Exhibit 4.1
GE CAPITAL CREDIT CARD MASTER
NOTE TRUST,
as Issuer
And
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS,
as Indenture Trustee
FORM OF Series 2009-3
INDENTURE SUPPLEMENT
Dated as of September 21, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS
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SECTION 1.1.
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Definitions
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SECTION 1.2.
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Incorporation of Terms
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ARTICLE II
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CREATION OF THE SERIES 2009-3 NOTES
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SECTION 2.1.
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Designation
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SECTION 2.2.
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Transfer Restrictions
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ARTICLE III
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REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND
COVENANTS
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SECTION 3.1.
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Representations, Warranties and Covenants with
respect to Receivables
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SECTION 3.2.
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Representations, Warranties and Covenants with
respect to ERISA
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ARTICLE IV
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RIGHTS OF SERIES 2009-3 NOTEHOLDERS AND
ALLOCATION AND APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS
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SECTION 4.1.
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Determination of Interest and
Principal
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SECTION 4.2.
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Establishment of Accounts
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SECTION 4.3.
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Calculations and
Series Allocations
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SECTION 4.4.
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Application of Available Finance Charge
Collections and Available Principal Collections
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SECTION 4.5.
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Distributions
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SECTION 4.6.
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Investor Charge-Offs
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SECTION 4.7.
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Reallocated Principal Collections
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SECTION 4.8.
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Excess Finance Charge Collections
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SECTION 4.9.
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Shared Principal Collections
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SECTION 4.10.
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Reserve Account
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SECTION 4.11.
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Spread Account
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SECTION 4.12.
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Investment of Accounts
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SECTION 4.13.
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Controlled Accumulation Period
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SECTION 4.14.
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[Reserved]
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SECTION 4.15.
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Deposit of Collections
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ARTICLE V
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DELIVERY OF SERIES 2009-3 NOTES; REPORTS TO
SERIES 2009-3 NOTEHOLDERS
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SECTION 5.1.
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Delivery and Payment for the Series 2009-3
Notes
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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SECTION 5.2.
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Reports and Statements to Series 2009-3
Noteholders
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ARTICLE VI
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SERIES 2009-3 EARLY AMORTIZATION
EVENTS
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SECTION 6.1.
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Series 2009-3 Early Amortization
Events
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ARTICLE VII
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REDEMPTION OF SERIES 2009-3 NOTES; FINAL
DISTRIBUTIONS; SERIES TERMINATION
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SECTION 7.1.
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Optional Redemption of Series 2009-3 Notes;
Final Distributions
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SECTION 7.2.
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Series Termination
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ARTICLE VIII
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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SECTION 8.1.
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Ratification of Indenture; Amendments
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SECTION 8.2.
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Form of Delivery of the Series 2009-3
Notes
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SECTION 8.3.
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Counterparts
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SECTION 8.4.
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GOVERNING LAW
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SECTION 8.5.
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Limitation of Liability
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SECTION 8.6.
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Rights of the Indenture Trustee
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SECTION 8.7.
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Notice Address for Rating Agencies
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SECTION 8.8.
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Compliance with Applicable Anti-Terrorism and
Anti-Money Laundering Regulations
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SECTION 8.9.
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Notes to be Treated as Debt for Tax
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SECTION 8.10.
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Deemed Consent
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EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT A-1
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FORM OF CLASS A NOTE
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EXHIBIT A-2
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FORM OF CLASS B NOTE
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EXHIBIT A-3
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FORM OF CLASS C NOTE
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EXHIBIT B
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FORM OF MONTHLY NOTEHOLDER’S
STATEMENT
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SCHEDULES
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SCHEDULE I
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PERFECTION REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND
COVENANTS (WITH RESPECT TO RECEIVABLES)
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SERIES 2009-3 INDENTURE SUPPLEMENT,
dated as of September 21, 2009 (the “ Indenture
Supplement ”), between GE CAPITAL CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE
TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (herein, the “
Issuer ” or the “ Trust ”), and
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking
corporation, not in its individual capacity, but solely as
indenture trustee (herein, together with its successors in the
trusts thereunder as provided in the Master Indenture referred to
below, the “ Indenture Trustee ”) under the
Master Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2003 (the “
Indenture ”), between the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee, as amended by the Omnibus Amendment No.1 to Securitization
Documents, dated as of February 9, 2004, among RFS Holding,
L.L.C., RFS Funding Trust, the Issuer, Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Delaware, as trustee of RFS Funding Trust, RFS Holding, Inc.,
and the Indenture Trustee, as further amended by the Second
Amendment to Master Indenture, dated as of June 17, 2004
between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as further amended by
the Third Amendment to Master Indenture, dated as of
August 31, 2006 between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee,
as further amended by the Fourth Amendment to Master Indenture,
dated as of June 28, 2007 between the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee, as further amended by the Fifth Amendment to Master
Indenture, dated as of May 22, 2008, between the Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee, and as further amended by the Sixth
Amendment to Master Indenture, dated as of August 7, 2009,
between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (the Indenture,
together with this Indenture Supplement, the “
Agreement ”).
The Principal Terms of this
Series are set forth in this Indenture Supplement to the
Indenture.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1.
Definitions .
(a)
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein are used as
defined in Section 1.1 of the Indenture. This Indenture
Supplement shall be interpreted in accordance with the conventions
set forth in Section 1.2 of the Indenture.
(b)
Each capitalized term defined herein relates only to
Series 2009-3 and to no other Series. Whenever used in
this Indenture Supplement, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings:
“ Accumulation
Shortfall ” means (a) for the first Payment Date
during the Controlled Accumulation Period, zero; and
(b) thereafter, for any Payment Date during the Controlled
Accumulation Period, the excess, if any, of the Controlled Deposit
Amount for the previous Payment Date over the amount deposited into
the Principal Accumulation Account pursuant to
Section 4.4(c)(i) for the previous Payment
Date.
“ Addition Date ”
means an “Addition Date” as such term is defined in the
Transfer Agreement.
“ Additional Interest
” means, for any Payment Date, Class A Additional
Interest, Class B Additional Interest and Class C
Additional Interest for such Payment Date.
“ Administration
Agreement ” means the Administration Agreement, dated as
of September 25, 2003, between the Administrator and the
Issuer.
“ Administrator ”
means General Electric Capital Corporation, in its capacity as
Administrator under the Administration Agreement or any other
Person designated as an Administrator under the Administration
Agreement.
“ Agreement ” is
defined in the preamble .
