D-2, and (iii) on or before April 30 of each year, beginning with April 30, 2008, an Opinion of
Counsel substantially in the form of Exhibit D-3.
Section 9.03. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAWS 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 9.04. Notices; Payments.
(a) All Notices under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly
given if personally delivered at, mailed by registered mail, return receipt requested, or sent by
facsimile transmission (i) in the case of the Transferor, to Nordstrom Credit Card Receivables II
LLC, at 00000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Legal Department (facsimile
no. (000) 000-0000), (ii) in the case of the Servicer, to Nordstrom fsb, at
00000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Legal Department (facsimile
no. (000) 000-0000), (iii) in the case of the Trust or the Owner Trustee, to Owner Trustee, Xxxxxx
Square North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration (facsimile no. (000) 000-0000), (iv) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, to Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XXX X0000-000, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx
00000, Attention: Corporate Trust, Asset Backed Securities (facsimile no. (000) 000-0000), (v) in
the case of the Rating Agency for a particular Series, the address, if any, specified in the
Indenture Supplement relating to such Series and (vi) to any other Person as specified in the
Master Indenture or any Indenture Supplement; or, as to each party, at such other address or
facsimile number as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party.
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(b) Any Notice required or permitted to be given to a Holder of Registered Notes shall be
given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Holder as shown in the Note
Register. No Notice shall be required to be mailed to a Holder of Bearer Notes or Coupons but
shall be given as provided below. Any Notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this
Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Noteholder
receives such Notice. In addition, (i) if and so long as any Series or Class is listed on the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange and such Exchange shall so require, any Notice to Noteholders shall be
published in an Authorized Newspaper of general circulation in Luxembourg within the time period
prescribed in this Agreement and (ii) in the case of any Series or Class with respect to which any
Bearer Notes are outstanding, any Notice required or permitted to be given to Noteholders of such
Series or Class shall be published in an Authorized Newspaper within the time period prescribed in
this Agreement.
Section 9.05. Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants,
agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall for any reason whatsoever be held invalid,
then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining
covenants, agreements, provisions and terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the
validity or enforceability of the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms or of the
Notes or the rights of the Noteholders or Note Owners.
Section 9.06. Further Assurances. The Transferor and the Servicer agree to do and
perform, from time to time, any and all acts and to execute any and all further instruments
required or reasonably requested by the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee more fully to
effect the purposes of this Agreement, including the execution of any financing statements or
continuation statements relating to the Receivables for filing under the provisions of the UCC of
any applicable jurisdiction.
Section 9.07. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in
exercising, on the part of the Trust, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders,
any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor
shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or
privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided under this Agreement are
cumulative and not exhaustive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
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Section 9.08. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts (and by different parties on separate counterparts), each of which shall be an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
Section 9.09. Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the parties hereto and inure to the benefit of the Owner Trustee, the
Noteholders and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Except as otherwise expressly
provided in this Agreement, no other Person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
Section 9.10. Actions by Noteholders.
(a) Wherever in this Agreement a provision is made that an action may be taken or a Notice
given by Noteholders, such action or Notice may be taken or given by any Noteholder, unless such
provision requires a specific percentage of Noteholders.
(b) Any Notice, request, authorization, direction, consent, waiver or other act by the Holder
of a Note shall bind such Holder and every subsequent Holder of such Note and of any Note issued
upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done or omitted to be done by the Owner Trustee, the Transferor or the Servicer in
reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.
Section 9.11. Rule 144A Information. For so long as any of the Notes of any Series or
Class are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act,
each of the Transferor, the Trust, the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer and any Series Enhancer
agree to cooperate with each other to provide to any Noteholders of such Series or Class and to any
prospective purchaser of Notes designated by such Noteholder, upon the request of such Noteholder
or prospective purchaser, any information in its possession required to be provided to such holder
or prospective purchaser to satisfy the condition set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities
Act.
Section 9.12. Merger and Integration. Except as specifically stated otherwise herein,
this Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties relating to the subject matter
hereof, and all prior understandings, written or oral, are superseded by this Agreement.
