Exhibit 4.1
CHASE ISSUANCE
TRUST
as Issuing Entity
CLASS A(2008-12) TERMS
DOCUMENT
dated as of August 15,
2008
to
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
CHASESERIES INDENTURE
SUPPLEMENT
dated as of October 15,
2004
to
THIRD AMENDED AND
RESTATED
INDENTURE
dated as of December 19,
2007
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
as Indenture Trustee and
Collateral Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I Definitions and Other
Provisions of General Application
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Section 1.01
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Definitions
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Section 1.02
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Governing Law
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Section 1.03
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Counterparts
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Section 1.04
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Ratification of Indenture and
Indenture Supplement
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4
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ARTICLE II The Class A(2008-12)
Notes
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Section 2.01
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Creation and Designation
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Section 2.02
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Specification of Required
Subordinated Amount and Other Terms
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Section 2.03
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Interest Payment
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Section 2.04
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Calculation Agent; Determination of
LIBOR
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Section 2.05
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Payments of Interest and
Principal
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Section 2.06
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Form of Delivery of Class A(2008-12)
Notes; Depository; Denominations
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Section 2.07
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Delivery and Payment for the Class
A(2008-12) Notes
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Section 2.08
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Supplemental Indenture
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THIS CLASS A(2008-12) TERMS DOCUMENT
(this “Terms Document”), among the CHASE ISSUANCE
TRUST, a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of
Delaware (the “Issuing Entity”), having its principal
office at c/o Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North Market Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1600, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as indenture trustee
(the “Indenture Trustee”) and as collateral agent (the
“Collateral Agent”), is made and entered into as of
August 15, 2008.
Pursuant to this Terms Document, the
Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee shall create a new Tranche
of CHASEseries Class A Notes and shall specify the principal
terms thereof.
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Other Provisions of
General Application
Section 1.01 Definitions For
all purposes of this Terms Document, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this
Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and
include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein
which are defined in the Indenture Supplement, the Indenture or the
Asset Pool Supplement, either directly or by reference therein,
have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) as used in this Terms Document
and in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant
hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this Terms
Document or in any such certificate or other document, and
accounting terms partly defined in this Terms Document or in any
such certificate or other document to the extent not defined, shall
have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP. To the
extent that the definitions of accounting terms in this Terms
Document or in any such certificate or other document are
inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under GAAP, the
definitions contained in this Terms Document or in any such
certificate or other document shall control;
(4) the words “hereof,”
“herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar
import when used in this Terms Document shall refer to this Terms
Document as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Terms Document; references to any subsection, Section, clause,
Schedule or Exhibit are references to subsections, Sections,
clauses, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Terms Document unless
otherwise specified; the term “including” means
“including without limitation”; references to any law
or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended from time
to time and include any successor law or regulation; references to
any Person include that Person’s successors and assigns; and
references to any agreement refer to such agreement, as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time;
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(5) in the event that any term or
provision contained herein shall conflict with or be inconsistent
with any term or provision contained in the Indenture Supplement,
the Indenture or the Asset Pool Supplement, the terms and
provisions of this Terms Document shall be controlling;
and
(6) each capitalized term defined
herein shall relate only to the Class A(2008-12) Notes and no other
Tranche of CHASEseries Notes issued by the Issuing
Entity.
“ Asset Pool Supplement
” means the Second Amended and Restated Asset Pool One
Supplement to the Indenture, dated as of December 19, 2007, by
and among the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee and the
Collateral Agent.
“ Beneficiary ”
means Chase Bank USA, National Association, in its capacity as
beneficial owner of the Issuing Entity.
“ Calculation Agent
” is defined in Section 2.04(a).
“ Class A(2008-12) Adverse
Event ” means the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) an Early Amortization Event with respect to the Class
A(2008-12) Notes, (b) an Event of Default and acceleration of
the Class A(2008-12) Notes, (c) the Class A Usage of the
Class B Required Subordinated Amount for the Class A(2008-12) Notes
becomes greater than zero or (d) the Class A Usage of the
Class C Required Subordinated Amount for the Class A(2008-12) Notes
becomes greater than zero.
“ Class A(2008-12) Note
” means any Note, substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit A-1 to the Indenture Supplement, designated therein as a
Class A(2008-12) Note and duly executed and authenticated in
accordance with the Indenture.
“ Class A(2008-12)
Noteholder ” means a Person in whose name a Class
A(2008-12) Note is registered in the Note Register.
“ Class A(2008-12)
Termination Date ” means the earliest to occur of
(a) the Principal Payment Date on which the Outstanding Dollar
Principal Amount of the Class A(2008-12) Notes is paid in full,
(b) the Legal Maturity Date and (c) the date on which the
Indenture is discharged and satisfied pursuant to Article V
thereof.
“ Class A Required
Subordinated Amount of Class B Notes ” is defined in
Section 2.02(a).
“ Class A Required
Subordinated Amount of Class C Notes ” is defined in
Section 2.02(b).
“ Controlled Accumulation
Amount ” means $47,500,000; provided ,
however , if the Accumulation Period Length is determined to
be less than twelve months pursuant to Section 3.12(b)(ii) of
the Indenture Supplement, the Controlled Accumulation Amount for
any Note Transfer Date with respect to the Class A(2008-12) Notes
will be
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the amount specified in the definition of
“Controlled Accumulation Amount” in the Indenture
Supplement.
“ Indenture ”
means the Third Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of
December 19, 2007, between the Issuing Entity and the
Indenture Trustee.
“ Indenture Supplement
” means the Amended and Restated CHASEseries Indenture
Supplement, dated as of October 15, 2004, among the Issuing
Entity, the Indenture Trustee and the Collateral Agent.
“ Initial Dollar Principal
Amount ” means $570,000,000.
“ Interest Payment Date
” means September 15, 2008 and the 15th day of each
month thereafter, or if such 15th day is not a Business Day, the
next succeeding Business Day.
“ Interest Period
” means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, the
period from and including the previous Interest Payment Date (or in
the case of the initial Interest Payment Date, from and including
the Issuance Date) to but excluding such Interest Payment
Date.
“ Issuance Date ”
means August 15, 2008.
“ Legal Maturity Date
” means August 17, 2015.
“ LIBOR ” means,
for any Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate for
one-month United States dollar deposits determined by the
Calculation Agent on the LIBOR Determination Date for each Interest
Period in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.04.
“ LIBOR Determination
Date ” means (1) August 13, 2008 for the period
from and including the Issuance Date through but excluding
September 15, 2008 and (2) for each Interest Period
thereafter, the second London Business Day prior to the
commencement of the second and each subsequent Interest
Period.
“ London Business Day
” means any Business Day on which dealings in deposits in
United States Dollars are transacted in the London interbank
market.
“ Note Interest Rate
” means a rate per annum equal to 1.30&