CHESAPEAKE FUNDING LLC, as Issuer and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Indenture Trustee BASE INDENTURE Dated as of March 7, 2006 Asset Backed Notes (Issuable in Series)
Exhibit
10.1
CHESAPEAKE
FUNDING LLC,
as
Issuer
and
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Indenture Trustee
______________________________
Dated
as
of March 7, 2006
______________________________
Asset
Backed Notes
(Issuable
in Series)
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
1.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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1
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Section
1.1.
Definitions
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1
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Section
1.2.
Cross-References
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1
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Section
1.3.
Accounting and Financial Determinations; No Duplication
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1
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Section
1.4.
Rules of Construction.
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2
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ARTICLE
2.
THE INVESTOR NOTES
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2
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Section
2.1.
Designation and Terms of Investor Notes
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2
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Section
2.2.
Investor Notes Issuable in Series
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3
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Section
2.3.
Execution and Authentication
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5
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Section
2.4.
Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Notes
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6
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Section
2.5.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes
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8
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Section
2.6.
Appointment of Paying Agent
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9
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Section
2.7.
Persons Deemed Owners
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10
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Section
2.8.
Investor Noteholder List
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11
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Section
2.9.
Treasury Notes
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11
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Section
2.10.
Book-Entry Notes
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12
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Section
2.11.
Definitive Notes
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12
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Section
2.12.
Global Note
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13
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Section
2.13.
Principal and Interest
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13
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Section
2.14.
Tax Treatment
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14
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ARTICLE
3.
SECURITY
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14
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Section
3.1.
Grant of Security Interest
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14
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Section
3.2.
Transaction Documents
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16
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Section
3.3.
Release of Issuer Assets
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17
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Section
3.4.
Opinions of Counsel
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18
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Section
3.5.
Stamp, Other Similar Taxes and Filing Fees
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18
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ARTICLE
4.
REPORTS
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18
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Section
4.1.
Servicer Reports
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18
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Section
4.2.
Communication to Investor Noteholders
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19
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Section
4.3.
Rule 144A Information
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20
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Section
4.4.
Reports by the Issuer
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20
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Section
4.5.
Reports by the Indenture Trustee
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20
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ARTICLE
5.
ALLOCATION AND APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS
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21
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Section
5.1.
Collection Account
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21
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Section
5.2.
Gain on Sale Account
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22
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Section
5.3.
Collection of Money
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23
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Section
5.4.
Collections and Allocations
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23
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Section
5.5.
Joint Collection Account Disputes
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24
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ARTICLE
6.
DISTRIBUTIONS
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24
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Section
6.1.
Distributions in General
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24
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Section
6.2.
Optional Repurchase of Investor Notes
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25
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ARTICLE
7.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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25
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Section
7.1.
Existence and Power
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25
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Section
7.2.
Governmental Authorization
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26
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Section
7.3.
Binding Effect
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26
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Section
7.4.
Financial Information; Financial Condition
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26
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Section
7.5.
Litigation
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26
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Section
7.6.
No
ERISA Plan
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26
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Section
7.7.
Tax Filings and Expenses
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27
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Section
7.8.
Disclosure
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27
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Section
7.9.
Investment Company Act
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27
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Section
7.10.
Regulations T, U and X
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27
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Section
7.11.
No
Consent
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27
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Section
7.12.
Solvency
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27
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Section
7.13.
Security Interests
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28
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Section
7.14.
Binding Effect of Certain Agreements
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28
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Section
7.15.
Non-Existence of Other Agreements
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28
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Section
7.16.
Compliance with Contractual Obligations and Laws
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29
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Section
7.17.
Other Representations
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29
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Section
7.18.
Ownership of the Issuer.
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29
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ARTICLE
8.
COVENANTS
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29
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Section
8.1.
Payment of Investor Notes
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29
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Section
8.2.
Maintenance of Office or Agency
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29
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Section
8.3.
Payment of Obligations
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30
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Section
8.4.
Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence
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30
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Section
8.5.
Compliance with Laws
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30
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Section
8.6.
Inspection of Property, Books and Records
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30
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Section
8.7.
Compliance with Transaction Documents; Issuer Assets
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31
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Section
8.8.
Notice of Defaults
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31
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Section
8.9.
Notice of Material Proceedings
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31
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Section
8.10.
Further Requests
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32
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Section
8.11.
Protection of Issuer Assets
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32
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Section
8.12.
Annual Opinion of Counsel
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32
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Section
8.13.
Liens
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33
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Section
8.14.
Other Indebtedness
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33
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Section
8.15.
Mergers
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33
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Section
8.16.
Sales of Issuer Assets
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33
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Section
8.17.
Acquisition of Assets
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33
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Section
8.18.
Distributions
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33
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Section
8.19.
Legal Name; Location Under Section 9-301
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33
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Section
8.20.
Organizational Documents
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34
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Section
8.21.
Investments
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34
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Section
8.22.
No
Other Agreements
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34
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Section
8.23.
Other Business
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34
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Section
8.24.
Maintenance of Separate Existence
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34
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Section
8.25.
Use of Proceeds of Investor Notes
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36
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Section
8.26.
No
ERISA Plan
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36
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ARTICLE
9.
REMEDIES
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36
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Section
9.1.
Events of Default
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36
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Section
9.2.
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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37
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Section
9.3.
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the Indenture
Trustee
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38
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Section
9.4.
Remedies; Priorities
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40
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Section
9.5.
Optional Preservation of the Issuer Assets
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41
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Section
9.6.
Limitation on Suits
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41
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Section
9.7.
Unconditional Rights of Investor Noteholders to Receive Principal
and
Interest
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42
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Section
9.8.
Restoration of Rights and Remedies
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42
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Section
9.9.
Rights and Remedies Cumulative
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42
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Section
9.10.
Delay or Omission Not a Waiver
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43
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Section
9.11.
Control by Investor Noteholders
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43
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Section
9.12.
Waiver of Past Defaults
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43
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Section
9.13.
Undertaking for Costs
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44
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Section
9.14.
Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
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44
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Section
9.15.
Action on Investor Notes
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44
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ARTICLE
10.
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
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45
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Section
10.1.
Duties of the Indenture Trustee
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45
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Section
10.2.
Rights of the Indenture Trustee
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46
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Section
10.3.
Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer
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47
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Section
10.4.
Indenture Trustee May Own Investor Notes
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48
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Section
10.5.
Notice of Defaults
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48
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Section
10.6.
Compensation
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48
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Section
10.7.
Eligibility Requirements for Indenture Trustee
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48
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Section
10.8.
Resignation or Removal of Indenture Trustee
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49
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Section
10.9.
Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger
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50
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Section
10.10.
Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee
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50
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Section
10.11.
Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee
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52
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Section
10.12.
Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer
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52
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ARTICLE
11.
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
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52
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Section
11.1.
Termination of the Issuer’s Obligations
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52
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Section
11.2.
Application of Trust Money
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53
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Section
11.3.
Repayment to the Issuer
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54
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ARTICLE
12.
AMENDMENTS
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54
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Section
12.1.
Without Consent of the Investor Noteholders
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54
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Section
12.2.
With Consent of the Investor Noteholders
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55
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Section
12.3.
Supplements
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56
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Section
12.4.
Revocation and Effect of Consents
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56
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Section
12.5.
Notation on or Exchange of Investor Notes
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56
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Section
12.6.
The Indenture Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc
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56
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Section
12.7.
Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
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57
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ARTICLE
13.
MISCELLANEOUS
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57
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Section
13.1.
Compliance Certificates and Opinions
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57
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Section
13.2.
Forms of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee
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58
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Section
13.3.
Actions of Noteholders
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59
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Section
13.4.
Notices
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60
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Section
13.5.
Conflict with TIA
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61
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Section
13.6.
Rules by the Indenture Trustee
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61
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Section
13.7.
Duplicate Originals
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62
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Section
13.8.
Benefits of Indenture
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62
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Section
13.9.
Payment on Business Day
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62
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Section
13.10.
Governing Law
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62
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Section
13.11.
Severability of Provisions
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62
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Section
13.12.
Counterparts
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62
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Section
13.13.
Successors
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62
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Section
13.14.
Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
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63
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Section
13.15.
Recording of Indenture
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63
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Section
13.16.
No
Petition
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63
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Section
13.17.
SUBIs
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63
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Section
13.18.
Election of Overconcentration Option.
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64
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BASE
INDENTURE, dated as of March 7, 2006, between CHESAPEAKE FUNDING LLC, a special
purpose limited liability company established under the laws of Delaware,
as
issuer (the “Issuer”),
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association,
as
trustee (in such capacity, the “Indenture
Trustee”).
W
I T
N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Base Indenture
to provide for the issuance from time to time of one or more series of Investor
Notes from time to time, issuable as provided in this Base Indenture;
and
WHEREAS,
all things necessary to make this Base Indenture a legal, valid and binding
agreement of the Issuer, in accordance with its terms, have been done, and
the
Issuer proposes to do all the things necessary to make the Investor Notes,
when
executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee
hereunder and duly issued by the Issuer, the legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Issuer as hereinafter provided;
NOW,
THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the receipt of the
Investor Notes by the Investor Noteholders, it is mutually covenanted and
agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Investor Noteholders,
as
follows:
ARTICLE
1.
DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section
1.1. Definitions
Certain
capitalized terms used herein (including the preamble and the recitals hereto)
shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Definitions List attached
hereto as Schedule
1
(the
“Definitions
List”),
as
such Definitions List may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance
with the provisions hereof.
Section
1.2. Cross-References
Unless
otherwise specified, references in this Base Indenture and in each other
Transaction Document to any Article or Section are references to such Article
or
Section of this Base Indenture or such other Transaction Document, as the
case
may be and, unless otherwise specified, references in any Article, Section
or
definition to any clause are references to such clause of such Article, Section
or definition.
Section
1.3. Accounting
and Financial Determinations; No Duplication
Where
the
character or amount of any asset or liability or item of income or expense
is
required to be determined, or any accounting computation is required to be
made,
for the purpose of the Indenture, such determination or calculation shall
be
made, to the extent applicable and except as otherwise specified in the
Indenture, in accordance with GAAP. When used herein, the term “financial
statement” shall include the notes and schedules thereto. All accounting
determinations and computations hereunder or under any other Transaction
Documents shall be made without duplication.
Section
1.4. Rules
of Construction.
In
the
Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires:
(i) the
singular includes the plural and vice versa;
(ii) reference
to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable,
only if such successors and assigns are permitted by the Indenture, and
reference to any Person in a particular capacity only refers to such Person
in
such capacity;
(iii) reference
to any gender includes the other gender;
(iv) reference
to any Requirement of Law means such Requirement of Law as amended, modified,
codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to
time;
(v) “including”
(and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the
generality of any description preceding such term; and
(vi) with
respect to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and
including” and “to” means “to but excluding”.
ARTICLE
2.
THE
INVESTOR NOTES
Section
2.1. Designation
and Terms of Investor Notes
Each
Series of Investor Notes and any Class thereof may be issued in bearer form
(the
“Bearer
Notes”)
with
attached interest coupons and a special coupon (collectively, the “Coupons”)
or in
fully registered form (the “Registered
Notes”),
and,
in each case, substantially in the form specified in the applicable Indenture
Supplement, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other
variations as are required or permitted hereby or by the related Indenture
Supplement and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification
and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith,
be determined to be appropriate by the Authorized Officer executing such
Investor Notes, as evidenced by his execution of the Investor Notes. All
Investor Notes of any Series shall, except as specified in the related Indenture
Supplement, be equally and ratably entitled as provided herein to the benefits
hereof without preference, priority or distinction on account of the actual
time
or times of authentication and delivery, all in accordance with the terms
and
provisions of this Base Indenture and the applicable Indenture Supplement.
The
aggregate principal amount of Investor Notes which may be authenticated and
delivered under the Indenture is unlimited. The Investor Notes shall be issued
in the denominations set forth in the related Indenture Supplement.
2
Section
2.2. Investor
Notes Issuable in Series
(a) The
Investor Notes may be issued in one or more Series. Each Series of Investor
Notes shall be created by an Indenture Supplement.
(b) Investor
Notes of a new Series may from time to time be executed by the Issuer and
delivered to the Indenture Trustee for authentication and thereupon the same
shall be authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee upon the receipt
by the Indenture Trustee of an Issuer Request at least three (3) Business
Days
(or such shorter time as is acceptable to the Indenture Trustee) in advance
of
the related Series Closing Date and upon delivery by the Issuer to the Indenture
Trustee, and receipt by the Indenture Trustee, of the following:
(i) an
Issuer
Order authorizing and directing the authentication and delivery of the Investor
Notes of such new Series by the Indenture Trustee and specifying the designation
of such new Series, the Initial Invested Amount (or the method for calculating
such Initial Invested Amount) of such new Series and the Note Rate (or the
method for allocating interest payments or other cash flows to such Series),
if
any, with respect to such Series;
(ii) an
Indenture Supplement satisfying the criteria set forth in Section
2.2(b)
executed
by the Issuer and specifying the Principal Terms of such new
Series;
(iii) a
Tax
Opinion;
(iv) written
confirmation from each Rating Agency that the Rating Agency Condition shall
have
been satisfied with respect to such issuance;
(v) an
Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer, that on the Series Closing Date after
giving effect to the issuance of such new Series, (i) neither an Amortization
Event nor a Potential Amortization Event with respect to any Series of Investor
Notes nor an Asset Deficiency is continuing or will occur, (ii) the issuance
of
the new Series of Investor Notes will not result in any breach of any of
the
terms, conditions or provisions of or constitute a default under any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer
is
a party or by which it or its property is bound or any order of any court
or
administrative agency entered in any suit, action or other judicial or
administrative proceeding to which the Issuer is a party or by which it or
its
property may be bound or to which it or its property may be subject and (iii)
all conditions precedent provided in this Base Indenture and the related
Indenture Supplement with respect to the authentication and delivery of the
new
Series of Investor Notes have been complied with; and
(vi) such
other documents, instruments, certifications, agreements or other items as
the
Indenture Trustee may reasonably require.
(c) In
conjunction with the issuance of a new Series of Investor Notes, the parties
hereto shall execute an Indenture Supplement, which shall specify the relevant
terms with respect to any newly issued Series of Investor Notes, which may
include without limitation:
(i) its
name
or designation;
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(ii) an
Initial Invested Amount of such Series or the method of calculating the Initial
Invested Amount of such Series;
(iii) the
Note
Rate (or formula for the determination thereof) with respect to such
Series;
(iv) the
Series Closing Date;
(v) each
Rating Agency rating such Series;
(vi) the
name
of the Clearing Agency or Foreign Clearing Agency, if any;
(vii) the
interest payment date or dates and the date or dates from which interest
shall
accrue;
(viii) the
method of allocating Collections with respect to such Series;
(ix) the
method by which the principal amount of Investor Notes of such Series shall
amortize or accrete;
(x) the
names
of any Series Accounts to be used by such Series and the terms governing
the
operation of any such accounts and the use of moneys therein;
(xi) the
Series Servicing Fee and the Series Servicing Fee Percentage;
(xii) the
terms
on which the Investor Notes of such Series may be redeemed, repurchased or
remarketed to other investors;
(xiii) any
deposit of funds to be made into any Series Account on the Series Closing
Date;
(xiv) the
number of Classes of such Series, and if more than one Class, the rights
and
priorities of each such Class;
(xv) the
priority of any Series with respect to any other Series;
(xvi)
the
Lease Rate Caps required to be maintained with respect to such Series;
and
(xvii) any
other
relevant terms of such Series (including whether or not such Series will
be
pledged as collateral for an issuance of any other securities, including
commercial paper) (all such terms, the “Principal
Terms”
of
such
Series).
The
terms
of such Indenture Supplement may modify or amend the terms of this Base
Indenture solely as applied to such new Series.
(d) The
Issuer may direct the Indenture Trustee to deposit all or a portion of the
net
proceeds from the issuance of any new Series of Investor Notes into a Series
Account for another Series of Investor Notes and may specify that the proceeds
from the sale of such new Series of Investor Notes may be used to reduce
the
Invested Amount of another Series of Investor Notes.
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Section
2.3. Execution
and Authentication
(a) The
Investor Notes shall, upon issue pursuant to Section
2.2,
be
executed on behalf of the Issuer by an Authorized Officer and delivered by
the
Issuer to the Indenture Trustee for authentication and redelivery as provided
herein. If an Authorized Officer whose signature is on an Investor Note no
longer holds that office at the time the Investor Note is authenticated,
the
Investor Note shall nevertheless be valid.
(b) At
any
time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Base
Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Investor Notes of any particular Series
executed by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee for authentication, together
with one or more Issuer Orders for the authentication and delivery of such
Investor Notes, and the Indenture Trustee, in accordance with such Issuer
Order
and this Base Indenture, shall authenticate and deliver such Investor Notes.
If
specified in the related Indenture Supplement for any Series of Investor
Notes,
the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver outside the United States
the Global Note that is issued upon original issuance thereof, upon receipt
of
an Issuer Order, to the Depository against payment of the purchase price
therefor. If specified in the related Indenture Supplement for any Series
of
Investor Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate Book-Entry Notes
that
are issued upon original issuance thereof, upon receipt of an Issuer Order,
to a
Clearing Agency, a Foreign Clearing Agency or its nominee as provided in
Section
2.10
against
payment of the purchase price thereof.
(c) No
Investor Note shall be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be
valid
for any purpose unless there appears on such Investor Note a certificate
of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein, duly executed
by
the Indenture Trustee by the manual signature of a Responsible Officer (and
the
Luxembourg agent (the “Luxembourg
Agent”),
if
such Investor Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange). Such
signatures on such certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that the Investor Note has been duly authenticated under the
Indenture. The Indenture Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable
to the Issuer to authenticate Investor Notes. Unless limited by the term
of such
appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Investor Notes whenever
the Indenture Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Base Indenture to
authentication by the Indenture Trustee includes authentication by such agent.
The Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially
the following form:
This
is
one of the Investor Notes of a series issued under the within mentioned
Indenture.
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as Indenture Trustee
By:__________________________
Authorized
Signatory
(d) Each
Investor Note shall be dated and issued as of the date of its authentication
by
the Indenture Trustee, except Bearer Notes which shall be dated the applicable
Series Closing Date as provided in the related Indenture
Supplement..
(e) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if any Investor Note shall have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder but never issued and sold by the Issuer, and the Issuer shall deliver
such Investor Note to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation, together with
a
written statement (which need not comply with Section
13.2
and need
not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Investor Note
has
never been issued and sold by the Issuer, for all purposes of the Indenture
such
Investor Note shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder and shall not be entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture.
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Section
2.4. Registration
of Transfer and Exchange of Notes
(a) The
Issuer shall cause to be kept at the office or agency to be maintained by
a
transfer agent and registrar (the “Transfer
Agent and Registrar”),
a
register (the “Note
Register”)
in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Transfer
Agent and Registrar shall provide for the registration of the Investor Notes
of
each Series (unless otherwise provided in the related Indenture Supplement)
and
of transfers and exchanges of the Investor Notes as herein provided. JPMorgan
Chase is hereby initially appointed Transfer Agent and Registrar for the
purposes of registering the Investor Notes and transfers and exchanges of
the
Investor Notes as herein provided. If any form of Investor Note is issued
as a
Global Note, the Indenture Trustee may, or if and so long as any Series of
Investor Notes is listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of
such
exchange shall so require, the Indenture Trustee shall appoint a co-transfer
agent and co-registrar in Luxembourg or another European city. Any reference
in
the Indenture to the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall include any co-transfer
agent and co-registrar unless the context otherwise requires. JPMorgan Chase
shall be permitted to resign as Transfer Agent and Registrar upon 30 days’
written notice to the Indenture Trustee; provided,
however,
that
such resig-nation shall not be effective and JPMorgan Chase shall contin-ue
to
perform its duties as Transfer Agent and Registrar until the Indenture Trustee
has appointed a succes-sor Transfer Agent and Registrar with the consent
of the
Issuer.
If
a
Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as the
Transfer Agent and Registrar, the Issuer will give the Indenture Trustee
prompt
written notice of the appointment of such Transfer Agent and Registrar and
of
the location, and any change in the location, of the Transfer Agent and
Register, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Note
Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof.
An
institution succeeding to the corporate agency business of the Transfer Agent
and Registrar shall continue to be the Transfer Agent and Registrar without
the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Indenture
Trustee or such Transfer Agent and Registrar.
The
Transfer Agent and Registrar shall maintain in The City of New York (and,
if so
specified in the related Indenture Supplement for any Series of Notes, any
other
city designated in such Indenture Supplement) an office or offices or agency
or
agencies where Investor Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer
or
exchange. The Transfer Agent and Registrar initially designates its corporate
trust office located at 0 Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 as its
office
for such purposes. The Transfer Agent and Registrar shall give prompt written
notice to the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and to the Investor Noteholders
of
any change in the location of such office or agency.
Upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Investor Note at the office
or
agency of the Transfer Agent and Registrar, if the requirements of Section
2.4(b)
and
Section 8-401(a) of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall execute and after the
Issuer has executed, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and (if the
Transfer Agent and Registrar is different than the Indenture Trustee, then
the
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Transfer
Agent and Registrar shall) deliver to the Investor Noteholder, in the name
of
the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Investor Notes,
in any
authorized denominations, of the same Class and a like aggregate principal
amount; provided,
however
that the
provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to Bearer Notes.
At
the
option of any Holder of Registered Notes, Registered Notes may be exchanged
for
other Registered Notes of the same Series in authorized denominations of
like
aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Registered Notes to be
exchanged at any office or agency of the Transfer Agent and Registrar maintained
for such purpose. At the option of any holder of Bearer Notes, subject to
applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation, the Bearer
Rules), Bearer Notes may be exchanged for other Bearer Notes or Registered
Notes
of the same Series in authorized denominations of like aggregate principal
amount, in the manner specified in the Indenture Supplement for such Series,
upon surrender of the Bearer Notes to be exchanged at an office or agency
of the
Transfer Agent and Registrar located outside the United States. Each Bearer
Note
surrendered pursuant to this Section
2.4
shall
have attached thereto (or be accompanied by) all unmatured Coupons, provided
that any Bearer Note so surrendered after the close of business on the Record
Date preceding the relevant Payment Date need not have attached the Coupons
relating to such Payment Date.
Whenever
any Investor Notes of any Series are so surrendered for exchange, if the
requirements of Section 8-401(a) of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall execute
and after the Issuer has executed, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate
and
(if the Transfer Agent and Registrar is different than the Indenture Trustee,
then the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall) deliver to the Investor Noteholder,
the Investor Notes which the Investor Noteholder making the exchange is entitled
to receive.
All
Investor Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of the
Investor Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the
same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under the Indenture, as the Investor
Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every
Investor Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be (i) duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument
of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by,
the
Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with a
medallion signature guarantee, and (ii) accompanied by such other documents
as
the Indenture Trustee may require.
The
preceding provisions of this Section
2.4
notwithstanding, the Indenture Trustee or the Transfer Agent and Registrar,
as
the case may be, shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange
any Investor Note of any Series for a period of 15 days preceding the due
date
for any payment in full of the Investor Notes of such Series.
Unless
otherwise provided in the related Indenture Supplement, no service charge
shall
be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Investor Notes, but
the
Transfer Agent and Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of Investor Notes.
All
Investor Notes (together with any Coupons attached to Bearer Notes) surrendered
for registration of transfer and exchange shall be canceled by the Transfer
Agent and Registrar and disposed of in a manner satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee. The Indenture
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Trustee
shall cancel and destroy any Global Notes upon its exchange in full for
Definitive Notes and shall deliver a certificate of destruction to the Issuer.
Such certificate shall also state that a certificate or certificates of each
Foreign Clearing Agency was received with respect to each portion of such
Global
Note exchanged for Definitive Notes in accordance with the related Indenture
Supplement.
The
Issuer shall execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee or the Transfer
Agent
and Registrar, as applicable, Bearer Notes and Registered Notes in such amounts
and at such times as are necessary to enable the Indenture Trustee to fulfill
its responsibilities under the Indenture and the Investor Notes.
(b) Unless
otherwise provided in the related Indenture Supplement, registration of transfer
of Registered Notes containing a legend relating to the restrictions on transfer
of such Registered Notes (which legend shall be set forth in the Indenture
Supplement relating to such Investor Notes) shall be effected only if the
conditions set forth in such related Indenture Supplement are
satisfied.
Section
2.5. Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes
If
(a)
any mutilated Investor Note (together, in the case of Bearer Notes, with
all
unmatured Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto) is surrendered to the Transfer
Agent and Registrar, or the Transfer Agent and Registrar receives evidence
to
its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Investor Note and
(b)
there is delivered to the Transfer Agent and Registrar and the Indenture
Trustee
such security or indemnity as may be reasonably required by them to save
each of
them harmless, then provided
that the
requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall execute
and
after the Issuer has executed, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and
(unless the Transfer Agent and Registrar is different from the Indenture
Trustee, in which case the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall) deliver (in
compliance with applicable law), in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Investor Note, a new Investor Note of
like
tenor and aggregate principal amount; provided,
however,
that if
any such destroyed, lost or stolen Investor Note, but not a mutilated Investor
Note, shall have become or within seven days shall be due and payable, instead
of issuing a replacement Investor Note, the Issuer may pay such destroyed,
lost
or stolen Investor Note when so due or payable without surrender thereof.
If,
after the delivery of such replacement Investor Note or payment of a destroyed,
lost or stolen Investor Note pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence,
a protected purchaser (within the meaning of Section 8-303 of the UCC) of
the
original Investor Note in lieu of which such replacement Investor Note was
issued presents for payment such original Investor Note, the Issuer, the
Transfer Agent and Registrar and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled
to
recover such replacement Investor Note (or such payment) from the Person
to whom
it was delivered or any Person taking such replacement Investor Note from
such
Person to whom such replacement Investor Note was delivered or any assignee
of
such Person, except a protected purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover
upon
the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage,
cost or expense incurred by the Issuer, the Transfer Agent and Registrar
or the
Indenture Trustee in connection therewith.
In
connection with the issuance of any new Investor Note under this Section
2.5,
the
Indenture Trustee or the Transfer Agent and Registrar may require the payment
of
a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Indenture Trustee and the Transfer Agent and Registrar)
connected therewith. Any duplicate Investor Note issued pursuant to this
Section
2.5
shall
constitute an original contractual obligation of the Issuer whether or not
the
lost, stolen or destroyed note shall be found at any time.
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Section
2.6. Appointment
of Paying Agent
(a) The
Indenture Trustee may appoint a Paying Agent with respect to the Investor
Notes.
The Indenture Trustee hereby appoints JPMorgan Chase as the initial Paying
Agent. The Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw funds
and
make distributions to Investor Noteholders from the appropriate account or
accounts maintained for the benefit of Noteholders as specified in this Base
Indenture or the related Indenture Supplement for any Series pursuant to
Article
5.
The
Indenture Trustee may revoke such power and remove the Paying Agent, if the
Indenture Trustee determines in its sole discretion that the Paying Agent
shall
have failed to perform its obligations under the Indenture in any material
respect or for other good cause. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Rating
Agency of the removal of any Paying Agent. If any form of Investor Note is
issued as a Global Note, or if and so long as any Series of Investor Notes
are
listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of such exchange shall
so
require, the Indenture Trustee shall appoint a co-paying agent in Luxembourg
or
another European city. The Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying
Agent upon 30 days’ written notice to the Indenture Trustee. In the event that
any Paying Agent shall no longer be the Paying Agent, the Indenture Trustee
shall appoint a successor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or
trust
company and may be the Indenture Trustee) with the consent of the Issuer.
The
provisions of Sections 10.01, 10.02, 10.03 and 10.06 shall apply to the
Indenture Trustee also in the capacity of Paying Agent, for so long as the
Indenture Trustee shall act as Paying Agent. Any reference in the Indenture
to
the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context requires
otherwise.
(b) The
Indenture Trustee shall cause each Paying Agent (other than itself) to execute
and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
shall agree with the Indenture Trustee that such Paying Agent will:
(i) hold
all
sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Investor
Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such
sums
shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided
and
pay such sums to such Persons as herein provided;
(ii) give
the
Indenture Trustee notice of any default by the Issuer of which it has actual
knowledge in the making of any payment required to be made with respect to
the
Investor Notes;
(iii) at
any
time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request
of the
Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums so held
in
trust by such Paying Agent;
(iv) immediately
resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums
held by it in trust for the payment of the Investor Notes if at any time
it
ceases to meet the standards required to be met by the Paying Agent at the
time
of its appointment; and
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(v) comply
with all requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding from any
payments made by it on any Investor Notes of any applicable withholding taxes
imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements
in
connection therewith.
An
institution succeeding to the corporate agency business of the Paying Agent
shall continue to be the Paying Agent without the execution or filing of
any
paper or any further act on the part of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying
Agent.
(c) Subject
to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, any money held by the
Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent or a Clearing Agency or a Foreign Clearing
Agency in trust for the payment of any amount due with respect to any Investor
Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such amount has become due
and
payable shall be discharged from such trust and be paid to the Issuer on
Issuer
Request; and the Holder of such Investor Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured
general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof (but only to
the
extent of the amounts so paid to the Issuer), and all liability of the Indenture
Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon
cease; provided,
however,
that
the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make
any
such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once,
in
a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each
Business Day and of general circulation in New York City, and in a newspaper
customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in
London
and Luxembourg (if the related Series of Investor Notes has been listed on
the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange), if applicable, notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less
than
30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such
money
then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee may also
adopt and employ, at the expense of the Issuer, any other reasonable means
of
notification of such repayment.
