GE Equipment Midticket LLC,
Series 2009-1
Issuer
Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas,
as Indenture Trustee
Dated as of September 11,
2009
$618,399,000 in aggregate principal
amount of Notes, consisting of:
$169,000,000 of 0.50075%
Class A-1 Notes
$83,000,000 of 1.42% Class A-2 Notes
$255,000,000 of 2.34% Class A-3 Notes
$71,821,000 of 3.13% Class A-4 Notes
$27,210,000 of 5.67% Class B Notes
$12,368,000 of 7.14% Class C Notes
GE Equipment Midticket LLC,
Series 2009-1
Reconciliation and Tie between this
Indenture
dated as of September 11, 2009 and the
TIA of 1939, as amended
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TIA Section
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Indenture Section
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310(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(b)
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(a)(4)
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Not Applicable
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(b)
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6.11
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(c)
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Not Applicable
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311(a)
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6.13
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(b)
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6.13
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312(a)
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7.1
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(b)
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7.2(b)
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(c)
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7.2(c)
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313(a)
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6.14
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(b)(1)
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6.14
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(b)(2)
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6.14
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(c)
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6.14; 7.3(a)(ii)
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(d)
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6.14
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314(a)
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7.3
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(b)
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3.6; 8.8
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(c)(1)
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8.7
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(c)(2)
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8.7
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(c)(3)
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8.7
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(d)
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8.7
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(e)
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11.1
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(f)
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Not Applicable
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315(a)
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6.1
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(b)
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6.5
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(c)
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6.1
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(d)
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6.7
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(e)
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5.10
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316(a) (last sentence)
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2.12
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(a)(1)(A)
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5.8
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(a)(1)(B)
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5.9
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(a)(2)
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Not Applicable
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317(a)(1)
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5.2
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(a)(2)
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5.2
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(b)
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6.16
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318(a)
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11.19
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(c)
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11.19
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
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2
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2
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SECTION 1.2. Other Interpretive
Matters
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SECTION 1.3. Incorporation by Reference of
TIA
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SECTION 2.2. Execution, Authentication and
Delivery
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SECTION 2.3. Temporary Notes
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SECTION 2.4. Registration; Registration of
Transfer and Exchange
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SECTION 2.5. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or
Stolen Notes
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SECTION 2.6. Persons Deemed Owner
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SECTION 2.7. Payment of Principal and Interest;
Defaulted Interest
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SECTION 2.8. Cancellation
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SECTION 2.9. Book-Entry Notes
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SECTION 2.10. Notices to Clearing
Agency
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SECTION 2.11. Definitive Notes
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SECTION 2.12. Notes owned by the Issuer or its
Affiliates
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SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Numbers
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SECTION 2.14. Perfection Representations and
Warranties
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SECTION 2.15. Notes to Constitute
Indebtedness
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27
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27
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SECTION 3.2. Maintenance of Office or
Agency
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SECTION 3.3. Paying Agent’s
Obligations
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SECTION 3.5. Protection of the Collateral;
Further Assurances
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SECTION 3.6. Opinions as to the
Collateral
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SECTION 3.7. Performance of Obligations;
Servicing of Loans
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31
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SECTION 3.9. Annual Statement as to
Compliance
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SECTION 3.10. Information to Be Provided by the
Indenture Trustee
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SECTION 3.11. Negative Covenants
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SECTION 3.12. Successor or Transferee
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SECTION 3.13. Notice of Events of
Default
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SECTION 3.14. Further Instruments and
Acts
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ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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SECTION 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture
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SECTION 4.2. Application of Trust
Funds
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SECTION 5.1. Events of Default
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SECTION 5.4. Unconditional Rights of Noteholders
To Receive Principal and Interest
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40
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SECTION 5.5. Restoration of Rights and
Remedies
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SECTION 5.6. Rights and Remedies
Cumulative
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SECTION 5.7. Delay or Omission Not a
Waiver
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SECTION 5.8. Control by Noteholders
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SECTION 5.9. Waiver of Past Defaults
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SECTION 5.10. Undertaking for Costs
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SECTION 5.11. Waiver of Stay or Extension
Laws
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SECTION 5.12. Action on Notes
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SECTION 5.14. Sale of Collateral
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ARTICLE VI THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
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SECTION 6.1. Duties of the Indenture
Trustee
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SECTION 6.2. Rights of Indenture
Trustee
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SECTION 6.3. Individual Rights of the Indenture
Trustee
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SECTION 6.4. Funds Held in Trust
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SECTION 6.5. Notice of Defaults
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SECTION 6.7. Compensation and
Indemnity
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SECTION 6.8. Resignation and Removal;
Appointment of Successor
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SECTION 6.9. Successor Indenture Trustee by
Merger
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SECTION 6.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or
Separate Trustee
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SECTION 6.11. Eligibility;
Disqualification
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SECTION 6.12. Acceptance by Indenture
Trustee
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SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against the Issuer
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SECTION 6.14. Reports by Indenture Trustee to
Noteholders
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SECTION 6.15. Representations and
Warranties
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SECTION 6.16. The Paying Agent
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SECTION 6.17. Repayment of Amounts Held by
Paying Agent
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ARTICLE VII NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND
REPORTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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SECTION 7.1. Issuer To Furnish Indenture Trustee
Names and Addresses of Noteholders
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SECTION 7.2. Preservation of Information;
Communications to Noteholders
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SECTION 7.3. Reports by Issuer
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SECTION 7.4. De-Listing of Definitive
Notes
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ARTICLE VIII ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND
RELEASES
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SECTION 8.1. Collection of Amounts
Due
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SECTION 8.2. Trust Accounts
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SECTION 8.3. Priority of Payments
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SECTION 8.4. Reserve Account
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SECTION 8.6. General Provisions Regarding
Accounts
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SECTION 8.7. Release of Collateral
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SECTION 8.8. Opinion of Counsel
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ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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SECTION 9.1. Supplemental Indentures Without
Consent of Noteholders
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65
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SECTION 9.2. Supplemental Indentures With
Consent of Noteholders
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66
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SECTION 9.3. Execution of Supplemental
Indentures
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67
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SECTION 9.4. Effect of Supplemental
Indenture
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67
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SECTION 9.5. Reference in Notes to Supplemental
Indentures
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68
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SECTION 9.6. Conformity with Trust Indenture
Act
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ARTICLE X REDEMPTION OF NOTES
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SECTION 10.2. Form of Redemption
Notice
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SECTION 10.3. Notes Payable on Redemption
Date
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SECTION 11.1. Compliance Certificates and
Opinions, etc
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69
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SECTION 11.2. Form of Documents Delivered to
Indenture Trustee
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71
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SECTION 11.3. Acts of Noteholders
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72
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SECTION 11.4. Notices, etc., to the Indenture
Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies
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73
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SECTION 11.5. Notices to Noteholders;
Waiver
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73
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SECTION 11.6. Alternate Payment and Notice
Provisions
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SECTION 11.7. Successors and Assigns
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SECTION 11.8. Severability
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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SECTION 11.9. Benefits of Indenture
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SECTION 11.10. Legal Holidays
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SECTION 11.11. Governing Law
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SECTION 11.12. Counterparts
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SECTION 11.13. Recording of Indenture
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SECTION 11.14. Trust Obligation
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SECTION 11.15. Communication by Noteholders with
Other Noteholders
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76
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SECTION 11.16. Inspection
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SECTION 11.17. Agents of Issuer
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SECTION 11.18. Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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77
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SECTION 11.19. Conflict with Trust Indenture
Act
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SECTION 11.20. Subordination
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SECTION 11.21. Patriot Act
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Form of
Class A Notes
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Form of
Class B Notes
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Form of
Class C Notes
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Form of
Section 3.9 Officers’ Certificate
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Servicing
Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment of Compliance
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Form of Annual
Certification of the Indenture Trustee
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Form of
Noteholder’s Statement Pursuant to
Section 8.5
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Perfection
Representations, Warranties and Covenants
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-v-
INDENTURE
, dated as of September 11, 2009 between GE Equipment
Midticket LLC, Series 2009-1, a Delaware limited liability
company (the “ Issuer ”), and Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas, as trustee and not in its individual
capacity (the “ Indenture Trustee ”).
The Issuer has
duly authorized the issuance of $618,399,000 in aggregate principal
amount of its Notes, consisting of $169,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of 0.50075% Class A-1 Notes (the “
Class A-1 Notes ”), $83,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 1.42% Class
A-2 Notes (the “ Class A-2 Notes ”),
$255,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.34% Class A-3
Notes (the “ Class A-3 Notes ”),
$71,821,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.13%% Class A-4
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 “Class A
Notes” ), $27,210,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.67%
Class B Notes (the “ Class B Notes ”)
and $12,368,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.14% Class C
Notes (the “Class C Notes ” and, together
with the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes, the “
Notes ”), and to provide therefor the Issuer has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture. The Notes
shall be entitled to payments of interest and principal as set
forth herein.
All things
necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the Issuer and
authenticated and delivered hereunder, the valid obligations of the
Issuer, and to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer,
in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE,
THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in
consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the
holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the
benefit of all Noteholders, as follows:
The Issuer, as
security for the Issuer’s obligations under the Notes and
this Indenture, hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee at the
Closing Date, for the benefit of the Noteholders, a security
interest in all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in,
to and under the following, whether now existing or hereafter
arising or acquired (collectively, the “ Collateral
”):
(a) the Loans,
including the Loan Files, and all obligations of the Obligors
thereunder, including the right to payment of any interest accrued
and to accrue from and after August 31, 2009 or finance
charges and other obligations of such Obligor with respect thereto
due or to become due on or after the Cutoff Date;
(b) the Related
Security and Collections with respect thereto;
(c) all property
now or hereafter in the possession or custody of, or in transit to,
the Issuer, the Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or the Sellers relating
to any of the foregoing;
(d) all Records
with respect to any of the foregoing;
(f) the Trust
Accounts and all funds, Financial Assets, Investment Property or
other property on deposit from time to time in or credited to the
Trust Accounts, including all investments and proceeds thereof and
all income thereon;
(g) the Purchase
and Sale Agreement;
(h) the Servicing
Agreement;
(i) all General
Intangibles relating to or arising out of any of the property
described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (h)
;
(j) all present
and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect
of any or all of the property described in the foregoing clauses
(a) through (i) and all payments on or under in respect
of any or all of the foregoing, including all proceeds of the
conversion, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid
property, all cash proceeds, Accounts, Promissory 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
and other property that at any time constitute all or part of or
are included in the proceeds of any and all of the
foregoing;
(k) all proceeds
of the foregoing clauses (a) through (j) ;
and
(l) all other
personal property of the Issuer, of whatever kind or nature and
wherever located.
