SLM STUDENT LOAN TRUST 2006-6 ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT Dated as of July 20, 2006 Among SLM FUNDING LLC SLM STUDENT LOAN TRUST 2006-6 CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Eligible Lender Trustee SALLIE MAE, INC. and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY...
Exhibit 99.4
Dated as of July 20, 2006
Among
SLM FUNDING LLC
CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Eligible Lender Trustee
as Eligible Lender Trustee
XXXXXX XXX, INC.
and
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Indenture Trustee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dated as of July 20, 2006 | ||||||
ARTICLE I |
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Section 1.1
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Definitions and Usage | 2 | ||||
ARTICLE II |
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Section 2.1
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Duties with Respect to the Indenture | 2 | ||||
Section 2.2
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Duties with Respect to the Issuer | 5 | ||||
Section 2.3
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Establishment of Trust Accounts | 6 | ||||
Section 2.4
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Collection Account | 10 | ||||
Section 2.5
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Application of Collections | 10 | ||||
Section 2.6
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Additional Deposits | 11 | ||||
Section 2.7
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Distributions | 11 | ||||
Section 2.8
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Priority of Distributions | 13 | ||||
Section 2.9
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Reserve Account | 16 | ||||
Section 2.10
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Investment Earnings; Other Trust Accounts | 17 | ||||
Section 2.11
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Statements to Excess Distribution Certificateholder and Noteholders | 19 | ||||
Section 2.12
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Non-Ministerial Matters | 21 | ||||
Section 2.13
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Exceptions | 22 | ||||
Section 2.14
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Compensation | 22 | ||||
Section 2.15
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Servicer and Administrator Expenses | 22 | ||||
ARTICLE III |
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Section 3.1
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Administrator’s Certificate; Servicer’s Report | 22 | ||||
Section 3.2
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Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default; Financial Statements | 23 | ||||
Section 3.3
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Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants’ Report | 24 | ||||
ARTICLE IV |
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Section 4.1
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Representations of Administrator | 24 | ||||
Section 4.2
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Liability of Administrator; Indemnities | 26 | ||||
Section 4.3
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Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Administrator | 28 | ||||
Section 4.4
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Limitation on Liability of Administrator and Others | 28 | ||||
Section 4.5
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Administrator May Own Certificates or Notes | 29 |
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Section 4.6
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Xxxxxx Mae, Inc. Not to Resign as Administrator | 29 | ||||
Section 4.7
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Privacy and Security Provisions | 29 | ||||
ARTICLE V |
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Section 5.1
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Administrator Default | 30 | ||||
Section 5.2
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Appointment of Successor | 31 | ||||
Section 5.3
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Notification to Noteholders and Certificateholder | 32 | ||||
Section 5.4
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Waiver of Past Defaults | 32 | ||||
ARTICLE VI |
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Section 6.1
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Termination | 32 | ||||
ARTICLE VII |
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Section 7.1
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Protection of Interests in Trust | 33 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII |
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Section 8.1
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Independence of the Administrator | 35 | ||||
Section 8.2
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No Joint Venture | 36 | ||||
Section 8.3
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Other Activities of Administrator | 36 | ||||
Section 8.4
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Powers of Attorney | 36 | ||||
Section 8.5
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Amendment | 36 | ||||
Section 8.6
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Assignment | 38 | ||||
Section 8.7
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Limitations on Rights of Others | 38 | ||||
Section 8.8
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Assignment to Indenture Trustee | 38 | ||||
Section 8.9
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Nonpetition Covenants | 38 | ||||
Section 8.10
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Limitation of Liability of Eligible Lender Trustee and Indenture Trustee | 39 | ||||
Section 8.11
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Governing Law | 39 | ||||
Section 8.12
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Headings | 39 | ||||
Section 8.13
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Counterparts | 39 | ||||
Section 8.14
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Severability | 40 | ||||
Section 8.15
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Excess Distribution Certificate | 40 | ||||
ARTICLE IX |
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Section 9.1
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Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness | 40 | ||||
Section 9.2
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Reporting Requirements | 40 | ||||
Section 9.3
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Administrator Compliance Statement | 41 | ||||
Section 9.4
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Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation | 41 |
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SLM Student Loan Trust 2006-6 Administration Agreement, dated as of July 20, 2006 (this
“Agreement”), among SLM Funding LLC (the “Depositor”), SLM Student Loan Trust 2006-6 (the
“Issuer”), Chase Bank USA, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely in its
capacity as eligible lender trustee (in such capacity, the “Eligible Lender Trustee”), Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as indenture
trustee (in such capacity, the “Indenture Trustee”), Xxxxxx Xxx, Inc., not in its individual
capacity but solely in its capacity as servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”), and Xxxxxx Mae,
Inc., not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as administrator (in such capacity,
the “Administrator”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of July 1, 2006 (the “Indenture”), among the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Issuer (a) is issuing (i) seven
classes of its Student Loan-Backed Notes (collectively, the “Notes”) pursuant to the Indenture, and
(ii) an Excess Distribution Certificate (the “Excess Distribution Certificate”) pursuant to the
Trust Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2006 between the Depositor and the Eligible Lender Trustee,
pursuant to which the Issuer was established on March 10, 2006, as amended and restated by the
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of July 20, 2006 (the “Trust Agreement”), among the
Depositor, the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee;
WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into certain agreements in connection with the issuance of the
Notes and the Excess Distribution Certificate, including, inter alia, the Trust Agreement, the
Servicing Agreement, the Sale Agreement, the Currency Swap Agreement, any amendments or
replacements thereto, and the Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to certain Basic Documents, the Issuer and the Eligible Lender Trustee are
required to perform certain duties in connection with (a) the Notes and the Collateral therefor
pledged pursuant to the Indenture and (b) the Excess Distribution Certificate pursuant to the Trust
Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Eligible Lender Trustee desire to have the Administrator and the
Servicer perform certain of the duties of the Issuer and the Eligible Lender Trustee referred to in
the preceding clause, and to provide such additional services consistent with this Agreement and
the other Basic Documents as the Issuer and the Eligible Lender Trustee may from time to time
request; and
WHEREAS, the Administrator and the Servicer have the capacity to provide the services required
hereby and are willing to perform such services for the Issuer and the Eligible Lender Trustee on
the terms set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Depositor, the Issuer, the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Indenture Trustee,
the Servicer, and the Administrator, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Section 1.1 Definitions and Usage. Except as otherwise specified herein or as
the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are
defined in Appendix A to the Indenture, which also contains rules as to usage that shall be
applicable herein.
ARTICLE II
Section 2.1 Duties with Respect to the Indenture. The Administrator agrees to
consult with the Eligible Lender Trustee regarding the duties of the Issuer under the Indenture and
the Depository Agreement. The Administrator shall monitor the performance of the Issuer and shall
advise the Eligible Lender Trustee when action is necessary to comply with the Issuer’s duties
under the Indenture and the Depository Agreement. The Administrator shall prepare for execution by
the Issuer or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate Persons of all such documents,
reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer to
prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Indenture and the Depository Agreement. In furtherance of
the foregoing, the Administrator shall take the actions with respect to the following matters that
it is the duty of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee to take pursuant to the Indenture:
(a) preparing or obtaining the documents and instruments required for authentication of the
Notes and delivering the same to the Indenture Trustee (Section 2.2 of the Indenture);
(b) preparing, obtaining or filing the instruments, opinions and certificates and other
documents required for the release of Collateral (Section 2.9 of the Indenture);
(c) establishing and maintaining the accounts set forth in Section 3.1A of the Indenture
(Section 3.1A of the Indenture);
(d) obtaining and preserving the Issuer’s qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in
which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of the
Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument and agreement included in the
Indenture Trust Estate (Section 3.4 of the Indenture);
(e) preparing all supplements, amendments, financing statements, continuation statements,
instruments of further assurance and other instruments, in accordance with Section 3.5 of the
Indenture, necessary to protect the Indenture Trust Estate (Section 3.5 of the Indenture);
(f) delivering the Opinion of Counsel on the Closing Date and the annual delivery of Opinions
of Counsel, in accordance with Section 3.6 of the Indenture, as to the Indenture Trust Estate, and
the annual delivery of the Officers’ Certificate of the Issuer and
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certain other statements, in
accordance with Section 3.9 of the Indenture, as to compliance with the Indenture (Sections 3.6 and
3.9 of the Indenture);
(g) in the event of a Servicer Default, the taking of all reasonable steps available to
enforce the Issuer’s rights under the Basic Documents in respect of such Servicer Default (Section
3.7(d) of the Indenture);
(h) from time to time, hiring or appointing a Broker to obtain a Replacement Transaction or a
Letter of Credit Transaction, according to the terms of the Currency Swap Agreement, upon the
occurrence of any Event of Default or Termination Event under the Currency Swap Agreement (Section
3.7(g) of the Indenture);
(i) exercising on any applicable Valuation Date the Issuer’s right under the Currency Swap
Agreement to demand delivery of any Credit Support Amount to the Issuer by the Currency Swap
Counterparty, authorizing the release of any Posted Collateral to the extent no longer required
under the Currency Swap Agreement, verifying the calculation of any Exposure, Credit Support Amount
and the Value of Posted Collateral and giving written notice to the Issuer of any Credit Support
Amount (Section 3.1A of the Indenture);
(j) preparing and obtaining the documents and instruments required for the release of the
Issuer from its obligations under the Indenture (Section 3.10 of the Indenture);
(k) monitoring the Issuer’s obligations as to the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture
and preparing an Officers’ Certificate of the Issuer and obtaining of the Opinion of Counsel and
the Independent Certificate relating thereto (Section 4.1 of the Indenture);
(l) selling of the Indenture Trust Estate in a commercially reasonable manner if an Event of
Default resulting in a non-rescindable, non-waivable acceleration of the Notes has occurred and is
continuing (Section 5.4 of the Indenture);
(m) preparing and, after execution by the Issuer, the Administrator or the Servicer as
required, filing with the Commission, any applicable State agencies and the Indenture Trustee
documents required to be filed on a periodic basis with, and summaries thereof as may be required
by rules and regulations prescribed by, the Commission and any applicable State agencies (Section
7.3 of the Indenture);
(n) opening of one or more accounts in the Issuer’s name (including any Custody Accounts
required in connection with the Currency Swap Agreement), preparing Issuer Orders and Officers’
Certificates of the Issuer, obtaining the Opinions of Counsel and all other actions necessary with
respect to investment and reinvestment of funds in the Trust Accounts (Sections 8.2 and 8.3 of the
Indenture);
(o) preparing an Issuer Request and Officers’ Certificate of the Issuer and obtaining an
Opinion of Counsel and Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of the Indenture
Trust Estate (Sections 8.4 and 8.5 of the Indenture);
(p) preparing Issuer Orders and obtaining Opinions of Counsel with respect to the execution of
supplemental indentures (Sections 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 of the Indenture);
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(q) preparing the documents and instruments required for the execution and authentication of
new Notes conforming to any supplemental indenture and delivering of the same to the Eligible
Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, respectively (Section 9.6 of the Indenture);
(r) preparing all Officers’ Certificates of the Issuer and obtaining any Independent
Certificates and/or Opinions of Counsel with respect to any requests by the Issuer to the Indenture
Trustee to take any action under the Indenture (Section 11.1(a) of the Indenture);
(s) preparing and delivering of Officers’ Certificates of the Issuer and obtaining any
Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of property from the lien of the Indenture
(Section 11.1(b) of the Indenture);
(t) preparing and delivering to Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee any agreements with
respect to alternate payment and notice provisions (Section 11.6 of the Indenture);
(u) preparing, executing and delivering on behalf of the Issuer, any additional Bills of Sale
(including Bills of Sale required to evidence the transfer of any repurchased Trust Student Loans)
and Additional Purchase Agreements required to be delivered under the terms of any Purchase
Agreement including during the Supplemental Purchase Period, preparing and delivering, on behalf of
the Trust, all required documentation to evidence the purchase by the Trust of any Additional Trust
Student Loans;
(v) recording the Indenture, if applicable (Section 11.15 of the Indenture);
(w) on the Closing Date, with respect to the Class A-4 Notes, directing the Eligible Lender
Trustee to enter into the Currency Swap Agreement (not in its individual capacity, but solely on
behalf of the Issuer) with the Currency Swap Counterparty and on any subsequent date, any
supplement, amendment or replacement thereof;
(x) undertaking all obligations required to be performed by the Administrator, including,
without limitation, preparing and delivering all notices, communications, information and
calculations, under the Currency Swap Agreement;
(y) calculating on each Distribution Date, as applicable, the Principal Distribution Amount
and any applicable Specified Reserve Account Balance;
(z) calculating on or before each Distribution Date, as applicable, any amounts to be
deposited in, or withdrawn from, each Trust Account;
(aa) from time to time during the Supplemental Purchase Period, instructing the Indenture
Trustee to withdraw funds from the Supplemental Purchase Account to be used for the purchase of the
related Additional Trust Student Loans;
(bb) preparing and delivering, on behalf of the Trust, all required documentation to evidence
the purchase by the Trust of any Additional Trust Student Loans;
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(cc) from time to time during the Consolidation Loan Add-On Period, assisting the Servicer in
the preparation and execution of any required documentation evidencing the transfer of any Add-On
Consolidation Loans to the Trust and, to the extent not otherwise performed by the Servicer,
instructing the Indenture Trustee to withdraw funds from the Add-On Consolidation Loan Account to
be used for the funding of the related Add-On Consolidation Loans;
(dd) on the Business Day immediately following the end of the Supplemental Purchase Period,
instructing the Indenture Trustee to transfer all sums remaining on deposit in the Supplemental
Purchase Account to the Collection Account;
(ee) on the Business Day immediately following the end of the Consolidation Loan Add-On
Period, instructing the Indenture Trustee to transfer all sums remaining on deposit in the Add-On
Consolidation Loan Account to the Collection Account;
(ff) calculating any amounts to be deposited into or withdrawn from the Borrower Benefit
Account; and
(gg) from time to time, directing the Eligible Lender Trustee, not in its individual capacity,
but solely on behalf of the Issuer, to enter into one or more agreements representing Eligible
Repurchase Obligations, with an Eligible Repo Counterparty.
