Exhibit 10.4
EXECUTION COPY
SPREAD ACCOUNT AGREEMENT
among
AMERICREDIT AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST
2005-A-X,
as Issuer,
XL CAPITAL ASSURANCE INC.,
as Insurer,
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee, as Trust Collateral Agent and as
Collateral Agent
Dated as of January 27, 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.01.
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Definitions
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1
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Section
1.02.
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Other
Definitional Provisions.
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ARTICLE II
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THE SPREAD ACCOUNT AGREEMENT
COLLATERAL
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Section
2.01.
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Grant of
Security Interest by the Issuer
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Section
2.02.
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Priority
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10
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Section
2.03.
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Issuer Remains
Liable
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Section
2.04.
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Delivery and
Maintenance of Spread Account Agreement Collateral.
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10
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Section
2.05.
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Termination and
Release of Rights.
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Section
2.06.
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Non-Recourse
Obligations of Issuer
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ARTICLE III
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SPREAD ACCOUNT
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Section
3.01.
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Establishment
of Spread Account; Initial Deposit into Spread Account; Maintenance
of Spread Account.
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Section
3.02.
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Investments.
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Section
3.03.
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Payments;
Priority of Payments.
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Section
3.04.
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General
Provisions Regarding Spread Account.
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Section
3.05.
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Reports by the
Collateral Agent
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Section
3.06.
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Cash
Collateralized Receivables.
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Section
3.07.
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Cross-collateralization Provisions.
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ARTICLE IV
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THE COLLATERAL AGENT
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Section
4.01.
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Appointment and
Powers
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Section
4.02.
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Performance of
Duties
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Section
4.03.
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Limitation on
Liability
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Section
4.04.
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Reliance upon
Documents
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Section
4.05.
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Successor
Collateral Agent.
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Section 4.06.
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Indemnification
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Section 4.07.
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Compensation
and Reimbursement
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Section
4.08.
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Representations
and Warranties of the Collateral Agent
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Section
4.09.
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Waiver of
Setoffs
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Section
4.10.
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Control by the
Controlling Party
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ARTICLE V
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COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
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Section
5.01.
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Preservation of
Spread Account Agreement Collateral
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Section
5.02.
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Notices
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Section
5.03.
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Waiver of Stay
or Extension Laws; Marshalling of Assets
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Section
5.04.
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Noninterference, etc
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Section
5.05.
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Issuer
Changes.
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ARTICLE VI
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CONTROLLING PARTY; INTERCREDITOR
PROVISIONS
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Section
6.01.
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Appointment of
Controlling Party
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Section
6.02.
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Controlling
Party’s Authority.
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Section
6.03.
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Rights of
Issuer Secured Parties
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Section
6.04.
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Degree of
Care.
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ARTICLE VII
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REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT
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Section
7.01.
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Remedies upon a
Default
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Section
7.02.
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Waiver of
Default
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Section
7.03.
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Restoration of
Rights and Remedies
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Section
7.04.
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No Remedy
Exclusive
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ARTICLE VIII
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
8.01.
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Further
Assurances
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Section
8.02.
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Waiver
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Section
8.03.
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Amendments;
Waivers
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Section
8.04.
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Severability
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Section
8.05.
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Nonpetition
Covenant
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Section
8.06.
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Notices
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Section
8.07.
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Term of this
Agreement
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Section
8.08.
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Assignments;
Third-Party Rights; Reinsurance.
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Section
8.09.
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Consent of
Controlling Party
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Section
8.10.
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Consents to
Jurisdiction
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Section 8.11.
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Determination
of Adverse Effect
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Section
8.12.
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Headings
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Section
8.13.
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TRIAL BY JURY
WAIVED
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Section
8.14.
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GOVERNING
LAW
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Section
8.15.
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Counterparts
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Section 8.16.
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Limitation of
Liability.
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SPREAD ACCOUNT AGREEMENT
This SPREAD ACCOUNT AGREEMENT, dated
as of January 27, 2005 (this “Agreement”), is among
AMERICREDIT AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST 2005-A-X, as issuer (the
“Issuer”), XL CAPITAL ASSURANCE INC., as insurer (the
“Insurer”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee” ), as trust
collateral agent (in such capacity the “Trust Collateral
Agent”) and as collateral agent (in such capacity, the
“Collateral Agent”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Issuer was formed
pursuant to the trust agreement dated as of January 6, 2005 as
amended and restated as of January 27, 2005 (as amended from time
to time, the “Trust Agreement”), between AFS SenSub
Corp., as seller, (the ”Seller”) and Wilmington Trust
Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner
Trustee”).