“ Allocation Percentage
” means, with respect to any Monthly Period, the percentage
equivalent of a fraction:
(a) the numerator of
which shall be equal to:
(i) for Principal Collections
during the Revolving Period and for Finance Charge Collections and
Default Amounts at any time, the Collateral Amount at the end of
the last day of the prior Monthly Period (or, in the case of the
first Monthly Period, on the Closing Date); or
(ii) for Principal Collections
during the Early Amortization Period and the Controlled
Accumulation Period, the Collateral Amount at the end of the last
day of the Revolving Period; provided that on and after the
date on which the Principal Accumulation Account Balance equals the
Note Principal Balance, the numerator shall equal zero;
and
(b) the denominator of
which shall be the greater of (x) the Aggregate Principal
Receivables determined as of the close of business on the last day
of the prior Monthly Period (or, in the case of the first Monthly
Period, on the Closing Date) and (y) the sum of the numerators
used to calculate the allocation percentages for allocations with
respect to Finance Charge Collections, Principal Collections or
Default Amounts, as applicable, for all outstanding Series on
such date of determination; provided that if one or more
Reset Dates occur in a Monthly Period, the denominator determined
pursuant to clause (x) of this clause (b) shall be
(A) the Aggregate Principal Receivables as of the close of
business on the last day of the prior Monthly Period for the period
from and including the first day of the current Monthly Period, to
but excluding such Reset Date and (B) the Aggregate Principal
Receivables as of the close of business on such Reset Date, for the
period from and including such Reset Date to the earlier of the
last day of such Monthly Period (in which case such period shall
include such day) or the next succeeding Reset Date (in which case
such period shall not include such succeeding Reset Date); and
provided , further , that notwithstanding the
preceding proviso, if a Reset Date occurs during any Monthly Period
and the Issuer is permitted to make a single monthly deposit to the
Collection Account pursuant to Section 8.4 of the
Indenture for such Monthly Period, then the denominator determined
pursuant to clause (x) of this clause (b) for each day
during such Monthly Period shall equal the Average Principal
Balance for such Monthly Period.
“ Available Finance Charge
Collections ” means, for any Monthly Period, an amount
equal to the sum of (a) the Investor Finance Charge
Collections for such Monthly Period, (b) the
Series
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2009-3 Excess Finance Charge Collections for
such Monthly Period, (c) Principal Accumulation Investment
Proceeds, if any, with respect to the related Transfer Date,
(d) interest and earnings on funds on deposit in the Reserve
Account which will be deposited into the Finance Charge Account on
the related Payment Date to be treated as Available Finance Charge
Collections pursuant to Section 4.10(a) , and
(e) amounts, if any, to be withdrawn from the Reserve Account
which will be deposited into the Finance Charge Account on the
related Transfer Date to be treated as Available Finance Charge
Collections pursuant to Section 4.10(c) .
“ Available Principal
Collections ” means, for any Monthly Period, an amount
equal to the sum of (a) the Investor Principal Collections for
such Monthly Period, minus (b) the amount of
Reallocated Principal Collections with respect to such Monthly
Period which pursuant to Section 4.7 are required to be
applied on the related Payment Date, plus (c) the sum
of (i) any Shared Principal Collections with respect to other
Principal Sharing Series (including any amounts on deposit in
the Excess Funding Account that are allocated to Series 2009-3
for application as Shared Principal Collections), (ii) the
aggregate amount to be treated as Available Principal Collections
pursuant to Sections 4.4(a)(vi) , (vii) and
(x) , and (iii) during an Early Amortization Event, the
amount of Available Finance Charge Collections used to pay
principal on the Notes pursuant to Section 4.4(a)(xiii)
for the related Payment Date.
“ Available Reserve Account
Amount ” means, for any Transfer Date, the lesser of
(a) the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account (after taking
into account any interest and earnings retained in the Reserve
Account pursuant to Section 4.10(b) on such date,
but before giving effect to any deposit made or to be made pursuant
to Section 4.4(a)(viii) to the Reserve Account on
such date) and (b) the Required Reserve Account
Amount.
“ Available Spread Account
Amount ” means, for any Transfer Date, an amount equal to
the lesser of (a) the amount on deposit in the Spread Account
(exclusive of Investment Earnings on such date and before giving
effect to any deposit to, or withdrawal from, the Spread Account
made or to be made with respect to such date) and (b) the
Required Spread Account Amount, in each case on such Transfer
Date.
“ Average Principal
Balance ” means for any Monthly Period in which a Reset
Date occurs, the sum of (i) the Aggregate Principal
Receivables determined as of the close of business on the last day
of the prior Monthly Period, multiplied by a fraction the
numerator of which is the number of days from and including the
first day of such Monthly Period, to but excluding the related
Reset Date, and the denominator of which is the number of days in
such Monthly Period, and (ii) for each such Reset Date, the
product of the Aggregate Principal Receivables determined as of the
close of business on such Reset Date, multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from and
including such Reset Date, to the earlier of the last day of such
Monthly Period (in which case such period shall include such date)
or the next succeeding Reset Date (in which case such period shall
exclude such date), and the denominator of which is the number of
days in such Monthly Period.
“ Base Rate ”
means, for any Monthly Period, the annualized percentage equivalent
of a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the sum of
(a) the Monthly Interest, (b) the amount required to be
paid pursuant to Section 4.4(a)(i) and
(c) the Noteholder Servicing Fee, each with respect to the
related Payment Date, and the denominator of which is the
Collateral Amount plus
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amounts on deposit in the Principal Accumulation
Account, each as of the close of business on the last day of such
Monthly Period.
“ Benefit Plan ”
means (i) an “employee benefit plan” as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA, that is subject to Title I of
ERISA, (ii) a “plan” as defined in
Section 4975 of the Code that is subject to Section 4975
of the Code, (iii) an entity whose underlying assets include
plan assets by reason of investment by an employee benefit plan or
plans in such entity, or (iv) a governmental plan, church plan
or non-U.S. plan that is subject to any Similar Law.
“ Business Day ”
means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banks are required or permitted to be closed in the State of New
York or the State of Connecticut.
“ Class A Additional
Interest ” is defined in Section 4.1(a)
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“ Class A Deficiency
Amount ” is defined in Section 4.1(a)
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“ Class A Monthly
Interest ” is defined in Section 4.1(a)
.
“ Class A Note Initial
Principal Balance ” means $750,000,000.
“ Class A Note
Interest Rate ” means a per annum rate of
2.54%.
“ Class A Note
Principal Balance ” means, on any date of determination,
an amount equal to (a) the Class A Note Initial Principal
Balance, minus (b) the aggregate amount of principal
payments made to the Class A Noteholders on or prior to such
date.
“ Class A
Noteholder ” means the Person in whose name a
Class A Note is registered in the Note Register.
“ Class A Notes
” means any one of the Notes executed by the Issuer and
authenticated by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 .
“ Class A Required
Amount ” means, for any Payment Date, an amount equal to
the excess of the amounts described in Sections 4.4(a)(i) ,
(ii) and (iii) over Available Finance
Charge Collections applied to pay such amount pursuant to
Section 4.4(a) .
“ Class B Additional
Interest ” is defined in Section 4.1(b)
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“ Class B Deficiency
Amount ” is defined in Section 4.1(b)
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“ Class B Monthly
Interest ” is defined in Section 4.1(b)
.
“ Class B Note Initial
Principal Balance ” means $120,000,000.
“ Class B Note
Interest Rate ” means 6.42% per annum.
“ Class B Note
Principal Balance ” means, on any date of determination,
an amount equal to (a) the Class B Note Initial Principal
Balance, minus (b) the aggregate amount of principal
payments made to the Class B Noteholders on or prior to such
date.
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“ Class B
Noteholder ” means the Person in whose name a
Class B Note is registered in the Note Register.
“ Class B Notes
” means any one of the Notes executed by the Issuer and
authenticated by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 .
