Exhibit 4.1
CHASE ISSUANCE
TRUST
as Issuing Entity
CLASS B(2009-4) TERMS
DOCUMENT
dated as of August 14,
2009
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
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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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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ARTICLE II
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The Class B(2009-4) 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 B(2009-4) Notes; Depository;
Denominations
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Section 2.07
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Delivery and
Payment for the Class B(2009-4) Notes
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Section 2.08
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Supplemental
Indenture
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ARTICLE III
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Restrictions on Transfer of the
Class B(2009-4) Notes
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Section 3.01
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Private
Placement of the Class B(2009-4) Notes
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Section 3.02
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Transfer of the
Class B(2009-4) Notes
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ARTICLE IV
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Miscellaneous Provision
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Section 4.01
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Amendments
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Section 4.02
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Section
3.12(b)(ii) of the Indenture Supplement
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Section 4.03
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Limitation on
Changing the Scheduled Principal Payment Date or Legal Maturity
Date
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THIS CLASS B(2009-4) TERMS DOCUMENT
(this “Terms Document”), by and between 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 collateral agent
(the “Collateral Agent”), is made and entered into as
of August 14, 2009.
Pursuant to this Terms Document, the
Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee shall create a new Tranche
of CHASEseries Class B 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;
(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 B(2009-4) Notes and no other
Tranche of CHASEseries Notes issued by the Issuing
Entity.
“ Accumulation Commencement
Date ” means October 1, 2009; provided, however,
that, if the Accumulation Period Length for the Class B(2009-4)
Notes is less than ten (10) whole calendar months, the
Accumulation Commencement Date will be the first calendar day of
the month that is the number of whole calendar months prior to such
Scheduled Principal Payment Date at least equal to the Accumulation
Period Length and, as a result, the number of Monthly Periods
during the period from the Accumulation Commencement Date to and
including the Monthly Period prior to such Scheduled Principal
Payment Date will at least equal the Accumulation Period
Length.
“ 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.
“ Bank ” means
Chase Bank USA, National Association, a national banking
association.
“ 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 B(2009-4) Adverse
Event ” means the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) an Early Amortization Event with respect to the Class
B(2009-4) Notes, (b) an Event of Default and acceleration of
the Class B(2009-4) Notes, (c) the Class B Usage of the Class
C Required Subordinated Amount for the Class B(2009-4) Notes
becomes greater than zero.
“ Class B(2009-4) Note
” means any Note, substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit A-1 to the Indenture Supplement, designated therein as a
Class B(2009-4) Note and duly executed and authenticated in
accordance with the Indenture.
“ Class B(2009-4)
Noteholder ” means a Person in whose name a Class
B(2009-4) Note is registered in the Note Register.
“ Class B(2009-4) Tax
Opinion ” means an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
Class B(2009-4) Notes will be characterized as debt for United
States federal income tax purposes.
“ Class B(2009-4)
Termination Date ” means the earliest to occur of
(a) the Principal Payment Date on which the Outstanding Dollar
Principal Amount of the Class B(2009-4) 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.
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“ Class B Required
Subordinated Amount of Class C Notes ” is defined in
Section 2.02(a).
“ Controlled Accumulation
Amount ” means $28,000,000; provided, however, if the
Accumulation Period Length is determined to be less than ten 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 B(2009-4) Notes will be the amount specified
in the definition of “Controlled Accumulation Amount”
in the Indenture Supplement.
“ Eligible Purchaser
” means a corporation, partnership or other entity which can
make the representations set forth in Section 3.02(b) or
(c) hereof, as applicable, and that is either (x) a QIB,
or in the case of an initial Transfer by the Bank only, an
“Accredited Investor” within the meaning of Rule
501(a)(1)(2)(3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities
Act or (y) a Non-U.S. Person (as defined in Regulation S under
the Securities Act) in an offshore transaction in compliance with
Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities
Act.
“ Exempt Transaction
” means a Transfer to an Eligible Purchaser in a transaction
exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and
applicable state securities or “blue sky”
laws.
“ 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 $280,000,000.
“ Interest Payment Date
” means September 15, 2009 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 14, 2009.