Such Grant is made
in trust to secure (x) the payment of principal of and
interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the
Class A Notes, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority
or distinction, (y) the payment of principal of and interest
on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Class B
Notes, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or
distinction, and (z) the payment of principal of and interest
on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Class C
Notes, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or
distinction, in each case, in the priority and to the extent
set forth herein and to secure compliance with this
Indenture.
The Indenture
Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, (1) acknowledges such
Grant, and (2) accepts the trusts under this Indenture in
accordance with this Indenture and agrees to perform its duties
required in this Indenture to the best of its ability to the end
that the interests of the Noteholders may be adequately and
effectively protected.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.1.
Definitions . Except as otherwise specified or as the
context may otherwise require, the following terms have the
meanings set forth below for all purposes of this
Indenture.
“
Account ” is defined in Section 9-102(a)(2) of
the UCC.
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“ Act
” is defined in Section 11.3 of this
Indenture.
“
Administration Agreement ” means the Administration
Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2009 between the
Administrator and the Issuer.
“
Administration Fee ” means the fee payable to the
Administrator pursuant to Section 3 of the Administration
Agreement.
“
Administrator ” means General Electric Capital
Corporation in its capacity as administrator, a Delaware
corporation, or any successor Administrator under the
Administration Agreement.
“
Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person,
(a) each Person that, directly or indirectly, owns or
controls, whether beneficially, or as a trustee, guardian or other
fiduciary, five percent (5%) or more of the stock having ordinary
voting power in the election of directors of such Person,
(b) each Person that controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with such Person, or (c) each of such
Person’s officers, directors, joint venturers and partners.
For the purposes of this definition, “control” of a
Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power
to direct or cause the direction of its management or policies,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
“ Annual
Percentage Rate ” or “ APR ” of a Loan
means, the interest rate or annual rate of finance charges stated
in, or if not explicitly stated, the implicit finance charges used
by the finance company to determine periodic payments with respect
to the related Loan.
“
Authorized Officer ” means, with respect to any
corporation, trust or limited liability company, as appropriate,
the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice
President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, any Assistant Secretary,
any Assistant Treasurer, the Managing Member, and each other
officer, employee, member or designee of such corporation, trust or
limited liability company, as appropriate, specifically or similar
governing body of such limited liability company or trust to sign
agreements, instruments or other documents on behalf of such
corporation authorized in resolutions of the board of directors of
such corporation or similar governing body of such limited
liability company or trust, as appropriate.
“
Available Amounts ” means
(i) All payments
made by or on behalf of the Obligors (excluding any late fees,
prepayment charges, assumption fees, modifications and other
administrative fees or similar charges allowed by applicable law
with respect to the Loans that constitute part of the servicing
fees) received during the related Collection Period;
(ii) any
Recoveries received during the related Collection
Period;
(iii) any proceeds
from insurance policies covering the Equipment or related Obligor
received during the related Collection Period;
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(iv) Liquidation
Proceeds received with respect to the related Collection
Period;
(v) the Purchase
Amount of each Loan that became a Purchased Loan during the related
Collection Period (to the extent deposited into the Collection
Account);
(vi) Investment
Earnings for such Payment Date;
(vii) Servicing
Advances received during the related Collection Period;
and
(viii) payments
made by a lessee pursuant to its obligation (if any) to pay the
Termination Value pursuant to the related Loan received during the
related Collection Period;
provided that Available Amounts shall not include all
payments or proceeds (including Liquidation Proceeds) of any Loans
the Purchase Amount of which has been included in the Available
Amounts in a prior Collection Period; and provided
further , that with respect to the first Payment Date,
Available Amounts will exclude payments and proceeds of interest on
the Loans from the Cut-off Date through August 31,
2009.
“
Available Reserve Account Amount ” means, for any
Payment Date, an amount equal to the amount on deposit in the
Reserve Account on such date (exclusive of Investment Earnings on
such date and after giving effect to any withdrawals therefrom on
the related Transfer Date but before giving effect to any deposit
to the Reserve Account to be made on such date).
“
Bankruptcy Code ” means the provisions of Title 11 of
the United States Code, §§ 101 et
seq. , as amended from time to time.
“ Benefit
Plan ” is defined in Section 2.4(a) of this
Indenture.
“
Book-Entry Notes ” means a beneficial interest in the
Notes of a particular Class, ownership and transfers of which shall
be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in
Section 2.9 of this Indenture.
“
Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, a
Sunday or a day on which banks are required or permitted to be
closed in the State of New York or the State of
Connecticut.
“ CEF
Limited Liability Company Agreement ” means the Second
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of CEF
Equipment Holding, L.L.C., dated as of September 25, 2003, as
the same may be amended or supplemented from time to
time.
“
Certificated Security ” is defined in
Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC.
“ Chattel
Paper ” is defined in Section 9-102(a)(11) of the
UCC.
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“
Class ” means any class of Notes; it being understood
that the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the
Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes collectively
shall constitute one Class.
“
Class A Noteholder ” means any holder of record
of a Class A Note.
“
Class A Notes ” means the Class A-1 Notes,
the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the
Class A-4 Notes.
“
Class A-1 Interest Rate ” means 0.50075% per
annum, computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the
related Interest Accrual Period and a year of
360 days.
“
Class A-1 Maturity Date ” means
September 15, 2010 (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the
next succeeding Business Day thereafter).
“
Class A -1 Noteholder ” means any holder of
record of a Class A-1 Note.
“
Class A-1 Notes ” means the $169,000,000
aggregate principal amount of Notes, Class A-1, issued
pursuant to this Indenture.
“
Class A-2 Interest Rate ” means 1.42% per annum,
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
“Class A-2 Maturity Date ” means
August 15, 2011 (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the
next succeeding Business Day thereafter).
“Class A -2 Noteholder ” means any holder
of record of a Class A-2 Note.
“
Class A-2 Notes ” means the $83,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of Notes, Class A-2, issued pursuant to this
Indenture.
“
Class A-3 Interest Rate ” means 2.34% per annum,
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
“Class A-3 Maturity Date ” means
June 17, 2013 (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day thereafter).
“Class A -3 Noteholder ” means any holder
of record of a Class A-3 Note.
“
Class A-3 Notes ” means the $255,000,000
aggregate principal amount of Notes, Class A-3, issued
pursuant to this Indenture.
“
Class A-4 Interest Rate ” means 3.13% per annum,
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
“Class A-4 Maturity Date ” means
November 16, 2020 (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the
next succeeding Business Day thereafter).
“Class A -4 Noteholder ” means any holder
of record of a Class A-4 Note.
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“
Class A-4 Notes ” means the $71,821,000 aggregate
principal amount of Notes, Class A-4, issued pursuant to this
Indenture.
“
Class B Interest Rate ” means 5.67% per annum,
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
“
Class B Maturity Date ” means November 16,
2020 (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding
Business Day thereafter).
“
Class B Noteholder ” means any holder of record
of a Class B Note.
“
Class B Notes ” means the $27,210,000 aggregate
principal amount of Notes, Class B, issued pursuant to the
Indenture.
“
Class C Interest Rate ” means 7.14% per annum,
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
“
Class C Maturity Date ” means November 16,
2020 (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding
Business Day thereafter).
“
Class C Noteholder ” means any holder of record
of a Class C Note.
“
Class C Notes ” means the $12,368,000 aggregate
principal amount of Notes, Class C, issued pursuant to this
Indenture.
“
Clearing Agency ” means an organization registered as
a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the
Securities Exchange Act that has been designated as the
“Clearing Agency” for purposes of this
Indenture.
“
Clearing Agency Participant ” means a broker, dealer,
bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom from
time to time a Clearing Agency effects book-entry transfers and
pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing
Agency.
“ Closing
Date ” means September 11, 2009.
“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time, and Treasury Regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“
Collateral ” is defined in the Granting Clause of this
Indenture.
“
Collection Account ” means the account designated as
such, established and owned by the Issuer and maintained in
accordance with Section 8.2 of this
Indenture.
“
Collection Period ” means, with respect to any Payment
Date, the calendar month preceding the month in which the Payment
Date occurs (or, if for the first Payment Date, the period from and
including the day after the Cutoff Date to and including the last
day of the calendar month preceding the calendar month in which the
first Payment Date occurs).
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“
Collections ” means, with respect to any Payment Date
all payments made by or on behalf of the Obligors received during
the related Collection Period, any Recoveries received during the
related Collection Period, any proceeds from insurance policies
covering the Equipment or related Obligor received during the
related Collection Period, Liquidation Proceeds received during the
related Collection Period, and payments made by a lessee pursuant
to its obligation (if any) to pay the Termination Value pursuant to
the related Loan received during the related Collection Period;
provided that “Collections” for the first
Collection Period shall exclude interest accrued before
August 31, 2009.
“
Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“
Corporate Trust Office ” means, with respect to the
Indenture Trustee, the principal office of the Indenture Trustee at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered, which office at the date of this Indenture is located
for purposes other than Note transfers and final payment, at 60
Wall Street, 26 th Floor, MS NYC 60-2606, New York, NY 10005,
Attention: Structured Finance Services/Trust and Securities
Services—Louis Bodi, and for purposes of Note transfers and
final payment, at DB Services Tennessee, Inc., 648 Grassmere Park
Road, 1 st
Floor, Nashville, TN 37211,
Attention: Nashville Transfer Trust and Securities Services ; or at
such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate from time
to time by notice to the Noteholders and the Issuer, or the
principal corporate trust office of any successor Indenture Trustee
(the address of which the successor Indenture Trustee will notify
the Noteholders and the Sellers).
“ Credit
and Collection Policies ” or “ Credit and
Collection Policy ” means the policies, practices and
procedures adopted by the Issuer for providing equipment loans
secured by transportation equipment, industrial equipment,
construction equipment, furniture and fixtures, maritime assets,
printing presses, technology and telecommunications equipment or
other equipment, including the policies and procedures for
determining the creditworthiness of Obligors and the extension of
credit to Obligors, or relating to the maintenance of such types of
loans and collections on such types of loans.
“ Cut-off
Date ” means August 1, 2009.
“
Default ” means any occurrence that is, or with notice
or the lapse of time or both would become, an Event of
Default.