Section 2.2 Duties with Respect to the Issuer.
(a) In addition to the duties of the Administrator set forth above and in the other Basic
Documents, the Administrator shall perform such calculations, including calculating on each LIBOR
Determination Date the applicable rate of interest for the applicable Accrual Period, and shall
prepare for execution by the Issuer or the Eligible Lender Trustee or shall cause the preparation
by other appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates,
opinions and notices as it shall be the duty of the Issuer, the Eligible Lender Trustee or the
Administrator to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Basic Documents including any additional
Bills of Sale and Additional Purchase Agreements, and at the request of the Eligible Lender Trustee
shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty of the Issuer to take pursuant to the Basic
Documents. Subject to Section 8.1 below, and in accordance with the directions of the Eligible
Lender Trustee, the Administrator shall administer, perform or supervise the performance of such
other activities in connection with the Collateral (including the Basic Documents) as are not
covered by any of the foregoing provisions and as are expressly requested by the Eligible Lender
Trustee and are reasonably within the capability of the Administrator.
(b) The Administrator shall be responsible for performance of the duties of the Eligible
Lender Trustee set forth in Section 5.4 of the Trust Agreement and the Administrator shall be
entitled to hire an Independent accounting firm to perform the duties described therein, the
reasonable fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Depositor or the Excess Distribution
Certificateholder, if not then held by the Depositor.
(c) The Administrator shall perform the duties of the Administrator specified in Section 10.2
of the Trust Agreement required to be performed in connection with the
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resignation or removal of
the Eligible Lender Trustee, and any other duties expressly required to be performed by the
Administrator under the Trust Agreement and the other Basic Documents.
(d) The Administrator shall be responsible for preparing and delivering, on behalf of the
Issuer, (i) all notices required by any Clearing Agency or stock exchange upon which the Notes are
then listed and (ii) any information required to effectuate the listing of the Notes on a stock
exchange of international standing and, if applicable, the transfer of the listing of the Notes to
an alternative stock exchange of international standing.
(e) The Administrator shall be responsible for serving as Calculation Agent or as successor
calculation agent, if required, and shall be responsible for preparing and delivering any notices
required to be delivered by the Issuer under the Currency Swap Agreement, as applicable, including
without limitation, any notice obligations specified in the Currency Swap Agreement in the event of
a default, termination event or failure to pay in full any amount due (as defined in the Currency
Swap Agreement) by the Currency Swap Counterparty or the Issuer.
(f) The Administrator shall be responsible for promptly preparing and delivering a notice to
each Rating Agency detailing all actions taken with respect to any Collateral Arrangement (as
defined in the Currency Swap Agreement, as applicable) required to be provided under the provisions
of the Currency Swap Agreement, and enclosing therewith a copy of each related Collateral
Arrangement.
(g) In carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its other obligations under this Agreement,
the Administrator may enter into transactions with or otherwise deal with any of its Affiliates;
provided, however, that the terms of any such transactions or dealings shall be, in
the Administrator’s opinion, no less favorable to the Issuer than would be available from
unaffiliated parties.
Section 2.3 Establishment of Trust Accounts.
(a) On the Closing Date and at such other times as specified herein, the Administrator shall
establish the following Eligible Deposit Accounts as more fully described below:
(i) | a “Collection Account”; | ||
(ii) | a “Reserve Account”; | ||
(iii) | a “Capitalized Interest Account”; | ||
(iv) | a “Supplemental Purchase Account”; | ||
(v) | one or more “Euro Accounts”; | ||
(vi) | one or more “Custody Accounts”; | ||
(vii) | an “Add-On Consolidation Loan Account”; and |
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(viii) | a “Borrower Benefit Account”. |
(b) Funds on deposit in each account specified in Section 2.3(a) above (collectively, the
“Trust Accounts” ) (other than any Euro Account) shall be invested by the Indenture Trustee (or any
custodian or designated agent with respect to any amounts on deposit in such accounts) in Eligible
Investments (including Eligible Investments of the Indenture Trustee) pursuant to written
instructions by the Administrator; provided, however, it is understood and agreed
that the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for the selection of, or any loss arising from such
investment in, Eligible Investments. All such Eligible Investments shall be held by (or by any
custodian on behalf of) the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Issuer; provided that:
(i) on the Business Day preceding each Distribution Date (or on that Distribution Date,
in the case of amounts in money market accounts), all interest and other investment income
(net of losses and investment expenses) on funds on deposit in each Trust Account (other
than the Borrower Benefit Account or the Euro Account) shall be deposited into the
Collection Account and shall be included in the Available Funds for such Distribution Date;
and
(ii) all interest and other investment income (net of losses and investment expenses)
on funds on deposit in the Borrower Benefit Account shall be retained therein until
withdrawn pursuant to Section 2.10(e) of this Agreement.
Other than as described in the following proviso or as otherwise permitted by the Rating Agencies,
funds on deposit in the Trust Accounts (other than any Euro Account) shall only be invested in
Eligible Investments that will mature so that such funds will be available at the close of business
on the Business Day preceding the following Monthly Servicing Payment Date (to the extent necessary
to pay the Primary Servicing Fee payable on such date) or the following Distribution Date
provided, that funds on deposit in the Supplemental Purchase Account, if invested, shall be
invested only in Eligible Investments that are scheduled to mature (or with respect to Eligible
Investments under clause (g) of the definition of “Eligible Investments” are expected to mature) on
or before the end of the Supplemental Purchase Period; provided, that all funds on deposit
in the Add-On Consolidation Loan Account shall be invested only in Eligible Investments that are
demand deposits or are overnight investments. Funds deposited in a Trust Account on a Business
Day which immediately precedes a Monthly Servicing Payment Date or Distribution Date upon the
maturity of any Eligible Investments are not required to be invested overnight.
(c) The Depositor and the Issuer pledged to the Indenture Trustee all of their respective
right, title and interest in all funds on deposit from time to time in the Trust Accounts and in
all proceeds thereof (including all income thereon) and all such funds, investments, proceeds and
income shall be part of the Trust Estate. Subject to the Administrator’s power to instruct the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 2.3(b) above and Section 2.3(e) below, the Trust Accounts
shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Noteholders and the Issuer. If, at any time, any Trust Account ceases to be an Eligible Deposit Account, the Indenture Trustee (or the Administrator on its behalf) agrees,
by its acceptance hereto, that it shall within 10 Business Days (or such longer period, not to
exceed 30
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calendar days, as to which each Rating Agency may consent) establish a new Trust Account
as an Eligible Deposit Account and shall transfer any cash and/or any investments to such new Trust
Account. In connection with the foregoing, the Administrator agrees that, in the event that any of
the Trust Accounts are not accounts with the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator shall notify the
Indenture Trustee in writing promptly upon any of such Trust Accounts ceasing to be an Eligible
Deposit Account.
(d) With respect to the Trust Account Property, the Indenture Trustee agrees, by its
acceptance hereof, that:
(i) any Trust Account Property that is held in deposit accounts shall be held solely in
Eligible Deposit Accounts, subject to the last sentence of Section 2.3(c) and, subject to Section
2.3(b), each such Eligible Deposit Account shall be subject to the exclusive custody and control of
the Indenture Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee shall have sole signature authority with respect
thereto;
(ii) any Trust Account Property that constitutes Physical Property shall be Delivered to the
Indenture Trustee in accordance with paragraph (a) of the definition of “Delivery” and shall be
held, pending maturity or disposition, solely by the Indenture Trustee or a securities intermediary
(as such term is defined in Section 8-102(14) of the UCC) acting solely for the Indenture Trustee;
(iii) any Trust Account Property that is a book-entry security held through the Federal
Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations shall be Delivered in accordance with
paragraph (b) of the definition of “Delivery” and shall be maintained by the Indenture Trustee,
pending maturity or disposition, through continuous book-entry registration of such Trust Account
Property as described in such paragraph; and
(iv) any Trust Account Property that is an “uncertificated security” under Article 8 of the
UCC and that is not governed by clause (iii) above shall be Delivered to the Indenture Trustee in
accordance with paragraph (c) of the definition of “Delivery” and shall be maintained by the
Indenture Trustee, pending maturity or disposition, through continued registration of the Indenture
Trustee’s (or its nominee’s) ownership of such security.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 2.3(d), the Indenture Trustee
shall have no liability or obligation in respect of any failed Delivery, as contemplated herein,
other than with respect to a Delivery which fails as a result of any action or inaction on behalf
of the Indenture Trustee.
(e) The Administrator shall have the power, revocable for cause or upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Administrator Default by the Indenture Trustee or by the Eligible
Lender Trustee with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, to instruct the Indenture Trustee to make
withdrawals and payments from the Trust Accounts for the purpose of permitting the Servicer, the
Administrator or the Eligible Lender Trustee to carry out its respective duties hereunder or permitting the Indenture Trustee to carry out its duties under
the Indenture.
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(f) On the Closing Date, the Administrator, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Trust,
shall establish and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the
“Collection Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein
are held for the benefit of the Trust. The Collection Account will initially be established as a
segregated trust account in the name of the Indenture Trustee with the corporate trust department
of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. On the Closing Date, the Administrator shall cause the
Trust to deposit the Collection Account Initial Deposit into the Collection Account.
(g) On the Closing Date, the Administrator, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Trust,
shall establish and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the
“Reserve Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are
held for the benefit of the Trust. The Reserve Account will initially be established as a
segregated trust account in the name of the Indenture Trustee with the corporate trust department
of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. On the Closing Date, the Administrator shall cause the
Trust to deposit the Reserve Account Initial Deposit into the Reserve Account.
(h) On the Closing Date, the Administrator, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Trust,
shall establish and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the
“Capitalized Interest Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited
therein are held for the benefit of the Trust. The Capitalized Interest Account will initially be
established as a segregated trust account in the name of the Indenture Trustee with the corporate
trust department of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. On the Closing Date, the Administrator
shall cause the Trust to deposit the Capitalized Interest Account Initial Deposit into the
Capitalized Interest Account.
(i) On the Closing Date, with respect to the Class A-4 Notes, the Administrator, for the
benefit of the Trust and the Class A-4 Noteholders, shall establish and/or maintain in the name of
the Indenture Trustee, an Eligible Deposit Account (a “Euro Account”) for the Class A-4
Noteholders, bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for
the benefit of the Trust and the Class A-4 Noteholders. If required, each Euro Account will
initially be established as a segregated trust account in the name of the Indenture Trustee with
the corporate trust department of the London Paying Agent.
(j) On the Closing Date, the Administrator, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Trust,
shall establish and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the
“Supplemental Purchase Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited
therein are held for the benefit of the Trust. The Supplemental Purchase Account will initially be
established as a segregated trust account in the name of the Indenture Trustee with the corporate
trust department of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. On the Closing Date, the Administrator
shall cause the Trust to deposit the Supplemental Purchase Account Initial Deposit into the
Supplemental Purchase Account.
(k) On the Closing Date, the Administrator, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Trust,
shall establish and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the
“Add-On Consolidation Loan Account”), bearing a designation clearly
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indicating that the funds
deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Trust. The Add-On Consolidation Loan Account
will initially be established as a segregated trust account in the name of the Indenture Trustee
with the corporate trust department of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. On the Closing Date,
the Administrator shall cause the Trust to deposit the Add-On Consolidation Loan Account Initial
Deposit into the Add-On Consolidation Loan Account.
(l) On the Closing Date, the Administrator, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Trust,
shall establish and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible Deposit Account (the
“Borrower Benefit Account”), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited
therein are held for the benefit of the Trust. The Borrower Benefit Account will initially be
established as a segregated trust account in the name of the Indenture Trustee with the corporate
trust department of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. On each date when the Issuer receives
any prepayment of amounts to offset anticipated Borrower Benefit Yield Reductions pursuant to
Section 3.12A of the Servicing Agreement, it shall deposit such sums into the Borrower Benefit
Account.