Section
2.7. Persons
Deemed Owners
Prior
to
due presentation of an Investor Note for registration of transfer, the Indenture
Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Transfer Agent and Registrar may treat
the
Person in whose name any Investor Note is registered as the owner of such
Investor Note for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to
Article
5
(as
described in any Indenture Supplement) and for all other purposes whatsoever,
and neither the Indenture Trustee, the Paying Agent nor the Transfer Agent
and
Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
In
the
case of a Bearer Note, the Indenture Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Transfer
Agent and Registrar may treat the holder of a Bearer Note or Coupon as the
owner
of such Bearer Note or Coupon for the purpose of receiving distributions
pursuant to Article
5
and for
all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Indenture Trustee, the Paying
Agent nor the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall be affected by any notice
to
the contrary.
Section
2.8. Investor
Noteholder List
The
Indenture Trustee will furnish or cause to be furnished by the Transfer Agent
and Registrar to the Issuer or the Paying Agent, within five Business Days
after
receipt by the Indenture Trustee of a request therefor from the Issuer or
the
Paying Agent, respectively, in writing, a list in such form as the Issuer
or the
Paying Agent may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Investor
Noteholders of each Series as of the most recent Record
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Date
for
payments to such Investor Noteholders. Unless otherwise provided in the related
Indenture Supplement, holders of Investor Notes of any Series having an
aggregate principal amount aggregating not less than 10% of the Investor
Interest of such Series (the “Applicants”)
may
apply in writing to the Indenture Trustee, and if such application states
that
the Applicants desire to communicate with other Investor Noteholders of any
Series with respect to their rights under the Indenture or under the Investor
Notes and is accompanied by a copy of the communication which such Applicants
propose to transmit, then the Indenture Trustee, after having been adequately
indemnified by such Applicants for its costs and expenses, shall afford or
shall
cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to afford such Applicants access during
normal business hours to the most recent list of Investor Noteholders held
by
the Indenture Trustee and shall give the Issuer notice that such request
has
been made, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application.
Such
list shall be as of a date no more than 45 days prior to the date of receipt
of
such Applicants’ request. Every Investor Noteholder, by receiving and holding an
Investor Note, agrees with the Indenture Trustee that neither the Indenture
Trustee nor the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall be held accountable by
reason
of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of
the
Investor Noteholders hereunder, regardless of the source from which such
information was obtained.
The
Indenture Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses
of
Investor Noteholders of each Series of Investor Notes. If the Indenture Trustee
is not the Transfer Agent and Registrar, the Issuer shall furnish to the
Indenture Trustee at least seven Business Days before each Payment Date and
at
such other time as the Indenture Trustee may request in writing, a list in
such
form and as of such date as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably require
of the
names and addresses of Investor Noteholders of each Series of Investor
Notes.
Section
2.9. Treasury
Notes
In
determining whether the Investor Noteholders of the required principal amount
of
Investor Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Investor
Notes owned by the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer (other than an
Affiliate Issuer) shall be considered as though they are not Outstanding,
except
that for the purpose of determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be
protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Investor
Notes of which the Indenture Trustee has received written notice of such
ownership shall be so disregarded. Absent written notice to the Indenture
Trustee of such ownership, the Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of the identity of the individual beneficial owners of the Investor
Notes.
Section
2.10. Book-Entry
Notes
Unless
otherwise provided in any related Indenture Supplement, the Investor Notes,
upon
original issuance, shall be issued in the form of typewritten Notes representing
the Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to the depository specified in such
Indenture Supplement (the “Depository”)
which
shall be the Clearing Agency or the Foreign Clearing Agency, on behalf of
such
Series. The Investor Notes of each Series shall, unless otherwise provided
in
the related Indenture Supplement, initially be registered on the Note Register
in the name of the Clearing Agency, the Foreign Clearing Agency, the nominee
of
the Clearing Agency or the nominee of the Foreign Clearing Agency. No Beneficial
Owner will receive a definitive note representing such Beneficial Owner’s
interest in the related Series of Investor Notes, except as provided in
Section
2.11.
Unless
and until definitive, fully registered Investor Notes of any Series
(“Definitive
Notes”)
have
been issued to Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section
2.11:
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(a) the
provisions of this Section
2.10
shall be
in full force and effect with respect to each such Series;
(b) the
Issuer, the Paying Agent, the Transfer Agent and Registrar and the Indenture
Trustee may deal with the Clearing Agency or the Foreign Clearing Agency
and the
applicable Clearing Agency Participants for all purposes (including the payment
of principal of and interest on the Investor Notes and the giving of
instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole Holder of the Investor
Notes,
and shall have no obligation to the Beneficial Owners;
(c) to
the
extent that the provisions of this Section
2.10
conflict
with any other provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of this Section
2.10
shall
control with respect to each such Series; and
(d) the
rights of Beneficial Owners of each such Series shall be exercised only through
the Clearing Agency or the Foreign Clearing Agency and the applicable Clearing
Agency Participants and shall be limited to those established by law and
agreements between such Beneficial Owners and the Clearing Agency or the
Foreign
Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants, and all references
in
the Indenture to ac-tions by the Investor Not-e-holders shall refer to actions
taken by the Clearing Agency or the Foreign Clearing Agency upon in-struc-tions
from the Clear-ing Agency Partici-pants, and all refer-ences in the Indenture
to
dis-tribu-tions, no-tices, reports and statements to the Note--holders shall
refer to distributions, notices, reports and statements to the Clearing Agency
or the Foreign Clearing Agency, as regis-tered holder of the Investor Notes
of
such Series for distribu-tion to the Beneficial Owners in accor-dance with
the
proce-dures of the Clearing Agency. Pursuant to the Depository Agreement
applicable to a Series, unless and until Definitive Notes of such Series
are
issued pursuant to Section
2.11,
the
initial Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing
Agency
Participants and receive and transmit distributions of principal and interest
on
the Investor Notes to such Clearing Agency Participants.
Section
2.11. Definitive
Notes
If
(i)
(A) the Issuer advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Clearing
Agency
or the Foreign Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to discharge
properly its responsibilities under the applicable Depository Agreement,
and (B)
the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer is unable to locate a qualified successor,
(ii) the Issuer, at its option, advises the Indenture Trustee in writing
that it
elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or
the
Foreign Clearing Agency with respect to any Series or (iii) after the occurrence
of an Event of Default, Beneficial Owners of a Majority in Interest of a
Series
of Investor Notes advise the Indenture Trustee and the applicable Clearing
Agency or the Foreign Clearing Agency through the applicable Clearing Agency
Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through
the
applicable Clearing Agency or Foreign Clearing Agency is no longer in the
best
interests of such Beneficial Owners, the Indenture Trustee shall notify all
Beneficial Owners of such Series, through the applicable Clearing Agency
Participants, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability
of
Definitive Notes to Beneficial Owners of such Series requesting the same.
Upon
surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the Investor Notes of such Series by
the
applicable Clearing Agency or the Foreign Clearing Agency, accompanied by
registration instructions from the applicable Clearing Agency or the applicable
Foreign Clearing Agency for registration, the Issuer shall execute and the
Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and (if the Transfer Agent and Registrar
is
different than the Indenture Trustee, then the Transfer Agent and Registrar
shall) deliver the Definitive Notes in accordance with the instructions of
the
Clearing Agency. Neither the Issuer nor the Indenture Trustee shall be liable
for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely
on, and
shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of
Definitive Notes of such Series all references herein to obligations imposed
upon or to be performed by the applicable Clearing Agency or Foreign Clearing
Agency shall be deemed to be imposed upon and performed by the Indenture
Trustee, to the extent applicable with respect to such Definitive Notes,
and the
Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Notes of
such
Series as Noteholders of such Series hereunder.
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Section
2.12. Global
Note
If
specified in the related Indenture Supplement for any Series, the Investor
Notes
may be initially issued in the form of a single temporary Global Note (the
“Global
Note”)
in
bearer form, without interest coupons, in the denomination of the Initial
Invested Amount and substantially in the form attached to the related Indenture
Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the related Indenture Supplement,
the
provisions of this Section
2.12
shall
apply to such Global Note. The Global Note will be authenticated by the
Indenture Trustee upon the same conditions, in substantially the same manner
and
with the same effect as the Definitive Notes. The Global Note may be exchanged
in the manner described in the related Indenture Supplement for Registered
or
Bearer Notes in definitive form.
Section
2.13. Principal
and Interest
(a) The
principal of each Series of Investor Notes shall be payable at the times
and in
the amount set forth in the related Indenture Supplement and in accordance
with
Section
6.1.
(b) Each
Series of Investor Notes shall accrue interest as provided in the related
Indenture Supplement and such interest shall be payable on each Payment Date
for
such Series in accordance with Section
6.1
and the
related Indenture Supplement.
(c) Except
as
provided in the following sentence, the Person in whose name any Investor
Note
is registered at the close of business on any Record Date with respect to
a
Payment Date for such Investor Note shall be entitled to receive the principal
and interest payable on such Payment Date notwithstanding the cancellation
of
such Investor Note upon any registration of transfer, exchange or substitution
of such Investor Note subsequent to such Record Date. Any interest payable
at
maturity shall be paid to the Person to whom the principal of such Investor
Note
is payable.
(d) If
the
Issuer defaults in the payment of interest on the Investor Notes of any Series,
such interest, to the extent paid on any date that is more than five (5)
Business Days after the applicable due date, shall, at the option of the
Issuer,
cease to be payable to the Persons who were Investor Noteholders of such
Series
on the applicable Record Date and the Issuer shall pay the defaulted interest
in
any lawful manner, plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted
interest, to the Persons who are Investor Noteholders of such Series on a
subsequent special record date which date shall be at least five (5) Business
Days prior to the payment date, at the rate provided in the Indenture and
in the
Investor Notes of such Series. The Issuer shall fix or cause to be fixed
each
such special record date and payment date, and at least 15 days before the
special record date, the Issuer (or the Indenture Trustee, in the name of
and at
the expense of the Issuer) shall mail to Investor Noteholders of such Series
a
notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and
the
amount of such interest to be paid.
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Section
2.14. Tax
Treatment
The
Issuer has structured the Indenture and the Investor Notes have been (or
will
be) issued with the intention that the Investor Notes will qualify under
applicable tax law as indebtedness of the Issuer and any entity acquiring
any
direct or indirect interest in any Investor Note by acceptance of its Investor
Notes (or, in the case of a Beneficial Owner, by virtue of such Beneficial
Owner’s acquisition of a beneficial interest therein) agrees to treat the
Investor Notes (or beneficial interests therein) for purposes of Federal,
state
and local and income or franchise taxes and any other tax imposed on or measured
by income, as indebtedness of the Issuer.
ARTICLE
3.
SECURITY
Section
3.1. Grant
of Security Interest
(a) To
secure
the Issuer Obligations, the Issuer hereby pledges, assigns, conveys, delivers,
transfers and sets over to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the
Investor Noteholders, and hereby grants to the Indenture Trustee, for the
benefit of the Investor Noteholders, a security interest in, all of the
following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by the Issuer
or
in which the Issuer now has or at any time in the future may acquire any
right,
title or interest (collectively, the “Collateral”):
(i) the
Loans, the Loan Note and the Loan Agreement, including, without limitation,
all
monies due and to become due to the Issuer from Holdings under or in connection
with the Loan Agreement or the Loan Note, whether payable as principal,
interest, fees, costs, indemnities, damages for the breach of the Loan Agreement
or otherwise, and all of the Issuer’s rights, remedies, powers, interests and
privileges under the Loan Agreement (whether arising pursuant to the terms
thereof or otherwise available to the Issuer at law or equity), including,
without limitation, the right to enforce the Loan Agreement and the Loan
Note
and to give or withhold any and all consents, requests, notices, directions,
approvals or waivers under the Loan Agreement, and to collect and foreclose
upon
the Loan Collateral and the DLPT Loan Collateral;
(ii) the
Origination Trust Guaranty, including, without limitation, all monies due
and to
become due to the Issuer from the Origination Trust under or in connection
with
the Origination Trust Guaranty, and all of the Issuer’s rights, remedies,
powers, interests and privileges under the Origination Trust Guaranty (whether
arising pursuant to the terms thereof or otherwise available to the Issuer
at
law or equity), including, without limitation, the right to enforce the
Origination Trust Guaranty and to give or withhold any and all consents,
requests, notices, directions, approvals or waivers thereunder;
(iii) the
Origination Trust Security Agreement, including, without limitation, all
of the
Issuer’s rights, remedies, powers, interests and privileges under the
Origination Trust Security Agreement (whether arising pursuant to the terms
thereof or otherwise available to the Issuer), including, without limitation,
the right to enforce the Origination Trust Security Agreement, to collect
and
foreclose upon the collateral thereunder, to give or withhold any and all
consents, requests, notices, directions, approvals or waivers thereunder
and all
amounts due and to become due thereunder;
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(iv) the
Nominee Lienholder Agreement, including, without limitation, all of the Issuer’s
rights, remedies, powers, interests and privileges under the Nominee Lienholder
Agreement (whether arising pursuant to the terms thereof or otherwise available
to the Issuer), including, without limitation, the right to enforce the Nominee
Lienholder Agreement, to give or withhold any and all consents, requests,
notices, directions, approvals or waivers thereunder and all amounts due
and to
become due thereunder, whether payable as indemnities or damages for breach
thereof;
(v) the
Administration Agreement, including, without limitation, all of the Issuer’s
rights, remedies, powers, interests and privileges under the Administration
Agreement (whether arising pursuant to the terms thereof or otherwise available
to the Issuer), including, without limitation, the right to enforce the
Administration Agreement, to give or withhold any and all consents, requests,
notices, directions, approvals or waivers thereunder and all amounts due
and to
become due thereunder, whether payable as indemnities or damages for breach
thereof;
(vi) the
Collection Account and the Gain on Sale Account, all monies on deposit from
time
to time in the Collection Account and the Gain on Sale Account and all Permitted
Investments made at any time and from time to time with the moneys in the
Collection Account and the Gain on Sale Account (including any investment
earnings thereon);
(vii) each
Series Account, all monies on deposit from time to time in such Series Account
and all Permitted Investments made at any time and from time to time with
the
moneys in such Series Account (including any investment earnings
thereon);
(viii) all
Lease
Rate Caps and all additional property that may from time to time hereafter
(pursuant to the terms of any Indenture Supplement or otherwise) be subjected
to
the grant and pledge hereof by the Issuer, including, without limitation,
any
Hedging Instruments; and
(ix) all
proceeds of any and all of the foregoing including, without limitation, all
present and future claims, demands, causes of action and chooses in action
in
respect of any or all of the foregoing and all payments on or under and all
proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of
the
foregoing, including all proceeds of the conversion thereof, voluntary or
involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts,
accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit
accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any
and
every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and
other
property which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the
proceeds of any of the foregoing.
(b) The
foregoing grant is made in trust to secure the Issuer Obligations and to
secure
compliance with the provisions of this Base Indenture and any Indenture
Supplement, all as provided in the Indenture. The Indenture Trustee, as
Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Investor Noteholders, acknowledges such
grant, accepts the trusts under the Indenture in accordance with the provisions
of the Indenture and subject to Section
10.1
and
10.2,
agrees
to perform its duties required in the Indenture to the best of its abilities
to
the end that the interests of the Investor Noteholders may be adequately
and
effectively protected. The Collateral shall secure the Investor Notes equally
and ratably without prejudice, priority (except, with respect to any Series
of
Investor Notes, as otherwise stated in the applicable Indenture Supplement)
or
distinction.
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Section
3.2. Transaction
Documents
(a) Promptly
following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and at the
Administrator’s expense, the Issuer agrees to take all such lawful action as the
Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and observance
by Holdings, SPV, the Origination Trust, the Intermediary, WBNA, the Servicer,
the Administrator, VMS, PHH or PHH Consumer Lease or any other party to any
of
the Transaction Documents, as applicable, of each of their respective
obligations under the Transaction Documents, in each case in accordance with
the
applicable terms thereof, and to exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers
and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer to the extent and in the
manner
directed by the Indenture Trustee, including the transmission of notices
of
default thereunder and the institution of legal or administrative actions
or
proceedings to compel or secure performance by Holdings, SPV, the Origination
Trust, the Intermediary, WBNA, the Servicer, the Administrator, VMS, PHH
or PHH
Consumer Lease or any other party to any of the Transaction Documents, as
applicable, of each of their respective obligations under the Transaction
Documents. If (i) the Issuer shall have failed, within 30 days of receiving
the
direction of the Indenture Trustee, to take commercially reasonable action
to
accomplish such directions of the Indenture Trustee, (ii) the Issuer refuses
to
take any such action, or (iii) the Indenture Trustee reasonably determines
that
such action must be taken immediately, the Indenture Trustee may take such
previously directed action and any related action permitted under the Indenture
which the Indenture Trustee thereafter determines is appropriate (without
the
need under this provision or any other provision under the Indenture to direct
the Issuer to take such action), on behalf of the Issuer and the Investor
Noteholders.
(b) If
an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Series
of
Outstanding Investor Notes, the Indenture Trustee may, and, at the direction
(which direction shall be in writing) of the Holders of a Majority in Interest
of such Series of Outstanding Investor Notes (or, if an Event of Default
with
respect to more than one Series of Investor Notes has occurred, a Majority
in
Interest of each Series of Investor Notes with respect to which an Event
of
Default shall have occurred) shall exercise all rights, remedies, powers,
privileges and claims of the Issuer against Holdings, SPV, the Origination
Trust, the Intermediary, WBNA, the Servicer, the Administrator, VMS, PHH
or PHH
Consumer Lease or any other party to any of the Transaction Documents under
or
in connection with any of the Transaction Documents, including the right
or
power to take any action to compel or secure performance or observance by
Holdings, SPV, the Origination Trust, the Intermediary, WBNA, the Servicer,
the
Administrator, VMS, PHH, PHH Consumer Lease or any other party of each of
their
respective obligations to the Issuer thereunder and to give any consent,
request, notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver under the Transaction
Documents, and any right of the Issuer to take such action shall be suspended;
provided that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with
respect to less than all Series of Outstanding Investor Notes, the Indenture
Trustee may not take any action hereunder that is detrimental to the rights
of
the Holders of the Investor Notes with respect to which no Event of Default
shall have occurred.
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(c) Without
derogating from the absolute nature of the assignment granted to the Indenture
Trustee under this Base Indenture or the rights of the Indenture Trustee
hereunder, the Issuer agrees that, unless such action is specifically permitted
hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents, it will not, without
the
prior written consent of the Holders of a Majority in Interest of each Series
of
Outstanding Notes, (i) amend, modify, waive, supplement, terminate or surrender,
or agree to any amendment, modification, supplement, termination, waiver
or
surrender of, the terms of any of the Issuer Assets, including any of the
Transaction Documents; provided that no consent of Investor Noteholders shall
be
required for any amendment, modification or waiver of or to any Transaction
Document if (A)(1) such amendment, modification or waiver does not adversely
affect in any material respect the Investor Noteholders of any Series of
Investor Notes (as substantiated by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect)
or (2)
such amendment or modification is an amendment or modification to the LLC
Agreement relating to the issuance of a series of Preferred Membership Interests
and (B) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to each affected
Series of Investor Notes; or (ii) waive timely performance or observance
by
Holdings under the Loan Agreement, the Origination Trust under the Origination
Trust Guaranty or the Origination Trust Security Agreement, SPV under the
Nominee Lienholder Agreement, the Intermediary or WBNA under the Master Exchange
Agreement or the Master Trust Agreement or the Origination Trust, VMS or
the
Servicer under the Origination Trust Documents. Upon the occurrence of a
Servicer Termination Event, the Issuer will not, without the prior written
consent of the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of a Majority in Interest
of
each Series of Outstanding Notes, terminate the Servicer and appoint a successor
Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Agreement and will terminate the
Servicer and appoint a successor Servicer in accordance with the Servicing
Agreement if so directed by the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of a Majority
in Interest of each Series of Outstanding Notes.
Section
3.3. Release
of Issuer Assets
(a) The
Indenture Trustee shall when required by the provisions of the Indenture
execute
instruments to release property from the lien of the Base Indenture, or convey
the Indenture Trustee’s interest in the same, in a manner and under
circumstances that are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture.
No
party relying upon an instrument executed by the Indenture Trustee as provided
in this Section
3.3
shall be
bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee’s authority, inquire into the
satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any
moneys.
(b) The
Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Investor Notes
Outstanding, release any remaining portion of the Issuer Assets that secured
the
Investor Notes from the lien of the Indenture and release to the Issuer any
funds then on deposit in the Issuer Accounts. The Indenture Trustee shall
release property from the lien of the Indenture pursuant to this Section
3.3(b)
only
upon receipt of an Issuer Order accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, an
Opinion of Counsel and (if the Indenture is qualified under the TIA and the
TIA
so requires) Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA §§ 314(c) and
314(d)(1) meeting the applicable requirements of Section
13.1.
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Section
3.4. Opinions
of Counsel
The
Indenture Trustee shall receive at least seven days’ notice when requested by
the Issuer to take any action pursuant to Section
3.3(a),
accompanied by copies of any instruments involved, and the Indenture Trustee
may
also require as a condition of such action, an Opinion of Counsel, in form
and
substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, stating the legal effect
of any
such action, outlining the steps required to complete the same, and concluding
that all such action will not materially and adversely impair the security
for
the Investor Notes or the rights of the Investor Noteholders; provided,
however
that
such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required to express an opinion as to
the
fair value of the Issuer Assets. Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely,
without independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any
certificate or other instrument delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection
with any such action.
Section
3.5. Stamp,
Other Similar Taxes and Filing Fees
The
Issuer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Indenture Trustee and each Investor
Noteholder from any present or future claim for liability for any stamp or
other
similar tax and any penalties or interest with respect thereto, that may
be
assessed, levied or collected by any jurisdiction in connection with the
Indenture or any Collateral. The Issuer shall pay, or reimburse the Indenture
Trustee for, any and all amounts in respect of, all search, filing, recording
and registration fees, taxes, excise taxes and other similar imposts that
may be
payable or determined to be payable in respect of the execution, delivery,
performance and/or enforcement of the Indenture.
ARTICLE
4.
REPORTS
Section
4.1. Servicer
Reports
The
Issuer will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Indenture
Trustee:
(i) prior
to
1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each Deposit Date, a copy of the Deposit
Report (a “Deposit
Report”)
prepared and delivered by the Servicer to the Issuer pursuant to the Origination
Trust Servicing Agreement, setting forth the aggregate amount of Collections
deposited in the Collection Account on such Deposit Date. whether directly
or as
a result of transfers from a Joint Collection Account;
(ii) on
each
Determination Date, a copy of the Settlement Statement (a “Settlement
Statement”)
prepared and delivered by the Servicer to the Issuer pursuant to the Origination
Trust Servicing Agreement, setting forth the information required to be set
forth therein under the Origination Trust Servicing Agreement and each Indenture
Supplement and such other information as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably
request;
(iii) within
ten Business Days of the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter of the
Issuer,
a copy of the Quarterly Compliance Certificate (a “Quarterly
Compliance Certificate”)
prepared and delivered by the Servicer pursuant to the Origination Trust
Servicing Agreement, setting forth the information required to be set forth
therein under the Origination Trust Servicing Agreement;
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(iv) on
or
before March 31 of each year, a copy of the Annual Servicing Report (an
“Annual
Servicing Report”)
prepared by the Servicer’s independent auditors in accordance with the
Origination Trust Servicing Agreement, setting forth the information required
to
be set forth therein under the Origination Trust Servicing
Agreement;
(v) within
45
days following the end of each fiscal quarter of the Servicer, a copy of
the
certificate prepared and delivered by the Servicer pursuant Section 8.3(b)
of
the Origination Trust Servicing Agreement;
(vi) promptly
upon the delivery by the Servicer to the Issuer, a copy of any other
information, reports or other materials required to be delivered by the Servicer
to the Issuer pursuant to the Origination Trust Servicing
Agreement;
(vii) from
time
to time such additional information regarding the financial position, results
of
operations or business of the Origination Trust, VMS or PHH as the Indenture
Trustee may reasonably request to the extent that the Servicer delivers such
information to the Issuer pursuant to the Origination Trust Servicing Agreement;
and
(viii) at
the
time of delivery of the item described in clause
(iii)
above, a
certificate of an officer of the Issuer that, except as provided in any
certificate delivered in accordance with Section
8.8,
no
Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event, Loan Event of Default,
Default
or Event of Default under any of the Transaction Documents to which it is
a
party has occurred or is continuing during such fiscal quarter.
Section
4.2. Communication
to Investor Noteholders
(a) If
the
Indenture is qualified under the TIA, the Investor Noteholders may communicate
pursuant to TIA §312(b) with other Investor Noteholders with respect to
their rights under the Indenture or under the Investor Notes.
(b) If
the
Indenture is qualified under the TIA, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and
the
Transfer Agent and Registrar shall have the protection of TIA
§312(c).
Section
4.3. Rule
144A Information
For
so
long as any of the Investor Notes are “restricted securities” within the meaning
of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, the Issuer agrees to provide
to any
Investor Noteholder or Beneficial Owner and to any prospective purchaser
of
Investor Notes designated by such Investor Noteholder or Beneficial Owner
upon
the request of such Investor Noteholder or Beneficial Owner or prospective
purchaser, any information required to be provided to such holder or prospective
purchaser to satisfy the conditions set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) under the
Securities Act.
Section
4.4. Reports
by the Issuer
(a) Unless
otherwise specified in the related Indenture Supplement, on each Settlement
Date, the Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee or the Paying Agent
and
the Indenture Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall forward
to
each Investor Noteholder of each Outstanding Series the Monthly Settlement
Statement with respect to such Series, with a copy to the Rating
Agencies.
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(b) As
soon
as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal
year
of the Issuer, the Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee or the Paying
Agent and the Indenture Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be,
shall
forward to each Investor Noteholder of each Outstanding Series a copy of
the
audited financial statements of the Issuer at the end of such year, prepared
by
independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized
standing.
(c) Unless
otherwise specified in the related Indenture Supplement, on or before January
31
of each calendar year, beginning with calendar year 2007, the Indenture Trustee
or the Paying Agent shall furnish to each Person who at any time during the
preceding calendar year was an Investor Noteholder of a Series of Investor
Notes
a statement prepared by or on behalf of the Issuer containing the information
which is required to be contained in the Monthly Settlement Statements with
respect to such Series of Investor Notes aggregated for such calendar year
or
the applicable portion thereof during which such Person was an Investor
Noteholder, together with such other customary information (consistent with
the
treatment of the Investor Notes as debt) as the Issuer deems necessary or
desirable to enable the Investor Noteholders to prepare their tax returns
(each
such statement, an “Annual
Noteholders’ Tax Statement”).
Such
obligations of the Issuer to prepare and the Indenture Trustee or the Paying
Agent to distribute the Annual Noteholders’ Tax Statement shall be deemed to
have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information
shall be provided by the Indenture Trustee or the Paying Agent pursuant to
any
requirements of the Code as from time to time in effect.
Section
4.5. Reports
by the Indenture Trustee
If
the
Indenture is qualified under the TIA, within 60 days after each March 31,
beginning on March 31 in the first year after the Indenture is qualified
under
the TIA, if required by TIA § 313(a), the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each
Investor Noteholder as required by TIA § 313(c) a brief report dated as of such
date that complies with TIA § 313(a). The Indenture Trustee also shall comply
with TIA § 313(b). A copy of such each report at the time of its mailing to
Investor Noteholders shall be filed by the Indenture Trustee with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Investor
Notes are listed. The Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee if and when
the
Investor Notes are listed on any stock exchange.
ARTICLE
5.
ALLOCATION
AND APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS
Section
5.1. Collection
Account
(a) Establishment
of Collection Account.
On or
prior to the date hereof, the Issuer, the Collection Account Securities
Intermediary and the Indenture Trustee shall have entered into the Collection
Account Control Agreement pursuant to which the Collection Account shall
be
established and maintained for the benefit of the Investor Noteholders. If
at
any time a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee obtains knowledge
that
the Collection Account is no longer an Eligible Deposit Account, the Indenture
Trustee shall, within 30 days of obtaining such knowledge, cause the Collection
Account to be moved to a Qualified Trust Institution or Qualified Institution
and cause the depositary maintaining the new Collection Account to assume
the
obligations of the existing Collection Account Securities Intermediary under
the
Collection Account Control Agreement.
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(b) Series
Accounts.
If so
provided in the related Indenture Supplement, the Indenture Trustee, for
the
benefit of the Investor Noteholders, shall cause to be established and
maintained, one or more Series Accounts and/or administrative sub-accounts
of
the Collection Account to facilitate the proper allocation of Collections
in
accordance with the terms of such Indenture Supplement. Each such Series
Account
shall bear a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein
are
held for the benefit of the Investor Noteholders of such Series. Each such
Series Account will be an Eligible Deposit Account, if so provided in the
related Indenture Supplement and will have the other features and be applied
as
set forth in the related Indenture Supplement.
(c) Administration
of the Collection Account.