“
Defaulted Loan ” means a Loan with respect to which
(i) the Servicer on behalf of the Issuer has repossessed the
Equipment securing such Loan and which is not a Liquidated Loan or
(ii) any portion of the Loan Value is deemed uncollectible in
accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy.
“
Definitive Notes ” is defined in
Section 2.9 of this Indenture.
“
Delinquent Loan ” is defined in the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.
“ Deposit
Account ” is defined in Section 9-102(a)(29) of the
UCC.
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“
Determination Date ” means, with respect to any
Transfer Date, the second Business Day prior to such Transfer
Date.
“
Eligible Deposit Account ” means: (a) a
segregated deposit account maintained with a depository institution
or trust company whose short-term unsecured debt obligations are
rated at least A-1+ by S&P and P-1 by Moody’s, (b) a
segregated account which is either (i) maintained in the
corporate trust department of the Indenture Trustee or
(ii) maintained with a depository institution or trust company
whose long term unsecured debt obligations are rated at least BBB-
by S&P and Baa3 by Moody’s, or (c) a segregated
trust account or similar account maintained with a federally or
state chartered depository institution whose long term unsecured
debt obligations are rated at least BBB- by S&P and Baa3 by
Moody’s subject to regulations regarding fiduciary funds on
deposit substantially similar to 12 C.F.R. § 9.10(b) in
effect on the Closing Date.
“
Equipment ” means any transportation equipment,
industrial equipment, construction equipment, furniture and
fixtures, maritime assets, printing presses, technology and
telecommunications equipment or other equipment, together with all
accessions thereto securing an Obligor’s indebtedness under
such Obligor’s Loan.
“
Equipment Loan ” means middle market equipment loans
that consist of loans and finance leases secured by new or used
transportation equipment, industrial equipment, construction
equipment, furniture and fixtures, maritime assets, printing
presses, technology and telecommunications equipment or other
equipment made to obligors in the United States of America and
managed by the Corporate Finance and Equipment Finance reporting
categories of the Commercial Lending and Leasing division of GE
Capital.
“
ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended.
“ Event
of Default ” is defined in Section 5.1 of
this Indenture.
“ Excess
Reserve ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the
excess of the Available Reserve Account Amount over the Required
Reserve Account Amount.
“ Excess
Spread Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date,
the portion, if any, of Available Amounts for such Payment
Date remaining after giving effect to the payments made pursuant to
clauses (i) through (vi) under
Section 8.3(a) of the Indenture with respect to any
Payment Date prior to an Event of Default.
“
Executive Officer ” means, with respect to any
corporation, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer,
Chief Financial Officer, President, Executive Vice President, any
Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer of such corporation;
and with respect to any partnership, any general partner
thereof.
“ Federal
Book-Entry Regulations ” means (a) the Federal
regulations listed on Appendix A to Operating Circular
No. 7 issued by the Federal Reserve Banks and (b) the
Federal regulations published at 25 C.F.R.
Part 350.
“ Final
Maturity Date ” means the Payment Date in
November 2020.
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“
Financial Asset ” has the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 8-102 of Article 8 of the UCC.
“
Fitch ” means Fitch Ratings and its successors and
assigns.
“ GE
Capital ” means General Electric Capital Corporation, a
Delaware corporation.
“
GECITS ” means GE Capital Information Technology
Solutions, Inc., a California corporation.
“
GECS ” means General Electric Capital Services, Inc.
or any successors or assigns thereto.
“ General
Intangibles ” is defined in Section 9-102(a)(42) of
the UCC.
“
Grant ” means to create and grant a Lien pursuant to
this Indenture, and other forms of the verb “to Grant”
shall have correlative meanings. A Grant with respect to the
Collateral or any other agreement or instrument shall include a
grant of a Lien upon all rights, powers and options (but none of
the obligations) of the Granting party thereunder, including the
right, upon the occurrence of a Default and declaration thereof by
the party to whom such Grant is made, to claim for, collect,
receive and give receipt for principal and interest payments in
respect of the Collateral and all other amounts payable thereunder,
to give and receive notices and other communications, to make
waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to
bring Proceedings in the name of the Granting party or otherwise
and generally to do and receive anything that the Granting party is
or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or with respect
thereto.
“ IFS
” means Imaging Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
“
Indenture ” means this Indenture, dated as of
September 11, 2009, between the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to
time.
“
Indenture Trustee ” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture
Trustee under this Indenture, or any successor Indenture Trustee
under this Indenture.
“
Independent ” means, with respect to any specified
Person, any such Person who (i) is in fact independent of any
Seller, the Servicer, the Issuer, or any Affiliate of any thereof,
(ii) does not have any direct financial interest, or any
material indirect financial interest in any Seller, the Servicer,
the Issuer, or any Affiliate of any thereof and (iii) is not
connected with any Seller, the Servicer, the Issuer, or any
Affiliate of any thereof, as an officer, employee, promoter,
underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing
similar functions; provided , however , that a Person
shall not fail to be Independent of any Seller, the Servicer, the
Issuer, or any Affiliate of any thereof merely because such Person
is the beneficial owner of 1% or less of any class of securities
issued by the Issuer, the Servicer, or any Affiliate thereof, as
the case may be.
“
Independent Certificate ” means a certificate or
opinion to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee under the
circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the
applicable
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requirements of
Section 11.1 of this Indenture, made by an Independent
appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order and approved
by the Indenture Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care, and
such opinion or certificate shall state that the signer has read
the definition of “Independent” in this Indenture and
that the signer is Independent within the meaning
thereof.
“
Insolvency Event ” means, with respect to a specified
Person: (a) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises of (i) a decree or order for relief in respect of
such Person in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
or other similar law or (ii) a decree or order adjudging such
Person a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a
petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, or
composition of or in respect of such Person under any applicable
Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator, or other similar
official of such Person or of any substantial part of its property,
or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the
continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such
other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days; or (b) the commencement by such Person of a
voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar law or of
any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or
insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order
for relief in respect of such Person in an involuntary case or
proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, or other similar law or to the
commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding
against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent
seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or
state law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or
to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian,
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator, or similar
official of such Person or of any substantial part of its property,
or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors,
or such Person’s failure to pay its debts generally as they
become due, or the taking of corporate action by such Person in
furtherance of any such action.
“
Instruments ” has the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 9-102 of Article 9 of the UCC.
“
Interest Accrual Period ” means, with respect to any
Payment Date (the “current Payment Date”) and
(a) the Notes (other than the Class A-1 Notes), the
period from and including the 15 th day of each calendar month (or, in the case of
the initial Payment Date, from and including the Closing Date) to
but excluding the 15th day of the succeeding calendar month; or (b)
the Class A-1 Notes, the period from and including the
preceding Payment Date (or, in the case of the initial Payment
Date, from and including the Closing Date) to but excluding the
current Payment Date.
“
Interest Rate ” means (i) as to the
Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-1 Interest Rate,
(ii) as to the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-2
Interest Rate, (iii) as to the Class A-3 Notes, the
Class A-3 Interest Rate, (iv) as to the Class A-4
Notes, the Class A-4 Interest Rate, (v) as to the
Class B Notes, the Class B Interest Rate, and
(vi) as to the Class C Notes, the Class C Interest
Rate.
“Investment Company Act” means the provisions of
the Investment Company Act of 1940, 15 U.S.C §§ 80a et
seq., as amended from time to time, and any regulations promulgated
thereunder.
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“
Investment Earnings ” means, with respect to any
Payment Date, the interest and other investment earnings (net of
losses and investment expenses) on amounts on deposit in the Trust
Accounts to be included as part of Available Amounts pursuant to
Section 8.6(a) .
“
Investment Property ” is defined in
Section 9-102(a)(49) of the UCC.
“
Issuer ” means GE Equipment Midticket LLC,
Series 2009-1, a Delaware limited liability company, until a
successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for
purposes of any provision contained in this Indenture and required
by the TIA, each other obligor on the Notes.
“ Issuer
Limited Liability Company Agreement ” means the Limited
Liability Company Agreement of the Issuer, dated as of
September 11, 2009, as the same may be amended or supplemented
from time to time.
“ Issuer
Order ” and “ Issuer Request ” means a
written order or request, respectively, signed in the name of the
Issuer by any one of its Authorized Officers and delivered to the
Indenture Trustee.
“
Lien ” means a security interest (as such term is
defined in Section 1-201 of Article 1 of the UCC), lien,
charge, pledge, equity or encumbrance of any kind, other than tax
liens, mechanics’ liens and any liens that attach to the
related Loan by operation of law as a result of any act or omission
by the related Obligor.
“
Liquidated Loan ” means any Loan (i) liquidated
through the sale or other disposition of all or a portion of the
related Equipment or (ii) that has been charged off in its
entirety in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy
without realizing upon the Equipment.
“
Liquidation Proceeds ” means, with respect to any
Liquidated Loan, the amounts collected in respect thereof from
whatever source (including the proceeds of insurance policies with
respect to the related Equipment or Obligor) during the Collection
Period in which it became a Liquidated Loan, net of the sum of any
amounts expended in connection with such liquidation and any
amounts required by law to be remitted to the Obligor on such
Liquidated Loan or any creditor of such Obligor to the extent
required by applicable law or agreement.
“
Loan ” means any agreement (including any invoice)
pursuant to, or under which, an Obligor shall be obligated to make
payments with respect to any Equipment Loan owned by the
Issuer.
“ Loan
Files ” means the documents specified in
Section 2.1 of the Sale Agreement.
“ Loan
Value ” is defined in the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.
“
Managing Member ” means CEF Equipment Holding, L.L.C.,
a Delaware limited liability company, or any successor Managing
Member under the Issuer Limited Liability Company
Agreement.
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“
Maturity Date ” means (i) as to the
Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-1 Maturity Date,
(ii) as to the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-2
Maturity Date, (iii) as to the Class A-3 Notes, the
Class A-3 Maturity Date, (iv) as to the Class A-4
Notes, the Class A-4 Maturity Date, (v) as to the
Class B Notes, the Class B Maturity Date, and
(vi) as to the Class C Notes, the Class C Maturity
Date.
“ Monthly
Interest Amount Payable ” means, with respect to any
Payment Date (the “current Payment Date”) and any
Class of Notes, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the
aggregate amount of interest accrued on that Class of Notes at the
applicable Interest Rate from and including the preceding Payment
Date (or, in the case of the initial Payment Date from and
including the Closing Date) to but excluding the current Payment
Date plus (b) the Monthly Interest Shortfall for that Class of
Notes and the current Payment Date.