Section 9.13. Headings. The headings herein are for purposes of reference only and
shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof.
Section 9.14. Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
except as provided in Section 5.02, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Servicer without the
prior consent of Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 66-2/3% of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of all Series of Notes. The Servicer shall give the Rating Agencies prior written
notice of any such assignment.
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Section 9.15. Nonpetition Covenant.
(a) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee
(as such and in its individual capacity), the Indenture Trustee, the Seller and each Transferor
shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of this
Agreement, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Trust to invoke the process of
any Governmental Authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Trust
under any Debtor Relief Law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Trust or any substantial part of its property or
ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Trust.
(b) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the Servicer, the Indenture
Trustee, the Owner Trustee (as such and in its individual capacity), and the Issuer shall not,
prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of this Agreement, acquiesce,
petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Transferor to invoke the process of any Governmental
Authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Transferor under any
Debtor Relief Law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator
or other similar official of the Transferor or any substantial part of its property or ordering the
winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Transferor.
Section 9.16. Limitation of Liability. Notwithstanding any other provision herein or
elsewhere, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Owner Trustee, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Trust, in no event shall
Owner Trustee in its individual capacity have any liability in respect of the representations,
warranties, or obligations of the Trust hereunder or under any other document, as to all of which
recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Trust, and for all purposes of this Agreement and
each other document, the Owner Trustee (as such or in its individual capacity) shall be subject to,
and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferor, the Servicer, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee have
caused this Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective officers as of the day and year first above written.
NORDSTROM CREDIT CARD RECEIVABLES II LLC, as Transferor |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx Treasurer |
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NORDSTROM fsb, as Servicer |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx Chairman and CEO |
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NORDSTROM CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST II, as Issuer |
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By: | WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Vice President |
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XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Indenture Trustee |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Vice President |
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT OF RECEIVABLES IN SUPPLEMENTAL ACCOUNTS
(As required by Section 2.09(a)(i) and 2.09(b) of
the Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement)
(As required by Section 2.09(a)(i) and 2.09(b) of
the Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement)
ASSIGNMENT No. ___OF RECEIVABLES IN ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS dated as of ___,1
among Nordstrom Credit Card Receivables II LLC, as transferor (the “Transferor”), Nordstrom fsb, as
servicer (the “Servicer”), Nordstrom Credit Card Master Note Trust II (the “Trust”) and Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), pursuant to the Amended and
Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement referred to below.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Transferor, the Servicer, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee are parties to the
Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2007 (as amended and
supplemented, the “Agreement”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement, the Transferor wishes to designate Additional Accounts to
be included as Accounts and to convey the Private Label Receivables (as defined in the Agreement)
and/or the Participation Percentage (as defined in the Agreement) in the VISA®
Receivables (as defined in the Agreement), as applicable of such Additional Accounts, whether now
existing or hereafter created, to the Trust; and
WHEREAS, the Trust is willing to accept such designation and conveyance subject to the terms
and conditions hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Transferor, the Servicer, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee hereby agree
as follows:
1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
“Addition Cut-Off Date” means, with respect to the Additional Accounts designated
hereby, ___, ___.
“Addition Date” means, with respect to the Additional Accounts designated hereby,
___, ___.
2. Designation of Additional Accounts. On or before the date hereof, the Transferor
will deliver to the Owner Trustee a computer file or microfiche list containing a true and
complete schedule identifying all Additional Accounts designated hereby (the “Additional
Accounts”) specifying for each such Additional Account, as of the Addition Cut-Off Date, its
account number and the aggregate amount outstanding in such Account, which computer file or
microfiche list shall supplement Schedule 1 to the Agreement.
1 | To be dated as of the applicable Addition Date. |
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3. Conveyance of Receivables.