The
Issuer shall instruct the institution maintaining the Collection Account
in
writing to invest the funds on deposit in the Collection Account in Permitted
Investments. Any such investment shall mature and such funds shall be available
for withdrawal on or prior to the Transfer Date related to the Monthly Period
in
which such funds were processed for collection, or if so specified in the
related Indenture Supplement, on the immediately succeeding Payment Date.
In the
absence of written investment instructions hereunder, funds on deposit in
the
Collection Account shall remain uninvested. Neither the Issuer nor the Indenture
Trustee shall dispose of (or permit the disposal of) any Permitted Investments
prior to the maturity thereof to the extent such disposal would result in
a loss
of principal of such Permitted Investment.
(d) Establishment
of Joint Collection Accounts.
To
facilitate the collection of and to allow for the identification and separation
of funds that are Relinquished Property Proceeds from funds that are
Non-Qualified Funds, the Indenture Trustee shall establish and maintain,
in the
joint name of the Indenture Trustee and the Intermediary, one or more Joint
Collection Accounts that shall each be an Eligible Deposit Account and
administered and operated as provided in this Base Indenture and the Master
Exchange Agreement. If at any time a Responsible Officer of the Indenture
Trustee obtains knowledge that a Joint Collection Account is no longer an
Eligible Deposit Account, the Indenture Trustee shall, within 30 days of
obtaining such knowledge, establish in conjunction with the Intermediary
a new
Joint Collection Account that is an Eligible Deposit Account and transfer
into
the new Joint Collection Account all cash and investments from the
non-qualifying Joint Collection Account.
Section
5.2. Gain
on Sale Account
(a) Establishment
of Gain on Sale Account.
On or
prior to the date hereof, the Issuer, the Gain on Sale Account Securities
Intermediary and the Indenture Trustee shall have entered into the Gain on
Sale
Account Control Agreement pursuant to which the Gain on Sale Account shall
be
established and maintained for the benefit of the Investor Noteholders. If
at
any time a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee obtains knowledge
that
the Gain on Sale Account is no longer an Eligible Deposit Account, the Indenture
Trustee shall, within 30 days of obtaining such knowledge, cause the Gain
on
Sale Account to be moved to a Qualified Trust Institution or Qualified
Institution and cause the depositary maintaining the new Gain on Sale Account
to
assume the obligations of the existing Gain on Sale Account Securities
Intermediary under the Gain on Sale Account Control Agreement.
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(b) Investment
of Funds in the Gain on Sale Account.
The
Issuer shall instruct the institution maintaining the Gain on Sale Account
in
writing to invest the funds on deposit in the Gain on Sale Account in Permitted
Investments. Any such investment shall mature and such funds shall be available
for withdrawal on or prior to each Transfer Date. In the absence of written
investment instructions hereunder, funds on deposit in the Gain on Sale Account
shall remain uninvested. Neither the Issuer nor the Indenture Trustee shall
dispose of (or permit the disposal of) any Permitted Investments prior to
the
maturity thereof to the extent such disposal would result in a loss of principal
of such Permitted Investment.
(c) Earnings
from Gain on Sale Account.
All
interest and earnings (net of losses and investment expenses) paid on funds
on
deposit in the Gain on Sale Account shall be deemed to be available and on
deposit for distribution.
(d) Deposits
to Gain on Sale Account.
Amounts
will be deposited in the Gain on Sale Account in accordance with this
Article
5,
as
modified by any Indenture Supplement.
(e) Withdrawals
from Gain on Sale Account.
No
later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each Transfer Date, the Issuer
shall direct the Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw from the Gain on
Sale
Account an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the Monthly Residual Value Loss
for
the immediately preceding Monthly Period and (y) the amount then on deposit
in
the Gain on Sale Account and deposit such amount into the Collection Account
for
allocation in accordance with Article
5,
as
modified by any Indenture Supplement. On any Transfer Date on which the amount
on deposit in the Gain on Sale Account (after giving effect to any withdrawals
therefrom pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence) is greater than
an
amount equal to the Applicable Gain on Sale Account Percentage of the sum
of the
aggregate Lease Balance of each Eligible Lease that is a Closed-End Lease
allocated to the Lease SUBI as of last day of the Monthly Period immediately
preceding such Transfer Date and the Aggregate Residual Value Amount as of
such
date, the Issuer shall direct the Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw
such
excess from the Gain on Sale Account and deposit it in the Issuer General
Account.
Section
5.3. Collection
of Money.
Except
as
otherwise provided herein, the Indenture Trustee may demand payment or delivery
of, and shall receive and collect, directly and without intervention or
assistance of any fiscal agent or other intermediary, all money and other
property payable to or receivable by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture. The Indenture Trustee shall apply all such money received by it
as
provided in the Indenture. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture,
if any
default occurs in the making of any payment or performance under any agreement
or instrument that is part of the Issuer Assets, the Indenture Trustee may
take
such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance,
including the institution and prosecution of appropriate proceedings. Any
such
action shall be without prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event
of
Default under the Indenture and any right to proceeds thereafter as provided
in
Article
9.
Section
5.4. Collections
and Allocations.
(a) Collections
in General.
Until
the Indenture is terminated pursuant to Section
11.1,
the
Issuer shall, and the Indenture Trustee is authorized to, cause all Collections
due and to become due to the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee, as the case
may
be, under or in connection with the Collateral to be paid directly to the
Indenture Trustee for deposit into the Collection Account. The Issuer agrees
that if any Collections shall be received by the Issuer in an account other
than
the Collection Account, such monies, instruments, cash and other proceeds
will
not be commingled by the Issuer with any of its other funds or property,
if any,
but will be held separate and apart therefrom and shall be held in trust
by the
Issuer for, and immediately remitted to, the Indenture Trustee, with any
necessary endorsement. All monies, instruments, cash and other proceeds received
by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Base Indenture shall be in immediately
available funds and shall be immediately deposited in the Collection Account
and
shall be applied as provided in this Article
5.
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(b) Allocations
for Investor Noteholders.
On each
Deposit Date, the Issuer shall allocate Collections deposited into the
Collection Account in accordance with this Article
5
and
shall instruct the Indenture Trustee to withdraw the required amounts from
the
Collection Account and make the required deposits in any Series Account in
accordance with this Article
5,
as
modified by any Indenture Supplement. The Issuer shall make such deposits
or
payments on the date indicated therein in immediately available funds or
as
otherwise provided in the Indenture Supplement for any Series with respect
to
such Series. The Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, has agreed to furnish
to the Indenture Trustee or the Paying Agent, as applicable, written
instructions to make the aforementioned withdrawals and payments from the
Collection Account and any Issuer Accounts specified herein or in an Indenture
Supplement. The Indenture Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly follow
any
such written instructions.
(c) Sharing
Collections.
In the
manner described in the related Indenture Supplement, to the extent that
Collections that are allocated to any Series on a Deposit Date are not needed
to
make payments to Investor Noteholders of such Series or required to be deposited
in a Series Account for such Series on such Deposit Date, such Collections
may,
at the direction of the Issuer, be applied to cover principal payments due
to or
for the benefit of Investor Noteholders of another Series. Any such reallocation
will not result in a reduction in the Invested Amount of the Series to which
such Collections were initially allocated.
(d) Allocations
After Certain Events of Default.
After
each Outstanding Series of Investor Notes shall have been declared to be
immediately due and payable pursuant to Section
9.2
as a
result of the occurrence of an Event of Default defined in clause
(a)
or
(b)
of
Section
9.1,
to the
extent that Collections that are allocated to any Series of Investor Notes
on a
Settlement Date are not needed to make payments of principal of, or interest
on,
the Investor Notes of such Series, such Collections shall be applied to cover
principal payments due on the Investor Notes of all other Series then
Outstanding on a pro rata basis based on the Invested Percentages of such
other
Series of Investor Notes.
Section
5.5. Joint
Collection Account Disputes
.
If the
Indenture Trustee receives notice pursuant to Section 4.2(c) of the Master
Exchange Agreement that the Intermediary has disapproved of any proposed
transfer of funds from a Joint Collection Account to the Collection Account
that
are required pursuant to the Master Exchange Agreement to be applied to repay
the Loans, the Indenture Trustee may, and upon written direction of the
Administrator or the Holders of a Majority in Interest of any Series shall,
deliver a certification to the Intermediary setting forth the amounts due
and
owing in respect of the Loan Agreement.
[THE
REMAINDER OF ARTICLE 5 IS RESERVED AND MAY BE SPECIFIED IN ANY INDENTURE
SUPPLEMENT WITH RESPECT TO ANY SERIES.]
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6.
DISTRIBUTIONS
Section
6.1. Distributions
in General
(a) Unless
otherwise specified in the applicable Indenture Supplement, on each Payment
Date, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Investor Noteholders of each Series
of
record on the preceding Record Date the amounts payable thereto hereunder
by
wire transfer or check mailed first-class postage prepaid to such Investor
Noteholder at the address for such Investor Noteholder appearing in the Note
Register except that with respect to Investor Notes registered in the name
of a
Clearing Agency or its nominee, such amounts shall be payable by wire transfer
of immediately available funds released by the Indenture Trustee or the Paying
Agent from the applicable Series Account no later than Noon (New York City
time)
on the Payment Date for credit to the account designated by such Clearing
Agency
or its nominee, as applicable. The final payment of any Definitive Note,
however, will be made only upon presentation and surrender of such Definitive
Note at the offices or agencies specified in the notice of final distribution
with respect to such Definitive Note on a Payment Date which is a business
day
in the place of presentation.
(b) Unless
otherwise specified in the applicable Indenture Supplement (i) all distributions
to Investor Noteholders of all Classes within a Series of Investor Notes
will
have the same priority and (ii) in the event that on any date of determination
the amount available to make payments to the Investor Noteholders of a Series
is
not sufficient to pay all sums required to be paid to such Investor Noteholders
on such date, then each Class of Investor Noteholders will receive its ratable
share (based upon the aggregate amount due to such Class of Investor
Noteholders) of the aggregate amount available to be distributed in respect
of
the Investor Notes of such Series.
Section
6.2. Optional
Repurchase of Investor Notes
On
any
Payment Date occurring on or after the date on which the Invested Amount
of any
Series or Class of such Series is equal to or less than the Repurchase Amount
(if any) for such Series or Class set forth in the Indenture Supplement related
to such Series, or at such other time otherwise provided for in the Indenture
Supplement relating to such Series, the Issuer shall have the option to purchase
all Outstanding Investor Notes of such Series, or Class of such Series, at
a
purchase price (determined after giving effect to any payment of principal
and
interest on such Payment Date) equal to (unless otherwise specified in the
related Indenture Supplement) the Invested Amount of such Series, or Class
of
such Series, on such Payment Date, plus
accrued
and unpaid interest on the unpaid principal balance of the Investor Notes
of
such Series, or Class of such Series (calculated at the Investor Note Rate
of
such Series or Class) through the day immediately prior to the date of such
purchase plus,
if
provided for in the related Indenture Supplement, any premium payable at
such
time. The Issuer shall give the Indenture Trustee at least 10 Business Days’
prior written notice of the date on which the Issuer intends to exercise
such
option to purchase. Not later than 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on such
Payment Date, an amount of the purchase price equal to the Invested Amount
of
all Investor Notes of such Series or Class of such Series on such Payment
Date
and the amount of accrued and unpaid interest with respect to such Investor
Notes and any applicable premium will be deposited into the applicable Series
Account for such Series in immediately available funds. The funds deposited
into
such Series Account or distributed to the Paying Agent will be passed through
in
full to the Investor Noteholders on such Payment Date.
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ARTICLE
7.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
The
Issuer hereby represents and warrants, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee
and the Noteholders, as follows as of each Series Closing Date:
Section
7.1. Existence
and Power
The
Issuer (a) is a limited liability company duly formed, validly existing and
in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (b) is duly qualified
to
do business as a foreign limited liability company and in good standing under
the laws of each jurisdiction where the character of its property, the nature
of
its business or the performance of its obligations make such qualification
necessary, and (c) has all powers and all governmental licenses, authorizations,
consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted
and
for purposes of the transactions contemplated by this Base Indenture and
the
other Transaction Documents.
Section
7.2. Governmental
Authorization
The
execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer of this Base Indenture,
the
related Indenture Supplement and the other Transaction Documents to which
it is
a party (a) is within the Issuer’s power, has been duly authorized by all
necessary action, (b) requires no action by or in respect of, or filing with,
any governmental body, agency or official which has not been obtained and
(c)
does not contravene, or constitute a default under, any Requirement of Law
or
any provision of its certificate of formation or the LLC Agreement or result
in
the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the Issuer Assets, except
for
Liens created by the Indenture or the other Transaction Documents. This Base
Indenture and each of the other Transaction Documents to which the Issuer
is a
party has been executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the
Issuer.
Section
7.3. Binding
Effect
This
Base
Indenture and each other Transaction Document is a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Issuer enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with
its
terms (except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles,
whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity and by an implied
covenant of good faith and fair dealing).
Section
7.4. Financial
Information; Financial Condition
All
balance sheets, all statements of operations, of shareholders’ equity and of
cash flow, and other financial data (other than projections) which have been
or
shall hereafter be furnished by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee and the
Rating Agencies pursuant to Section
4.4
have
been and will be prepared in accordance with GAAP (to the extent applicable)
and
do and will present fairly the financial condition of the Issuer as of the
dates
thereof and the results of its operations for the periods covered thereby,
subject, in the case of all unaudited statements, to normal year-end adjustments
and lack of footnotes and presentation items.
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Section
7.5. Litigation
There
is
no action, suit or proceeding pending against or, to the knowledge of the
Issuer, threatened against or affecting the Issuer before any court or
arbitrator or any Governmental Authority that could materially adversely
affect
the financial position, results of operations, business, properties,
performance, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Issuer
or
which in any manner draws into question the validity or enforceability of
this
Base Indenture, any Indenture Supplement or any other Transaction Document
or
the ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations hereunder or
thereunder.
Section
7.6. No
ERISA Plan
The
Issuer has not established and does not maintain or contribute to any Pension
Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA and will not do so, as long as
any
Investor Notes are Outstanding.
Section
7.7. Tax
Filings and Expenses
The
Issuer has filed all federal, state and local tax returns and all other tax
returns which, to the knowledge of the Issuer, are required to be filed (whether
informational returns or not), and has paid all taxes due, if any, pursuant
to
said returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Issuer, except
such
taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and for which adequate
reserves have been set aside on its books. The Issuer has paid all fees and
expenses required to be paid by it in connection with the conduct of its
business, the maintenance of its existence and its qualification as a foreign
limited liability company authorized to do business in each State in which
it is
required to so qualify.
Section
7.8. Disclosure
All
certificates, reports, statements, documents and other information furnished
to
the Indenture Trustee by or on behalf of the Issuer pursuant to any provision
of
this Base Indenture or any Transaction Document, or in connection with or
pursuant to any amendment or modification of, or waiver under, this Base
Indenture or any Transaction Document, shall, at the time the same are so
furnished, be complete and correct to the extent necessary to give the Indenture
Trustee true and accurate knowledge of the subject matter thereof in all
material respects, and the furnishing of the same to the Indenture Trustee
shall
constitute a representation and warranty by the Issuer made on the date the
same
are furnished to the Indenture Trustee to the effect specified
herein.
Section
7.9. Investment
Company Act
The
Issuer is not, and is not controlled by, an “investment company” within the
meaning of, and is not required to register as an “investment company” under,
the Investment Company Act of 1940.
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Section
7.10. Regulations
T, U and X
The
proceeds of the Investor Notes will not be used to purchase or carry any
“margin
stock” (as defined or used in the regulations of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, including Regulations T, U and X thereof). The Issuer
is
not engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing
or
carrying any margin stock.
Section
7.11. No
Consent
No
consent, action by or in respect of, approval or other authorization of,
or
registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other
Person is required for the valid execution and delivery of this Base Indenture
or any Indenture Supplement or for the performance of any of the Issuer’s
obligations hereunder or thereunder or under any other Transaction Document
other than such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations, declarations
or filings as shall have been obtained by the Issuer prior to the Initial
Closing Date or as contemplated in Section 7.13.
Section
7.12. Solvency
Both
before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Base
Indenture and the other Transaction Documents, the Issuer is solvent within
the
meaning of the Bankruptcy Code and the Issuer is not the subject of any
voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization
or other relief with respect to itself or its debts under any bankruptcy
or
insolvency law and no Insolvency Event has occurred with respect to the
Issuer.
Section
7.13. Security
Interests
(a) The
Issuer owns and has good and marketable title to the Collateral, free and
clear
of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. The Loan Note constitutes an
“instrument” under the applicable UCC, the Collection Account and the Gain on
Sale Account constitute “securities
accounts” under the applicable UCC,
and the
remaining Collateral constitutes “general intangibles” under the applicable UCC.
The Indenture constitutes a valid and continuing Lien on the Collateral in
favor
of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Investor Noteholders, which Lien
will
be prior to all other Liens (other than Permitted Liens), will be enforceable
as
such as against creditors of and purchasers from the Issuer in accordance
with
its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar
laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles,
whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity and by an implied
covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
(b) Other
than the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture,
the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold or granted a security interest
in the
Collateral. Each of the SUBI Certificates has been duly registered in the
name
of the Issuer, endorsed in blank, and delivered to the Indenture Trustee,
the
Loan Note has been endorsed in blank and delivered to the Indenture Trustee
and
all other action necessary (including the filing of UCC-1 financing statements)
to protect and perfect the Indenture Trustee’s security interest in the
Collateral now in existence and hereafter acquired or created has been duly
and
effectively taken.
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(c) No
security agreement, financing statement, equivalent security or lien instrument
or continuation statement listing the Issuer as debtor covering all or any
part
of the Collateral is on file or of record in any jurisdiction, except such
as
may have been filed, recorded or made by the Issuer in favor of the Indenture
Trustee on behalf of the Investor Noteholders in connection with the
Indenture.
(d)
The
Issuer’s legal name is Chesapeake Funding LLC and its location within the
meaning of Section 9-307 of the applicable UCC is the State of Delaware.
Section
7.14. Binding
Effect of Certain Agreements
Each
of
the Origination Trust Documents and the Loan Agreement is in full force and
effect and there are no outstanding events of default thereunder nor have
events
occurred which, with the giving of notice, the passage of time or both, would
constitute such an event of default.
Section
7.15. Non-Existence
of Other Agreements
(a) Other
than as permitted by Section
8.23,
(i) the
Issuer is not a party to any contract or agreement of any kind or nature
and
(ii) the Issuer is not subject to any obligations or liabilities of any kind
or
nature in favor of any third party, including, without limitation, Contingent
Obligations.
(b) The
Issuer has not engaged in any activities since its formation (other than
those
incidental to its formation and other appropriate actions including the proposed
Loans, the authorization and the issue of the initial Series of Notes, the
execution of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the
performance of the activities referred to in or contemplated by such
agreements).
Section
7.16. Compliance
with Contractual Obligations and Laws
The
Issuer is not (i) in violation of the LLC Agreement, (ii) in violation of
any
Requirement of Law to which it or its property or assets may be subject or
(iii)
in violation of any Contractual Obligation with respect to the Issuer.
Section
7.17. Other
Representations
All
representations and warranties of the Issuer made in each Transaction Document
to which it is a party are true and correct and are repeated herein as though
fully set forth herein.
Section
7.18. Ownership
of the Issuer
All
of
the issued and outstanding common membership interests in the Issuer are
owned
by PHH Sub 2, all of which common membership interests have been validly
issued,
are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned of record by PHH Sub 2, free
and
clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. The Issuer has no Subsidiaries
and owns no capital stock of, or other equity interest in, any other
Person.
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8.
COVENANTS
Section
8.1. Payment
of Investor Notes
The
Issuer shall pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Investor Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Base Indenture and any
applicable Indenture Supplement. Principal and interest shall be considered
paid
on the date due if the Paying Agent holds on that date money designated for
and
sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due.
Section
8.2. Maintenance
of Office or Agency
The
Issuer will maintain in The City of New York, an office or agency where Investor
Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The Issuer
hereby initially appoints the Transfer Agent and Registrar to serve as its
agent
for the foregoing purposes. In addition, Definitive Notes will be transferable
or exchangeable at the offices of any co-transfer agent and co-registrar
in
Luxembourg appointed in accordance with the terms hereof. The Issuer will
give
prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee of the location, and of any
change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the
Issuer
shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to furnish
the
Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders, notices and
demands
may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer hereby
appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders,
notices and demands.
The
Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or
agencies where the Investor Notes may be presented or surrendered for any
or all
such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Issuer
will give prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee of any such designation
or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office
or
agency.
The
Issuer hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee
as
one such office or agency of the Issuer.
Section
8.3. Payment
of Obligations
The
Issuer will pay and discharge, at or before maturity, all of its respective
material obligations and liabilities, including, without limitation, tax
liabilities and other governmental claims, except where the same may be
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and will maintain, in
accordance with GAAP, reserves as appropriate for the accrual of any of the
same.
Section
8.4. Conduct
of Business and Maintenance of Existence
The
Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a
limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware and will
obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction
in
which the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on the
business and operations of the Issuer or which qualification shall be necessary
to protect the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Investor
Notes
and any instrument or agreement included in the Issuer Assets.
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Section
8.5. Compliance
with Laws
The
Issuer will comply in all respects with all Requirements of Law and all
applicable laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, and requirements of
Governmental Authorities (including, without limitation, ERISA and the rules
and
regulations thereunder) except where the necessity of compliance therewith
is
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and where such noncompliance
would not materially and adversely affect the condition, financial or otherwise,
operations, performance, properties or prospects of the Issuer or its ability
to
carry out the transactions contemplated in this Base Indenture and each other
Transaction Document; provided,
however,
such
noncompliance will not result in a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on
any
Issuer Asset.
Section
8.6. Inspection
of Property, Books and Records
The
Issuer will keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and
correct entries shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation
to
the Issuer Assets and its business activities in accordance with GAAP; and
will
permit the Indenture Trustee to visit and inspect any of its properties,
to
examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records and to discuss
its
affairs, finances and accounts with its officers, directors, employees and
independent public accountants, all at such reasonable times upon reasonable
notice and as often as may reasonably be requested.
Section
8.7. Compliance
with Transaction Documents; Issuer Assets
(a) The
Issuer will not take any action and will use its best efforts not to permit
any
action to be taken by others that would release any Person from any of such
Person’s covenants or obligations under any instrument or agreement included in
the Issuer Assets or that would result in the amendment, hypothecation,
subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity or
effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as expressly provided
in this Base Indenture, any other Transaction Document or such other instrument
or agreement.
(b) Promptly
upon becoming aware of any default under any Transaction Document, the Issuer
shall give the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies notice
thereof.
(c) The
Issuer will punctually perform and observe all of its obligations and agreements
contained in this Base Indenture, the other Transaction Documents and in
the
instruments and agreements included in the Issuer Assets, including but not
limited to preparing (or causing to be prepared) and filing (or causing to
be
filed) all UCC financing statements and continuation statements required
to be
filed by the terms of the Indenture and the Loan Agreement in accordance
with
and within the time periods provided for herein and therein.
(d) The
Issuer may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing its duties
under the Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person identified
to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer shall be
deemed to be action taken by the Issuer. Initially, the Issuer has contracted
with the Administrator to assist the Issuer in performing its duties under
the
Indenture.
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Section
8.8. Notice
of Defaults
Promptly
upon becoming aware of any Potential Amortization Event, Amortization Event,
Potential Loan Event of Default, Loan Event of Default, Servicer Termination
Event, Event of Default or Default under any of the Transaction Documents,
the
Issuer shall give the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies written notice
thereof, together with an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the details
thereof and any action with respect thereto taken or contemplated to be taken
by
the Issuer.
Section
8.9. Notice
of Material Proceedings
Promptly
upon becoming aware thereof, the Issuer shall give the Indenture Trustee
and the
Rating Agencies written notice of the commencement or existence of any
proceeding by or before any Governmental Authority against or affecting the
Issuer which is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the
business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, properties
or performance of the Issuer or the ability of the Issuer to perform its
obligations under this Base Indenture or under any other Transaction Document
to
which it is a party.
Section
8.10. Further
Requests
The
Issuer will promptly furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies
such other information as, and in such form as, the Indenture Trustee or
the
Rating Agencies may reasonably request in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Indenture.
Section
8.11. Protection
of Issuer Assets
The
Issuer will from time to time prepare (or shall cause to be prepared), execute
and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and all such financing
statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and
other
instruments, and will take such other action necessary or advisable
to:
(a) maintain
or preserve the lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) of
the
Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes thereof;
(b) perfect,
publish notice of or protect the validity of the lien and security interest
created by the Indenture;
(c) enforce
the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Investor Noteholders in any of
the
Issuer Assets; or
(d) preserve
and defend title to the Issuer Assets and the rights of the Indenture Trustee
and the Investor Noteholders in such Issuer Assets against the claims of
all
persons and parties.
The
Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to execute and file any financing
statement, continuation statement or other instrument necessary or appropriate
to perfect or maintain the perfection of the Indenture Trustee’s security
interest in the Collateral. The Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation
to
prepare or determine the necessity for the filing of any financing statement,
continuation statement or other instrument with respect to the perfection
of the
Indenture Trustee’s security interest in the Collateral
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Section
8.12. Annual
Opinion of Counsel
On
or
before March 31 of each calendar year, commencing with March 31, 2007, the
Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken
with
respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of the Base
Indenture, any Indenture Supplement and any Supplement and any other requisite
documents and with respect to the execution and filing of any financing
statements and continuation statements as are necessary to maintain the
perfection of the lien and security interest created by the Indenture and
reciting the details of such action or stating that in the opinion of such
counsel no such action is necessary to maintain the perfection of such lien
and
security interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the recording,
filing, re-recording and refiling of the Indenture, any Indenture Supplement
and
any Supplement and any other requisite documents and the execution and filing
of
any financing statements and continuation statements that will, in the opinion
of such counsel, be required to maintain the perfection of the lien and security
interest of the Indenture until March 31 in the following calendar
year.
Section
8.13. Liens
The
Issuer will not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien upon any
of
the Issuer Assets (including the Collateral), other than Permitted
Liens.
Section
8.14. Other
Indebtedness
The
Issuer will not create, assume, incur, suffer to exist or otherwise become
or
remain liable in respect of any Indebtedness other than (i) Indebtedness
hereunder and (ii) Indebtedness permitted under any other Transaction
Document.
Section
8.15. Mergers
The
Issuer will not merge or consolidate with or into any other Person.
Section
8.16. Sales
of Issuer Assets
The
Issuer will not sell, lease, transfer, liquidate or otherwise dispose of
any
Issuer Assets, except as contemplated by the Transaction Documents unless
directed to do so by the Indenture Trustee.
Section
8.17. Acquisition
of Assets
The
Issuer will not acquire, by long-term or operating lease or otherwise, any
assets except in accordance with the terms of the Transaction
Documents.
Section
8.18. Distributions
The
Issuer will not declare any dividends on any of the Membership Interests
or make
any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of, any of the Membership
Interests, other than as provided in the Transaction Documents. The Issuer
will
not redeem any Preferred Membership Interests if any such redemption would
result in the occurrence of an Amortization Event with respect to any Series
of
Investor Notes Outstanding. The Issuer will not issue any series of Preferred
Membership Interests unless, prior to such issuance, each Rating Agency confirms
that after such issuance the Rating Agency Condition will be met.
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Section
8.19. Legal
Name; Location Under Section 9-301
The
Issuer will change neither its location (within the meaning of Section 9-301
of
the applicable UCC) nor its legal name without sixty (60) days’ prior written
notice to the Indenture Trustee. In the event that the Issuer desires to
so
change its location or legal name, the Issuer will make any required filings
and
prior to actually changing its location or its legal name the Issuer will
deliver to the Indenture Trustee (i) an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel confirming that all required filings have been made to continue the
perfected interest of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Investor
Noteholders in the Collateral in respect of the new location or new legal
name
of the Issuer and (ii) copies of all such required filings with the filing
information duly noted thereon by the office in which such filings were
made.
Section
8.20. Organizational
Documents
The
Issuer will not amend the LLC Agreement unless, prior to such amendment,
each
Rating Agency confirms that after such amendment the Rating Agency Condition
will be met.
Section
8.21. Investments
The
Issuer will not make, incur, or suffer to exist any loan, advance, extension
of
credit or other investment in any Person other than in accordance with the
Transaction Documents and, in addition, without limiting the generality of
the
foregoing, the Issuer will not cause the Indenture Trustee to make any Permitted
Investments on the Issuer’s behalf that would have the effect of causing the
Issuer to be an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act.
Section
8.22. No
Other Agreements
The
Issuer will not enter into or be a party to any agreement or instrument other
than any Transaction Document or documents and agreements incidental
thereto.
Section
8.23. Other
Business
The
Issuer will not engage in any business or enterprise or enter into any
transaction other than making the Loans pursuant to the Loan Agreement, funding
the Loans through the issuance and sale of Investor Notes, issuing Membership
Interests pursuant to the LLC Agreement, incurring and paying ordinary course
operating expenses and other activities related to or incidental to any of
the
foregoing.
