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EXHIBIT 99.3
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
AMONG
CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES ASSET TRUST 2006-2,
ISSUING ENTITY,
GMAC LLC,
ADMINISTRATOR
AND
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
INDENTURE TRUSTEE
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 14, 2006
ADMINISTRATION
AGREEMENT, dated as of December 14, 2006, among CAPITAL AUTO RECEIVABLES
ASSET TRUST 2006-2, a Delaware statutory trust, as issuer (the “Issuing
Entity”), GMAC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as
administrator (the “Administrator”), and THE BANK OF NEW
YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association organized under the
laws of the United States of America, not in its individual capacity but solely
as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS,
the Issuing Entity is issuing Notes pursuant to an indenture, dated as of
December 14, 2006 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”),
between the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee;
WHEREAS,
the Issuing Entity has entered into (or assumed) certain agreements in
connection with the issuance of the Notes and the Certificates, including
(a) the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, (b) the Note Depository
Agreement, (c) the Indenture and (d) the Swap Counterparty Rights
Agreement;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Basic Documents, the Issuing Entity and Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Delaware, as Owner Trustee, are required to perform certain duties in
connection with (a) the Notes and the Collateral and (b) the Certificates;
WHEREAS,
the Issuing Entity and the Owner Trustee desire to have the Administrator
perform certain of the duties of the Issuing Entity and the Owner Trustee
referred to in the preceding clause, and to provide such additional services
consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Basic Documents as the
Issuing Entity and the Owner Trustee may from time to time request;
WHEREAS,
the Administrator has the capacity to provide the services required hereby and
is willing to perform such services for the Issuing Entity and the Owner
Trustee on the terms set forth herein;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein
contained, the parties agree as follows:
1. Certain
Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall
have the respective meanings assigned to them in Part I of Appendix A
to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement of even date herewith among the
Issuing Entity, the Seller and GMAC, as Servicer (as it may be amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement”). All references herein to the “Agreement”
or “this Agreement” are to this Administration Agreement as
it may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. All references
herein to Sections are to sections of this Agreement unless otherwise
specified. The rules of construction set forth in Part II of Appendix A
to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement shall be applicable to this
Agreement.
2. Duties
of the Administrator.
(a) Duties
with Respect to the Note Depository Agreement and the Indenture.
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(i) The
Administrator agrees to perform all its duties as Administrator and the duties
of the Issuing Entity under the Indenture, the Swap Counterparty Rights
Agreement and the Note Depository Agreement. In addition, the Administrator
shall consult with the Owner Trustee regarding the duties of the Issuing Entity
under the Indenture, the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement and the Note
Depository Agreement. The Administrator shall monitor the performance of the
Issuing Entity and shall advise the Owner Trustee when action is necessary to
comply with the Issuing Entity’s duties under the Indenture, the Swap
Counterparty Rights Agreement and the Note Depository Agreement. The
Administrator shall prepare for execution by the Issuing Entity or shall cause
the preparation by other appropriate persons of all such documents, reports,
filings, instruments, certificates, notices and opinions as it shall be the
duty of the Issuing Entity to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the
Indenture, the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement and the Note Depository
Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Administrator shall take all
appropriate action that it is the duty of the Issuing Entity to take pursuant
to the Indenture and the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement, including such of
the foregoing as are required with respect to the following matters under the
Indenture (references are to sections of the Indenture and the Swap
Counterparty Rights Agreement, as applicable):
(A) the
preparation of or obtaining of the documents and instruments required for
authentication of the Notes and delivery of such documents or instruments to
the Indenture Trustee (Section 2.2 of the Indenture);
(B) the
duty to cause the Note Register to be kept and to give the Indenture Trustee
notice of any appointment of a new Note Registrar and the location, or change
in location, of the Note Register (Section 2.4 of the Indenture);
(C) the
notification of the Noteholders of the final principal payment on their Notes (Section 2.7(d)
of the Indenture);
(D) the
preparation, obtaining or filing of the instruments, opinions and certificates
and other documents required for the release of Collateral (Section 2.9
of the Indenture);
(E) the
preparation of Definitive Notes and arranging the delivery thereof (Section
2.12 of the Indenture);
(F) the
maintenance of an office in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, for