Section 2.4 Collection Account.
(a) The Servicer shall remit within two Business Days of receipt thereof to the Collection
Account all payments by or on behalf of the Obligors with respect to the Trust Student Loans (other
than Purchased Student Loans), and all Liquidation Proceeds, both as collected during the
Collection Period, and the Eligible Lender Trustee shall remit within two Business Days of receipt
thereof to the Collection Account any Interest Subsidy Payments and Special Allowance Payments
received by it with respect to the Trust Student Loans during the Collection Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as no Administrator Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Servicer and the Eligible Lender Trustee shall remit such collections within two
Business Days of receipt thereof to the Administrator, and the Administrator need not deposit such
collections into the Collection Account until one Business Day immediately prior to the next
following Monthly Servicing Payment Date together with interest on such amounts (less Servicing
Fees paid during such period) calculated on a daily basis from the first day of the month following
receipt thereof by the Administrator to but excluding the day on which the Administrator remits
such amounts to the Collection Account at a rate equal to no less than the Federal Funds Rate less
0.20%. In the event that the foregoing condition for ceasing daily remittances shall no longer be
satisfied, then the Administrator shall deposit all collections held by it into the Collection
Account within two Business Days of receipt thereof.
Section 2.5 Application of Collections
(a) With respect to each Trust Student Loan, all collections (including all Guarantee
Payments) with respect thereto for each Collection Period shall be applied to fees, interest and principal on such Trust Student Loan by the Servicer in accordance with its
customary practice.
(b) All Liquidation Proceeds shall be applied to the related Trust Student Loan.
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Section 2.6 Additional Deposits
(a) The Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the Collection Account the
aggregate purchase price with respect to Purchased Student Loans as determined pursuant to Section
3.5 of the Servicing Agreement and all other amounts to be paid by the Servicer under Section 3.5
of the Servicing Agreement on or before the third Business Day before the related Distribution
Date, and the Depositor shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the Collection Account the
aggregate Purchase Amount with respect to Purchased Student Loans and all other amounts to be paid
by the Depositor under Section 6 of the Sale Agreement and /or any applicable Additional Sale
Agreement when such amounts are due.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 2.6(a) above, if daily
deposits to the Collection Account are not required pursuant to Section 2.4 above, the Depositor
and the Servicer shall pay the amounts referred to in Section 2.6(a) above that would otherwise be
deposited into the Collection Account to the Administrator. The Administrator shall not be
required to deposit such amounts into the Collection Account until the Business Day preceding each
Monthly Servicing Payment Date; provided that the Administrator shall also deposit into the
Collection Account on such date interest on such amounts (less Servicing Fees paid during such
period) calculated on a daily basis from the first day of the month following receipt thereof by
the Administrator to but excluding the day on which the Administrator remits such amounts to the
Collection Account at a rate equal to no less than the Federal Funds Rate less 0.20%.
(c) With respect to the Currency Swap Agreement, the Administrator shall cause all Swap
Receipts and all other amounts payable to the Trust from the Currency Swap Counterparty to be
deposited into the Collection Account (with respect to all Swap Receipts received in U.S. Dollars)
or the Euro Account (with respect to all Swap Receipts received in Euros).
(d) On the Business Day immediately following the end of the Supplemental Purchase Period, the
Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee to, and the Indenture Trustee shall, transfer
all amounts remaining on deposit in the Supplemental Purchase Account into the Collection Account.
(e) On the Business Day immediately following the end of the Consolidation Loan Add-On Period,
the Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee to, and the Indenture Trustee shall,
transfer all amounts remaining on deposit in the Add-On Consolidation Loan Account into the
Collection Account.
Section 2.7 Distributions.
(a) On or before the second Business Day immediately preceding each Distribution Date, the
Administrator shall calculate all amounts required to be deposited into the Collection Account from
the Trust Accounts, as applicable, including the amount of all Investment Earnings to be
transferred from the Trust Accounts to the Collection Account, and the amount to be distributed
from the Collection Account as Available Funds and pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of the definition
of Available Funds on the related Distribution Date. On the
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fifth Business Day preceding each
Monthly Servicing Payment Date that is not a Distribution Date, as applicable, the Administrator
shall calculate all amounts required to be deposited into the Collection Account from the Reserve
Account and the amounts to be distributed therefrom on the related Monthly Servicing Payment Date.
In addition to and in furtherance of the foregoing, the Administrator shall:
(i) calculate all amounts required to be deposited into the Collection Account from the
Reserve Account and the Capitalized Interest Account on or before the second Business Day
immediately preceding each Distribution Date;
(ii) calculate the amount, if any, required to be transferred into the Collection Account from
the Add-On Consolidation Loan Account on or before the Business Day immediately following the end
of the Consolidation Loan Add-On Period;
(iii) calculate the amount, if any, of the Borrower Benefit Yield Reduction for the related
Collection Period on or before the second Business Day immediately preceding each Distribution
Date;
(iv) calculate the amount, if any, required to be deposited into the Collection Account from
the Borrower Benefit Account on or before the second Business Day immediately preceding each
Distribution Date, if the Issuer has not received payment in full of any amount relating to any
Borrower Benefit Yield Reduction for the related Collection Period, pursuant to Section 3.12 of the
Servicing Agreement;
(v) calculate the amount, if any, required to be transferred into the Collection Account from
the Supplemental Purchase Account on or before the Business Day immediately following the end of
the Supplemental Purchase Period;
(vi) calculate the amount, if any, required to be transferred into the Collection Account from
the Add-On Consolidation Loan Account on or before the Business Day immediately following the end
of the Consolidation Loan Add-On Period; and
(vii) The Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing no later than the
second Business Day preceding each Monthly Servicing Payment Date that is not a Distribution Date
(based on the information contained in the Administrator’s Officers’ Certificate and the related
Servicer’s Report delivered pursuant to Section 3.1(a) and (b) below) to distribute to the
Servicer, by 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on such Monthly Servicing Payment Date, from and to the
extent of the Available Funds on deposit in the Collection Account the Primary Servicing Fee due
with respect to the preceding calendar month, and the Indenture Trustee shall comply with such
instructions.
(b) The Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing no later than one (1)
Business Day preceding each Distribution Date (based on the information contained in the
Administrator’s Certificate and the related Servicer’s Report delivered pursuant to Sections 3.1(a)
and 3.1(c) below) to make the deposits and distributions set forth in Section 2.8 to the Persons or
to the account specified below by 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on such Distribution Date
(provided that funds are not required to be distributed pursuant to Section
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5.4(b) of the
Indenture). These deposits and distributions will be made to the extent of the amount of Available
Funds for that Distribution Date in the Collection Account including
(i) amounts transferred from the Reserve Account pursuant to Section 2.9 below,
(ii) through the Distribution Date in April 2008, amounts transferred from the
Capitalized Interest Account pursuant to Section 2.10(a) with respect to clauses 2.8(c) and
(d) below,
(iii) and, as applicable, amounts on deposit in, or transferred from, the Supplemental
Purchase Account or the Add-On Consolidation Loan Account, and
(iv) amounts transferred from the Borrower Benefit Account pursuant to Section 2.10(d)
below.
The amount of Available Funds in the Collection Account for each Distribution Date will be
distributed pursuant to the priority of distributions set forth under Section 2.8 below. The
Indenture Trustee shall comply with such instructions received by the Administrator.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if required by the Currency Swap Agreement, the Administrator
shall calculate all amounts due and owing to the Currency Swap Counterparty or to the Trust under
the Currency Swap Agreement at least one (1) Business Day prior to the date such payment is due
under the terms of the Currency Swap Agreement and direct the Indenture Trustee to make all Swap
Payments to the Currency Swap Counterparty, in the amount allocated for such purpose (based on the
information contained in the Administrator’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.1(c)
below), on or before the date or dates specified for those payments in the Currency Swap Agreement.
The Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing no later than one Business
Day preceding each Distribution Date to make the payments pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of the
definition of Available Funds.
Section 2.8 Priority of Distributions. On each Distribution Date, the
Indenture Trustee shall first reimburse itself for all amounts due under Section 6.7 of the
Indenture and then shall make the following deposits and distributions in the amounts and in the
order of priority set forth below:
(a) to the Servicer, the Primary Servicing Fee due on that Distribution Date;
(b) to the Administrator, the Administration Fee due on that Distribution Date and all prior
unpaid Administration Fees;
(c) pro rata, based on the aggregate principal balance of the Class A Notes and the amount of
any Swap Termination Payment and Trust Swap Payment due and payable by the trust to the Currency
Swap Counterparty under this clause (c):
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(1) to the Class A Noteholders (other than the Class A-4 Noteholders), the
Class A Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount, pro rata, based on the amounts
payable as Class A Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount;
(2) to the Currency Swap Counterparty (for payment of interest due on the Class
A-4 Notes), the Trust Swap Payment with respect to interest payable to the Currency
Swap Counterparty by the Trust; and
(3) to the Currency Swap Counterparty, the amount of any Swap Termination
Payment due to the Currency Swap Counterparty under the Currency Swap Agreement due
to a Swap Termination Event resulting from a payment default by the trust or the
insolvency of the trust; provided, that if any amounts allocable to the Class A
Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount are not needed to pay the Class A
Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount as of such Distribution Date, such amounts
will be applied to pay the portion, if any, of any Swap Termination Payment referred
to above in this clause (c) remaining unpaid;
(d) to the Class B Noteholders, the Class B Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount, pro
rata, based on the amounts payable as Class B Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount;
(e) (1) sequentially, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, and Class A-4 Noteholders, in
that order, until the principal balance of each such Class is paid in full, the Class A
Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount; and then
(2) any remaining Class A Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Currency Swap Counterparty (for payment of principal to the Class A-4 Noteholders),
until the Currency Swap Counterparty has, with respect to principal, been paid the
U.S. Dollar Notional Principal Balance of the Class A-4 Notes, and the principal
balance of such Class is paid in full;
(f) on each Distribution Date on and after the Stepdown Date, and provided that no Trigger
Event is in effect on such Distribution Date, to the Class B Noteholders until paid in full, the
Class B Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount;
(g) to the Reserve Account, the amount, if any, necessary to reinstate the balance of the
Reserve Account to the Specified Reserve Account Balance;
(h) to the Servicer, the aggregate unpaid amount of the Carryover Servicing Fee, if any;
(i) to the Currency Swap Counterparty, the amount of any Swap Termination Payments due to the
Currency Swap Counterparty, not payable in clause (c)(3) above; and
(j) to the Excess Distribution Certificateholder (initially, SLM ECFC), any remaining amounts
after application of the preceding clauses.
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Amounts that would be paid to the Currency Swap Counterparty pursuant to clauses (c), (e) or
(i) above will be determined on the third business day preceding each Distribution Date and will be
paid by the trust to the Currency Swap Counterparty on the third business day preceding each
Distribution Date.
In the event that a Swap Termination Payment is owed by the trust to the Currency Swap
Counterparty and a replacement currency swap is procured by the trust under which the replacement
Currency Swap Counterparty make a payment to the trust, the trust will pay that amount directly to
the original Currency Swap Counterparty to the extent that a payment is owed by the trust to the
Currency Swap Counterparty. If after making that payment, the original Currency Swap Counterparty
are still owed a payment, then the remaining amount will be paid as set forth in clause (i) above.
Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(x) If (i) on any Distribution Date following distributions under clauses 2.8(a) through (e)
above to be made on such Distribution Date, the Outstanding Amount of the Class A Notes would be in
excess of (A) the sum of (1) the outstanding principal balance of the Trust Student Loans, (2) any
accrued but unpaid interest on the Trust Student Loans as of the last day of the related Collection
Period, (3) the balance of the Capitalized Interest Account on the Distribution Date following
those distributions required to be made under clauses 2.8(c)(1), 2.8(c)(2) and 2.8(d) above, (4)
the balance of the Add-On Consolidation Loan Account on such Distribution Date, and (5) the balance
of the Reserve Account on such Distribution Date following those distributions required to be made
under clauses 2.8(a) through (e) above, minus (B) the Specified Reserve Account Balance for that
Distribution Date, or (ii) an Event of Default affecting the Class A Notes has occurred and is
continuing, then, until the conditions described in (i) or (ii) no longer exist, amounts on deposit
in the Collection Account and the Reserve Account shall be applied on such Distribution Date to the
payment of the Class A Noteholders’ Distribution Amount before any amounts are applied to the
payment of the Class B Noteholders’ Distribution Amount; and
If the Currency Swap Agreement terminates, amounts that would have otherwise been paid to the
Currency Swap Counterparty under the Currency Swap Agreement will be used to make payments to the
Class A-4 Noteholders in an amount in Euros equal to the payment that would have been made by such
Currency Swap Counterparty to the Trust. If this occurs, the Administrator, on behalf of the
Trust, will exchange, or will instruct the Indenture Trustee to exchange, U.S. Dollars for Euros in
order to make distributions to the Class A-4 Noteholders.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Trust Student Loans are not sold pursuant to
Section 6.1(A) or Section 4.4 of the Indenture, the amount that would otherwise be paid to the
Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall be applied on such Distribution Date to pay as an
accelerated payment of principal on the Notes, first to the Class A Noteholders in the same order
and priority as is set forth in clause 2.8(e) above until the Outstanding Amount of the Class A
Notes is paid in full and reduced to zero, and then to the Class B Noteholders as set forth in
clause 2.8(f) above; provided that the amount of such distribution shall not exceed the Outstanding
Amount of the Class A Notes or the Class B Notes, as applicable, after giving effect
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to all other
payments in respect of principal of Class A Notes and Class B Notes to be made on such Distribution
Date.
