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EXHIBIT 4.2
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INDENTURE
between
MERRILL AUTO TRUST SECURITIZATION 2007-1,
as Issuer,
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Indenture Trustee,
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Securities Administrator.
Dated as of May 31, 2007
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS, USAGE AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.1. Definitions and Usage..........................................2
SECTION 1.2. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act..............2
ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.1. Form...........................................................2
SECTION 2.2. Execution, Authentication and Delivery.........................3
SECTION 2.3. Temporary Notes................................................4
SECTION 2.4. Tax Treatment..................................................4
SECTION 2.5. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange............4
SECTION 2.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes.....................6
SECTION 2.7. Persons Deemed Owners..........................................7
SECTION 2.8. Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest..........7
SECTION 2.9. Cancellation...................................................8
SECTION 2.10. Release of Collateral..........................................8
SECTION 2.11. Book-Entry Notes...............................................8
SECTION 2.12. Notices to Clearing Agency.....................................9
SECTION 2.13. Definitive Notes...............................................9
SECTION 2.14. Authenticating Agents.........................................10
ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
SECTION 3.1. Payment of Principal and Interest.............................11
SECTION 3.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency...............................11
SECTION 3.3. Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust........................11
SECTION 3.4. Existence.....................................................13
SECTION 3.5. Protection of Indenture Trust Estate..........................13
SECTION 3.6. Opinions as to Indenture Trust Estate.........................14
SECTION 3.7. Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables..........15
SECTION 3.8. Negative Covenants............................................17
SECTION 3.9. Annual Statement as to Compliance.............................18
SECTION 3.10. Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms...........18
SECTION 3.11. Successor or Transferee.......................................20
SECTION 3.12. No Other Business.............................................20
SECTION 3.13. No Borrowing..................................................20
SECTION 3.14. Master Servicer's Obligations.................................20
SECTION 3.15. Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities.............20
SECTION 3.16. Capital Expenditures..........................................21
SECTION 3.17. Further Instruments and Acts..................................21
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SECTION 3.18. Restricted Payments...........................................21
SECTION 3.19. Notice of Events of Default...................................21
SECTION 3.20. Issuer's Obligations under each ISDA Master Agreement.........21
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.......................22
SECTION 4.2. Application of Trust Money....................................23
SECTION 4.3. Repayment of Monies Held by Note Paying Agent.................24
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
SECTION 5.1. Events of Default.............................................24
SECTION 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment............25
SECTION 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement
by Indenture Trustee..........................................26
SECTION 5.4. Remedies; Priorities..........................................28
SECTION 5.5. Optional Preservation of the Receivables......................31
SECTION 5.6. Limitation of Suits...........................................31
SECTION 5.7. Unconditional Rights of Noteholders To Receive Principal
and Interest..................................................32
SECTION 5.8. Restoration of Rights and Remedies............................32
SECTION 5.9. Rights and Remedies Cumulative................................32
SECTION 5.10. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver................................32
SECTION 5.11. Control by Controlling Class..................................33
SECTION 5.12. Waiver of Past Defaults.......................................33
SECTION 5.13. Undertaking for Costs.........................................34
SECTION 5.14. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws..............................34
SECTION 5.15. Action on Notes...............................................34
SECTION 5.16. Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations............34
ARTICLE VI
THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR
SECTION 6.1. Duties of Indenture Trustee...................................35
SECTION 6.2. Rights of Indenture Trustee...................................36
SECTION 6.3. Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee........................38
SECTION 6.4. Indenture Trustee's Disclaimer................................38
SECTION 6.5. Notice of Defaults............................................38
SECTION 6.6. [Reserved]....................................................38
SECTION 6.7. Compensation and Indemnity....................................38
SECTION 6.8. Replacement of Indenture Trustee..............................39
SECTION 6.9. Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger.........................40
SECTION 6.10. Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate
Indenture Trustee.............................................41
SECTION 6.11. Eligibility; Disqualification.................................42
SECTION 6.12. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer..............43
SECTION 6.13. Duties of Securities Administrator............................43
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SECTION 6.14. Rights of Securities Administrator............................44
SECTION 6.15. Individual Rights of Securities Administrator.................46
SECTION 6.16. Securities Administrator's Disclaimer.........................46
SECTION 6.17. Reports by Securities Administrator to Noteholders............46
SECTION 6.18. Compensation and Indemnity....................................46
SECTION 6.19. Replacement of Securities Administrator.......................47
SECTION 6.20. Successor Securities Administrator by Merger..................48
SECTION 6.21. Eligibility; Disqualification.................................49
ARTICLE VII
NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS
SECTION 7.1. Issuer To Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses
of Noteholders................................................49
SECTION 7.2. Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders....49
SECTION 7.3. Reports by Issuer.............................................50
SECTION 7.4. Reports by Securities Administrator...........................50
ARTICLE VIII
ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
SECTION 8.1. Collection of Money...........................................50
SECTION 8.2. Trust Accounts................................................51
SECTION 8.3. General Provisions Regarding Accounts.........................54
SECTION 8.4. Release of Indenture Trust Estate.............................55
SECTION 8.5. Opinion of Counsel............................................56
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 9.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders........56
SECTION 9.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders...........58
SECTION 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures..........................59
SECTION 9.4. Effect of Supplemental Indenture..............................59
SECTION 9.5. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act...........................60
SECTION 9.6. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures.................60
ARTICLE X
PREPAYMENT
SECTION 10.1. Optional Prepayment...........................................60
SECTION 10.2. Form of Prepayment Notice.....................................61
SECTION 10.3. Notes Payable on Prepayment Date..............................61
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.1. Compliance Certificates and Opinions, Etc.....................61
SECTION 11.2. Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee and
the Securities Administrator..................................63
SECTION 11.3. Acts of Noteholders...........................................64
SECTION 11.4. Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Securities
Administrator, Issuer, Rating Agencies and Counterparties.....64
SECTION 11.5. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver................................65
SECTION 11.6. Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions.......................66
SECTION 11.7. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.............................66
SECTION 11.8. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents......................66
SECTION 11.9. Successors and Assigns........................................66
SECTION 11.10. Separability..................................................66
SECTION 11.11. Benefits of Indenture.........................................66
SECTION 11.12. Legal Holidays................................................67
SECTION 11.13. GOVERNING LAW.................................................67
SECTION 11.14. Counterparts..................................................67
SECTION 11.15. Recording of Indenture........................................67
SECTION 11.16. Trust Obligation..............................................67
SECTION 11.17. No Petition...................................................68
SECTION 11.18. Subordination Agreement.......................................68
SECTION 11.19. No Recourse...................................................68
SECTION 11.20. Inspection....................................................68
SECTION 11.21. Representations and Warranties as to the Security Interest
of the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables...................69
EXHIBIT A-1 Form of Class A-1 Note....................................A-1-1
EXHIBIT A-2 Form of Class A-2 Note....................................A-2-1