(a) The Transferor does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey, without
recourse except as set forth in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, to the Trust, all its right,
title and interest in, to and under the Receivables of such Additional Accounts existing at the
close of business on the Addition Cut-Off Date and thereafter created from time to time until the
termination of the Trust, all Collections related thereto, all monies due or to become due and all
amounts received or receivable with respect thereto and all proceeds (including “proceeds” as
defined in the UCC) thereof. The foregoing does not constitute and is not intended to result in
the creation or assumption by the Trust, the Owner Trustee (as such or in its individual capacity),
the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholders or any Series Enhancer of any obligation of the Servicer,
the Transferor or any other Person in connection with the Accounts, the Receivables or under any
agreement or instrument relating thereto, including any obligation to Obligors, merchant banks,
merchants clearance systems or insurers. If necessary, the Transferor agrees to record and file,
at its own expense, financing statements (and continuation statements when applicable) with respect
to the Receivables in Additional Accounts existing on the Addition Cut-Off Date and thereafter
created meeting the requirements of applicable State law in such manner and in such jurisdictions
as are necessary to perfect, and maintain perfection of, the sale and assignment of its interest in
such Receivables to the Trust, and to deliver a file-stamped copy of each such financing statement
or other evidence of such filing to the Owner Trustee on or prior to the Addition Date. The Owner
Trustee shall be under no obligation whatsoever to file such financing or continuation statements
or to make any other filing under the UCC in connection with such sale and assignment.
(b) In connection with such sale, the Transferor further agrees, at its own expense, on or
prior to the date of this Assignment, to indicate in the appropriate computer files that
Receivables created in connection with the Additional Accounts have been conveyed to the Trust
pursuant to the Agreement and this Assignment.
(c) The Transferor does hereby grant to the Trust a security interest in all of its right,
title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the Receivables in the
Additional Accounts existing on the Addition Cut-Off Date and thereafter created from time to time
until the termination of the Trust, all Collections related thereto, all monies due or to become
due and all amounts received or receivable with respect thereto, all money, accounts, general
intangibles, chattel paper, instruments, documents, goods, investment property, deposit accounts,
certificates of deposit, letters of credit, and advices of credit consisting of, arising from or
related to the foregoing, and all “proceeds” (including “proceeds” as defined in the UCC) thereof.
This Assignment constitutes a security agreement under the UCC.
4. Acceptance by Trust. The Trust hereby acknowledges its acceptance of all right,
title and interest to the property, now existing and hereafter created, conveyed to the Trust
pursuant to Section 3 of this Assignment. The Trust further acknowledges that, prior to or
simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Assignment, the Transferor delivered to
the Owner Trustee the computer file or microfiche list described in Section 2 of this Assignment.
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5. Representations and Warranties of the Transferor. The Transferor hereby represents
and warrants to the Trust, as the Addition Date that:
(a) Legal Valid and Binding Obligation. This Assignment constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Transferor enforceable against the Transferor in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in
effect affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit
at law or in equity).
(b) Eligibility of Accounts. As of the Addition Cut-Off Date, each Additional
Account designated hereby is an Eligible Account.
(c) Insolvency. As of each of the Addition Cut-Off Date and the Addition Date,
no Insolvency Event with respect to the Transferor has occurred and the transfer by the
Transferor of Receivables arising in the Additional Accounts to the Trust has not been made
in contemplation of the occurrence thereof.
(d) Pay Out Event; Event of Default. The Transferor reasonably believes that
(i) the transfer of the Receivables arising in the Additional Accounts will not, based on
the facts known to the Transferor, then or thereafter cause a Pay Out Event or Event of
Default to occur with respect to any Series and (ii) the Additional Accounts were randomly
selected and no selection procedure was utilized by the Transferor which would result in the
selection of Additional Accounts (from among the available Eligible Accounts available to
the Transferor) that would be materially adverse to the interests of the Noteholders of any
Series as of the Addition Date.