Section 2.9 Reserve Account. On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall deposit
the Reserve Account Initial Deposit into the Reserve Account.
(a) In the event that the Primary Servicing Fee for any Monthly Servicing Payment Date or
Distribution Date exceeds the amount distributed to the Servicer pursuant to Section 2.7(b) above
and Section 2.8(a) above on such Monthly Servicing Payment Date or Distribution Date, the
Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw from the Reserve Account
on such Monthly Servicing Payment Date or Distribution Date an amount equal to such excess, to the
extent of funds available therein, and to distribute such amount to the Servicer; provided,
however, that, except as provided in Section 2.9(f) below, amounts on deposit in the Reserve
Account will not be available to cover any unpaid Carryover Servicing Fees to the Servicer.
(b) In the event that the Available Funds are insufficient to make the payments described
under Sections 2.8(a) through 2.8(d) above on any Distribution Date (after giving effect to
required distributions and/or allocations from the Capitalized Interest Account), the Administrator
shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw from the Reserve Account on each
Distribution Date an amount equal to such deficiency, to the extent of funds available therein
after giving effect to clause (a) above, and to distribute and/or allocate such amounts in the same
order and priority as is set forth in Sections 2.8(a) through 2.8(d) above.
(c) In the event that the Class A Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount on the Note Final
Maturity Date with respect to any Class of Class A Notes exceeds the amount distributed to such
Class A Noteholders pursuant to Sections 2.8(c) or 2.8(e) above on such date, the Administrator
shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw from the Reserve Account on such Note
Final Maturity Date an amount equal to such excess, to the extent of funds available therein after
giving effect to clauses (a) and (b) above, and to distribute such amount to the Class A
Noteholders entitled thereto, in the same order and priority as is set forth in Section 2.8(e)
above.
(d) In the event that the Class B Noteholders’ Principal Distribution Amount on the Class B
Maturity Date exceeds the amount distributed to the Class B Noteholders pursuant to Section 2.8(f)
above on such date, the Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw
from the Reserve Account on the Class B Maturity Date an amount equal to such excess, to the extent of funds available therein after giving effect to
clauses (a) through (c) above, and to distribute such amount to the Class B Noteholders entitled
thereto.
(e) After giving effect to clauses (a) through (d) above, if the amount on deposit in the
Reserve Account on any Distribution Date (after giving effect to all deposits or withdrawals
therefrom on such Distribution Date other than pursuant to this clause is greater than the
Specified Reserve Account Balance for such Distribution Date, the Administrator shall instruct the
Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw the amount on deposit in excess of the Specified Reserve
Account Balance and deposit such amount into the Collection Account.
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(f) On the final Distribution Date upon termination of the Trust and following the payment in
full of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes and of all other amounts (other than Carryover
Servicing Fees, and Swap Termination Payments, if applicable) owing or to be distributed hereunder
or under the Indenture to Noteholders, the Servicer, the Currency Swap Counterparty or the
Administrator, as applicable, to the extent that Available Funds on such date are insufficient to
make the following payments, amounts remaining in the Reserve Account shall be used first to pay
any Carryover Servicing Fees and second to pay any Swap Termination Payments not previously paid to
the Currency Swap Counterparty. Any amount remaining on deposit in the Reserve Account after such
payments have been made shall be distributed to the Excess Distribution Certificateholder. The
Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall in no event be required to refund any amounts properly
distributed pursuant to this Section 2.9(f).
(g) Anything in this Section 2.9 to the contrary notwithstanding, if the market value of
securities and cash in the Reserve Account is on any Distribution Date sufficient to pay the
remaining principal amount of and interest accrued on the Notes, and to pay any unpaid Carryover
Servicing Fee and Swap Termination Payments, such amount will be so applied on such Distribution
Date and the Administrator shall instruct the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee to
make such payments.
Section 2.10 Investment Earnings; Other Trust Accounts. The Administrator will
instruct the Indenture Trustee to (1) withdraw all Investment Earnings, if any, on deposit in each
existing Trust Account (other than the Borrower Benefit Account) on each Distribution Date; (2)
deposit such amounts into the Collection Account and (3) include such amounts as Available Funds
for that Distribution Date. The Administrator will not instruct the Indenture Trustee to withdraw
Investment Earnings, if any, on deposit in the Borrower Benefit Account until amounts are to be
withdrawn from that account pursuant to Section 2.10(e) of this Administration Agreement.
a) | Capitalized Interest Account. On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall deposit the Capitalized Interest Account Initial Deposit into the Capitalized Interest Account. |
i. | In the event that the Available Funds, less the Principal Distribution Amounts, are insufficient to make the payments described under Sections 2.8(c) and 2.8(d) on a Distribution Date (prior to any distributions and/or allocations from amounts on deposit in the Reserve Account), the Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw from the Capitalized Interest Account an amount equal to such deficiencies, to the extent of funds available therein, and to distribute and/or allocate such amount, first, pro rata based on the amounts of such shortfalls, to the Class A Noteholders until they have received the Class A Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date and the Currency Swap Counterparty until it has received the Swap Interest Payments required to be made under Section 2.8(c)(2) above, second, so long as the events described in clauses (i) and (ii) of clause (x) of Section 2.8 have not occurred, to the Class B Noteholders until they have received the Class B Noteholders’ Interest Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date. |
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ii. | After giving effect to Section 2.10(a)(i) above, on the Distribution Date in April 2008, the Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw all amounts remaining from the Capitalized Interest Account and include such funds with other Available Funds on that Distribution Date. |
b) | Euro Account. On the Closing Date, with respect to the Class A-4 Notes, the Trust shall establish and maintain a Euro Account for the Class A-4 Notes. |
i. | Any payments in Euros received from the Currency Swap Counterparty will be deposited into the Euro Account for the benefit of the Class A-4 Noteholders. | ||
ii. | No later than the Business Day preceding each Distribution Date, the Administrator shall instruct the Luxembourg Paying Agent in writing to distribute all amounts on deposit in the Euro Account, to the Class A-4 Noteholders by 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the related Distribution Date. If the Currency Swap Agreement is not in effect, the Administrator, on behalf of the Trust, shall convert, or shall instruct the Indenture Trustee to convert, U.S. Dollars into Euros in amounts sufficient to make the distributions specified in this Agreement and the Indenture. |
c) | Collection Account. On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall deposit the Collection Account Initial Deposit into the Collection Account. This amount will be included with other Available Funds on the first Distribution Date. | ||
d) | Supplemental Purchase Account. |
i. | On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall deposit the Supplemental Purchase Account Initial Deposit into the Supplemental Purchase Account. | ||
ii. | From time to time during the Supplemental Purchase Period, the Administrator will instruct the Indenture Trustee to withdraw funds from the Supplemental Purchase Account to purchase Additional Trust Student Loans that are Eligible Loans pursuant to Additional Sale Agreements. | ||
iii. | The Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee to transfer into the Collection Account any amounts remaining in the Supplemental Purchase Account on the Business Day immediately following the end of the Supplemental Purchase Period to be included as Available Funds for any Distribution Date. |
e) | Add-On Consolidation Loan Account. On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall deposit the Add-On Consolidation Loan Account Initial Deposit into the Add-On Consolidation Loan Account. |
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i. | From time to time during the Consolidation Loan Add-On Period, the Administrator will instruct the Indenture Trustee to withdraw funds from the Add-On Consolidation Loan Account to fund Add-On Consolidation Loans. | ||
ii. | The Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee to transfer into the Collection Account any amounts remaining in the Add-On Consolidation Loan Account on the Business Day immediately following the end of the Consolidation Loan Add-On Period to be included as Available Funds for the Distribution Date related to the Collection Period in which the Consolidation Loan Add-On Period ended. |
f) | Borrower Benefit Account. On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall deposit the Borrower Benefit Account Initial Deposit, if any, into the Borrower Benefit Account. |
i. | On each date when the Issuer receives a prepayment of amounts relating to an anticipated deficiency amount due to Borrower Benefit Yield Reductions pursuant to Section 3.12A of the Servicing Agreement, it shall deposit such amounts into the Borrower Benefit Account. | ||
ii. | The Administrator may instruct the Indenture Trustee to release the funds in the Borrower Benefit Account to the Servicer upon the Servicer’s request, provided however, that such release shall only occur after the Administrator has received confirmation that the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied. | ||
iii. | With respect to each Distribution Date, if the Issuer has not received payment in full of the amount, if any, required to offset any deficiency caused by a realized Borrower Benefit Yield Reduction for the related Collection Period pursuant to Section 3.12 of the Servicing Agreement, the Administrator shall instruct the Indenture Trustee in writing to withdraw from the Borrower Benefit Account on such Distribution Date an amount equal to such deficiency, to the extent of funds available therein, to be included as part of Available Funds for that Distribution Date. |
g) | Custody Accounts Under the Currency Swap Agreement. On the Closing Date, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, the Issuer shall establish and maintain in the name of the Trust a Custody Account including any sub-accounts thereto (the “Custody Account”) for the Currency Swap Agreement entered into by the Trust, in which amounts will be deposited by the related Currency Swap Counterparty from time to time. The Currency Swap Counterparty shall be entitled to all amounts of interest earned on the Custody Account. |
Section 2.11 Statements to Excess Distribution Certificateholder and
Noteholders. On each Determination Date preceding a Distribution Date, the Administrator shall
provide to the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee (with a copy to the Rating
Agencies) for the Indenture Trustee to forward on such succeeding Distribution Date to each
Noteholder of record and for the Eligible Lender Trustee to forward on such succeeding Distribution
Date to the
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Excess Distribution Certificateholder of record a statement, setting forth at least the
following information as to the Notes and the Excess Distribution Certificate to the extent
applicable:
(a) the amount of such distribution allocable to principal of each class of the Notes;
(b) the amount of the distribution allocable to interest on each class of the Notes;
(c) the amount of the distribution allocable to the Excess Distribution Certificate, if any;
(d) [Reserved];
(e) the Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding Collection
Period;
(f) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Notes and the Note Pool Factor as of
such Distribution Date, after giving effect to payments allocated to principal reported under
clauses (a) and (c) above;
(g) the Note Rate for the next period for each class of Notes;
(h) the amount of the Servicing Fee and any Carryover Servicing Fee paid to the Servicer on
such Distribution Date and on the two preceding Monthly Servicing Payment Dates, and the amount, if
any, of the Carryover Servicing Fee remaining unpaid after giving effect to any such payments;
(i) the amount of the Administration Fee paid to the Administrator on such Distribution Date;
(j) [Reserved];
(k) the amount of the aggregate Realized Losses, if any, for the related Collection Period and
the balance of Trust Student Loans that are delinquent in each delinquency period as of the end of
such Collection Period;
(l) the amount of any Note Interest Shortfall, if any, in each case as applicable to each
Class of Notes, and the change in such amounts from the preceding statement;
(m) the aggregate Purchase Amounts for Trust Student Loans, if any, that were repurchased by
the Depositor or purchased by the Servicer, SLM ECFC or VG Funding from the Issuer during such
Collection Period;
(n) the respective balances of the Reserve Account, the Capitalized Interest Account, and the
Borrower Benefit Account, if any, on such Distribution Date, after giving effect to changes therein
on such Distribution Date;
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(o) the amount received from and paid to the Currency Swap Counterparty for such Distribution
Date and the amount of any Termination Payment made or received by the Trust during the applicable
Collection Period;
(p) the balance of Trust Student Loans that are delinquent in each delinquency period as of
the end of that Collection Period;
(q) with respect to the initial Distribution Date, the aggregate initial principal balance of
Additional Trust Student Loans, plus accrued interest to be capitalized as of their respective
Subsequent Cutoff Dates, purchased during the Supplemental Purchase Period, using funds on deposit
in the Supplemental Purchase Account, and any remaining amounts transferred from the Supplemental
Purchase Account to the Collection Account;
(r) with respect to the Distribution Date immediately following the end of the Consolidation
Loan Add-On Period, the aggregate initial principal balance of Add-On Consolidation Loans, plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, added during the Consolidation Loan Add-On Period, and any
remaining amounts transferred from the Add-On Consolidation Loan Account to the Collection Account;
and
(s) the amount required to be deposited into the Collection Account for the related Collection
Period to offset any Borrower Benefit Yield Reduction for the related Collection Period.
