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EXHIBIT 4.1
CITIZENS AUTO LOAN TRUST
20[__]-[__]
Class A-1 [
]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes
Class A-2 [
]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes
Class A-3 [
]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes
Class A-4 [LIBOR +][
]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes
FORM OF
INDENTURE
Dated as of [
]
[ ],
as the Indenture
Trustee
CROSS
REFERENCE TABLE 1
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TIA
Section
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Indenture
Section |
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310
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(a)
(1) |
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6.11 |
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(a)
(2) |
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6.11 |
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(a)
(3) |
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6.10; 6.11 |
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(a)
(4) |
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N.A. 2 |
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(a)
(5) |
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6.11 |
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(b) |
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6.8; 6.11 |
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(c) |
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N.A. |
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311
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(a) |
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6.12 |
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(b) |
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6.12 |
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(c) |
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N.A. |
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312
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(a) |
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7.1 |
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(b) |
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7.2 |
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(c) |
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7.2 |
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313
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(a) |
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7.3 |
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(b)
(1) |
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7.3 |
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(b)
(2) |
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7.3 |
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(c) |
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7.3 |
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(d) |
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7.3 |
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314
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(a) |
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3.9 |
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(b) |
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3.6; 11.15 |
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(c)
(1) |
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11.15 |
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(c)
(2) |
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11.1 |
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(c)
(3) |
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11.1 |
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(d) |
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11.1 |
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(e) |
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11.1 |
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(f) |
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N.A. |
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315
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(a) |
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6.1(b) |
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(b) |
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6.5 |
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(c) |
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6.1(a) |
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(d) |
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6.1(c) |
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(e) |
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5.13 |
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316
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(a) (1)
(A) |
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5.11 |
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(a) (1)
(B) |
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5.12 |
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(a)
(2) |
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N.A. |
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(b) |
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5.7 |
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(c) |
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5.6(b) |
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317
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(a)
(1) |
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5.3(b) |
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(a)
(2) |
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5.3(d) |
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(b) |
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3.3(c) |
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318
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(a) |
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11.7 |
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1
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Note: This Cross Reference
Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this
Indenture.
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2
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N.A. means Not
Applicable.
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
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2 |
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SECTION 1.1
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Definitions |
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2 |
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SECTION 1.2
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Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
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2 |
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SECTION 1.3
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Other
Interpretive Provisions |
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2 |
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ARTICLE II
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THE
NOTES |
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3 |
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SECTION 2.1
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Form |
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3 |
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SECTION 2.2
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Execution, Authentication and Delivery |
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3 |
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SECTION 2.3
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Temporary
Notes |
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3 |
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SECTION 2.4
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Registration of Transfer and Exchange |
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4 |
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SECTION 2.5
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes |
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5 |
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SECTION 2.6
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Persons
Deemed Owners |
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6 |
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SECTION 2.7
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Payment
of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest |
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6 |
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SECTION 2.8
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Cancellation |
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7 |
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SECTION 2.9
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Release
of Collateral |
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8 |
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SECTION 2.10
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Book-Entry Notes |
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8 |
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SECTION 2.11
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Notices
to Clearing Agency |
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9 |
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SECTION 2.12
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Definitive Notes |
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9 |
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SECTION 2.13
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Authenticating Agents |
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9 |
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SECTION 2.14
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Tax
Treatment |
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10 |
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ARTICLE III
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COVENANTS |
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10 |
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SECTION 3.1
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Payment
of Principal and Interest |
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10 |
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SECTION 3.2
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Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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10 |
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SECTION 3.3
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Money for
Payments To Be Held in Trust |
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11 |
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SECTION 3.4
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Existence |
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12 |
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SECTION 3.5
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Protection of Collateral |
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12 |
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SECTION 3.6
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Opinions
as to Collateral |
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13 |
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SECTION 3.7
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Performance of Obligations; Servicing of
Receivables |
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13 |
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SECTION 3.8
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Negative
Covenants |
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14 |
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SECTION 3.9
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Annual
Compliance Statement |
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15 |
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SECTION 3.10
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Restrictions on Certain Other Activities |
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SECTION 3.11
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Restricted Payments |
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SECTION 3.12
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Notice of
Events of Default |
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SECTION 3.13
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Further
Instruments and Acts |
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SECTION 3.14
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Compliance with Laws |
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SECTION 3.15
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Perfection Representations, Warranties and
Covenants |
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SECTION 3.16
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Investment Company Act Representation |
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ARTICLE IV
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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SECTION 4.1
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Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture |
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SECTION 4.2
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Application of Trust Money |
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SECTION 4.3
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Repayment
of Monies Held by Paying Agent |
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ARTICLE V
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REMEDIES |
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
(Continued)
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SECTION 5.1
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Events of
Default |
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SECTION 5.2
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Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of Event of
Default |
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SECTION 5.3
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Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the
Indenture Trustee |
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SECTION 5.4
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Remedies;
Priorities |
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SECTION 5.5
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Optional
Preservation of the Collateral |
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SECTION 5.6
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Limitation of Suits |
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SECTION 5.7
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Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and
Interest |
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SECTION 5.8
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Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
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SECTION 5.9
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Rights
and Remedies Cumulative |
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SECTION 5.10
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Delay or
Omission Not a Waiver |
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SECTION 5.11
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Control
by Noteholders |
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SECTION 5.12
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Waiver of
Past Defaults |
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SECTION 5.13
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Undertaking for Costs |
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SECTION 5.14
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Waiver of
Stay or Extension Laws |
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SECTION 5.15
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Action on
Notes |
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27 |
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SECTION 5.16
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Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations |
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SECTION 5.17
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Sale of
Collateral |
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ARTICLE VI
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THE
INDENTURE TRUSTEE |
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28 |
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SECTION 6.1
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Duties of
the Indenture Trustee |
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28 |
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SECTION 6.2
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Rights of
the Indenture Trustee |
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SECTION 6.3
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Individual Rights of the Indenture Trustee |
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31 |
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SECTION 6.4
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The
Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer |
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31 |
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SECTION 6.5
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Notice of
Defaults |
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31 |
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SECTION 6.6
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Reports
by the Indenture Trustee to Noteholders |
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31 |
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SECTION 6.7
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Compensation and Indemnity |
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31 |
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SECTION 6.8
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Removal,
Resignation and Replacement of the Indenture Trustee |
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32 |
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SECTION 6.9
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Successor
Indenture Trustee by Merger |
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33 |
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SECTION 6.10
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Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture
Trustee |
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33 |
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SECTION 6.11
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Eligibility; Disqualification |
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34 |
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SECTION 6.12
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Preferential Collection of Claims Against the
Issuer |
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35 |
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SECTION 6.13
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Representations and Warranties |
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35 |
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ARTICLE VII
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NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS |
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SECTION 7.1
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The
Issuer to Furnish the Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of
Noteholders |
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35 |
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SECTION 7.2
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Preservation of Information; Communications to
Noteholders |
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35 |
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SECTION 7.3
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Reports
by the Indenture Trustee |
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36 |
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ARTICLE VIII
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ACCOUNTS,
DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES |
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
(Continued)
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SECTION 8.1
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Collection of Money |
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SECTION 8.2
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Trust
Accounts |
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SECTION 8.3
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General
Provisions Regarding Accounts |
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37 |
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SECTION 8.4
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Release
of Collateral |
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SECTION 8.5
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Opinion
of Counsel |
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38 |
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ARTICLE IX
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
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SECTION 9.1
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Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Noteholders |
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SECTION 9.2
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Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders |
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SECTION 9.3
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Execution
of Supplemental Indentures |
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42 |
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SECTION 9.4
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Effect of
Supplemental Indenture |
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42 |
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SECTION 9.5
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Conformity With Trust Indenture Act |
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42 |
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SECTION 9.6
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Reference
in Notes to Supplemental Indentures |
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42 |
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ARTICLE X
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REDEMPTION OF NOTES |
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43 |
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SECTION 10.1
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Redemption |
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SECTION 10.2
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Form of
Redemption Notice |
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SECTION 10.3
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Notes
Payable on Redemption Date |
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44 |
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ARTICLE XI
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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SECTION 11.1
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Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc. |
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SECTION 11.2
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Form of
Documents Delivered to the Indenture Trustee |
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46 |
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SECTION 11.3
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Acts of
Noteholders |
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SECTION 11.4
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Notices |
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SECTION 11.5
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Notices
to Noteholders; Waiver |
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SECTION 11.6
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Alternate
Payment and Notice Provisions |
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48 |
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SECTION 11.7
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Conflict
with Trust Indenture Act |
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48 |
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SECTION 11.8
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Effect of
Headings and Table of Contents |
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48 |
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SECTION 11.9
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Successors and Assigns |
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48 |
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SECTION 11.10
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Severability |
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48 |
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SECTION 11.11
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Benefits
of Indenture |
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SECTION 11.12
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Legal
Holidays |
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48 |
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SECTION 11.13
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Governing
Law |
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48 |
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SECTION 11.14
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Counterparts |
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SECTION 11.15
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Recording
of Indenture |
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SECTION 11.16
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Trust
Obligation |
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SECTION 11.17
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No
Petition |
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SECTION 11.18
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Intent |
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SECTION 11.19
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Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial |
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SECTION 11.20
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Subordination of Claims |
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SECTION 11.21
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Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee |
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SECTION 11.22
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Information Requests |
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SECTION 11.23
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[Limitation of Rights] |
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Schedule I
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Perfection Representations, Warranties and
Covenants |
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Exhibit A
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Forms of
Notes |
This INDENTURE, dated as of [
] (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, this
“ Indenture ”), is between CITIZENS AUTO LOAN
TRUST 20[__]-[__], a Delaware statutory trust (the “
Issuer ”), and [
], a [
], solely as
trustee and not in its individual capacity (the “
Indenture Trustee ”).