EXHIBIT A-3 Form of Class A-3 Note....................................A-3-1
EXHIBIT A-4 Form of Class A-4 Note....................................A-4-1
EXHIBIT B Form of Class B Note........................................B-1
EXHIBIT C Form of Class C Note........................................C-1
SCHEDULE A Schedule of Receivables....................................SA-1
SCHEDULE B Schedule of Cumulative Net Loss Ratios.....................SB-1
APPENDIX A Definitions and Usage......................................AA-1
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INDENTURE, dated as of May 31, 2007 (as from time to time amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect, this "Indenture") among
MERRILL AUTO TRUST SECURITIZATION 2007-1, a Delaware statutory trust, as issuer
(the "Issuer"), HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association, as Trustee and not in its individual capacity (in such capacity,
the "Indenture Trustee"), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking
association, as securities administrator and not in its individual capacity (in
such capacity, the "Securities Administrator").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and,
subject to the subordination provisions of this Indenture, for the equal and
ratable benefit of the Counterparties and the holders of the Issuer's Class A-1
5.3469% Asset Backed Notes (the "Class A-1 Notes"), Class A-2 5.43% Asset Backed
Notes, (the "Class A-2 Notes"), Class A-3 Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes (the
"Class A-3 Notes") and Class A-4 Floating Asset Backed Notes (the "Class A-4
Notes" and, together with the Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes and Class A-3
Notes, the "Class A Notes"), Class B 5.79% Asset Backed Notes (the "Class B
Notes") and Class C 5.96% Asset Backed Notes (the "Class C Notes" and, together
with the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes, the "Notes"):
GRANTING CLAUSE
The Issuer hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee at the Closing Date, as
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Counterparties, all
of the Issuer's right, title and interest in, to and under the following
property, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising: (a)
the Receivables; (b) monies received thereunder after the Cut-off Date (other
than the portion of any Obligor payment related to the interest accrued on each
Receivable up to its last scheduled payment date prior to May 31, 2007); (c) the
security interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by Obligors pursuant to the
Receivables and any other interest of the Issuer in the Financed Vehicles; (d)
proceeds with respect to the Receivables from claims on any theft, physical
damage, credit life, credit disability, or other insurance policies covering
Financed Vehicles or Obligors; (e) the Receivable Files; (f) the Trust Accounts
and all amounts, securities, investments, investment property and other property
deposited in or credited to any of the foregoing, all security entitlements
relating to the foregoing and all proceeds thereof; (g) the Sale and Servicing
Agreement; (h) payments and proceeds with respect to the Receivables; (i) the
Receivables Purchase Agreement; (j) all property (including the right to receive
Liquidation Proceeds) securing a Receivable (other than a Receivable purchased
by the Master Servicer or repurchased by the, Seller, the Depositor or the
Administrator); (k) rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance
policies and other items financed under the Receivables in effect as of the
Cut-off Date; (l) each Interest Rate Swap Agreement and (m) all present and
future claims, demands, causes of action and chooses in action in respect of any
or all of the foregoing and all payments on or under and all proceeds of every
kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the foregoing, including
all proceeds of the conversion thereof, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or
other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes,
drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance
proceeds, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and every kind and other
forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property which at
any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the
foregoing (collectively, the "Collateral").
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The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of principal of
and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes and to
secure the obligations owed by the Issuer under the Interest Rate Swap
Agreements, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction,
except as provided in the Indenture, and to secure compliance with the
provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture.
The Indenture Trustee, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Noteholders, acknowledges such Grant, accepts the trusts under this Indenture in
accordance with the provisions of 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 and the Counterparties may be adequately and
effectively protected.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS, USAGE AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.1. Definitions and Usage. Except as otherwise specified herein
or as the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined herein are defined in Appendix A, which also contains rules as
to usage that shall be applicable herein.
SECTION 1.2. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated
by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used
in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"indenture securities" shall mean the Notes.
"indenture security holder" shall mean a Noteholder.
"indenture to be qualified" shall mean this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" shall mean the Indenture
Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities shall mean the Issuer and any other
obligor on the indenture securities.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have
the meaning assigned to them by such definitions.
ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.1. Form. (a) The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the
Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-4 Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes,
together with the Indenture Trustee's or the Securities Administrator's
certificates of authentication, shall be in substantially the form set forth in
Exhibit A-1, Exhibit A-2, Exhibit A-3, Exhibit A-4, Exhibit B and
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Exhibit C, 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 thereof. 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.
(b) 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 Authorized Officers of the Trust
executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
(c) Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of
the Notes set forth in Exhibit A-1, Exhibit A-2, Exhibit A-3, Exhibit A-4,
Exhibit B and Exhibit C, are part of the terms of this Indenture and are
incorporated herein by reference.
(d) The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use "CUSIP," "CINS" and "ISIN"
numbers (if then generally in use), and the Indenture Trustee and the Securities
Administrator shall use CUSIP, CINS and ISIN numbers, as the case may be, in
notices as a convenience to Noteholders and no representation shall be made as
to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in a notice to Noteholders.
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 any time Authorized Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold
such offices at the date of such Notes.
(c) The Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator, on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee, shall, upon Issuer Order, authenticate and deliver the Notes
for original issue in the Classes and initial aggregate principal amounts as set
in the table below.
Initial Aggregate
Class Principal Amount
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Class A-1 Notes $167,100,000
Class A-2 Notes $156,000,000
Class A-3 Notes $174,000,000
Class A-4 Notes $187,630,000
Class B Notes $51,753,000
Class C Notes $35,829,000
The aggregate principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the
Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-4 Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes
Outstanding at any time may not exceed those respective amounts except as
provided in Section 2.6.
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(d) The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, the
Class A-4 Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes, shall be issuable as
Book-Entry Notes in minimum denominations of $1,000 and in integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess thereof.
(e) 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 or the Securities Administrator by the manual
signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any
Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has
been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 2.3. Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of definitive Notes
pursuant to Section 2.13, the Issuer may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer
Order the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator, on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee, shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes that are
printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Notes in lieu of which they are
issued and with such variations not inconsistent with the terms of this
Indenture as the officers executing the temporary Notes may determine, as
evidenced by their execution of such temporary Notes.
If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer shall cause definitive Notes to
be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon
surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Issuer to be
maintained as provided in Section 3.2, without charge to the Noteholder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuer shall
execute, and the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator, on behalf of
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 Notes.
SECTION 2.4. Tax Treatment. The Issuer has entered into this Indenture,
and the Notes shall be issued, with the intention that, for federal, State and
local income and franchise tax purposes, the Notes shall qualify as indebtedness
of the Issuer secured by the Indenture Trust Estate. The Issuer, by entering
into this Indenture, and each Noteholder, by its acceptance of a Note (and each
Note Owner by its acceptance of an interest in the applicable Book-Entry Note),
agree to treat the Notes for federal, State and local income and franchise tax
purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.