“ Class B Required
Amount ” means, for any Payment Date, an amount equal to
the excess of the amount described in
Section 4.4(a)(iv) over Available Finance Charge
Collections applied to pay such amount pursuant to
Section 4.4(a) .
“ Class C Additional
Interest ” is defined in Section 4.1(c)
.
“ Class C Deficiency
Amount ” is defined in Section 4.1(c)
.
“ Class C Monthly
Interest ” is defined in Section 4.1(c)
.
“ Class C Note Initial
Principal Balance ” means $82,500,000.
“ Class C Note
Interest Rate ” means 9.32% per annum.
“ Class C Note
Principal Balance ” means, on any date of determination,
an amount equal to (a) the Class C Note Initial Principal
Balance, minus (b) the aggregate amount of principal
payments made to the Class C Noteholders on or prior to such
date.
“ Class C
Noteholder ” means the Person in whose name a
Class C Note is registered in the Note Register.
“ Class C Notes
” means any one of the Notes executed by the Issuer and
authenticated by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-3 .
“ Class C Required
Amount ” means with respect to any Payment Date, an
amount equal to the excess of the amount described in
Section 4.4(a)(v) over Available Finance Charge
Collections applied to pay such amount pursuant to
Section 4.4(a) .
“ Closing Date ”
means September 21, 2009.
“ Code ” means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“ Collateral Amount
” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to
the excess of (a) the Initial Collateral Amount, over
(b) the sum of (i) the amount of principal previously
paid to the Series 2009-3 Noteholders (other than any
principal payments made from funds on deposit in the Spread
Account), (ii) reductions in the Excess Collateral Amount due
to reductions in the Required Excess Collateral Amount,
(iii) the Principal Accumulation Account Balance, and
(iv) the excess, if any, of the aggregate amount of Investor
Charge-Offs and Reallocated Principal Collections over the
reimbursements of such amounts pursuant to
Section 4.4(a)(vii) prior to such
date.
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“ Controlled Accumulation
Amount ” means, for any Payment Date with respect to the
Controlled Accumulation Period, $190,500,000; provided ,
however , that if the Controlled Accumulation Period Length
is determined to be less than or more than five months pursuant to
Section 4.13 , the Controlled Accumulation Amount for
each Payment Date with respect to the Controlled Accumulation
Period will be equal to (i) the initial Note Principal Balance
divided by (ii) the Controlled Accumulation Period
Length; provided , further , that the Controlled
Accumulation Amount for any Payment Date shall not exceed the Note
Principal Balance minus any amount already on deposit in the
Principal Accumulation Account on such Payment Date.
“ Controlled Accumulation
Period ” means, unless an Early Amortization Event shall
have occurred prior thereto, the period commencing at the opening
of business on March 22, 2011 or such other date as is
determined in accordance with Section 4.13 and ending
on the first to occur of (a) the commencement of the Early
Amortization Period and (b) the Final Payment Date.
“ Controlled Accumulation
Period Length ” is defined in Section 4.13
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“ Controlled Deposit
Amount ” means, for any Payment Date with respect to the
Controlled Accumulation Period, an amount equal to the sum of the
Controlled Accumulation Amount for such Payment Date and any
existing Accumulation Shortfall.
“ Covered Amount
” means an amount, determined as of each Transfer Date for
any Interest Period, equal to the sum of:
(a)
product of (i) the Class A Monthly Interest and
(ii) a fraction (A) the numerator of which is equal to
the lesser of the Principal Accumulation Account Balance and the
Class A Note Principal Balance, each as of the last day of the
calendar month preceding such Transfer Date, and (B) the
denominator of which is equal to the Class A Note Principal
Balance as of the last day of the calendar month preceding such
Transfer Date;
(b)
product of (i) the Class B Monthly Interest and
(ii) a fraction (A) the numerator of which is equal to
the lesser of (x) the excess of the Principal Accumulation
Account Balance over the Class A Note Principal Balance as of
the last day of the calendar month preceding such Transfer Date and
(y) the Class B Note Principal Balance, as of the last
day of the calendar month preceding such Transfer Date, and
(B) the denominator of which is equal to the Class B Note
Principal Balance as of the last day of the calendar month
preceding such Transfer Date; and
(c)
product of (i) the Class C Monthly Interest and
(ii) a fraction (A) the numerator of which is equal to
the lesser of (x) the excess of the Principal Accumulation
Account Balance over the sum of the Class A Note Principal
Balance and the Class B Note Principal Balance, each as of the
last day of the calendar month preceding such Transfer Date and
(y) the Class C Note Principal Balance, as of the last
day of the calendar month preceding such Transfer Date, and
(B) the denominator of which is equal to the Class C Note
Principal Balance as of the last day of the calendar month
preceding such Transfer Date.
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“ Default Amount
” means, as to any Defaulted Account, the amount of Principal
Receivables (other than Ineligible Receivables, unless there is an
Insolvency Event with respect to Originator or the Transferor) in
such Defaulted Account on the day it became a Defaulted
Account.
“ Defaulted Account
” means an Account in which there are Charged-Off
Receivables.
“ Dilution ”
means any downward adjustment made by Servicer in the amount of any
Transferred Receivable (a) because of a rebate, refund or
billing error to an accountholder, (b) because such
Transferred Receivable was created in respect of merchandise which
was refused or returned by an accountholder or (c) for any
other reason other than receiving Collections therefor or charging
off such amount as uncollectible.
“ Distribution Account
” means the account designated as such, established and owned
by the Issuer and maintained in accordance with
Section 4.2 .
“ Early Amortization
Period ” means the period commencing on the date on which
a Trust Early Amortization Event or a Series 2009-3 Early
Amortization Event is deemed to occur and ending on the Final
Payment Date.
“ ERISA ” means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
“ Excess Collateral
Amount ” means, at any time, the excess of (a) the
sum of (i) the Collateral Amount, and (ii) the Principal
Accumulation Account Balance, over (b) the Note Principal
Balance.
“ Excess Spread
Percentage ” means, for any Monthly Period, a percentage
equal to (a) the Portfolio Yield for such Monthly Period,
minus (b) the Base Rate for such Monthly
Period.
“ Expected Principal
Payment Date ” means the September 2011 Payment
Date.
“ Final Payment Date
” means the earliest to occur of (a) the date on which
the Note Principal Balance is paid in full, (b) the date on
which the Collateral Amount is reduced to zero and (c) the
Series Maturity Date.
“ Finance Charge
Account ” means the account designated as such,
established and owned by the Issuer and maintained in accordance
with Section 4.2 .
“ Finance Charge
Shortfall ” is defined in Section 4.8
.
“ Group One ”
means Series 2009-3 and each other outstanding
Series previously or hereafter specified in the related
Indenture Supplement to be included in Group One.
“ Indenture ” is
defined in the preamble .
“ Indenture Trustee
” is defined in the preamble .
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“ Initial Collateral
Amount ” means $1,000,000,000, which equals the sum of
(i) the Class A Note Initial Principal Balance,
(ii) the Class B Note Initial Principal Balance,
(iii) the Class C Note Initial Principal Balance and
(iv) the Initial Excess Collateral Amount.
“ Initial Excess Collateral
Amount ” means $47,500,000.