Each party agrees as follows
for the benefit of the other party and the equal and ratable
benefit of the Holders of the Issuer’s Class A-1 [
]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the “ Class A-1 Notes
”), Class A-2 [
]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the “ Class A-2 Notes
”), Class A-3 [
]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the “ Class A-3 Notes
”) and Class A-4 [LIBOR +] [
]% Auto Loan Asset Backed Notes (the “ Class A-4 Notes
”; and together with the Class A-1 Notes, the
Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes, the “
Notes ”).
GRANTING
CLAUSE
The Issuer, to secure the
payment of principal of and interest on, and any other amounts
owing in respect of, the Notes [and amounts payable by the Issuer
to the Swap Counterparty under the Interest Rate Swap Agreement],
equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction
except as set forth herein, and to secure compliance with the
provisions of this Indenture, hereby Grants in trust to the
Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date, as trustee for the benefit
of the Noteholders [and the Swap Counterparty], all of the
Issuer’s right, title and interest, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, in and to (i) the Trust Estate and
(ii) all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses
in action in respect of any or all of the Trust Estate and all
payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature
whatsoever in respect of any or all of the Trust Estate, including
all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, into cash
or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts
receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks,
deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, rights
to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations and
receivables, instruments, securities, financial assets and other
property which at any time constitute all or part of or are
included in the proceeds of any of the Trust Estate (collectively,
the “ Collateral ”).
The Indenture Trustee, on
behalf of the Noteholders [and the Swap Counterparty], acknowledges
the foregoing Grant, accepts the trusts under this Indenture and
agrees to perform its duties required in this Indenture in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
The foregoing Grant is made
in trust to secure (i) the payment of principal of and
interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes,
equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction
except as set forth herein[, (ii) the payment of all amounts
payable by the Issuer to the Swap Counterparty under the Interest
Rate Swap Agreement] and (iii) compliance with the provisions
of this Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture.
Without limiting the
foregoing Grant, any Receivable purchased by (a) the Seller or
the Servicer pursuant to Section 2.3 or
Section 3.6 , respectively, of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement or (b) by CAF pursuant to Section 3.3 of
the Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to be automatically released
from the lien of this Indenture without any action being taken by
the Indenture Trustee upon payment by the applicable purchaser of
the related Repurchase Price for such Repurchased
Receivable.
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.1
Definitions . Capitalized terms are used in this Indenture
as defined in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of [
] (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the
“ Sale and Servicing Agreement ”), among
Citizens Auto Receivables, LLC, as Seller, the Issuer, Citizens
Automobile Finance, Inc., as Servicer, and the Indenture
Trustee.
SECTION 1.2 Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . Whenever this Indenture
refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by
reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA
terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
“ Commission
” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ indenture
securities ” means the Notes.
“ indenture security
holder ” means a Noteholder.
“ indenture to be
qualified ” means this Indenture.
“ indenture
trustee ” or “ institutional trustee ”
means the Indenture Trustee.
“ obligor
” on the indenture securities means the Issuer and any other
obligor on the indenture securities.
All other TIA terms used in
this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA
reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have the
meaning assigned to them by such definitions.
SECTION 1.3 Other
Interpretive Provisions . All terms defined in this Indenture
shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or
other document delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined
therein. For purposes of this Indenture and all such certificates
and other documents, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) accounting terms not otherwise defined in this Indenture,
and accounting terms partly defined in this Indenture to the extent
not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under
GAAP ( provided , that, to the extent that the definitions
in this Indenture and GAAP conflict, the definitions in this
Indenture shall control); (b) the words “hereof,”
“herein” and “hereunder” and words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Indenture; (c) references to any
Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit are references to Articles,
Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Indenture and
references to any paragraph, subsection, clause or other
subdivision within any Section or definition refer to such
paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section
or definition; (d) the term “including” and all
variations thereof means “including without
limitation”; (e) except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, 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; and (f) references to any Person include
that Person’s successors and assigns.
ARTICLE II THE
NOTES
SECTION 2.1 Form . The
Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes
and Class A-4 Notes, in each case together with the Indenture
Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may
have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and
such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently
herewith, be determined by the officers executing the Notes, as
evidenced by their execution of the Notes. Any portion of the text
of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an
appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note.
Each Note shall be dated the
date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes set forth in
Exhibit A hereto are part of the terms of this
Indenture.
SECTION 2.2 Execution,
Authentication and Delivery . The Notes shall be executed on
behalf of the Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers. The
signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Notes may be manual
or facsimile.
Notes bearing the manual or
facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time Authorized
Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that
such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices
prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Notes.
The Indenture Trustee shall,
upon Issuer Order, authenticate and deliver Class A-1 Notes
for original issue in an Initial Note Balance of $[
], Class A-2 Notes for original issue in an Initial Note
Balance of $[
], Class A-3 Notes for original issue in an Initial Note
Balance of $[
] and Class A-4 Notes for original issue in an Initial Note
Balance of $[
]. The Note Balance of Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes,
Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4 Notes Outstanding at any
time may not exceed such amounts except as provided in
Section 2.5 .
Each Note shall be dated the
date of its authentication. The Notes shall be issuable as
registered Notes in the minimum denomination of $100,000 and in
integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof (except for one Note
of each Class which may be issued in a denomination other than an
integral multiple of $1,000.
No Note shall be entitled to
any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Indenture Trustee by the manual signature of one of
its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Note
shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 2.3 Temporary
Notes . Pending the preparation of Definitive Notes, the Issuer
may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order, the Indenture
Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Notes which are
printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise
produced, of the tenor of the Definitive Notes in lieu of which
they are issued and with such variations not inconsistent with the
terms of this Indenture as the officers executing such Notes may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Notes.
If temporary Notes are
issued, the Issuer shall cause Definitive Notes to be prepared
without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive
Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive
Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency
of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in
Section 3.2 , without charge to the Holder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the
Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee upon Issuer Order
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like
principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations.
Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive
Notes.
SECTION 2.4 Registration
of Transfer and Exchange . The Issuer shall cause to be kept a
register (the “ Note Register ”) in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Issuer shall provide for the registration of Notes and the
registration of transfers of Notes. The Indenture Trustee shall
initially be “Note Registrar” for the purpose of
registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. Upon
any resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly
appoint a successor or, if it elects not to make such an
appointment, assume the duties of Note Registrar.