SECTION 2.5. 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
Securities Administrator initially shall be the "Note Registrar" for the purpose
of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. Upon any
resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor
or, if it elects not to make such an appointment, assume the duties of Note
Registrar. If a Person other than the Securities Administrator is appointed by
the Issuer as Note Registrar, (i) the Issuer shall give the Indenture Trustee
and the Securities Administrator prompt written notice of the appointment of
such Note Registrar and of the location, and any change in the location, of the
Note Register,
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(ii) the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall have the right
to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies
thereof, and (iii) the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall
have the right 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.
(b) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office
or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.2, if the
requirements of Section 8-401(a) of the UCC are met, an Authorized Officer of
the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee or the Securities
Administrator, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, shall authenticate and the
Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee or the Securities
Administrator, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of the same Class in any
authorized denomination, of a like aggregate principal amount.
(c) Subject to subsection (i) below, at the option of the Noteholder, Notes
may be exchanged for other 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) of the UCC are met, the
Issuer shall execute, the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator, on
behalf of the Indenture Trustee, shall authenticate, and the Noteholder shall
obtain from the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator, on behalf of
the Indenture Trustee, the Notes which the Noteholder making such exchange is
entitled to receive.
(d) 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.
(e) Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall be (i) duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the
Note Registrar 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
and (ii) accompanied by such other documents or evidence as the Indenture
Trustee and the Note Registrar may require.
(f) No service charge shall be made to a Noteholder for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Note Registrar may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 2.3 or 9.6 not involving any transfer.
(g) The preceding provisions of this Section 2.5 notwithstanding, the
Issuer shall not be required to make and the Note Registrar need not register
transfers or exchanges of Notes selected for redemption or of any Note for a
period of 15 days preceding the Payment Date for any payment with respect to
such Note.
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(h) Each Person that acquires a Note in definitive form shall be required
to represent, and each Person that acquires a Note will be deemed to represent
by its acceptance of the Note, that (x) it is not, and it is not acquiring the
Note on behalf of or with "plan assets" (as determined under Department of Labor
Regulation ss. 2510.3-101 or otherwise) of a Plan, or any employee benefit plan
subject to Similar Law, or (y) its acquisition and holding of the Note are
eligible for relief under Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption ("PTCE") 84-14,
PTCE 90-1, PTCE 91-38, PTCE 95-60, PTCE 96-23 or a similar exemption, or, in the
case of an employee benefit plan subject to Similar Law, do not result in a
nonexempt violation of Similar Law.
SECTION 2.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes.
(a) If (i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee or
the Note Registrar, or each of the Indenture Trustee and the Securities
Administrator receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Note, and (ii) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the
Securities Administrator such security or indemnity as may be required by the
Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator to hold the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator harmless, then, in the
absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar, the Indenture Trustee or
the Securities Administrator that such Note has been acquired by a protected
purchaser, as defined in Section 8-303 of the UCC, and provided that the
requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall execute, and
upon Issuer Request the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator, on
behalf of 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; 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 Prepayment Date without surrender
thereof. If, after the delivery of such replacement Note or payment of a
destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to the proviso to the preceding
sentence, a protected purchaser of the original Note in lieu of which such
replacement Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the Issuer,
the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall be entitled to
recover such replacement Note (or such payment) from the Person to whom it was
delivered or any Person taking such replacement Note from such Person to whom
such replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a
protected purchaser, 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, the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator in
connection therewith.
(b) Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section 2.6, the
Issuer may require the payment by the Noteholder of such Note 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 and the Securities Administrator) connected
therewith.
(c) Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.6 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
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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 2.6 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 2.7. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment for
registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the
Securities Administrator and any agent of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or
the Securities Administrator 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
none of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Securities Administrator or any
agent of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall
be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 2.8. Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest.
(a) The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, the
Class A-4 Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes shall accrue interest
at the Class A-1 Rate, the Class A-2 Rate, the Class A-3 Rate, the Class A-4
Rate, the Class B Rate and the Class C Rate, respectively, as set forth in
Exhibit A-1, Exhibit A-2, Exhibit A-3, Exhibit A-4, Exhibit B and Exhibit C,
respectively, and such interest shall be due and payable on each Payment Date as
specified therein, subject to Section 3.1. 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 in the
Note Register on the Record Date either by wire transfer in immediately
available funds, to the account of such Noteholder at a bank or other entity
having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Noteholder shall have provided
to the Note Registrar appropriate written instructions at least five Business
Days prior to such Payment Date and such Noteholder's Notes in the aggregate
evidence a denomination of not less than $1,000,000, or, if not, by check mailed
first-class postage prepaid to such Person's address as it appears on the Note
Register on such Record Date; provided that, unless Definitive Notes have been
issued to Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.13, 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 shall be made by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee, and
except for the final installment of principal payable with respect to such Note
on a Payment Date, Prepayment Date or the applicable Final Scheduled Payment
Date, which shall be payable as provided below. The funds represented by any
such checks returned undelivered shall be held in accordance with Section 3.3.
(b) The principal of each Note shall be payable in installments on each
Payment Date as provided in the forms of Notes set forth in Exhibit A-1, Exhibit
A-2, Exhibit A-3, Exhibit A-4, Exhibit B and Exhibit C. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of each Class of Notes shall be
due and payable, if not previously paid, on the date on which an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if the Indenture Trustee or the
Noteholders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the principal amount
of the
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Controlling Class have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in
the manner provided in Section 5.2. All principal payments on each Class of
Notes shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders of such Class entitled thereto.
The Securities Administrator shall notify the Person in whose name a Note is
registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding the Payment
Date on which the Issuer expects that the final installment of principal of and
interest on such Note shall be paid. Such notice shall be mailed or transmitted
by facsimile prior to such final Payment Date and shall specify that such final
installment shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of such Note
and shall specify the place where such Note may be presented and surrendered for
payment of such installment. Notices in connection with redemption of Notes
shall be mailed to Noteholders as provided in Section 10.2.
(c) If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the
Issuer shall pay defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to
the extent lawful) at the applicable Note Interest Rate on the Payment Date
following such default. The Issuer shall pay such defaulted interest to the
Persons who are Noteholders on the Record Date for such following Payment Date.
SECTION 2.9. Cancellation. All Notes surrendered for payment, registration
of transfer or exchange or redemption pursuant to Section 10.1 shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Securities Administrator, be delivered
to the Securities Administrator and shall be promptly cancelled by the
Securities Administrator. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Securities
Administrator for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all
Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Securities Administrator.
No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes
cancelled as provided in this Section 2.9, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. All cancelled Notes may be held or disposed of by the Securities
Administrator in accordance with its standard retention or disposal policy as in
effect at the time unless the Issuer shall direct by an Issuer Order that they
be destroyed or returned to it and so long as such Issuer Order is timely and
the Notes have not been previously disposed of by the Securities Administrator.