“ Legal Maturity Date
” means August 15, 2012.
“ 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 12, 2009 for the period
from and including the Issuance Date through but excluding
September 15, 2009 and (2) for each interest
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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 2.66% in excess of LIBOR as
determined by the Calculation Agent on the related LIBOR
Determination Date with respect to each Interest Period.
“ Paying Agent ”
means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.
“ Predecessor Note
” means, with respect to any particular Note, every previous
Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced
by such particular Note; and, for the purpose of this definition,
any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 of the
Indenture in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note
shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost,
destroyed or stolen Note.
“ QIB ” means a
“qualified institutional buyer,” as defined in Rule
144A under the Securities Act.
“ Record Date ”
means, for any Note Transfer Date, the last Business Day of the
preceding Monthly Period.
“ Reference Banks
” means four major banks in the London interbank market
selected by the Beneficiary.
“ Reuters Screen LIBOR01
Page ” means the display page so designated on the
Reuters Monitor Money Rates (or such other page as may replace that
page on that service, or such other service as may be nominated as
the information vendor, for the purposes of displaying rates
comparable to LIBOR).
“ Scheduled Principal
Payment Date ” means August 16, 2010.
“ Stated Principal
Amount ” means $280,000,000.
“ Targeted Holders
” means each holder of a right to receive interest or
principal with respect to any interest in the Issuing Entity with
respect to which a Class B(2009-4) Tax Opinion has not been
rendered; provided, however, that any Person holding more than one
right or interest each of which would cause such Person to be a
Targeted Holder shall be treated as a single Targeted
Holder.
“ Transfer ”
means a sale, conveyance, assignment, hypothecation, pledge,
participation, or other form of transfer of any Class B(2009-4)
Note.
Section 1.02 Governing Law .
THIS TERMS DOCUMENT WILL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND
GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REFERENCE TO
ITS CONFLICT OF LAW
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PROVISIONS AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 1.03 Counterparts .
This Terms Document may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which so executed will be deemed to be an original, but all
such counterparts will together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
Section 1.04 Ratification of
Indenture and Indenture Supplement . As supplemented by this
Terms Document, each of the Indenture, the Asset Pool Supplement
and the Indenture Supplement is in all respects ratified and
confirmed and the Indenture as so supplemented by the Asset Pool
Supplement and the Indenture Supplement as so supplemented by this
Terms Document shall be read, taken and construed as one and the
same instrument.
[END OF ARTICLE I]
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ARTICLE II
THE CLASS B(2009-4)
NOTES
Section 2.01 Creation and
Designation . There is hereby created a Tranche of CHASEseries
Class B Notes to be issued pursuant to the Indenture and the
Indenture Supplement to be known as the “CHASEseries Class
B(2009-4) Notes.”
Section 2.02 Specification of
Required Subordinated Amount and Other Terms . For the Class
B(2009-4) Notes, for any date of determination, the Class B
Required Subordinated Amount of Class C Notes will be an amount
equal to:
(a) for any date of determination
prior to the occurrence of a Class B(2009-4) Adverse Event, the
product of
(i) the sum of
(1) a fraction (x) the
numerator of which is equal to the sum of the Class A Required
Subordinated Amount of Class C Notes on such date of determination
for all outstanding Tranches of CHASEseries Class A Notes for
which the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B
Notes on such date of determination is greater than zero and
(y) the denominator of which is equal to the Adjusted
Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount on such date of determination
of all outstanding CHASEseries Class B Notes (including the Class
B(2009-4) Notes), and
(2) the product of (x) 7.52688%
and (y) a fraction (A) the numerator of which is equal to
(1) the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount on such
date of determination of all outstanding CHASEseries Class B Notes
(including the Class B(2009-4) Notes) minus (2) the
Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B Notes on such
date of determination for all outstanding Tranches of CHASEseries
Class A Notes for which the Class A Required Subordinated
Amount of Class B Notes is greater than zero; provided ,
however , that such numerator shall not be less than zero
and (B) the denominator of which is equal to the Adjusted
Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount on such date of determination
of all outstanding CHASEseries Class B Notes (including the Class
B(2009-4) Notes), and
(ii) the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar
Principal Amount on such date of determination of the Class
B(2009-4) Notes; and
(b) for any date of determination on
and after the date on which a Class B(2009-4) Adverse Event shall
have occurred, the greater of (1) the amount determined in
subsection 2.02(a) for such date of determination and (2) the
amount determined in subsection 2.02(a) for the date immediately
prior to the date on which such Class B(2009-4) Adverse Event shall
have occurred.