If a Person other than the
Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as Note Registrar, the
Issuer shall give the Indenture Trustee prompt written notice of
the appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location, and any
change in the location, of the Note Register, and the Indenture
Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Note Register at all
reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof, and the Indenture
Trustee shall have the right to conclusively rely upon a
certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by a
Responsible Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the
Noteholders and the principal amounts and number of such
Notes.
Upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the
Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.2 , if
the requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met, the
Issuer shall execute and upon its written request the Indenture
Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the
Indenture Trustee, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Notes, in any authorized
denominations, of the same Class and a like aggregate outstanding
principal amount.
At the option of the related
Noteholder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes in any
authorized denominations, of the same Class and a like aggregate
outstanding principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be
exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so
surrendered for exchange, if the requirements of Section 8-401
of the UCC are met the Issuer shall execute and, upon Issuer
Request, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the related
Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Notes which
the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
All Notes issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid
obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered
upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Note presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be
(i) duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by, a written
instrument of transfer in form and substance satisfactory to the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee duly executed by the Noteholder
thereof or its attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, with
such signature guaranteed by an “eligible grantor
institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar
which requirements include membership or participation in a
Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“ Stamp
”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as
may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in
substitution for, Stamp, all in accordance with the Exchange Act
and (ii) accompanied by such other documents as the Indenture
Trustee may require.
No service charge shall be
made to a Noteholder for any registration of transfer or exchange
of Notes, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes,
other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.3 or
Section 9.6 not involving any transfer.
The preceding provisions of
this Section notwithstanding, the Issuer shall not be required to
make and the Note Registrar need not register transfers or
exchanges of any Notes selected for redemption or of any Note for a
period of 15 days preceding the due date for any payment with
respect to such Note.
By acquiring a Note, each
purchaser and transferee shall be deemed to represent and warrant
that either (a) it is not acquiring such Note with the plan
assets of (i) an “employee benefit plan” as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, which is subject to Title I
of ERISA, (ii) a “plan” as defined in
Section 4975 of the Code, (iii) an entity deemed to hold
the plan assets of any of the foregoing (any of (i), (ii) or
(iii) a “ Benefit Plan ” or any
governmental plan, non-U.S. plan or church plan that is subject to
a law that is similar to Section 406 of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code (“ Similar Law ”);
or (b) the acquisition, holding and disposition of such Note
will not give rise to a nonexempt prohibited transaction under
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a
nonexempt violation of any Similar Law.
The Indenture Trustee shall
have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this
Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of
any interest in any Note other than to require delivery of such
certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly
required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the
terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine
substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements
hereof.
SECTION 2.5 Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes . If (i) any mutilated
Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture
Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction,
loss or theft of any Note, and (ii) there is delivered to the
Indenture Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by
it to hold the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee harmless, then, in
the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar or
the
Indenture Trustee that such Note has
been acquired by a “protected purchaser” (as
contemplated by Article 8 of the UCC), and provided, that the
requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met, the Issuer
shall execute and upon its written request the Indenture Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any
such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note;
provided, that if any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, but not
a mutilated Note, shall have become or within seven days shall be
due and payable, or shall have been called for redemption, instead
of issuing a replacement Note, the Issuer may upon delivery of the
security or indemnity herein required pay such destroyed, lost or
stolen Note when so due or payable or upon the Redemption Date
without surrender thereof. If, after the delivery of such
replacement Note or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note
pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, a
“protected purchaser” (as contemplated by
Article 8 of the UCC) of the original Note in lieu of which
such replacement Note was issued presents for payment such original
Note, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to
recover such replacement Note (or such payment) from the Person to
whom it was delivered or any Person taking such replacement Note
from such Person to whom such replacement Note was delivered or any
assignee of such Person, except a “protected purchaser”
(as contemplated by Article 8 of the UCC), and shall be
entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided
therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense
incurred by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection
therewith.
Upon the issuance of any
replacement Note under this Section 2.5 , the Issuer or
the Indenture Trustee may require the payment by the Noteholder of
a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee
or the Note Registrar) connected therewith.
Every replacement Note issued
pursuant to this Section 2.5 in replacement of any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an
original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, and shall
be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued
hereunder.
The provisions of this
Section 2.5 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Notes.
SECTION 2.6 Persons Deemed
Owners . Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer
of any Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the
Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
any Note is registered (as of the day of determination) as the
owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payments of
principal of and interest, if any, on such Note and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and
neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any agent of the
Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
SECTION 2.7 Payment of
Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest. (a) Each Note
shall accrue interest at its respective Interest Rate, and such
interest shall be payable on each Payment Date as specified
therein, subject to Sections 3.1 and 8.2 . Any
installment of interest or principal, if any, payable on any Note
which is punctually paid or duly provided for
by the Issuer on the applicable Payment
Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or
more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the Record Date, 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, unless Definitive Notes have been issued pursuant to
Section 2.12 , with respect to Notes registered on the
Record Date in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency
(initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payment will
be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the
account designated by such nominee and except for the final
installment of principal payable with respect to such Note on a
Payment Date or on the Final Scheduled Payment Date for such Class
(and except for the Redemption Price for any Note called for
redemption pursuant to Section 10.1 ) which shall be
payable as provided below. The funds represented by any such checks
returned undelivered shall be held in accordance with
Section 3.3 .
(b) The principal of each
Note shall be payable in installments on each Payment Date as
provided in Section 8.2 . Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the entire unpaid Note Balance and all accrued interest
thereon shall be due and payable, if not previously paid, on the
earlier of (i) the date on which an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, if the Indenture Trustee or the
Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance, have
declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner
provided in Section 5.2 and (ii) with respect to
any Class of Notes, on the Final Scheduled Payment Date for that
Class. All principal payments on each Class of Notes shall be made
pro rata to the Noteholders of such Class entitled thereto. The
Indenture Trustee shall notify the Person in whose name a Note is
registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding
the Payment Date on which Indenture Trustee expects that the final
installment of principal of and interest on such Note will be paid.
Such notice shall be transmitted prior to such final Payment Date
and shall specify that such final installment will be payable only
upon presentation and surrender of such Note and shall specify the
place where such Note may be presented and surrendered for payment
of such installment. Notices in connection with redemptions of
Notes shall be mailed to Noteholders as provided in
Section 10.2 .
(c) If the Issuer defaults on
a payment of interest on any Class of Notes, the Issuer shall pay
defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the
extent lawful at the applicable Interest Rate for such Class of
Notes), which shall be due and payable on the Payment Date
following such default. The Issuer shall pay such defaulted
interest to the Persons who are Noteholders on the Record Date for
such following Payment Date.
SECTION 2.8
Cancellation . All Notes surrendered for payment,
registration of transfer, exchange or redemption shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee, be
delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled
by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the
Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall
be promptly cancelled by the Indenture Trustee. No Notes shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes cancelled as
provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. All cancelled Notes may be held or disposed of by the
Indenture Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or
disposal policy as in effect at the time unless the Issuer shall
direct by an Issuer Order that they be destroyed or returned to it;
provided, that such Issuer Order is timely and that such Notes have
not been previously disposed of by the Indenture
Trustee.
SECTION 2.9 Release of
Collateral . Subject to Section 11.1 , the
Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this
Indenture only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an
Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and Independent
Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and
314(d)(1) or an Opinion of Counsel in lieu of such Independent
Certificates to the effect that the TIA does not require any such
Independent Certificates. If the Commission shall issue an
exemptive order under TIA Section 304(d) modifying the
Issuer’s obligations under TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1),
subject to Section 11.1 and the terms of the
Transaction Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall release property
from the lien of this Indenture in accordance with the conditions
and procedures set forth in such exemptive order.