SECTION 2.10. Release of Collateral. Subject to Section 11.1 and the terms
of the Basic Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall release property from the
lien of this Indenture only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an
Officer's Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and Independent Certificates in
accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1) or an Opinion of Counsel in
lieu of such Independent Certificates to the effect that the TIA does not
require any such Independent Certificates. If the Commission shall issue an
exemptive order under TIA Section 304(d) modifying the Issuer's obligations
under TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1), subject to Section 11.1 and the terms
of the Basic Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall release property from the
lien of this Indenture in accordance with the conditions and procedures set
forth in such exemptive order.
SECTION 2.11. Book-Entry Notes. The Notes, upon original issuance, shall
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, by,
or on behalf of, the Issuer. The Book-Entry Notes shall be registered initially
on the Note Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial
Clearing Agency, and no Note Owner thereof shall receive a Definitive
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Note (as defined below) representing such Note Owner's interest in such Note,
except as provided in Section 2.13. Unless and until definitive, fully
registered Notes (the "Definitive Notes") have been issued to such Note Owners
pursuant to Section 2.13:
(i) the provisions of this Section 2.11 shall be in full force and
effect;
(ii) the Note Registrar, the Indenture Trustee and the Securities
Administrator shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all
purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of principal of and
interest on the Book-Entry Notes and the giving of instructions or
directions hereunder) as the sole Noteholder, and shall have no obligation
to the Note Owners;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 2.11 conflict
with any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section
2.11 shall control;
(iv) the rights of Note Owners shall be exercised only through the
Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law and
agreements between such Note Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the
Clearing Agency Participants pursuant to the Security Depository Agreement;
unless and until Definitive Notes are issued to Note Owners pursuant to
Section 2.13, the initial Clearing Agency shall make book-entry transfers
among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit payments of
principal of and interest on the Book-Entry Notes to such Clearing Agency
Participants; and
(v) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken
based upon instructions or directions of Noteholders of Notes evidencing a
specified percentage of the principal amount of the Notes Outstanding (or
any Class thereof) 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 of the Notes Outstanding (or Class thereof) and has delivered such
instructions to the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator.
SECTION 2.12. Notices to Clearing Agency. Whenever a notice or other
communication to the Noteholders of Book-Entry Notes is required under this
Indenture, unless and until Definitive Notes shall have been issued to the Note
Owners pursuant to Section 2.13, the Indenture Trustee and the Securities
Administrator shall give all such notices and communications specified herein to
be given to Noteholders of Book-Entry Notes to the Clearing Agency, and shall
have no obligation to such Note Owners.
SECTION 2.13. Definitive Notes. With respect to any Class or Classes of
Book-Entry Notes, if (i) the Issuer advises the Indenture Trustee and the
Securities Administrator in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer
willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to such
Class of Book-Entry Notes and the Issuer is unable to locate a qualified
successor or (ii) after the occurrence of an Event of Default or an Event of
Servicing Termination, Note Owners of such Class of Book- Entry Notes evidencing
beneficial interests aggregating not less than a majority of the principal
amount of such Class advise the Indenture
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Trustee, the Securities Administrator and 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 such Class of Note Owners, then the Clearing Agency
shall notify all Note Owners of such Class, the Indenture Trustee and the
Securities Administrator of the occurrence of such event and of the availability
of Definitive Notes to the Note Owners of the applicable Class requesting the
same. Upon surrender to the Securities Administrator of the typewritten Notes
representing the Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by
registration instructions, the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee or
the Securities Administrator, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, shall
authenticate the Definitive Notes in accordance with the instructions of the
Clearing Agency. None of the Issuer, the Note Registrar, the Indenture Trustee
or the Securities Administrator shall be liable for any delay in delivery of
such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected in
relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes to Note
Owners, the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall recognize
the holders of such Definitive Notes as Noteholders.
SECTION 2.14. Authenticating Agents. (a) The Indenture Trustee, at the
expense of the Issuer, may appoint one or more Persons in addition to the
Securities Administrator (each, an "Authenticating Agent") with power to act on
its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication of Notes in
connection with issuance, transfers and exchanges under Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.5,
2.6 and 9.6, as fully to all intents and purposes as though each such
Authenticating Agent had been expressly authorized by those Sections to
authenticate such Notes. For all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication
of Notes by an Authenticating Agent pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be
deemed to be the authentication of Notes "by the Indenture Trustee."
(b) Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of
the corporate trust business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor
of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, without the execution or filing of any
document or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or such
Authenticating Agent or such successor corporation.
(c) Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written
notice of resignation to the Indenture Trustee, the Securities Administrator and
the Owner Trustee. The Indenture Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of
any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such
Authenticating Agent and the Owner Trustee. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, the Indenture Trustee may appoint a
successor Authenticating Agent and shall give written notice of any such
appointment to the Owner Trustee.
(d) The Issuer agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time
reasonable compensation for its services. The provisions of Sections 2.9 and 6.4
shall be applicable to any Authenticating Agent.
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ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
SECTION 3.1. Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer shall 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. Without limiting the foregoing,
on each Payment Date the Issuer shall cause to be paid pursuant to Sections
8.2(c) and 8.2(d) all amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and the
Principal Distribution Account with respect to the Collection Period preceding
such Payment Date and deposited therein pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment
to any Noteholder of interest and/or principal shall be considered as having
been paid by the Issuer to such Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer shall maintain in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where Notes
may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices
and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may
be served. The Issuer hereby initially appoints the Securities Administrator to
serve as its agent for the foregoing purposes. The Issuer shall give prompt
written notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator of the
location, and of any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If,
at any time, the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator
with the address thereof, such surrenders, notices and demands may be made or
served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Securities Administrator, and the
Issuer hereby appoints the Securities Administrator as its agent to receive all
such surrenders, notices and demands.
SECTION 3.3. Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust. (a) As provided in
Sections 8.2 and 5.4(b), all payments of amounts due and payable with respect to
any Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Trust Accounts
shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Securities Administrator or by
another Note Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from the Trust Accounts
for payments of Notes shall be paid over to the Issuer, except as provided in
this Section 3.3.
(b) On or before the Business Day preceding each Payment Date and
Prepayment Date, the Issuer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the
Collection Account an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming
due under the Notes, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto, and (unless the Note Paying Agent is the Indenture Trustee)
shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee and (unless the Note Paying Agent is
the Securities Administrator) the Securities Administrator of its action or
failure so to act.