registration of transfer or exchange of Notes (Section 3.2 of the
Indenture);
(G) the
duty to cause newly appointed Paying Agents, if any, to deliver to the
Indenture Trustee the instrument specified in the Indenture regarding funds
held in trust (Section 3.3(c) of the Indenture);
(H) the
direction to the Indenture Trustee to deposit monies with Paying Agents, if
any, other than the Indenture Trustee (Section 3.3(c) of the
Indenture);
(I) the
obtaining and preservation of the Issuing Entity’s qualification to do
business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary
to protect
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the validity and
enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other
instrument and agreement included in the Trust Estate (Section 3.4
of the Indenture);
(J) the
preparation and filing of all supplements, amendments, financing statements,
continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other
instruments, in accordance with Section 3.5 of the Indenture,
necessary to protect the Trust Estate (Section 3.5 of the
Indenture);
(K) the
delivery of the Opinion of Counsel on the Closing Date, in accordance with Section
3.6(a) of the Indenture, the delivery of the Opinion of Counsel on or
before March 15 in each calendar year, beginning March 15, 2007
regarding maintenance of security liens and security interests in accordance
with Section 3.6(b) of the Indenture, each of which relates to the
Trust Estate, and the annual delivery of the Officers’ Certificate and
certain other statements, in accordance with Section 3.9 of the
Indenture, as to compliance with the Indenture (Sections 3.6(a), 3.6(b)
and 3.9 of the Indenture);
(L) the
identification to the Indenture Trustee in an Officers’ Certificate of a
Person with whom the Issuing Entity has contracted to perform its duties under
the Indenture (Section 3.7(b) of the Indenture);
(M) the
notification of the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies of a Servicer
Default pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement and, if such Servicer Default arises from the failure of
the Servicer to perform any of its duties under the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the taking of all reasonable steps available to remedy such failure
(Section 3.7(d) of the Indenture);
(N) the
preparation and obtaining of documents and instruments required for the release
of the Issuing Entity from its obligations under the Indenture (Sections 3.10
and 3.11 of the Indenture);
(O) the
delivery of notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies of each
Event of Default under the Indenture, each Servicer Default, each default by
the Seller under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and each default by
GMAC under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Section 3.19 of the
Indenture);
(P) the
monitoring of the Issuing Entity’s obligations as to the satisfaction and
discharge of the Indenture and the preparation and delivery of an Officers’
Certificate, and the obtaining of the Opinion of Counsel and an Independent Certificate
relating thereto (Section 4.1 of the Indenture);
(Q) the
compliance with any written directive of the Indenture Trustee with respect to
the sale of the Trust Estate in a commercially reasonable manner if an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing (Section 5.4 of the
Indenture);
(R) the
preparation and delivery of notice to the Noteholders and the Swap Counterparty
of the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a
successor Indenture Trustee (Section 6.8 of the Indenture);
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(S) the
preparation of any written instruments required to confirm more fully the
authority of any co-trustee or separate trustee and any written instruments necessary
in connection with the resignation or removal of any co-trustee or separate
trustee (Section 6.10 of the Indenture);
(T) the
furnishing of the Indenture Trustee with the names and addresses of the
Noteholders during any period when the Indenture Trustee is not the Note
Registrar (Section 7.1 of the Indenture);
(U) the
preparation, the execution on behalf of the Issuing Entity and the filing with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, any applicable state agencies and the
Indenture Trustee of documents required to be filed on a periodic basis with,
and summaries thereof as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed
by, the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable state agencies
and the transmission of such summaries, as necessary, to the Noteholders (Section 7.3
of the Indenture);
(V) the
opening of one or more accounts in the Issuing Entity’s name, the
preparation of Issuer Orders and Opinions of Counsel and all other actions necessary
with respect to investment and reinvestment of funds in the Designated Accounts
(Sections 8.2 and 8.3 of the Indenture);
(W) the
preparation of an Issuer Request and Officer’s Certificate and the
obtaining of an Opinion of Counsel, a Materiality Opinion and Independent
Certificates, if necessary, for the release of the Trust Estate as defined in
the Indenture (Sections 8.4 and 8.5 of the Indenture);
(X) the
preparation of Issuer Orders and the obtaining of Opinions of Counsel with
respect to the execution of supplemental indentures and the mailing to the
Noteholders of notices with respect to such supplemental indentures (Sections 9.1,
9.2 and 9.3 of the Indenture);
(Y) the
execution and delivery of new Notes conforming to any supplemental indenture (Section 9.6
of the Indenture);
(Z) the
notification of the Noteholders and the Rating Agencies of redemption of the
Notes or the duty to cause the Indenture Trustee to provide such notification (Sections 10.1