“ Monthly
Interest Shortfall ” means, with respect to any Payment
Date (the “current Payment Date”) and any Class of
Notes, the excess of the Monthly Interest Amount Payable for the
preceding Payment Date over the amount in respect of interest on
that Class of Notes that was actually paid to the Noteholder for
that Class of Notes on such preceding Payment Date, plus interest
on such excess, to the extent permitted by law, at a rate per annum
equal to the Interest Rate on that Class of Notes, from such
preceding Payment Date to but excluding the current Payment
Date.
“
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc. or any successor thereto.
“ Note
Balance ” means the aggregate Outstanding Principal
Balance of the Notes from time to time.
“ Note
Distribution Account ” means the account designated as
such, established and owned by the Issuer and maintained in
accordance with Section 8.2(a) of this
Indenture.
“ Note
Owner ” means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, the
Person who is the owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on
the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person
maintaining an account with the Clearing Agency (directly as a
Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in each
case in accordance with the rules of the Clearing
Agency).
“ Note
Pool Factor ” means, as of the close of business on any
Payment Date with respect to any Class of Notes, the Outstanding
Principal Balance of that Class of Notes divided by the original
Outstanding Principal Balance of that Class of Notes (carried out
to the seventh decimal place). The Note Pool Factor for each Class
will be 1.0000000 as of the Closing Date, and, thereafter, will
decline to reflect reductions in the Outstanding Principal Balance
of the Notes.
“ Note
Register ” and “ Note Registrar ” have
the respective meanings specified in Section 2.4 of
this Indenture.
“
Noteholder ” means the person in whose name a
Class A, Class B or Class C Note is registered on
the Note Register.
“
Notes ” means the Class A Notes, the Class B
Notes and the Class C Notes.
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“
Obligor ” means, as to each Loan, any Person who owes
payments under the Loan.
“
Officers’ Certificate ” means, as to any Person,
a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of such
Person.
“ Opinion
of Counsel ” means a written opinion of counsel (who may,
except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, be an
employee of or counsel to the Issuer or an Affiliate of the
Issuer), which counsel and opinion shall be acceptable to the
Indenture Trustee, or the Rating Agencies, as
applicable.
“ Other
Assets ” is defined in Section 11.20 of this
Indenture.
“
Outstanding ” means, as of the date of determination,
all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture except:
(i) Notes
theretofore canceled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the Note
Registrar for cancellation;
(ii) Notes or
portions thereof the payment for which funds in the necessary
amount have been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee
or any Paying Agent in trust for the Noteholders ( provided
, however , that if such Notes are to be
redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to
this Indenture); and
(iii) Notes in
exchange for or in lieu of other Notes that have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof satisfactory
to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held
by a bona fide purchaser; provided , that in
determining whether the Noteholders of the requisite Outstanding
Principal Balance of the Notes have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or
under any Related Document, Notes owned by the Issuer or any
Affiliate thereof shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Indenture
Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee actually
knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that
have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if
the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture
Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such
Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any Affiliate
thereof.
“
Outstanding Principal Balance ” means the aggregate
principal amount of all Notes, or Class of Notes, as
applicable, Outstanding at the date of determination.
“
Overcollateralization Amount ” means, with respect to
any Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (i) the Pool
Balance at the beginning of the related Collection Period over
(ii) the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes
before giving effect to any principal payments made on the Notes on
such Payment Date.
“ Paying
Agent ” means with respect to the Notes, initially the
Indenture Trustee or any other Person that meets the eligibility
standards for the Indenture Trustee specified in
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Section 6.11 of this Indenture and is authorized by the
Issuer to make the distributions from the Note Distribution
Account, including payment of principal of or interest on the Notes
on behalf of the Issuer.
“ Payment
Date ” means, with respect to each Collection Period, the
15 th
day of the calendar month following
the end of that Collection Period, or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next Business Day, commencing on October 15,
2009.
“
Permitted Investments ” means one or more of the
following:
(a) obligations
of, or guaranteed as to the full and timely payment of principal
and interest by, the United States or obligations of any agency or
instrumentality thereof, when such obligations are backed by the
full faith and credit of the United States;
(b) repurchase
agreements on obligations specified in clause (a); provided
, that the short-term debt obligations of the party agreeing to
repurchase are rated at least A-1+ by S&P and P-1 by
Moody’s;
(c) federal funds,
certificates of deposit, time deposits and bankers’
acceptances (which shall each have an original maturity of not more
than 90 days or, in the case of bankers’ acceptances,
shall in no event have an original maturity of more than
365 days) of any United States depository institution or trust
company incorporated under the laws of the United States or any
State thereof or of any United States branch or agency of a foreign
commercial bank; provided that the short-term debt
obligations of such depository institution or trust company are
rated at least A-1+ by S&P and P-1 by Moody’s;
(d) commercial
paper (having original maturities of not more than 30 days)
which on the date of acquisition are rated at least A-1+ by S&P
and P-1 by Moody’s;
(e) securities of
money market funds (including market funds in respect of which the
Indenture Trustee or any of its Affiliates is investment manager or
advisor) rated at least A-1+ by S&P and P-1 by Moody’s;
and
(f) any other
investment acceptable to each of the Rating Agencies as set forth
in writing delivered to the Indenture Trustee; provided ,
that investments described in clauses (e) and (f)
shall be made only so long as making such investments will not
require the Issuer to register as an investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
“
Person ” means any individual, sole proprietorship,
partnership, joint venture, unincorporated organization, trust,
association, corporation (including a business trust), limited
liability company, institution, public benefit corporation, joint
stock company, or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.
“ Pool
Balance ” means, with respect to the beginning of any
calendar month, the sum of the aggregate Loan Values of the Loans
at the opening of business on the first day of such calendar
month.
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“
Precomputed Loan ” means any Loan under which the
portion of a payment allocable to earned interest (which may be
referred to in the related Loan as an add-on finance charge) and
the portion allocable to principal are determined according to the
sum of periodic balances, the sum of monthly payments or any
equivalent method or are monthly actuarial loans.
“
Predecessor Note ” means, with respect to any
particular Note, every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of
the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for
the purpose of this definition, any Note authenticated and
delivered under Section 2.5 of this Indenture in lieu
of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen
Note.
“
Proceeding ” means any suit in equity, action at law
or other judicial or administrative proceeding.
“
Promissory Note ” is defined in
Section 9-102(a)(65) of the UCC.
“
Purchase Amount ” means, with respect to any Loan, as
of the close of business on the last day of a Collection Period, an
amount equal to the Loan Value of the applicable Loan, as of the
first day of the immediately following Collection Period (or, with
respect to any applicable Loan that is a Liquidated Loan or
Defaulted Loan, as of the day immediately prior to such Loan
becoming a Liquidated Loan or Defaulted Loan less any Liquidation
Proceeds actually received by the Issuer) plus interest accrued and
unpaid thereon as of such last day at a rate per annum equal to the
APR for such Loan.
“
Purchase and Sale Agreement ” means the Purchase and
Sale Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2009 between the
Purchaser and the Issuer, as the same may be amended or
supplemented from time to time.
“
Purchased Loan ” means a Loan repurchased as of the
close of business on the last day of a Collection Period by the
Seller pursuant to the Sale Agreement and repurchased as of such
time by the Purchaser pursuant to the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.
“
Purchaser ” means CEF Equipment Holding, L.L.C., a
Delaware limited liability company, in its capacity as the
purchaser, and its successors and assigns.
“ Rating
Agency ” means each of Fitch and Moody’s. If any of
such organizations or its successor is no longer in existence, the
Issuer shall designate a nationally recognized statistical rating
organization or other comparable Person as a substitute Rating
Agency, notice of which designation shall be given to the Indenture
Trustee and the Servicer.
“ Rating
Agency Condition ” means, with respect to any action,
that (i) Moody’s shall have been given at least 10
Business Days’ prior notice thereof and shall have not
notified the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee that such action will
result in a reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating of
any Class of the Notes and (ii) Fitch shall have been given at
least 10 Business Days’ prior notice thereof, delivered
electronically to notifications.abs@fitchratings.com.
“ Record
Date ” means, with respect to a Payment Date or
Redemption Date, the close of business on the Business Day
preceding such Payment Date or Redemption Date, or, if
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Definitive
Notes are issued, the close of business on the last day of the
calendar month preceding the month of such Payment Date, whether or
not such day is a Business Day, or if Definitive Notes were not
outstanding on such date, the date of issuance of the Definitive
Notes.
“
Records ” means all documents, books, records and
other information (including computer programs, tapes, disks, data
processing software and related property and rights) prepared and
maintained by the Issuer with respect to the Loans and the Obligors
thereunder.
“
Recoveries ” means, with respect to any Liquidated
Loan, monies collected in respect thereof, from whatever source
(other than from the sale or other disposition of the Equipment),
after such Loan became a Liquidated Loan.
“
Redemption Date ” means the Payment Date specified by
the Issuer pursuant to Section 10.1 of this Indenture,
as applicable.
“
Redemption Price ” means the unpaid principal amount
of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at
the applicable interest rate to but excluding the Redemption
Date.
“
Regulation AB ” means Subpart 229.1100 –
Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R.
§§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to
time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have
been provided by the Commission in the adopting release
(Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518,
70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the
Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff
from time to time.
“ Related
Documents ” means the Sale Agreement, the Purchase and
Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the Issuer
Limited Liability Company Agreement, the CEF Limited Liability
Company Agreement, the Administration Agreement and all other
agreements, instruments, and documents and including all other
pledges, powers of attorney, consents, assignments, contracts,
notices, and all other written matter whether heretofore, now or
hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Person, or any employee
of any Person, and delivered in connection with any of the
foregoing. Any reference in the foregoing documents to a Related
Document shall include all Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules thereto,
and all amendments, restatements, supplements or other
modifications thereto, and shall refer to such Related Document as
the same may be in effect at any and all times such reference
becomes operative.
“ Related
Security ” means with respect to any Loan: (a) any
interest (including security interests), if any, in the related
Equipment; (b) all guarantees, insurance or other agreements
or arrangements of any kind from time to time supporting or
securing payment of such Loan (including rights (if any) to receive
proceeds on insurance policies covering the Obligors); and
(c) all Records relating to such Loan.