SECTION 2.10 Book-Entry
Notes . The Notes, upon original issuance, will be issued in
the form of typewritten notes representing the Book-Entry Notes, to
be delivered to the Indenture Trustee, as agent for DTC, the
initial Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Issuer. One fully
registered Note shall be issued with respect to each $500 million
in principal amount of each Class of Notes and any such lesser
amount. Such Notes shall initially be registered on the Note
Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the
initial Clearing Agency, and no Note Owner shall receive a
Definitive Note representing such Note Owner’s interest in
such Note, except as provided in Section 2.12 . Unless
and until definitive, fully registered Notes (the “
Definitive Notes ”) have been issued to Note Owners
pursuant to Section 2.12 :
(a) the provisions of this
Section shall be in full force and effect;
(b) the Note Registrar and
the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing
Agency for all purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of
principal of and interest on the Notes and the giving of
instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole Noteholder, and
shall have no obligation to the Note Owners;
(c) to the extent that the
provisions of this Section conflict with any other provisions of
this Indenture, the provisions of this Section shall
control;
(d) the rights of Note Owners
shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be
limited to those established by law and agreements between or among
such Note Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency
Participants or Persons acting through Clearing Agency
Participants. Pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement, unless and
until Definitive Notes are issued pursuant to
Section 2.12 , the initial Clearing Agency will make
book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and
receive and transmit payments of principal of and interest on the
Notes to such Clearing Agency Participants; and
(e) whenever this Indenture
requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions or
directions of Noteholders evidencing a specified percentage of the
Outstanding Note Balance, the Clearing Agency shall be deemed to
represent such percentage only to the extent that it has received
instructions to such effect from Note Owners and/or Clearing Agency
Participants or Persons acting through Clearing Agency Participants
owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage of
the beneficial interest in the Notes and has delivered such
instructions to the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 2.11 Notices to
Clearing Agency . Whenever a notice or other communication to
the Noteholders is required under this Indenture, unless and until
Definitive Notes shall have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to
Section 2.12 , the Indenture Trustee shall give all
such notices and communications specified herein to be given to the
Noteholders to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligation to
the Note Owners.
SECTION 2.12 Definitive
Notes . If (a) the Administrator advises the Indenture
Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or
able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the
Notes, and the Administrator or the Indenture Trustee is unable to
locate a qualified successor, (b) the Administrator at its
option advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that it elects to
terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or
(c) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Note Owners
representing beneficial interests aggregating at least a majority
of the Outstanding Note Balance, voting together as a single Class,
advise the Indenture Trustee through the Clearing Agency or its
successor in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system
through the Clearing Agency or its successor is no longer in the
best interests of the Note Owners, then the Clearing Agency shall
notify all Note Owners and the Indenture Trustee of the occurrence
of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Notes to
Note Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Indenture
Trustee of the typewritten Note or Notes representing the
Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by
registration instructions, the Issuer shall execute and the
Indenture Trustee shall authenticate the Definitive Notes in
accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of
the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee shall be
liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may
conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such
instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes, the Indenture
Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Notes as
Noteholders.
The Definitive Notes shall be
typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any
combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved
borders), all as determined by the officers executing such Notes,
as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
SECTION 2.13
Authenticating Agents . (a) Upon the request of the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee shall, and if the Indenture Trustee
so chooses, the Indenture Trustee may appoint one or more Persons
(each, an “ Authenticating Agent ”) with power
to act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the
authentication of Notes in connection with issuance, transfers and
exchanges under Sections 2.2 , 2.3 , 2.4 ,
2.5 and 9.6 , as fully to all intents and purposes as
though each such Authenticating Agent had been expressly authorized
by those Sections to authenticate such Notes. For all purposes of
this Indenture, the authentication of Notes by an Authenticating
Agent pursuant to this Section shall be deemed to be the
authentication of Notes “by the Indenture Trustee.” The
Indenture Trustee shall be the Authenticating Agent in the absence
of any appointment thereof.
(b) Any corporation into
which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, consolidation or conversion to which any Authenticating
Agent shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all of the corporate trust business of any
Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of such Authenticating
Agent hereunder, without the execution or filing of any further act
on the part of the parties hereto or such Authenticating Agent or
such successor corporation.
(c) Any Authenticating Agent
may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to
the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee may at
any time terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving
written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and the
Issuer. Upon receiving such notice of resignation or upon such
termination, the Indenture Trustee may appoint a successor
Authenticating Agent and shall give written notice of any such
appointment to the Issuer.
(d) The provisions of
Section 6.4 shall be applicable to any Authenticating
Agent.
SECTION 2.14 Tax
Treatment . The Issuer has entered into this Indenture, and the
Notes shall be issued, with the intention that, solely for federal,
state and local income, franchise and/or value added tax purposes,
the Notes shall qualify as indebtedness secured by the Collateral
(except Notes when owed by the same Person which concurrently owns
all of the Certificates). The Issuer, by entering into this
Indenture, and each Noteholder, by its acceptance of a Note (and
each Note Owner by its acceptance of an interest in the applicable
Book-Entry Note, if applicable), agree to treat such Notes for
federal, state and local income, franchise and/or value added tax
purposes as indebtedness (except Notes when owed by the same Person
which concurrently owns all of the Certificates).
ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
SECTION 3.1 Payment of
Principal and Interest . The Issuer will duly and punctually
pay the principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with
the terms of the Notes and this Indenture. Without limiting the
foregoing and subject to Section 8.2 , on each Payment
Date the Issuer shall cause to be paid all amounts on deposit in
the Collection Account which represent Available Funds for such
Payment Date, Advances made on such Payment Date pursuant to
Section 4.3(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and
the Reserve Account Draw Amount for such Payment Date received by
the Servicer during the preceding Collection Period. Amounts
properly withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to
any Noteholder of interest and/or principal shall be considered to
have been paid by the Issuer to such Noteholder for all purposes of
this Indenture. Interest accrued on the Notes shall be due and
payable on each Payment Date. The final interest payment on each
Class of Notes is due on the earlier of (a) the Payment Date
(including any Redemption Date) on which the principal amount of
that Class of Notes is reduced to zero or (b) the applicable
Final Scheduled Payment Date for that Class of Notes.
SECTION 3.2 Maintenance of
Office or Agency . As long as any of the Notes remain
outstanding, the Issuer shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan,
the City of New York, an office or agency where Notes may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where
notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes
and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer hereby initially
appoints the Indenture Trustee to serve as its agent for the
foregoing purposes. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to
the Indenture Trustee of the
location, and of any change in the
location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer
shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer hereby appoints the
Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders,
notices and demands.
SECTION 3.3 Money for
Payments To Be Held in Trust . (a) As provided in
Sections 8.2 and 5.4 , all payments of amounts due
and payable with respect to any Notes that are to be made from
amounts withdrawn from the Trust Accounts shall be made on behalf
of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by another Paying Agent,
and no amounts so withdrawn therefrom for payments on the Notes
shall be paid over to the Issuer except as provided in this Section
and Section 4.4 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
(b) On or prior to each
Payment Date and Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit or cause
to be deposited into the Collection Account an aggregate sum
sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due under the Notes,
and the Paying Agent shall hold such sum to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto pursuant to the
Transaction Documents and (unless the Paying Agent is the Indenture
Trustee) shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee in writing of
its action or failure so to act.
(c) The Issuer shall cause
each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee to execute and
deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such Paying
Agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture
Trustee acts as Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees to the extent
relevant), subject to the provisions of this Section, that such
Paying Agent shall:
(i) hold all sums held by it
for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Notes in trust
for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums
shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided and pay such sums to such Persons as provided in the
Transaction Documents;
(ii) give the Indenture
Trustee written notice of any default by the Issuer (or any other
obligor upon the Notes) of which it has actual knowledge in the
making of any payment required to be made with respect to the
Notes;
(iii) at any time during the
continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the
Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums
so held in trust by such Paying Agent;
(iv) promptly resign as a
Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums
held by it in trust for the payment of Notes if at any time it
ceases to meet the standards required to be met by a Paying Agent
at the time of its appointment; and
(v) comply with all
requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding from any
payments made by it on any Notes of any applicable withholding
taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting
requirements in connection therewith.
(d) The Issuer may at any
time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer Order direct
any Paying Agent to
pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums
held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the
Indenture Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such
sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such a payment by any
Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such
money.