“ Interest Period
” means, for any Payment Date, the period from and including
the Payment Date immediately preceding such Payment Date (or, in
the case of the first Payment Date, from and including the Closing
Date) to but excluding such Payment Date.
“ Investment Earnings
” means, for any Payment Date, all interest and earnings on
Permitted Investments included in the Spread Account (net of losses
and investment expenses) during the period commencing on and
including the Payment Date immediately preceding such Payment Date
and ending on but excluding such Payment Date.
“ Investor Charge-Offs
” is defined in Section 4.6 .
“ Investor Default
Amount ” means, for any Monthly Period, the sum for all
Accounts that became Defaulted Accounts during such Monthly Period,
of the following amount: the product of (a) the Default
Amount with respect to each such Defaulted Account and (b) the
Allocation Percentage on the day such Account became a Defaulted
Account.
“ Investor Finance Charge
Collections ” means, for any Monthly Period, an amount
equal to the aggregate amount of Finance Charge Collections
retained or deposited in the Finance Charge Account for
Series 2009-3 pursuant to Section 4.3(b)(i)
for such Monthly Period.
“ Investor Principal
Collections ” means, for any Monthly Period, an amount
equal to the aggregate amount of Principal Collections retained or
deposited in the Principal Account for Series 2009-3 pursuant
to Section 4.3(b)(ii) for such Monthly
Period.
“ Investor Uncovered
Dilution Amount ” means, for any Monthly Period, an
amount equal to the product of (a) the Series Allocation
Percentage for such Monthly Period (determined on a weighted
average basis, if a Reset Date occurs during that Monthly Period),
and (b) the aggregate Dilutions occurring during such Monthly
Period as to which any deposit is required to be made but has not
been made, provided that, if the Free Equity Amount is
greater than zero at the time the deposit referred to in clause
(b) is required to be made, the Investor Uncovered
Dilution Amount shall be deemed to be zero.
“ Issuer ” is
defined in the preamble .
“ Minimum Free Equity
Percentage ” means, for purposes of Series 2009-3,
4%; provided that, at any time that GE Capital’s long-term
unsecured debt is rated Aa2 or lower by Moody’s or AA or
lower by S&P, the Minimum Free Equity Percentage shall be
7.0%.
“ Monthly Interest
” means, for any Payment Date, the sum of the Class A
Monthly Interest, the Class B Monthly Interest and the
Class C Monthly Interest for such Payment Date.
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“ Monthly Period
” means, as to the October 2009 Payment Date, the period
beginning on the Closing Date and ending on September 21,
2009, and as to each Payment Date thereafter, the period beginning
on the 22 nd
day of the second preceding
calendar month and ending on the 21 st day of the immediately preceding calendar
month.
“ Monthly Principal
” is defined in Section 4.1(d) .
“ Monthly Principal
Reallocation Amount ” means, for any Monthly Period, an
amount equal to the sum of:
(a)
the lesser of (i) the Class A Required Amount and
(ii) 25.00% of the Initial Collateral Amount minus the
sum of (x) the amount of unreimbursed Investor Charge-Offs
(after giving effect to Investor Charge-Offs for the related
Monthly Period) and unreimbursed Reallocated Principal Collections
(as of the previous Payment Date) and (y) any reductions to
the Collateral Amount on account of reductions to the Required
Excess Collateral Amount, but not less than zero;
(b)
the lesser of (i) the Class B Required Amount and
(ii) 13.00% of the Initial Collateral Amount minus the
sum of (x) the amount of unreimbursed Investor Charge-Offs
(after giving effect to Investor Charge-Offs for the related
Monthly Period) and unreimbursed Reallocated Principal Collections
(as of the previous Payment Date and as required in clause
(a) above) and (y) any reductions to the Collateral
Amount on account of reductions to the Required Excess Collateral
Amount, but not less than zero; and
(c)
the lesser of (i) the Class C Required Amount and
(ii) 4.75% of the Initial Collateral Amount minus the
sum of (x) the amount of unreimbursed Investor Charge-Offs
after giving effect to Investor Charge-Offs for the related Monthly
Period) and unreimbursed Reallocated Principal Collections (as of
the previous Payment Date and as required in clauses (a)
and (b) above) and (y) any reduction to the
Collateral Amount on account of reductions to the Required Excess
Collateral Amount, but not less than zero.
“ Note Principal
Balance ” means, on any date of determination, an amount
equal to the sum of the Class A Note Principal Balance, the
Class B Note Principal Balance and the Class C Note
Principal Balance.
“ Noteholder Servicing
Fee ” means, for any Transfer Date, an amount equal to
one-twelfth of the product of (a) the Series Servicing
Fee Percentage and (b) the Collateral Amount as of the last
day of the Monthly Period preceding such Transfer Date;
provided , however , that with respect to the first
Transfer Date, the Noteholder Servicing Fee shall be calculated
based on the Collateral Amount as of the Closing Date and shall be
prorated for the number of days in the first Monthly
Period.
“ Payment Date ”
means October 15, 2009 and the 15 th day of each calendar month thereafter, or
if such 15th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding
Business Day.
“ Percentage Allocation
” is defined in Section 4.3(b)(ii)(y)
.
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“ Portfolio Yield
” means, for any Monthly Period, the annualized percentage
equivalent of a fraction, (a) the numerator of which is equal
to the excess of (i) the Available Finance Charge Collections
(excluding any Excess Finance Charge Collections), over
(ii) the Investor Default Amount and the Investor Uncovered
Dilution Amount for such Monthly Period and (b) the
denominator of which is the Collateral Amount plus amounts on
deposit in Principal Accumulation Account, each as of the close of
business on the last day of such Monthly Period.
“ Principal Account
” means the account designated as such, established and owned
by the Issuer and maintained in accordance with
Section 4.2 .
“ Principal Accumulation
Account ” means the account designated as such,
established and owned by the Issuer and maintained in accordance
with Section 4.2 .
“ Principal Accumulation
Account Balance ” means, for any date of determination,
the principal amount, if any, on deposit in the Principal
Accumulation Account on such date of determination.
“ Principal Accumulation
Investment Proceeds ” means, with respect to each
Transfer Date, the investment earnings on funds in the Principal
Accumulation Account (net of investment expenses and losses) for
the period from and including the immediately preceding Transfer
Date to but excluding such Transfer Date.
“ Principal Shortfall
” is defined in Section 4.9 .
“ Quarterly Excess Spread
Percentage ” means (a) with respect to the
November 2009 Payment Date, the Excess Spread Percentage for
the Monthly Period relating to such Payment Date, (b) with
respect to the December 2009 Payment Date, the percentage
equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is the sum of
(i) the Excess Spread Percentage for the Monthly Period
relating to the November 2009 Payment Date and (ii) the
Excess Spread Percentage for the Monthly Period relating to the
December 2009 Payment Date and the denominator of which is
two, and (c) with respect to the January 2010 Payment
Date and each Payment Date thereafter, the percentage equivalent of
a fraction the numerator of which is the sum of the Excess Spread
Percentages determined with respect to the Monthly Periods relating
to such Payment Date and the immediately preceding two Payment
Dates and the denominator of which is three.
“ Rating Agency ”
means each of Fitch and Moody’s.