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(c) The Issuing Entity may change
the percentage set forth in subsection 2.02(a)(i)(2)(x), above, or
the formula set forth in clause (a) above, without the consent
of any Noteholder so long as the Issuing Entity has
(i) received written confirmation from each Note Rating Agency
that has rated any Outstanding Notes that the change in either of
such percentages or formulas, as applicable, will not result in a
Ratings Effect with respect to any Outstanding Notes and
(ii) delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Note Rating
Agencies a Master Trust Tax Opinion and an Issuing Entity Tax
Opinion.
Section 2.03 Interest Payment
. (a) For each Interest Payment Date, the amount of interest
due with respect to the Class B(2009-4) Notes shall be an amount
equal to the product of (i)(A) a fraction, the numerator of which
is the actual number of days in the related Interest Period and the
denominator of which is 360, times (B) the Note
Interest Rate in effect with respect to the related Interest
Period, times (ii) the Outstanding Dollar Principal
Amount of the Class B(2009-4) Notes determined as of the close of
business on the Interest Payment Date preceding the related Note
Transfer Date for the Class B(2009-4) Notes; provided, however,
that for the first Interest Payment Date, the amount of interest
due with respect to the Class B(2009-4) Notes shall be an amount
equal to the product of (x) the Outstanding Dollar Principal
Amount of the Class B(2009-4) Notes on the Issuance Date,
(y) 32 divided by 360 and (z) the Note Interest Rate in
effect with respect to the Class B(2009-4) Notes determined on
August 12, 2009. Interest on the Class B(2009-4) Notes will be
calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a
360-day year.
(b) Pursuant to Section 3.03 of
the Indenture Supplement, on each Note Transfer Date with respect
to the Class B(2009-4) Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall deposit
into the Class B(2009-4) Interest Funding Sub-Account the portion
of CHASEseries Available Finance Charge Collections allocable to
the Class B(2009-4) Notes.
Section 2.04 Calculation Agent;
Determination of LIBOR .
(a) The Issuing Entity hereby agrees
that for so long as any Class B(2009-4) Notes are Outstanding,
there shall at all times be an agent appointed to calculate LIBOR
for each Interest Period (the “Calculation Agent”). The
Issuing Entity hereby initially appoints the Indenture Trustee as
the Calculation Agent for purposes of determining LIBOR for each
Interest Period. The Calculation Agent may be removed by the
Issuing Entity at any time. If the Calculation Agent is unable or
unwilling to act as such or is removed by the Issuing Entity, or if
the Calculation Agent fails to determine LIBOR for an Interest
Period, the Issuing Entity shall promptly appoint a replacement
Calculation Agent that does not control or is not controlled by or
under common control with the Issuing Entity or its Affiliates. The
Calculation Agent may not resign its duties, and the Issuing Entity
may not remove the Calculation Agent, without a successor having
been duly appointed.
(b) On each LIBOR Determination
Date, the Calculation Agent shall determine LIBOR on the basis of
the rate for deposits in United States dollars for a one-month
period which appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page or on such
comparable system as is customarily used to quote LIBOR as of 11:00
a.m., London time, on such date. If such rate does not appear on
Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page or on a comparable system as is
customarily used to quote LIBOR the rate for that LIBOR
Determination Date shall be determined on the basis of
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the rates at which deposits in
United States dollars are offered by the Reference Banks at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on that day to prime banks
in the London interbank market for a one-month period. The
Calculation Agent shall request the principal London office of each
of the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at
least two such quotations are provided, the rate for that LIBOR
Determination Date shall be the arithmetic mean of the quotations.
If fewer than two quotations are provided as requested, the rate
for that LIBOR Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of
the rates quoted by major banks in New York City, selected by the
Beneficiary, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on
that day for loans in United States dollars to leading European
banks for a one-month period.