(e) Security Interest. This Assignment constitutes a valid sale, transfer and
assignment to the Trust of all right, title and interest, whether owned on the Addition
Cut-Off Date or thereafter acquired, of the Transferor in the Receivables existing on the
Addition Cut-Off Date or thereafter created in the Additional Accounts, all Collections
related thereto, all monies due or to become due and all amounts received or receivable with
respect thereto and the “proceeds” (including “proceeds” as defined in the applicable UCC)
thereof, or, if this Assignment does not constitute a sale of such property, it constitutes
a grant of a “security interest” (as defined in the applicable UCC) in such property to the
Trust, which, in the case of existing Receivables and the proceeds thereof, is enforceable
upon execution and delivery of this Assignment, and which will be enforceable with respect
to such Receivables hereafter created and the proceeds thereof upon such creation. Upon the
filing of the financing statements described in Section 3 of this Assignment and, in the
case of the Receivables hereafter created and the proceeds thereof, upon the creation
thereof, the Trust shall have a first priority perfected security or ownership interest in
such property.
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(f) No Conflict. The execution and delivery by the Transferor of this
Assignment, the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Assignment and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof applicable to the Transferor, will not conflict with or
violate any Requirements of Law applicable to the Transferor or conflict with, result in any
breach of any of the material terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice
or lapse of time or both) a material default under, any indenture, contract, agreement,
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to which the Transferor is a party or by which
it or its properties are bound.
(g) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations, pending or, to
the best knowledge of the Transferor, threatened against the Transferor before any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal or governmental instrumentality (i)
asserting the invalidity of this Assignment, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any
of the transactions contemplated by this Assignment, (iii) seeking any determination or
ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of the Transferor, would materially and adversely
affect the performance by the Transferor of its obligations under this Assignment or (iv)
seeking any determination or ruling that would materially and adversely affect the validity
or enforceability of this Assignment.
(h) All Consents. All authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of any
court or other governmental authority required to be obtained by the Transferor in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Assignment by the Transferor and the
performance of the transactions contemplated by this Assignment by the Transferor, have been
obtained.
6. Ratification of Agreement. As supplemented by this Assignment, the Agreement is in
all respects ratified and confirmed and the Agreement as so supplemented by this Assignment shall
be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.
7. Counterparts. This Assignment may be executed in two or more counterparts, and by
different parties on separate counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
8. GOVERNING LAW. THIS ASSIGNMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED
BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAWS 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.
9. Limitation of Liability. Notwithstanding any other provision herein or elsewhere,
this Assignment has been executed and delivered by Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual
capacity, but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Trust, in no event shall Wilmington
Trust Company in its individual capacity have any liability in respect of the representations,
warranties or obligations of the Trust hereunder or under any other document, as to all of which
recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Trust and for all purposes of this Assignment and
each other document, the Owner Trustee (as such or in its individual capacity)
shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of the Trust
Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferor, the Servicer, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee have
caused this Assignment to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year
first above written.
NORDSTROM CREDIT CARD RECEIVABLES II LLC, as Transferor |
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Name: Title: |
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NORDSTROM fsb, as Servicer |
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Name: Title: |
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NORDSTROM CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST II, as Issuer |
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By: | WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee |
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Name: Title: |
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XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Indenture Trustee |
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Name: Title: |
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SCHEDULE 1
LIST OF ACCOUNTS
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF REASSIGNMENT OF RECEIVABLES IN REMOVED ACCOUNTS
(As required by Section 2.10 of
the Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement)
(As required by Section 2.10 of
the Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement)
REASSIGNMENT No. ___OF RECEIVABLES dated as of ___,2 among Nordstrom
Credit Card Receivables II LLC, as transferor (the “Transferor”), Nordstrom fsb, as Servicer (the
“Servicer”), Nordstrom Credit Card Master Note Trust II (the “Trust”) and Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
National Association, as Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), pursuant to the Amended and Restated
Transfer and Servicing Agreement referred to below.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS the Transferor, the Servicer, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee are parties to the
Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2007 (as amended and
supplemented, the “Agreement”);
WHEREAS pursuant to the Agreement, the Transferor wishes to remove from the Trust all
Receivables owned by the Trust in certain designated Accounts (the “Removed Accounts”) and to cause
the Trust to reconvey the Receivables of such Removed Accounts, whether now existing or hereafter
created, from the Trust to the Transferor; and
WHEREAS the Trust is willing to accept such designation and to reconvey the Receivables in the
Removed Accounts subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Transferor, the Servicer, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee hereby agree
as follows:
1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
“Removal Date” means, with respect to the Removed Accounts designated hereby,
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“Removal Notice Date” means, with respect to the Removed Accounts ___, ___
2. Designation of Removed Accounts. On or before the Removal Date, the Transferor
will deliver to the Owner Trustee a computer file or microfiche list containing a true and complete
schedule identifying all Accounts the Receivables of which are being removed from the Trust,
specifying for each such Account, as of the Removal Notice Date, its account
number and the aggregate amount outstanding in such Account, which computer file or microfiche
list shall supplement Schedule 1 to the Agreement.