“ Rating Agency
Condition ” means, with respect to Series 2009-3 and
any action, (i) that Moody’s shall have notified the
Issuer in writing that such action will not result in a reduction
or withdrawal of the rating, if any, of any outstanding
Class with respect to which Moody’s is a Rating Agency
or (ii) with respect to any outstanding Class with
respect to which Fitch is a Rating Agency, 10 days’ prior
written notice (or, if 10 days’ advance notice is
impracticable, as much advance notice as is practicable) to Fitch
delivered electronically to
notifications.abs@fitchratings.com.
“ Reallocated Principal
Collections ” means, for any Transfer Date, Investor
Principal Collections applied in accordance with
Section 4.7 in an amount not to exceed the Monthly
Principal Reallocation Amount for the related Monthly
Period.
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“ Reassignment Amount
” means, with respect to Series 2009-3, the Redemption
Amount.
“ Redemption Amount
” means, for any Transfer Date, after giving effect to any
deposits and payments otherwise to be made on the related Payment
Date, the sum of (i) the Note Principal Balance on the related
Payment Date, (ii) Monthly Interest for the related Payment
Date and any Monthly Interest previously due but not distributed to
the Series 2009-3 Noteholders and (iii) the amount of
Additional Interest, if any, for the related Payment Date and any
Additional Interest previously due but not distributed to the
Series 2009-3 Noteholders on a prior Payment Date.
“ Reference Banks
” means four major banks in the London interbank market
selected by the Servicer.
“ Removal Date ”
means a “Removal Date” as such term is defined in the
Transfer Agreement.
“ Required Excess
Collateral Amount ” means, at any time, 4.75% of the
Collateral Amount; provided that:
(a)
except as provided in clause (c) , the Required Excess
Collateral Amount shall never be less than 3.00% of the Initial
Collateral Amount;
(b)
except as provided in clause (c) , the Required Excess
Collateral Amount shall not decrease during an Early Amortization
Period; and
(c)
the Required Excess Collateral Amount shall never be greater than
the excess of the Note Principal Balance over the balance on
deposit in the Principal Accumulation Account.
“ Required Reserve Account
Amount ” means, for any Transfer Date on or after the
Reserve Account Funding Date, an amount equal to (a) 0.50% of
the Note Principal Balance or (b) any other amount designated
by the Issuer; provided , however , that if such
designation is of a lesser amount, the Issuer shall
(i) provide the Indenture Trustee with evidence that the
Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied and
(ii) deliver to the Indenture Trustee a certificate of an
Authorized Officer to the effect that, based on the facts known to
such officer at such time, in the reasonable belief of the Issuer,
such designation will not cause an Early Amortization Event or an
event that, after the giving of notice or the lapse of time, would
cause an Early Amortization Event to occur with respect to
Series 2009-3.
“ Required Spread Account
Amount ” means, for the October 2009 Payment Date,
zero, and for any Payment Date thereafter, the product of
(i) the Spread Account Percentage in effect on such date and
(ii) during (x) the Revolving Period, the Collateral
Amount, and (y) during the Controlled Accumulation Period or
the Early Amortization Period, the Collateral Amount as of the last
day of the Revolving Period; provided that, prior to the
occurrence of an Event of Default and acceleration of the
Series 2009-3 Notes the Required Spread Account Amount will
never exceed the Class C Note Principal Balance (after taking
into account any payments to be made on such Payment
Date).
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“ Reserve Account
” means the account designated as such, established and owned
by the Issuer and maintained in accordance with
Section 4.2 .
“ Reserve Account Funding
Date ” means the Payment Date selected by the Servicer on
behalf of the Issuer which occurs not later than the earliest of
the Payment Date with respect to the Monthly Period which commences
three months prior to the commencement of the Controlled
Accumulation Period (which commencement shall be subject to
postponement pursuant to Section 4.14 );
provided , however , if the Rating Agency Condition
is satisfied, the Issuer may postpone the Reserve Account Funding
Date.
“ Reserve Account
Surplus ” means, as of any Transfer Date following the
Reserve Account Funding Date, the amount, if any, by which the
amount on deposit in the Reserve Account exceeds the Required
Reserve Account Amount.
“ Reserve Draw Amount
” means, with respect to each Transfer Date relating to the
Controlled Accumulation Period or the first Transfer Date relating
to the Early Amortization Period, the amount, if any, by which the
Principal Accumulation Investment Proceeds for such Payment Date
are less than the Covered Amount determined as of such Transfer
Date.
“ Reset Date ”
means:
(a)
each Addition Date;
(b)
each Removal Date on which, if any Series of Notes has been
paid in full, Principal Receivables for that Series are
removed from the Trust;
(c)
each date on which there is an increase in the outstanding balance
of any Variable Interest; and
(d)
each date on which a new Series or Class of Notes is
issued.
“ Revolving Period
” means the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending
at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the
earlier of the day the Controlled Accumulation Period commences or
the day the Early Amortization Period commences.
“ Series Accounts
” means, collectively, the Finance Charge Account, the
Principal Account, the Principal Accumulation Account, the
Distribution Account, the Reserve Account and the Spread
Account.
“ Series Allocation
Percentage ” means, with respect to any Monthly Period,
the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is
the numerator used in determining the Allocation Percentage for
Finance Charge Collections for that Monthly Period and the
denominator of which is the sum of the numerators used in
determining the Allocation Percentage for Finance Charge
Collections for all outstanding Series on such date of
determination; provided that if one or more Reset Dates
occur in a Monthly Period, the Series Allocation Percentage
for the portion of the Monthly Period falling on and after each
such Reset Date and prior to any subsequent Reset Date will be
determined using a denominator which is equal to the sum of the
numerators used in determining the Allocation Percentage for
Finance
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Charge Collections for all outstanding
Series as of the close of business on the subject Reset
Date.
“ Series Maturity
Date ” means, with respect to Series 2009-3, the
September 2014 Payment Date.
“ Series Servicing Fee
Percentage ” means 2% per annum .
“ Series 2009-3
” means the Series of Notes the terms of which are
specified in this Indenture Supplement.
“ Series 2009-3 Early
Amortization Event ” is defined in
Section 6.1 .
“ Series 2009-3 Excess
Finance Charge Collections ” means Excess Finance Charge
Collections allocated from other Series in Group One to
Series 2009-3 pursuant to Section 8.6 of the
Indenture.
“ Series 2009-3
Note ” means a Class A Note, a Class B Note or
a Class C Note.
“ Series 2009-3
Noteholder ” means a Class A Noteholder, a
Class B Noteholder or a Class C Noteholder.
“ Similar Law ”
means any applicable law that is substantially similar to the
fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code.
“ Spread Account
” means the account designated as such, established and owned
by the Issuer and maintained in accordance with
Section 4.2 .
“ Spread Account
Deficiency ” means the excess, if any, of the Required
Spread Account Amount over the Available Spread Account
Amount.