“Required Reserve Account Amount” means
(i) as of the Closing Date, 1.25% of the initial aggregate
Loan Value; and (ii) as of any Payment Date thereafter, the
lesser of (a) the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes
and (b) 2.00% of the initial aggregate Loan Value.
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“ Reserve
Account ” means the account designated as such,
established and owned by the Issuer and maintained in accordance
with Section 8.2 .
“ Reserve
Account Deficiency ” means the excess, if any, of the
Required Reserve Account Amount over the Available Reserve
Account Amount.
“
Responsible Officer ” means, with respect to the
Indenture Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of
the Indenture Trustee, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice
President, managing director, director, associate, Secretary or
Assistant Secretary, or any other officer of the Indenture Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any
of the above designated officers and also, with respect to a
particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
“
S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any
successor thereto.
“ Sale
Agreement ” means the Sale Agreement, dated as of
September 11, 2009, among GE Capital, GECITS, VFS, IFS and the
Purchaser, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to
time.
“
Scheduled Payment ” on a Loan means that portion of
the payment required to be made by the Obligor during any
Collection Period sufficient to amortize the loan balance under
(x) in the case of a Precomputed Loan, the actuarial method or
(y) in the case of a Simple Interest Loan, the simple interest
method, in each case, over the term of the Loan and to provide
interest at the APR; provided that Termination Values shall
also constitute Scheduled Payments.
“
Securities Account ” has the meaning assigned thereto
in Section 8-501(a) of Article 8 of the UCC.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933 15
U.S.C. 77a et seq., as amended, and any regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“
Securities Exchange Act ” means the provisions of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 15 U.S.C. Sections 78a
et seq. , as amended, and any regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“
Securities Intermediary ” is defined in
Section 8-102 of Article 8 of the UCC.
“
Seller ” means each of GE Capital, GECITS, IFS or VFS,
in its capacity as the seller, its successors and
assigns.
“
Servicer ” means GE Capital, as the Servicer under the
Servicing Agreement, as the case may be, or any other Person
designated as a Successor Servicer under such agreement.
“
Servicing Criteria ” means the “servicing
criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, as such
may be amended from time to time.
“
Servicer Default ” means an event specified in
Section 5.1 of the Servicing Agreement.
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“
Servicing Advance ” is defined in Annex A to the
Servicing Agreement.
“
Servicing Agreement ” means the Servicing Agreement,
dated as of September 11, 2009, between the Issuer and the
Servicer, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to
time.
“
Servicing Fee ” is defined in Annex A to the Servicing
Agreement.
“ Simple
Interest Loan ” means any Loan under which the portion of
a payment allocable to interest and the portion allocable to
principal is determined by allocating a fixed level payment between
principal and interest, such that such payment is allocated first
to the accrued and unpaid interest at the Annual Percentage Rate
for such Loan on the unpaid principal balance and the remainder of
such payment is allocable to principal.
“
State ” means any one of the 50 states of the United
States of America or the District of Columbia.
“
Sub-Servicer ” is defined in Annex A to the Servicing
Agreement.
“
Successor Servicer ” is defined in
Section 6.2 of the Servicing Agreement.
“
Termination Value ” means the “Termination
Value” (if any) payable by a lessee pursuant to the
applicable Loan.
“ TIA
” or the “ Trust Indenture Act ” means the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in force on the date of this
Indenture unless otherwise specifically provided.
“
Transfer Date ” means the Business Day preceding the
fifteenth day of each calendar month.
“
Treasury Regulations ” means regulations, including
proposed or temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code.
References to specific provisions of proposed or temporary
regulations shall include analogous provisions of final Treasury
Regulations or other successor Treasury Regulations.
“ Trust
Account Property ” means the Trust Accounts, all amounts,
Financial Assets, Investment Property and other investments or
other property held from time to time in or credited to any Trust
Account and all proceeds of the foregoing.
“ Trust
Accounts ” has the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 8.2(a) of this Indenture.
“ UCC
” means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction, as
amended from time to time.
“VFS” means VFS Financing, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
SECTION 1.2.
Other Interpretive Matters . All terms defined directly or
by incorporation in this Indenture shall have the defined meanings
when used in any document
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delivered
pursuant thereto unless otherwise defined therein. For purposes of
this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) accounting terms not otherwise defined herein and
accounting terms partly defined herein to the extent not defined,
shall have the respective meanings given to them under generally
accepted accounting principles; and unless otherwise
provided , references to any month, quarter or year refer to
a fiscal month, quarter or year as determined in accordance with
the fiscal calendar of GECS; (b) unless defined in this
Indenture or the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used
in this Indenture which are defined in the UCC shall have the
meaning given such term in the UCC; (c) references to any
amount as on deposit or outstanding on any particular date means
such amount at the close of business on such day; (d) 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; (e) references to any Section, Schedule or Exhibit
are references to 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; (f) the term “including” means
“including without limitation”; (g) 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;
(h) references to any agreement refer to that agreement as
from time to time amended, restated or supplemented or as the terms
of such agreement are waived or modified in accordance with its
terms; (i) references to any Person include that
Person’s successors and assigns; and (j) headings are
for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the
meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof.
SECTION 1.3.
Incorporation by Reference of TIA . 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
terms, where used in the TIA, shall have the following meanings for
the purposes hereof:
“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.
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 2.1.
Form . The Notes shall consist of $169,000,000 principal
amount of Class A-1 Notes, $83,000,000 principal amount of
Class A-2 Notes, $255,000,000 principal amount of
Class A-3 Notes, $71,821,000 principal amount of
Class A-4 Notes, $27,210,000 principal amount of Class B
Notes, and $12,368,000 principal amount of Class C Notes and
the
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forms thereof
and the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication,
shall be in substantially the forms set forth in Exhibits
A-1 , A-2 and
A-3, respectively, 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 such 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.
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.
Each Note shall be
dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes set
forth in Exhibits A-1 , A-2 and A-3 are part of the
terms of this Indenture.
The aggregate
principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture is limited to $618,399,000 of Notes, except
for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer
of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to
Sections 2.4 , 2.5 or 9.5 . The Notes
shall be issuable only in registered form and only in minimum
denominations of at least $1,000; provided that the
foregoing shall not restrict or prevent the transfer in accordance
with Section 2.4 of any Note having an Outstanding
Principal Balance of other than an integral multiple of $1,000, or
the issuance of a single Note of each Class, with a denomination
less than $1,000.
SECTION 2.2.
Execution, Authentication and Delivery . (a) 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.
(b) Notes
bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were
at the time of signature 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.
(c) 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 of authentication shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder.
(d) The Notes
may from time to time be executed by the Issuer and delivered to
the Indenture Trustee for authentication together with an Issuer
Request to the Indenture Trustee directing the authentication and
delivery of such Notes and thereupon the same shall be
authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee in accordance
with such Issuer Request.
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
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and deliver,
temporary Notes of the tenor of the Definitive Notes in lieu of
which they are issued and with such variations not inconsistent
with 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 will 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 Noteholder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the
Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee 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 if they were Definitive
Notes.
SECTION 2.4.
Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange .
(a) 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 Issuer hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as the initial
“ 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 is unable to make such an
appointment, assume the duties of the Note Registrar.
If a Person other
than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as the Note
Registrar, the Issuer will 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, to obtain copies thereof and to
rely upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by
an Executive Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the
Noteholders and the principal amounts and number of such
Notes.
The Indenture
Trustee shall not register the purchase or transfer of any Note
(other than the transfer of a Note to the nominee of the Clearing
Agency) unless the transferee has executed and delivered to the
Indenture Trustee a certification to the effect that either
(i) the transferee is not acquiring and will not hold any Note
with the assets of (a) an “employee benefit plan”
(as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to
Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” (as defined in
Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) that is subject to
Section 4975 of the Code, (c) an entity that is deemed to
hold “plan assets” of any such employee benefit plan or
plan (each of the foregoing, a " Benefit Plan ”)
or (d) any governmental plan, non-U.S. plan or church plan
that is subject to any law that is substantially similar to ERISA
or Section 4975 of the Code, or (ii) (x) such Note is
rated at least “BBB-” or its equivalent by a nationally
recognized statistical rating organization at the time of purchase
or transfer and (y) the transferee’s acquisition and
continued holding of the Note will not give rise to a nonexempt
prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code
or result in a nonexempt violation of any substantially similar
applicable law. Each transferee of a Book-Entry Note shall be
deemed to make one of the foregoing representations.
(b) Subject
to Section 2.4(a) , 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
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of
Section 8-401(a)(1) of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall
execute, 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 a like aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Noteholder, Notes may be exchanged for other
new Notes of the same Class in any authorized denominations of a
like aggregate 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(a)(1) of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall
execute, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the
Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Notes that
the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. The
Indenture Trustee shall make a notation on any such new Note of the
amount of principal, if any, that has been paid on such
Note.
(c) 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.
(d) Every
Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall (if so required by the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Noteholder thereof or such
Noteholder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with such
signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor
institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar,
which requirements include membership or participation in the
Securities Transfer Agent’s 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 Securities Exchange Act.
(e) No
service charge shall be made to a Noteholder for any registration
of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee will 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 9.5
.
SECTION 2.5.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes . (a) 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 the Indenture Trustee and the
Issuer to hold the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, respectively,
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 bona fide purchaser, and provided that the requirements
of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall execute,
and upon its 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 of the same
Class and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding; provided ,
however , 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
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
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(or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen
Note pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence),
a bona fide purchaser 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
payment made) or any assignee of such Person, except a bona fide
purchaser, 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.
(b) Upon the
issuance of any replacement Note under this Section, the Issuer or
the Indenture Trustee may require the payment by such 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)
connected therewith.
(c) Every
replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section in replacement of
any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an
original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether
or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at
any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the
benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and
all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
(d) The
provisions of this Section 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 Owner . 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) Any installment of interest or principal, if any, payable
on any Note that 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. However, unless Definitive Notes have
been issued, 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. Notwithstanding the above, the final installment
of principal payable with respect to such Note (and except for the
Redemption Price for any Note called for redemption pursuant to
Section 10.1 ) shall be payable as provided in
clause (b)(ii) . The funds represented by any such checks
returned undelivered shall be held in accordance with
Section 6.16 .
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(b) (i) The
principal of each Note shall be payable in installments on each
Payment Date as provided in Section 8.3 .