(e) Subject to applicable
laws with respect to the escheat of funds, any money held by the
Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of
any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for
two years after such amount has become due and payable shall be
discharged from such trust and distributed by the Indenture Trustee
to the Issuer upon receipt of an Issuer Request and the Holder of
such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look
only to the Issuer for payment thereof and all liability of the
Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Indenture
Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any
such payment, shall at the reasonable expense of the Issuer cause
to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper, notice that such
money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein,
which date shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
shall be paid to the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee may also adopt
and employ, at the written direction of and at the expense of the
Issuer, any other reasonable means of notification of such
repayment (including, but not limited to, mailing notice of such
repayment to Holders whose Notes have been called but have not been
surrendered for redemption or whose right to or interest in monies
due and payable but not claimed is determinable from the records of
the Indenture Trustee or of any Paying Agent, at the last address
of record for each such Noteholder).
SECTION 3.4 Existence
. The Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of
Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is
or becomes, organized under the laws of any other State or of the
United States of America, in which case the Issuer shall keep in
full effect its existence, rights and franchises under the laws of
such other jurisdiction) and shall obtain and preserve its
qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and
each other instrument or agreement included in the Trust
Estate.
SECTION 3.5 Protection of
Collateral . The Issuer intends the security interest Granted
pursuant to this Indenture in favor of the Indenture Trustee on
behalf of the Noteholders [and the Swap Counterparty] to be prior
to all other Liens in respect of the Collateral, and the Issuer
shall take all actions necessary to obtain and maintain, for the
benefit of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders [and
the Swap Counterparty], a first lien on and a first priority,
perfected security interest in the Collateral. The Issuer shall
from time to time execute and deliver all such supplements and
amendments hereto, shall file or authorize the filing of all such
financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of
further assurance and other instruments, all as prepared by the
Administrator and delivered to the Issuer, and shall take such
other action necessary or advisable to:
(a) Grant more effectively
all or any portion of the Collateral;
(b) maintain or preserve the
lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) created by
this Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes
hereof;
(c) perfect, publish notice
of or protect the validity of any Grant made or to be made by this
Indenture;
(d) enforce any of the
Collateral; or
(e) preserve and defend title
to the Collateral and the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the
Noteholders in the Collateral against the claims of all
Persons.
The Issuer hereby designates
the Indenture Trustee its agent and attorney-in-fact and hereby
authorizes the Indenture Trustee to file all financing statements,
continuation statements or other instruments required to be
executed (if any) pursuant to this Section; provided,
however, the Indenture Trustee shall have no duty and shall not
be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements
or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at
any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the
perfection of any security interest. Notwithstanding any statement
to the contrary contained herein or in any other Transaction
Document, the Issuer shall not be required to notify any Dealer or
any insurer with respect to any Insurance Policy about any aspect
of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
SECTION 3.6 Opinions as to
Collateral . (a) On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall
furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, in the opinion of such
counsel, either (i) such action has been taken with respect to
the recording and filing of this Indenture, any indentures
supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents, and with
respect to the filing of any financing statements and continuation
statements as are necessary to perfect and make effective the first
priority lien and security interest of this Indenture, and reciting
the details of such action, or (ii) no such action is
necessary to make such lien and security interest
effective.
(b) On or before
April 30 th of
each calendar year, beginning with April 30, [
], the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, either
(i) such action has been taken with respect to the recording,
filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures
supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents, and with
respect to the filing of any financing statements and continuation
statements as are necessary to maintain the lien and security
interest created by this Indenture, and reciting the details of
such actions or (ii) no such action is necessary to maintain
such lien and security interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also
describe the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this
Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other
requisite documents and the filing of any financing statements and
continuation statements that will, in the opinion of such counsel,
be required to maintain the lien and security interest of this
Indenture until April 30 in the following calendar
year.
SECTION 3.7 Performance of
Obligations; Servicing of Receivables . (a) The Issuer
shall not take any action and shall use its reasonable efforts not
to permit any action to be taken by others, including the
Administrator, that would release any Person from any of
such
Person’s material covenants or
obligations under any instrument or agreement included in the
Collateral or that would result in the amendment, hypothecation,
subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity
or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as
ordered by any bankruptcy or other court or as expressly provided
in this Indenture, the Transaction Documents or such other
instrument or agreement.
(b) The Issuer may contract
with other Persons to assist it in performing its duties under this
Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person
identified to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer’s
Certificate of the Issuer shall be deemed to be action taken by the
Issuer. Initially, the Issuer has contracted with the
Administrator, and the Administrator has agreed, to assist the
Issuer in performing its duties under this Indenture.
(c) The Issuer shall, and
shall cause the Administrator and the Servicer to, punctually
perform and observe all of its respective obligations and
agreements contained in this Indenture, the other Transaction
Documents and the instruments and agreements included in the
Collateral, including but not limited to preparing (or causing to
prepared) and filing (or causing to be filed) all UCC financing
statements and continuation statements required to be filed by the
terms of this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents in
accordance with and within the time periods provided for herein and
therein. Except as otherwise expressly provided therein, the Issuer
shall not waive, amend, modify, supplement or terminate any
Transaction Document or any provision thereof other than in
accordance with the amendment provisions set forth in such
Transaction Document.
SECTION 3.8 Negative
Covenants . So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer
shall not:
(a) engage in any activities
other than financing, acquiring, owning, pledging and managing the
Receivables and the other Collateral as contemplated by this
Indenture and the other Transaction Documents;
(b) except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture or in the other Transaction Documents,
sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the
properties or assets of the Issuer;
(c) claim any credit on, or
make any deduction from the principal or interest payable in
respect of, the Notes (other than amounts properly withheld from
such payments under the Code or applicable state law) or assert any
claim against any present or former Noteholder by reason of the
payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Trust
Estate;
(d) dissolve or liquidate in
whole or in part;
(e) (i) permit the validity
or effectiveness of this Indenture to be impaired, or permit the
lien of this Indenture to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated,
terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from
any covenants or obligations with respect to the Notes under this
Indenture except as may be expressly permitted hereby,
(ii) permit any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) to be
created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the
assets of the Issuer or any part thereof or any interest therein or
the proceeds
thereof or (iii) permit the lien of
this Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority (other than
with respect to any Permitted Lien) security interest in the
Collateral;
(f) incur, assume or
guarantee any indebtedness other than indebtedness incurred in
accordance with the Transaction Documents; or
(g) merge or consolidate
with, or transfer substantially all of its assets to, any other
Person.
SECTION 3.9 Annual
Compliance Statement .
(a) The Issuer shall deliver
to the Indenture Trustee on or before April 30
th
of each calendar year
beginning with April 30, [
], an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to the Authorized
Officer signing such Officer’s Certificate, that:
(i) a review of the
activities of the Issuer during such year (or since the Closing
Date, in the case of the first such Officer’s Certificate)
and of its performance under this Indenture has been made under
such Authorized Officer’s supervision; and
(ii) to the best of such
Authorized Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the
Issuer has complied with all conditions and covenants under this
Indenture in all material respects throughout such year, or, if
there has been a default in the compliance of any such condition or
covenant, specifying each such default known to such Authorized
Officer and the nature and status thereof.
(b) The Issuer
shall:
(i) file with the Indenture
Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is required (if at all) to
file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and
such other information, documents and reports (or copies of such
portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to
time by rules and regulations prescribe) as the Issuer may be
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act or such other reports required pursuant
to TIA Section 314(a)(1);
(ii) file with the Indenture
Trustee and the Commission in accordance with rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission such other
information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by
the Issuer with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as
may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations;
and
(iii) supply to the Indenture
Trustee (and the Indenture Trustee shall transmit by mail to all
Noteholders as required by TIA Section 313(c)) such summaries
of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by
the Issuer pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)
of this Section 3.9(b) as may be required
pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by
the Commission.
(c) Delivery of such reports,
information and documents to the Indenture Trustee is for
informational purposes only and the Indenture Trustee’s
receipt of such shall not constitute
constructive notice of any information
contained therein or determinable from information contained
therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of its
covenants hereunder (as to which the Indenture Trustee is entitled
to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).
(d) Unless the Issuer
otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the Issuer shall be the
same as the fiscal year of the Servicer.