“ Spread Account
Percentage ” means, (i) 0% if the Quarterly Excess
Spread Percentage on such Payment Date is greater than or equal to
5.00%, (ii) 2.00% if the Quarterly Excess Spread Percentage on
such Payment Date is less than 5.00% and greater than or equal to
4.50%, (iii) 2.50% if the Quarterly Excess Spread Percentage
on such Payment Date is less than 4.50% and greater than or equal
4.00%, (iv) 3.50% if the Quarterly Excess Spread Percentage on
such Payment Date is less than 4.00% and greater than or equal to
3.50%, (v) 4.50% if the Quarterly Excess Spread Percentage on
such Payment Date is less than 3.50% and greater than or equal to
3.00%, (vi) 5.50% if the Quarterly Excess Spread Percentage on
such Payment Date is less than 3.00% and greater than or equal to
2.50%, (vii) 6.50% if the Quarterly Excess Spread Percentage
on such Payment Date is less than 2.50% and greater than or equal
to 1.50%, (viii) 7.50% if the Quarterly Excess Spread
Percentage on such Payment Date is less than 1.50% and greater than
or equal to 0.50% and (ix) 8.50% if the Quarterly Excess
Spread Percentage on such Payment Date is less than
0.50%.
“ Surplus Collateral
Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the
excess, if any, of the Excess Collateral Amount over the Required
Excess Collateral Amount, in each case calculated after giving
effect to any deposits into the Principal Accumulation Account
and
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payments of principal on such Payment Date, but
before giving effect to any reduction in the Collateral Amount on
such Payment Date pursuant to Section 4.4(c)(iii)
.
“ Target Amount ”
is defined in Section 4.3(b)(i) .
“ Trust ” is
defined in the preamble .
SECTION 1.2.
Incorporation of Terms . The terms of the Indenture
are incorporated in this Supplement as if set forth in full herein.
As supplemented by this Supplement, the Indenture is in all
respects ratified and confirmed and both together shall be read,
taken and construed as one and the same agreement. If the terms of
this Supplement and the terms of the Indenture conflict, the terms
of this Supplement shall control with respect to the
Series 2009-3.
ARTICLE II
CREATION OF THE SERIES 2009-3 NOTES
SECTION 2.1.
Designation .
(a)
There is hereby created and designated a Series of Notes to be
issued pursuant to the Indenture and this Indenture Supplement to
be known as “ GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust,
Series 2009-3 ” or the “ Series 2009-3
Notes .” The Series 2009-3 Notes shall be
issued in three Classes, known as the “ Class A
Series 2009-3 2.54% Asset Backed Notes ,” the
“ Class B Series 2009-3 6.42% Asset Backed
Notes ,” and the “ Class C
Series 2009-3 9.32% Asset Backed Notes .”
(b)
Series 2009-3 shall be included in Group One and shall be a
Principal Sharing Series. Series 2009-3 shall be an
Excess Allocation Series with respect to Group One only.
Series 2009-3 shall not be subordinated to any other
Series.
(c)
The Class A Notes shall be issued in minimum denominations of
$100,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 and the Class B
Notes and the Class C Notes shall be issued in minimum
denominations of $100,000 and in integral multiples of
$1.
SECTION 2.2. Transfer
Restrictions .
(a)
Neither the Class B Notes nor the Class C Notes have been
registered under the Securities Act or any state securities
law. None of the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture
Trustee is obligated to register the Class B Notes or the
Class C Notes under the Securities Act or any other securities
or “blue sky” laws or to take any other action not
otherwise required under this Indenture Supplement or the Trust
Agreement to permit the transfer of any Class B Note or
Class C Note without registration.
(b)
Until such time as any such Class of Notes has been registered
under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities law,
the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes may not be sold,
transferred, assigned, participated, pledged or otherwise disposed
of (any such act, a “Class B Note Transfer” and a
“Class C Note Transfer,” respectively) to any
Person except in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 2.2 , and any attempted Class B Note
Transfer or Class C Note Transfer in violation of this
Section 2.2 will be null and void.
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(c)
Each Class B Note and Class C Note will bear a legend to
the effect of the following unless determined otherwise by the
Administrator (as certified to the Indenture Trustee in an
Officer’s Certificate) consistent with applicable
law:
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS SET FORTH
IN THE NEXT SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A
BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE:
(1)
AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER
AND THE TRANSFEROR THAT THIS NOTE MAY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED,
ASSIGNED, PARTICIPATED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF ONLY IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND
ONLY (I) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
(“ RULE 144A ”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WITHIN THE
MEANING OF RULE l44A (A “ QIB ”), PURCHASING FOR
ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS
INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER
TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, OR (II) TO
THE DEPOSITOR OR ITS AFFILIATES, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES; AND
(2)
AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH
PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED A
NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.
(d)
By acceptance of any Class B Note or Class C Note, the
Class B Noteholder and the Class C Noteholder,
respectively, specifically agrees with and represents to the
Transferor, the Issuer and the Note Registrar, that no Class B
Note Transfer or Class C Note Transfer, as applicable, will be
made unless (i) the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws have been
complied with, (ii) such Class B Note Transfer or
Class C Note Transfer, as applicable, is to the Transferor or
its Affiliates, or (iii) such Class B Note Transfer or
Class C Note Transfer, as applicable, is exempt from the
registration requirements under the Securities Act because such
Class B Note Transfer or Class C Note Transfer, as
applicable, is in compliance with Rule 144A under the
Securities Act, to a transferee who the transferor reasonably
believes is a “Qualified Institutional Buyer” (as
defined in the Securities Act) that is purchasing for its own
account or for the account of a Qualified Institutional Buyer and
to whom notice is given that such Class B Note Transfer or
Class C Note Transfer, as applicable, is being made in
reliance upon Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
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(e)
The Transferor will make available to the prospective transferor
and transferee of a Class B Note or Class C Note
information requested to satisfy the requirements of paragraph
(d)(4) of Rule 144A.
(f)
Each Class A Note, Class B Note and Class C Note
will bear a legend to the effect of the following unless determined
otherwise by the Administrator (as certified to the Indenture
Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate) consistent with
applicable law:
THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS
ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOTE, AND EACH HOLDER OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST
THEREIN, SHALL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT EITHER
(I) SUCH HOLDER IS NOT (AND FOR SO LONG AS IT HOLDS SUCH NOTE
WILL NOT BE), IS NOT ACTING ON BEHALF OF (AND FOR SO LONG AS IT
HOLDS SUCH NOTE WILL NOT BE ACTING ON BEHALF OF), AND IS NOT
INVESTING THE ASSETS OF (A) AN “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN” (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED
(“ERISA”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA,
(B) A “PLAN” (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4975 OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE
“CODE”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE
CODE, (C) AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE DEEMED TO BE
PLAN ASSETS OF A PLAN DESCRIBED IN (A) OR (B) ABOVE OR
(D) A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, CHURCH PLAN OR NON-U.S. PLAN THAT IS
SUBJECT TO ANY APPLICABLE LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE
FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975
OF THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”) OR (II) ITS
ACQUISITION, CONTINUED HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THIS NOTE WILL
NOT RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER ERISA OR
SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A VIOLATION OF ANY SIMILAR
LAW.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
SECTION 3.1.
Representations, Warranties and Covenants with respect to
Receivables . The parties hereto agree that the
representations, warranties and covenants set forth in Schedule
I shall be a part of this Indenture Supplement for all
purposes.
SECTION 3.2.
