Exhibit 4.5
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
among
NISSAN
AUTO RECEIVABLES 2008-B OWNER TRUST,
as Issuer
NISSAN
MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION,
as Administrator
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Indenture Trustee
and
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Owner Trustee
Dated
as of June 19, 2008
(Nissan 2008-B Administration Agreement)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR |
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RECORDS |
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COMPENSATION |
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE
FURNISHED TO THE ISSUER |
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INDEPENDENCE OF THE
ADMINISTRATOR |
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NO JOINT VENTURE |
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OTHER ACTIVITIES OF
ADMINISTRATOR |
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TERM OF AGREEMENT; RESIGNATION AND
REMOVAL OF ADMINISTRATOR |
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ACTION UPON TERMINATION, RESIGNATION
OR REMOVAL |
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NOTICES |
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AMENDMENTS |
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SUCCESSOR AND ASSIGNS |
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GOVERNING LAW |
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NO PETITION |
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HEADINGS |
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COUNTERPARTS |
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SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS |
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NOT APPLICABLE TO NMAC IN OTHER
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LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF OWNER
TRUSTEE AND INDENTURE TRUSTEE |
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(Nissan 2008-B Administration Agreement)
This ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated
as of June 19, 2008 (this “Agreement”), among
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES 2008-B OWNER TRUST, a Delaware statutory
trust (the “Issuer”), NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE
CORPORATION, a California corporation, as administrator (the
“Administrator”), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee (as defined below), and
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation, not in
its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee (as defined
below).
W I T
N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, beneficial ownership
interests in the Issuer represented by the Nissan Auto Receivables
2008-B Owner Trust Asset Backed Certificates (the
“Certificates”) have been issued in connection with the
formation of the Issuer pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2008 (the “Trust
Agreement”), between Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II
(“NARC II”), a Delaware corporation, as depositor, and
Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee (the “Owner
Trustee”) to the owners thereof (the
“Owners”);
WHEREAS, the Issuer is issuing the
Nissan Auto Receivables 2008-B Owner Trust 2.7858% Asset Backed
Notes, Class A-1, the Nissan Auto Receivables 2008-B Owner
Trust 3.80% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2, the Nissan Auto
Receivables 2008-B Owner Trust 4.46% Asset Backed Notes,
Class A-3 and the Nissan Auto Receivables 2008-B Owner Trust
5.05% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4 (collectively, the
“Notes”) pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of
June 19, 2008, (as amended and supplemented from time to time,
the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture
Trustee”); capitalized terms used herein and not defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture,
the Trust Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as
of June 19, 2008, among the Issuer, Nissan Motor Acceptance
Corporation (“NMAC”), as servicer, and NARC II, as
seller (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), as the
case may be;
WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into
certain agreements in connection with the issuance of the
Certificates and the Notes, including the Purchase Agreement, dated
as of June 19, 2008 (the “Purchase Agreement”),
between NMAC, as seller, and NARC II, as purchaser, the Trust
Agreement, the Indenture, this Agreement, the Securities Account
Control Agreement, the Yield Supplement Agreement, the Note
Depository Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement
(collectively, the “Basic Documents”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Basic
Documents, the Issuer is required to perform certain duties in
connection with the Certificates, the Notes and the
Collateral;
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to
appoint NMAC as administrator to perform certain of the duties of
the Issuer under the Basic Documents and to provide such additional
services consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Basic
Documents as the Issuer may from time to time request; and
WHEREAS, the Administrator has the
capacity to provide the services required hereby and is willing to
perform such services for the Issuer on the terms set forth
herein;
(Nissan 2008-B Administration Agreement)
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the mutual covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. DUTIES OF THE
ADMINISTRATOR .
(a) Duties with respect to the
Note Depository Agreement and the Indenture .