SECTION 3.10 Restrictions
on Certain Other Activities . The Issuer shall not:
(i) engage in any activities other than financing, acquiring,
owning, pledging and managing the Trust Estate and the other
Collateral in the manner contemplated by the Transaction Documents;
(ii) issue, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become
liable, directly or indirectly, for any indebtedness other than the
Notes; (iii) make any loan, advance or credit to, guarantee
(directly or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of
assuring another’s payment or performance on any obligation
or capability of so doing or otherwise), endorse or otherwise
become contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection
with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, own, purchase,
repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so) any stock,
obligations, assets or securities of, or any other interest in, or
make any capital contribution to, any other Person; or
(iv) make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or
otherwise) for capital assets (either realty or
personalty).
SECTION 3.11 Restricted
Payments . The Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly,
(a) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of
capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a
combination thereof, to the Owner Trustee or any owner of a
beneficial interest in the Issuer or otherwise with respect to any
ownership or equity interest or security in or of the Issuer or to
the Servicer or the Administrator, (b) redeem, purchase,
retire or otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity
interest or security or (c) set aside or otherwise segregate
any amounts for any such purpose; provided , that the Issuer
may cause to be made distributions to the Servicer, the
Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the
Noteholders[, the Swap Counterparty] and the Certificateholders as
permitted by, and to the extent funds are available for such
purpose under, this Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
the Administration Agreement or the Trust Agreement. Other than as
set forth in the preceding sentence, the Issuer will not, directly
or indirectly, make distributions from the Trust
Accounts.
SECTION 3.12 Notice of
Events of Default . The Issuer shall promptly deliver to the
Indenture Trustee[, the Swap Counterparty] and each Rating Agency
written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of any
event which with the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both
would become an Event of Default, its status and what action the
Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto.
SECTION 3.13 Further
Instruments and Acts . Upon request of the Indenture Trustee,
the Issuer will execute and deliver such further instruments and do
such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry
out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.14 Compliance
with Laws . The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of
all applicable laws, the non-compliance with which would,
individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect
the ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations under the
Notes, this Indenture or any other Transaction Document.
SECTION 3.15 Perfection
Representations, Warranties and Covenants . The perfection
representations, warranties and covenants attached hereto as
Schedule I shall be deemed to be part of this Indenture for
all purposes.
SECTION 3.16 Investment
Company Act Representation . The Issuer hereby represents and
warrants to the Indenture Trustee that it is not an
“investment company” that is registered or required to
be registered under, or otherwise subject to the restrictions of,
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 4.1 Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture . This Indenture shall cease to be
of further effect with respect to the Notes except as to
(a) rights of registration of transfer and exchange,
(b) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Notes, (c) rights of Noteholders to receive payments of
principal thereof and interest thereon, (d) Sections
3.3 , 3.4 , 3.5 , 3.8 , 3.10 and
3.11 , (e) the rights, obligations and immunities of
the Indenture Trustee hereunder and (f) the rights of
Noteholders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so
deposited with the Indenture Trustee payable to all or any of them,
and the Indenture Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the
Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes,
when:
(a) either (i) all Notes
theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (1) Notes
that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.5 and
(2) Notes for which payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer
and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust,
as provided in Section 3.3 ) have been delivered to the
Indenture Trustee for cancellation or (ii) all Notes not
theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation
(1) have become due and payable, (2) will become due and
payable at the Final Scheduled Payment Date within one year, or
(3) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee for the giving
of notice of redemption by the Indenture Trustee in the name, and
at the expense, of the Issuer, and the Issuer, in the case of
clauses (1) , (2) or (3) , has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with
the Indenture Trustee cash or direct obligations of or obligations
guaranteed by the United States (which will mature prior to the
date such amounts are payable), in trust for such purpose, in an
amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on
such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for
cancellation, when due, to the Final Scheduled Payment Date or
Redemption Date (if Notes shall have been called for redemption
pursuant to Section 10.1 ), as the case may
be;
(b) the Issuer has paid or
caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer[,
including, without limitation, all amounts owed to the Swap
Counterparty, including all Swap Termination Payments];
and
(c) the Issuer has delivered
to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion
of Counsel and (if required by the TIA or the Indenture Trustee), a
certificate from a firm of
certified public accountants, each
meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.1(a)
and, subject to Section 11.2 , each stating that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied
with (and, in the case of an Officer’s Certificate, stating
that the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied (
provided , that such Officer’s Certificate need not
state that the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied if all
amounts owing on each Class of Notes have been paid or will be paid
in full on the date of delivery of such Officer’s
Certificate)).
SECTION 4.2 Application of
Trust Money . All monies deposited with the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and
applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes, this
Indenture and Article IV of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. Such monies need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required herein, in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement or by law.
SECTION 4.3 Repayment of
Monies Held by Paying Agent . In connection with the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the
Notes, all monies then held by any Paying Agent other than the
Indenture Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture with
respect to such Notes shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be paid to
the Indenture Trustee to be held and applied according to
Section 3.3 and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such
monies.
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
SECTION 5.1 Events of
Default . The occurrence and continuation of any one of the
following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and
whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by
operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of
any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or
governmental body) shall constitute a default under this Indenture
(each, an “ Event of Default ”):
(a) default in the payment of
any interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and
such default shall continue for a period of thirty-five Business
Days or more;
(b) default in the payment of
principal of any Note at the related Final Scheduled Payment Date
or the Redemption Date;
(c) any failure by the Issuer
to duly observe or perform in any material respect any of its
material covenants or agreements made in this Indenture (other than
a covenant or agreement, a default in the observance or performance
of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with),
which failure materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Noteholders, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a
period of 90 days after there shall have been given, by registered
or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by
Noteholders evidencing at least a majority of the Outstanding Note
Balance, a written notice specifying such failure and requiring it
to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “ Notice
of Default ” hereunder;
(d) any representation or
warranty of the Issuer made in this Indenture proves to have been
incorrect in any material respect when made, which failure
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders,
and which failure continues unremedied for 90 days after there
shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the
Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by Noteholders evidencing at
least a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance, a written notice
specifying such failure and requiring it to be remedied and stating
that such notice is a “ Notice of Default ”
hereunder; or
(e) a Bankruptcy Event with
respect to the Issuer;
provided, however , that a delay
in or failure of performance referred to under clauses (a) ,
(b) , (c) or ( d ) above for a
period of 120 days will not constitute an Event of Default if that
delay or failure was caused by force majeure or other similar
occurrence.
SECTION 5.2 Acceleration
of Maturity; Waiver of Event of Default . (a) Except as
set forth in the following sentence, if an Event of Default should
occur and be continuing, then and in every such case the Indenture
Trustee may, or if directed by the Noteholders representing not
less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance, shall declare
all the Notes to be immediately due and payable, by a notice in
writing to the Issuer (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by
Noteholders), and upon any such declaration the unpaid Note Balance
of such Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon
through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and
payable. If an Event of Default specified in
Section 5.1(e) occurs, all unpaid principal, together
with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, of all Notes, and all
other amounts payable hereunder, shall automatically become due and
payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the
Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder.
(b) At any time after such
declaration of acceleration of maturity has been made and before a
judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained
by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter provided for in this
Article V , the Noteholders representing a majority of the
Outstanding Note Balance, by written notice to the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if:
(i) the Issuer has paid or
deposited with the Indenture Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A) all payments of principal of and interest on all Notes and
all other amounts that would then be due hereunder or upon such
Notes if the Event of Default giving rise to such acceleration had
not occurred, (B) all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture
Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents
and counsel[, and (C) any Net Swap Payments and any Swap
Termination Payments then due and payable to the Swap Counterparty
under the Interest Rate Swap Agreement]; and
(ii) all Events of Default,
other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Notes that has
become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived
as provided in Section 5.12 .
No such rescission shall
affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent
thereto.
If the Notes have been
declared due and payable or have automatically become due and
payable following an Event of Default, the Indenture Trustee may
institute Proceedings to collect amounts due, exercise remedies as
a secured party (including foreclosure or sale of the Collateral)
or elect to maintain the Collateral and continue to apply the
proceeds from the Collateral as if there had been no declaration of
acceleration. Any sale of the Collateral by the Indenture Trustee
will be subject to the terms and conditions of
Section 5.4 .