Representations, Warranties and Covenants with respect to
ERISA . By acquiring a Series 2009-3 Note, each
purchaser and transferee shall be deemed to represent and warrant
that either (i) it is not (and for so long as it holds such
Series 2009-3 Note will not be), is not acting on behalf of
(and for so long as it holds such Series 2009-3 Note will not
be acting on behalf of), and is not investing the assets of a
Benefit Plan or (ii) its acquisition, continued holding and
disposition of such Series 2009-3 Note will not result in a
non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code or a violation of any Similar Law.
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ARTICLE IV
RIGHTS OF SERIES 2009-3 NOTEHOLDERS AND ALLOCATION AND
APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS
SECTION 4.1.
Determination of Interest and Principal .
(a)
The amount of monthly interest (“ Class A Monthly
Interest ”) due and payable with respect to the
Class A Notes on any Payment Date shall be an amount equal to
the product of (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30
and the denominator of which is 360, (ii) the Class A
Note Interest Rate in effect with respect to the related Interest
Period and (iii) the Class A Note Principal Balance as of
the close of business on the last day of the preceding Monthly
Period (or, with respect to the initial Payment Date, the
Class A Note Initial Principal Balance); provided that
the Class A Monthly Interest for the October 2009 Payment
Date shall equal $1,270,000.00.
With respect to each Payment Date,
the Issuer shall determine the excess, if any (the “
Class A Deficiency Amount ”), of (x) the
aggregate amount of Class A Monthly Interest payable pursuant
to this Section 4.1(a) as of the prior Payment
Date over (y) the amount of Class A Monthly
Interest actually paid on such Payment Date. If the
Class A Deficiency Amount for any Payment Date is greater than
zero, on each subsequent Payment Date until such Class A
Deficiency Amount is fully paid, an additional amount (“
Class A Additional Interest ”) equal to the
product of (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and
the denominator of which is 360, (ii) the Class A Note
Interest Rate in effect with respect to the related Interest Period
plus 2% per annum and (iii) such Class A
Deficiency Amount (or the portion thereof which has not been paid
to the Class A Noteholders) shall be payable as provided
herein with respect to the Class A Notes.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Class A
Additional Interest shall be payable or distributed to the
Class A Noteholders only to the extent permitted by applicable
law.
(b)
The amount of monthly interest (“ Class B Monthly
Interest ”) due and payable with respect to the
Class B Notes on any Payment Date shall be an amount equal to
the product of (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30
and the denominator of which is 360, (ii) the Class B
Note Interest Rate and (iii) the Class B Note Principal
Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the
preceding Monthly Period (or, with respect to the initial Payment
Date, the Class B Note Initial Principal Balance);
provided that the Class B Monthly Interest for the
October 2009 Payment Date shall equal $513,600.00.
With respect to each Payment Date,
the Issuer shall determine the excess, if any (the “
Class B Deficiency Amount ”), of (x) the
aggregate amount of Class B Monthly Interest payable pursuant
to this Section 4.1(b) as of the prior Payment
Date over (y) the amount of Class B Monthly
Interest actually paid on such Payment Date. If the
Class B Deficiency Amount for any Payment Date is greater than
zero, on each subsequent Payment Date until such Class B
Deficiency Amount is fully paid, an additional amount (“
Class B Additional Interest ”) equal to the
product of (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and
the denominator of which is 360, (ii) the Class B Note
Interest Rate plus 2% per annum and (iii) such
Class B Deficiency Amount (or the portion thereof which has
not been paid to the Class B Noteholders) shall be payable as
provided herein with respect to the Class B Notes.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Class B
Additional Interest shall be payable or distributed to the
Class B Noteholders only to the extent permitted by applicable
law.
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(c)
The amount of monthly interest (“ Class C Monthly
Interest ”) due and payable with respect to the
Class C Notes on any Payment Date shall be an amount equal to
the product of (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30
and the denominator of which is 360, (ii) the Class C
Interest Rate and (iii) the Class C Note Principal
Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the
preceding Monthly Period (or, with respect to the initial Payment
Date, the Class C Note Initial Principal Balance);
provided that the Class C Monthly Interest for the
October 2009 Payment Date shall equal $512,600.00.
With respect to each Payment Date,
the Issuer shall determine the excess, if any (the “
Class C Deficiency Amount ”), of (x) the
aggregate amount of Class C Monthly Interest payable pursuant
to this Section 4.1(c) as of the prior Payment
Date over (y) the amount of Class C Monthly
Interest actually paid on such Payment Date. If the
Class C Deficiency Amount for any Payment Date is greater than
zero, on each subsequent Payment Date until such Class C
Deficiency Amount is fully paid, an additional amount (“
Class C Additional Interest ”) equal to the
product of (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and
the denominator of which is 360, (ii) the Class C Note
Interest Rate plus 2% per annum and (iii) such
Class C Deficiency Amount (or the portion thereof which has
not been paid to the Class C Noteholders) shall be payable as
provided herein with respect to the Class C Notes.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Class C
Additional Interest shall be payable or distributed to the
Class C Noteholders only to the extent permitted by applicable
law.
(d)
The amount of monthly principal to be transferred from the
Principal Account with respect to the Notes on each Payment Date
(the “ Monthly Principal ”), beginning with the
Payment Date in the Monthly Period following the Monthly Period in
which the Controlled Accumulation Period or, if earlier, the Early
Amortization Period, begins, shall be equal to the least of
(i) the Available Principal Collections on deposit in the
Principal Account with respect to the related Monthly Period,
(ii) for each Payment Date with respect to the Controlled
Accumulation Period, the Controlled Deposit Amount for such Payment
Date, (iii) the Collateral Amount (after taking into account
any adjustments to be made on such Payment Date pursuant to
Sections 4.6 and 4.7 ) prior to any deposit into the
Principal Accumulation Account on such Payment Date, and
(iv) the Note Principal Balance, minus any amount already on
deposit in the Principal Accumulation Account on such Payment
Date.
SECTION 4.2.
Establishment of Accounts .
(a)
As of the Closing Date, the Issuer covenants to have established
and shall thereafter maintain the Finance Charge Account, the
Principal Account, the Principal Accumulation Account, the
Distribution Account, the Reserve Account and the Spread Account,
each of which shall be an Eligible Deposit Account.
(b)
If the depositary institution wishes to resign as depositary of any
of the Series Accounts for any reason or fails to carry out
the instructions of the Issuer for any reason, then the Issuer
shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Noteholders.
(c)
On or before the Closing Date, the Issuer shall enter into a
depositary agreement to govern the Series Accounts pursuant to
which such accounts are continuously identified in the depositary
institution’s books and records as subject to a security
interest in favor of the
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Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders
and, except as may be expressly provided herein to the contrary, in
order to perfect the security interest of the Indenture Trustee on
behalf of the Noteholders under the UCC, the Indenture Trustee on
behalf of the Noteholders shall have the power to direct
disposition of the funds in the Series Accounts without
further consent by the Issuer; provided however ,
that prior to the delivery by the Indenture Trustee on behalf of
the Noteholders of notice otherwise, the Issuer shall have the
right to direct the disposition of funds in the
Series Accounts; provided further that the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders agrees that it will
not deliver such notice or exercise its power to direct disposition
of the funds in the Series Accounts unless an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing.