Section
8.24. Maintenance
of Separate Existence
The
Issuer will do all things necessary to continue to be readily distinguishable
from VMS, PHH Sub 2, PHH and the Affiliates of each of the foregoing and
maintain its existence separate and apart from that of VMS, PHH Sub 2, PHH
and
the Affiliates of each of the foregoing including, without
limitation:
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(i) practicing
and adhering to organizational formalities, such as maintaining appropriate
books and records;
(ii) observing
all organizational formalities in connection with all dealings between itself
and VMS, PHH Sub 2, PHH and the Affiliates of each of the foregoing or any
other
unaffiliated entity;
(iii) observing
all procedures required by its certificate of formation and the LLC Agreement
and the laws of the State of Delaware;
(iv) acting
solely in its name and through its duly authorized officers or agents in
the
conduct of its businesses;
(v) managing
its business and affairs by or under the direction of the Managers;
(vi) ensuring
that its Authorized Officers duly authorize all of its actions;
(vii) ensuring
the receipt of proper authorization, when necessary, in accordance with the
terms of the LLC Agreement for its actions;
(viii) owning
or
leasing (including through shared arrangements with Affiliates) all office
furniture and equipment necessary to operate its business;
(ix) maintaining
at least one Manager who is an Independent Manager;
(x) not
(A)
having or incurring any indebtedness to VMS, PHH Sub 2, PHH or any Affiliates
of
VMS, PHH Sub 2 or PHH; (B) guaranteeing or otherwise becoming liable for
any
obligations of VMS, PHH Sub 2, PHH or any Affiliates of VMS, PHH Sub 2 or
PHH;
(C) having obligations guaranteed by VMS, PHH Sub 2 or PHH or any Affiliates
of
VMS, PHH Sub 2 or PHH; (D) holding itself out as responsible for debts of
VMS,
PHH Sub 2, PHH or any Affiliates of VMS, PHH Sub 2 or PHH or for decisions
or
actions with respect to the affairs of VMS, PHH Sub 2, PHH or any Affiliates
of
VMS, PHH Sub 2 or PHH; (E) operating or purporting to operate as an
integrated, single economic unit with respect to VMS, PHH Sub 2 or PHH or
any
Affiliates of VMS, PHH Sub 2 or PHH or any other unaffiliated entity; (F)
seeking to obtain credit or incur any obligation to any third party based
upon
the assets of VMS, PHH Sub 2 or PHH or any Affiliates of VMS, PHH Sub 2 or
PHH
or any other unaffiliated entity; (G) induce any such third party to reasonably
rely on the creditworthiness of VMS, PHH Sub 2 or PHH or any Affiliates of
VMS,
PHH Sub 2 or PHH or any other unaffiliated entity; and (H) being directly
or
indirectly named as a direct or contingent beneficiary or loss payee on any
insurance policy of VMS, PHH Sub 2, PHH or any Affiliates of VMS, PHH Sub
2 or
PHH other than as required by the Transaction Documents with respect to
insurance on the Leased Vehicles;
(xi) other
than as provided in the Transaction Documents, maintaining its deposit and
other
bank accounts and all of its assets separate from those of any other Person;
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(xii) maintaining
its financial records separate and apart from those of any other Person;
(xiii) not
suggesting in any way, within its financial statements, that its assets are
available to pay the claims of creditors of VMS, PHH Sub 2, PHH, any Affiliates
of VMS, PHH Sub 2 or PHH or any other affiliated or unaffiliated entity;
(xiv) compensating
all its employees, officers, consultants and agents for services provided
to it
by such Persons out of its own funds or reimbursing any of its Affiliates
in
respect of amounts paid by such Affiliates for such services;
(xv) maintaining
office space separate and apart from that of VMS, PHH Sub 2 or PHH or any
Affiliates of VMS, PHH Sub 2 or PHH (even if such office space is subleased
from
or is on or near premises occupied by VMS, PHH Sub 2, PHH or any Affiliates
of
VMS, PHH Sub 2 or PHH) and a telephone number separate and apart from that
of
VMS, PHH Sub 2 or PHH or any Affiliates of VMS, PHH Sub 2 or PHH;
(xvi) conducting
all oral and written communications, including, without limitation, letters,
invoices, purchase orders, contracts, statements, and applications solely
in its
own name;
(xvii) having
separate stationery from VMS, PHH Sub 2, PHH, any Affiliates of VMS, PHH
Sub 2
or PHH or any other unaffiliated entity;
(xviii) accounting
for and managing all of its liabilities separately from those of VMS, PHH
Sub 2,
PHH or any Affiliates of VMS, PHH Sub 2 or PHH;
(xix) allocating,
on an arm’s length basis, all shared corporate operating services, leases and
expenses, including, without limitation, those associated with the services
of
shared consultants and agents and shared computer and other office equipment
and
software; and otherwise maintaining an arm’s-length relationship with each of
VMS, PHH Sub 2, PHH, any Affiliates of VMS, PHH Sub 2 or PHH or any other
unaffiliated entity;
(xx) refraining
from filing or otherwise initiating or supporting the filing of a motion
in any
bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding involving VMS, PHH Sub 2, PHH or
any
Affiliate of VMS, PHH Sub 2 or PHH to substantively consolidate VMS, PHH
Sub 2,
PHH or any Affiliate of VMS, PHH Sub 2 or PHH with the Issuer;
(xxi) remaining
solvent; and
(xxii) conducting
all of its business (whether written or oral) solely in its own name so as
not
to mislead others as to the identity of each of the Issuer, Holdings, VMS,
PHH
Sub 2, PHH Sub 1, PHH and any Affiliates of the Issuer, Holdings, VMS, PHH
Sub
2, PHH Sub 1 or PHH.
Section
8.25. Use
of
Proceeds of Investor Notes
The
Issuer shall use the net proceeds of each Series of Investor Notes in accordance
with the provisions of the related Indenture Supplement.
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Section
8.26. No
ERISA Plan
The
Issuer will not establish or maintain or contribute to any Pension Plan that
is
covered by Title IV of ERISA.
ARTICLE
9.
REMEDIES
Section
9.1. Events
of Default
“Event
of Default”,
wherever used herein, with respect to any Series of Investor Notes, means
any
one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default
and
whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation
of law
or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule
or
regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(a) default
in the payment of any interest on any Investor Note of any Series when the
same
becomes due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period of
five
Business Days;
(b) default
in the payment of the principal of any Investor Note of any Series when the
same
becomes due and payable;
(c) default
in the observance or performance of any covenant or agreement of the Issuer
made
in the Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement, a default in the
observance or performance of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically
dealt with) which default materially and adversely affects the rights of
the
Investor Noteholders of such Series, and which default shall continue or
not be
cured for a period of 30 days (or for such longer period, not in excess of
60
days, as may be reasonably necessary to remedy such default; provided
that
such default is capable of remedy within 60 days or less and the Issuer delivers
an Officer’s Certificate to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that the Issuer
has commenced, or will promptly commence and diligently pursue, all reasonable
efforts to remedy such default) after there shall have been given, by registered
or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer
and
the Indenture Trustee by Investor Noteholders of such Series holding Investor
Notes evidencing at least 25% of the Invested Amount of each Class of Investor
Notes of such Series, a written notice specifying such default and requiring
it
to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default”
hereunder;
(d) the
Issuer at any time receives a final determination that it will be treated
as an
association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax
purposes;
(e) the
Securities and Exchange Commission or other regulatory body having jurisdiction
reaches a final determination that the Issuer is an “investment company” within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act; or
(f) an
Insolvency Event shall have occurred with respect to the Issuer.
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Section
9.2. Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
If
an
Event of Default referred to in clause (f)
of
Section
9.2
has
occurred, the unpaid principal amount of all Series of Investor Notes, together
with interest accrued but unpaid thereon, and all other amounts due to the
Investor Noteholders under the Indenture, shall immediately and without further
act become due and payable. If an Event of Default referred to in clause
(a),
(b),
(d)
or
(e)
of
Section
9.1
has
occurred, then the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of a Majority in Interest
of
each Series of Outstanding Investor Notes may declare all of the Investor
Notes
to be immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (and
to
the Indenture Trustee if given by the Investor Noteholders), and upon any
such
declaration the unpaid principal amount of the Investor Notes, together with
accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of acceleration, shall
become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default referred to in
clause
(c)
of
Section
9.1
shall
occur and be continuing with respect to any Series of Investor Notes, then
and
in every such case the Indenture Trustee or Holders of a Majority in Interest
of
such Series of Investor Notes may declare all the Investor Notes of such
Series
to be immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (and
to
the Indenture Trustee if given by the Investor Noteholders), and upon any
such
declaration the unpaid principal amount of such Investor Notes, together
with
accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of acceleration, shall
become immediately due and payable.
At
any
time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity has been made with
respect to the Investor Notes (or a particular Series of Investor Notes)
and
before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained
by
the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter in this Article
9,
provided,
the
Holders of a Majority in Interest of each Series of Outstanding Investor
Notes
(or, in the case of the acceleration of a particular Series of Investor Notes,
the Holders of a Majority in Interest of the Investor Notes of such Series),
by
written notice to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul
such declaration and its consequences; provided,
that,
no such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereto.
Section
9.3. Collection
of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the Indenture
Trustee
(a) The
Issuer covenants that if (i) default is made in the payment of any interest
on
any Investor Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default
continues for a period of five Business Days or (ii) default is made in the
payment of the principal of any Investor Note when the same becomes due and
payable, by acceleration or at stated maturity, the Issuer will, upon demand
of
the Indenture Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such
Investor Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on such Investor Notes
for
principal and interest, with interest upon the overdue principal, and, to
the
extent payment at such rate of interest shall be legally enforceable, upon
overdue installments of interest, at the Note Rate borne by the Investor
Notes,
and in addition thereto such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover
the
costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents
and
counsel.
(b) In
case
the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the
Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may
institute a proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid,
and may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the
same
against the Issuer or other obligor upon such Investor Notes and collect
in the
manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or other obligor
upon
such Investor Notes, wherever situated, the moneys adjudged or decreed to
be
payable.
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(c) If
an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, as
more
particularly provided in Section
9.4,
in its
discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Investor Noteholders, by such appropriate proceedings as the Indenture Trustee
shall deem most effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether
for
the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in the Indenture or
in aid
of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper
remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by the
Indenture or by law.
(d) In
case
there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer, any other obligor upon the
Investor Notes, Holdings or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest
in the Issuer Assets, proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code or any other
applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law,
or in
case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization,
liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for
or
taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor, Holdings
or such Person or the property of such other obligor, Holdings or such Person,
or in the case of any other comparable judicial proceedings relative to the
Issuer, other obligor upon the Investor Notes, Holdings or such Person or
to the
creditors or property of the Issuer, such other obligor, Holdings or such
Person, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of any
Investor Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by
declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee
shall
have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or
otherwise:
(i) to
file
and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest
owing
and unpaid in respect of the Investor Notes and to file such other papers
or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of
the
Indenture Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the
Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, and their respective
agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and
each
predecessor Indenture Trustee, except as a result of negligence, bad faith
or
willful misconduct) and of the Investor Noteholders allowed in such
proceedings;
(ii) unless
prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the Holders
of the Investor Notes in any election of a trustee, a standby trustee or
person
performing similar functions in any such proceedings;
(iii) to
collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on
any
such claims and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims
of
the Investor Noteholders and of the Indenture Trustee on their behalf;
and
(iv) to
file
such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee or the Holders
of
the Investor Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer,
such other obligor upon the Investor Notes, Holdings, any Person claiming
an
ownership interest in the Issuer Assets, their respective creditors and their
property;
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and
any
trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in any
such
proceeding is hereby authorized by each of such Investor Noteholders to make
payments to the Indenture Trustee, and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee
shall consent to the making of payments directly to such Investor Noteholders,
to pay to the Indenture Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover
reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture
Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other
expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture
Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of negligence
or bad faith.
(e) Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to authorize
or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Investor
Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Investor Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize
the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Investor Noteholder
in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of
a
trustee in bankruptcy or similar person.
(f) All
rights of action and of asserting claims under the Indenture, or under any
of
the Investor Notes, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the
possession of any of the Investor Notes or the production thereof in any
trial
or other proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or proceedings
instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee
of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment
of the
expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each
predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys,
shall
be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Investor Notes.
(g) In
any
proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any proceedings involving
the interpretation of any provision of the Indenture to which the Indenture
Trustee shall be a party), the Indenture Trustee shall be held to represent
all
the Holders of the Investor Notes, and it shall not be necessary to make
any
Investor Noteholder a party to any such proceedings.
Section
9.4. Remedies;
Priorities
(a) If
an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to any
Series of Outstanding Investor Notes and such Series of Investor Notes has
been
accelerated under Section
9.4,
the
Indenture Trustee may institute proceedings to enforce the obligations of
the
Issuer hereunder in its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the
collection of all amounts then payable on the Investor Notes of such Series
or
under the Indenture with respect thereto, whether by declaration or otherwise,
enforce any judgment obtained, and collect from the Issuer and any other
obligor
upon such Investor Notes moneys adjudged due.
(b) If
an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to all
Series of Outstanding Investor Notes and all Series of Outstanding Investor
Notes have been accelerated under Section
9.2,
the
Indenture Trustee (subject to Section
9.5)
may do
one or more of the following:
(i) institute
proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial foreclosure of
the
Indenture with respect to the Issuer Assets;
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(ii) exercise
any remedies of a secured party under the UCC and take any other appropriate
action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee
and the Holders of the Investor Notes; and
(iii) in
the
case of an Event of Default referred to in clause (a)
or
(b)
of
Section
9.1,
sell
the Issuer Assets or any portion thereof or rights or interest therein, at
one
or more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted
by
law;
provided
that the
Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate the Issuer Assets
following an Event of Default referred to in clause (a)
or
(b)
of
Section
9.1,
unless
(A) the Holders of Investor Notes representing 100% of the Aggregate Invested
Amount consent thereto, (B) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation
distributable to the Investor Noteholders are sufficient to discharge in
full
all amounts then due and unpaid upon the Investor Notes for principal and
interest, or (C) (1) the Indenture Trustee determines that the Issuer Assets
will not continue to provide sufficient funds for the payment of principal
of
and interest on the Investor Notes as they would have become due if the Investor
Notes had not been declared due and payable and (2) the Indenture Trustee
obtains the consent of a Majority in Interest of the Holders of each Series
of
Outstanding Investor Notes. In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency
with respect to clause (B) and (C), the Indenture Trustee may, but need not,
obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or
accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed
action and as to the sufficiency of the Issuer Assets for such
purpose.
(c) If
the
Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article
9,
such
money or property shall be held by the Indenture Trustee as additional
collateral hereunder and the Indenture Trustee shall pay out such money or
property in the following order:
FIRST:
to
the Indenture Trustee for amounts due under Section
10.6;
and
SECOND:
to the Collection Account for distribution in accordance with the provisions
of
Article
5.
Section
9.5. Optional
Preservation of the Issuer Assets
If
the
Investor Notes of each Series Outstanding have been declared to be due and
payable under Section
9.2
following an Event of Default and such declaration and its consequences have
not
been rescinded and annulled, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, elect
to
maintain possession of the Issuer Assets. It is the desire of the parties
hereto
and the Investor Noteholders that there be at all times sufficient funds
for the
payment of principal of and interest on the Investor Notes, and the Indenture
Trustee shall take such desire into account when determining whether to maintain
possession of the Issuer Assets. In determining whether to maintain possession
of the Issuer Assets, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and
rely
upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of
national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as
to the
sufficiency of the Issuer Assets for such purpose. Nothing contained in this
Section
9.5
shall be
construed to require the Indenture Trustee to preserve the Issuer Assets
securing the Issuer Obligations if prohibited by applicable law or if the
Indenture Trustee is authorized, directed or permitted to liquidate the Issuer
Assets pursuant to Section
9.4(b).
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Section
9.6. Limitation
on Suits
No
Holder
of any Investor Note shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial
or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture, or for the appointment of a
receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder, unless:
(a) such
Holder has previously given written notice to the Indenture Trustee of a
continuing Event of Default;
(b) Holders
of each Series of Outstanding Investor Notes holding Investor Notes evidencing
at least 25% of each Class of Investor Notes of such Series have made written
request to the Indenture Trustee to institute such proceeding in respect
of such
Event of Default in its own name as the Indenture Trustee
hereunder;
(c) such
Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture Trustee indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred
in
complying with such request;
(d) the
Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and
offer of indemnity has failed to institute such proceedings; and
(e) no
direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Indenture
Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a Majority in Interest
of
each Series of Outstanding Investor Notes;
it
being
understood and intended that no one or more Holders of the Investor Notes
shall
have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any
provision of the Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of
any
other Holders of the Investor Notes or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority
or preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under the
Indenture, except in the manner herein provided.
In
the
event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests
and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Investor Notes, each
representing less than a Majority in Interest of each Series of Outstanding
Investor Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall act at the direction of the group
of
Holders of Investor Notes with the greater amount of Investor Notes, however,
should the Indenture Trustee receive conflicting or inconsistent requests
on
indemnity from two or more groups of Holders with an equal amount of Investor
Notes the Indenture Trustee in its sole discretion may determine what action,
if
any, shall be taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of the
Indenture.
Section
9.7. Unconditional
Rights of Investor Noteholders to Receive Principal and
Interest
Notwithstanding
any other provisions in the Indenture, the Holder of any Investor Note shall
have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of
the
principal of and interest, if any, on such Investor Note on or after the
respective due dates thereof expressed in such Investor Note or in the Indenture
and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right
shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
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Section
9.8. Restoration
of Rights and Remedies
If
the
Indenture Trustee or any Investor Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding
to
enforce any right or remedy under the Indenture and such Proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely
to the
Indenture Trustee or to such Investor Noteholder, then and in every such
case
the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Investor Noteholders shall, subject
to
any determination in such Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively
to
their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies
of the
Indenture Trustee and the Investor Noteholders shall continue as though no
such
Proceeding had been instituted.
Section
9.9. Rights
and Remedies Cumulative
No
right
or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or to
the
Investor Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy,
and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative
and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or
hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment
of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section
9.10. Delay
or Omission Not a Waiver
No
delay
or omission of the Indenture Trustee or any Holder of any Investor Note to
exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Default or Event of Default
shall
impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Default
or
Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given
by
this Article
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or by
law to the Indenture Trustee or to the Investor Noteholders may be exercised
from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture
Trustee or by the Investor Noteholders, as the case may be.
Section
9.11. Control
by Investor Noteholders
The
Holders of a Majority in Interest of each Series of Outstanding Investor
Notes
shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee with respect
to the
Investor Notes or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Indenture
Trustee; provided
that
(a) such
direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with the
Indenture;
(b) if
an
Event of Default is with respect to less than all Series of Outstanding Investor
Notes, then the Indenture Trustee’s rights and remedies shall be limited to the
rights and remedies pertaining only to those Series of Investor Notes with
respect to which such Event of Default has occurred and the Indenture Trustee
shall exercise such rights and remedies at the direction of the Holders of
a
Majority in Interest of all such Series of Investor Notes;
(c) subject
to the express terms of Section
9.4,
any
direction to the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Issuer Assets
shall
be by the Holders of Investor Notes representing not less than 100% of the
Aggregate Invested Amount;
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(d) if
the
conditions set forth in Section
9.5
have
been satisfied and the Indenture Trustee elects to retain the Issuer Assets
pursuant to such Section, then any direction to the Indenture Trustee by
Holders
of Investor Notes representing less than 100% of the Aggregate Invested Amount
to sell or liquidate the Issuer Assets shall be of no force and
effect;
(e) the
Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture
Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction; and
(f) such
direction shall be in writing;
provided,
further,
that,
subject to Section
10.1,
the
Indenture Trustee need not take any action that it determines might involve
it
in liability or might materially adversely affect the rights of any Investor
Noteholders not consenting to such action.
Section
9.12. Waiver
of Past Defaults
Prior
to
the declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of the Investor Notes
of any
Series as provided in Section
9.2,
the
Holders of the Investor Notes of not less than a Majority in Interest of
such
Series of Outstanding Investor Notes may, on behalf of all such Holders,
waive
any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences except a Default
(a)
in payment of principal of or interest on any of the Investor Notes or (b)
in
respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended
without the consent of the Holder of each Investor Note. In the case of any
such
waiver, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Investor
Notes
of such Outstanding Series shall be restored to their former positions and
rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
Upon
any
such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been
cured
and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall
be
deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, for every purpose of
the
Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default
or
Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto. The Issuer shall
give
prompt written notice of any waiver to the Rating Agencies.
Section
9.13. Undertaking
for Costs
All
parties to the Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Investor Note by such
Holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may
in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or
remedy under the Indenture, or in any suit against the Indenture Trustee
for any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it as the Indenture Trustee, the filing
by
any party litigant in such Proceeding of an undertaking to pay the costs
of such
Proceeding, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such
Proceeding, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims
or
defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section
shall
not apply to (a) any suit instituted by the Indenture Trustee, (b) any suit
instituted by any Investor Noteholder or group of Investor Noteholders, in
each
case holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the Invested Amount of any
Series
of Investor Notes, or (c) any suit instituted by any Investor Noteholder
for the
enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Investor Note
on
or after the respective due dates expressed in such Investor Note and in
the
Indenture.
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Section
9.14. Waiver
of Stay or Extension Laws
The
Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will
not at
any time insist upon, or plead or in any manner whatsoever, claim or take
the
benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now
or at
any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance
of
the Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants
that it
will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted
to
the Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every
such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
Section
9.15. Action
on Investor Notes
The
Indenture Trustee’s right to seek and recover judgment on the Investor Notes or
under the Indenture shall not be affected by the seeking, obtaining or
application of any other relief under or with respect to the Indenture. Neither
the lien of the Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee
or
the Investor Noteholders shall be impaired by the recovery of any judgment
by
the Indenture Trustee against the Issuer or by the levy of any execution
under
such judgment upon any portion of the Issuer Assets or upon any of the assets
of
the Issuer.
ARTICLE
10.
THE
INDENTURE TRUSTEE
Section
10.1. Duties
of the Indenture Trustee
(a) If
an
Amortization Event or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Indenture Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in
it by
the Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise,
as a
prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct
of his
own affairs.
(b) The
Indenture Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements,
opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the
Indenture Trustee which are specifically required to be furnished pursuant
to
any provision of this Base Indenture or any of the other Transaction Documents,
shall examine them to determine whether they substantially conform to the
requirements of this Base Indenture or such other Transaction Document, as
the
case may be; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall not be
responsible for the content of any resolution, certificate, statement, opinion,
report, document, order or other instrument furnished by the Servicer, the
Administrator or the Issuer hereunder.
(c) Subject
to subsection 10.1(a),
no
provision of the Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Indenture Trustee
from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to
act or
its own bad faith or willful misconduct; provided,
however,
that:
(i) the
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for an error of judgment made in good
faith by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, unless it shall
be
proved that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts nor shall the Indenture Trustee be liable with respect to any action
it
takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with the Indenture or
in
accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section
9.11;
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(ii) the
Indenture Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Event of Default
unless a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee obtains actual knowledge
thereof or receives written notice thereof;
(iii) the
Indenture Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any failure by any
Person to comply with its obligations under the Transaction Documents unless
a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee obtains actual knowledge of
such
failure or receives written notice thereof;
(iv) prior
to
the occurrence of an Amortization Event or an Event of Default, and after
the
curing of all such Amortization Events or Events of Default which may have
occurred, the duties and obligations of the Indenture Trustee shall be
determined solely by the express provisions of the Indenture, the Indenture
Trustee shall be obligated to perform only such duties and obligations as
are
specifically set forth in the Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into the Indenture against the Indenture Trustee;
(v) anything
in the Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the
Indenture Trustee be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or
damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits),
even
if the Indenture Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss
or
damage and regardless of the form of action; and
(vi) subject
to the other provisions of the Indenture and without limiting the generality
of
this Section
10.01,
the
Indenture Trustee shall have no duty (A) to record, file, or deposit this
Base
Indenture, the Transaction Documents or any agreement referred to herein
or
therein or any financing statement or continuation statement evidencing a
security interest, or to maintain any such recording or filing or depositing
or
to rerecord, refile, or redeposit any thereof, (B) to insure the Issuer Assets
and (C) to pay or discharge any tax, assessment, or other governmental charge
or
any lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with respect to assessed or levied
against, any part of the Collateral other than from funds available in the
Collection Account.
(d) The
Indenture Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is
reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it,
and
none of the provisions contained in the Indenture shall in any event require
the
Indenture Trustee to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance
of, any of the obligations of any Person under any of the Transaction
Documents.
(e) Except
for actions expressly authorized by the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee
shall
take no action reasonably likely to impair the security interests created
hereunder in any of the Issuer Assets now existing or hereafter created or
to
impair the value of any of the Issuer Assets now existing or hereafter
created.
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(f) In
the
event that the Paying Agent or the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall fail
to
perform any obligation, duty or agreement in the manner or on the day required
to be performed by the Paying Agent or the Transfer Agent and Registrar,
as the
case may be, under the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be obligated
promptly to perform such obligation, duty or agreement in the manner so
required.
Section
10.2. Rights
of the Indenture Trustee
Except
as
otherwise provided by Section
10.1:
(a) The
Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting
or refraining from acting based upon any document believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed by or presented by the proper person.
(b) The
Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the written
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance
thereon.
(c) The
Indenture Trustee may act through agents, custodians and nominees and shall
not
be liable for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the
supervision of, any such agent, custodian or nominee so long as such agent,
custodian or nominee is appointed with due care.
(d) The
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
take
in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or
powers
conferred upon it by the Indenture; provided,
that
the Indenture Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct,
negligence or bad faith.
(e) Prior
to
the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing of all Events
of
Default that may have occurred, the Indenture Trustee shall be under no
obligation to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in
relation hereto and shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts
or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, or other
paper
or document, unless requested in writing to do so by Holders of the Investor
Notes evidencing not less than 25% of the Invested Amount of any Series of
Investor Notes; provided,
however,
that if
the payment within a reasonable time to the Indenture Trustee of the costs,
expenses, or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in instituting, conducting
or defending any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto or in the making
of
such investigation shall be, in the opinion of the Indenture Trustee, not
reasonably assured to the Indenture Trustee by the security afforded to it
by
the terms of the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee may require reasonable
indemnity against such cost, expense, or liability or payment of such expenses
as a condition precedent to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every
such
examination shall be paid by the Issuer or by the Administrator at the direction
of the Issuer or, if paid by the Indenture Trustee, shall be reimbursed by
the
Issuer or by the Administrator at the direction of the Issuer upon demand.
(f) The
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any losses or liquidation penalties
in
connection with Permitted Investments, unless such losses or liquidation
penalties were incurred through the Indenture Trustee’s own willful misconduct,
negligence or bad faith.
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(g) The
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor
to the Indenture Trustee so long as such acts or omissions were not the result
of the negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of JPMorgan
Chase.
(h) The
right
of the Indenture Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in the
Indenture shall not be construed as a duty, and the Indenture Trustee shall
not
be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the
performance of such act.
(i) The
Indenture Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect
of
the execution of the trust created hereby or the powers granted
hereunder.
Section
10.3. Indenture
Trustee’s Disclaimer
The
Indenture Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the recitals
contained herein and in the Investor Notes (other than the certificate of
authentication on the Investor Notes). Except as set forth in Section
10.11,
the
Indenture Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency
of
the Indenture or of the Investor Notes (other than the certificate of
authentication on the Investor Notes) or of any of the Issuer Assets. The
Indenture Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by
the
Issuer of any of the Investor Notes or of the proceeds of such Investor Notes,
or for the use or application of any funds paid to the Issuer in respect
of the
Issuer Assets.
Section
10.4. -Indenture
Trustee May Own Investor Notes
The
Indenture Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner
or pledgee of Investor Notes with the same rights as it would have if it
were
not the Indenture Trustee.
Section
10.5. Notice
of Defaults
If
a
Default or an Event of Default or a Potential Amortization Event or an
Amortization Event occurs and is continuing and if it is either actually
known
or written notice of the existence thereof has been delivered to a Responsible
Officer of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each
Investor Noteholder notice thereof within 45 days after such knowledge or
notice
occurs. Except in the case of a Default in accordance with the provisions
of
Section 313(c) of the TIA in payment of principal of or interest on any Investor
Note (including payments pursuant to the mandatory redemption provisions
of such
Investor Note), the Indenture Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long
as
a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that
withholding the notice is in the interest of the Investor
Noteholders.
Section
10.6. Compensation
The
Issuer shall cause the Administrator pursuant to the Administration Agreement
to
pay to the Indenture Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for
its
services. The Indenture Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law
on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer shall cause
the
Administrator pursuant to the Administration Agreement to reimburse the
Indenture Trustee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made
by
it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its
services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee’s agents, counsel,
accountants and experts. The Issuer shall cause the Administrator pursuant
to
the Administration Agreement to indemnify the Indenture Trustee against any
and
all loss, liability or expense (including the reasonable fees of counsel)
incurred by it in connection with the administration of this trust and the
performance of its duties hereunder. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the
Issuer and the Administrator promptly of any claim for which it may seek
indemnity; provided, however, a failure by the Indenture Trustee to promptly
notify the Issuer and the Administrator of a claim for which it may seek
indemnity shall not relieve the Administrator from its obligation to indemnify
the Indenture Trustee.