Each amount set forth pursuant to clauses (a), (b), (c), (f), (h), (i) and (l) above shall be
expressed as a dollar amount per $1,000 of original principal balance of the applicable Note. A
copy of the statements referred to above may be obtained by the Excess Distribution
Certificateholder or any Note Owner by a written request to the Eligible Lender Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee, respectively, addressed to the respective Corporate Trust Office.
Section 2.12 Non-Ministerial Matters. With respect to matters that in the
reasonable judgment of the Administrator are non-ministerial, the Administrator shall not take any
action unless within a reasonable time before the taking of such action, the Administrator shall
have notified the Eligible Lender Trustee of the proposed action and the Eligible Lender Trustee
shall not have withheld consent or provided an alternative direction. For the purpose of the
preceding sentence, “non-ministerial matters” shall include:
(a) the amendment of or any supplement to the Indenture;
(b) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuer and the compromise of any action,
claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Issuer (other than in connection with the collection of
the Trust Student Loans);
(c) the amendment, change or modification of the Basic Documents;
(d) the appointment of successor Note Registrars, successor Paying Agents and successor
Indenture Trustees pursuant to the Indenture or the appointment of Successor Administrators or
Successor Servicers, or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent or
Indenture Trustee of its obligations under the Indenture; and
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(e) the removal of the Indenture Trustee.
Section 2.13 Exceptions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, except as expressly provided herein or in the other Basic Documents, the Administrator
shall not be obligated to, and shall not, (a) make any payments to the Noteholders under the Basic
Documents, (b) sell the Indenture Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Indenture, (c) take
any other action that the Issuer directs the Administrator not to take on its behalf, (d) in
connection with its duties hereunder assume any indemnification obligation of any other Person or
(e) service the Trust Student Loans.
Section 2.14 Compensation. As compensation for the performance of the
Administrator’s obligations under this Agreement and as reimbursement for its expenses related
thereto, the Administrator shall be entitled to $25,000 for each Collection Period payable on the
related Distribution Date (the “Administration Fees”) payable in arrears which shall be solely an
obligation of the Issuer.
Section 2.15 Servicer and Administrator Expenses. Each of the Servicer and
the Administrator shall be severally required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with
its activities hereunder, including fees and disbursements of independent accountants, taxes
imposed on the Servicer or the Administrator, as the case may be, and expenses incurred in
connection with distributions and reports to the Administrator or to the Excess Distribution
Certificateholder and the Noteholders, as the case may be.
ARTICLE III
Section 3.1 Administrator’s Certificate; Servicer’s Report.
(a) On or before the tenth day of each month (or, if any such day is not a Business Day, on
the next succeeding Business Day), the Servicer shall deliver to the Administrator a Servicer’s
Report with respect to the preceding month containing all information necessary for the Administrator to receive in connection with the preparation of the
Administrator’s Officers’ Certificate covering such calendar month referred to in Section 3.1(b)
below. On or before the tenth day (or, if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next
succeeding Business Day), preceding each Distribution Date the Servicer shall deliver to the
Administrator a Servicer’s Report with respect to the preceding Collection Period containing all
information necessary for the Administrator to receive in connection with the preparation of the
Administrator’s Certificate covering such Collection Period referred to in Section 3.1(c) below.
(b) On the second Business Day prior to each Monthly Servicing Payment Date that is not a
Distribution Date, the Administrator shall deliver to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee, an Administrator’s Officers’ Certificate containing all information necessary to pay the
Servicer the Primary Servicing Fee due on such Monthly Servicing Payment Date pursuant to Section
2.7(b) above.
(c) On each Determination Date prior to a Distribution Date or such earlier date to the extent
required for the Indenture Trustee to make distributions to the Currency Swap Counterparty, the
Administrator shall deliver to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture
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Trustee, with a copy
to the Rating Agencies, an Administrator’s Certificate containing all information necessary to make
the distributions pursuant to Sections 2.7 and 2.8 above, if applicable, for the Collection Period
preceding the date of such Administrator’s Certificate.
Prior to each Determination Date, the Administrator shall determine the Note Rates that will be
applicable to the Distribution Date following such Determination Date, in compliance with its
obligation to prepare and deliver an Administrator’s Certificate on such Determination Date
pursuant to this Section 3.1. In connection therewith, the Administrator shall calculate on each
LIBOR Determination Date during such Accrual Period, the Four-Month LIBOR or Three-Month LIBOR, as
applicable, and Four-Month EURIBOR or Three-Month EURIBOR, as applicable, for the first Accrual
Period, and for each subsequent Accrual Period shall calculate, as applicable, on each LIBOR
Determination Date during such Accrual Period, Three-Month LIBOR and Three-Month EURIBOR. In
addition, the Administrator hereby accepts the delegation to it of the obligations of the
“Calculation Agent” under any of the Currency Swap Agreements, as applicable, to which the Issuer
is a party.
(d) The Administrator shall furnish to the Issuer from time to time such information regarding
the Collateral as the Issuer shall reasonably request.
Section 3.2 Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default; Financial
Statements.
(a) Each of the Servicer and the Administrator shall deliver to the Eligible Lender Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee on or before 90 days after the end of the fiscal year of the Servicer and
the Administrator, an Officer’s Certificate of the Servicer or the Administrator, as the case may
be, dated as of December 31 of the preceding year, stating that (i) a review of the activities of
the Servicer or the Administrator, as the case may be, during the preceding 12-month period (or, in
the case of the first such certificate, during the period from the Closing Date to December 31,
2006) and of its performance under this Agreement has been made under such officers’ supervision
and (ii) to the best of such officers’ knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer or the Administrator, as the case may be, has fulfilled its obligations in all
material respects under this Agreement and, with respect to the Servicer, the Servicing Agreement
throughout such year or, if there has been a material default in the fulfillment of any such
obligation, specifying each such material default known to such officers and the nature and status
thereof. The Indenture Trustee shall send a copy of each such Officers’ Certificate and each
report referred to in Section 3.1 to the Rating Agencies. A copy of each such Officers’
Certificate and each report referred to in Section 3.1 may be obtained by the Excess Distribution
Certificateholder, any Noteholder or any Note Owner by a request in writing to the Eligible Lender
Trustee addressed to its Corporate Trust Office, together with evidence satisfactory to the
Eligible Lender Trustee that such Person is one of the foregoing parties. Upon the telephone
request of the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Indenture Trustee will promptly furnish the Eligible
Lender Trustee a list of Noteholders as of the date specified by the Eligible Lender Trustee.
(b) The Servicer shall deliver to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the
Rating Agencies, promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no event later than five
Business Days thereafter, written notice in an Officers’ Certificate of the
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Servicer of any event
which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Default under
Section 5.1 of the Servicing Agreement.
(c) The Administrator shall deliver to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and
the Rating Agencies, promptly after having obtained knowledge thereof, but in no event later than
five Business Days thereafter, written notice in an Officers’ Certificate of the Administrator of
any event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Administrator
Default under Sections 5.1(a) or (b) below or would cause the Administrator to fail to meet the
requirement of clause (a) of Section 2.4 above.
(d) At any time that the Administrator is not an Affiliate of the Depositor, the Administrator
shall provide to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies (i) as
soon as possible and in no event more than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the
Administrator, audited financials as at the end of and for such year and (ii) as soon as possible
and in no event more than 30 days after the end of each quarterly accounting period of the
Administrator unaudited financials as at the end of and for such period.
Section 3.3 Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants’ Report. Each of
the Servicer and the Administrator shall cause a registered public accounting firm (as the term is
used in Section 1122 of Regulation AB) , which may also render other services to the Servicer or
the Administrator, as the case may be, to deliver to the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and the Rating Agencies on or before March 31 of each year, a report addressed to the
Servicer or the Administrator, as the case may be, the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee, to the effect that such firm has examined certain documents and records relating to the
servicing of the Trust Student Loans, or the administration of the Trust Student Loans and of the
Trust, as the case may be, during the preceding calendar year (or, in the case of the first such
report, during the period from the Closing Date to December 31, 2006) and that, on the basis of the
accounting and auditing procedures considered appropriate under the circumstances, such firm is of
the opinion that such servicing or administration, respectively, was conducted, in all material
respects, in compliance with those terms of this Agreement and in the case of the Servicer, the Servicing Agreement, including any applicable
statutory provisions incorporated therein and such additional terms and statutes as may be
specified from time to time by the Administrator, except for such exceptions as shall be set forth
in such report. Such report will also indicate that the firm is independent of the Servicer or the
Administrator, as the case may be, within the meaning of the Code of Professional Ethics of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
ARTICLE IV
Section 4.1 Representations of Administrator. Xxxxxx Xxx, Inc., as
Administrator, makes the following representations on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in
acquiring the Trust Student Loans. The representations speak as of the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and as of the Closing Date and shall survive the sale of the Trust Student Loans to
the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to the Indenture.
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(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Administrator is duly organized and validly existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the power and authority to own its properties and to
conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently
conducted.
(b) Power and Authority. The Administrator has the corporate power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms, and the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Administrator by all necessary corporate action.
(c) Binding Obligation. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Administrator and, assuming that it is duly executed and delivered by parties hereto,
constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Administrator, enforceable against the
Administrator in accordance with its terms; except that the enforceability hereof may be subject to
(a) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in
effect relating to creditors’ rights generally, and (b) general principles of equity (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) and (c) with respect
to rights to indemnity hereunder, limitations of public policy under applicable securities laws.
(d) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof do not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the
terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default
under, the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Administrator, or any indenture, agreement
or other instrument to which the Administrator is a party or by which it shall be bound; nor result
in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any
such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than pursuant to the Basic Documents); nor
violate any law or, to the knowledge of the Administrator, any order, rule or regulation applicable
to the Administrator of any court or of any Federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having
jurisdiction over the Administrator or its properties.
(e) No Proceedings. There are no legal or governmental proceedings or investigations pending
against the Administrator or, to its best knowledge, threatened or contemplated against the
Administrator or to which the Administrator or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any
property of the Administrator or any of its subsidiaries is the subject, before any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction
over the Administrator or its properties or by any other party: (i) asserting the invalidity of
this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents, the Notes or the Excess Distribution
Certificate, (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Notes or the Excess Distribution
Certificate or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of
the other Basic Documents, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that could reasonably be
expected to have a material and adverse effect on the performance by the Administrator of its
obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, any of the other Basic
Documents, the Trust, the Notes or the Excess Distribution Certificate or (iv) seeking to affect
adversely the Federal or state income tax attributes of the Issuer, the Notes or the Excess
Distribution Certificate.
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(f) All Consents. All authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of or registrations or
declarations with any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other government
instrumentality required to be obtained, effected or given by the Administrator in connection with
the execution and delivery by the Administrator of this Agreement and the performance by the
Administrator of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly obtained, effected
or given and are in full force and effect.
Section 4.2 Liability of Administrator; Indemnities.
(a) The Administrator shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the
obligations specifically undertaken by the Administrator under this Agreement.
(b) The Administrator shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Excess
Distribution Certificateholder and the Noteholders and any of the officers, directors, employees
and agents of the Issuer from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, claims, actions,
suits, damages and liabilities to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or
liability arose out of, or was imposed upon any such Person through, the gross negligence, willful
misfeasance or bad faith of the Administrator in the performance of its duties under this Agreement
or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder or thereunder.
(c) The Administrator shall indemnify the Indenture Trustee in its individual capacity and any
of its officers, directors, employees and agents against any and all losses, claims, actions,
suits, damages, liabilities, costs, penalties, taxes (excluding taxes payable by it on any
compensation received by it for its services as Indenture Trustee) or expense (including attorneys’
fees) incurred by it in connection with the performance of its duties under the Indenture and the other Basic Documents. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Issuer and
the Administrator promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Indenture
Trustee to so notify the Issuer and the Administrator shall not relieve the Issuer or the
Administrator of its obligations hereunder and under the other Basic Documents. The Administrator
shall defend the claim and the Administrator shall not be liable for the legal fees and expenses of
the Indenture Trustee after it has assumed such defense; provided, however, that in
the event that there may be a conflict between the positions of the Indenture Trustee and the
Administrator in conducting the defense of such claim, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to
separate counsel the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Administrator on behalf of the
Issuer. Neither the Issuer nor the Administrator need to reimburse any expense or indemnify
against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Indenture Trustee through the Indenture
Trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
(d) The Administrator shall indemnify the Eligible Lender Trustee (including in its capacity
as Interim Eligible Lender Trustee) in its individual capacity and any of its officers, directors,
employees and agents against any and all loss, liabilities, actions, suits, claims, damages, costs,
penalties, taxes (excluding taxes payable by it on any compensation received by it for its services
as trustee) or expense (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by it in connection with the
performance of its duties under the Interim Trust Agreement, the Trust Agreement and the other
Basic Documents.