(d)
The Issuer shall not close any of the Series Accounts unless
it shall have (i) received the prior consent of the Indenture
Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, (ii) established a new
Eligible Deposit Account with the depositary institution or with a
new depositary institution satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee on
behalf of the Noteholders, (iii) entered into a depositary
agreement to govern such new account(s) with such new
depositary institution which agreement is satisfactory in all
respects to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders
(whereupon such new account(s) shall become the applicable
Series Account(s) for all purposes of this Indenture
Supplement), and (iv) taken all such action as the Indenture
Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders shall reasonably require to
grant and perfect a first priority security interest in such
account(s) under this Indenture Supplement.
SECTION 4.3.
Calculations and Series Allocations .
(a)
Allocations . Finance Charge Collections, Principal
Collections and Charged-Off Receivables allocated to
Series 2009-3 pursuant to Article VIII of the
Indenture shall be allocated and distributed as set forth in this
Article. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
Section 4.3(b) , during any period when the Issuer is
permitted by Section 8.4 of the Indenture to make a
single monthly deposit to the Collection Account, amounts allocated
to the Noteholders pursuant to Section 4.3(b)
with respect to any Monthly Period need not be deposited into
the Collection Account or any Series Account prior to the
related Payment Date, and, when so deposited, (x) may be
deposited net of any amounts required to be distributed to
Transferor and, if the Originator is Servicer, any amounts owed to
the Servicer, and (y) shall be deposited into the Finance
Charge Account (in the case of Collections of Finance Charge
Receivables) and the Principal Account (in the case of Collections
of Principal Receivables (not including any Shared Principal
Collections allocated to Series 2009-3 pursuant to
Section 8.5 of the Indenture)).
(b)
Allocations to the Series 2009-3 Noteholders .
The Issuer shall on each Date of Processing, allocate to the
Series 2009-3 Noteholders the following amounts as set forth
below:
(i)
Allocations of Finance Charge Collections . The Issuer
shall allocate to the Series 2009-3 Noteholders an amount
equal to the product of (A) the Allocation Percentage and
(B) the aggregate Finance Charge Collections processed on such
Date of Processing and, subject to Section 4.15 , shall
deposit such amount into the Finance Charge Account;
provided that, with respect to each Monthly Period falling
in the Revolving Period (and with respect to that portion of each
Monthly Period in the Controlled Accumulation Period falling on or
after the day on which Collections of Principal Receivables equal
to the related Controlled Deposit Amount have been
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allocated pursuant to
Section 4.3(b)(ii) and deposited pursuant to
Section 4.3(a) ), Collections of Finance Charge
Receivables shall be transferred into the Finance Charge Account
only until such time as the aggregate amount so deposited equals
the sum (the “ Target Amount ”) of (A) the
fees payable to the Indenture Trustee, the Trustee and the
Administrator on the related Payment Date, (B) the Monthly
Interest on the related Payment Date, (C) if the Originator is
not the Servicer, the Noteholder Servicing Fee (and if the
Originator is the Servicer, then the Issuer covenants to pay
directly to the Servicer as payment of the Noteholder Servicing Fee
amounts that otherwise would have been transferred into the Finance
Charge Account pursuant to this clause (C) ), and
(D) any amount required to be deposited in the Reserve Account
and the Spread Account on the related Transfer Date;
provided further , that, notwithstanding the
preceding proviso, if on any Business Day the Issuer determines
that the Target Amount for a Monthly Period exceeds the Target
Amount for that Monthly Period as previously calculated by Issuer,
then (x) Issuer shall (on the same Business Day) inform
Transferor of such determination, and (y) within two Business
Days thereafter cause Transferor to deposit into the Finance Charge
Account funds in an amount equal to the amount of Collections of
Finance Charge Receivables allocated to the Noteholders for that
Monthly Period but not deposited into the Finance Charge Account
due to the operation of the preceding proviso (but not in excess of
the amount required so that the aggregate amount deposited for the
subject Monthly Period equals the Target Amount); and
provided , further , if on any Transfer Date the Free
Equity Amount is less than the Minimum Free Equity Amount after
giving effect to all transfers and deposits on that Transfer Date,
the Issuer shall cause Transferor, on that Transfer Date, to
deposit into the Principal Account funds in an amount equal to the
amounts of Available Finance Charge Collections that are required
to be treated as Available Principal Collections pursuant to
Section 4.4(a)(vi) and (vii) but are
not available from funds in the Finance Charge Account as a result
of the operation of the second preceding proviso.
With respect to any Monthly Period
when deposits of Collections of Finance Charge Receivables into the
Finance Charge Account are limited to deposits up to the Target
Amount in accordance with clause (i) above,
notwithstanding such limitation: (1) “ Reallocated
Principal Collections ” for the related Transfer Date
shall be calculated as if the full amount of Finance Charge
Collections allocated to the Noteholders during that Monthly Period
had been deposited in the Finance Charge Account and applied on the
related Payment Date in accordance with Section 4.4(a)
; and (2) Collections of Finance Charge Receivables released
to Transferor pursuant to clause (i) above shall be
deemed, for purposes of all calculations under this Indenture
Supplement, to have been applied to the items specified in
Section 4.4(a) to which such amounts would have
been applied (and in the priority in which they would have been
applied) had such amounts been available in the Finance Charge
Account on the related Payment Date. To avoid doubt, the
calculations referred to in the preceding clause (2)
include the calculations required by clause (b)(iv)
of the definition of Collateral Amount.
(ii)
Allocations of Principal Collections . The Issuer
shall allocate to the Series 2009-3 Noteholders the following
amounts as set forth below:
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(x)
Allocations During the Revolving Period .
(1)
During the Revolving Period an amount equal to the product of the
Allocation Percentage and the aggregate amount of Principal
Collections processed on such Date of Processing, shall be
allocated to the Series 2009-3 Noteholders and first, if any
other Principal Sharing Series is outstanding and in its
accumulation period or amortization period, retained in the
Principal Account for application, to the extent necessary, as
Shared Principal Collections to other Principal Sharing
Series on the related Payment Date, second deposited in the
Excess Funding Account to the extent necessary so that the Free
Equity Amount is not less than the Minimum Free Equity Amount and
third paid to the holders of the Transferor Interest.
(2)
With respect to each Monthly Period falling in the Revolving
Period, to the extent that Collections of Principal Receivables
allocated to the Series 2009-3 Noteholders pursuant to this
Section 4.3(b)(ii) are paid to Transferor, the
Issuer shall cause Transferor to make an amount equal to the
Reallocated Principal Collections for the related Transfer Date
available on that Transfer Date for application in accordance with
Section 4.7 .
(y)
Allocations During the Controlled Accumulation Period
. During the Controlled Accumulation Period an amount equal
to the product of the Allocation Percentage and the aggregate
amount of Principal Collections processed on such Date of
Processing (the product for any such date is hereinafter referred
to as a “ Percentage Allocation ”) shall be
allocated to the Series 2009-3 Noteholders and transferred to
the Principal Account until applied as provided herein;
provided , however, that if the sum of such
Percentage Allocation and all preceding Percentage