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The
Administrator’s payment obligations to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Section
10.06
shall
survive the resignation or termination of the Indenture Trustee and the
discharge of the Indenture. When the Indenture Trustee incurs expenses after
the
occurrence of a Default specified in Section
8.1(f)
with
respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal
or
state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
Section
10.7. Eligibility
Requirements for Indenture Trustee
The
Indenture Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation organized
and
doing business under the laws of the United States or any state thereof
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a
long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “Baa3” by Moody’s and “BBB-“ by
Standard & Poor’s having, in the case of an entity that is subject to
risk-based capital adequacy requirements, risk-based capital of at least
$50,000,000 or, in the case of an entity that is not subject to risk-based
capital adequacy requirements, having a combined capital and surplus of at
least
$50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
authority, and shall satisfy the requirements for a trustee set forth in
paragraph (a)(4)(i) of Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to
law or
to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority,
then
for the purpose of this
Section 10.7,
the
risk-based capital or the combined capital and surplus of such corporation,
as
the case may be, shall be deemed to be its risk-based capital or combined
capital and surplus as set forth in the most recent report of condition so
published.
If
the
Indenture is qualified under the TIA, the Indenture Trustee shall at all
times
satisfy the requirements of TIA §310(a) and the Indenture Trustee shall comply
with TIA §310(b), including the optional provision permitted by the second
sentence of TIA §310(b)(9); provided
that
there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA §310(b)(1) any indenture or
indentures under which other securities of the Issuer are outstanding if
the
requirements for such exclusion set forth in the TIA §310(b)(1) are
met.
If
at any
time the Indenture Trustee ceases to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section
10.7,
the
Indenture Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in Section
10.8.
Section
10.8. Resignation
or Removal of Indenture Trustee
(a) The
Indenture Trustee may give notice of its intent to resign at any time by
so
notifying the Issuer. The Holders of a Majority in Interest of each Series
of
Outstanding Investor Notes may remove the Indenture Trustee by so notifying
the
Indenture Trustee and may appoint a successor Indenture Trustee. The Issuer
shall remove the Indenture Trustee if:
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(i) the
Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section
10.7;
(ii) the
Indenture Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(iii) a
receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Indenture Trustee or
its
property; or
(iv) the
Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
(b) If
the
Indenture Trustee gives notice of its intent to resign or is removed or if
a
vacancy exists in the office of the Indenture Trustee for any reason (the
Indenture Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring
Indenture Trustee), the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Indenture
Trustee.
(c) A
successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Indenture Trustee and to the Issuer and thereupon
the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee shall become effective,
and
the successor Indenture Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance
shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Indenture Trustee under
the
Indenture. The successor Indenture Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession
to Noteholders. The retiring Indenture Trustee shall promptly transfer all
property held by it as the Indenture Trustee to the successor Indenture
Trustee.
(d) If
a
successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Indenture Trustee gives notice of its intent to resign or is removed,
the retiring Indenture Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of a Majority in
Interest of each Series of Outstanding Investor Notes may petition any court
of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Indenture
Trustee.
(e) If
the
Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section
10.7,
any
Investor Noteholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the
removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture
Trustee.
(f) Any
resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and appointment of a successor
Indenture Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall
not
become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Indenture
Trustee pursuant to Section
10.8(c)
and
payment of all fees and expenses owed to the outgoing Indenture
Trustee.
(g) Notwithstanding
the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section,
the Issuer’s and the Administrator’s obligations under Section
10.6
shall
continue for the benefit of the retiring Indenture Trustee. The Indenture
Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor Indenture
Trustee.
Section
10.9. Successor
Indenture Trustee by Merger.
If
the
Indenture Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers
all
or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another
corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee
corporation without any further act shall be the successor Indenture Trustee.
The Indenture Trustee shall provide the Issuer and the Rating Agencies written
notice of any such transaction.
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In
case
at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation
to the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by the Indenture,
any of the Investor Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered,
any
such successor to the Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate of
authentication of any predecessor Indenture Trustee, and deliver such Investor
Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Investor Notes
shall
not have been authenticated, any successor Indenture Trustee may authenticate
such Investor Notes either in the name of any predecessor Indenture Trustee
hereunder or in the name of the successor Indenture Trustee; and in all such
cases such certificate of authentication shall have the same full force as
is
provided anywhere in the Investor Notes or in the Indenture with respect
to the
certificate of authentication of the Indenture Trustee.
Section
10.10. Appointment
of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee
(a) Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Base Indenture or any Indenture Supplement,
at any
time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction
in
which any part of the Collateral may at the time be located, the Indenture
Trustee shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments
to
appoint one or more persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate
trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Collateral, and to
vest
in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Investor
Noteholders, such title to the Collateral, or any part thereof, and, subject
to
the other provisions of this Section
10.10,
such
powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture Trustee may
consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder
shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor Indenture
Trustee under Section
10.7
and no
notice to Investor Noteholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate
trustee shall be required under Section
10.8.
No
co-trustee shall be appointed without the consent of the Issuer unless such
appointment is required as a matter of state law or to enable the Indenture
Trustee to perform its functions hereunder.
(b) Every
separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:
(i) The
Investor Notes of each Series shall be authenticated and delivered solely
by the
Indenture Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Indenture
Trustee;
(ii) All
rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Indenture
Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by
the
Indenture Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being
understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to
act
separately without the Indenture Trustee joining in such act), except to
the
extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act
or
acts are to be performed, the Indenture Trustee shall be incompetent or
unqualified to perform, such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers,
duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Issuer Assets
or
any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed
singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction
of
the Indenture Trustee;
(iii) No
trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission
of
any other trustee hereunder;
(iv) The
Indenture Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any
separate trustee or co-trustee; and
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(v) The
Indenture Trustee shall remain primarily liable for the actions of any
co-trustee.
(c) Any
notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee shall be
deemed
to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees,
as
effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Base Indenture and the
conditions of this Article
9.
Each
separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred,
shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument
of
appointment, either jointly with the Indenture Trustee or separately, as
may be
provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Base Indenture and
any
Indenture Supplement, specifically including every provision of this Base
Indenture or any Indenture Supplement relating to the conduct of, affecting
the
liability of, or affording protection to, the Indenture Trustee. Every such
instrument shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee and a copy thereof given
to
the Issuer.
(d) Any
separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Indenture Trustee,
its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent
not
prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect to this Base
Indenture or any Indenture Supplement on its behalf and in its name. If any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign
or
be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall
vest in and be exercised by the Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted
by
law, without the appointment of a new or successor Indenture
Trustee.
(e) In
connection with the appointment of a co-trustee, the Indenture Trustee may,
at
any time, at the Indenture Trustee’s sole cost and expense, without notice to
the Investor Noteholders, delegate its duties under this Base Indenture and
any
Indenture Supplement to any Person who agrees to conduct such duties in
accordance with the terms hereof; provided,
however,
that no
such delegation shall relieve the Indenture Trustee of its obligations and
responsibilities hereunder with respect to any such delegated
duties.
Section
10.11. Representations
and Warranties of Indenture Trustee
The
Indenture Trustee represents and warrants to the Issuer and the Investor
Noteholders that:
(i) The
Indenture Trustee is a national banking association organized, existing and
in
good standing under the laws of the United States of America;
(ii) The
Indenture Trustee has full power, authority and right to execute, deliver
and
perform this Base Indenture and any Indenture Supplement issued concurrently
with this Base Indenture and to authenticate the Investor Notes, and has
taken
all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance
by it
of this Base Indenture and any Indenture Supplement issued concurrently with
this Base Indenture and to authenticate the Investor Notes;
(iii) This
Base
Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Indenture Trustee;
and
(iv) The
Indenture Trustee meets the requirements of eligibility as an Indenture Trustee
hereunder set forth in Section 10.7.
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Section
10.12. Preferential
Collection of Claims Against the Issuer
If
the
Indenture is qualified under the TIA, the Indenture Trustee shall comply
with
TIA §311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA §311(b) and an
Indenture Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA
§311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE
11
DISCHARGE
OF INDENTURE
Section
11.1. Termination
of the Issuer’s Obligations
(a) The
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except that (i) the Issuer’s
obligations under Section
10.6,
(ii)
the Indenture Trustee’s and Paying Agent’s obligations under Section
11.3
and the
Indenture Trustee’s and the Investor Noteholders’ obligations under Section
13.16
shall
survive) when all Outstanding Investor Notes theretofore authenticated and
issued have been delivered (other than destroyed, lost or stolen Investor
Notes
which have been replaced or paid) to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation
and
the Issuer has paid all sums payable hereunder.
(b) In
addition, except as may be provided to the contrary in any Indenture Supplement,
the Issuer may terminate all of its obligations under the Indenture
if:
(i) The
Issuer irrevocably deposits in trust with the Indenture Trustee or at the
option
of the Indenture Trustee, with a trustee reasonably satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee and the Issuer under the terms of an irrevocable trust
agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, money
or
U.S. Government Obligations in an amount sufficient, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed
in a written certification thereof delivered to the Indenture Trustee, to
pay,
when due, principal and interest on the Investor Notes to maturity or
redemption, as the case may be, and to pay all other sums payable by it
hereunder; provided,
however,
that
(1) the trustee of the irrevocable trust shall have been irrevocably instructed
to pay such money or the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations to
the
Indenture Trustee and (2) the trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed
to
apply such money or the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations to the
payment of said principal and interest with respect to the Investor
Notes;
(ii) The
Issuer delivers to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that
all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture have
been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel to the same effect;
and
(iii) the
Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to each Series of Outstanding
Investor Notes.
Then,
the
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as provided in this
Section
11.1),
and
the Indenture Trustee, on demand of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging confirmation of and discharge under the Indenture.
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(c) After
such irrevocable deposit made pursuant to Section
11.1(b)
and
satisfaction of the other conditions set forth herein, the Indenture Trustee
upon request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Issuer’s
obligations under the Indenture except for those surviving obligations specified
above.
In
order
to have money available on a payment date to pay principal or interest on
the
Investor Notes, the U.S. Government Obligations shall be payable as to principal
or interest at least one Business Day before such payment date in such amounts
as will provide the necessary money. U.S. Government Obligations shall not
be
callable at the issuer’s option.
Section
11.2. Application
of Trust Money
The
Indenture Trustee or a trustee satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and
the
Issuer shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited
with
it pursuant to Section
11.1.
The
Indenture Trustee shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S.
Government Obligations through the Paying Agent in accordance with the Indenture
to the payment of principal and interest on the Investor Notes.
The
provisions of this Section
11.2
shall
survive the expiration or earlier termination of the Indenture.
Section
11.3. Repayment
to the Issuer
The
Indenture Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuer upon
written request any excess money or, pursuant to Section
2.4,
return
any Investor Notes held by them at any time.
The
provisions of this Section
11.3
shall
survive the expiration or earlier termination of the Indenture.
ARTICLE
12.
AMENDMENTS
Section
12.1. Without
Consent of the Investor Noteholders
Without
the consent of any Investor Noteholder, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee,
at
any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more Supplements, in
form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, for any of the following purposes,
provided that the Rating Agency Condition is met:
(a) to
create
a new Series of Investor Notes;
(b) to
add to
the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of any Investor Noteholders (and
if
such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all Series of Investor
Notes, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for
the
benefit of such Series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred
upon
the Issuer (provided,
however,
that
the Issuer will not pursuant to this Section
12.1(b)
surrender any right or power it has under the Transaction
Documents);
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(c) to
mortgage, pledge, convey, assign and transfer to the Indenture Trustee any
property or assets as security for the Investor Notes and to specify the
terms
and conditions upon which such property or assets are to be held and dealt
with
by the Indenture Trustee and to set forth such other provisions in respect
thereof as may be required by the Indenture or as may, consistent with the
provisions of the Indenture, be deemed appropriate by the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee, or to correct or amplify the description of any such property
or assets at any time so mortgaged, pledged, conveyed and transferred to
the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Investor Noteholders;
(d) to
cure
any ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency or to correct or supplement any
provision contained herein or in any Indenture Supplement or in any Investor
Notes issued hereunder;
(e) to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Indenture Trustee with respect to the Investor Notes of one or more Series
and
to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture as shall be necessary
to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by
more
than one trustee;
(f) to
correct or supplement any provision herein or in any Indenture Supplement
which
may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or therein or to make
any
other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Base
Indenture or in any Indenture Supplement; or
(g) if
the
Indenture is required to be qualified under the TIA, to modify, eliminate
or add
to the provisions of the Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to
effect the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA or under any similar
federal statute hereafter enacted and to add to the Indenture such other
provisions as may be expressly required by the TIA;
provided,
however,
that,
as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Indenture Trustee
(at the
Issuer’s expense), such action shall not adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of any Investor Noteholder. Upon the request of the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee shall join with the Issuer in the execution
of any
Supplement authorized or permitted by the terms of the Indenture and shall
make
any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be therein
contained, but the Indenture Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into
such
Supplement which affects its own rights, duties or immunities under the
Indenture or otherwise.
Section
12.2. With
Consent of the Investor Noteholders
Except
as
provided in Section
12.1,
the
provisions of this Base Indenture and any Indenture Supplement (unless otherwise
provided in such Indenture Supplement) may from time to time be amended,
modified or waived, if such amendment, modification or waiver is in writing
and
consented to in writing by the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders
of
a Majority in Interest of each Series of Outstanding Investor Notes;
provided
that, if
such amendment, modification or waiver of or to this Base Indenture or the
Indenture Supplement with respect to a Series of Investor Notes does not
affect
the Investor Noteholders of a particular Series of Investor Notes (as
substantiated by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect), then the consent
of the
Investor Noteholders of such Series shall not be required to such amendment,
modification or waiver; provided further that the Rating Agency Condition
is
satisfied with respect to any such amendment, modification or waiver.
Notwithstanding the foregoing:
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(i) any
modification of this Section
12.2,
any
requirement hereunder that any particular action be taken by Investor
Noteholders holding the relevant percentage in principal amount of the Investor
Notes or any change in the definition of the terms “Adjusted Aggregate Unit
Balance” or “Asset Deficiency”, “Invested Amount”, “Invested Percentage” or any
defined term used for the purpose of any such definitions shall require the
consent of each affected Investor Noteholder; and
(ii) any
amendment, waiver or other modification that would (a) extend the due date
for,
or reduce the amount of any scheduled repayment or prepayment of principal
of or
interest on any Investor Note (or reduce the principal amount of or rate
of
interest on any Investor Note) shall require the consent of each affected
Investor Noteholder; (b) approve the assignment or transfer by the Issuer
of any
of its rights or obligations hereunder or under any other Transaction Document
to which it is a party except pursuant to the express terms hereof or thereof
shall require the consent of each Investor Noteholder; (c) release any obligor
under any Transaction Document to which it is a party except pursuant to
the
express terms of such Transaction Document shall require the consent of each
Investor Noteholder; (d) affect adversely the interests, rights or obligations
of any Investor Noteholder individually in comparison to any other Investor
Noteholder shall require the consent of such Investor Noteholder; or (e)
amend
or otherwise modify any Amortization Event shall require the consent of each
affected Investor Noteholder.
Section
12.3. Supplements
Each
amendment or other modification to the Indenture or the Investor Notes shall
be
set forth in a Supplement. The initial effectiveness of each Supplement shall
be
subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition. In addition to
the
manner provided in Sections 12.1
and
12.2,
each
Indenture Supplement may be amended as provided in such Indenture
Supplement.
Section
12.4. Revocation
and Effect of Consents
Until
an
amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by an Investor Noteholder
of an Investor Note is a continuing consent by the Investor Noteholder and
every
subsequent Investor Noteholder of an Investor Note or portion of an Investor
Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Investor Noteholder’s
Investor Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Investor
Note.
However, any such Investor Noteholder or subsequent Investor Noteholder may
revoke the consent as to his Investor Note or portion of an Investor Note
if the
Indenture Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the
amendment or waiver becomes effective. An amendment or waiver becomes effective
in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Investor Noteholder.
The
Issuer may fix a record date for determining which Investor Noteholders must
consent to such amendment or waiver.
Section
12.5. Notation
on or Exchange of Investor Notes
The
Indenture Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or
waiver
on any Investor Note thereafter authenticated. The Issuer in exchange for
all
Investor Notes may issue and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate new
Investor Notes that reflect the amendment or waiver. Failure to make the
appropriate notation or issue a new Investor Note shall not affect the validity
and effect of-such amendment or waiver.
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Section
12.6. The
Indenture Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc
The
Indenture Trustee shall sign any Supplement authorized pursuant to this
Article
12
if the
Supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or
immunities of the Indenture Trustee. If it does, the Indenture Trustee may,
but
need not, sign it. In signing such Supplement, the Indenture Trustee shall
be
entitled to receive, if requested, an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to
it
and to receive and, subject to Section
10.1,
shall
be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel as conclusive evidence that such Supplement is authorized or permitted
by the Indenture and that it will be valid and binding upon the Issuer in
accordance with its terms
Section
12.7. Conformity
with Trust Indenture Act
If
the
Indenture is qualified under the TIA, every amendment of the Indenture and
every
Supplement executed pursuant to this Article
12
shall
comply in all respects with the TIA.
ARTICLE
13.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
13.1. Compliance
Certificates and Opinions
(a) Upon
any
application or request by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any
action
under any provision of the Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture
Trustee (i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if
any, provided for in the Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with, (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of
such
counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, and
(iii) if the Indenture is qualified under the TIA and the TIA so requires,
an
Independent Certificate from a firm of certified public accountants or other
experts meeting the applicable requirements of this Section
13.1,
except
that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing
of such documents is specifically required by any provision of the Indenture,
no
additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in the Indenture shall include:
(i) a
statement that each signatory of such certificate or opinion has read or
has
caused to be read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(ii) a
brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon
which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion
are
based;
(iii) a
statement that, in the opinion of each such signatory, such signatory has
made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such signatory
to
express an informed opinion as to whether such covenant or condition has
been
complied with; and
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(iv) a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such signatory such condition
or
covenant has been complied with.
(v) If
the
Indenture is qualified under the TIA and the TIA so requires, prior to the
deposit of any property or securities with the Indenture Trustee that is
to be
made the basis for the release of any property or securities subject to the
Lien
of the Indenture, the Issuer shall, in addition to any obligation imposed
in
Section
13.1(a)
or
elsewhere in the Indenture, furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each person signing such
certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of such deposit) to the
Issuer
of the property or securities to be so deposited.
(vi) Whenever
the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to
the
matters described in clause
(i),
the
Issuer shall also deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate
as
to the same matters, if the fair value to the Issuer of the securities to
be so
deposited and of all other such securities made the basis of any such withdrawal
or release since the commencement of the then-current fiscal year of the
Issuer,
as set forth in the certificates delivered pursuant to clause
(i)
and this
clause
(ii),
is 10%
or more of the Aggregate Invested Amount, but such a certificate need not
be
furnished with respect to any securities so deposited, if the fair value
thereof
to the Issuer as set forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than
$25,000 or less than one percent of the Aggregate Invested Amount.
(vii) If
the
Indenture is qualified under the TIA and the TIA so requires, whenever any
property or securities are to be released from the Lien of the Indenture,
the
Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate
certifying or stating the opinion of each person signing such certificate
as to
the fair value (within 90 days of such release) of the property or securities
proposed to be released and stating that in the opinion of such person the
proposed release will not impair the security under the Indenture in
contravention of the provisions hereof.
(viii) Whenever
the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to
the
matters described in clause
(iii),
the
Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate
as
to the same matters if the fair value of the property or securities and of
all
other property, or securities released from the Lien of the Indenture since
the
commencement of the then current calendar year, as set forth in the certificates
required by clause
(iii)
and this
clause
(iv),
equals
10% or more of the Aggregate Invested Amount, but such certificate need not
be
furnished in the case of any release of property or securities if the fair
value
thereof as set forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than $25,000
or less than one percent of the then Aggregate Invested Amount.
(ix) Notwithstanding
any provision of this Section
13.1,
the
Issuer may (A) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of the Issuer
Assets as and to the extent permitted or required by the Transaction Documents
and (B) make cash payments out of the Issuer Accounts as and to the extent
permitted or required by the Transaction Documents.
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Section
13.2. Forms
of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee
In
any
case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by
an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters
be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that
they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may
certify
or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such
Persons as to other matters, and any such Person my certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any
certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate to legal matters,
upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless
such
officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon
which
his or her certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate
of an Authorized Officer or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it
relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations
by, an officer or officers of the Servicer, Holdings or the Issuer, stating
that
the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession
of the
Servicer, Holdings or the Issuer, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise
of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where
any
Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under the
Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one
instrument.
Whenever
in the Indenture, in connection with any application, certificate or report
to
the Indenture Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer shall deliver any document
(x) as a condition of the granting of such application, or (y) as evidence
of
the Issuer’s compliance with any term hereof, it is intended that the truth and
accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or at the effective
date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts and
opinions stated in such document shall in each case be conditions precedent
to
the right of the Issuer to have such application granted or to the sufficiency
of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be construed
to
affect the Indenture Trustee’s right to rely upon the truth and accuracy of any
statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided in Article
10.
Section
13.3. Actions
of Noteholders
(a) Any
request, demand, authoriza-tion, direc-tion, notice, consent, waiver or other
action pro-vided by the Indenture to be given or taken by the Investor
Note--holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instru-ments
of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Investor Noteholders in person
or by
an agent duly ap-pointed in writing; and except as herein otherwise ex-pressly
provid-ed, such action shall become effective when such instru-ment or
instruments are delivered to the Indenture Trustee and, when required, to
the
Issuer. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing
any
such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of the Indenture and conclusive
in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided
in this Section
13.3.
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(b) The
fact
and date of the execu-tion by any Investor Note-holder of any such instrument
or
writ-ing may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Indenture Trustee
deems sufficient.
(c) Any
request, demand, authoriza-tion, direc-tion, notice, consent, waiver or other
act by an Investor Note--holder shall bind every Holder of every Investor
Note
issued upon the registration of transfer there-of or in exchange therefor
or in
lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, or omitted to be done, by the
Indenture Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, regardless of whether
notation of such action is made upon such Investor Note-.
(d) The
Indenture Trustee may require such addi-tional proof of any matter referred
to
in this Sec-tion
13.3
as it
shall deem necessary.
Section
13.4. Notices
(a) Any
notice or communication by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee to the other
shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail
(registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier or
overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the other’s
address:
If
to the
Issuer:
Chesapeake
Funding LLC
[c/o
Global Securitization Services, LLC
00
Xxxx
00xx
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 000
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000]
Attention:
President
Telecopier
No.:
with
a
copy to the Administrator:
PHH
Vehicle Management Services, LLC
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Telecopier:
(410) 771-[ ]
Attention:
General Counsel
If
to the
Indenture Trustee:
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, National Association,
0
Xxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn:
Worldwide Securities Services/Structured Finance Services - Chesapeake Funding
LLC
Phone:
(000) 000-0000
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
The
Issuer or the Indenture Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional
or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications; provided,
however,
the
Issuer may not at any time designate more than a total of three (3) addresses
to
which notices must be sent in order to be effective.
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Any
notice (i) given in person shall be deemed delivered on the date of delivery
of
such notice, (ii) given by first class mail shall be deemed given five (5)
days
after the date that such notice is mailed, (iii) delivered by telex or
telecopier shall be deemed given on the date of delivery of such notice,
and
(iv) delivered by overnight air courier shall be deemed delivered one Business
Day after the date that such notice is delivered to such overnight
courier.
Notwithstanding
any provisions of the Indenture to the contrary, the Indenture Trustee shall
have no liability based upon or arising from the failure to receive any notice
required by or relating to the Indenture or the Investor Notes.
If
the
Issuer mails a notice or communication to Investor Noteholders, it shall
mail a
copy to the Indenture Trustee at the same time.
Notices
required to be given to the Rating Agencies by the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee shall be in writing, personally delivered or mailed certified mail,
return receipt requested to (i) in the case of Moody’s, at the following
address: Xxxxx’x Investors Service, 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention ABS Monitoring Dept. and (ii) in the
case of
Standard & Poor’s, at the following address: Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Service, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx (00xx Xxxxx), Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000, Attention:
Asset Backed Surveillance Group.
(b) Where
the
Indenture provides for notice to Investor Noteholders of any event, such
notice
shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if sent
in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Investor Noteholder
affected by such event, at its address as it appears in the Note Register,
not
later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed
(if any) for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Investor
Noteholder is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor
any
defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Investor Noteholder shall
affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Investor
Noteholders, and any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided
shall
be conclusively presumed to have been duly given. Where the Indenture provides
for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by any Person
entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such
waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Investor
Noteholders shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee, but such filing shall
not
be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance
upon
such waiver.
In
the
case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of
any
other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such
notification as shall be made that is satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee
shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose
hereunder.
Section
13.5. Conflict
with TIA
If
the
Indenture is qualified under the TIA and any provision hereof limits, qualifies
or conflicts with another provision hereof that is required to be included
in
the Indenture by any of the provisions of the TIA, such required provision
shall
control.
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If
the
Indenture is qualified under the TIA, the provisions of TIA §§ 310 through 317
that impose duties on any person (including the provisions automatically
deemed
included herein unless expressly excluded by the Indenture) are a part of
and
govern the Indenture, whether or not physically contained herein.
Section
13.6. Rules
by the Indenture Trustee
The
Indenture Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting
of
Investor Noteholders.
Section
13.7. Duplicate
Originals
The
parties may sign any number of copies of this Base Indenture. One signed
copy is
enough to prove this Base Indenture.
Section
13.8. Benefits
of Indenture
Except
as
set forth in an Indenture Supplement, nothing in the Indenture or in the
Investor Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than
the
parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit
or
any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under the Indenture.
Section
13.9. Payment
on Business Day
In
any
case where any Payment Date, redemption date or maturity date of any Investor
Note shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision
of
the Indenture) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any), as
the
case may be, need not be made on such date but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the
Payment
Date, redemption date, or maturity date; provided,
however.
that no
interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Payment Date,
redemption date, or maturity date, as the case may be.
Section
13.10. Governing
Law
THIS
BASE INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section
13.11. Severability
of Provisions
If
any
one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of the Indenture
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 or terms of the Indenture and shall in
no way
affect the validity of enforceability of the other provisions of the Indenture
or of the Investor Notes or rights of the Investor Noteholders
thereof.
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Section
13.12. Counterparts
This
Base
Indenture 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
13.13. Successors
All
agreements of the Issuer in the Indenture and the Investor Notes shall bind
its
successor; provided,
however,
the
Issuer may not assign its obligations or rights under the Indenture or any
Transaction Document. All agreements of the Indenture Trustee in the Indenture
shall bind its successor.
Section
13.14. Table
of Contents, Headings, etc.
The
Table
of Contents, Cross-Reference Table, and headings of the Articles and Sections
of
this Base Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only,
are
not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict
any
of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section
13.15. Recording
of Indenture
If
the
Indenture is subject to recording in any appropriate public recording offices,
such recording is to be effected by the Issuer and at its expense accompanied
by
an Opinion of Counsel (which may be counsel to the Indenture Trustee or any
other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect
that
such recording is necessary either for the protection of the Investor
Noteholders or any other person secured hereunder or for the enforcement
of any
right or remedy granted to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or to
satisfy any provision of the TIA (if the Indenture is qualified
thereunder).
Section
13.16. No
Petition
The
Indenture Trustee, by entering into the Indenture, and each Investor Noteholder,
by accepting an Investor Note, hereby covenant and agree that they will not
at
any time (i) institute against the Issuer or join in any institution against
the
Issuer of, any involuntary bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency
or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States
Federal
or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating
to the Investor Notes, this Base Indenture or any of the other Transaction
Documents or (ii) institute against, or join any other Person in instituting
against, the Origination Trust, Holdings, the Intermediary, any other Special
Purpose Entity, or any general partner or single member of any Special Purpose
Entity that is a partnership or limited liability company, respectively,
any
involuntary bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceeding or other proceedings under any federal or state bankruptcy or
similar
law.
Section
13.17. SUBIs
The
Indenture Trustee, by entering into the Indenture, and each Investor Noteholder,
by accepting an Investor Note, represents, warrants and covenants that (a)
each
of the Lease SUBI and the Fleet Receivable SUBI is a separate series of the
Origination Trust as provided in Section 3806(b)(2) of Chapter 38 of Title
12 of
the Delaware Code, 12 Del.C.