WHEREAS, pursuant to a sale and
servicing agreement, dated as of January 27, 2005 (the “Sale
and Servicing Agreement”) among the Issuer, the Seller, the
Servicer, the Trust Collateral Agent and the Backup Servicer, the
Seller sold to the Issuer all of its right, title and interest in
and to the Receivables and Other Conveyed Property.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the indenture,
dated as of January 27, 2005 (the ”Indenture”), among
the Issuer, the Trustee and the Trust Collateral Agent, the Issuer
pledged all of its right, title and interest in and to the
Collateral to the Trust Collateral Agent on behalf of the Issuer
Secured Parties.
WHEREAS, the Issuer requested that
the Insurer issue the Note Policy to the Trustee to guarantee
payment of the Insured Payments on each Distribution Date, in
respect of the Notes.
WHEREAS, in consideration of the
issuance of the Note Policy, the Issuer and the Servicer have
agreed that the Insurer shall have certain rights as Controlling
Party to the extent set forth in the Basic Documents, with respect
to the Collateral.
In consideration of the premises,
and for other good and valuable consideration, the adequacy,
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01.
Definitions. Unless
otherwise defined in this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
“ Accelerated Payment
Amount Shortfall ” has the meaning set forth in Section
1.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
“ AmeriCredit ”
means AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc.
“ Cash Collateral
Deposit ” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.06(a).
“ Cash Collateralized
Receivable ” means a Delinquent Receivable for which a
deposit has been made to the Spread Account by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.06(a).
“ Collateral Agent
” means, initially Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in
its capacity as collateral agent on behalf of the Issuer Secured
Parties, including its successors in interest, until a successor
Person shall have become the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section
4.05 and thereafter “Collateral Agent” shall mean such
successor Person.
“ Collateral Agent Fee
” means as designated in the fee letter between Collateral
Agent and AmeriCredit.
“ Controlling Party
” means the Person designated as the Controlling Party at
such time pursuant to Section 6.01.
“ Cumulative Net Loss
” means the positive difference between (i) the sum of (A)
the aggregate Principal Balance of all Liquidated Receivables plus
(B) aggregate Cram Down Losses minus (ii) Liquidation Proceeds
received with respect to the Receivables described in clause
(i).
“ Cumulative Net Loss
Ratio ” means the ratio, expressed as a percentage,
computed by dividing: (a) the sum (without duplication) of (i)
Cumulative Net Losses and (ii) the product of (x) 0.50 and (y) the
aggregate Principal Balance of all Receivables which are more than
ninety (90) days past due as of the end of the related Collection
Period; by (b) the Initial Pool Balance.
“ Default ”
means, (i) if the Insurer is then the Controlling Party, any
Insurance Agreement Event of Default and (ii) if the Trustee is
then the Controlling Party, any Event of Default under Section 5.1
of the Indenture.
“ Defaulted Receivable
” means a Receivable (i) with respect to which (A) 10% or
more of a Scheduled Receivables Payment is more than ninety (90)
days past due, (B) the Servicer has repossessed the related
Financed Vehicle (and any applicable redemption period has
expired), or (C) such Receivable is in default and the Servicer has
charged-off such Receivable in accordance with the credit and
collection policy attached as Schedule C to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement or otherwise has determined in good faith that payment
thereunder are not likely to be resumed, or (ii) which is a Sold
Receivable.
“ Delinquency Ratio
” means, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) computed by
dividing: (a) the aggregate Principal Balance of all Receivables
which were Delinquent Receivables as of the close of business on
the last day of the related Collection Period minus the aggregate
Principal Balance of all Cash Collateralized Receivables by (b) the
sum of the aggregate Principal Balance of all Receivables as of the
close of business on the first day of the related Collection
Period.
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“ Delinquent Receivable
” means a Receivable with respect to which 10% or more of a
Scheduled Receivables Payment is more than sixty (60) days past due
(excluding (i) Receivables which the Servicer has repossessed the
related Financed Vehicle and (ii) Receivables which have become
Liquidated Receivables).
“ Final Termination
Date ” means the date that is the later of (i) the
Insurer Termination Date and (ii) the Trustee Termination
Date.
“ Gross Default Ratio
” means, the ratio expressed as a percentage, the numerator
of which is the aggregate Principal Balance of all Defaulted
Receivables since the Closing Date and the denominator of which is
the Initial Pool Balance.
“ Initial Pool Balance
” means the Pool Balance as of the Cutoff Date.