SECTION 5.3 Collection of
Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the Indenture Trustee
. (a) The Issuer covenants that if (i) default is made in
the payment of any interest on any Note when the same becomes due
and payable, and such default continues for a period of thirty-five
Business Days or more, or (ii) default is made in the payment
of the principal of any Note at the related Final Scheduled Payment
Date or the Redemption Date, the Issuer will, upon demand of the
Indenture Trustee in writing as directed by a majority of the
Outstanding Note Balance, pay to the Indenture Trustee, for the
benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the whole amount then due and
payable on such Notes for principal and interest, with interest
upon the overdue principal, and, to the extent payment at such rate
of interest shall be legally enforceable, upon overdue installments
of interest, at the applicable Interest Rate and in addition
thereto such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the
costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture
Trustee and its agents and counsel.
(b) In case the Issuer shall
fail forthwith to pay the amounts described in clause (a)
above upon such demand, the Indenture Trustee, in its own
name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a Proceeding
for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute
such Proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the
same against the Issuer or other obligor upon such Notes and
collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the
Issuer or other obligor upon such Notes, wherever situated, the
monies adjudged or decreed to be payable.
(c) If an Event of Default
shall have occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may,
as more particularly provided in Section 5.4 , in its
discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the
rights of the Noteholders, by such appropriate Proceedings as the
Indenture Trustee shall deem most effective to protect and enforce
any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any
covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise
of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy
or legal or equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this
Indenture or by law.
(d) In case there shall be
pending, relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes
or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in the
Collateral, Proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code or any other
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or
reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall
have been appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its
property or such other obligor or Person, or in case of any other
comparable judicial Proceedings relative to the Issuer or other
obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or
property of the Issuer or such other
obligor, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether the
principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein
expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of
whether the Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant
to the provisions of this Section, shall be entitled and empowered,
by intervention in such Proceedings or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove a claim
or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and
unpaid in respect of the Notes and to file such other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the
claims of the Indenture Trustee (including any claim for reasonable
compensation to the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor
Indenture Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and
counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities
incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each
predecessor Indenture Trustee, except as a result of negligence,
bad faith or willful misconduct) and of the Noteholders allowed in
such Proceedings;
(ii) unless prohibited by
applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the Holders of
Notes in any election of a trustee, a standby trustee or Person
performing similar functions in any such Proceedings;
(iii) to collect and receive
any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the
claims of the Noteholders and of the Indenture Trustee on their
behalf; and
(iv) to file such proofs of
claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee or
the Noteholders allowed in any judicial Proceedings relative to the
Issuer, its creditors and its property;
and any trustee, receiver, liquidator,
custodian or other similar official in any such Proceeding is
hereby authorized by each Noteholder to make payments to the
Indenture Trustee, and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee
shall consent to the making of payments directly to such
Noteholders, to pay to the Indenture Trustee such amounts as shall
be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Indenture
Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective
agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture
Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result
of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, and any other
amounts due the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.7
.
(e) Nothing herein contained
shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to authorize or
consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof
or to authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the
claim of any Noteholder in any such Proceeding except, as
aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or
similar Person.
(f) All rights of action and
of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the
Notes, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the
possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any
trial or other Proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or
Proceedings instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in
its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of
judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements and
compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture
Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes [and the Swap
Counterparty], to the extent set forth in
Section 5.4(b) .
(g) In any Proceedings
brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any Proceedings
involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to
which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party), the Indenture
Trustee shall be held to represent all the Noteholders, and it
shall not be necessary to make any Noteholder a party to any such
Proceedings.
SECTION 5.4 Remedies;
Priorities . (a) If an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee may do one or
more of the following (subject to Sections 5.2 and
5.5 ):
(i) institute Proceedings in
its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the collection
of all amounts then payable on the Notes or under this Indenture
with respect thereto, whether by declaration or otherwise, enforce
any judgment obtained, and collect from the Issuer and any other
obligor upon such Notes monies adjudged due;
(ii) institute Proceedings
from time to time for the complete or partial foreclosure of this
Indenture with respect to the Collateral;
(iii) exercise any other
remedies of a secured party under the UCC and take any other
appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies
of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders; and
(iv) subject to
Section 5.17 , after an acceleration of the maturity of
the Notes pursuant to Section 5.2 , sell the Collateral
or any portion thereof or rights or interest therein, at one or
more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner
permitted by law;
provided, however , that the
Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate the
Collateral following an Event of Default unless (A) the
Holders of 100% of the Outstanding Note Balance [and the Swap
Counterparty] have consented to such liquidation, (B) the
proceeds of such sale or liquidation are sufficient to pay in full
the principal of and the accrued interest on the Outstanding Notes
[and all amounts due to the Swap Counterparty under the Interest
Rate Swap Agreement] or (C) the default relates to the failure
to pay interest or principal when due (a “ Payment
Default ”) and the Indenture Trustee determines (but
shall have no obligation to make such determination) that the
Collections on the Receivables will not be sufficient on an ongoing
basis to make all payments on the Notes as they would have become
due if the Notes had not been declared due and payable, and the
Indenture Trustee obtains the consent of the Holders of 66-2/3% of
the Outstanding Note Balance [and the Swap Counterparty]. In
determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with respect to
clauses (B) and (C) of the preceding
sentence, the
Indenture Trustee may, but need not,
obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment
banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the
feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of
the Trust Estate for such purpose. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, if the Event of Default does not relate to a
Payment Default or Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate the Trust
Estate unless the Holders of all Outstanding Notes consent to such
sale or the proceeds of such sale are sufficient to pay in full the
principal of and accrued interest on the Outstanding
Notes.
(b) Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 8.2 of this Indenture or
Section 4.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, if the
Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this
Article V and the Notes have been accelerated, it shall pay
out such money or property (and other amounts, including all
amounts held on deposit in the Reserve Account) held as Collateral
for the benefit of the Noteholders (net of liquidation costs
associated with the sale of the Trust Estate) in the following
order of priority:
(i) first , to the
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, any accrued and unpaid
fees, indemnity payments and reasonable expenses permitted under
the Transaction Documents; provided, that aggregate expenses
payable to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee pursuant to
this clause (i) shall be limited to $[100,000] per
annum in the aggregate;
(ii) second , to the
Servicer (or any predecessor Servicer, if applicable), for
reimbursement of all outstanding Advances;
(iii) third , to the
Servicer, the Servicing Fee and all unpaid Servicing Fees with
respect to prior Collection Periods;
(iv) [ fourth , to the
Swap Counterparty, any due and unpaid Net Swap
Payments;]
(v) fifth , pro rata,
[(A) to the Swap Counterparty for any due and unpaid Senior Swap
Termination Payments and (B)] to the Noteholders, for payment to
each respective Class of Noteholders, the Accrued Note Interest;
provided , that if there are not sufficient funds available
to pay the entire amount of the Accrued Note Interest, the amount
available shall be applied to the payment of such interest on each
Class of Notes on a pro rata basis based on the amount of interest
payable to each Class of Notes;
(vi) sixth , to the
Holders of the Class A-1 Notes in respect of principal thereof
until the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full;
(vii) seventh, to the
Holders of the Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes and
Class A-4 Notes, in respect of principal thereof, on a pro
rata basis (based on the Note Balance of each Class on such Payment
Date), until all Classes of the Notes have been paid in
full;
(viii) [ eighth , to
the Swap Counterparty, any due and unpaid Subordinated Swap
Termination Payments;]
(ix) ninth , to the
Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, any accrued and unpaid
fees, reasonable expenses and indemnity payments which have not
previously been paid; and
(x) tenth , any
remaining funds shall be distributed to or at the direction of the
Certificateholder.
The Indenture Trustee may fix
a record date and payment date for any payment to Noteholders
pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record date,
the Issuer shall mail to each Noteholder and the Indenture Trustee
a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the
amount to be paid.
Prior to an acceleration of
the Notes after an Event of Default, if the Indenture Trustee
collects any money or property pursuant to this Article V ,
such amounts shall be deposited into the Collection Account and
distributed in accordance with Section 4.4 of the Sale
and Servicing Agreement and Section 8.2
hereof.