(c) The Issuer shall cause each Note Paying Agent other than the Indenture
Trustee or the Securities Administrator to execute and deliver to the Indenture
Trustee an instrument in which such Note Paying Agent shall agree with the
Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator
acts as Note Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of
this Section 3.3, that such Note Paying Agent shall:
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(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with
respect to the Notes or under the Interest Rate Swap Agreements in trust
for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be
paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay
such sums to such Persons as herein provided;
(ii) give the Indenture Trustee, the Counterparties and the Securities
Administrator notice of any default by the Issuer (or any other obligor
upon the Notes) of which it has actual knowledge in the making of any
payment required to be made with respect to the Notes or under the Interest
Rate Swap Agreements, as applicable;
(iii) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Indenture
Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Note Paying Agent;
(iv) immediately resign as a Note Paying Agent and forthwith pay to
the Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of Notes
or under the Interest Rate Swap Agreements, as applicable, if at any time
it ceases to meet the standards required to be met by a Note Paying Agent
at the time of its appointment; and
(v) comply with all requirements of the Code and any State or local
tax law with respect to the withholding from any payments made by it on any
Notes or under the Interest Rate Swap Agreements, as applicable, of any
applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any
applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith.
(d) The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer
Order direct any Note Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held
in trust by such Note Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture
Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which the sums were held by such Note
Paying Agent; and upon such payment by any Note Paying Agent to the Indenture
Trustee, such Note Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability
with respect to such money.
(e) Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, any money
held by the Indenture Trustee or any Note Paying Agent in trust for the payment
of any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such amount has become due and payable shall be discharged from such trust
and be paid to the Issuer on Issuer Request; and the Noteholder of such Note
shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for
payment thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so paid to the Issuer),
and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Note Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the
Indenture Trustee or such Note Paying Agent, before being required to make any
such repayment, shall at the expense and written direction of the Issuer cause
to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language,
customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The
City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a
date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of
such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be
repaid to the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall also adopt and employ,
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at the expense and written direction of the Issuer, any other reasonable means
of notification of such repayment (including mailing notice of such repayment to
Noteholders whose Notes have been called but have not been surrendered for
redemption or whose right to or interest in monies due and payable but not
claimed is determinable from the records of the Indenture Trustee or of any Note
Paying Agent, at the last address of record for each such Noteholder).
SECTION 3.4. Existence. The Issuer shall keep in full effect its
existence, rights and franchises as a statutory trust under the laws of the
State of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is or
becomes, organized under the laws of any other State or of the United States of
America, in which case the Issuer shall keep in full effect its existence,
rights and franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction) and shall
obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in
which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other
instrument or agreement included in the Indenture Trust Estate, including all
licenses required under (i) the Maryland Vehicle Sales Finance Act or (ii) the
Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act in connection with this Indenture
and the other Basic Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby until such time as the Trust shall terminate in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture and the Trust Agreement.
SECTION 3.5. Protection of Indenture Trust Estate. (a) The Issuer intends
the security interest Granted pursuant to this Indenture in favor of the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders to be prior to all other liens in
respect of the Indenture Trust Estate, and the Trust shall take all actions
necessary to obtain and maintain, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee on
behalf of the Noteholders, a first lien on and a first priority, perfected
security interest in the Indenture Trust Estate. The Issuer shall from time to
time execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and all such
financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance
and other instruments, and shall take such other action necessary or advisable
to:
(i) maintain or preserve the lien and security interest (and the
priority thereof) of this Indenture or carry out more effectively the
purposes hereof;
(ii) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant
made or to be made by this Indenture;
(iii) enforce any of the Collateral; or
(iv) preserve and defend title to the Indenture Trust Estate and the
rights of the Indenture Trustee, the Counterparties and the Noteholders in
such Indenture Trust Estate against the claims of all Persons.
(b) The Issuer hereby represents and warrants that, as to the Collateral
pledged to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, on the
Closing Date:
(i) the Indenture creates a valid and continuing security interest (as
defined in the applicable UCC) in the Collateral that is in existence in
favor of the Indenture Trustee, which security interest is prior to all
other liens, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and
purchasers from the Issuer;
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(ii) the Receivables constitute "tangible chattel paper" under the
applicable UCC;
(iii) the Issuer owns and has good and marketable title to such
Collateral free and clear of any Liens of any Person, other than the
interest Granted under this Indenture;
(iv) the Issuer has acquired its ownership in such Collateral in good
faith without notice of any adverse claim;
(v) the Trust Accounts are not in the name of any Person other than
the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator, on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee, and the Issuer has not consented to the bank maintaining
the Trust Accounts to comply with the instructions of any Person other than
the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator;
(vi) the Issuer has not assigned, pledged, sold, granted a security
interest in or otherwise conveyed any interest in such Collateral (or, if
any such interest has been assigned, pledged or otherwise encumbered, it
has been released) other than interests Granted pursuant to this Indenture;
(vii) the Issuer has caused or will have caused, within ten days after
the Closing Date, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the
proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdiction under applicable law
in order to perfect the security interest Granted hereunder in the
Receivables;
(viii) other than its Granting hereunder, the Issuer has not Granted
such Collateral, the Issuer has not authorized the filing of and is not
aware of any financing statements against the Issuer that include a
description of such Collateral other than the financing statement in favor
of the Indenture Trustee, and the Issuer is not aware of any judgment or
tax lien filing against it; and
(ix) the information relating to such Collateral set forth in the
Schedule of Receivables (attached hereto as Schedule A) is correct.
SECTION 3.6. Opinions as to Indenture Trust Estate.
(a) On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee
and the Securities Administrator 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
perfect and make effective the lien and security interest 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 make such lien and security interest
effective.
(b) On or before March 30 in each calendar year, beginning on March 30,
2008, the Master Servicer, on behalf of the Issuer, shall furnish to the
Administrator and the Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel either
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such
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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 and any other action that may
be required by law as is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest
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 maintain such
lien and security interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the
recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures
supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and the execution and
filing of any financing statements and continuation statements that shall, in
the opinion of such counsel, be required to maintain the lien and security
interest of this Indenture until March 30 in the following calendar year.
SECTION 3.7. Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables.
(a) The Issuer shall not take any action and shall use its best efforts not
to permit any action to be taken by others that would release any Person from
any of such Person's material covenants or obligations under any instrument or
agreement included in the Indenture Trust Estate 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 and the other Basic Documents.
(b) The Issuer may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing
its duties under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person
identified to the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator in an
Officer's Certificate of the Issuer shall be deemed to be action taken by the
Issuer. Initially, the Issuer has contracted with the Master Servicer, the
Administrator and the Owner Trustee to assist the Issuer in performing its
duties under this Indenture.