(ii)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire Outstanding Principal
Balance shall be due and payable on: (A) the date on which an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing if the
Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders representing not less than a
majority of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes have
declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner
provided in Section 5.2 , and (B) if any Notes
remain Outstanding, the Maturity Date.
(iii) Except as
otherwise provided in Section 5.2 , no part of the
principal of any Note shall be paid prior to the Payment Date on
which such principal is due in accordance with the preceding
provisions of this Section, except that the Issuer may redeem the
Notes in their entirety in accordance with Section 10.1
.
(iv) The Indenture
Trustee shall notify the Person in whose name a Note is registered
at the close of business on the last day of the calendar month
preceding the Payment Date on which the Issuer expects that the
final installment of principal of and interest on such Note will be
paid. Such notice shall be mailed no later than five days 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.
(v) All reductions
in the principal amount of a Note effected by payments of
installments of principal made on any Payment Date shall be binding
upon all holders of such Note and of any Note issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefore or in
lieu thereof, whether or not such payment is noted on such Note.
All payments on the Notes shall be made without any requirement of
presentment but each holder of any Note shall be deemed to agree,
by its acceptance of the same, to surrender such Note at the
Corporate Trust Office against payment of the final installment of
principal of such Note.
(c) (i) For
each Payment Date, the interest due and payable with respect to the
Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes,
Class A-4 Notes, Class B Notes and Class C Notes
will be the interest that has accrued on the respective Notes since
the last Payment Date or, in the case of the first Payment Date,
since the Closing Date, at the Class A-1 Interest Rate,
Class A-2 Interest Rate, Class A-3 Interest Rate,
Class A-4 Interest Rate, Class B Interest Rate and
Class C Interest Rate, respectively, applied to the then
Outstanding Principal Balances of the Class A-1 Notes,
Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes, Class A-4 Notes,
Class B Notes and, as applicable, the Class C Notes,
respectively, on the preceding Payment Date subject to
Section 3.1 . With respect to the Notes (other than the
Class A-1 Notes), the interest will be calculated on the basis
of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. With respect to the
Class A-1 Notes, the interest will be calculated on the basis
of the actual number of days in the applicable Interest Accrual
Period and a 360 day year.
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(ii) If the Issuer
defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the Issuer
shall pay, in any lawful manner, defaulted interest ( plus
interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) at the
applicable interest rate from the Payment Date for which such
payment is in default. The Issuer shall pay such defaulted interest
on a subsequent special payment date declared by the Issuer to the
Persons who are Noteholders on a subsequent special record date,
which special record date shall be at least five Business Days
prior to the special payment date. At least 15 days before any
such special record date, the Issuer shall mail to each Noteholder
a notice that states the special record date, the special payment
date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.
(d) All
payments made with respect to any Note shall be made in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts and
shall be applied first to the interest then due and payable on such
Notes and then to the principal thereof.
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 at the applicable
Corporate Trust Office and shall be promptly canceled by the
Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the
Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder that the Issuer may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall
be promptly canceled by the Indenture Trustee. No Notes shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes canceled as
provided in this Section except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. All canceled 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 returned to it;
provided , that such Issuer Order is timely and the Notes
have not been previously disposed of by the Indenture
Trustee.
SECTION 2.9.
Book-Entry Notes . Each of the Class A Notes, the
Class B Notes and the Class C Notes, upon original
issuance, will be issued in the form of typewritten Notes
representing the Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to The
Depository Trust Company (the initial Clearing Agency), or its
custodian, by, or on behalf of, the Issuer. Each of the
Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C
Notes shall initially be registered on the Note Register in the
name of Cede & Co., the nominee of The Depository Trust Company
as the initial Clearing Agency, and no Class A Note Owner,
Class B Note Owner or Class C Note Owner will receive a
Definitive Note representing such Note Owner’s interest in
such Note, except as provided in Section 2.11 . Unless
and until definitive, fully registered Notes (the “
Definitive Notes ”) representing the Class A
Notes, the Class B Notes or the Class C Notes have been
issued to the applicable Note Owners:
(i) the Issuer,
the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee, and their officers,
directors, employees and agents may deal with the Clearing Agency
for all purposes (including the payment of principal of and
interest on the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the
Class C Notes) as the sole Noteholder and shall have no
obligations to the Note Owners;
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(ii) to the extent
that this Section conflicts with any other provisions of this
Indenture, this Section shall control;
(iii) the rights
of the respective Note Owners shall be exercised only through the
Clearing Agency and the Clearing Agency Participants and shall be
limited to those established by law and agreements between such
respective Note Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing
Agency Participants pursuant to this Indenture. Unless and until
Definitive Notes are issued pursuant to Section 2.11 ,
the Issuer intends that the Clearing Agency will make book-entry
transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and
transmit payments of principal of and interest on the related
Class A Notes, Class B Notes and Class C Notes, as
the case may be, to such Clearing Agency Participants
(and neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Note Registrar
shall have any liability therefor); and
(iv) whenever this
Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon
instructions, directions, or the consent of Noteholders evidencing
a specified percentage of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the
Notes (or a Class of Notes), 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 owning or representing, respectively, such required
percentage of the beneficial interest in the Notes (or Class of
Notes) and has delivered such instructions to the Indenture
Trustee.
SECTION 2.10.
Notices to Clearing Agency . Whenever a notice or other
communication to the Class A Noteholders, Class B
Noteholders or Class C Noteholders is required under this
Indenture, unless and until Definitive Notes have been issued to
the related Note Owners, the Indenture Trustee shall give all such
notices and communications to the Clearing Agency.
SECTION 2.11.
Definitive Notes . (a) If: (i) the Issuer advises
the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no
longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities
under this Indenture with respect to the Notes, and the Issuer is
unable to locate a qualified successor, (ii) the Issuer
advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that it elects to
terminate the book-entry system and, upon receipt of a notice of
intent from the Clearing Agency, the participants holding
beneficial interests in the Notes agree to initiate a termination
or (iii) after the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Servicer
Default, Note Owners representing beneficial interests aggregating
at least a majority of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the
Notes advise the Clearing Agency in writing that the continuation
of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency is no longer in
the best interests of the Note Owners, then the Indenture Trustee
shall notify all Note Owners of the occurrence of such event and of
the availability of Definitive Notes to Note Owners requesting the
same. Upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the typewritten
Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency,
accompanied by registration and transfer instructions from the
Clearing Agency for registration, 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
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and may
conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such
instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes, all references
herein to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the
Clearing Agency shall be deemed to be imposed upon and performed by
the Issuer, to the extent applicable with respect to such
Definitive Notes, and the Issuer shall recognize the holders of the
relevant Definitive Notes as Noteholders hereunder.
(b) Definitive
Notes will not be eligible for clearing or settlement through DTC,
Euroclear or Clearstream.
SECTION 2.12.
Notes owned by the Issuer or its Affiliates . In determining
whether the Noteholders of the required Outstanding Principal
Balance of the Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or
consent, Notes owned by the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer
shall be considered as though not Outstanding, except that for the
purposes of determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be
protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only
Notes which a Responsible Officer actually knows are so owned shall
be so disregarded.
SECTION 2.13.
CUSIP Numbers . The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use
“CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so,
the Indenture Trustee shall indicate the “CUSIP”
numbers of the Notes in notices of redemption and related materials
as a convenience to Noteholders; provided that any such
notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of redemption and related
materials.
SECTION 2.14.
Perfection Representations and Warranties . The parties
hereto agree that the representations, warranties and covenants set
forth in Schedule 1 shall be a part of this Indenture
for all purposes.
SECTION 2.15.
Notes to Constitute Indebtedness . The parties hereto agree
that it is their mutual intent that, for all applicable tax
purposes, the Notes will constitute indebtedness of the Issuer.
Further, each party hereto and each Noteholder (by accepting and
holding a Note) hereby covenants to every other party hereto and to
every other Noteholder to treat the Notes as indebtedness for all
applicable tax purposes in all tax filings, reports and returns and
otherwise, and further covenants that neither it nor any of its
Affiliates will take, or participate in the taking of or permit to
be taken, any action that is inconsistent with the treatment of the
Notes as indebtedness for tax purposes. All successors and
assignees of the parties hereto shall be bound by the provisions
hereof.
SECTION 3.1.
Payments . The Issuer will duly and punctually pay the
principal of and interest, if any, on the Notes in accordance with
the terms of the Notes and this Indenture and shall not withdraw
funds from the Note Distribution Account except as set forth in
Section 8.3 .
SECTION 3.2.
Maintenance of Office or Agency . (a) The Issuer will
maintain at the Corporate Trust Office 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.
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(b) The chief
executive office of the Issuer at which the Issuer maintains its
records with respect to the Loans, its interests in the Equipment,
and the transactions contemplated hereby, is currently located in
Danbury, Connecticut. The Issuer will not change the location of
such offices without giving the Indenture Trustee at least
30 days prior written notice thereof.
SECTION 3.3.
Paying Agent’s Obligations . The Issuer will cause
each Paying Agent to comply with the obligations of the Paying
Agent set forth in Section 6.16 .
SECTION 3.4.
Existence . (a) The Issuer will keep in full effect its
existence, rights and franchises as a limited liability company
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.
(b) The
Issuer shall at all times observe and comply in all material
respects with (i) all laws applicable to it, and (ii) all
requisite and appropriate organizational and other formalities in
the management of its business and affairs and the conduct of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 3.5.
Protection of the Collateral; Further Assurances . The
Issuer will from time to time execute and deliver and file, as
applicable, all such supplements and amendments hereto and all such
writings of further assurance and other writings, and will take
such other action necessary or advisable to:
(i) more
effectively Grant all or any portion of the Collateral;
(ii) maintain or
preserve the Lien (and the same priority thereof) of this
Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes
hereof;
(iii) perfect,
publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made or to
be made by this Indenture and perfect the Lien contemplated hereby
in favor of the Indenture Trustee in all property included in the
Collateral;
(iv) enforce or
cause the Servicer to enforce any of the Collateral; or
(v) preserve and
defend against the claims of all Persons and parties,
(a) title to the Collateral (including the right to receive
all payments due or to become due with respect to the Loans) and
the interests in the property included in the Collateral and
(b) the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders
with respect to such Collateral (including the right to receive all
payments due or to become due with respect to the Loans) and
interests with respect to the property included in the
Collateral.
SECTION 3.6.
Opinions as to the Collateral . (a) On the Closing
Date, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel,
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 execution and filing
of any financing statements and continuation statements, as are
necessary to
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perfect and
make effective the Lien created by this Indenture and reciting the
details of such action, or stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, no such action is necessary to make such Lien
effective.