SECTION 5.5 Optional
Preservation of the Collateral . If the Notes have been
declared or are automatically due and payable under
Section 5.2 following an Event of Default and such
declaration or automatic occurrence and its consequences have not
been rescinded and annulled, if permitted hereunder, the Indenture
Trustee may, but need not, elect to maintain possession of the
Trust Estate and continue to apply the proceeds thereof in
accordance with Section 5.4(b) . It is the intent of
the parties hereto and the Noteholders that there be at all times
sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and interest on
the Notes [and amounts due to the Swap Counterparty] under the
Transaction Documents, and the Indenture Trustee shall take such
intent into account when determining whether or not to maintain
possession of the Collateral. In determining whether to maintain
possession of the Collateral, the Indenture Trustee may, but need
not, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment
banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the
feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of
the Collateral for such purpose.
SECTION 5.6 Limitation of
Suits . (a) No Holder of any Note shall have any right to
institute any Proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to
this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or
for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(i) such Holder has
previously given written notice to the Indenture Trustee of a
continuing Event of Default;
(ii) the Holders of not less
than 25% of the Outstanding Note Balance have made written request
to the Indenture Trustee to institute such Proceeding in respect of
such Event of Default in its own name as the Indenture Trustee
hereunder;
(iii) such Holder or Holders
have offered to the Indenture Trustee indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to
be incurred in complying with such request;
(iv) the Indenture Trustee
for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity has failed to institute such Proceedings; and
(v) no direction inconsistent
with such written request has been given to the Indenture Trustee
during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority of the
Outstanding Note Balance.
No Noteholder or group of Noteholders
shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by
availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or
prejudice the rights of any other Noteholders or to obtain or to
seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Noteholders or
to enforce any right under this Indenture, except, in each case, to
the extent and in the manner herein provided.
In the event the Indenture
Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and
indemnity from two or more groups of Noteholders, each representing
less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance, the Indenture
Trustee in its sole discretion may determine what action, if any,
shall be taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Indenture.
(b) No Noteholder shall have
any right to vote except as provided pursuant to this Indenture and
the Notes, nor any right in any manner to otherwise control the
operation and management of the Issuer. However, in connection with
any action as to which Noteholders are entitled to vote or consent
under this Indenture and the Notes, the Issuer may set a record
date for purposes of determining the identity of Noteholders
entitled to vote or consent in accordance with TIA
Section 316(c).
SECTION 5.7 Unconditional
Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest .
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the Holder
of any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest
on such Note on or after the respective due dates thereof expressed
in such Note or in this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption,
on or after the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment and such right shall not be
impaired without the consent of such Noteholder.
SECTION 5.8 Restoration of
Rights and Remedies . If the Indenture Trustee or any
Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or
remedy under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason or has been determined
adversely to the Indenture Trustee or to such Noteholder, then and
in every such case the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the
Noteholders shall, subject to any determination in such Proceeding,
be restored severally and respectively to their former positions
hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholders shall continue as though no such
Proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 5.9 Rights and
Remedies Cumulative . No right or remedy herein conferred upon
or reserved to the Indenture Trustee[, the Swap Counterparty] or to
the Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or
remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and
remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in
equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or
remedy hereunder or otherwise shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or
remedy.
SECTION 5.10 Delay or
Omission Not a Waiver . No delay or omission of the Indenture
Trustee or any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy
accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such
right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Default or Event
of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given
by this Article V or by law to the Indenture Trustee or to
the Noteholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as
may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee or by the
Noteholders, as the case may be.
SECTION 5.11 Control by
Noteholders . Subject to the provisions of Sections 5.4
, 5.6 , 6.2(d) and 6.2(e) , Noteholders
holding not less than a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance,
shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture
Trustee with respect to the Notes or with respect to the exercise
of any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee;
provided , that
(a) such direction shall not
be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture;
(b) subject to the express
terms of the proviso and the last sentence of
Section 5.4(a) , any direction to the Indenture Trustee
to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be by the Holders of
Notes representing not less than 100% of the Outstanding Note
Balance unless the proceeds of such sale are sufficient to pay in
full the principal of and accrued interest on the Outstanding
Notes;
(c) if the conditions set
forth in Section 5.5 have been satisfied and the
Indenture Trustee elects to retain the Trust Estate pursuant to
such Section, then any direction to the Indenture Trustee by
Holders of Notes representing less than 100% of the Outstanding
Note Balance to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be of no
force and effect;
(d) the Indenture Trustee may
take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture Trustee that
is not inconsistent with such direction, applicable law and the
terms of this Indenture; and
(e) such direction shall be
in writing;
provided, further , that, subject
to Section 6.1 , the Indenture Trustee need not take
any action that it determines might expose it to personal liability
or might materially adversely affect or unduly prejudice the rights
of any Noteholders not consenting to such action.
SECTION 5.12 Waiver of
Past Defaults . Prior to the declaration of the acceleration of
the maturity of the Notes as provided in Section 5.2 ,
the Holders of Notes of not less than a majority of the Outstanding
Note Balance, may waive any past Default or Event of Default and
its consequences except a Default (a) in payment of principal
of or interest on any of the Notes, (b) in respect of a
covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended
without the consent of each Noteholder or (c) arising from a
Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Issuer. In the case of any
such waiver, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders
shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder,
respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereto.
Upon any such waiver, such
Default or Event of Default shall cease to exist and be deemed to
have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured and not to
have occurred, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any prior, subsequent or other Default or
Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 5.13 Undertaking
for Costs . All parties to this Indenture agree, and each
Noteholder by such Noteholder’s acceptance thereof shall be
deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion
require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Indenture Trustee
for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as the Indenture
Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may
in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or
defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this
Section shall not apply to (a) any suit instituted by the
Indenture Trustee, (b) any suit instituted by any Noteholder,
or group of Noteholders, in each case holding in the aggregate more
than 10% of the Outstanding Note Balance or (c) any suit
instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of
principal of or interest on any Note on or after the respective due
dates expressed in such Note and in this Indenture (or, in the case
of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
SECTION 5.14 Waiver of
Stay or Extension Laws . The Issuer covenants (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist
upon, or plead or in any manner whatsoever, claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer (to
the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all
benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will
not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein
granted to the Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the
execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
SECTION 5.15 Action on
Notes . The Indenture Trustee’s right to seek and recover
judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture shall not be affected
by the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under
or with respect to this Indenture. Neither the lien of this
Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee or
the Noteholders shall be impaired by the recovery of any judgment
by the Indenture Trustee against the Issuer or by the levy of any
execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Trust Estate
or upon any of the assets of the Issuer. Any money or property
collected by the Indenture Trustee shall be applied in accordance
with Section 5.4(b) , if the maturity of the Notes has
been accelerated pursuant to Section 5.2 , or
Section 4.4 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and
Section 8.2 of this Indenture, if the maturity of the
Notes has not been accelerated.
SECTION 5.16 Performance
and Enforcement of Certain Obligations . (a) Promptly
following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so, the Issuer
shall take all such lawful action as the Indenture Trustee may
request to compel or secure the performance and
observance (i) by the Seller and
the Servicer, as applicable, of each of their obligations to the
Issuer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, or (ii) by the Seller or CAF, as applicable, of
each of their obligations under or in connection with the Purchase
Agreement, in each case, in accordance with the terms thereof, and
to exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges
lawfully available to the Issuer under or in connection with the
Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Purchase Agreement, as the
case may be, to the extent and in the manner directed by the
Indenture Trustee, including the transmission of notices of default
on the part of the Seller, the Servicer or CAF thereunder and the
institution of legal or administrative actions or Proceedings to
compel or secure performance by the Seller or the Servicer of each
of their obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or by
the Seller or CAF, as applicable, of each of their obligations
under or in connection with the Purchase Agreement.
(b) If an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, and, at
the direction (which direction shall be in writing) of the Holders
of a majority of the Outstanding Note Balance shall, exercise all
rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer
against the Seller or the Servicer under or in connection with the
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