(c) The Note Interest Rate
applicable to the then current and the immediately preceding
Interest Periods may be obtained by telephoning the Indenture
Trustee at its corporate trust office at (612) 667-8058 or
such other telephone number as shall be designated by the Indenture
Trustee for such purpose by prior written notice by the Indenture
Trustee to each Noteholder from time to time.
(d) On each LIBOR Determination
Date, the Calculation Agent shall send to the Indenture Trustee and
the Beneficiary, via email or by facsimile transmission,
notification of LIBOR for the following Interest Period.
Section 2.05 Payments of Interest
and Principal .
(a) Any installment of interest or
principal payable on any Class B(2009-4) Note which is punctually
paid or duly provided for by the Issuing Entity and the Indenture
Trustee on the applicable Interest Payment Date or Principal
Payment Date shall be paid by the Paying Agent to the Person in
whose name such Class B(2009-4) Note (or one or more Predecessor
Notes) is registered on the Record Date, by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to such Person’s account as has
been designated by written instructions received by the Paying
Agent from such Person not later than the close of business on the
third Business Day preceding the date of payment or, if no such
account has been so designated, by check mailed first-class,
postage prepaid to such Person’s address as it appears on the
Note Register on such Record Date, except that with respect to
Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of
Cede & Co., payment shall be made by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account designated by such
nominee.
(b) The right of the Class B(2009-4)
Noteholders to receive payments from the Issuing Entity will
terminate on the first Business Day following the Class B(2009-4)
Termination Date.
Section 2.06 Form of Delivery of
Class B(2009-4) Notes; Depository; Denominations .
(a) The Class B(2009-4) Notes,
together with the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of
authentication, shall be in substantially the form set forth in
Exhibit A. The terms of Class B(2009-4) Notes set forth in Exhibit
A are part of the terms of this Terms Document.
(b) The Class B(2009-4) Notes shall
initially be issued in definitive, fully registered, certificated
form and shall initially be retained by and registered in the name
of
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the Bank. In the event any Class
B(2009-4) Note is Transferred in an Exempt Transaction, such Class
B(2009-4) Note may be issued either in the form of a global
Registered Note as provided in Sections 2.02 and 3.01(i) of the
Indenture, respectively, or in definitive, fully registered,
certificated form, as applicable, and shall initially be registered
in the name of the beneficial owner as listed in the Note Register.
If, however, any Class B(2009-4) Note is Transferred pursuant to an
effective registration under the Securities Act and applicable
state securities or “blue sky” laws, such Class
B(2009-4) Note shall be issued in the form of a global Registered
Note as provided in Sections 2.02 and 3.01(i) of the Indenture,
respectively. The Depository for any Class B(2009-4) Notes issued
as global Registered Notes shall be The Depository Trust Company,
with each such Class B(2009-4) Note being registered in the name of
Cede & Co., its nominee.
(c) The Class B(2009-4) Notes
(i) initially issued to and retained by the Bank and any Class
B(2009-4) Notes Transferred in an Exempt Transaction will be issued
in minimum denominations of $250,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess of that amount and (ii) Transferred pursuant
to an effective registration statement will be issued in minimum
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of that
amount.
Section 2.07 Delivery and Payment
for the Class B(2009-4) Notes . The Issuing Entity shall
execute and deliver the Class B(2009-4) Notes to the Indenture
Trustee for authentication, and the Indenture Trustee shall deliver
the Class B(2009-4) Notes when authenticated, each in accordance
with Section 3.03 of the Indenture.
Section 2.08 Supplemental
Indenture . The Issuing Entity may enter into a supplemental
indenture with respect to the Class B(2009-4) Notes as provided in
Section 9.01 of the Indenture; provided ,
however , that any supplemental indenture which provides for
an additional or alternative form of credit enhancement for the
Class B(2009-4) Notes shall, in addition to the requirements set
forth in Section 9.01 of the Indenture, require confirmation
from the Note Rating Agencies that have rated any Outstanding Notes
of the CHASEseries that such change in credit enhancement will not
result in a Ratings Effect with respect to any Outstanding Notes of
the CHASEseries.