and 10.2 of the Indenture);
(AA) the
preparation of all Officer’s Certificates, Opinions of Counsel and
Independent Certificates with respect to any requests by the Issuing Entity to
the Indenture Trustee to take any action under the Indenture and delivery
thereof to the Indenture Trustee (Section 11.1(a) of the Indenture);
(BB) the
preparation and delivery of Officers’ Certificates and the obtaining of
Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of property from the
lien of the Indenture (Section 11.1(b) of the Indenture);
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(CC) the
notification of the Rating Agencies upon the failure of the Indenture Trustee
to give such notification, of the information required pursuant to Section 11.4
(Section 11.4 of the Indenture);
(DD) the
preparation and delivery to the Noteholders, the Indenture Trustee or any
Paying Agent of any agreements with any Holder of a Note with respect to alternate
payment and notice provisions (Section 11.6 of the Indenture);
(EE) the
recording of the Indenture, if applicable (Section 11.15 of the
Indenture);
(FF) the
delivery to the Indenture Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Issuing Entity, each stating that any
consolidation or merger of the Issuing Entity and related supplemental
indenture shall have no material adverse tax consequence to the Swap
Counterparty, as required pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of the Swap
Counterparty Rights Agreement;
(GG) the
delivery to the Indenture Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Issuing Entity, each stating that any sale,
conveyance, exchange, transfer or disposition of property or assets of the Issuing
Entity and related supplemental indenture shall have no material adverse tax
consequence to the Swap Counterparty, as required pursuant to Section 2.01(b)
of the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement;
(HH) the
delivery of a copy to the Swap Counterparty of any notice it shall deliver
pursuant to Section 3.7(d) of the Indenture in respect of the
occurrence of a Servicer Default under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement (Section 4.02(b)
of the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement);
(II) the
delivery of prompt written notice to the Swap Counterparty of each Event of
Default under the Indenture, each Servicer Default, each default on the part of
the Seller of its obligations under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and
each default on the part of GMAC of its obligations under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement (Section 4.02(c) of the Swap Counterparty
Rights Agreement);
(JJ) the
delivery to the Swap Counterparty, within five (5) Business Days after
learning of the occurrence thereof, of a copy of the written notice in the form
of an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Indenture Trustee, of any
event which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would become an
Event of Default under Section 5.1(d) of the Indenture, its status
and what action the Issuing Entity is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto (Section 4.02(d) of the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement);
(KK) the
delivery of written notice to the Swap Counterparty at least sixty
(60) days prior to the removal of the Administrator without cause pursuant
to Section 10(d) of this Agreement (Section 4.10(a) of
the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement);
(LL) the
delivery to the Swap Counterparty of a copy of any written notice from the
Issuing Entity to the Administrator effecting the immediate removal of the
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Administrator pursuant to Section 10(d)
of this Agreement (Section 4.10(b) of the Swap Counterparty Rights
Agreement);
(MM) the
prompt transmittal to the Swap Counterparty of any notice received by the
Issuing Entity from the Noteholders to the Swap Counterparty (Section 4.12
of the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement);
(NN) the
delivery to the Swap Counterparty of summaries of any information, documents or
reports required to be filed by the Issuing Entity pursuant to Sections 7.3(a)(i)
and 7.3(a)(ii) of the Indenture;
(OO) the
delivery to the Swap Counterparty of a copy of the Annual Statement of Compliance
required by Section 3.9 of the Indenture (Section 4.13(c)
of the Swap Counterparty Rights Agreement); and
(ii) For
so long as GMAC is both the Administrator and the Servicer, the Administrator
will perform those payment and indemnity obligations of the Servicer under Section 3.01
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and Section 6.01 of the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement in the event that the Servicer fails to
perform such obligations.
(b) Additional
Duties.
(i) In addition to the duties of the Administrator set forth above, the Administrator shall perform all the duties of the Issuing Entity under the other Basic Documents, including making all calculations and shall prepare for execution by the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates, notices and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Basic Documents, and at the request of the Owner Trustee shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty of the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee to take pursuant to the Basic Documents. Subject to Section 7 of this Agreement, and in accordance with the directions of the Owner Trustee, the Administrator shall administer, perform or supervise the performance of such other activities in connection with the Collateral (including the Basic Documents) as are not covered by any of the foregoing provis