§
3801
62
et seq.,
(b)(i)
the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred, contracted for
or
otherwise existing with respect to the Lease SUBI, the Lease SUBI Portfolio
or
the Fleet Receivable SUBI shall be enforceable against the Lease SUBI Portfolio
or the Fleet Receivable SUBI only, as applicable, and not against any other
SUBI
Portfolio (used in this Section as defined in the Origination Trust Agreement)
or the UTI Portfolio and (ii) the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses
incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to any other
SUBI
(used in this Section as defined in the Origination Trust Agreement), any
other
SUBI Portfolio, the UTI or the UTI Portfolio shall be enforceable against
such
other SUBI Portfolio or the UTI Portfolio only, as applicable, and not against
any other SUBI Assets, (c) except to the extent required by law, UTI Assets
or
SUBI Assets with respect to any SUBI (other than the Lease SUBI and the Fleet
Receivable SUBI) shall not be subject to the claims, debts, liabilities,
expenses or obligations arising from or with respect to the Lease SUBI or
Fleet
Receivable SUBI, respectively, in respect of such claim, (d)(i) no creditor
or
holder of a claim relating to the Lease SUBI, the Fleet Receivable SUBI or
the
Lease Receivable SUBI Portfolio shall be entitled to maintain any action
against
or recover any assets allocated to the UTI or the UTI Portfolio or any other
SUBI or the assets allocated thereto, and (ii) no creditor or holder of a
claim
relating to the UTI, the UTI Portfolio or any SUBI other than the Lease SUBI
or
the Fleet Receivable SUBI or any SUBI Assets other than the Lease SUBI Portfolio
or the Fleet Receivables shall be entitled to maintain any action against
or
recover any assets allocated to the Lease SUBI or the Fleet Receivable SUBI,
and
(e) any purchaser, assignee or pledgee of an interest in the Lease SUBI,
the
Lease SUBI Certificate, the Fleet Receivable SUBI, the Lease SUBI Certificate,
the Fleet Receivable SUBI Certificate, any other SUBI, any other SUBI
Certificate (used in this Section as defined in the Origination Trust
Agreement), the UTI or the UTI Certificate must, prior to or contemporaneously
with the grant of any such assignment, pledge or security interest, (i) give
to
the Origination Trust a non-petition covenant substantially similar to that
set
forth in Section 6.9 of the Origination Trust Agreement, and (ii) execute
an
agreement for the benefit of each holder, assignee or pledgee from time to
time
of the UTI or UTI Certificate and any other SUBI or SUBI Certificate to release
all claims to the assets of the Origination Trust allocated to the UTI and
each
other SUBI Portfolio and in the event that such release is not given effect,
to
fully subordinate all claims it may be deemed to have against the assets
of the
Origination Trust allocated to the UTI Portfolio and each other SUBI
Portfolio.
Section
13.18. Election
of Overconcentration Option.
Overconcentration
Option [_] shall remain in effect until a different Overconcentration Option
shall become effective upon satisfaction of the following terms and conditions:
(a)
the
Issuer shall have given prior written notice to the Indenture Trustee of
its
selection of a different Overconcentration Option specifying in such notice
the
proposed effective date of such selection which date shall be no less than
sixty
(60) days after the date of such notice;
(b)
the
Issuer shall have given prior written notice to the Ratings Agencies with
respect to each Outstanding Series of Investor Notes of its selection of
a
different Overconcentration Option specifying in such notice the proposed
effective date of such selection which date shall be no less than sixty (60)
days after the date of such notice;
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(c)
the
proposed effective date of such selection shall be at least twelve (12) months
from the date hereof, in the case of the first such selection, or, in any
other
case, from the effective date of the Overconcentration Option then in
effect;
(d)
on
the proposed effective date of such selection, both before and after giving
effect to such selection, (i) no Asset Deficiency would exist and (ii) the
amount on deposit in the Series Reserve Account with respect to each Outstanding
Series of Investor Notes would be at least equal to the amount required to
be on
deposit therein in accordance with the terms of the applicable Indenture
Supplement;
(e)
no
Amortization Event shall have occurred and is continuing with respect to
any
Outstanding Series of Investor Notes;
(f)
the
Indenture Trustee shall have provided a copy of such notice to each Investor
Noteholder it has been instructed would be affected by the selection;
and
(g)
the
Indenture Trustee shall have been provided with an Opinion of Counsel that
each
condition to the effectiveness of such Overconcentration Option set forth
in any
Indenture Supplement relating to any Outstanding Series of Investor Notes
shall
have been satisfied.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer have caused, this
Base
Indenture to be duly executed by their respective duly authorized officers
as of
the day and year first written above.
CHESAPEAKE
FUNDING LLC,
as
Issuer
By:
/s/:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
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JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Indenture Trustee
By:
/s/:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
Assistant Treasurer
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SCHEDULE
1
TO
THE
BASE
INDENTURE
DEFINITIONS
LIST
“Accrual
Period”
means
the period from and including a Settlement Date (or, in the case of the initial
Accrual Period, March 7, 2006) to but excluding the succeeding Settlement
Date.
“Additional
Equipment Assets”
means
the Master Lease Agreements, the Leases arising thereunder and the Leased
Vehicles subject to such Leases and the Related Rights associated therewith
transferred to the Origination Trust pursuant to the Additional Equipment
Assets
Contribution Agreement and allocated to the Lease SUBI.
“Additional
Equipment Assets Contribution Agreement”
means
that certain Additional Equipment Assets Contribution Agreement dated as
of
October 28, 1999, between SPV and the Origination Trust.
“Additional
Equipment Assets Sale Agreement”
means
that certain Additional Equipment Assets Sale Agreement dated as of October
28,
1999, between VMS and SPV.
“Additional
Units”
means
any Unit allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio after June 30, 1999.
“Adjusted
Aggregate Unit Balance”
means,
as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the excess
of
(i) the Aggregate Lease Balance over (ii) the Aggregate Lease Adjustment
Amount
as of such date, (b) 90% of the excess of (i) the Aggregate Residual Value
Amount over (ii) the Excess Residual Value Amount as of such date and (c)
90% of
the excess of (i) the Aggregate Paid-In Advance Balance over (ii) the Excess
Paid-In Advance Amount as of such date.
“Administration
Agreement”
means
the Administration Agreement, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, by and
among
the Administrator, the Issuer, Holdings, the Origination Trust and the Indenture
Trustee, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with its terms.
“Administrator”
means
VMS or a successor Administrator under the Administration
Agreement.
“Administrator
Fee”
is
defined in the Administration Agreement.
“Affiliate”
means,
with respect to any specified Person, another Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled
by or
is under common control with the Person specified. For purposes of this
definition, “control” means the power to direct the management and policies of a
Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities,
by contract or otherwise; and “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
“Affiliate
Issuer”
means
any special purpose entity that is an Affiliate of PHH that has entered into
financing arrangements secured by one or more Series of Investor
Notes.
“Aggregate
Invested Amount”
means
the sum of the Invested Amounts with respect to all Series of Outstanding
Investor Notes.
“Aggregate
Invested Percentage”
means,
with respect to Collections for any Monthly Period, the sum of the Invested
Percentages for all Series of Outstanding Notes for such Monthly
Period.
“Aggregate
Lease Adjustment Amount”
means,
as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the
Overconcentration Amount as of such date, (b) the Excess Longer-Term Lease
Amount as of such date, (c) the Excess State Obligor Risk Amount as of such
date, (d) the Excess Consumer Lease Amount as of such date and (e) the Excess
High Lease Balance Amount as of such date.
“Aggregate
Lease Balance”
means,
as of any date of determination during an Accrual Period, an amount equal
to the
sum of the Lease Balances of each Eligible Lease allocated to the Lease SUBI
Portfolio as of the last day of the Monthly Period immediately preceding
the
first day of such Accrual Period.
“Aggregate
Net Lease Losses”
means,
for any Monthly Period, an amount equal to the excess of the aggregate Lease
Balances of all Unit Leases that became Charged-Off Leases during such Monthly
Period over the aggregate amount of Recoveries received during such Monthly
Period.
“Aggregate
Paid-In Advance Balance”
means,
as of any date of determination during an Accrual Period, an amount equal
to the
Cost of each Eligible Paid-In Advance Vehicle allocated to the Lease SUBI
Portfolio as of the last day of the Monthly Period immediately preceding
the
first day of such Accrual Period (or, if any such Eligible Paid-In Advance
Vehicle was allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio after the last day of such
Monthly Period, the Cost thereof as of the date such Eligible Paid-In Advance
Vehicle was allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio).
“Aggregate
Residual Value Amount”
means,
as of any date of determination during an Accrual Period, an amount equal
to the
aggregate for each Unit Vehicle subject to a Closed-End Lease allocated to
the
Lease SUBI Portfolio as of the last day of the Monthly Period immediately
preceding the first day of such Accrual Period of the lesser of (a) the Stated
Residual Value of such Unit Vehicle and (b) the Net Book Value of such Unit
Vehicle as of such day.
“Aggregate
Unit Balance”
means,
as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the Aggregate
Lease Balance, (b) the Aggregate Paid-In Advance Balance and (c) the Aggregate
Residual Value Amount as of such date.
“ALG
Residual Value”
means,
with respect to a Leased Vehicle subject to a Closed-End Lease, an amount
equal
to the residual percentage of the manufacturer’s suggested retail price of such
Leased Vehicle specified in the ALG Residual Percentage Guide published by
Automotive Lease Guide for the make and model of such Leased Vehicle and
the
lease term of such Closed-End Lease.
“Amortization
Commencement Date”
means,
with respect to a Series of Investor Notes, the date on which an Amortization
Event with respect to such Series is deemed to have occurred pursuant to
the
related Indenture Supplement.
“Amortization
Event”
with
respect to each Series of Investor Notes, is defined in the related Indenture
Supplement.
“Amortization
Period”
means,
with respect to any Series of Investor Notes or any Class within a Series
of
Investor Notes, the period following the Revolving Period during which principal
is distributed to Investor Noteholders, which shall be the controlled
amortization period, the principal amortization period, the rapid amortization
period, or other amortization period, in each case as defined with respect
to
such Series in the related Indenture Supplement.
“Annual
Noteholders’ Tax Statement”
is
defined in Section 4.4(c) of the Base Indenture.
“Annual
Servicing Report”
is
defined in Section 4.1(a) of the Base Indenture.
“Applicable
Gain on Sale Account Percentage”
means,
on any date of determination, the highest Series Gain on Sale Account Percentage
with respect to any Series of Investor Notes Outstanding.
“Applicable
Law”
means
all applicable laws, statutes, treaties, rules, codes, ordinances, regulations,
certificates, orders, interpretations, licenses and permits of any Governmental
Authority from time to time in effect, and judgments, decrees, injunctions,
writs, orders or like action of any court, arbitrator or other administrative,
judicial or quasi-judicial tribunal or agency of competent jurisdiction
(including laws specifically mandating compliance by property
owners).
“Applicants”
is
defined in Section 2.8 of the Base Indenture.
“Asset
Deficiency”
means,
as of any date of determination, the amount, if any, by which the Required
Aggregate Asset Amount as of such date exceeds the Adjusted Aggregate Unit
Balance as of such date.
“Asset
Purchase Agreement”
means
the Asset Sale Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1999, among VMS, PHH Consumer
Lease and SPV, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with its terms.
“Assignment
and Assumption Agreement”
means
the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated as of the Initial Closing
Date,
between SPV, Holdings, and acknowledged and consented to by PHH, the Delaware
Trustee, VMS, the Origination Trust, Holdings and the Indenture Trustee.
“Authorized
Officer”
means
(a) as to the Administrator, the Servicer or PHH, any of the President, any
Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President or
the
Assistant Treasurer of the Administrator, the Servicer or PHH, as the case
may
be, (b) as to the Issuer, any officer (or agent acting pursuant to a power
of
attorney) of the Issuer or any Manager acting on behalf of the Issuer and
who is
identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Manager to
the
Indenture Trustee on the Initial Closing Date (as such list may be modified
or
supplemented from time to time thereafter), (c) as to Holdings, any officer
(or
agent acting pursuant to a power of attorney) of Holdings or any manager
of
Holdings acting on behalf of Holdings and who is identified on the list of
Authorized Officers delivered by Holdings to the Indenture Trustee on the
Initial Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time
to
time thereafter), (d) as to the Origination Trust, Wilmington Trust Company,
in
its capacity as Delaware Trustee of the Origination Trust and (e) as to SPV,
any
officer of SPV or any manager of SPV acting on behalf of SPV and who is
identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by SPV to the Indenture
Trustee on the Initial Closing Date (as such list may be modified or
supplemented from time to time thereafter).
“Bankruptcy
Code”
means
The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended from time to time, and as codified
as 11 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq.
“Base
Indenture”
means
the Base Indenture, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, between the Issuer
and
the Indenture Trustee, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time,
exclusive of Indenture Supplements creating new Series of Investor
Notes.
“Bearer
Notes”
is
defined in Section 2.1 of the Base Indenture.
“Bearer
Rules”
means
the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, in effect from time to time,
governing the treatment of bearer obligations, including sections 163(f),
871,
881, 1441, 1442 and 4701, and any regulations thereunder including, to the
extent applicable to any Series of Notes, Proposed or Temporary
Regulations.
“Beneficial
Owner”
means,
with respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the beneficial owner
of
such Book-Entry Note, as may be reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency,
or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency
(directly or as an indirect participant, in accordance with the rules of
such
Clearing Agency).
“Book-Entry
Notes”
means
beneficial interests in the Investor Notes, ownership and transfers of which
shall be evidenced or made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as
described in Section 2.10 of the Base Indenture; provided that after the
occurrence of a condition whereupon book-entry registration and transfer
are no
longer permitted and Definitive Notes are issued to the Beneficial Owners,
such
Definitive Notes shall replace Book-Entry Notes.
“Borrower”
means
Holdings in its capacity as borrower under the Loan Agreement.
“Borrowing
Date”
is
defined in Section 1.2 of the Loan Agreement.
“Business
Day”
means
any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks are authorized
or required by law to be closed in New York, Maryland or Delaware.
“Capitalized
Cost”
means,
with respect to any Leased Vehicle, the amount identified by the Servicer
as the
“Capitalized Cost” of such Leased Vehicle, including, to the extent provided
therein, delivery charges, taxes and any registration or titling fees.
“Certificate
of Title”
means,
with respect to any Leased Vehicle, the certificate of title or other evidence
of ownership of such Leased Vehicle duly issued by the government department
or
agency in the jurisdiction in which such Leased Vehicle is registered in
accordance with the certificate of title act or statute of the jurisdiction
applicable to such Leased Vehicle or, to the extent that a certificate of
title
or other evidence of ownership has not been issued, the application (or copy
thereof) for the foregoing.
“Charged-Off
Lease”
means
a
Lease or Consumer Lease that was or should have been charged off by the Servicer
as uncollectible in accordance with the Policies or as to which a scheduled
lease payment thereon is 270 or more days past due.
“Charged-Off
Receivable”
means
a
Fleet Receivable that was or should have been charged off by the Servicer
as
uncollectible in accordance with the Policies or which is 270 or more days
past
due..
“Charge-Off
Ratio”
means,
for any specified Settlement Date, twelve times the quotient, expressed as
a
percentage, of (a) Aggregate Net Lease Losses for the preceding Monthly Period,
divided by (b) the Aggregate Lease Balance as of the last day of the second
preceding Monthly Period.
“Class”
means,
with respect to any Series of Notes, any one of the classes of Notes of that
Series as specified in the related Indenture Supplement.
“Class
X 1999-1B Invested Amount”
is
defined in the Fleet Receivable SUBI Supplement.
“Clearing
Agency”
means
an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the
Exchange Act.
“Clearing
Agency Participant”
means
a
broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom
from
time to time a Clearing Agency or a Foreign Clearing Agency effects book-entry
transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency or
the
Foreign Clearing Agency.
“Clearstream”
means
Clearstream Banking, société anonyme.
“Closed-End
Lease”
means
a
lease obligation in respect of a single vehicle which may arise pursuant
to a
master lease agreement providing for the lease of a fleet of vehicles or
pursuant to a lease agreement providing for the lease of a single vehicle
that,
in each case, allows the lessee thereunder to return the vehicle subject
thereto
to the lessor at or prior to lease termination and obligates the lessee
thereunder to pay to the lessor at lease termination only Incidental Lease
Termination Charges.
“Closing
Date”
means
the Initial Closing Date or any Series Closing Date.
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or otherwise modified
from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, in each case
as
in effect from time to time. References to sections of the Code also refer
to
any successor sections.
“Collateral”
is
defined in Section 3.1 of the Base Indenture.
“Collection
Account”
means
securities account no. _____ entitled “Chesapeake Funding Collection Account”
maintained by the Collection Account Securities Intermediary pursuant to
the
Collection Account Control Agreement or any successor securities account
maintained pursuant to the Collection Account Control Agreement.
“Collection
Account Control Agreement”
means
the agreement among the Issuer, JPMorgan Chase, as securities intermediary,
and
the Indenture Trustee, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, relating to
the
Collection Account, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time
to
time.
“Collection
Account Securities Intermediary”
means
JPMorgan Chase or any other securities intermediary that maintains the
Collection Account pursuant to the Collection Account Control
Agreement.
“Collections”
means
(a) all payments by or on behalf of Holdings under the Loan Agreement or
the
Loan Note, (b) all other payments on the Collateral, including, without
limitation, (i) all monthly lease payments and other lease payments on the
Unit
Leases, (ii) all proceeds from the sale or other disposition of Unit Vehicles,
including Recoveries, (iii) all insurance proceeds and warranty payments
with
respect to Unit Vehicles, (iv) all termination payments and Incidental Lease
Termination Payments received in respect of the Unit Leases, (v) all other
payments in respect of the Unit Leases, (vi) all payments in respect of the
Fleet Receivables and payments by VMS under the Receivables Purchase Agreement,
(vii) all payments by VMS or PHH Consumer Lease under the Asset Purchase
Agreement, (viii) all payments by the Origination Trust under the Origination
Trust Guaranty, (ix) all payments by the Intermediary to the Indenture Trustee
or the Issuer of funds transferred from a Joint Collection Account pursuant
to
the Master Exchange Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof, (x) all
payments made by the Intermediary to the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer
of
funds transferred from a Joint Disbursement Account or the Reservoir Account
pursuant to the terms of the Master Trust Agreement in accordance with the
terms
thereof and (xi) all payments in respect of any Hedging Instruments in the
Collateral, whether such payments are in the form of cash, checks, wire
transfers or other forms of payment and (c) all amounts earned on Permitted
Investments of funds in the Collection Account and, to the extent so specified
in an Indenture Supplement, in a Series Account.
“Common
Member”
means
PHH Sub 2, as the holder of the Common Membership Interest.
“Common
Membership Interest”
means
the Common Membership Interest issued pursuant to the LLC
Agreement.
“Consumer
Lease”
means
an Open-End Lease or a Closed-End Lease originated by PHH Consumer Lease,
individually or on behalf of the Origination Trust, that is in all material
respects in a form attached to the Series 1999-1 SUBI Servicing
Supplement.
“Contingent
Obligation”
as
applied to any Person, means any direct or indirect liability, contingent
or
otherwise, of that Person (a) with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend,
letter of credit or other obligation of another if the primary purpose or
intent
thereof by the Person incurring the Contingent Obligation is to provide
assurance to the obligee of such obligation of another that such obligation
of
another will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto
will
be complied with, or that the holders of such obligation will be protected
(in
whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof or (b) under any letter
of
credit issued for the account of that Person or for which that Person is
otherwise liable for reimbursement thereof. Contingent Obligation shall include
(a) the direct or indirect guarantee, endorsement (otherwise than for collection
or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with
recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another
and
(b) any liability of such Person for the obligations of another through any
agreement (contingent or otherwise) (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise
acquire such obligation or any security therefor, or to provide funds for
the
payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances,
stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise), (ii) to maintain the
solvency of any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition
of
another or (iii) to make take-or-pay or similar payments if required regardless
of non-performance by any other party or parties to an agreement, if in the
case
of any agreement described under subclause (i) or (ii) of this sentence the
primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in the preceding sentence.
The
amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be equal to the amount of the
obligation so guaranteed or otherwise supported.
“Contractual
Obligation”
means,
with respect to any Person, any provision of any security issued by that
Person
or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement
or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any
of its
properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties is
subject.
“Contribution
Agreement”
means
the Contribution Agreement, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, between
Holdings and the Origination Trust, as amended, modified or supplemented
from
time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Controlled
Group”
means,
with respect to any Person, such Person, whether or not incorporated, and
any
corporation, trade or business that is, along with such Person, a member
of a
controlled group of corporations or a controlled group of trades or businesses,
as described in Sections 414(b) and (c), respectively of the Code.
“Corporate
Trust Office”
means
the principal office of the Indenture Trustee at which at any particular
time
its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date
of
the execution of the Base Indenture is located at (i) soley for purposes
of the
transfer, exchange or surrender of Investor Notes, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
00xx
Xxxxx,
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, Attention: Worldwide Securities Services/Structured
Finance
Services - Chesapeake Funding LLC and (ii) for all other purposes, 0 Xxx
Xxxx
Xxxxx 0xx
Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Att: Worldwide Securities Services/Structured Finance
Services - Chesapeake Funding LLC.
“Cost”
means,
with respect to any Paid-In Advance Vehicle, the price paid for such Vehicle
to
the dealer, the manufacturer or a vendor, plus delivery charges and taxes
and
any registration or titling fees.
“Coupon”
is
defined in Section 2.1 of the Base Indenture.
“CP
Rate”
means
the rate on commercial paper for each day set forth in Statistical Release
H.15(519), “Selected Interest Rates” published by the Board Of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
“Credit
Enhancement”
means,
with respect to any Series of Investor Notes, the subordination, cash collateral
account, collateral interest, letter of credit, surety bond, insurance policy,
spread account, reserve account, cross-support feature, interest rate swap,
currency swap or any other contract or agreement for the benefit of the holder
of the Investor Notes of such Series as designated in the related Indenture
Supplement.
“Custodian
Agreement”
means
the Custodian Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1999, by and among the Custodian,
the Servicer and the Origination Trust, as amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with its terms, and any other Custodian
Agreement entered into in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Origination Trust Servicing Agreement.
“Custodian”
means
the party named as such in the Custodian Agreement until a successor replaces
it
in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Custodian Agreement and
thereafter means the successor serving thereunder.
“Default”
means
any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time or both would
become, an Event of Default.
“Definitions
List”
means
this Definitions List, as amended or modified from time to time.
“Definitive
Notes”
is
defined in Section 2.10 of the Base Indenture.
“Delaware
Trustee”
means
Wilmington Trust Company, in its capacity as Delaware Trustee of the Origination
Trust.
“Delinquency
Ratio”
means,
for any specified Settlement Date, the quotient, expressed as a percentage,
of
(a) the aggregate xxxxxxxx with respect to all Leases and all Fleet Receivables
which were unpaid for 60 days or more from the original due date thereof
as of
the last day of the immediately preceding Monthly Period divided by (b) the
sum
of (i) the aggregate xxxxxxxx with respect to all Leases and all Fleet
Receivables which were unpaid as of the last day of the second preceding
Monthly
Period and (ii) the aggregate amount billed with respect to all Leases and
all
Fleet Receivables during the immediately preceding Monthly Period.
“Depository”
is
defined in Section 2.10 of the Base Indenture.
“Depository
Agreement”
means,
with respect to a Series having Book-Entry Notes, the agreement among the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Clearing Agency or the Foreign Clearing
Agency, or as otherwise provided in the related Indenture
Supplement.
“Deposit
Date”
means
each Business Day on which Collections are deposited into the Collection
Account.
“Deposit
Report”
is
defined in Section 4.1 of the Base Indenture.
“Determination
Date”
means
the second Business Day prior to each Settlement Date.
“Dividend
Rate”
means,
with respect to each series of Preferred Membership Interests, the rate at
which
distributions of interest with respect to such Preferred Membership Interests
are made.
“DLPT
Loan Collateral”
is
defined in Section 7.1(c) of the Loan Agreement.
“Dollar”
and
the
symbol “$”
mean
the lawful currency of the United States.
“Eligible
Consumer Lease”
means
a
Consumer Lease that as of the date allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio
satisfied the following eligibility criteria:
(i)
it
was not a Charged-Off Lease;
(ii)
it
was not an Ineligible Delinquent Lease;
(iii)
it
was an obligation of an Eligible Obligor;
(iv)
it
had an initial term of 60 months or less;
(v)
it
was denominated and payable only in Dollars in the United States;
(vi)
it
was originated and has been administered since origination in accordance
with
Applicable Law;
(vii)
it
was originated in accordance with the Policies;
(viii)
it
did not contravene in any material respect any Applicable Law and VMS or
PHH
Consumer Lease is not in violation in any material respect of any Applicable
Law
in connection with it;
(ix)
it
was not subject to any dispute in whole or in part or to any offset,
counterclaim, defense, rescission, recoupment or subordination;
(x)
it
was the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Obligor thereunder,
enforceable against such Obligor to pay the full amount thereof in accordance
with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles
(whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or law);
(xi)
the
Origination Trust has only one “original” counterpart of such Consumer Lease and
such original is held by the Custodian;
(xii)
it
is either an Open-End Lease or a Closed-End Lease;
(xiii)
it
is a “hell or high water” net lease under which the Obligor’s payment
obligations thereunder are absolute, unconditional and noncancellable and
not
subject to abatement or adjustment;
(xiv)
the
Obligor thereunder is required to maintain casualty insurance with respect
to
the related Leased Vehicle in accordance with the Policies;
(xv)
it
was originated by the Origination Trust;
(xvi)
the
Obligor of which has accepted the related Leased Vehicle;
(xvii)
it
provides for equal monthly depreciation payments and accrues a finance or
other
lease charge on the Net Book Value of the related Leased Vehicle at a floating
rate at least equal to the CP Rate from time to time or at a fixed
rate;
(xviii)
if a Closed-End Lease, the Stated Residual Value of the related Leased Vehicle
was no greater than the ALG Residual Value thereof at origination;
(xix)
if
a Fixed Rate Lease, on or before the date on which such Fixed Rate Lease
was
allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio, the Issuer held any Lease Rate Cap
with
respect to such Fixed Rate Lease required to be held by the Issuer by the
terms
of any Indenture Supplement;
(xx)
if a
Floating Rate Lease, the Obligor thereunder has no right to convert the floating
rate at which the finance charges accrue thereunder to a fixed rate;
(xxi)
the
Leased Vehicle leased thereunder (x) is free and clear of all Liens (other
than
Permitted Liens) and (y) the Certificate of Title for such Leased Vehicle
is
registered in the name of the Origination Trust; and
(xxii)
the Certificate of Title for the Leased Vehicle leased thereunder indicates
only
a Lien in the name of (1) SPV or the Issuer, in the case of a Consumer Lease
originated by the Origination Trust prior to June 30, 2006 or (2) the Issuer,
in
the case of all other Consumer Leases (or, such a Certificate of Title has
been
applied for).
“Eligible
Deposit Account”
means
(a) a segregated identifiable trust account established in the trust department
of a Qualified Trust Institution or (b) a separately identifiable deposit
account established in the deposit taking department of a Qualified
Institution.
“Eligible
Lease”
means
either (a) a Lease that as of the date allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio
was
an Eligible Consumer Lease or (b) a Lease that as of the date allocated to
the
Lease SUBI Portfolio was under an Eligible Master Lease and satisfied the
following eligibility criteria:
(a)
it
had an initial term of 144 months or less and a remaining term of 120 months
or
less;
(b)
the
Obligor of which has accepted the related Leased Vehicle;
(c)
except for any Lease that is an Additional Equipment Asset, if an Open-End
Lease, it provides for equal monthly depreciation payments and, if a Closed-End
Lease, it provides for monthly depreciation payments that over the term of
the
Lease reduce the Capitalized Cost of the related Leased Vehicle to the Stated
Residual Value thereof;
(d)
if an
Open-End Lease that is an Additional Equipment Asset, it provides for at
least
quarterly depreciation payments and, if a Closed-End Lease that is an Additional
Equipment Asset, it provides for at least quarterly depreciation payments
that
over the term of the Lease reduce the Capitalized Cost of the related Leased
Vehicle to the Stated Residual Value thereof;
(e)
it
accrues a finance or other lease charge on the Net Book Value of the related
Leased Vehicle at a floating rate at least equal to the CP Rate from time
to
time or at a fixed rate;
(f)
if a
Closed-End Lease, the Stated Residual Value of the related Leased Vehicle
was no
greater than the ALG Residual Value thereof at origination or, in the case
of
any Leased Vehicle the residual value of which is not specified in the ALG
Residual Percentage Guide published by the Automotive Lease Guide, the estimated
residual value of the related Leased Vehicle contained in a comparable industry
source of equipment residual values or if such a source is not available,
contained in a source VMS believes is reasonable;
(g)
on or
before the date on which such Lease was allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio,
the Issuer held any Lease Rate Cap with respect to such Lease required to
be
held by the terms of the Base Indenture or any Indenture Supplement;
(h)
if a
Floating Rate Lease and the Obligor thereunder has the right to convert the
floating rate at which the finance charges accrue thereunder to a fixed rate,
upon conversion the fixed rate will be at least equal to the sum of the PHH
Treasury Note Rate on the conversion date and 0.50%;
(i)
the
Leased Vehicle leased thereunder (x) is free and clear of all Liens (other
than
Permitted Liens) and (y) if such Leased Vehicle is subject to a certificate
of
title act or statute, the Certificate of Title for such Leased Vehicle is
registered in the name of the Origination Trust; and
(j)
(x)
if the Leased Vehicle leased thereunder is subject to a certificate of title
act
or statute, the Certificate of Title for such Leased Vehicle indicates only
a
Lien in the name of (1) VMS, in the case of a Lease originated by VMS and
assigned to the Origination Trust, (2) SPV or the Issuer, in the case of
a Lease
originated by the Origination Trust prior to June 30, 2006 or (3) the Issuer,
in
the case of all other Leases (or, such a Certificate of Title has been applied
for) or (y) if such Leased Vehicle is not subject to a certificate of title
act
or statute, all filings necessary to evidence the security interest of (1)
VMS,
in the case of a Lease originated by VMS and assigned to the Origination
Trust,
(2) SPV or the Issuer, in the case of a Lease originated prior to June 30,
2006
or (3) the Issuer, in the case of all other Leases, in such Leased Vehicle
have
been made in all appropriate jurisdictions.
