EXHIBIT 10.1.3
CHARMING SHOPPES RECEIVABLES CORP.
Seller
SPIRIT OF AMERICA, INC.
Servicer
and
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Trustee
Charming Shoppes Master Trust
AMENDMENT
Dated as of March 18, 2005
to
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of November 25, 1997
(as amended on July 22, 1999, May 8, 2001 and August 5, 2004)
This Amendment, dated as of March 18, 2005 (this "Amendment") is to the
Second Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
November 25, 1997, as amended as of July 22, 1999, as of May 8, 2001 and as of
August 5, 2004 (the "Agreement") each by and among Charming Shoppes Receivables
Corp., as seller (the "Seller"), Spirit of America, Inc., as servicer (the
"Servicer"), and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee (the
"Trustee"). Any capitalized term not herein defined shall have the meaning
assigned to it in the Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee desire to amend the
Agreement in certain respects as set forth herein;
WHEREAS, an Opinion of Counsel for the Seller has been delivered to the
Trustee and each Purchaser Representative pursuant to Section 13.1(a) of the
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, each Rating Agency has notified the Seller, the Servicer and the
Trustee in writing that the amendment provided herein shall not result in a
reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding Series or Class as to
which it is a Rating Agency.
NOW THEREFORE, the Agreement is hereby amended in the following manner:
SECTION 1. Amendment. Section 1.1.4 of the definition of "Eligible Account"
in Section 1.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following
language immediately following the word "Canada" where it appears therein:
", a U.S. Territory or a U.S. military P.O. Box outside the United States"
SECTION 2. Agreement in Full Force and Effect as Amended. In all other
respects the Agreement is confirmed and ratified and shall continue in full
force and effect. Henceforth, references in the Agreement to "the Agreement,"
"this Agreement," "hereof," "hereto" or words of similar import shall in each
case be deemed to refer to the Agreement as hereby amended.
SECTION 3. Effectiveness. The amendment provided for by this Amendment
shall become effective on the date first set forth above; provided that on or
prior to such date the Trustee shall have received counterparts of this
Amendment, duly executed by the parties hereto.
SECTION 4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by separate parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of
which when executed shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts taken
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
SECTION 5. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF
LAWS PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller, the Servicer and the Trustee have caused
this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day
and year first above written.
CHARMING SHOPPES RECEIVABLES CORP.,
Seller
By:
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
SPIRIT OF AMERICA, INC.,
Servicer
By:
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as the Trustee for CHARMING
SHOPPES MASTER TRUST
By:
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Name:
Title:
