Exhibit 10.4
EXECUTION COPY
SPREAD ACCOUNT
AGREEMENT
among
AMERICREDIT AUTOMOBILE
RECEIVABLES TRUST 2004-C-A,
as Issuer,
AMBAC ASSURANCE
CORPORATION,
as Insurer,
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee, as Trust Collateral Agent and as Collateral
Agent
Dated as of August 23,
2004
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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Definitions
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Other Definitional
Provisions
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ARTICLE II
THE SPREAD ACCOUNT AGREEMENT COLLATERAL
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Grant of Security Interest by
the Issuer
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Priority
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Issuer Remains
Liable
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Delivery and Maintenance of
Spread Account Agreement Collateral
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Termination and Release of
Rights
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Non-Recourse Obligations of
Issuer
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ARTICLE III
SPREAD ACCOUNT
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Establishment of Spread
Account; Initial Deposit into Spread Account; Maintenance of Spread
Account
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Investments
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Payments; Priority of
Payments.
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General Provisions Regarding
Spread Account
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Reports by the Collateral
Agent
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Cash Collateralized
Receivables
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Cross-collateralization
Provisions
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ARTICLE IV
THE COLLATERAL AGENT
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Appointment and
Powers
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Performance of
Duties
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Limitation on
Liability
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Reliance upon
Documents
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Successor Collateral
Agent
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Indemnification
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Compensation and
Reimbursement
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Representations and Warranties
of the Collateral Agent
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Waiver of Setoffs
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Control by the Controlling
Party
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ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
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Preservation of Spread Account
Agreement Collateral
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Notices
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Waiver of Stay or Extension
Laws; Marshalling of Assets
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Noninterference,
etc
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Issuer Changes
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ARTICLE VI
CONTROLLING PARTY; INTERCREDITOR PROVISIONS
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Appointment of Controlling
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Controlling Party’s
Authority
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Rights of Issuer Secured
Parties
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Degree of Care
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ARTICLE VII
REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT
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Remedies upon a
Default
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Waiver of Default
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Restoration of Rights and
Remedies
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No Remedy Exclusive
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ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
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Further Assurances
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Waiver
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Amendments;
Waivers.
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Severability
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Nonpetition
Covenant
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Notices
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Term of this
Agreement
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Assignments; Third-Party
Rights; Reinsurance
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Consent of Controlling
Party
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Consents to
Jurisdiction
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Determination of Adverse
Effect
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Headings
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TRIAL BY JURY
WAIVED
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GOVERNING LAW.
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Counterparts
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Limitation of
Liability
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ii
SPREAD ACCOUNT
AGREEMENT
This SPREAD ACCOUNT AGREEMENT,
dated as of August 23, 2004 (this “ Agreement
”), is among AMERICREDIT AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TRUST
2004-C-A, as issuer (the “ Issuer ”), AMBAC
ASSURANCE CORPORATION, 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 August 4, 2004 as
amended and restated as of August 23, 2004(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 August 23, 2004, (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 August 23, 2004, (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.
“ AmeriCredit
2004-C-A Letter Agreement ” means that side letter
agreement, dated August 31, 2004, by and between the Insurer and
AmeriCredit and acknowledged by the Issuer, the Seller and Wells
Fargo, in its capacities as Trustee, Trust Collateral Agent and
Collateral Agent, as the same may be revised from time to
time.
“ 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 the Cumulative Net Losses by the Original 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.
“ 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.
“ Delinquent
Receivable ” means a Receivable with respect to which 10%
or more of a scheduled 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.
“ Insured
Payments ” has the meaning set forth in the Note
Policy.
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“ 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 2004-C-A.
“ 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:
Distribution
Date occurring in:
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Percentage
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October 2004 through December
2004
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2.13%
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January 2005 through March
2005
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3.44%
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April 2005 through June
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4.80%
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July 2005 through September
2005
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6.17%
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October 2005 through December
2005
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8.00%
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January 2006 through March
2006
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9.25%
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April 2006 through June
2006
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11.00%
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July 2006 through September
2006
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12.00%
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October 2006 through December
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12.75%
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January 2007 through March
2007
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13.75%
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April 2007 through June
2007
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14.75%
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July 2007 through September
2007
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15.25%
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October 2007 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:
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Distribution
Date occurring in:
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Percentage
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4.00%
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November 2004 through April
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4.25%
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May 2005 through September
2005
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4.00%
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5.00%
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November 2005 through April
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5.25%
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May 2006 through September
2006
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5.00%
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5.50%
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November 2006 through March
2007
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5.75%
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6.25%
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May 2007 through September
2007
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6.00%
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6.75%
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November 2007 through April
2008
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7.00%
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May 2008 through October
2008
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6.75%
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November 2008 and
thereafter
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7.00%
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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).
“ Level 2 Cumulative
Net Loss Test ” means, for any Distribution Date, the
Cumulative Net Loss Ratio for the related Collection Period is
greater than the percentage set forth in the AmeriCredit 2004-C-A
Letter Agreement entitled “Spread Account: 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 2004-C-A Letter Agreement
entitled “Spread Account: Level 2 Delinquency
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 or (D) an Insurance Agreement Event of Default.
“ Liquidation
Proceeds ” means, with respect to a Liquidated
Receivable, all amounts realized with respect to such Receivable
including (1) proceeds from the disposition of the underlying
financed vehicles; (2) any related insurance proceeds; (3) other
monies received from the obligor that are allocable to principal
and interest due under the automobile loan, and (4) with respect to
a Sold Receivable, the related Sale Amount.
“ Non-Controlling
Party ” means, at any time, the Issuer Secured Party that
is not the Controlling Party at such time.
“ Original Pool
Balance ” means the Pool Balance as of the Cutoff
Date.
“ Outstanding Pool
Balance ” means the Pool Balance as of the end of the
related Collection Period.
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Overcollateralization Amount ” means 16.50%;
provided , however , if each of the “Step-Down
Conditions” set forth in the AmeriCredit 2004-C-A 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:
Distribution Date occurring
in:
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Overcollateralization
Amount
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15.50%
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14.50%
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13.50%
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“ Related Series
” means a 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) with respect to 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, 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
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
Requisite Amount Shortfall ” means, with respect to each
Related Series, after the twelfth distribution date for such
Related Series, 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 I Trigger Event” or “Level II
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).
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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 Original 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 no
Level 1 Trigger Event has occurred for three consecutive months)
the Requisite Amount shall be equal to the greater of (x) 6.0% of
the Outstanding Pool Balance or (y) 4.0% of the Original 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 Pool Balance.
“ 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.
“ 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.
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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);
(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
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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 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
record-keeping. 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
one 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.
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(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; (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 (and shall comply with entitlement
orders originated by such Issuer Secured Party without any consent
of and notwithstanding any alternate direction of the Issuer) with
respect to the Spread Account 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.
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(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 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 Ambac Assurance
Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee
and Trust Collateral Agent Re: AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables
Trust 2004-C-A, Class A Asset-Backed Notes Series 2004-C-A”
(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
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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.
(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 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
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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 or before the second
Business Day prior to each Distribution Date, the Collateral Agent
will make the following calculations on the basis of information
(including, without limitation, the amount of any Spread Account
Claim Amount and the amount of any Accelerated Payment Amount
Shortfall) received pursuant to Article IV of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement from the Servicer; provided, however, that if
the Collateral Agent receives written notice from the Insurer, the
Trustee, the Issuer or the Servicer of the occurrence of a Trigger
Event, such notice shall be determinative for the purposes of
determining the Requisite Amount:
(i) determine the amounts to
be on deposit in the Spread Account on such Distribution Date which
will be available to satisfy any Spread Account Claim Amount (prior
to any deposit in accordance with Section 3.07);
(ii) determine (A) the
amounts, if any, to be paid from the Spread Account with respect to
the Spread Account Claim Amount and (B) whether, following payment
from the Spread Account to the Trust Collateral Agent for deposit
into the Collection Account, a Spread Account Claim Amount will
continue to exist;
(iii) if a Spread Account
Claim Amount will continue to exist following the payment from the
Spread Account contemplated by clause (ii) above, determine the
amount to be claimed from each Related Series Spread Account in
accordance with Section 3.07;
(iv) determine the amounts to
be on deposit in the Spread Account on that Distribution Date which
will be available to satisfy any Accelerated Payment Amount
Shortfall (prior to any deposit in accordance with Section
3.07);
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(v) determine (A) the amounts,
if any, to be paid from the Spread Account with respect to the
Accelerated Payment Amount Shortfall and (B) whether, following
payment from the Spread Account to the Trust Collateral Agent for
deposit into the Collection Account, an Accelerated Payment Amount
Shortfall will continue to exist;
(vi) if an Accelerated Payment
Amount Shortfall will continue to exist following the payment from
the Spread Account contemplated by clause (v) above, determine the
amount to be claimed from each Related Series Spread Account in
accordance with Section 3.07;
(vii) determine the excess, if
any, of (A) the Requisite Amount over (b) the amounts to be on
deposit in the Spread Account on such Distribution Date (after
giving effect to any withdrawals pursuant to subsection (b) but
prior to any deposit in accordance with Section 3.07), and if such
excess exists, determine the amount to be claimed from each Related
Series Spread Account in accordance with Section 3.07;
and
(viii) determine the amounts
to be on deposit in the Spread Account on such Distribution Date
which will be available to satisfy any Related Series Spread
Account Claim Amount, any Related Series Accelerated Payment Amount
Shortfall, any Related Series Requisite Amount Shortfall and any
Related Series Insurer Payment Amounts.
On
such Distribution Date (and after giving effect to any deposits
into the Spread Account in accordance with Section 3.07), the
Collateral Agent shall deliver a certificate to the Trust
Collateral Agent and the Insurer with respect to any Deficiency
Notice and any Accelerated Payment Shortfall Notice, stating the
amount, if any, to be distributed to the Trust Collateral Agent on
that Distribution Date in respect of such Accelerated Payment
Shortfall Amount and in respect of such Spread Account Claim
Amount.
(b) On each Distribution Date,
the Collateral Agent shall make the following payments from the
Spread Account (to the extent of funds available in the Spread
Account, including, without limitation, amounts deposited therein
pursuant to Section 3.07) in the followin
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