[END OF ARTICLE II]
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ARTICLE III
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF
THE CLASS B(2009-4) NOTES
Section 3.01 Private Placement of
the Class B(2009-4) Notes .
(a) The Class B(2009-4) Notes have
not been registered under the Securities Act, or any state
securities or blue sky law. No Transfer of any Class B(2009-4) Note
shall be made except either (i) pursuant to an effective
registration under the Securities Act and applicable state
securities or “blue sky” laws or (ii) in an Exempt
Transaction. The Class B(2009-4) Notes initially purchased by the
Bank and any Class B(2009-4) Notes Transferred in an Exempt
Transaction shall bear a legend to the effect set forth in
subsection (b) below. None of the Issuing Entity, the Transfer
Agent and Note Registrar, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee is obligated to register the Class B(2009-4) Notes under
the Securities Act or any other securities or “blue
sky” law or to take any other action not otherwise required
under this Terms Document, the Indenture, the Indenture Supplement,
the Asset Pool Supplement or the Transfer and Servicing Agreement
to permit the Transfer of Class B(2009-4) Notes without
registration or as described above; provided however that in
connection with any Transfer of a Class B(2009-4) Note, the Bank
may, in its sole discretion, register the Class B(2009-4) Notes
under the Securities Act or any other securities or “blue
sky” law.
(b) Each Class B(2009-4) Note
(i) initially issued to the Bank or (ii) Transferred in
an Exempt Transaction shall bear a restrictive legend to the
following effect:
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT
BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW. THE
HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS NOTE, AGREES THAT THIS NOTE, OR
ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN, MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD,
PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF ANY STATE BLUE
SKY OR SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM
SUCH PROVISIONS.
Section 3.02 Transfer of the
Class B(2009-4) Notes .
(a) Transfer of the Class
B(2009-4) Notes Pursuant to an Effective Registration under the
Securities Act with a Class B(2009-4) Tax Opinion . If, at the
time of any proposed Transfer of the Class B(2009-4) Notes by the
Bank, as initial holder of the Class B(2009-4) Notes, the Class
B(2009-4) Notes have been registered under the Securities Act and a
Class B(2009-4) Tax Opinion is rendered, then the proposed Transfer
will not be subject to any additional restrictions with respect to
such Transfer or its proposed transferee. With respect to any such
Transfer, the Class B(2009-4) Note shall be transferred for a
global Registered Note which shall bear a legend to the following
effect:
UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW
YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUING ENTITY OR ITS
AGENT FOR
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REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,
AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.
THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS
ACCEPTANCE HEREOF COVENANTS AND AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT AT ANY TIME
INSTITUTE AGAINST THE CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST, THE FIRST USA CREDIT
CARD MASTER TRUST OR THE CHASE CREDIT CARD MASTER TRUST, OR JOIN IN
ANY INSTITUTION AGAINST THE CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST, THE FIRST USA
CREDIT CARD MASTER TRUST OR THE CHASE CREDIT CARD MASTER TRUST, IN,
ANY BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS UNDER ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE
BANKRUPTCY OR SIMILAR LAW IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OBLIGATIONS
RELATING TO THE NOTES OR THE INDENTURE.
THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE, BY
ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOTE, AND EACH HOLDER OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST
IN THIS NOTE, BY THE ACQUISITION OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST THEREIN,
AGREE TO TREAT THE NOTES AS INDEBTEDNESS OF CHASE BANK USA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL
INCOME AND FRANCHISE TAX LAW AND FOR PURPOSES OF ANY OTHER TAX
IMPOSED ON OR MEASURED BY INCOME.