(c) The Issuer shall punctually perform and observe all of its obligations
and agreements contained in this Indenture, the other Basic Documents and in the
instruments and agreements included in the Indenture Trust Estate, including
filing or causing to be filed all financing statements and continuation
statements required to be filed under the UCC by the terms of this Indenture and
the Sale and Servicing Agreement in accordance with and within the time periods
provided for herein and therein. Except as otherwise expressly provided therein,
the Issuer shall not waive, amend, modify, supplement or terminate any Basic
Document or any provision thereof without the consent of the Indenture Trustee
and the Noteholders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the
principal amount of each Class of Notes then Outstanding, voting separately and
if such action would materially adversely affect a Counterparty, without the
consent of such Counterparty. For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding
anything in this Indenture to the contrary, the Trust Agreement may be amended
from time to time by the Depositor and the Owner Trustee, with prior written
notice to the Rating Agencies and the Indenture Trustee and with the consent of
holders of all of the Certificates but without the consent of any Noteholder, to
create one or more classes of certificates and amend the rights of the
then-current Certificates; provided that an Opinion of Counsel shall be
furnished to the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Securities
Administrator to the effect that such amendment (A) will not materially
adversely affect the federal income taxation of any outstanding Note or
Certificate (unless the holder thereof consents to such new treatment) and
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(B) will not cause the Issuer to be treated as an association (or publicly
traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes.
(d) If the Issuer shall have knowledge of the occurrence of an Event of
Servicing Termination under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall
promptly notify the Indenture Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the
Counterparties and the Rating Agencies thereof and shall specify in such notice
the action, if any, the Issuer is taking in respect of such default. If an Event
of Servicing Termination shall arise from the failure of the Master Servicer to
perform any of its duties or obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement
with respect to the Receivables, the Issuer shall take all reasonable steps
available to it to remedy such failure.
(e) As promptly as possible after the giving of notice of termination to
the Master Servicer of the Master Servicer's rights and powers pursuant to
Section 7.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Master Servicer's
resignation in accordance with the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
the Issuer shall (subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee to direct such
appointment pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement)
promptly appoint a Successor Master Servicer meeting the requirements of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, and such Successor Master Servicer shall accept
its appointment by a written assumption in a form acceptable to the Indenture
Trustee and the Securities Administrator. In the event that a Successor Master
Servicer has not been appointed and has not accepted its appointment at the time
when the Master Servicer ceases to act as Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator (so long as the Person serving as the Securities Administrator is
not also the Master Servicer) and otherwise the Indenture Trustee, without
further action shall automatically be appointed the Successor Master Servicer.
If the Indenture Trustee shall be legally unable to act as Successor Master
Servicer, the Indenture Trustee may appoint, or petition a court of competent
jurisdiction to appoint, a Successor Master Servicer. The Securities
Administrator or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, may resign as the
Master Servicer by giving written notice of such resignation to the Issuer and
in such event shall be released from such duties and obligations, such release
not to be effective until the date a new master servicer enters into a servicing
agreement with the Issuer as provided below. In the case of either the
appointment of the Securities Administrator or Indenture Trustee (or any
Affiliate as provided below) as Successor Master Servicer, or resignation of the
Securities Administrator or Indenture Trustee as Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator or Indenture Trustee, as applicable, shall provide to the
Depositor, in writing, such information as reasonably requested by the Depositor
to comply with its reporting obligation under the Exchange Act with respect to a
Successor Master Servicer or the resignation of the Master Servicer. Upon
delivery of any such notice to the Issuer, the Issuer shall promptly obtain a
new master servicer as the Successor Master Servicer under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement. Any Successor Master Servicer (other than the Securities
Administrator or the Indenture Trustee or an Affiliate thereof) shall (i) be an
established financial institution having a net worth of not less than
$100,000,000 and whose regular business shall include the servicing of
automobile receivables and whose appointment as Successor Master Servicer
satisfies the Rating Agency Condition, (ii) enter into a servicing agreement
with the Issuer having substantially the same provisions as the provisions of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement applicable to its predecessor Master Servicer
and (iii) shall provide to the Depositor, in writing, such information as
reasonably required by the Depositor to comply with its reporting obligation
under the Exchange Act with respect to a Successor Master Servicer. If, within
30 days after the delivery of the notice referred to above, the Issuer shall not
have obtained such a
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new master servicer, the Indenture Trustee may appoint, or may petition a court
of competent jurisdiction to appoint, a Successor Master Servicer. In connection
with any such appointment, the Indenture Trustee may make such arrangements for
the compensation of such successor as it and such successor shall agree, subject
to the limitations set forth below and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and,
in accordance with Section 7.2 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer
shall enter into an agreement with such successor for the servicing of the
Receivables (such agreement to be in form and substance satisfactory to all
parties to the Sale and Servicing Agreement). Notwithstanding anything herein or
in the Sale and Servicing Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall either
the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator be liable for any
Servicing Fee or for any differential in the amount of the Servicing Fee paid
hereunder and the amount necessary to induce any Successor Master Servicer to
act as Successor Master Servicer under the Basic Documents and the transactions
set forth or provided for therein. If either the Securities Administrator or the
Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the Master Servicer's duties as master
servicer of the Receivables as provided herein, it shall do so in its individual
capacity and not in its capacity as Securities Administrator or Indenture
Trustee, as the case may be, and, accordingly, the provisions of Article VI
hereof shall be inapplicable to the Securities Administrator or the Indenture
Trustee in its duties as the successor to the Master Servicer and the servicing
of the Receivables. In case the Securities Administrator or the Indenture
Trustee shall become successor to the Master Servicer under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Securities Administrator or the Indenture Trustee, as
the case may be, shall entitled to appoint as Master Servicer any one of its
Affiliates; provided that the Securities Administrator or the Indenture Trustee,
in its capacity as the Master Servicer, shall be fully liable for the actions
and omissions of such Affiliate in such capacity as Successor Master Servicer.
(f) Upon any termination of the Master Servicer's rights and powers
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly notify
the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator in writing. As soon as a
Successor Master Servicer is appointed by the Issuer, the Issuer shall notify
the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator in writing of such
appointment, specifying in such notice the name and address of such Successor
Master Servicer.
(g) Without derogating from the absolute nature of the assignment granted
to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture or the rights of the Indenture
Trustee hereunder, the Issuer hereby agrees that it shall not, without the prior
written consent of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders of Notes evidencing
not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes Outstanding, 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 provided in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement or the other Basic Documents).
SECTION 3.8. Negative Covenants. So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the
Issuer shall not:
(i) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, the Trust
Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, sell, transfer, exchange or
otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets of the Issuer,
including those included in the Indenture Trust Estate;
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(ii) 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 assert any claim against any
present or former Noteholder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied
or assessed upon the Trust or the Indenture Trust Estate;
(iii) dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part;
(iv) (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,
excise, claim, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien of this
Indenture) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden
the assets of the Issuer, including those included in the Indenture Trust
Estate, or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof
(other than tax liens, mechanics' liens and other liens that arise by
operation of law, in each case on any of the Financed Vehicles and arising
solely as a result of an action or omission of the related Obligor) or (C)
permit the lien of this Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority
(other than with respect to any such tax, mechanics' or other lien)
security interest in the Indenture Trust Estate.