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(e) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrator shall indemnify the
Eligible Lender Trustee in its individual capacity and any of its officers, directors, employees
and agents against any and all liability relating to or resulting from any of the following:
(i) any claim that the Trust Student Loans (or any guarantee with respect thereto) are
delinquent, uncollectable, uninsured, illegal, invalid or unenforceable;
(ii) any claim that the Trust Student Loans have not been made, administered, serviced or
collected in accordance with applicable federal and state laws or the requirements of any
Guarantor;
(iii) any claim that any original note or other document evidencing or relating to the Trust
Student Loans has been lost, misplaced or destroyed; and
(iv) any claim for failure to comply with the provisions of 34 CFR Sec. 682.203(b) (other than
for the Eligible Lender Trustee’s failure to qualify as an eligible lender under the Act).
(f) The Eligible Lender Trustee shall notify the Administrator promptly of any claim for which
it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Eligible Lender Trustee to so notify the Administrator shall
not relieve the Administrator of its obligations hereunder and under the other Basic Documents.
The Administrator shall defend the claim and the Administrator shall not be liable for the legal
fees and expenses of the Eligible Lender Trustee after it has assumed such defense;
provided, however, that in the event that there may be a conflict between the
positions of the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Administrator in conducting the defense of such claim, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall be entitled to separate counsel the fees and expenses
of which shall be paid by the Administrator on behalf of the Issuer. Neither the Issuer nor the
Administrator need reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense
incurred by the Eligible Lender Trustee through the Eligible Lender Trustee’s own willful
misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
(g) The Depositor shall pay reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible
Lender Trustee and shall reimburse the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances.
(h) For purposes of this Section 4.2, in the event of the termination of the rights and
obligations of the Administrator (or any successor thereto pursuant to Section 4.3 below) as
Administrator pursuant to Section 5.1 below, or a resignation by such Administrator pursuant to
this Agreement, such Administrator shall be deemed to be the Administrator pending appointment of a
successor Administrator pursuant to Section 5.2 below.
(i) Indemnification under this Section 4.2 shall survive the resignation or removal of the
Eligible Lender Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or the termination of this Agreement and shall
include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Administrator
shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section and the Person to or on behalf of
whom such payments are made thereafter collects any of such amounts
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from others, such Person shall
promptly repay such amounts to the Administrator, without interest.
Section 4.3 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of,
Administrator. Any Person (a) into which the Administrator may be merged or consolidated, (b)
which may result from any merger or consolidation to which the Administrator shall be a party or
(c) which may succeed to the properties and assets of the Administrator substantially as a whole,
shall be the successor to the Administrator without the execution or filing of any document or any
further act by any of the parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that the
Administrator hereby covenants that it will not consummate any of the foregoing transactions except
upon satisfaction of the following: (i) the surviving Administrator, if other than Xxxxxx Xxx,
Inc., executes an agreement that states expressly that such Person assumes to perform every
obligation of the Administrator under this Agreement, (ii) immediately after giving effect to such
transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 4.1 shall have been breached
and no Administrator Default, and no event that, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would
become an Administrator Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (iii) the surviving
Administrator, if other than Xxxxxx Mae, Inc., shall have delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section 4.3
and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to such
transaction have been complied with, and that the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied
with respect to such transaction, (iv) unless Xxxxxx Xxx, Inc. is the surviving entity, such
transaction will not result in a material adverse Federal or state tax consequence to the Issuer,
the Noteholders or the Excess Distribution Certificateholder and (v) unless Xxxxxx Mae, Inc. is the
surviving entity, the Administrator shall have delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation
statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve
and protect the interest of the Eligible Lender Trustee and Indenture Trustee, respectively, in the
Trust Student Loans and reciting the details of such filings, or (B) stating that, in the opinion
of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interests.
Anything in this Section 4.3 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Administrator may at any time
assign its rights, obligations and duties under this Agreement to an Affiliate provided that the
Rating Agencies confirm that such assignment will not result in a downgrading or a withdrawal of
the ratings then applicable to the Notes.
Section 4.4 Limitation on Liability of Administrator and Others.
(a) Neither the Administrator nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be
under any liability to the Issuer, the Noteholders or the Excess Distribution Certificateholder, or
to the Indenture Trustee or the Eligible Lender Trustee except as provided under this Agreement for
any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement or for
errors in judgment; provided, however, that these provisions shall not protect the
Administrator or any such person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of
willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless
disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement. The Administrator and any of its
directors, officers, employees or agents may rely in good faith on
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the advice of counsel or on any
document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any
matters arising hereunder.
(b) Except as provided in this Agreement, the Administrator shall not be under any obligation
to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not be incidental to its duties to
administer the Trust Student Loans and the Trust in accordance with this Agreement and that in its
opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that the
Administrator may undertake any reasonable action that it may deem necessary or desirable in
respect of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents and the rights and duties of the parties to
this Agreement and the other Basic Documents and the interests of the Excess Distribution
Certificateholder under this Agreement and the Noteholders under the Indenture and under this
Agreement.
Section 4.5 Administrator May Own Certificates or Notes. The Administrator
and any Affiliate thereof may in its individual or any other capacity become the owner or pledgee
of the Excess Distribution Certificate or Notes with the same rights as it would have if it were
not the Administrator or an Affiliate thereof, except as expressly provided herein in any other
Basic Document.
Section 4.6 Xxxxxx Xxx, Inc. Not to Resign as Administrator. Subject to the
provisions of Section 4.3 above, Xxxxxx Mae, Inc. shall not resign from the obligations and duties
imposed on it as Administrator under this Agreement except upon determination that the performance of its duties under this Agreement shall no longer be
permissible under applicable law or shall violate any final order of a court or administrative
agency with jurisdiction over Xxxxxx Xxx, Inc. or its properties. Notice of any such determination
permitting or requiring the resignation of Xxxxxx Mae, Inc. shall be communicated to the Eligible
Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at the earliest practicable time (and, if such
communication is not in writing, shall be confirmed in writing at the earliest practicable time)
and any such determination shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to
the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee concurrently with or promptly after such
notice. No such resignation shall become effective until the Indenture Trustee or a successor
Administrator shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of Xxxxxx Xxx, Inc. in
accordance with Section 5.2 below. Anything in this Section 4.6 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Administrator may resign at any time subsequent to the assignment of its rights, duties and
obligations hereunder pursuant to Section 4.3 above.
Section 4.7 Privacy and Security Provisions. With respect to information that
is “non-public personal information” (as defined in the GLB Regulations) that is disclosed or
provided by the Trust (or on the Trust’s behalf) to the Administrator in connection with this
Agreement, the Administrator agrees, subject to the terms hereof and the limitations of liability
set forth herein, that in performing its obligations under this Agreement, the Administrator shall
comply with all reuse, redisclosure, or other customer information handling, processing, security,
and protection requirements that are specifically required of a non-affiliated third-party
processor or servicer (or subcontractor) under the GLB Regulations and other applicable federal
consumer privacy laws, rules, and regulations. Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrator
agrees that:
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(a) the Administrator is prohibited from disclosing or using any “non-public personal
information” (as defined in the GLB Regulations) disclosed or provided by the Trust or on the
Trust’s behalf to the Administrator, except solely to carry out the purposes for which it was
disclosed, including use under an exception contained in 12 CFR sections 40.14 or 40.15 or 16 CFR
sections 313.14 or 313.15, as applicable, of the GLB Regulations in the ordinary course of business
to carry out those purposes; and
(b) the Administrator has implemented and will maintain an information security program
designed to meet the objectives of the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for
Safeguarding Customer Information, Final Rule (12 CFR Part 30, Appendix B) and the Federal Trade
Commission’s Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (16 CFR Part 314).
ARTICLE V
Section 5.1 Administrator Default. If any one of the following events (an
“Administrator Default”) shall occur and be continuing:
(a) (i) in the event that daily deposits into the Collection Account are not required, any
failure by the Administrator to deliver to the Indenture Trustee for deposit in the Trust Accounts
any Available Funds required to be paid on or before the Business Day immediately preceding any
Monthly Servicing Payment Date, or
(ii) any failure by the Administrator to direct the Indenture Trustee to make any required
distributions from any of the Trust Accounts on any Monthly Servicing Payment Date or Distribution
Date, which failure in case of either clause (i) or (ii) continues unremedied for five Business
Days after written notice of such failure is received by the Administrator from the Indenture
Trustee or the Eligible Lender Trustee or after discovery of such failure by an officer of the
Administrator; or
(b) any failure by the Administrator duly to observe or to perform in any material respect any
other term, covenant or agreement of the Administrator set forth in this Agreement or any other
Basic Document, which failure shall (i) materially and adversely affect the rights of Noteholders
or the Excess Distribution Certificateholder and (ii) continue unremedied for a period of 60 days
after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall
have been given (A) to the Administrator by the Indenture Trustee or the Eligible Lender Trustee or
(B) to the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee by the Noteholders
or Excess Distribution Certificateholder, as applicable, representing not less than 50% of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes or representing the whole of the outstanding Excess Distribution
Certificate (including such Excess Distribution Certificate if owned by the Depositor);
(c) an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Administrator; or
(d) any failure by the Administrator to deliver any information, report, certification or
accountants’ letter when and as required under Article IX which continues
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unremedied for fifteen
(15) calendar days after the date on which such information, report, certification or accountants’
letter was required to be delivered
then, and in each and every case, so long as the Administrator Default shall not have been
remedied, either the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders evidencing not less than 50% of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes, by notice then given in writing to the Administrator (and to the
Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee if given by the Noteholders) may terminate all
the rights and obligations (other than the obligations set forth in Section 4.2 above) of the
Administrator under this Agreement. On or after the receipt by the Administrator of such written
notice, all authority and power of the Administrator under this Agreement, whether with respect to
the Notes, the Excess Distribution Certificate, the Trust Student Loans or otherwise, shall,
without further action, pass to and be vested in the Indenture Trustee or such successor
Administrator as may be appointed under Section 5.2 below; and, without limitation, the Indenture
Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee are hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver,
for the benefit of the predecessor Administrator, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all
documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or
appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination. The predecessor Administrator
shall cooperate with the successor Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender
Trustee in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the predecessor Administrator under this Agreement. All reasonable costs and expenses
(including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with amending this Agreement to reflect such
succession as Administrator pursuant to this Section shall be paid by the predecessor Administrator
(other than the Indenture Trustee acting as the Administrator under this Section 5.1) upon
presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses. Upon receipt of notice of the
occurrence of an Administrator Default, the Eligible Lender Trustee shall give notice thereof to
the Rating Agencies.
Section 5.2 Appointment of Successor.
(a) Upon receipt by the Administrator of notice of termination pursuant to Section 5.1 above,
or the resignation by the Administrator in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the
predecessor Administrator shall continue to perform its functions as Administrator under this
Agreement in the case of termination, only until the date specified in such termination notice or,
if no such date is specified in a notice of termination, until receipt of such notice and, in the
case of resignation, until the later of (i) the date 120 days from the delivery to the Eligible
Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of written notice of such resignation (or written
confirmation of such notice) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (ii) the date upon
which the predecessor Administrator shall become unable to act as Administrator as specified in the
notice of resignation and accompanying Opinion of Counsel (the “Transfer Date”). In the event of
the termination hereunder of the Administrator the Issuer shall appoint a successor Administrator
acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, and the successor Administrator shall accept its appointment
by a written assumption in form acceptable to the Indenture Trustee. In the event that a successor
Administrator has not been appointed at the time when the predecessor Administrator has ceased to
act as Administrator in accordance with this Section, the Indenture Trustee without further action
shall automatically be appointed the successor Administrator and the Indenture Trustee shall be
entitled to the Administration Fee. Notwithstanding the above, the Indenture Trustee shall, if it
shall be unwilling or legally unable
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so to act, appoint or petition a court of competent
jurisdiction to appoint any established institution whose regular business shall include the
servicing of student loans, as the successor to the Administrator under this Agreement.
(b) Upon appointment, the successor Administrator (including the Indenture Trustee acting as
successor Administrator), shall be the successor in all respects to the predecessor Administrator
and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities placed on the predecessor
Administrator that arise thereafter or are related thereto and shall be entitled to an amount
agreed to by such successor Administrator (which shall not exceed the Administration Fee unless
such compensation arrangements will not result in a downgrading or withdrawal of any rating on the
Notes or the Excess Distribution Certificate by any Rating Agency) and all the rights granted to
the predecessor Administrator by the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein or in the other Basic
Documents, the Indenture Trustee, to the extent it is acting as successor Administrator pursuant
hereto and thereto, shall be entitled to resign to the extent a qualified successor Administrator
has been appointed and has assumed all the obligations of the Administrator in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents.
Section 5.3 Notification to Noteholders and Certificateholder. Upon any
termination of, or appointment of a successor to, the Administrator pursuant to this Article V, the
Eligible Lender Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Excess Distribution
Certificateholder and the Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to Noteholders
and the Rating Agencies (which, in the case of any such appointment of a successor, shall consist
of prior written notice thereof to the Rating Agencies).
Section 5.4 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Noteholders of Notes evidencing a
majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes (or the Excess Distribution Certificateholder, in
the case of any default which does not adversely affect the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders)
may, on behalf of all Noteholders and the Excess Distribution Certificateholder, waive in writing
any default by the Administrator in the performance of its obligations hereunder and any
consequences thereof, except a default in making any required deposits to or payments from any of
the Trust Accounts (or giving instructions regarding the same) in accordance with this Agreement.
Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Administrator
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this
Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right
consequent thereto.
ARTICLE VI
Section 6.1 Termination.
(a) Optional Purchase of All Trust Student Loans. The Administrator shall notify the
Servicer, the Depositor, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in writing, within 15 days after the
last day of any Collection Period as of which the then outstanding Pool Balance is 12% or less of
the Initial Pool Balance, of the percentage that the then outstanding Pool Balance bears
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to the
Initial Pool Balance. As of the last day of any Collection Period immediately preceding a
Distribution Date as of which the then outstanding Pool Balance is 10% or less of the Initial Pool
Balance, the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf and at the direction of the Servicer, or any other
“eligible lender” (within the meaning of the Higher Education Act) designated by the Servicer in
writing to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, shall have the option to purchase
the Trust Estate, other than the Trust Accounts. To exercise such option, the Servicer shall
deposit, pursuant to Section 2.6 above, in the Collection Account an amount equal to the aggregate
Purchase Amount for the Trust Student Loans and the related rights with respect thereto, plus the
appraised value of any such other property held by the Trust other than the Trust Accounts, such
value to be determined by an appraiser mutually agreed upon by the Servicer, the Eligible Lender
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, and shall succeed to all interests in and to the Trust;
provided, however, that the Servicer may not effect such purchase if such aggregate
Purchase Amounts do not equal or exceed the Minimum Purchase Amount plus any amounts owed to the
Currency Swap Counterparty for Swap Payments and Swap Termination Payments, and any Carryover
Servicing Fees. In the event the Servicer fails to notify the Eligible Lender Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee in writing prior to the acceptance by the Indenture Trustee of a bid to purchase
the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 4.4 of the Indenture that the Servicer intends to exercise its
option to purchase the Trust Estate, the Servicer shall be deemed to have waived its option to purchase the Trust Estate as long as the Servicer has received 5 business days’
notice from the Indenture Trustee as provided in Section 4.4 of the Indenture.
(b) Notice. Notice of any termination of the Trust shall be given by the Administrator to the
Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee as soon as practicable after the Administrator
has received notice thereof.
(c) Succession. Following the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the payment in
full of the principal of and interest on the Notes, the Excess Distribution Certificateholder shall
succeed to the rights of the Noteholders hereunder and the Eligible Lender Trustee shall succeed to
the rights of, and assume the obligations of, the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Agreement and
any other Basic Documents.
ARTICLE VII
Section 7.1 Protection of Interests in Trust.
(a) The Administrator, on behalf of the Depositor, shall execute and file such financing
statements and cause to be executed and filed such continuation statements, all in such manner and
in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain, and protect the interest of
the Issuer, the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee in the Trust Student Loans and in
the proceeds thereof. The Administrator shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Eligible
Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any
document filed as provided above, as soon as available following such filing.
(b) Neither the Depositor nor the Servicer shall change its name, identity or corporate
structure in any manner that would, could or might make any financing statement or continuation
statement filed in accordance with paragraph (a) above seriously misleading within the meaning of
Section 9-506(c) of the UCC, unless it shall have given the Eligible Lender
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Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee at least five days’ prior written notice thereof and shall have promptly filed
appropriate amendments to all previously filed financing statements or continuation statements.
(c) Each of the Depositor and the Servicer shall have an obligation to give the Eligible
Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee at least 60 days’ prior written notice of any relocation
of its chief executive office if, as a result of such relocation, the applicable provisions of the
UCC would require the filing of any amendment of any previously filed financing or continuation
statement or of any new financing statement and shall promptly file any such amendment. The
Servicer shall at all times maintain each office from which it shall service Trust Student Loans,
and its principal executive office, within the United States of America.
(d) The Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to each Trust Student Loan accurately
and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to know at any time the status of such
Trust Student Loan, including payments and recoveries made and payments owing (and the nature of
each) and (ii) reconciliation between payments or recoveries on (or with respect to) each Trust
Student Loan and the amounts from time to time deposited by the Servicer in the Collection Account
in respect of such Trust Student Loan.
(e) The Servicer shall maintain its computer systems so that, from and after the time of sale
of the Trust Student Loans to the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Issuer, the Servicer’s
master computer records (including any backup archives) that refer to a Trust Student Loan shall
indicate clearly the interest of the Issuer, the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
in such Trust Student Loan and that such Trust Student Loan is owned by the Eligible Lender Trustee
on behalf of the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee. Indication of the Issuer’s,
the Eligible Lender Trustee’s and the Indenture Trustee’s interest in a Trust Student Loan shall be
deleted from or modified on the Servicer’s computer systems when, and only when, the related Trust
Student Loan shall have been paid in full or repurchased.
(f) If at any time the Depositor or the Administrator shall propose to sell, grant a security
interest in, or otherwise transfer any interest in student loans to any prospective purchaser,
lender or other transferee, the Servicer shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other
transferee computer tapes, records or printouts (including any restored from backup archives) that,
if they refer in any manner whatsoever to any Trust Student Loan, indicate clearly that such Trust
Student Loan has been sold and is owned by the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Issuer and
has been pledged to the Indenture Trustee.
(g) Upon reasonable notice, the Servicer shall permit the Indenture Trustee and its agents at
any time during normal business hours to inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from the
Servicer’s records regarding any Trust Student Loan.
(h) Upon request, at any time the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Indenture Trustee have
reasonable grounds to believe that such request would be necessary in connection with its
performance of its duties under the Basic Documents, the Servicer shall furnish to the Eligible
Lender Trustee or to the Indenture Trustee (in each case, with a copy to the Administrator), within
five Business Days, a list of all Trust Student Loans (by borrower social security number, type of
loan and date of issuance) then held as part of the Trust, and the
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Administrator shall furnish to
the Eligible Lender Trustee or to the Indenture Trustee, within 20 Business Days thereafter, a
comparison of such list to the list of Trust Student Loans set forth in Schedule A to the Indenture
as of the Closing Date and a list of all Additional Trust Student Loans as of the end of the
Supplemental Purchase Period and a list of all Trust Student Loans which had Add-On Consolidation
Loans as of the end of the Consolidation Loan Add-On Period, and, for each Trust Student Loan that
has been removed from the pool of loans held by the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the
Issuer, information as to the date as of which and circumstances under which each such Trust
Student Loan was so removed.
(i) The Depositor shall deliver to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee:
(i) promptly after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and of each amendment thereto
and on each Transfer Date, an Opinion of Counsel either (1) stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements have been executed and filed that are
necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Eligible Lender Trustee and the
Indenture Trustee in the Trust Student Loans, and reciting the details of such filings or referring
to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (2) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve
and protect such interest; and
(ii) within 120 days after the beginning of each calendar year beginning with the first
calendar year beginning more than three months after the Initial Cutoff Date, an Opinion of
Counsel, dated as of a date during such 120-day period, either (1) stating that, in the opinion of
such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements have been executed and filed
that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Eligible Lender Trustee and
the Indenture Trustee in the Trust Student Loans, and reciting the details of such filings or
referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (2) stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest;
provided that a single Opinion of Counsel may be delivered in satisfaction of the foregoing
requirement and that of Section 3.6(b) of the Indenture.
(j) Each Opinion of Counsel referred to in subclause (i) or (ii) of clause (i) above shall
specify (as of the date of such opinion and given all applicable laws as in effect on such date)
any action necessary to be taken in the following year to preserve and protect such interest.
(k) The Depositor shall, to the extent required by applicable law, cause the Excess
Distribution Certificate and the Notes to be registered with the Commission pursuant to Section
12(b) or Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act within the time periods specified in such sections.
ARTICLE VIII
Section 8.1 Independence of the Administrator. For all purposes of this
Agreement, the Administrator shall be an independent contractor and shall not be subject to the
supervision of the Issuer or the Eligible Lender Trustee with respect to the manner in which it
accomplishes
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the performance of its obligations hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the
Issuer, the Administrator shall have no authority to act for or represent the Issuer or the
Eligible Lender Trustee in any way and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of the Issuer or the
Eligible Lender Trustee.
Section 8.2 No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement (a) shall
constitute the Administrator and either of the Issuer or the Eligible Lender Trustee as members of
any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate, unincorporated business or other separate
entity, (b) shall be construed to impose any liability as such on any of them or (c) shall be
deemed to confer on any of them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation
or liability on behalf of the others.
Section 8.3 Other Activities of Administrator. Nothing herein shall prevent
the Administrator or its Affiliates from engaging in other businesses or, in its sole discretion,
from acting in a similar capacity as an administrator for any other person or entity even though such person or entity may engage in business activities
similar to those of the Issuer, the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Indenture Trustee.
Section 8.4 Powers of Attorney. The Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee shall upon the written request of the Administrator furnish the Administrator with any
powers of attorney and other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable the
Administrator to carry out its administrative duties hereunder.
Section 8.5 Amendment.
(a) This Agreement (other than Sections 2.1 and 2.2 above) may be amended by the Issuer, the
Excess Distribution Certificateholder, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Eligible Lender Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee, without the consent of any of the Noteholders or the Currency Swap
Counterparty, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions in this Agreement or
for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions in this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders;
provided, however, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel delivered to the Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Noteholder or of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder
and that such action will not materially adversely affect (1) the Trust’s ability to enforce or
protect its rights or remedies under the Currency Swap Agreement, (2) the ability of the Trust to
timely and fully perform its obligations under the Currency Swap Agreement or (3) any of the
Trust’s obligations under the Currency Swap Agreement or any swap transaction under such agreement.
Any such amendment, modification or supplement without the consent of the Currency Swap
Counterparty shall not be binding on the Currency Swap Counterparty.
(b) Sections 2.1 and 2.2 may be amended from time to time by a written amendment duly executed
and delivered by the Issuer, the Excess Distribution Certificateholder, the Eligible Lender
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator, without the consent of the Noteholders or the
Currency Swap Counterparty (unless such consent is otherwise required by this Section), for the
purpose of adding any provision to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of such Article; provided that such amendment will not, in an
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Opinion of Counsel obtained on behalf
of the Issuer and satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee, materially
and adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder.
(c ) This Agreement (other than Sections 2.1 and 2.2 above) may also be amended from time to
time by the Issuer, the Excess Distribution Certificateholder, the Servicer, the Administrator, the
Indenture Trustee and the Eligible Lender Trustee, and Sections 2.1 and 2.2 above may also be
amended by the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Administrator and the Indenture Trustee, with the
consent of the Noteholders of Notes evidencing a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes,
for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders;
provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of,
collections of payments with respect to Trust Student Loans or distributions that shall be required
to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders or the Currency Swap Counterparty, or (ii) reduce the
aforesaid percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the Noteholders of which are required
to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of all outstanding Noteholders.
(d) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment (or, in the case of the Rating
Agencies, fifteen days prior thereto), the Eligible Lender Trustee shall furnish written
notification of the substance of such amendment to the Excess Distribution Certificateholder, the
Indenture Trustee, the Currency Swap Counterparty. and each of the Rating Agencies.
(e) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders pursuant to this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if
such consent shall approve the substance thereof.
(f) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Eligible Lender Trustee and
the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that
the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and the Opinion of
Counsel referred to in Section 7.1(i) above. The Eligible Lender Trustee and the Indenture Trustee
may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Eligible Lender
Trustee’s or the Indenture Trustee’s, as applicable, own rights, duties or immunities under this
Agreement or otherwise.
(g) The parties to this Agreement acknowledge and agree that, pursuant to the Currency Swap
Agreement, the Trust has agreed or will agree (i) to notify the Currency Swap Counterparty of any
amendment, modification or supplement to this Agreement or any other Basic Document that would
materially adversely affect (A) the Currency Swap Counterparty’s ability to enforce or protect its
rights or remedies under the Currency Swap Agreement, (B) the ability of the Trust to timely and
fully perform its obligations under the Currency Swap Agreement, or (C) any of the terms of the
Indenture or this Agreement which relates to payments to or rights of the Currency Swap
Counterparty under either such agreement, and (ii) to obtain the written consent of the Currency
Swap Counterparty to any such amendment, modification or supplement. Any such amendment,
modification or supplement without the written consent of the Currency Swap Counterparty shall be
void and unenforceable.
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(h) Accordingly, the parties to the Agreement acknowledge and agree that the Currency Swap
Counterparty will be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement to the extent of its rights under
the related Currency Swap Agreement in respect of this Agreement and shall be entitled to enforce
such rights under this Agreement. Notices to the Currency Swap Counterparty under this Section 8
shall be addressed to the Currency Swap Counterparty at the address listed in the related swap
confirmation for the Currency Swap Agreement.
Section 8.6 Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, except as provided in Section 4.3 of the Servicing Agreement and Section 4.3 of this
Agreement, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Depositor, the Administrator or the Servicer.