“ Insured Payments
” has the meaning set forth in the Note Policy.
“ Insurer Termination
Date ” means the date which is the latest of (i) the date
of the expiration of the Note Policy and the cancellation and
return thereof to the Insurer, (ii) the date on which the Insurer
shall have received payment and performance in full of all Insurer
Issuer Secured Obligations and (iii) the latest date on which any
payment referred to above could be avoided as a preference or
otherwise under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other
similar federal or state law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy,
rehabilitation, liquidation or reorganization, as specified in an
Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Collateral Agent, the Insurer
and the Trustee.
“ Issuer ” means
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2005-A-X.
“ Issuer Secured
Obligations ” means the Issuer Secured Obligations under
the Indenture and the “Issuer Insured Obligations”
under any Related Series Spread Account Agreement.
“ Issuer Secured
Parties ” means the Issuer Secured Parties under the
Indenture and the “Issuer Secured Parties” under any
Related Series Spread Account Agreement.
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“ Level 1 Cumulative Net
Loss Test ” means, for any Distribution Date specified
below, the Cumulative Net Loss Ratio for the related Collection
Period is greater than the percentage set forth opposite such
Distribution Date:
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Distribution Date occurring in:
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Percentage
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March 2005 through May 2005
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2.13
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%
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June 2005 through August 2005
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3.44
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%
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September 2005 through November 2005
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4.80
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December 2005 through February 2006
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6.17
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March 2006 through May 2006
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8.00
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June 2006 through August 2006
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9.25
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September 2006 through November 2006
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11.00
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December 2006 through February 2007
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12.00
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March 2007 through May 2007
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12.75
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June 2007 through August 2007
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13.75
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September 2007 through November 2007
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14.75
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December 2007 through February 2008
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15.25
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March 2008 and thereafter
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15.75
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“ Level 1 Delinquency
Test ” means, for any Distribution Date, the arithmetic
average of the monthly Delinquency Ratios for the three immediately
preceding Collection Periods is greater than the percentage set
forth opposite such Distribution Date plus 0.25% for each November
through April Distribution Dates:
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Distribution Date occurring in:
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Percentage
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March 2005 through August 2005
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4.00
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September 2005 through February 2006
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4.50
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March, 2006 through February 2007
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5.50
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March 2007 through August 2007
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6.00
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September 2007 through February 2008
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6.50
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March 2008 through November 2008
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7.00
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December 2008 and thereafter
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7.50
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“ Level 1 Gross Default
Test ” means, for any Distribution Date specified below,
the Gross Default Ratio for the related Collection Period is
greater than the percentage set forth opposite such Distribution
Date:
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Distribution Date occurring in:
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Percentage
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March 2005 through May 2005
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3.53
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June 2005 through August 2005
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5.82
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September 2005 through November 2005
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8.24
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December 2005 through February 2006
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10.00
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March 2006 through May 2006
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12.00
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June 2006 through August 2006
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14.50
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September 2006 through November 2006
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17.00
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December 2006 through February 2007
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18.50
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March 2007 through May 2007
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20.50
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June 2007 through August 2007
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22.00
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September 2007 through November 2007
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23.75
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December 2007 through February 2008
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25.00
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March 2008 through May 2008
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26.25
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June 2008 through August 2008
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27.00
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September 2008 and thereafter
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27.75
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“ Level 1 Trigger Event
” means any violation of the Level 1 Cumulative Net Loss
Test, the Level 1 Delinquency Test (unless amounts are deposited to
the Spread Account with respect to the Cash Collateral Deposit
pursuant to Section 3.06) or the Level 1 Gross Default
Test.
“ Level 2 Cumulative Net
Loss Test ” means, for any Distribution Date specified
below, the Cumulative Net Loss Ratio for the related Collection
Period is greater than the percentage set forth in the section of
the AmeriCredit 2005-A-X Letter Agreement entitled “Level 2
Trigger Event: Level 2 Cumulative Net Loss Test.”
“ Level 2 Delinquency
Test ” means, for any Distribution Date, the arithmetic
average of the monthly Delinquency Ratios for the three immediately
preceding Collection Periods is greater than the percentage set
forth in the section of the AmeriCredit 2005-A-X Letter Agreement
entitled “Level 2 Trigger Event: Level 2 Delinquency
Test.”
“ Level 2 Gross Default
Test ” means, for any Distribution Date specified below,
the Gross Default Ratio for the related Collection Period is
greater than the percentage set forth in the section of the
AmeriCredit 2005-A-X Letter Agreement entitled “Level 2
Trigger Event: Level 2 Gross Default Test.”
“ Level 2 Trigger Event
” means the occurrence of any of the following (A) a Servicer
Termination Event, (B) violation of the Level 2 Cumulative Net Loss
Test, (C) violation of the Level 2 Delinquency Test (D) violation
of the Level 2 Gross Default Test or (E) an Insurance Agreement
Event of Default.
“ Liquidation Proceeds
” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
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“ Non Controlling Party
” means, at any time, the Issuer Secured Party that is not
the Controlling Party at such time.
“ Outstanding Pool
Balance ” means the sum of the Pool Balance as of the end
of the related Collection Period.
“ Overcollateralization
Amount ” means 15%; provided , however , if
each of the “Step-Down Conditions” set forth in the
AmeriCredit 2005-A-X Letter Agreement are satisfied on a
Distribution Date set forth in the following table, the
Overcollateralization Amount shall be reduced to the amount set
forth with respect to such Distribution Date in the following
table; provided, further, however, if any of such
“Step-Down Conditions” are not satisfied on any
Distribution Date in the following table, the Overcollateralization
Amount for such Distribution Date and each following Distribution
Date shall equal the Overcollateralization Amount immediately prior
to the date that any such “Step-Down Condition” is not
satisfied:
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Distribution Date occurring in:
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Overcollateralization Amount
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September 2006
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14
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%
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March 2007
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13
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%
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September 2007
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12
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%
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“ Premium Letter
” has the meaning set forth in the Insurance
Agreement.
“ Related Series
” means each securitization transaction (a) relating to
assets sold by AmeriCredit to the Seller or another seller, (b)
pursuant to which notes or certificates were issued by an issuer
and certain distributions on such notes or certificates were
insured by the Insurer and (c) of which the Collateral Agent has
received notice in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A.
“ Related Series
Accelerated Payment Amount Shortfall ” means, with
respect to each Related Series, after the twelfth distribution date
for such Related Series on any distribution date on which a Related
Series Collateral Support Shortfall is greater than zero the
shortfall in the amount available in the Related Series Spread
Account to pay the “Accelerated Payment Amount
Shortfall” as defined in the Related Series Spread Account
Agreement.
“ Related Series Collateral
Agent ” means, with respect to each Related Series, the
“Collateral Agent” as defined in the Related Series
Spread Account Agreement.
“ Related Series Collateral
Support Shortfall ” means on any distribution date with
respect to a Related Series, the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of
(1) the Requisite Amount (as defined in the Related Series Spread
Account Agreement) on such
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Distribution Date and (2) the product of (x) the
Overcollateralization Amount (as defined in the Related Series
Spread Account Agreement) on such distribution date and (y) the
Related Series Pool Balance on such distribution date over (B) the
sum of (1) the amount in the Related Series Spread Account on such
distribution date, if any, (2) the excess, if any, of the Related
Series Pool Balance over the Related Series Note Balance on such
distribution date and (3) the Related Series Risk in Force Amount,
if applicable. For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence,
(a) the amount in the Related Series Spread Account and the Related
Series Note Balance on a distribution date will be calculated after
giving effect to all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the Related
Series Spread Account and payments of principal on the notes issued
with respect to such Related Series, respectively, on such
distribution date and any adjustments to the Related Series Risk in
Force Amount on such distribution date.
“ Related Series Insurance
Agreement ” means, with respect to each Related Series,
the “Insurance Agreement” as defined in the Related
Series Spread Account Agreement.
“ Related Series Insurer
Payment Amounts ” means, with respect to each Related
Series, any amounts due and payable to the Insurer under the
Related Series Insurance Agreement.
“ Related Series Note
Balance ” means, with respect to each Related Series, the
Outstanding Amount (as defined in the Indenture) of the Notes
issued in connection with such Related Series.
“ Related Series Pool
Balance ” means, with respect to each Related Series, the
“Pool Balance” as defined in the Related Series
SSA.
“ Related Series Requisite
Amount Shortfall ” means, with respect to each Related
Series, after the twelfth distribution date for such Related Series
on any distribution date on which a Related Series Collateral
Support Shortfall is greater than zero, the excess, if any, of (a)
the “ Requisite Amount” as defined in the Related
Series Spread Account Agreement (without giving effect to any
increase in such amount due to any “ Level 1 Trigger
Event” or “ Level 2 Trigger Event” as such terms
are defined in the Related Series Spread Account Agreement) over
(b) the amount on deposit in the Related Series Spread Account
(after giving effect to any withdrawals therefrom or deposits
therein, except for (i) deposits therein from the Spread Account or
any other Related Series Spread Account or (ii) any other amounts
deposited therein that, under the terms of the Related Series
Spread Account Agreement, are excluded for purposes of determining
whether the amount therein equals the “ Requisite
Amount” as defined in Related Series Spread Account
Agreement).
“ Related Series Risk in
Force Amount ” means, with respect to each Related
Series, the “Risk in Force Amount”, if applicable, as
defined in the Related Series Spread Account Agreement.
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“ Related Series SSA
” means, with respect to each Related Series, the “Sale
and Servicing Agreement” as defined in the Related Series
Spread Account Agreement.
“ Related Series Spread
Account ” means, with respect to each Related Series, the
“Spread Account” as defined in the Related Series
Spread Account Agreement.
“ Related Series Spread
Account Agreement ” means, with respect to each Related
Series, the spread account agreement among the Insurer, the
collateral agent for such Related Series and any other parties that
may be a party thereto, together with any amendments or supplements
thereto.
“ Related Series Spread
Account Claim Amount ” means, with respect to each
Related Series, the shortfall in the amount available in the
Related Series Spread Account to pay the “Spread Account
Claim Amount” as defined in the Related Series Spread Account
Agreement.
“ Requisite Amount
” will equal the Spread Account Initial Deposit on the
Closing Date, and thereafter, on each Distribution Date, the
Requisite Amount shall be equal to 2.0% of the Initial Pool
Balance, provided , however , that (i) on each
Distribution Date upon which a Level 1 Trigger Event has occurred
and is continuing, and upon each Distribution Date thereafter
(unless such Level 1 Trigger Event has been cured for three
consecutive months) the Requisite Amount shall be equal to the
greater of (x) 5.0% of the Outstanding Pool Balance or (y) 4.0% of
the Initial Pool Balance; and (ii) on each Distribution Date upon
which a Level 2 Trigger Event has occurred and upon each
Distribution Date thereafter, the Requisite Amount shall be equal
to 100% of the outstanding principal balance of the
Notes.
“ Risk in Force Amount
” has the meaning set forth in the Premium Letter.
“ Security Interests
” means the security interests and Liens in the Spread
Account Agreement Collateral granted pursuant to Section
2.01.
“ Seller ” means
AFS SenSub Corp.
“ Spread Account
” means the account designated as such, established and
maintained pursuant to Article Three.
“ Spread Account Agreement
Collateral ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.01.
“ Spread Account Claim
Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement.
“ Step-Down Conditions
” has the meaning set forth in the AmeriCredit 2005-A-X
Letter Agreement.
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“ Trigger Event ”
means a Level 1 Trigger Event or a Level 2 Trigger
Event.
“ Trustee Termination
Date ” means the date which is the latest of the date on
which (i) the Trustee shall have received, as Trustee for the
holders of the Notes, payment and performance in full of all
Trustee Issuer Secured Obligations and (ii) all payments in respect
of the Notes shall have been made and the Indenture shall have been
satisfied and discharged pursuant to the terms of Article IV of the
Indenture.
“ Uniform Commercial
Code ” or “ UCC” means the Uniform Commercial
Code in effect in the relevant jurisdiction, as the same may be
amended from time to time.
Section 1.02. Other Definitional
Provisions.
(a) Capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the
Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Indenture, as the case may
be.
(b) The terms “ hereof,”
“ herein” or “ hereunder,” unless otherwise
modified by more specific reference, shall refer to this Agreement
in its entirety. Unless otherwise indicated in context, the terms
“Article,” “Section,”
“Appendix,” “Exhibit” or
“Annex” shall refer to an Article or Section of, or
Appendix, Exhibit or Annex to, this Agreement. The definition of a
term shall include the singular, the plural, the past, the present,
the future, the active and the passive forms of such
term.
ARTICLE II
THE SPREAD ACCOUNT AGREEMENT
COLLATERAL
Section 2.01. Grant of Security
Interest by the Issuer. In order to secure the performance of Issuer
Secured Obligations, to the extent provided herein, the Issuer
hereby pledges, assigns, grants, transfers and conveys to the
Collateral Agent, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Issuer
Secured Parties, a lien on and security interest in (which lien and
security interest is intended to be prior to all other Liens), all
of its right, title and interest in and to the following (all being
collectively referred to herein as the “ Spread Account
Agreement Collateral” and constituting Spread Account
Agreement Collateral hereunder):
(a) the Spread Account established
pursuant to Section 3.01, and each other account owned by the
Issuer and maintained by the Collateral Agent (including, without
limitation, the Spread Account Initial Deposit related thereto and
all additional monies, checks, securities, investments and other
documents from time to time held in or evidencing any such
accounts);
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(b) all of the Issuer’s right,
title and interest in and to investments made with proceeds of the
property described in clause (a) above, or made with amounts on
deposit in the Spread Account; and
(c) all distributions, revenues,
products, substitutions, benefits, profits and proceeds, in
whatever form, of any of the foregoing whether now owned or
hereafter acquired.