(b) Transfer of the Class
B(2009-4) Notes in an Exempt Transaction with a Class B(2009-4) Tax
Opinion . If, at the time of any proposed Transfer of the Class
B(2009-4) Notes in an Exempt Transaction, a Class B(2009-4) Tax
Opinion is rendered, then such Transfer shall be made in compliance
with the restrictions set forth in this subsection 3.02(b)
(including the applicable legends to be set forth on the face of
the Class B(2009-4) Notes as provided in Exhibit A) (1) to a
Person (A)(x) who the Issuing Entity reasonably believes is a QIB
or (y) only in connection with an initial Transfer by the Bank
of Class B(2009-4) Notes, who is an “Accredited
Investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1)(2)(3) or (7) of
Regulation D (“Regulation D”) under the Securities Act,
and (B) that is aware that the resale or other transfer is
being made in reliance on Rule 144A or (2) in an offshore
transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S
(“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act. Each
Eligible Purchaser who becomes a Holder of a Class B(2009-4) Note
in connection with an Exempt Transaction, by its acceptance of such
Class B(2009-4) Note, will, in the case of a global Registered
Note, be deemed to have acknowledged, represented to and agreed
with the Issuing Entity and the Bank (and in the case of a
certificated Class B(2009-4) note will be required to provide a
certificate acknowledging, representing to and agreeing with the
Issuing Entity and the Bank) as follows:
(i) It understands and acknowledges
that the Class B(2009-4) Notes may only be Transferred (A) in
the United States to QIBs pursuant to Rule 144A, or
(B) outside the United States pursuant to Regulation
S.
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(ii) It understands that the Class
B(2009-4) Notes have not been and will not be registered under the
Securities Act or any state or other applicable securities law and
that the Class B(2009-4) Notes, or any interest or participation
therein, may not be Transferred unless registered pursuant to, or
exempt from registration under, the Securities Act and any other
applicable securities law.
(iii) It has had access to such
financial and other information concerning the Issuing Entity, the
Bank and the Class B(2009-4) Notes as it has deemed necessary in
connection with its decision to purchase the Class B(2009-4)
Notes.
(iv) It acknowledges that the Class
B(2009-4) Notes will bear legends to the following effect unless
the Issuing Entity determines otherwise, consistent with applicable
law:
“THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN AND
WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW.
THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS NOTE, AGREES THAT THIS NOTE,
OR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN, MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD,
PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF ANY STATE BLUE
SKY OR SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM
SUCH PROVISIONS AND ONLY (1) TO THE ISSUING ENTITY,
(2) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT TO A PERSON
THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (A
“QIB”) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR A QIB
PURCHASING 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, (3) IN THE CASE OF
INITIAL TRANSFERS ONLY, PURSUANT TO SECTION 4(2) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS
AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1)(2)(3)
or (7) OF REGULATION D (“REGULATION D”) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR”) PURCHASING
FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR PURCHASING FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN
EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS
BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 501(a)(1)(2)(3) or (7) OF
REGULATION D OR (4) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE
WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
EACH NOTE OWNER BY ACCEPTING A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THIS NOTE
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (2) ABOVE, IS DEEMED TO REPRESENT THAT IT
IS EITHER A QIB PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR A QIB PURCHASING
FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QIB.
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THIS NOTE IS SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL
RESTRICTIONS ON RESALE OR TRANSFER SET FORTH IN THE CLASS B(2009-4)
TERMS DOCUMENT (AS HEREINAFTER DEFINED).
PRIOR TO PURCHASING ANY NOTES,
PURCHASERS SHOULD CONSULT COUNSEL WITH RESPECT TO THE AVAILABILITY
AND CONDITIONS OF EXEMPTION FROM THE RESTRICTION ON RESALE OR
TRANSFER. THE ISSUING ENTITY HAS NOT AGREED TO REGISTER THE NOTES
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO QUALIFY THE NOTES UNDER THE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY STATE OR TO PROVIDE REGISTRATION RIGHTS TO ANY
PURCHASER.
AS SET FORTH HEREIN, THE OUTSTANDING
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE
AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.”
(v) If it is acquiring any Class
B(2009-4) Note, or any interest or participation therein, as a
fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, it represents
that it has sole investment discretion with respect to such account
and that it has full power to make the acknowledgements,
representations and agreements contained herein on behalf of each
such account.
(vi) It (A)(x) is a QIB, (y) is
aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A
and if it is acquiring such Class B(2009-4) Notes or any interest
or participation therein for the account of another QIB, such QIB
is aware that the sale is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and
(z) is acquiring such Class B(2009-4) Notes or any interest or
participation therein for its own account or for th