2 | To be dated as of the Removal Date. |
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3. Conveyance of Receivables. The Trust does hereby transfer, assign, set over and
otherwise convey to the Transferor, without recourse, all right, title and interest of the Trust
in, to and under the Receivables existing at the close of business on the Removal Notice Date and
thereafter created from time to time in the Removed Accounts designated hereby, all Interchange and
Recoveries related thereto, all monies due or to become due and all amounts received or receivable
with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof.
In connection with such transfer, the Trust agrees to execute and deliver to the Transferor on
or prior to the date this Reassignment is delivered, applicable termination statements prepared by
the Transferor with respect to the Receivables existing at the close of business on the Removal
Date and thereafter created from time to time in the Removed Accounts reassigned hereby and the
proceeds thereof evidencing the release by the Trust of its interest in the Receivables in the
Removed Accounts, and meeting the requirements of applicable State law, in such manner and such
jurisdictions as are necessary to terminate such interest.
4. Representations and Warranties of the Transferor. The Transferor hereby represents
and warrants to the Trust as of the Removal Date:
(a) Legal Valid and Binding Obligation. This Reassignment constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Transferor enforceable against the Transferor, in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in
effect affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit
at law or in equity).
(b) Pay Out Event; Event of Default. The Transferor reasonably believes that
(i) the removal of the Receivables existing in the Removed Accounts will not, based on the
facts known to the Transferor, then or thereafter cause a Pay Out Event or Event of Default
to occur with respect to any Series and (ii) no selection procedure was utilized by the
Transferor which would result in a selection of Removed Accounts that would be materially
adverse to the interests of the Noteholders of any Series as of the Removal Date.
(c) List of Removed Accounts. The list of Removed Accounts delivered pursuant
to Section 2.10(a)(ii) of the Agreement, as of the Removal Date, is true and complete in all
material respects.
5. Ratification of Agreement. As supplemented by this Reassignment, the Agreement is
in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Agreement as so supplemented by this Reassignment
shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.
6. Counterparts. This Reassignment may be executed in two or more counterparts, and
by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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7. GOVERNING LAW. THIS REASSIGNMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND
GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAWS 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.
8. Limitation of Liability. Notwithstanding any other provision herein or elsewhere,
this Reassignment has been executed and delivered by Wilmington Trust Company, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Trust, in no event shall
Wilmington Trust Company in its individual capacity have any liability in respect of the
representations, warranties, or obligations of the Trust hereunder or under any other document, as
to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Trust, and for all purposes of
this Reassignment and each other document, the Owner Trustee (as such or in its individual
capacity) shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of the
Trust Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferor, the Servicer, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee have
caused this Reassignment to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year
first above written.
NORDSTROM CREDIT CARD RECEIVABLES II LLC, as Transferor |
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By: | ||||
Name: Title: |
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NORDSTROM fsb, as Servicer |
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By: | ||||
Name: Title: |
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NORDSTROM CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST II, as Issuer |
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By: | WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee |
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Name: Title: |
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XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Indenture Trustee |
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By: | ||||
Name: Title: |
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF ANNUAL SERVICER’S CERTIFICATE
(To be delivered on or before April 30, of
each calendar year beginning with April 30, 2008,
pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Amended and Restated Transfer and
Servicing Agreement referred to below)
each calendar year beginning with April 30, 2008,
pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Amended and Restated Transfer and
Servicing Agreement referred to below)
NORDSTROM CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST II
The undersigned, a duly authorized representative of Nordstrom fsb, as Servicer (the
“Servicer”) and Nordstrom Credit Card Receivables II LLC, as Transferor (the “Transferor”),
pursuant to the Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2007 (as
amended and supplemented, the “Agreement”), among Nordstrom Credit Card Receivables II LLC,
Nordstrom fsb, Nordstrom Credit Card Master Note Trust II and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association, does hereby certify that:
1. Nordstrom fsb is, as of the date hereof, the Servicer under the Agreement.
2. The undersigned is an Authorized Officer who is duly authorized pursuant to the
Agreement to execute and deliver this Certificate to the Trust.
3. A review of the activities of the Servicer during the year ended December 31, ___,
and of its performance under the Agreement was conducted under my supervision.
4. Based on such review, the Servicer has, to the best of my knowledge, performed in
all material respects its obligations under the Agreement throughout such year and no
default in the performance of such obligations has occurred or is continuing except as set
forth in paragraph 5 below.
5. The following is a description of each default in the performance of the Servicer’s
obligations under the provisions of the Agreement known to me to have been made by the
Servicer during the year ended December 31, ___which sets forth in detail (i) the nature
of each such default, (ii) the action taken by the Servicer, if any, to remedy each such
default and (iii) the current status of each such default: [If applicable, insert “None.”]
Capitalized terms used in this Certificate have their respective meanings as set forth in the
Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Certificate this ___day of
___, 20_.
NORDSTROM fsb, as Servicer |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
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FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL
WITH RESPECT TO AMENDMENTS
WITH RESPECT TO AMENDMENTS
Provisions to be included in
Opinion of Counsel to be delivered pursuant
to subsection 9.02(d)(i)
Opinion of Counsel to be delivered pursuant
to subsection 9.02(d)(i)
The opinions set forth below may be subject to all the qualifications, assumptions,
limitations and exceptions taken or made in the Opinions Of Counsel delivered on any applicable
Closing Date.
(i) The amendment to the Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement,
attached hereto as Schedule 1 (the “Amendment” ), has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Transferor and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the
Transferor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by Debtor Relief Laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and
general equitable principles (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or
at law), including concepts of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and
the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief, and with respect
to the Nordstrom fsb, the rights and powers of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
(ii) The Amendment has been entered into in accordance with the terms and provisions of
Section 9.01 of the Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
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FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL
WITH RESPECT TO ACCOUNTS
WITH RESPECT TO ACCOUNTS
Provisions to be included in
Opinion of Counsel to be
delivered pursuant to
Section 9.02(d)(ii) or (iii)
Opinion of Counsel to be
delivered pursuant to
Section 9.02(d)(ii) or (iii)
The opinions set forth below may be subject to all the qualifications, assumptions,
limitations and exceptions taken or made in the Opinions of Counsel delivered on any applicable
Closing Date.
(i) To the extent that the transfer of Additional Receivables by the Transferor to the
Trust pursuant to the Assignment does not constitute an absolute assignment by the
Transferor to the Trust of such Additional Receivables or the proceeds thereof, the
Assignment creates in favor of the Trust a security interest in the rights of the Transferor
in such Additional Receivables and the proceeds thereof.
(ii) The security interests described in paragraph 1 above is perfected by filing and
there is no security interest prior to the security interest of the Trust.
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PROVISIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN
ANNUAL OPINION OF COUNSEL
ANNUAL OPINION OF COUNSEL
The opinions set forth below may be subject to all the qualifications, assumptions,
limitations and exceptions taken or made in the Opinions of Counsel delivered on any applicable
Closing Date with respect to similar matters. Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms
used herein has the meanings ascribed to them in the Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing
Agreement.
(i) No filing or other action, other than such filing or other action described in such
opinion, is necessary from the date of such opinion through April 30 of the following year
to continue the perfected status of the security interest of the Trust in the Receivables
described in the financing statements referenced in such opinion.
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SCHEDULE 1
LIST OF ACCOUNTS
Original list delivered to Owner Trustee on the Closing Date
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