(i) The Administrator agrees to
perform all its duties as Administrator under the Basic Documents
and the duties of the Issuer under the Note Depository Agreement
and the Indenture. In addition, the Administrator shall consult
with the Owner Trustee regarding the duties of the Issuer under the
Indenture and the Note Depository Agreement. The Administrator
shall monitor the performance of the Issuer and shall advise the
Owner Trustee when action by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee is
necessary to comply with the Issuer’s duties under the
Indenture and the Note Depository Agreement. The Administrator
shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or shall cause the
preparation by other appropriate persons of all such documents,
reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it
shall be the duty of the Issuer to prepare, file or deliver
pursuant to the Indenture and the Note Depository Agreement. In
furtherance of the foregoing, the Administrator shall take all
appropriate action that is the duty of the Issuer to take pursuant
to the Indenture including, without limitation, such of the
foregoing as are required with respect to the following matters
under the Indenture (references are to sections of the
Indenture):
(A) preparing or obtaining the
documents and instruments required for the proper authentication of
Notes and delivering the same to the Indenture Trustee
(Section 2.02);
(B) appointing the Note Registrar and
giving the Indenture Trustee notice of any appointment of a new
Note Registrar and the location, or change in location, of the Note
Register (Section 2.04);
(C) preparing the notification to
Noteholders of the final principal payment on their Notes
(Section 2.07(b));
(D) preparing, obtaining and/or
filing of all instruments, opinions and certificates and other
documents required for the release of Collateral
(Section 2.09);
(E) maintaining an office in the
Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, for the registration of
transfer or exchange of Notes (Section 3.02);
(F) causing newly appointed Paying
Agents, if any, to deliver to the Indenture Trustee the instrument
specified in the Indenture regarding funds held in trust
(Section 3.03);
(Nissan 2008-B Administration Agreement)
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(G) directing the Indenture Trustee
to deposit moneys with Paying Agents, if any, other than the
Indenture Trustee (Section 3.03);
(H) obtaining and preserving or
causing the Owner Trustee to obtain and preserve the Issuer’s
qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each
other instrument and agreement included in the Trust Estate
(Section 3.04);
(I) preparing all supplements,
amendments, financing statements, continuation statements,
instruments of further assurance and other instruments, in
accordance with Section 3.05 of the Indenture, necessary to
protect the Trust Estate (Sections 3.05 and 3.07(c));
(J) furnishing the required Opinions
of Counsel on June 19, 2008 and at such other times, in
accordance with Sections 3.06 and 8.06 of the Indenture, and
delivering the annual Officer’s Certificates and certain
other statements as to compliance with the Indenture, in accordance
with Section 3.09 of the Indenture (Sections 3.06, 3.09
and 8.06);
(K) identifying to the Indenture
Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate any Person with whom the
Issuer has contracted to perform its duties under the Indenture
(Section 3.07);
(L) notifying the Indenture Trustee
and the Rating Agencies of any Servicer Default pursuant to the
Sale and Servicing Agreement and, if such Servicer Default arises
from the failure of the Servicer to perform any of its duties under
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, taking all reasonable steps
available to remedy such failure (Section 3.07(d));
(M) preparing and obtaining documents
and instruments required in connection with the consolidation,
merger or transfer of assets of the Issuer
(Section 3.10);
(N) delivering notice to the
Indenture Trustee of each Event of Default and each other default
by the Servicer or the Seller under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement (Section 3.19);
(O) monitoring the Issuer’s
obligations as to the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture
and the preparation of an Officer’s Certificate and obtaining
the Opinion of Counsel and the Independent Certificate (as defined
in the Indenture) related thereto (Section 4.01);
(P) preparing and mailing the
notification of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders with
respect to special payment dates, if any (Section 5.04(d));
(Nissan 2008-B Administration Agreement)
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(Q) Intentionally Blank
(R) preparing any Issuer Request and
Officer’s Certificates and obtaining any Opinions of Counsel
and Independent Certificates necessary for the release of the Trust
Estate (Section 8.04);
(S) preparing Issuer Orders and
obtaining Opinions of Counsel with respect to the execution of any
supplemental indentures, and mailing notices to the Noteholders
with respect thereto (Sections 9.01, 9.02 and 9.03);
(T) executing and delivering new
Notes conforming to the provisions of any supplemental indenture,
as appropriate (Section 9.06);
(U) preparing all Officer’s
Certificates, Opinions of Counsel and Independent Certificates with
respect to any requests by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to
take any action under the Indenture (Section 11.01(a));
(V) preparing and delivering
Officer’s Certificates and obtaining Independent
Certificates, if necessary, for the release of property or
securities from the lien of the Indenture
(Section 11.01(c));
(W) notifying the Rating Agencies,
upon any failure of the Indenture Trustee to give such
notification, of the information required pursuant to
Section 11.04 of the Indenture (Section 11.04);
(X) preparing and delivering to the
Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee any agreements with respect
to alternate payment and notice provisions (Section 11.06);
and
(Y) recording the Indenture, if
applicable (Section 11.14).
(ii) The Administrator shall
also:
(A) pay the Indenture Trustee from
time to time the reasonable compensation provided for in the
Indenture with respect to services rendered by the Indenture
Trustee under the Indenture (which compensation shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust);
(B) reimburse the Indenture Trustee
upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Indenture Trustee in accordance
with any provision of the Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation, expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel)
to the extent the Indenture Trustee is entitled to such
reimbursement by the Issuer under the Indenture;
(Nissan 2008-B Administration Agreement)
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(C) indemnify the Indenture Trustee
for, and hold it harmless against, any losses, liability or expense
incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the
Indenture Trustee, arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the trusts and duties contemplated
by the Indenture, including the reasonable costs and expenses of
defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection
therewith to the extent the Indenture Trustee is entitled to such
indemnification from the Issuer under the Indenture; and
(D) pay the reasonable expense of any
examination or investigation by the Owner Trustee undertaken
pursuant to Section 7.01(e) of the Trust Agreement, and if
such expense is paid by the Owner Trustee, then such expense shall
be reimbursed by the Administrator upon demand.
(b) Additional Duties .
(i) In addition to the duties of the
Administrator set forth above, the Administrator shall perform such
calculations, and shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or the
Owner Trustee or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate
persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments,
certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer 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 Issuer or the Owner
Trustee to take pursuant to the Basic Documents. Subject to
Section 5 of this Agreement, and in accordance with the
reasonable written 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 provisions and as are expressly requested by
the Owner Trustee and are reasonably within the capability of the
Administrator.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement or the Basic Documents to the contrary, the Administrator
shall be responsible for promptly notifying the Owner Trustee in
the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Issuer’s
payments (or allocations of income) to a Certificateholder as
contemplated in Section 5.02(c) of the Trust Agreement. Any
such notice shall specify the amount of any withholdi
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