(b) On or
before April 1 in each calendar year, the Issuer shall furnish to
the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in
the opinion of such counsel, 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 execution and filing
of any financing statements and continuation statements, as is
necessary to maintain the Lien of this Indenture and reciting the
details of such action, or stating that in the opinion of such
counsel no such action is necessary to maintain such Lien. 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
execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation
statements, that will, in the opinion of such counsel, be required
to maintain the Lien of this Indenture until April 1 in the
following calendar year.
SECTION 3.7.
Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Loans .
(a) The Issuer will not take any action and will use its best
efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others that would
release any Person from any 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
expressly provided in this Indenture, the Servicing Agreement or
such other instrument or agreement.
(b) The
Issuer will punctually perform and observe all of its obligations
and agreements contained in this Indenture, the other Related
Documents and in the instruments and agreements included in the
Collateral, including filing or causing to be filed all UCC
financing statements and continuation statements required to be
filed by this Indenture and the Servicing Agreement in accordance
with and within the time periods provided for herein and
therein.
(c) The
Issuer hereby covenants and agrees that it will enforce the
obligations of the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement and if a
Servicer Default shall arise from the failure of the Servicer to
perform any of its duties or obligations under the Servicing
Agreement with respect to the Loans, the Issuer shall take all
reasonable steps available to it to remedy such failure.
(d) The
Issuer hereby covenants and agrees that: (i) it shall promptly
exercise its rights to terminate the Servicer pursuant to
Section 5.1 of the Servicing Agreement upon the
occurrence of a Servicer Default set forth in clause (a) of
such section and (ii) prior to exercising its rights to
terminate the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.1 of the
Servicing Agreement upon the occurrence of a Servicer Default set
forth in clause (b) of such section, obtain the consent of the
Noteholders representing a majority of the Outstanding Principal
Balance of the Notes. Within thirty (30) days after the giving
of notice of termination to the Servicer of the Servicer’s
rights and powers pursuant to Section 6.2 of the
Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall appoint a successor servicer
(the “ Successor Servicer ”), such appointment
to be reflected by a written assumption in a form acceptable to the
Indenture Trustee. In the event that a Successor
Servicer
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has not been
appointed and accepted its appointment at the time when the
previous Servicer ceases to act as Servicer, the Indenture Trustee
without further action shall automatically be appointed the
Successor Servicer. The Indenture Trustee may resign as the
Servicer by giving written notice of such resignation to the Issuer
and in such event will be released from such duties and
obligations, such release not to be effective until the date a
Successor Servicer enters into a servicing agreement with the
Issuer as provided below. Upon delivery of any such notice to the
Issuer, the Issuer shall obtain a new servicer as the Successor
Servicer under the Servicing Agreement. Any Successor Servicer
other than the Indenture Trustee shall: (i) be an established
financial institution having a net worth of not less than
$50,000,000 and whose regular business includes the servicing of
receivables and (ii) enter into a servicing agreement with the
Issuer having substantially the same provisions as the provisions
of the Servicing Agreement applicable to the Servicer. If the
Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the previous Servicer’s
duties as servicer of the Loans as provided herein, it shall do so
in its individual capacity and not in its capacity as Indenture
Trustee and, accordingly, the provisions of Article VI
shall be inapplicable to the Indenture Trustee in its duties as the
Successor Servicer and the servicing of the Loans. In case the
Indenture Trustee shall become the Successor Servicer under the
Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to
appoint as Servicer any one of its Affiliates; provided ,
that it shall be fully liable for the actions and omissions of such
Affiliate in its capacity as Successor Servicer.
(e) Upon any
termination of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to
the Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly notify the
Indenture Trustee and Moody’s. As soon as a Successor
Servicer is appointed, the Issuer shall notify the Indenture
Trustee of such appointment, specifying in such notice the name and
address of such Successor Servicer.
(f) The
Issuer agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent
of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders of at least a majority
of the Outstanding Principal Balance, amend, modify, waive,
supplement, terminate or surrender, or agree to any amendment,
modification, supplement, termination, waiver or surrender of, the
terms of any Collateral (except to the extent otherwise in
accordance with the Credit and Collection Policies) or the Related
Documents, or waive timely performance or observance by the
Purchaser under the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the applicable
Seller under the Sale Agreement or the Servicer under the Servicing
Agreement; provided , that, no such amendment or
waiver shall: (i) increase or reduce in any manner the amount
of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, deposits required to be
made to the Trust Accounts and payments that are required to be
made from the Trust Accounts for the benefit of the Noteholders, or
(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Notes that are
required to consent to any such amendment, in either case without
the consent of the Noteholders of all the Outstanding Notes. If any
such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver shall be so
consented to by the Indenture Trustee or such Noteholders, the
Issuer agrees, promptly following a request by the Indenture
Trustee to do so, to execute and deliver, in its own name and at
its own expense, such agreements, instruments, consents and other
documents as the Indenture Trustee may deem necessary or
appropriate in the circumstances.
(g) Promptly
following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and at the
Issuer’s expense, the Issuer shall take all such lawful
action as the Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the
performance and observance by the Servicer of its obligations to
the Issuer under or in connection with the Servicing Agreement or
by the Purchaser of its obligations
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to the Issuer
under or in connection with the Purchase and Sale Agreement 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 Servicing Agreement (or
under or in connection with the Purchase and Sale Agreement) to the
extent and in the manner directed by the Indenture Trustee,
including the transmission of notices of default on the part of the
Servicer or the Purchaser thereunder and the institution of legal
or administrative actions or proceedings to compel or secure
performance by the Servicer or the Purchaser of each of their
obligations under the Servicing Agreement or the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.
SECTION 3.8.
Taxes . The Issuer shall pay all taxes when due and payable
or levied against its assets, properties or income, including any
property that is part of the Collateral.
SECTION 3.9.
Annual Statement as to Compliance . The Issuer will deliver
to the Indenture Trustee, on or before the 90
th day after the end of each calendar year of the
Issuer (commencing with the calendar year 2009), an Officers’
Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit B ,
stating that:
(i) a review of
the activities of the Issuer during such year and of performance
under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized
Officers’ supervision; and
(ii) to the best
of such Authorized Officers’ knowledge, based on such review,
the Issuer has complied with all conditions and covenants under
this Indenture 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 Officers and the nature
and status thereof.
SECTION 3.10.
Information to Be Provided by the Indenture
Trustee.
(a) It is
agreed and acknowledged that the purpose of this Section 3.10
is to facilitate compliance by the Purchaser and the Issuer with
the provisions of Regulation AB and related rules and
regulations of the Commission. Neither the Purchaser nor the Issuer
shall exercise its right to request delivery of information or
other performance under this Section 3.10 other than in good
faith, or for purposes other than the Issuer’s or the
Purchaser’s compliance with the Securities Act, the
Securities Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (or to provide disclosure related to a
private offering comparable to that required under the Securities
Act). The Indenture Trustee agrees to cooperate in good faith with
any reasonable request by the Purchaser or the Issuer for
information regarding the Indenture Trustee, including but not
limited to, information which is required in order to enable the
Purchaser and the Issuer to comply with Items 1109(a), 1109(b),
1117, 1118, 1119 and 1122 of Regulation AB as it relates to
the Indenture Trustee or to the Indenture Trustee’s
obligations under this Indenture.
(b) The
Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to represent to the Purchaser and
the Issuer, as of the date on which information is provided to
Purchaser pursuant to this Section 3.10, except as disclosed
in writing to the Purchaser prior to such date that: (i) none
of the execution or the delivery by the Indenture Trustee of this
Indenture, the performance by the Indenture Trustee
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of its
obligations under this Indenture nor the consummation of any of the
transactions by the Indenture Trustee contemplated hereby, cause
the Indenture Trustee to be in violation of (x) any indenture,
mortgage, bank credit agreement, note or bond purchase agreement,
long-term lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which
the Indenture Trustee is a party or by which it is bound, which
violation would have a material adverse effect on the Indenture
Trustee’s ability to perform its obligations under this
Indenture, or (y) of any judgment or order applicable to the
Indenture Trustee; and (ii) there are no proceedings pending
or threatened against the Indenture Trustee in any court or before
any governmental authority, agency or arbitration board or tribunal
which, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material
adverse effect on the Noteholders or the right, power and authority
of the Indenture Trustee to enter into this Indenture or to perform
its obligations under this Indenture.
(c) For so
long as the Issuer is required to report under the Securities
Exchange Act, the Indenture Trustee shall: (i) on or before
the fifth Business Day of each month, provide to the Issuer, in
writing, such information regarding the Indenture Trustee as is
requested in writing by the Issuer for the purpose of compliance
with Item 1117 of Regulation AB; provided ,
however , that the Indenture Trustee shall not be required
to provide such information in the event that there has been no
change to the information previously provided by the Indenture
Trustee to the Issuer, and (ii) as promptly as practicable
following actual notice to or discovery by a Responsible Officer of
the Indenture Trustee of any changes to such information, provide
to the Purchaser, in writing, such updated information.
(d) As soon
as available but no later than March 15 of each calendar year
for so long as the Issuer is required to report under the
Securities Exchange Act, commencing in 2010, the Indenture Trustee
shall (if requested in writing by the Purchaser in order to comply
with Item 1122 of Regulation AB) deliver to the Purchaser
reports regarding the assessment by the Indenture Trustee (if so
requested by the Purchaser) of compliance to the Servicing Criteria
during the immediately preceding calendar year, as required under
paragraph (b) of Rule 13a-18 and Rule 15d-18 of the
Securities Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB.
Such reports shall be signed by an Authorized Officer of the
Indenture Trustee and shall address each of the servicing criteria
specified in Exhibit C or such criteria as mutually
agreed upon by the Purchaser and the Indenture Trustee.
(e) As soon
as available but no later than March 15 of each calendar year
for so long as the Issuer is required to report under the
Securities Exchange Act, commencing in 2010, the Indenture Trustee
shall (if requested in writing by the Purchaser in order to comply
with Item 1122 of Regulation AB) deliver to the Purchaser
a report of a registered public accounting firm that attests to,
and reports on, the assessment of compliance made by the Indenture
Trustee and delivered pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Such
attestation shall be made in accordance with standards for
attestation engagements issued or adopted by the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board and in accordance with
Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act.