Section 2.02.
Priority. The Issuer
intends the security interests in favor of the Issuer Secured
Parties to be prior to all other Liens in respect of the Spread
Account Agreement Collateral, and the Issuer shall take all actions
necessary to obtain and maintain, in favor of the Collateral Agent,
for the benefit of the Issuer Secured Parties, a first lien on and
a first priority, perfected security interest in the Spread Account
Agreement Collateral including, without limitation, the filing of a
UCC-1 financing statement relating to the Spread Account Agreement
Collateral. Subject to the provisions hereof specifying the rights
and powers of the Collateral Agent at the direction of the
Controlling Party from time to time to control certain specified
matters relating to the Spread Account Agreement Collateral, each
Issuer Secured Party shall have all of the rights, remedies and
recourse with respect to the Spread Account Agreement Collateral
afforded a Secured Party under the Uniform Commercial Code, and all
other applicable law in addition to, and not in limitation of, the
other rights, remedies and recourse granted to such Issuer Secured
Parties by this Agreement or any other law relating to the creation
and perfection of liens on, and security interests in, the Spread
Account Agreement Collateral.
Section 2.03. Issuer Remains
Liable. The Security
Interests are granted as security only and shall not (i) transfer
or in any way affect or modify, or relieve either the Issuer from,
any obligation to perform or satisfy, any term, covenant, condition
or agreement to be performed or satisfied by the Issuer under or in
connection with this Agreement, the Insurance Agreement or any
other Basic Documents to which it is a party or (ii) impose any
obligation on any of the Issuer Secured Parties or the Collateral
Agent to perform or observe any such term, covenant, condition or
agreement or impose any liability on any of the Issuer Secured
Parties or the Collateral Agent for any act or omission on its part
relative thereto or for any breach of any representation or
warranty on its part contained therein or made in connection
therewith, except, in each case, to the extent provided herein and
in the other Basic Documents.
Section 2.04. Delivery and
Maintenance of Spread Account Agreement Collateral.
(a) The Collateral Agent agrees to
maintain the Spread Account Agreement Collateral received by it (or
evidence thereof, in the case of book-entry securities in the name
of the Collateral Agent) and all records and documents relating
thereto at the office of the Collateral Agent specified in Section
8.06 or such other address as may be approved by the Controlling
Party. The Collateral Agent shall keep all Spread Account Agreement
Collateral and related documentation in its possession
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separate and apart from all other
property that it is holding in its possession and from its own
general assets and shall maintain accurate records pertaining to
the Eligible Investments and Spread Account included in the Spread
Account Agreement Collateral in such a manner as shall enable the
Collateral Agent and the Issuer Secured Parties to verify the
accuracy of such recordkeeping. The Collateral Agent’s books
and records shall at all times show that the Spread Account
Agreement Collateral is held by the Collateral Agent as agent of
the Issuer Secured Parties and is not the property of the
Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent will promptly report to each
Issuer Secured Party and the Issuer any failure on its part to hold
the Spread Account Agreement Collateral as provided in this Section
2.04(a) and will promptly take appropriate action to remedy any
such failure.
(b) The Collateral Agent shall
permit each of the Issuer Secured Parties, or their respective duly
authorized representatives, attorneys, auditors or designees, to
inspect the Spread Account Agreement Collateral in the possession
of or otherwise under the control of the Collateral Agent pursuant
hereto at such reasonable times during normal business hours as any
such Issuer Secured Party may reasonably request upon not less than
two Business Day’s prior written notice. The costs and
expenses associated with any such inspection will be paid by the
party making such inspection.