SECTION 3.9. Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Issuer shall deliver
to the Administrator, Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator, within
120 days after the end of each calendar year, an Officer's Certificate stating,
as to the Authorized Officer signing such Officer's Certificate, that:
(i) a review of the activities of the Issuer during such year and of
its performance under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized
Officer's supervision; and
(ii) to the best of such Authorized Officer's knowledge, based on such
review, the Issuer has complied in all material respects with all
conditions and covenants under this Indenture throughout such year (or
since the Closing Date in the case of the first such Officer's
Certificate), or, if there has been a default in any material respect in
its compliance with any such condition or covenant, specifying each such
default known to such Authorized Officer and the nature and status thereof.
SECTION 3.10. Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms. (a) The
Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless:
(i) the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving such
consolidation or merger shall be a Person organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America or any State and shall expressly
assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the
Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator, in form satisfactory to
the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes
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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;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with
respect to such transaction;
(iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall
have delivered copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee and the Securities
Administrator) to the effect that such transaction will not have any
material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer, any Noteholder, the
Counterparties or any Certificateholder;
(v) any action that is necessary to maintain the lien and security
interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken; and
(vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the
Securities Administrator an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
each stating that such consolidation or merger and such supplemental
indenture comply with this Article III and that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with
(including any filing required by the Exchange Act).
(b) Other than as specifically contemplated by the Basic Documents, the
Issuer shall not convey or transfer any of its properties or assets, including
those included in the Indenture Trust Estate, to any Person, unless:
(i) the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties
and assets of the Issuer the conveyance or transfer of which is hereby
restricted shall (A) be a United States citizen or a Person organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State, (B)
expressly assumes, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator, in
form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Securities
Administrator, 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, (C) expressly agrees 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,
(D) unless otherwise provided in such supplemental indenture, expressly
agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer against and from
any loss, liability or expense arising under or related to this Indenture
and the Notes, and (E) expressly agrees by means of such supplemental
indenture that such Person (or if a group of Persons, then one specified
Person) shall make all filings, if any, with the Commission (and any other
appropriate Person) required by the Exchange Act in connection with the
Notes;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
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(iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with
respect to such transaction;
(iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall
have delivered copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee and the Securities
Administrator) to the effect that such transaction will not have any
material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer, the Counterparties, any
Noteholder or any Certificateholder;
(v) any action that is necessary to maintain the lien and security
interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken; and
(vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the
Securities Administrator an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
each stating that such conveyance or transfer and such supplemental
indenture comply with this Article III and that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with
(including any filing required by the Exchange Act).
SECTION 3.11. Successor or Transferee. (a) Upon any consolidation or
merger of the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.10(a), 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, 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 3.10(b), the Issuer shall 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 and the Securities Administrator stating that
the Issuer is to be so released.
SECTION 3.12. No Other Business. The Issuer shall not engage in any
business other than financing, acquiring, owning and pledging the Receivables in
the manner contemplated by this Indenture and the other Basic Documents and
activities incidental thereto.
SECTION 3.13. No Borrowing. The Issuer shall not issue, incur, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any
indebtedness except for the Notes and the Certificates.
SECTION 3.14. Master Servicer's Obligations. The Issuer shall cause the
Master Servicer to comply with the Sale and Servicing Agreement, including
without limitation, Sections 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14 and 4.7 and
Article VI thereof.
SECTION 3.15. Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities. Except as
contemplated by this Indenture and the other Basic Documents, the Issuer shall
not make any loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee (directly or indirectly
or by an instrument having the effect of assuring another's payment or
performance on any obligation or capability of so doing or otherwise), endorse
or otherwise become contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection
with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or own, purchase, repurchase or
acquire
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(or agree contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets or securities
of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other
Person.
SECTION 3.16. Capital Expenditures. The Issuer shall not make any
expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets
(either realty or personalty).
SECTION 3.17. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Indenture
Trustee or the Securities Administrator, the Issuer shall execute and deliver
such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary
or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.18. Restricted Payments. The Issuer shall not, directly or
indirectly, (i) make any distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise),
whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, to the Owner
Trustee or any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or otherwise with
respect to any ownership or equity interest or security in or of the Issuer or
to the Master Servicer, (ii) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for
value any such ownership or equity interest or security or (iii) set aside or
otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose; provided, however, that
the Issuer may make, or cause to be made, payments to the Master Servicer, the
Receivables Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Securities
Administrator, the Administrator, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders as
contemplated by, and to the extent funds are available for such purpose under,
this Indenture and the other Basic Documents. The Issuer shall not, directly or
indirectly, make payments to or distributions from the Collection Account or the
Principal Distribution Account except in accordance with this Indenture and the
other Basic Documents.
SECTION 3.19. Notice of Events of Default. The Issuer shall give the
Indenture Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Counterparties and the
Rating Agencies prompt written notice of each Event of Default and Default
hereunder and of each default on the part of any party to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement with respect to any of the provisions thereof.
SECTION 3.20. Issuer's Obligations under each ISDA Master Agreement.
(a) Replacement and Termination of each ISDA Master Agreement. Upon the
occurrence of a Collateralization Event (as defined in the ISDA Master
Agreement), the Securities Administrator shall set up an Eligible Deposit
Account to hold cash or other eligible investments pledged under such ISDA
Credit Support Annex. Any cash or other eligible investments pledged under an
ISDA Credit Support Annex shall not be part of the Collection Account unless
they are applied in accordance with such ISDA Credit Support Annex to make a
payment due to the Issuer pursuant to any Interest Rate Swap Agreement. Upon a
reduction of the Swap Counterparty's Threshold (as defined in the ISDA Master
Agreement) to zero, the Securities Administrator shall (i) demand delivery of
the Delivery Amount (as defined in the ISDA Master Agreement) from the Swap
Counterparty on each Valuation Date (as defined in the ISDA Master Agreement),
if applicable, (ii) deliver to the Swap Counterparty the Return Amount (as
defined in the ISDA Master Agreement) on each Valuation Date, if applicable, as
well as Distributions and the Interest Amount (each as defined in the ISDA
Master Agreement), to the extent required under the ISDA Master Agreement and
(iii) take such other action required under the ISDA Master Agreement. If
Eligible Collateral with a Value (as defined in the ISDA
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Master Agreement) equal to the Delivery Amount is not delivered to Securities
Administrator by the Swap Counterparty, the Securities Administrator shall
notify the Swap Counterparty of such failure.