(f) As soon
as available but no later than March 15 of each calendar year
for so long as the Issuer is required to report under the
Securities Exchange Act, commencing in 2010, the Indenture Trustee
shall (if requested in writing by the Purchaser in order to comply
with Item 1122 of Regulation AB) deliver to the Purchaser
and any other Person that will be responsible
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for signing the
certification required by Rules 13a-14(d) and 15d-14(d) under
the Securities Exchange Act (pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) (a “ Sarbanes
Certification ”) on behalf of the Issuer or the Purchaser
a certification substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit D or such form as mutually agreed upon by the
Purchaser and the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee
acknowledges that the parties identified in this Section 3.10(f)
may rely on the certification provided by the Indenture Trustee
hereunder in signing a Sarbanes Certification and filing such with
the Commission.
SECTION 3.11.
Negative Covenants . So long as any Notes are Outstanding,
the Issuer shall not:
(a) sell,
transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or
assets of the Issuer, including those included in the Collateral,
except as expressly permitted by this Indenture or
Section 6.2 of the Sale Agreement;
(b) 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 Collateral;
(c) engage in
any business or activity other than in connection with, or relating
to the financing, purchasing, owning, selling and managing
ownership of, the Loans and the interests in the property
constituting the Collateral, the issuance of the Notes, and the
specific transactions contemplated by the Related Documents and
activities incidental thereto;
(d) issue,
incur, assume, or allow to remain outstanding any indebtedness, or
guaranty any indebtedness or otherwise become liable, directly or
indirectly for any Indebtedness of any Person, other than the
Notes, except as contemplated by this Indenture and the other
Related Documents;
(e) seek
dissolution or liquidation in whole or in part or reorganization of
its business or affairs;
(f) (A) 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, (B) permit any Lien (other than the Lien of this
Indenture) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or
burden the Collateral or any part thereof or any interest therein
or the proceeds thereof or (C) permit the Lien of this
Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority (other than with
respect to any tax lien, mechanics’ lien or other lien not
considered a Lien) “security interest” (as such term is
defined in Section 1-201 of Article 1 of the UCC) in the
Collateral;
(g) make any
loan or advance to any Affiliate of the Issuer or to any other
Person;
(h) make any
expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for
capital assets (either realty or personalty);
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(i) remove
the Managing Member without cause unless the Rating Agency
Condition shall have been satisfied in connection with such
removal;
(j) directly
or indirectly: (i) pay any dividend or make any distribution
(by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property,
securities or a combination thereof, with respect to any ownership
or equity interest or security in or of the Issuer,
(ii) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value
any such ownership or equity interest or security, (iii) set
aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose or
(iv) make payments to or distributions from the Collection
Account, in each case, except in accordance with this Indenture and
the Related Documents;
(k) convey or
transfer any of its properties or assets, including those included
in the Collateral, to any Person, unless (i) the Person that
acquires such property or assets shall: (A) expressly agree by
means of such supplemental indenture that all right, title and
interest so conveyed or transferred shall be subject and
subordinate to the rights of Noteholders and (B) expressly
agree by means of such supplemental indenture that such Person (or
if a group of Persons, then one specified Person) shall make all
filings with the Commission (and any other appropriate Person)
required by the Securities Exchange Act in connection with the
Notes and (ii) the conditions in clause (l) below have been
satisfied; and
(l) consolidate
or merge with or into any other Person or convey or transfer any of
its properties or assets, including those included in the
Collateral, to any Person unless:
(i) such Person
shall be a United States citizen or a Person organized and existing
under the laws of the United States of America or any
State,
(ii) such Person
shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto,
executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the due and punctual payment
of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the performance
or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture on
the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided
herein,
(iii) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iv) the Rating
Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such
transaction;
(v) the Issuer
shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered
copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such
transaction will not have any material adverse tax consequence to
the Issuer or any Noteholder;
(vi) any action
that is necessary to maintain the Lien created by this Indenture
and the same priority thereof shall have been taken; and
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(vii) the Issuer
shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
consolidation or merger or such conveyance or transfer, as the case
may be, and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article,
is authorized and permitted by this Indenture and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such
transaction have been complied with (including any filing required
by the Securities Exchange Act).
SECTION 3.12.
Successor or Transferee . (a) Upon any consolidation or
merger of the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.11(l)
, the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger
(if other than the Issuer) shall succeed to, and be substituted
for, and may exercise every right and power of and have every
obligation of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect
as if such Person had been named as the Issuer herein.
(b) Upon a
conveyance or transfer of all the assets and properties of the
Issuer pursuant to Section 3.11(k) , the Issuer will be
released from every covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be
observed or performed on the part of the Issuer with respect to the
Notes immediately upon the delivery of written notice to the
Indenture Trustee stating that the Issuer is to be so
released.
SECTION 3.13.
Notice of Events of Default . (a) The Issuer shall give
the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies prompt written notice
of each Event of Default hereunder, each default on the part of the
Servicer of its obligations under the Servicing Agreement (and, in
the case of a Servicer Default, shall specify in such notice the
action, if any, the Issuer is taking with respect to such default)
each default on the part of the Purchaser of its obligations under
the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
(b) The
Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee, within five days
after the Issuer obtains actual knowledge thereof, written notice
in the form of an Officers’ Certificate of any event that,
with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would
become an Event of Default under clause (iii) of the
definition thereof, its status and what action the Issuer is taking
or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 3.14.
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.
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 4.1.
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture . (a) This
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect except as to:
(i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange,
(ii) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Notes, (iii) rights of Noteholders to receive payments of
principal thereof and interest thereon, (iv)
Section 3.2 , (v) the rights, obligations and
immunities of the Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights
of the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.7 ) and the
obligations of the Indenture Trustee under Sections 4.2
and 6.4 ) and (vi) the rights of Noteholders as
beneficiary hereof with respect to the property so
deposited
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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 all Notes
theretofore authenticated and delivered to Noteholders (other than
(x) Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that
have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.5
and (y) Notes in respect of which funds have theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer as
provided in Section 6.16(i) ) have been delivered to
the Indenture Trustee for cancellation; provided that the
Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied
with.
(b) Notwithstanding
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations
of the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee under
Section 6.7 , and if funds shall have been deposited
with the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.1(a)(A)(y) , the obligations of the Indenture
Trustee under Sections 4.2 and 6.17 (in its
capacity as Paying Agent) shall survive.
(c) The
Indenture Trustee shall provide prompt written notice to each
Rating Agency of any satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
pursuant to this Article IV .
SECTION 4.2.
Application of Trust Funds . All funds 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 and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any Paying Agent, as the Indenture Trustee may determine,
to the Noteholders of the particular Notes for the payment or
redemption of which such funds have been deposited with the
Indenture Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon
for principal and interest , but such funds need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required herein or as
required by law.
SECTION 5.1.
Events of Default . “Event of Default”, wherever
used herein, means 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):
(i) 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 five
days;
(ii) default in
the payment of the principal of any Note at the Maturity
Date;
(iii) default in
the observance or performance of any covenant or agreement of the
Issuer 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), or any representation or
warranty of the Issuer made in this Indenture or in any certificate
or other writing delivered
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pursuant hereto
or in connection herewith proving to have been incorrect in any
material respect as of the time when the same shall have been made,
and such default shall continue or not be cured, or the
circumstance or condition in respect of which such
misrepresentation or warranty was incorrect shall not have been
eliminated or otherwise cured, for a period of 30 days (or for
such longer period, not in excess of 90 days, as may be
reasonably necessary to remedy such default if the Issuer delivers
an Officer’s Certificate to the Indenture Trustee to the
effect that the Issuer has commenced, or will promptly commence and
diligently pursue, all reasonable efforts to remedy such default
and such default can be remedied in 90 days or less) after
there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to
the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee by the Noteholders of at least 25% of the
Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes, a written notice
specifying such default or incorrect representation or warranty and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
notice of Default hereunder; or
(iv) any
Insolvency Event shall occur with respect to the Issuer.
SECTION 5.2.
Remedies . (a) If an Event of Default should occur and
be continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, and, at the direction
(which direction shall be in writing) of the Noteholders, pursuant
to Section 5.8 or, in the case of clause (viii)
below, at the direction (which direction shall be in writing) of
not less than 66-2/3% of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the
Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall (subject to
Section 6.2(a)(v) ), do one or more of the
following:
(i) declare all
the Notes to be immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing
to the Issuer, and upon any such declaration the Outstanding
Principal Balance, together with accrued and unpaid interest
thereon through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately
due and payable;
(ii) in the case
of an Event of Default described in Section 5.1(i)
or (ii) , demand the Issuer to pay to the Indenture
Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders, the whole amount then
due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, with
interest upon the overdue principal at the applicable interest
rate, 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;
(iii) 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 amounts adjudged due;
(iv) institute
Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial
foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the
Collateral;
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(v) exercise any
remedies of a secured party under the UCC as in effect in the State
of New York and take any other appropriate action to protect and
enforce the rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the
Noteholders;
(vi) subject to
Section 5.14 , 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;
(vii) make demand
upon the Issuer, by written notice, that the Issuer deliver to the
Indenture Trustee all Loan Files (in which event the Issuer
covenants to make demand upon the Servicer to so deliver such Loan
Files); and
(viii) exercise
all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer
against the Servicer or the Purchaser under or in connection with
the Servicing Agreement and the Purchase and Sale Agreement,
including the right or power to terminate or to take any action to
compel or secure performance or observance by the Servicer or the
Purchaser of each of their obligations to the Issuer thereunder and
to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval,
extension or waiver under the Servicing Agreement or the Purchase
and Sale Agreement, and any right of the Issuer to take such action
shall be suspended.
(b) At any
time after a declaration of acceleration of maturity has been made
and before a judgment or decree for payment of the amount due has
been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article V provided, the Noteholders of Notes
representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Principal
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 including any amounts
that would then be due hereunder or upon such Notes if the Event of
Default giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred;
and
(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
(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 5.9 .
No such rescission
shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right
consequent thereto.
(c) In case
there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer or any Person having
or claiming an ownership interest in the Collateral, Proceedings
under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable
Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or
in
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case a
receiver, assignee, 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 Person, or in case of any other comparable judicial
Proceedings relative to the Issuer, or to the creditors or property
of the Issuer, 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 this Section) shall be entitled and empowered to, and, at the
direction (which direction shall be in writing) of the Noteholders
pursuant to Section 5.8 by intervention in such
proceedings or otherwise:
(i) file and prove
a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest
owing an
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