(c) All Spread Account Agreement
Collateral shall be transferred to the Collateral Agent on behalf
of the Issuer Secured Party in a manner consistent with the
definition of “ Delivery” set forth in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, the Collateral Agent: (i) is and will be acting on
behalf of the Issuer Secured Parties as a securities intermediary
under Article Eight of the UCC and acknowledges that it holds the
Spread Account Agreement Collateral for the benefit of the Issuer
Secured Parties for purposes of Section 9-313 of the UCC (ii) shall
establish and maintain the Spread Account for the benefit of the
Issuer Secured Parties as a holder of a security interest in the
Spread Account Agreement Collateral and the Spread Account; (iii)
shall treat all of the assets in the Spread Account (other than
cash) as financial assets under Article Eight of the UCC; (iv)
shall not hold, or exercise control (within the meaning of Article
Eight or Nine of the UCC) over, the Spread Account Agreement
Collateral and/ or the Spread Account for the benefit of any person
or entity other than the Issuer Secured Parties; (v) has received
notice of the Issuer Secured Parties’ interest in the assets
contained and/or to be contained in the Spread Account; and (vi)
shall take instructions only from the Issuer Secured Party
constituting the Controlling Party hereunder (without any consent
of and notwithstanding any alternate direction of the Issuer) with
respect to the Spread Account
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and/or the Spread Account Agreement
Collateral, including, without limitation, all instructions with
respect to the acquisition, transfer and disposition of assets in
the Spread Account and the proceeds thereof. In accordance with the
choice of law governing this Agreement set forth in Section 8.14
herein, for purposes of Article Eight of the UCC the jurisdiction
of the Collateral Agent is deemed to be New York.
Section 2.05. Termination and
Release of Rights.
(a) On the Insurer Termination Date,
the rights, remedies, powers, duties, authority and obligations
conferred upon the Insurer pursuant to this Agreement in respect of
the Spread Account Agreement Collateral shall terminate and be of
no further force and effect and all rights, remedies, powers,
duties, authority and obligations of the Insurer with respect to
such Spread Account Agreement Collateral shall be automatically
released; provided that any indemnity provided to or by the Insurer
herein shall survive such Insurer Termination Date. If the Insurer
is acting as Controlling Party on the related Insurer Termination
Date, the Insurer agrees, at the expense of the Issuer, to execute
and deliver such instruments as the successor Controlling Party may
reasonably request to effectuate such release, and any such
instruments so executed and delivered shall be fully binding on the
Insurer and any Person claiming by, through or under the
Insurer.
(b) On the Trustee Termination Date,
the rights, remedies, powers, duties, authority and obligations, if
any, conferred upon the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement in
respect of the Spread Account Agreement Collateral shall terminate
and be of no further force and effect and all such rights,
remedies, powers, duties, authority and obligations of the Trustee
with respect to such Spread Account Agreement Collateral shall be
automatically released; provided that any indemnity provided to the
Trustee herein shall survive such Trustee Termination Date. If the
Trustee is acting as Controlling Party on the related Trustee
Termination Date, the Trustee agrees, at the expense of the Issuer,
to execute and deliver such instruments as the Issuer may
reasonably request to effectuate such release, and any such
instruments so executed and delivered shall be fully binding on the
Trustee.
(c) On the Final Termination Date,
the rights, remedies, powers, duties, authority and obligations
conferred upon the Collateral Agent and each Issuer Secured Party
pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate and be of no further
force and effect and all rights, remedies, powers, duties,
authority and obligations of the Collateral Agent and each Issuer
Secured Party with respect to the Spread Account Agreement
Collateral shall be automatically released. On the Final
Termination Date, the Collateral Agent agrees, and each Issuer
Secured Party agrees, at the expense of the Issuer, to execute such
instruments of release, in recordable
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form if necessary, in favor of the
Issuer as the Issuer may reasonably request, to deliver any Spread
Account Agreement Collateral in its possession to the Issuer, and
to otherwise release the lien of this Agreement and release and
deliver to the Issuer the Spread Account Agreement
Collateral.
Section 2.06. Non-Recourse
Obligations of Issuer. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the other
Basic Documents to the contrary, the parties hereto agree that the
obligations of the Issuer hereunder shall be recourse only to the
extent of amounts released to the Issuer pursuant to Section
3.03(b)(ii) and retained by the Issuer in accordance with the next
sentence. The Issuer agrees that it shall not declare or make any
payment to the Seller or AmeriCredit except in accordance with the
Basic Documents. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit
the rights of the Noteholders under any other Basic
Document.