(b) Following an ISDA Event of Default or ISDA Termination Event for which
the Issuer has the right to designate an Early Termination Date (as such terms
are defined in the related ISDA Master Agreement), the Issuer shall consult with
an independent investment bank (which may include the Representative) as to
whether it will designate an Early Termination Date. Upon the termination of any
Interest Rate Swap Agreement, the Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts
to enforce the rights of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee thereunder as may
be permitted by the terms of the related ISDA Master Agreement and consistent
with the terms hereof, and shall apply the proceeds of any such efforts to enter
into replacement fixed/floating swaps with another Counterparty such that each
of the Rating Agencies shall have given prior written confirmation to the Issuer
that such Rating Agency shall not reduce or withdraw its then current rating of
any of the Notes. To the extent such replacement fixed/floating swap can be
entered into, any termination payments received by the Issuer in respect of the
terminated fixed/floating swap shall be used, to the extent necessary, by the
Issuer for the purpose of entering into such replacement fixed/floating swap.
Following a failure of Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc. to make the due and
punctual payment of any and all amounts payable by Merrill Lynch Capital
Services, Inc. under any Interest Rate Swap Agreement, including, in case of
default, interest on any amount due, when and as the same shall become due and
payable, the Securities Administrator shall make a demand of the Swap Guarantor
pursuant to the Swap Guarantee.
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall
cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes except as to (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) Sections 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.8,
3.10, 3.12, 3.13 and 3.17, (v) the rights, obligations, protections and
immunities of the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator hereunder
(including the rights of the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.7, the rights of
the Securities Administrator under Section 6.18 and the obligations of the
Securities Administrator under Section 4.3), and (vi) the rights of Noteholders
and the Counterparties as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so
deposited with the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator payable to
all or any of them, and the Indenture Trustee, on demand of and at the expense
of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, when:
(A) either:
(1) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other
than (i) Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that
have been
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replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.6 and (ii) Notes for
whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or
segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid
to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in
Section 3.3) have been delivered to the Securities Administrator
for cancellation; or
(2) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Securities
Administrator for cancellation have become due and payable and
the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably
deposited with the Securities Administrator cash or direct
obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United States of
America (which will mature prior to the date such amounts are
payable), in trust for such purpose, in an amount sufficient
without reinvestment to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness
on such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Securities
Administrator for cancellation when due to the applicable Final
Scheduled Payment Date or Prepayment Date (if Notes shall have
been called for prepayment pursuant to Section 10.1), as the case
may be, and all fees due and payable to the Securities
Administrator;
(B) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder and under any of the other Basic Documents
(including amounts due and payable under the Interest Rate Swap
Agreements) by the Issuer; and
(C) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the
Securities Administrator an Officer's Certificate, an Opinion of
Counsel and (if required by the TIA or the Indenture Trustee or the
Securities Administrator) an Independent Certificate from a firm of
certified public accountants, each meeting the applicable requirements
of Section 11.1(a) and, subject to Section 11.2, each stating that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Upon the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to this
Section 4.1, at the request of the Owner Trustee, the Securities Administrator
shall deliver to the Owner Trustee a certificate of a Securities Administrator
Officer stating that all Noteholders have been paid in full and stating whether,
to the best knowledge of such Securities Administrator Officer, any claims
remain against the Issuer in respect of the Indenture and the Notes.
SECTION 4.2. Application of Trust Money. All monies deposited with the
Securities Administrator pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and
applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes, the Interest Rate
Swap Agreements and this Indenture, to the payment, either (i) directly or
through any Note Paying Agent, as the Securities Administrator may determine, to
the Noteholders of the particular Notes for the payment or redemption of which
such monies have been deposited with the Securities Administrator, of all sums
due and to become due thereon for principal and interest, and (ii) to each
Counterparty of all net amounts payable under the Interest Rate Swap Agreements,
subject to and in accordance with Section 8. 2(c), but such monies need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein or in the Sale
and Servicing Agreement or required by law.
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SECTION 4.3. Repayment of Monies Held by Note Paying Agent. In connection
with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes,
all monies then held by any Note Paying Agent other than the Securities
Administrator under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such Notes
shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Securities Administrator to be
held and applied according to Section 3.3 and thereupon such Note Paying Agent
shall be released from all further liability with respect to such monies.
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
SECTION 5.1. Events of Default. "Event of Default," wherever used herein,
means the occurrence of any one of the following events (whatever the reason for
such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any
court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):
(i) default in the payment of any interest on any Note of the
Controlling Class when the same becomes due and payable on a Payment Date,
and such default shall continue for a period of 35 days or more; or
(ii) default in the payment of the principal of or any installment of
the principal of any Note when the same becomes due and payable; or
(iii) default in the observance or performance in any material respect
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 5.1 specifically dealt with) that
materially and adversely affects the Noteholders and such default shall
continue for a period of 30 days, 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 holders of Notes evidencing not
less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class, a written
notice specifying such default and requiring it to be remedied and stating
that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(iv) any representation or warranty of the Issuer made in this
Indenture or in any certificate delivered 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
representation or warranty was incorrect shall not have been eliminated or
otherwise cured, for a period of 30 days, 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 holders of Notes
evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Controlling
Class, a written notice specifying such default and requiring it to be
remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder;
or
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(v) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Issuer or any substantial
part of the Indenture Trust Estate in an involuntary case under any
applicable federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now
or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or for
any substantial part of the Indenture Trust Estate, or ordering the
winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer's affairs, and such decree or order
shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(vi) the commencement by the Issuer of a voluntary case under any
applicable federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now
or hereafter in effect, or the consent by the Issuer to the entry of an
order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent
by the Issuer to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official
of the Issuer or for any substantial part of the Indenture Trust Estate, or
the making by the Issuer of any general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or the failure by the Issuer generally to pay its debts as such
debts become due, or the taking of any action by the Issuer in furtherance
of any of the foregoing.
The Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Counterparties, within
five days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an
Officer's Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice and the lapse
of time would become an Event of Default under clause (iii) above, its status
and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. (a) If an
Event of Default should occur and be continuing, then and in every such case the
Indenture Trustee or the holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of
the Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class may declare all the Notes to be
immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the
Indenture Trustee if given by Noteholders), and upon any such declaration the
Outstanding Amount of such Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest
thereon through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and
payable.
(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 provided in this Article V, the
holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount
of the Controlling Class, by written notice to the Issuer, the Counterparties
and the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if:
(i) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Securities Administrator
a sum sufficient to pay:
(A) all payments of principal of and interest on all Notes and
all other amounts that would then be due hereunder or upon such Notes
if the Event of Default giving rise to such acceleration had not
occurred; and
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(B) all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee or the
Indenture Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses
and disbursements of the Indenture Trustee, the Securities
Administrator and their agents and counsel and the reasonable
compensation, expenses and disbursements of the Owner Trustee and its
agents and counsel; and
(ii) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of principal of
the Notes that has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured
or waived as provided in Section 5.12.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereto.
SECTION 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Indenture Trustee. (a) The Issuer covenants that if (i) there is an Event of
Default relating to the nonpayment o