“Eligible
Master Lease”
will
mean each Master Lease Agreement that as of the date a Lease thereunder or
Paid-In Advance Vehicle relating thereto is allocated to the Lease SUBI
satisfied the following eligibility criteria:
(a)
it
was not a Charged-Off Lease;
(b)
it
was not an Ineligible Delinquent Lease;
(c)
it
was an obligation of an Eligible Obligor;
(d)
it
was denominated and payable only in Dollars in the United States;
(e)
it
was originated and has been administered since origination in accordance
with
Applicable Law;
(f)
it
was originated in accordance with the Policies;
(g)
it
did not contravene in any material respect any Applicable Law and VMS is
not in
violation in any material respect of any Applicable Law in connection with
it;
(h)
it
was not subject to any dispute in whole or in part or to any offset,
counterclaim, defense, rescission, recoupment or subordination;
(i)
it
was the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Obligor thereunder,
enforceable against such Obligor to pay the full amount thereof in accordance
with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles
(whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or law);
(j)
the
Origination Trust has only one “original” counterpart of such Master Lease
Agreement and such original is held by the Custodian;
(k)
it is
either an Open-End Lease or a Closed-End Lease;
(l)
it is
a “hell or high water” net lease under which the Obligor’s payment obligations
thereunder are absolute, unconditional and noncancellable and not subject
to
abatement or adjustment;
(m)
the
Obligor thereunder is required to maintain casualty insurance or to self-insure
with respect to the related Leased Vehicles in accordance with the
Policies;
(n)
if
not originated by the Origination Trust, all right, title and interest in
it has
been (i) validly sold to the Origination Trust by VMS pursuant to that certain
Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated December 17, 1998, (ii) validly
assigned to the Origination Trust by SPV pursuant to the Old Contribution
Agreement or (iii), in the case of any Master Lease Agreement that is an
Additional Equipment Asset, validly assigned to the Origination Trust by
SPV
pursuant to the Additional Equipment Assets Contribution Agreement and, if
assigned by SPV to the Origination Trust, was validly sold by VMS to SPV
pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement or, in the case of any Master Lease
Agreement that is an Additional Equipment Asset, validly sold by VMS to SPV
pursuant to the Additional Equipment Assets Sale Agreement; and
(o)
any
consents, approvals or authorizations necessary for the assignment and sale
thereof by VMS to the Origination Trust have been obtained.
“Eligible
Obligor”
means
each Obligor in respect of a Master Lease Agreement, a Consumer Lease or
a Fleet
Receivable that satisfies the following eligibility criteria:
(a)
its
billing address is located in the United States;
(b)
it is
not the United States federal government, or any subdivision thereof, or
any
agency, department or instrumentality thereof;
(c)
it is
not an Affiliate of PHH; and
(d)
it is
not the subject of any voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy proceeding, unless,
in the case of a Master Lease Agreement, a bankruptcy court shall have entered
an order reaffirming such Obligor’s obligations under such Master Lease
Agreement.
“Eligible
Paid-In Advance Vehicle”
means
a
Unit Paid-In Advance Vehicle acquired at the request of an Obligor who as
of the
date such Paid-In Advance Vehicle is allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio
is
party to an Eligible Master Lease or has agreed to be bound by a Master Lease
Agreement.
“Eligible
Receivable”
means,
as of any date of determination, each Fleet Receivable that satisfies the
following eligibility criteria:
(a)
it is
an obligation of an Eligible Obligor;
(b)
it is
not a Charged-Off Receivable;
(c)
it is
denominated and payable only in Dollars in the United States;
(d)
it
and the related Fleet Service Contract do not contravene in any material
respect
any Applicable Law and VMS is not in violation in any material respect of
any
Applicable Law in connection with it or the related Fleet Service
Contract;
(e)
the
related Fleet Service Contract was originated in accordance with the
Policies;
(f)
it
has been billed, the goods or services giving rise to it have been provided
and
it is payable within 45 days of the billing date;
(g)
it is
an “eligible asset” within the meaning of Rule 3a-7 promulgated under the
Investment Company Act;
(h)
if
contributed to the Origination Trust prior to the Initial Closing Date, (i)
it
is not subject to the laws of any jurisdiction whose laws would prohibit
the
assignment and sale thereof by VMS to SPV pursuant to the Old Receivables
Purchase Agreement and the contribution thereof by SPV to the Origination
Trust
pursuant to the Old Contribution Agreement, (ii) any consents, approvals
or
authorizations necessary for the assignment and sale thereof by VMS to SPV
pursuant to the Old Receivables Purchase Agreement and the contribution thereof
by SPV to the Origination Trust pursuant to the Old Contribution Agreement
have
been obtained with respect to such Fleet Receivable, and (iii) all right,
title
and interest in it has been validly sold by VMS to SPV pursuant to the Old
Receivables Purchase Agreement and validly assigned by SPV to the Origination
Trust pursuant to the Old Contribution Agreement;
(i)
if
contributed to the Origination Trust on or after the Initial Closing Date,
(i)
it is not subject to the laws of any jurisdiction whose laws would prohibit
the
assignment and sale thereof by VMS to Holdings pursuant to the Receivables
Purchase Agreement and the contribution thereof by Holdings to the Origination
Trust pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, (ii) any consents, approvals
or
authorizations necessary for the assignment and sale thereof by VMS to Holdings
pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the contribution thereof
by
Holdings to the Origination Trust pursuant to the Contribution Agreement
have
been obtained with respect to such Fleet Receivable, and (iii) all right,
title
and interest in it has been validly sold by VMS to Holdings pursuant to the
Receivables Purchase Agreement and validly assigned by Holdings to the
Origination Trust pursuant to the Contribution Agreement;
(j)
the
Origination Trust has legal and beneficial ownership therein free and clear
of
all Liens other than Permitted Liens;
(k)
it is
not subject to any dispute in whole or in part or to any offset, counterclaim,
defense, rescission, recoupment or subordination;
(l)
it is
at all times the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Obligor thereon,
enforceable against such Obligor to pay the full amount thereof in accordance
with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles
(whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or law); and
(m)
it
constitutes an “account” or a “general intangible” under the applicable
UCC.
“Enhancement
Provider”
means,
with respect to any Series, the Person, if any, designated as such in the
related Indenture Supplement.
“ERISA”
means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any
successor statute of similar import, in each case as in effect from time
to
time. References to sections of ERISA also refer to any successor
sections.
“Euroclear”
means
Euroclear System.
“Event
of Default”
is
defined in Section 9.1 of the Base Indenture.
“Excess
Consumer Lease Amount”
means,
as of any date of determination during an Accrual Period, an amount equal
to the
excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate Lease Balance of all Eligible Leases
that
are Consumer Leases allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio as of the last
day of
the Monthly Period immediately preceding the first day of such Accrual Period
over (b) an amount equal to 1.0% of the Aggregate Lease Balance as of such
date.
“Excess
Damage Charges”
means
the charges under a Lease due to damage to the related Leased Vehicle over
a
prescribed limit.
“Excess
Fleet Receivable Amount”
means,
with respect to any Settlement Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any,
of
(a) the aggregate amount of Collections in respect of the Fleet Receivables
received by Holdings and deposited into the Collection Account during the
immediately preceding Monthly Period over (b) the Class X 1999-1B Invested
Amount as of the immediately preceding Settlement Date.
“Excess
High Lease Balance Amount”
means,
as of any date of determination during an Accrual Period, an amount equal
to the
excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate Lease Balance of all Eligible Leases
having
a Lease Balance in excess of $1,000,000 allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio
as
of the last day of the Monthly Period immediately preceding the first day
of
such Accrual Period over (b) an amount equal to 0.50% of the Aggregate Lease
Balance as of such date.
“Excess
Longer-Term Lease Amount”
means,
as of any date of determination during an Accrual Period, an amount equal
to the
greater of (a) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Lease Balance of
all
Eligible Leases having remaining terms of longer than five years allocated
to
the Lease SUBI Portfolio as of the last day of the Monthly Period immediately
preceding the first day of such Accrual Period over (ii) an amount equal
to 20%
of the Aggregate Lease Balance as of such date and (b) the excess, if any,
of
(i) the aggregate Lease Balance of all Eligible Leases having remaining terms
of
longer than seven years allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio as of the last
day
of the Monthly Period immediately preceding the first day of such Accrual
Period
over (ii) an amount equal to 7.5% of the Aggregate Lease Balance as of such
date.
“Excess
Mileage Charges”
means
the charges under a Lease due to mileage on the related Leased Vehicle over
a
prescribed limit.
“Excess
Paid-In Advance Amount”
means,
as of any date of determination during an Accrual Period, an amount equal
to the
greatest of (a) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Cost of each Eligible
Paid-In Advance Vehicle allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio as of the last
day
of the Monthly Period immediately preceding the first day of such Accrual
Period
(or, if any such Eligible Paid-In Advance Vehicle was allocated to the Lease
SUBI after the last day of such Monthly Period, the Cost thereof as of the
date
such Eligible Paid-In Advance Vehicle was allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio)
over (ii) an amount equal to 10% of the Aggregate Unit Balance as of such
date,
(b) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Cost of each Eligible Paid-In
Advance Vehicle allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio for more than 60 days
as
of the last day of the Monthly Period immediately preceding the first day
of
such Accrual Period over (ii) an amount equal to 2.5% of the Aggregate Unit
Balance as of such date and (c) the aggregate Cost of each Eligible Paid-In
Advance Vehicle allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio for more than 120 days
as
of the last day of the Monthly Period immediately preceding the first day
of
such Accrual Period.
“Excess
Residual Value Amount”
means,
as of any date of determination during an Accrual Period, an amount equal
to the
excess, if any, of (i) the Aggregate Residual Value Amount as of such date
over
(ii) an amount equal to 7.5% of the Aggregate Unit Balance as of such
date.
“Excess
State Obligor Risk Amount”
means,
as of any date of determination during an Accrual Period, an amount equal
to the
excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate Lease Balance of all Eligible Leases
the
Obligor of which is a state or local government or any subdivision thereof,
or
any agency, department or instrumentality thereof allocated to the Lease
SUBI
Portfolio as of the last day of the Monthly Period immediately preceding
the
first day of such Accrual Period over (b) an amount equal to 3.0% of the
Aggregate Lease Balance as of such date.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Expected
Final Distribution Date”
means,
with respect to any applicable Series of Investor Notes, the date, if any,
stated in the related Indenture Supplement as the date on which such Series
of
Investor Notes is expected to be paid in full.
“FDIC”
means
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
“Fixed
Rate Lease”
means
a
Lease accruing finance charges at a fixed rate per annum.
“Fleet
Receivables”
means
all amounts payable under the Fleet Service Contracts, a beneficial interest
in
a portion of which is represented by the Fleet Receivable SUBI
Certificate.
“Fleet
Receivable SUBI”
means
that special unit of beneficial interest in the Origination Trust created
by the
Fleet Receivable SUBI Supplement in a pool of Fleet Receivables either (i)
acquired by SPV from VMS pursuant to the Old Receivables Purchase Agreement
and
contributed by SPV to the Origination Trust pursuant to the Old Contribution
Agreement prior to the Initial Closing Date or (ii) acquired by Holdings
from
VMS pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement and contributed by Holdings
to the Origination Trust pursuant to the Contribution Agreement on or after
the
Initial Closing Date and all Origination Trust Assets associated with the
Fleet
Receivables, including all right, title and interest of Holdings under the
Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“Fleet
Receivable SUBI Certificate”
means
the Class X 1999-1B Sold SUBI Certificate, a certificate of beneficial
ownership, representing a portion of the Fleet Receivable SUBI issued pursuant
to the Fleet Receivable SUBI Supplement.
“Fleet
Receivable SUBI Supplement”
means
the Amended and Restated Sold SUBI Supplement 1999-1B to the Origination
Trust
Agreement, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, among Holdings, as settlor
and
initial beneficiary, VMS, as UTI Trustee and Servicer, and Wilmington Trust
Company, as Delaware Trustee and SUBI Trustee.
“Fleet
Service Contract”
means
a
fleet maintenance contract, fleet management contract, fuel card contract
or any
other service contract the fees for which are billed or would be billed by
VMS,
together with the Leases.
“Floating
Rate Lease”
means
a
Lease accruing finance charges at a floating rate per annum.
“Foreign
Clearing Agency”
means
Clearstream and Euroclear.
“GAAP”
means
the generally accepted accounting principles promulgated or adopted by the
Financial Accounting Standards Board and its predecessors and successors
from
time to time.
“Gain
on Sale Account”
means
securities account no. _____ entitled “Chesapeake Funding Gain on Sale Account”
maintained by the Gain on Sale Securities Intermediary pursuant to the Gain
on
Sale Account Control Agreement or any successor securities account maintained
pursuant to the Gain on Sale Account Control Agreement.
“Gain
on Sale Account Control Agreement”
means
the agreement among the Issuer, JPMorgan Chase, as securities intermediary,
and
the Indenture Trustee, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, relating to
the
Gain on Sale Account, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time
to
time.
“Gain
on Sale Account Securities Intermediary”
means
JPMorgan Chase or any other securities intermediary that maintains the Gain
on
Sale Account pursuant to the Gain on Sale Account Control
Agreement.
“Global
Note”
is
defined in Section 2.12 of the Base Indenture.
“Governmental
Authority”
means
the United States of America, any state or other political subdivision thereof
and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
“Hedging
Instrument”
means
one or more Lease Rate Caps or other interest rate swap contracts or similar
contracts entered into by, or assigned to, the Issuer, as specified in the
Base
Indenture or any Indenture Supplement, providing limited protection against
interest rate risks.
“Holdings”
means
Chesapeake Finance Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (formerly
known as Chesapeake Funding LLC), and its permitted successors.
“Incidental
Lease Termination Charges”
means
all Excess Damage Charges, Excess Mileage Charges and any charges imposed
upon
the early termination of a Lease.
“Indebtedness”,
as
applied to any Person, means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness for
borrowed money, (b) that portion of obligations with respect to any lease
of any
property (whether real, personal or mixed) that is properly classified as
a
liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP, (c) notes payable and
drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not representing
obligations for borrowed money, (d) any obligation owed for all or any part
of
the deferred purchase price for property or services, which purchase price
is
(i) due more than six months from the date of the incurrence of the obligation
in respect thereof or (ii) evidenced by a note or similar written instrument,
(e) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned by
that
Person regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have
been
assumed by that Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person, and
(f)
without duplicating any of the foregoing, all Contingent Obligations of such
Person in respect of any of the foregoing.
“Indenture”
means
the Base Indenture and all Supplements thereto, including any Indenture
Supplement.
“Indenture
Supplement”
means,
with respect to any Series of Investor Notes, a supplement to the Base Indenture
complying with the terms of Section 2.2 of the Base Indenture, executed in
conjunction with any issuance of any Series of Investor Notes (or, in the
case
of the issuance of Investor Notes on the Initial Closing Date, the supplement
executed in connection with the issuance of such Investor Notes).
“Indenture
Trustee”
means
the party named as such in the Indenture until a successor replaces it in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture and thereafter
means
the successor serving thereunder.
“Independent”
means,
when used with respect to any specified Person, that the person (a) is in
fact
independent of the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Investor Notes, VMS
and
any Affiliate of any of the foregoing persons, (b) does not have any direct
financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Issuer,
any such other obligor, VMS or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons
and
(c) is not connected with the Issuer, any such other obligor, VMS or any
Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as an officer, employee, promoter,
underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar
functions.
“Independent
Certificate”
means
a
certificate or opinion to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee under the
circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable
requirements of Section 13.1, of the Base Indenture made by an Independent
engineer, appraiser or other expert appointed by the Issuer and approved
by the
Indenture Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care, and such opinion or
certificate shall state that the signer has read the definition of “Independent”
herein and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.
“Independent
Manager”
is
defined in the LLC Agreement.
“Ineligible
Delinquent Lease”
means
(a) a Master Lease Agreement as to which 50% or greater of the xxxxxxxx to
the
Obligor thereof remain unpaid for more than 60 days from the original due
date
or which has been declared in default under the Policies or (b) a Consumer
Lease
as to which any amounts remain unpaid for more than 60 days from the original
due date or which has been declared in default under the Policies.
“Initial
Closing Date”
means
March 7, 2006.
“Initial
Invested Amount”
means,
with respect to any Series of Investor Notes, the aggregate initial principal
amount specified in the related Indenture Supplement.
“Initial
Units”
means,
as of June 30, 1999, all Units allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio as of
June
30, 1999.
“Insolvency
Event”
means,
as to any Person:
(a)(i)
a
court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for
relief in respect of such Person in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy
Code or any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, which decree or order is not stayed, or any other similar
relief shall be granted under any applicable federal or state law, (ii) an
involuntary case is commenced against such Person under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect which
remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 60 days or
(iii)
such Person shall have a decree or an order for relief entered with respect
to
it or commence a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect;
(b)
such
Person shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or
liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets
and
liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to all or substantially
all of
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 conservator
or
receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling
of
assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or
liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against such Person;
or such
Person shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as
they
become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency
or
reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors
or
voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations.
“Interest
Period”
means,
with respect to any Series of Investor Notes, the period specified in the
related Indenture Supplement.
“Intermediary”
means
the Person acting in the capacity of Qualified Intermediary pursuant to the
Master Exchange Agreement, which initially shall be PHH Funding, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company.
“Invested
Amount”
means,
with respect to each Series of Investor Notes, the amount specified in the
related Indenture Supplement.
“Invested
Percentage”
means,
with respect to any Series of Investor Notes, the percentage specified in
the
related Indenture Supplement.
“Investment
Company Act”
means
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
“Investor
Noteholder”
and
“Holder” means the Person in whose name an Investor Note is registered in the
Note Register.
“Investor
Notes”
means
any one of the promissory notes (including, without limitation, the Bearer
Notes, the Registered Notes or the Global Notes) issued by the Issuer, executed
by the Issuer and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee substantially in
the
form (or forms in the case of a Series of Notes with multiple Classes) of
the
investor note attached to the related Indenture Supplement.
“Issuer”
means
Chesapeake Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Issuer
Accounts”
means
the Collection Account and each Series Account.
“Issuer
Assets”
means
all assets of the Issuer, including, among other things, the Loans, the Loan
Note, the Loan Collateral, the Loan Agreement, the Issuer Accounts, any Hedging
Instruments, the Origination Trust Guaranty, the Origination Trust Security
Agreement, the Nominee Lienholder Agreement, the Administration Agreement,
the
Management Agreement and all proceeds of the foregoing.
“Issuer
General Account”
is
defined in the LLC Agreement.
“Issuer
Obligations”
means
all principal and interest, at any time and from time to time, owing by the
Issuer on the Investor Notes and all costs, fees and expenses payable by,
or
obligations of, the Issuer under the Indenture.
“Issuer
Order”
and
“Issuer Request” means a written order or request signed in the name of the
Issuer by any one of its Authorized Officers and delivered to the Indenture
Trustee.
“Joint
Collection Account(s)”
is
defined in Appendix A to the Master Exchange Agreement.
“Joint
Disbursement Account”
is
defined in Appendix A to the Master Exchange Agreement.
“JPMorgan
Chase”
means
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, a national banking
association.
“Junior
Preferred Member”
means
a
Person in whose name a Junior Preferred Membership Interest is registered
in the
Register.
“Junior
Preferred Membership Interests”
means
the Junior Preferred Membership Interests issued pursuant to the LLC
Agreement.
“Lease”
means
an Open-End Lease or a Closed-End Lease originated by or on behalf of VMS,
PHH
Financial Services or the Origination Trust pursuant to a Master Lease Agreement
or a Consumer Lease originated by or on behalf of the Origination
Trust.
“Lease
Balance”
means,
as of any date of determination, with respect to (a) any Open-End Lease,
an
amount equal to the Net Book Value of the Leased Vehicle subject to such
Lease
and (b) any Closed-End Lease, an amount equal to the sum of all remaining
monthly lease payments (other than payments of finance charges and other
incidental fees) due in respect of such Leased Vehicle on or after such date;
provided, however that the Lease Balance of a Charged-Off Lease shall be
zero.
“Lease
Balance Decline”
means,
for any Lease for any Settlement Date, an amount equal to the sum of (a)
the
Lease Balance of such Lease as of the last day of the Monthly Period preceding
the Monthly Period immediately preceding such Settlement Date less the Lease
Balance of such Lease as of the last day of the Monthly Period immediately
preceding such Settlement Date plus (b), in the case of a Closed-End Lease,
the
Net Book Value of the related Unit Vehicle if such Unit Vehicle shall have
become a Residual Value Vehicle during the Monthly Period immediately preceding
such Settlement Date.
“Leased
Vehicle”
means
the Vehicle subject to a Lease.
“Lease
Rate Cap”
means
any interest rate caps that are required to be maintained by the Issuer pursuant
to the Base Indenture or any Indenture Supplement.
“Lease
SUBI”
means
that special unit of beneficial interest in the Origination Trust created
by the
Lease SUBI Supplement.
“Lease
SUBI Certificate”
means
the certificate of beneficial ownership, representing beneficial ownership
in
the Sold Units allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio issued pursuant to the
Lease SUBI Supplement.
“Lease
SUBI Portfolio”
or
“1999-1A
Sold SUBI Portfolio”
means
the Origination Trust Assets that are from time to time allocated to the
Lease
SUBI in accordance with the terms of the Origination Trust
Documents.
“Lease
SUBI Supplement”
means
the Amended and Restated Sold SUBI Supplement 1999-1A to the Origination
Trust
Agreement, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, among Holdings, as settlor
and
initial beneficiary, VMS, as UTI Trustee and Servicer, and Wilmington Trust
Company, as Delaware Trustee and SUBI Trustee.
“Lender”
means
Chesapeake Funding LLC in its capacity as lender under the Loan
Agreement.
“Lien”
means,
when used with respect to any Person, any interest in any real or personal
property, asset or other right held, owned or being purchased or acquired
by
such Person which secures payment or performance of any obligation, and shall
include any mortgage, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge, retained security
title
of a conditional vendor or lessor, or other security interest of any kind,
whether arising under a security agreement, mortgage, lease, deed of trust,
chattel mortgage, assignment, pledge, retention or security title, financing
or
similar statement, or notice or arising as a matter of law, judicial process
or
otherwise.
“LKE
Program”
is
defined in Appendix A to the Master Exchange Agreement.
“LLC
Agreement”
means
the Limited Liability Agreement of the Issuer, dated as of March 7, 2006,
as
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its
terms.
“Loans”
is
defined in Section 2.1 of the Loan Agreement.
“Loan
Agreement”
means
the Loan Agreement, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, among the Borrower,
the Origination Trust and the Lender, as amended, modified or supplemented
from
time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Loan
Collateral”
is
defined in Section 7.1(a) of the Loan Agreement.
“Loan
Event of Default”
is
defined in Section 12.1 of the Loan Agreement.
“Loan
Note”
is
defined in Section 3.1 of the Loan Agreement.
“Loan
Principal Amount”
is
defined in Section 1.2 of the Loan Agreement.
“Lockout
Period”
means
the period from and including the date on which each Outstanding Series of
Investor Notes shall have been declared to be immediately due and payable
as a
result of the occurrence of an Event of Default defined in clause (a) or
(b) of
Section 9.1 of the Base Indenture to and including the date on which the
principal of and interest on all Series of Investor Notes shall have been
paid
in full.
“Luxembourg
Agent”
is
defined in Section 2.3(c) of the Base Indenture.
“Majority
in Interest”
of
each
Series of Investor Notes means Noteholders of such Series holding Investor
Notes
evidencing more than 50% by outstanding principal amount of each Class of
Investor Notes of such Series.
“Management
Agreement”
means
the Management Agreement, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, by and among
the
Managing Agent, the Issuer and the Administrator, as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Manager”
is
defined in the LLC Agreement.
“Managing
Agent”
means
Global Securitization Services LLC or a successor Managing Agent under the
Management Agreement.
“Master
Exchange Agreement”
means
the Master Exchange Agreement, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, among
the
Intermediary, Holdings and the Origination Trust, as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Master
Lease Agreement”
means
each master lease agreement between an Obligor and (a) VMS and assigned by
VMS
to the Origination Trust or assigned by VMS to SPV and by SPV to the Origination
Trust, (b) PHH Financial Services and assigned by PHH Financial Services
to VMS,
by VMS to SPV and by SPV to the Origination Trust or (c) the Origination
Trust,
in each case, in all material respects in a form attached to the Series 1999-1
SUBI Servicing Supplement.
“Master
Trust Agreement”
is
defined in Appendix A to the Master Exchange Agreement.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
means,
with respect to any occurrence, event or condition:
(i)
a
material adverse effect on the Issuer’s interest in the Collateral, including,
without limitation, the Loans, the Loan Note, the Loan Collateral or the
Loan
Agreement;
(ii)
a
material adverse effect on the validity, status, perfection or priority of
the
Lien of the Indenture Trustee in the Collateral;
(iii)
a
material adverse effect on the business, properties, financial condition
or
results of operations of the Issuer or the ability of the Issuer to perform
its
obligations under the Indenture;
(iv)
a
material adverse effect on the business, properties, financial condition
or
results of operations of PHH and its subsidiaries as a whole; or
(v)
a
material adverse effect on the validity or enforceability of the Indenture
or
any of the other Transaction Documents.
“Maximum
Invested Amount”
means,
with respect to each Series of Investor Notes, the amount, if any, specified
in
the related Indenture Supplement.
“Member”
means
a
Preferred Member or the Common Member.
“Membership
Interest”
means
a
Preferred Membership Interest or the Common Membership Interest.
“Minimum
Adjusted Aggregate Unit Balance”
means
the sum of the numerators used on such date to calculate the Invested Percentage
with respect to Collections for all Series of Outstanding Investor Notes
on such
date.
“Monthly
Period”
means,
unless otherwise defined in any Indenture Supplement, the period from and
including a Period End Date (or, in the case of the initial Monthly Period,
from
the Initial Cutoff Date) to but excluding the succeeding Period End
Date.
“Monthly
Residual Value Gain”
means,
for any Settlement Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) all
Termination Proceeds for the immediately preceding Monthly Period for all
Unit
Vehicles that became Residual Value Vehicles during such Monthly Period and
all
prior Monthly Periods over (b) the aggregate Net Book Values of all Unit
Vehicles that became Residual Value Vehicles during such Monthly Period.
“Monthly
Residual Value Loss”
means,
for any Monthly Period, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the
aggregate Net Book Values of all Unit Vehicles that became Residual Value
Vehicles during such Monthly Period over (b) all Termination Proceeds for
such
Monthly Period for all Unit Vehicles that became Residual Value Vehicles
during
such Monthly Period and all prior Monthly Periods.
“Monthly
Servicer Advance”
means
the aggregate amount of funds advanced by the Servicer to Holdings on any
Settlement Date for deposit in the Collection Account in respect of monthly
lease payments due but not received during the immediately preceding Monthly
Period on the Sold Units and in respect of Fleet Receivables due but not
received during the immediately preceding Monthly Period in accordance with
the
Series 1999-1 SUBI Servicing Supplement.
“Monthly
Servicer Advance Reimbursement Amount”
means,
for any Settlement Date, the aggregate amount payable to the Servicer in
reimbursement of amounts previously advanced by the Servicer in respect of
delinquent monthly lease payments and delinquent Fleet Receivables pursuant
to
Section 7.4 of the Series 1999-1 SUBI Servicing Supplement on such Settlement
Date.
“Monthly
Settlement Statement”
means,
with respect to each Series of Outstanding Investor Notes, the settlement
statement in the form attached to the related Indenture Supplement delivered
by
the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.4(a) of the Base
Indenture.
“Moody’s”
means
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
“Net
Book Value”
means,
as of any date of determination during an Accrual Period with respect to
each
Leased Vehicle, such Leased Vehicle’s Capitalized Cost minus the sum of (a) all
monthly lease payments billed thereunder (other than payments of finance
charges
and other incidental fees) in respect of such Leased Vehicle through such
date
and (b) in the case of a Leased Vehicle subject to an Open-End Lease, all
proceeds from the sale or disposition of such Leased Vehicle received during
the
Monthly Period immediately preceding the first day of such Accrual
Period.
“1999-1B
Sold SUBI Portfolio”
means
the Origination Trust Assets that are from time to time allocated to the
Fleet
Receivable SUBI in accordance with the terms of the Origination Trust
Documents.
“Nominee
Lienholder Agreement”
means
the Nominee Lienholder Agreement, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, between
SPV and the Issuer pursuant to which SPV agrees to act as the nominee lienholder
of the Issuer in respect of those Vehicles the Certificates of Title for
which
note SPV as the lienholder, as amended, supplemented and modified from time
to
time.
“Non-Qualified
Funds”
is
defined in Appendix A to the Master Exchange Agreement.
“Note
Rate”
means,
with respect to any Series of Investor Notes, the annual rate at which interest
accrues on the Investor Notes of such Series of Investor Notes (or formula
on
the basis of which such rate shall be determined) as stated in the related
Indenture Supplement.
“Note
Register”
means
the register maintained pursuant to Section 2.4(a) of the Base Indenture,
providing for the registration of the Investor Notes and transfers and exchanges
thereof.
“Obligor”
means,
with respect to any Lease or Fleet Receivable, the Person or Persons obligated
to make payment with respect to such Lease or Fleet Receivable, including
any
guarantor thereof.
“Officer’s
Certificate”
means
a
certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Issuer, SPV, Holdings,
the
Origination Trust, the Servicer or the Administrator, as the case may
be.
“Old
Contribution Agreement”
means
the Contribution Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1999, between SPV and the
Origination Trust, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time
in
accordance with its terms.
“Old
Receivables Purchase Agreement”
means
the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1999, by and between
SPV and VMS, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with its terms.
“Open-End
Lease”
means
a
lease obligation in respect of a single vehicle which may arise pursuant
to a
master lease agreement providing for the lease of a fleet of vehicles or
pursuant to a lease agreement providing for the lease of a single vehicle
that,
in each case, obligates the lessee thereunder to pay the lessor at lease
termination any deficit between the sales proceeds from the sale of the vehicle
subject thereto and the book value thereof (other than the portion of any
deficit resulting from the sales proceeds being less than 16% of the fair
market
value thereof determined in accordance with such lease).
“Opinion
of Counsel”
means
a
written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Indenture Trustee.
The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer, Holdings, VMS,
PHH,
the Origination Trust, the Administrator or the Servicer, as the case may
be.
“Origination
Trust”
means
X.X. Xxxxxxxx Trust, a statutory business trust organized under the laws
of the
State of Delaware.
“Origination
Trust Agreement”
means
the Second Amended and Restated Origination Trust Agreement, dated as of
the
Initial Closing Date, among Holdings, as successor settlor and initial
beneficiary, SPV, as existing settlor and predecessor beneficiary, VMS, as
UTI
Trustee and Servicer, and Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee,
as
amended, supplemented and modified by the Lease SUBI Supplement and the Fleet
Receivable SUBI Supplement and as the same may be further amended, supplemented
or modified from time to time.
“Origination
Trust Assets”
means
all assets, at any time, owned by the Origination Trust at such
time.
“Origination
Trust Documents”
means
the Origination Trust Agreement, including the Lease SUBI Supplement and
the
Fleet Receivable SUBI Supplement, the Origination Trust Servicing Agreement,
including the Series 1999-1 SUBI Servicing Supplement, the PHH Guarantee,
the
Custodian Agreement, the SUBI Certificates, the Old Receivables Purchase
Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Asset Purchase Agreement,
the
Old Contribution Agreement, the Contribution Agreement, the Additional Equipment
Assets Sale Agreement and the Additional Equipment Assets Contribution
Agreement.
“Origination
Trust Guaranty”
means
the Guaranty, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, from the Origination
Trust
to the Issuer pursuant to which the Origination Trust has guaranteed the
obligations of Holdings under the Loan Agreement and the Loan Note, as the
same
may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.
“Origination
Trust Security Agreement”
means
the Security Agreement, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, between the
Origination Trust and the Issuer pursuant to which the obligations of the
Origination Trust to the Issuer under the Origination Trust Guaranty are
secured, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.
“Origination
Trust Servicing Agreement”
means
the Amended and Restated Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Initial Closing
Date, among the Origination Trust, Holdings and the Servicer, as amended,
supplemented and modified by the Series 1999-1 SUBI Servicing Supplement
and as
the same may be further amended, supplemented or modified from time to
time.
“Outstanding”
has
the
meaning, with respect to any Series of Investor Notes, set forth in the related
Indenture Supplement.
“Overconcentration
Amount”
means,
as of any date of determination during an Accrual Period, an amount equal
to the
greatest of (a) (i) the aggregate Lease Balance of the Eligible Leases to
which
the Obligors having the five largest aggregate Lease Balances of Eligible
Leases
allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio are a party as of the last day of the
Monthly Period immediately preceding the first day of such Accrual Period
over
(ii) an amount equal to the Specified Top Five Obligors Maximum Percentage
as of
such date of the Aggregate Lease Balance as of such date, (b) (i) the aggregate
Lease Balance of the Eligible Leases to which the Obligors having the ten
largest aggregate Lease Balances of Eligible Leases allocated to the Lease
SUBI
Portfolio are a party as of the last day of the Monthly Period immediately
preceding the first day of such Accrual Period over (ii) an amount equal
to the
Specified Top Ten Obligors Maximum Percentage as of such date of the Aggregate
Lease Balance as of such date and (c) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate
Lease Balance of the Eligible Leases to which the Obligor having the largest
aggregate Lease Balance of Eligible Leases allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio
is a party as of the last day of the Monthly Period immediately preceding
the
first day of such Accrual Period over (ii) an amount equal to the Specified
Top
Obligor Maximum Percentage as of such date of the Aggregate Lease Balance
as of
such date; provided, however that if the long-term debt obligations of such
Obligor are not rated at least “Baa3” by Moody’s as of such date, the amount in
this clause (ii) shall equal the Specified Top Obligor Maximum Percentage
as of
that date minus 1% of the Aggregate Lease Balance as of such date.
“Overconcentration
Option”
means
Overconcentration Option 1, Overconcentration Option 2 or Overconcentration
Option 3.
“Overconcentration
Option 1”
means
the percentages used in clauses (a)(ii), (b)(ii) and (c)(ii) of the definition
of the Overconcentration Amount are 15.00%, 25.00% and 4.00%,
respectively.
“Overconcentration
Option 2”
means
the percentages used in clauses (a)(ii), (b)(ii) and (c)(ii) of the definition
of the Overconcentration Amount are 17.50%, 28.00% and 4.50%,
respectively.
“Overconcentration
Option 3”
means
the percentages used in clauses (a)(ii), (b)(ii) and (c)(ii) of the definition
of the Overconcentration Amount are 18.75%, 30.00% and 4.75%, respectively.
“Paid-In
Advance Loss Ratio”
means,
for any specified Settlement Date, the quotient, expressed as a percentage,
of
(a) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Cost of all Unit Paid-In Advance
Vehicles that became Rejected Paid-In Advance Vehicles during the immediately
preceding Monthly Period over (ii) all Paid-In Advance Proceeds received
by the
Servicer during the preceding Monthly Period for all Unit Paid-In Advance
Vehicles that became Rejected Paid-In Advance Vehicles during such Monthly
Period and all prior Monthly Periods divided by (b) the aggregate Cost of
all
Unit Paid-In Advance Vehicles that became Rejected Paid-In Advance Vehicles
during the immediately preceding Monthly Period.
“Paid-In
Advance Proceeds”
means
for any Rejected Paid-In Advance Vehicle the sum of all amounts received
by the
Servicer upon, after or in connection with the sale or other disposition
of such
Rejected Paid-In Advance Vehicle, net of any and all out-of-pocket costs
and
expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with such sale or other
disposition, and any and all amounts received from the related Obligor in
connection with such Rejected Paid-In Advance Vehicle.
“Paid-In
Advance Vehicle”
means
a
Vehicle acquired at the request of an Obligor who is either a party to a
Master
Lease Agreement or who has agreed to be bound by a Master Lease Agreement
but
not yet accepted by such Obligor.
“Parent
Downgrade Event”
is
defined in Appendix A to the Master Exchange Agreement.
“Paying
Agent”
means
any paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 2.6 of the Base
Indenture.
“Payment
Date”
means,
with respect to each Series of Investor Notes, the dates set forth in the
related Indenture Supplement.
“PBGC”
means
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle
A of
Title IV of ERISA.
“Pension
Plan”
means
any “employee pension benefit plan”, as such term is defined in ERISA, which is
subject to Title IV of ERISA (other than a “multiemployer plan”, as defined in
Section 4001 of ERISA) and to which any company in the Controlled Group has
liability, including any liability by reason of having been a substantial
employer within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA for any time within
the
preceding five years or by reason of being deemed to be a contributing sponsor
under Section 4069 of ERISA.
“Period
End Date”
means
each date set forth in Schedule X to the Series 1999-1 SUBI Servicing
Supplement, as such schedule is amended and supplemented from time to time
in
accordance with the terms of the Series 1999-1 SUBI Servicing
Supplement.
“Permitted
Investments”
means
negotiable instruments or securities, payable in Dollars, issued by an entity
organized under the laws of the United States of America and represented
by
instruments in bearer or registered or in book-entry form which evidence
(excluding any security with the “r” symbol attached to its
rating):
(i)
obligations the full and timely payment of which are to be made by or is
fully
guaranteed by the United States of America other than financial contracts
whose
value depends on the values or indices of asset values;
(ii)
demand deposits of, time deposits in, or certificates of deposit issued by,
any
depositary institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the
United States of America or any state thereof whose short-term debt is rated
P-1
or higher by Moody’s and “A-1+” or higher by Standard & Poor’s and subject
to supervision and examination by Federal or state banking or depositary
institution authorities; provided, however, that at the earlier of (x) the
time
of the investment and (y) the time of the contractual commitment to invest
therein, the long-term unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligation
whose rating is based on collateral or on the credit of a Person other than
such
institution or trust company) of such depositary institution or trust company
shall have a credit rating from Standard & Poor’s of not lower than
“AA”;
(iii)
commercial paper having, at the earlier of (x) the time of the investment
and
(y) the time of the contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from
Moody’s of “P-1” and Standard & Poor’s of “A-1+”;
(iv)
bankers’ acceptances issued by any depositary institution or trust company
described in clause (ii) above;
(v)
investments in money market funds rated “AAAm” by Standard & Poor’s and
“Aaa” by Moody’s or otherwise approved in writing by the Rating Agencies;
(vi)
Eurodollar time deposits having a credit rating from Moody’s of “P-1” and
Standard & Poor’s of “A-1+”;
(vii)
repurchase agreements involving any of the Permitted Investments described
in
clauses (i) and (vi) above and the certificates of deposit described in clause
(ii) above which are entered into with a depository institution or trust
company, having a commercial paper or short-term certificate of deposit rating
of “A-1+” by Standard & Poor’s and P-1 by Moody’s or which otherwise is
approved as to collateralization by the Rating Agencies; and
(viii)
any other instruments or securities, if the Rating Agencies confirm in writing
that the investment in such instruments or securities will not adversely
affect
any ratings with respect to any Series of Investor Notes.
“Permitted
Liens”
means
(i) Liens for current taxes not delinquent or for taxes being contested in
good
faith and by appropriate proceedings, and with respect to which adequate
reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with
GAAP, (ii) mechanics’, materialmen’s, landlords’, warehousemen’s and carrier’s
Liens, and other Liens imposed by law, securing obligations arising in the
ordinary course of business that are not more than thirty days past due or
are
being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with respect
to
which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained,
in
accordance with GAAP, (iii) Liens in favor of SPV or the Issuer in the Leased
Vehicles, (iv) Liens in favor of the Issuer pursuant to the Loan Agreement
or
the Origination Trust Security Agreement, (v) Liens in favor of the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to the Indenture, and (vi) Liens in favor of an Enhancement
Provider, provided, however, that such Liens are subordinate to the Liens
in
favor of the Indenture Trustee and have been consented to by the Indenture
Trustee.
“Person”
means
any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association,
limited liability company, partnership, joint stock company, corporation,
trust,
unincorporated organization or Government Authority.
“PHH”
means
PHH Corporation, a Maryland corporation.
“PHH
Consumer Lease”
means
PHH PersonaLease Corporation, a Maryland corporation.
“PHH
Financial Services”
means
PHH Financial Services Corporation, a Maryland corporation.
“PHH
Guarantee”
means
the Guarantee, dated October 25, 2001, from PHH pursuant to which PHH has
guaranteed certain of VMS’ obligations under the Origination Trust Servicing
Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified from time
to
time.
“PHH
Sub 1”
means
PHH Sub 1 Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“PHH
Sub 2”
means
PHH Sub 2 Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“PHH
Treasury Note Rate”
means,
on any day between the 16th day of the month through the 15th day of the
following month, the interest rate that is quoted in the Federal Reserve
Statistical Release (H.15 Report) for two year treasury constant maturities
on
the fifteenth day of that month, or the first business day thereafter if
the
fifteenth day of the month falls on a non-business day.
“Policies”
means
the standards, policies and procedures, including but not limited to the
credit
and residual accrual policies applied by the Servicer in originating Leases
and
those applied by the Servicer in its collection and repossession
activities.
“Pool
Factor”
means,
except with respect to any Series of Notes issued in more than one Class,
a
number carried out to seven decimals representing the ratio of the applicable
Invested Amount as of such Record Date (determined after taking into account
any
reduction in the Invested Amount which will occur on the following Payment
Date)
to the applicable Initial Invested Amount, and with respect to a Series of
Notes
having more than one Class, as specified in the Indenture Supplement relating
to
such Series.
“Potential
Amortization Event”
means
any occurrence or event which, with the giving of notice, the passage of
time or
both, would constitute an Amortization Event.
“Potential
Loan Event of Default”
means
any occurrence or event which, with the giving of notice, the passage of
time or
both, would constitute a Loan Event of Default.
“Preferred
Member”
means
a
Person in whose name a Junior Preferred Membership Interest or a Senior
Preferred Membership Interest is registered in the Register.
“Preferred
Membership Interests”
means
the Junior Preferred Membership Interests or the Senior Preferred Membership
Interests.
“Principal
Payment Amount”
means,
for any Settlement Date, the sum of (a) the Lease Balance Declines for each
Unit
Lease for such Settlement Date, (b) the aggregate Cost of all Eligible Paid-In
Advance Vehicles that became Rejected Paid-In Advance Vehicles during the
immediately preceding Monthly Period and (c) the Unit Repurchase Payments
for
such Settlement Date.
“Principal
Terms”
is
defined in Section 2.2 of the Base Indenture.
“Proceeding”
means
any suit in equity, action or law or other judicial or administrative
proceeding.
“Qualified
Institution”
means
a
depository institution organized under the laws of the United States of America
or any State thereof or incorporated under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction
with a branch or agency located in the United States of America or any State
thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking
authorities which at all times has the Required Rating and, in the case of
any
such institution organized under the laws of the United States of America,
whose
deposits are insured by the FDIC.
“Qualified
Trust Institution”
means
an institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or
any
State thereof or incorporated under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction with
a
branch or agency located in the United States of America or any State thereof
and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking
authorities which at all times (i) is authorized under such laws to act as
a
trustee or in any other fiduciary capacity, (ii) has not less than one billion
dollars in assets under fiduciary management, and (iii) has a long term deposits
rating of not less than “BBB-” by Standard & Poor’s and Baa3 by
Moody’s.
“Quarterly
Compliance Certificate”
is
defined in Section 4.1(a) of the Base Indenture.
“Rating
Agency”
means,
with respect to each Series of Notes, the rating agency or agencies, if any,
specified in the related Indenture Supplement.
“Rating
Agency Condition”
means,
the notification in writing by the Rating Agencies that a proposed action
will
not result in a reduction or withdrawal by each such Rating Agency of the
rating
or credit risk assessment of any Class of any Series of Outstanding Investor
Notes rated or evaluated by such Rating Agency or the rating or credit risk
assessment of any series of Preferred Membership Interests rated or evaluated
by
such Rating Agency.
“Receivables
Purchase Agreement”
means
the Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of the
Initial
Closing Date, by and between Holdings and VMS, as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Receivables
Purchase Termination Event”
is
defined in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“Record
Date”
means,
with respect to each Series of Notes, the dates specified in the related
Indenture Supplement.
“Recoveries”
means
any amounts received by the Servicer with respect to Charged-Off Leases,
including Collections received from Obligors and liquidation proceeds of
the
related Leased Vehicles, net of (i) any applicable rental receipts tax, sales
and use tax, personal property tax, ad valorem tax or any other tax or any
governmental fees or charges, (ii) any and all out-of-pocket costs and expenses
incurred by the Servicer in connection with such recovery and (iii) any amounts
remitted to the related Obligor as required by applicable law or the related
Lease.
“Register”
means
the register mentioned in Section 12.3 of the LLC Agreement.
“Registered
Notes”
is
defined in Section 2.1 of the Base Indenture.
“Rejected
Paid-In Advance Vehicles”
means,
for any Monthly Period, all Unit Paid-In Advance Vehicles which were sold
or
otherwise disposed of after rejection thereof by the related Obligor during
such
Monthly Period.
“Related
Rights”
means,
with respect to any Unit, all Origination Trust Assets to the extent such
assets
are associated with such Unit.
“Relinquished
Property Proceeds”
is
defined in Appendix A to the Master Exchange Agreement.
“Relinquished
Vehicle”
means
a
Vehicle that is “Relinquished Property” under and as defined in Appendix A to
the Master Exchange Agreement.
“Replacement
Property”
is
defined in Appendix A to the Master Exchange Agreement.
“Repurchase
Amount”
means,
with respect to any Series of Investor Notes, the amount specified in the
related Indenture Supplement.
“Required
Aggregate Asset Amount”
means
the sum of the Required Asset Amounts with respect to all Series of Outstanding
Investor Notes.
“Required
Asset Amount”
means,
with respect to any Series of Investor Notes, the amount specified in the
related Indenture Supplement.
“Required
Overcollateralization Amount”
means,
with respect to any Series of Investor Notes, the amount specified in the
related Indenture Supplement.
“Required
Rating”
means
a
short-term certificate of deposit rating from Moody’s of P-1 and from Standard
& Poor’s of “A-1” and a long-term unsecured debt rating of not less than Aa3
by Moody’s and “AA-” by Standard & Poor’s.
“Requirements
of Law”
means,
with respect to any Person or any of its property, the certificate of
incorporation or articles of association and by-laws or other organizational
or
governing documents of such Person or any of its property, and any law, treaty,
rule or regulation, or determination of any arbitrator or Governmental
Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any
of its
property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject, whether
Federal, state or local (including, without limitation, usury laws, the Federal
Truth in Lending Act and retail installment sales acts).
“Reservoir
Account”
is
defined in Appendix A to the Master Exchange Agreement.
“Residual
Value Loss”
means,
for any Unit Vehicle which became a Residual Value Vehicle during a Monthly
Period, an amount equal to (a) the Stated Residual Value of such Unit Vehicle
minus (b) all Termination Proceeds with respect to such Unit Vehicle for
such
Monthly Period.
“Residual
Value Loss Ratio”
means,
for any specified Settlement Date, the quotient, expressed as a percentage,
of
(a) the sum of the Residual Value Losses for all Unit Vehicles that became
Residual Value Vehicles during the preceding Monthly Period minus all
Termination Proceeds included in clauses (i) and (ii) of the definition thereof
for the preceding Monthly Period for all Unit Vehicles that became Residual
Value Vehicles during prior Monthly Periods divided by (b) the sum of the
Stated
Residual Values for all Unit Vehicles that became Residual Value Vehicles
during
the preceding Monthly Period.
“Residual
Value Vehicles”
means,
for any Monthly Period, all Unit Vehicles subject to Closed-End Leases (other
than Unit Vehicles subject to Charged-off Leases) which were sold or otherwise
disposed of after termination or expiration of the related Closed-End Lease
during such Monthly Period.
“Responsible
Officer”
means,
with respect to the Indenture Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust
Office, including any Assistant Vice President, Vice President, any Secretary
or
Assistant Secretary or any other officer of the Indenture Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any Person who at the
time
shall be an above designated officer and having direct responsibility for
administration of the Indenture and the applicable Series Supplement and
also
any particular officer to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because
of
such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, in each
case who, at the time shall be an above-designated officer and shall have
direct
responsibility for administration of the Indenture and the applicable Series
Supplement.
“Revolving
Period”
means,
with respect to any Series of Investor Notes, the period specified in the
related Indenture Supplement.
“S&P”
or
“Standard
& Poor’s”
means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Inc.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securitization”
is
defined in the Origination Trust Agreement.
“Senior
Preferred Member”
means
a
Person in whose name a Senior Preferred Membership Interest is registered
in the
Register.
“Senior
Preferred Membership Interests”
means
the Senior Preferred Membership Interests issued pursuant to the LLC
Agreement.
“Series”
means
any Series of Investor Notes, which may include within any such Series a
Class
or Classes of Investor Notes subordinate to another such Class or Classes
of
Investor Notes.
“Series
Account”
means
any account or accounts established pursuant to an Indenture Supplement for
the
benefit of a Series of Notes.
“Series
Administrator Fee,”
with
respect to any Series of Notes, that portion of the Administrator Fee payable
from Collections allocable to such Series pursuant to the related Indenture
Supplement.
“Series
Closing Date”
means,
with respect to any Series of Investor Notes, the date of issuance of such
Series of Investor Notes, as specified in the related Indenture
Supplement.
“Series
Gain on Sale Account Percentage”
means,
with respect to any Series of Investor Notes, the percentage specified in
the
related Indenture Supplement.
“Series
1999-1 SUBI Servicing Supplement”
means
the Amended and Restated Sold SUBI Supplement 1999-1 to the Servicing
Agreement, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, among the Origination Trust,
Wilmington Trust Company, as SUBI Trustee, Holdings and the Servicer, as
amended
from time to time.
“Series
Note Termination Date”
means,
with respect to any Series of Investor Notes, the date stated in the related
Indenture Supplement.
“Series
Reserve Account”
means
each account designated as a “Series [ ] Reserve Account in an Indenture
Supplement with respect to an Outstanding Series of Investor Notes.
“Series
Servicing Fee,”
with
respect to any Series of Notes, that portion of the Servicing Fee payable
from
Collections allocable to such Series pursuant to the related Indenture
Supplement.
“Series
Servicing Fee Percentage”
means,
with respect to any Series of Notes, the amount specified in the related
Indenture Supplement.
“Series
Termination Date”
means,
with respect to any Series of Investor Notes, the date stated in the related
Indenture Supplement as the termination date.
“Servicer”
means
VMS in its capacity as servicer under the Origination Trust Servicing
Agreement.
“Servicer
Termination Event”
is
defined in the Origination Trust Servicing Agreement.
“Servicing
Fee”
is
defined in the Origination Trust Servicing Agreement.
“Settlement
Date”
means
the 7th day of each month, or if such date is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day, commencing April 7, 2006.
“Settlement
Statement”
is
defined in Section 4.1 of the Base Indenture.
“Sold
Units”
means,
collectively, the Initial Units and the Additional Units.
“Special
Purpose Entity”
is
defined in the Origination Trust Agreement.
“Specified
Top Five Obligors Maximum Percentage”
means
(a) 15.00% on any date during any period when Overconcentration Option 1
is in
effect, (b) 17.50% on any date during any period when Overconcentration Option
2
is in effect or (c) 18.75% on any date during any period when Overconcentration
Option 3 is in effect.
“Specified
Top Obligor Maximum Percentage”
means
(a) 4.00% on any date during any period when Overconcentration Option 1 is
in
effect, (b) 4.50% on any date during any period when Overconcentration Option
2
is in effect or (c) 4.75% on any date during any period when Overconcentration
Option 3 is in effect.
“Specified
Top Ten Obligors Maximum Percentage”
means
(a) 25.00% on any date during any period when Overconcentration Option 1
is in
effect, (b) 28.00% on any date during any period when Overconcentration Option
2
is in effect or (c) 30.00% on any date during any period when Overconcentration
Option 3 is in effect.
“SPV”
means
Raven Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Stated
Residual Value”
means,
for any Unit Vehicle subject to a Closed-End Lease, the lesser of (a) the
stated
residual value of such Unit Vehicle established at the time of origination
of
such Closed-End Lease in accordance with the Policies and (b) the Net Book
Value
of such Unit Vehicle as of such day.
“SUBI
Assets”
is
defined in the Origination Trust Agreement.
“SUBIs”
means
the Fleet Receivable SUBI and the Lease SUBI.
“SUBI
Certificates”
means
the Fleet Receivable SUBI Certificate and the Lease SUBI
Certificate.
“SUBI
Portfolio”
is
defined in the Origination Trust Agreement.
“Subsidiary”
means,
with respect to any Person (herein referred to as the “parent”), any
corporation, partnership, association or other business entity (a) of which
securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the
equity
or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general
partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, owned,
controlled or held by the parent or (b) that is, at the time any determination
is being made, otherwise controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries
of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the
parent.
“Supplement”
means
a
supplement to the Base Indenture complying (to the extent applicable) with
the
terms of Article
12
of the
Base Indenture.
“Tax
Opinion”
means
an opinion of counsel to be delivered in connection with the issuance of
a new
Series of Investor Notes to the effect that, for United States federal income
tax purposes, (i) the issuance of such new Series of Notes will not affect
adversely the United States federal income tax characterization of any Series
of
Outstanding Investor Notes or Class thereof that was (based upon an opinion
of
counsel) characterized as debt at the time of their issuance and (ii) the
Issuer
will not be classified as an association or as a publicly traded partnership
taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax
purposes.
“Termination
Date”
is
defined in Appendix A to the Master Exchange Agreement.
“Termination
Event”
means
any of a Receivables Purchase Termination Event or a Loan Event of
Default.
“Termination
Proceeds”
means
for any Residual Value Vehicle for any Monthly Period (a) all amounts received
by the Servicer during such Monthly Period upon, after or in connection with
the
termination of the related Lease including, without limitation, (i) sales
proceeds with respect to such Residual Value Vehicle, net of any and all
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with
such sale or other disposition and any amounts remitted to the related Obligor
as required by applicable law or the related Lease and (ii) any and all
insurance proceeds received in connection with the occurrence of a casualty
event in respect of such Residual Value Vehicle and (b) any and all amounts
billed to the related Obligor in connection with the termination of such
Lease,
including any Incidental Lease Termination Payments.
“Three
Month Average Charge-Off Ratio”
means,
with respect to any Settlement Date, the average of the Charge-Off Ratios
for
such Settlement Date and the two immediately preceding Settlement
Dates.
“Three
Month Average Delinquency Ratio”
means,
with respect to any Settlement Date, the average of the Delinquency Ratios
for
such Settlement Date and the two immediately preceding Settlement
Dates.
“Three
Month Average Paid-In Advance Loss Ratio”
means,
with respect to any Settlement Date, the average of the Paid-In Advance Loss
Ratios for such Settlement Date and the two immediately preceding Settlement
Dates.
“Three
Month Average Residual Value Loss Ratio”
means,
with respect to any Settlement Date, the average of the Residual Value Loss
Ratios for such Settlement Date and the two immediately preceding Settlement
Dates.
“TIA”
means
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force on the date hereof, unless otherwise
specifically provided.
“Transaction
Documents”
means,
collectively, the Indenture, the Investor Notes, any agreements relating
to the
issuance or the purchase of any of the Investor Notes, any agreements relating
to any Credit Enhancement for any Investor Notes, the LLC Agreement, the
Loan
Agreement, the Loan Note, the Origination Trust Guaranty, the Origination
Trust
Security Agreement, the Nominee Lienholder Agreement, the Administration
Agreement, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the Management Agreement,
the Origination Trust Documents, the Master Exchange Agreement, the Master
Trust
Agreement, the Collection Account Control Agreement and the Gain on Sale
Account
Control Agreement.
“Transfer
Agent and Registrar”
is
defined in Section 2.4 of the Base Indenture.
“Transfer
Date”
means,
unless otherwise specified in the related Indenture Supplement, with respect
to
any Series of Notes, the Business Day immediately prior to each Payment
Date.
“Twelve
Month Average Charge-Off Ratio”
means,
with respect to any Settlement Date, the average of the Charge-Off Ratios
for
such Settlement Date and the eleven immediately preceding Settlement
Dates.
“Twelve
Month Average Paid-In Advance Loss Ratio”
means,
with respect to any Settlement Date, the average of the Paid-In Advance Loss
Ratios for such Settlement Date and the eleven immediately preceding Settlement
Dates.
“Twelve
Month Average Residual Value Loss Ratio”
means,
with respect to any Settlement Date, the average of the Residual Value Loss
Ratios for such Settlement Date and the eleven immediately preceding Settlement
Dates.
“UCC”
means
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the applicable
jurisdiction.
“Unit”
means
a
Vehicle, the related Lease and the Related Rights associated therewith or
a
Paid-In Advance Vehicle and the Related Rights associated
therewith.
“Unit
Leases”
means
the Leases allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio.
“Unit
Paid-In Advance Vehicles”
means
the Paid-In Advance Vehicles allocated to the Lease SUBI Portfolio.
“Unit
Repurchase Payments”
means,
for any Settlement Date, the aggregate amount payable by the Servicer pursuant
to Section 7.15 of the Series 1999-1 SUBI Servicing Supplement on such
Settlement Date.
“Unit
Vehicle”
means
the Leased Vehicles and Paid-In Advance Vehicles allocated to the Lease SUBI
Portfolio.
“United
States”
or
“U.S.”
means
the United States of America, its fifty States and the District of
Columbia.
“U.S.
Government Obligations”
means
direct obligations of the United States of America, or any agency or
instrumentality thereof for the payment of which the full faith and credit
of
the United States of America is pledged as to full and timely payment of
such
obligations.
“UTI”
is
defined in the Origination Trust Agreement.
“UTI
Assets”
is
defined in the Origination Trust Agreement.
“Vehicle”
means
an automobile, a truck, a truck chassis, a truck body, a truck tractor, a
truck
trailer or another type of motorized vehicle or equipment, together with
any and
all accessories, additions and parts from time to time in or to any of the
foregoing and all accessions thereto.
“VMS”
means
PHH Vehicle Management Services LLC or any predecessor in interest thereto
(including, without limitation, PHH Fleet America Corporation and Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, Inc.).
“WBNA”
means
Wachovia Bank, National Association.
“written”
or
“in
writing”
means
any form of written communication, including, without limitation, by means
of
telex, telecopier device, telegraph or cable.