ARTICLE III
SPREAD ACCOUNT
Section 3.01. Establishment of
Spread Account; Initial Deposit into Spread Account; Maintenance of
Spread Account.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date,
the Collateral Agent shall establish, at its office or at another
depository institution or trust company an Eligible Deposit
Account, designated, “ Spread Account—Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as Collateral Agent for XL Capital Assurance
Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee and
Trust Collateral Agent Re: AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust
2005-A-X, Class A Asset-Backed Notes Series 2005-A-X” (the
“Spread Account”). The Spread Account shall be
maintained by the Collateral Agent at all times separate and apart
from any other account of AmeriCredit, the Seller, the Servicer or
the Issuer. The Spread Account shall be maintained at the same
depository institution (which depository institution may be changed
from time to time in accordance with this Agreement). If the Spread
Account ceases to be an Eligible Deposit Account, the Collateral
Agent shall notify the Controlling Party of such fact and shall
establish within five Business Days of such determination, in
accordance with Section 3.04(a), a successor Spread Account
thereto, which shall be an Eligible Deposit Account, at another
depository institution acceptable to the Controlling
Party.
(b) No withdrawals may be made of
funds in the Spread Account except as provided in Section 3.03.
Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, funds in the
Spread Account shall not be commingled with any other moneys. All
moneys deposited from time to time in the Spread Account and all
investments made with such moneys shall be held by the Collateral
Agent as part of the Spread Account Agreement
Collateral.
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(c) On the Closing Date, Issuer
shall provide or cause to be provided to the Collateral Agent for
deposit into the Spread Account an amount equal to the Spread
Account Initial Deposit.
(d) On each Distribution Date, after
giving effect to all payments to be made on the related
Distribution Date, the Collateral Agent shall cause to be
maintained in the Spread Account an amount equal to the Requisite
Amount in accordance with Article V of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. Any amounts deposited with respect to the Cash
Collateral Deposit shall not be included for the purposes of
determining whether the amount maintained in the Spread Account
equals the Requisite Amount
Section 3.02.
Investments.
(a) Funds which may at any time be
held in the Spread Account shall be invested and reinvested by the
Collateral Agent, at the written direction (which may include,
subject to the provisions hereof, general standing instructions) of
the Issuer (unless a Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
in which case at the written direction of the Controlling Party if
it so elects) or its designee received by the Collateral Agent by
1:00 p.m. New York City time, on the Business Day prior to the date
on which such investment shall be made, in one or more Eligible
Investments in the manner specified in Section 3.02(b) and (c). If
no written direction with respect to any portion of such Spread
Account is received by the Collateral Agent, the Spread Account
Agreement Collateral Agent shall invest such funds overnight in
money market mutual funds described in paragraph (d) of the
definition of the term “Eligible Investments,” provided
that the Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any loss or
absence of income resulting from such investments.
(b) Each investment made pursuant to
this Section on any date shall mature not later than the Business
Day immediately preceding the Distribution Date next succeeding the
day such investment is made or payable on demand, provided that any
investment of funds in the Spread Account maintained with the
Collateral Agent in any investment as to which the Collateral Agent
is the obligor, if otherwise qualified as an Eligible Investment
may mature on the Distribution Date next succeeding the date of
such investment.
(c) Subject to the other provisions
hereof, the Collateral Agent shall have sole control over each such
investment and the income thereon, and any certificate or other
instrument evidencing any such investment, if any, shall be
delivered directly to the Collateral Agent or its agent, together
with each document of transfer, if any, necessary to transfer
title
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to such investment to the Collateral
Agent in a manner which complies with Section 2.04 and the
requirements of the definition of “Eligible
Investments.”
(d) If amounts on deposit in the
Spread Account are at any time invested in an Eligible Investment
payable on demand, the Collateral Agent shall (i) consistent with
any notice required to be given thereunder, demand that payment
thereon be made on the last day such Eligible Investment is
permitted to mature under the provisions hereof and (ii) demand
payment of all amounts due thereunder promptly upon receipt of
written notice from the Controlling Party to the effect that such
investment does not constitute an Eligible Investment.
(e) All moneys on deposit in the
Spread Account, together with any deposits or securities in which
such moneys may be invested or reinvested, and any gains from such
investments, shall constitute Spread Account Agreement Collateral
hereunder subject to the Security Interests of the Issuer Secured
Parties.
(f) Subject to Section 4.03, the
Collateral Agent shall not be liable by reason of any insufficiency
in amounts on deposit in the Spread Account resulting from any loss
on any Eligible Investment included therein except for losses
attributable to the Collateral Agent’s failure to make
payments on Eligible Investments as to which the Collateral Agent,
in its commercial capacity, is obligated. All income or loss on
investments of funds in the Spread Account shall be reported by
AmeriCredit as taxable income or loss.
Section 3.03. Payments; Priority
of Payments.
(a) On