This Agreement may be assigned by the Eligible Lender Trustee only to its permitted successor pursuant to the Trust
Agreement.
Section 8.7 Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this Agreement
are solely for the benefit of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and
the Eligible Lender Trustee and for the benefit of the Excess Distribution Certificateholder, the
Noteholders and the Currency Swap Counterparty, as third party beneficiaries, and nothing in this
Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim in the Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or
any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.
Section 8.8 Assignment to Indenture Trustee. The Depositor hereby
acknowledges and consents to any Grant by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders of a security interest in all right, title and
interest of the Issuer in, to and under the Trust Student Loans and the assignment of any or all of
the Issuer’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, the Sale Agreement and any Additional
Sale Agreement and the Depositor’s rights under the Purchase Agreements and any Additional Purchase
Agreements to the Indenture Trustee. The Servicer hereby acknowledges and consents to the
assignment by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the
Noteholders of any and all of the Issuer’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and under
the Servicing Agreement.
Section 8.9 Nonpetition Covenants.
(a) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the Servicer, the Administrator,
the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor shall not, prior to the date
which is 367 days after the payment in full of the Notes, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke
or cause the Issuer to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of
commencing or sustaining a case against the Issuer under any Federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer. The foregoing shall not limit
the rights of the Servicer, the Administrator, the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Indenture Trustee
and the Depositor to file any claim in, or otherwise take any action with respect to, any
insolvency proceeding that was instituted against the Issuer by a Person other than the Servicer,
the Administrator, the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Depositor.
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(b) Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the Servicer, the Administrator,
the Issuer and the Eligible Lender Trustee shall not, prior to the date which is 367 days after the
payment in full of the Notes, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Depositor to
invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining
a case against the Depositor under any insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Depositor
or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Depositor. The foregoing shall not limit the rights of the
Servicer, the Administrator, the Issuer and the Eligible Lender Trustee to file any claim in, or
otherwise take any action with respect to, any insolvency proceeding that was instituted against
the Issuer by a Person other than the Servicer, the Administrator, the Issuer or the Eligible
Lender Trustee.
Section 8.10 Limitation of Liability of Eligible Lender Trustee and Indenture
Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been
executed and delivered by Chase Bank USA, National Association, not in its individual capacity but
solely in its capacity as Eligible Lender Trustee of the Issuer, and in no event shall Chase Bank
USA, National Association, in its individual capacity have any liability for the representations,
warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer or the Eligible Lender Trustee
hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto as to all
of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has been
executed and delivered by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, not in its individual capacity but
solely as Indenture Trustee, and in no event shall Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas have any
liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the
Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as
to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer.
(c) The rights of and protections of the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture shall be
incorporated as though explicitly set forth herein.
Section 8.11 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS
THEREOF, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 8.12 Headings. The Section headings hereof have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or
effect of this Agreement.
Section 8.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts,
each of which when so executed shall together constitute but one and the same agreement.
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Section 8.14 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction
shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall
not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Each of the
parties named on the signature pages to this Agreement by execution of this Agreement agrees, for
the benefit of the Administrator and the other signatories hereto, to be bound by the terms of this
Agreement and the other Basic Documents to the extent reference is made in such document to such
party.
Section 8.15 Excess Distribution Certificate. The Excess Distribution
Certificateholder, as evidenced by its agreement to accept the rights conferred under the Excess
Distribution Certificate, is hereby deemed to accept all obligations of the Depositor under this
Agreement.
ARTICLE IX
Section 9.1 Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness. The Issuer and the
Administrator acknowledge and agree that the purpose of Article IX of this Agreement is to
facilitate compliance by the Issuer with the provisions of Regulation AB and related rules and
regulations of the Commission.
Neither the Issuer nor the Administrator shall exercise its right to request delivery of
information or other performance under these provisions other than in good faith, or for purposes
other than compliance with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder (or the provision in a private offering of disclosure comparable to that
required under the Securities Act). The Administrator acknowledges that interpretations of the
requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, whether due to interpretive guidance provided
by the Commission or its staff, consensus among participants in the asset-backed securities
markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise, and agrees to comply with requests made by the Eligible
Lender Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, or any other party to the Transaction
Documents in good faith for delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of evolving
interpretations of Regulation AB. In connection therewith, the Issuer shall cooperate fully with
the Administrator (including any of its assignees or designees) in the preparation of, any and all
statements, reports, certifications, records and any other information necessary in the good faith
determination of the Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, to comply with the provisions of
Regulation AB.
Section 9.2 Reporting Requirements.
(a) If so requested by the Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, for the purpose of
satisfying its reporting obligation under the Exchange Act with respect to any class of
asset-backed securities, the Administrator shall (i) notify the Issuer, in writing of any material
litigation or governmental proceedings pending against the Administrator and (ii) provide to the
Issuer, a description of such proceedings, affiliations or relationships.
(b) As a condition to the succession as Administrator by any Person as permitted by Section
4.3 hereof the successor administrator shall provide to the Administrator, on behalf of
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the Issuer,
at least 10 Business Days prior to the effective date of such succession or appointment, (x)
written notice to the Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, of such succession or appointment and
(y) in writing all information in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of
Form 8-K with respect to any class of Notes.
(c) In addition to such information as the Administrator, is obligated to provide pursuant to
other provisions of this Agreement, the Administrator shall provide such information regarding the
performance or servicing of the Trust Student Loans as is reasonably required to facilitate
preparation of distribution reports in accordance with Item 1121 of Regulation AB. Such
information shall be provided concurrently with the monthly reports otherwise required to be
delivered by the Administrator under this Agreement, commencing with the first such report due
hereunder.
Section 9.3 Administrator Compliance Statement. On or before March 1st of
each calendar year, commencing in 2007, the Administrator shall deliver to the Issuer a statement
of compliance addressed to the Issuer and signed by an authorized officer of the Administrator, to
the effect that (i) a review of the Administrator’s activities during the immediately preceding
calendar year (or applicable portion thereof) and of its performance under this Agreement during
such period has been made under such officer’s supervision, and (ii) to the best of such officer’s
knowledge, based on such review, the Administrator has fulfilled all of its obligations under this
Agreement in all material respects throughout such calendar year (or applicable portion thereof)
or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect,
specifically identifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and the status
thereof.
Section 9.4 Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation
(a) On or before March 1st of each calendar year, commencing in 2007, the Administrator
shall:
(i) deliver to the Issuer a report (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Issuer) regarding the Administrator’s assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during
the immediately preceding calendar year, as required under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange
Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report shall be addressed to the Issuer and signed by an
authorized officer of the Administrator, and shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified
on the certification substantially in the form of Attachment B attached to this Agreement;
(ii) deliver to the Issuer a report of a registered public accounting firm reasonably
acceptable to the Issuer that attests to, and reports on, the assessment of compliance made by the
Administrator and delivered pursuant to the preceding paragraph, which attestation shall be in
accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act; and
(iii) if requested by the Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, not later than February 1 of
the calendar year in which such certification is to be delivered, deliver to the Issuer and any
other Person that will be responsible for signing a Sarbanes Certification in the form attached
hereto as Attachment A on behalf of the Issuer with respect to a securitization transaction.
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The Administrator acknowledges that the parties identified in clause (a)(iii) above may rely on the
certification provided by the Administrator pursuant to such clause in signing a Sarbanes
Certification and filing such with the Commission. The Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer,
will not request delivery of a certification under clause (a)(iii) above unless the Depositor is
required under the Exchange Act to file an annual report on Form 10-K with respect to the Trust
Student Loans.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered as of the date first above written.
XXXXXX XXX, INC., as Servicer and as Administrator |
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By: | /s/ J. XXXXX XXXXXX | |||
Name: | J. Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
SLM FUNDING LLC, as Depositor |
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By: | /s/ XXXX X. XXXXXX | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as the Trustee |
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By: | /s/ XXXX X. XXXXXX | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
SLM STUDENT LOAN TRUST 2006-6, | |||||||
as Issuer | |||||||
By: | CHASE BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its |
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individual capacity but solely as Trustee | |||||||
By: | /s/ XXXX X. XXXXXX | ||||||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
Title: | Vice President |
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By: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, | ||||||
not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee | ||||||
By: | /s/ XXXXX XXXXXXX | |||||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||
Title: | Vice President |
By: | /s/ XXXXXXXXX X. XXXXXX | |||||
Name: | Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
Title: | Associate |
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ATTACHMENT A
FORM OF ANNUAL CERTIFICATION
Re: | The Administration Agreement dated as of July 20, 2006 (the “Agreement”), among SLM Funding LLC, as Depositor, SLM Student Loan Trust 2006-6, as Issuer, Xxxxxx Xxx, Inc., as Servicer, Xxxxxx Mae, Inc., as Administrator, Chase Bank USA, National Association, as Eligible Lender Trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Indenture Trustee | |
I, , the of Xxxxxx Xxx, Inc. (the “Administrator”), certify to the Issuer, and its officers, with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that: | ||
(1) I have reviewed the servicer compliance statement of the Administrator provided in accordance with Item 1123 of Regulation AB (the “Compliance Statement”), the report on assessment of the Administrator’s compliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (the “Servicing Criteria”), provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the “Servicing Assessment”), the registered public accounting firm’s attestation report provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Section 1122(b) of Regulation AB (the “Attestation Report”), and all servicing reports, officer’s certificates and other information relating to the servicing of the Trust Student Loans by the Administrator during 200[ ] that were delivered by the Administrator to the Issuer pursuant to the Agreement (collectively, the “Company Servicing Information”); | ||
(2) Based on my knowledge, the Company Servicing Information, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period of time covered by the Company Servicing Information; | ||
(3) Based on my knowledge, all of the Company Servicing Information required to be provided by the Administrator under the Agreement has been provided to the Issuer; | ||
(4) I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Administrator as administrator under the Agreement, and based on my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing the Compliance Statement and except as disclosed in the Compliance Statement, the Servicing Assessment or the Attestation Report, the Administrator has fulfilled its obligations under the Agreement in all material respects; and | ||
(5) The Compliance Statement required to be delivered by the Administrator pursuant to the Agreement, and the Servicing Assessment and Attestation Report required to be provided by the Administrator and/or any Subcontractor pursuant to the Agreement, have been provided to the Issuer. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have |
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been disclosed to the Issuer. Any material instance of noncompliance with the Servicing Criteria has been disclosed in such reports. |
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ATTACHMENT B
SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
The assessment of compliance to be delivered by Xxxxxx Mae, Inc., as the Administrator, shall
address, at a minimum, the criteria identified below (the “Applicable Servicing Criteria”):
Reference | Criteria | Applicability | ||
General Servicing Considerations | ||||
1122(d)(1)(i)
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Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(1)(ii)
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If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s performance and compliance with such servicing activities. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(1)(iii)
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Any requirements in the Transaction Documents to maintain a back-up servicer for the trust student loans are maintained. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(1)(iv)
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A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements. | N/A | ||
Cash Collection and Administration | ||||
1122(d)(2)(i)
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Payments on trust student loans are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(2)(ii)
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Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel. | |||
1122(d)(2)(iii)
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Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(2)(iv)
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The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(2)(v)
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Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the Transaction Documents. For purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(2)(vi)
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Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(2)(vii)
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Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the Transaction Documents; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
Investor Remittances and Reporting | ||||
1122(d)(3)(i)
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Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the Transaction Documents and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the Transaction Documents; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the Transaction Documents; (C) are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of student loans serviced by the Servicer. | N/A |
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Reference | Criteria | Applicability | ||
1122(d)(3)(ii)
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Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(3)(iii)
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Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicer’s investor records, or such other number of days specified in the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(3)(iv)
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Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements. | N/A | ||
Pool Asset Administration | ||||
1122(d)(4)(i)
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Collateral or security on student loans is maintained as required by the Transaction Documents or related student loan documents. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(4)(ii)
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Student loan and related documents are safeguarded as required by the Transaction Documents | N/A | ||
1122(d)(4)(iii)
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Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(4)(iv)
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Payments on student loans, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related student loan documents are posted to the Servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the Transaction Documents, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related student loan documents. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(4)(v)
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The Servicer’s records regarding the student loans agree with the Servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal balance. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(4)(vi)
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Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor’s student loans (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the Transaction Documents and related pool asset documents. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(4)(vii)
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Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(4)(viii)
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Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a student loan is delinquent in accordance with the Transaction Documents. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the Transaction Documents, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent student loans including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment). | N/A | ||
1122(d)(4)(ix)
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Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for student loans with variable rates are computed based on the related student loan documents. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(4)(x)
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Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s student loan documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the Transaction Documents; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable student loan documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related student loans, or such other number of days specified in the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(4)(xi)
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Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the Transaction Documents. | N/A |
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Reference | Criteria | Applicability | ||
1122(d)(4)(xii)
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Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or omission. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(4)(xiii)
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Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(4)(xiv)
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Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the Transaction Documents. | N/A | ||
1122(d)(4)(xv)
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Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the Transaction Documents. | N/A |
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