Exhibit 4.2
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
MOTORCYCLE TRUST 2008-1,
as Issuer,
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
not in its individual
capacity but solely in its capacity
as Indenture
Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of
February 15, 2008
Motorcycle Contract
Backed Notes
CROSS-REFERENCE
TABLE
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TIA
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Indenture
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Section
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Section
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310(a)(1)
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6.11
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(a)(2)
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6.11
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(a)(3)
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6.10
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(a)(4)
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N.A.
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(a)(5)
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6.11
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(b)
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6.08; 6.11; 11.04
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(c)
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N.A.
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311(a)
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6.13
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(b)
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6.13
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(c)
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N.A.
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312(a)
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7.01; 7.02
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(b)
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7.02
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(c)
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7.02
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313(a)
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7.04
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(b)
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7.04
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(c)
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7.04
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(d)
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7.04
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314(a)
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7.03
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(b)
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3.06
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(c)(1)
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2.02; 6.02; 11.01
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(c)(2)
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11.01
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(c)(3)
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11.01
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(d)
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11.01
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(e)
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11.01
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(f)
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N.A.
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315(a)
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6.01
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(b)
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6.05
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(c)
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6.01
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(d)
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5.12; 6.01
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(e)
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5.14
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316(a)(1)(A)
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5.12
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(a)(1)(B)
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5.02
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(a)(2)
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N.A.
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(b)
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5.08
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(c)
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N.A.
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317(a)
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5.03; 5.04
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(b)
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3.03
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318(a)
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11.18
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*
N.A. means Not
Applicable
*
This Cross-Reference Table
shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the
Indenture.
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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Page
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ARTICLE ONE
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DEFINITIONS AND
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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2
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SECTION 1.01.
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DEFINITIONS
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2
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SECTION 1.02.
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INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT
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9
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SECTION 1.03.
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RULES OF
CONSTRUCTION
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10
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ARTICLE TWO
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THE NOTES
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SECTION 2.01.
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FORM
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10
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SECTION 2.02.
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EXECUTION,
AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY
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11
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SECTION 2.03.
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TEMPORARY
NOTES
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11
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SECTION 2.04.
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REGISTRATION;
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE
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12
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SECTION 2.05.
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MUTILATED,
DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN NOTES
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SECTION 2.06.
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PERSONS DEEMED
OWNER
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14
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SECTION 2.07.
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PAYMENT OF
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST; DEFAULTED INTEREST
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14
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SECTION 2.08.
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CANCELLATION
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15
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SECTION 2.09.
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BOOK-ENTRY
NOTES
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15
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SECTION 2.10.
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NOTICES TO
CLEARING AGENCY
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SECTION 2.11.
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DEFINITIVE
NOTES
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SECTION 2.12.
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RELEASE OF
COLLATERAL
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SECTION 2.13.
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TAX
TREATMENT
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SECTION 2.14.
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CALCULATION
AGENT
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ARTICLE THREE
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COVENANTS
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SECTION 3.01.
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PAYMENT OF
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST
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SECTION 3.02.
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MAINTENANCE OF
OFFICE OR AGENCY
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SECTION 3.03.
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MONEY FOR
PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST
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SECTION 3.04.
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EXISTENCE
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SECTION 3.05.
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PROTECTION OF
COLLATERAL
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SECTION 3.06.
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OPINIONS AS TO
COLLATERAL
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SECTION 3.07.
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PERFORMANCE OF
OBLIGATIONS; SERVICING OF CONTRACTS
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SECTION 3.08.
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NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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SECTION 3.09.
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ANNUAL STATEMENT
AS TO COMPLIANCE
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SECTION 3.10.
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ISSUER
MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS
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SECTION 3.11.
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SUCCESSOR OR
TRANSFEREE
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SECTION 3.12.
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NO OTHER
BUSINESS
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SECTION 3.13.
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NO
BORROWING
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SECTION 3.14.
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SERVICER’S
OBLIGATIONS
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SECTION 3.15.
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GUARANTEES,
LOANS ADVANCES AND OTHER LIABILITIES
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SECTION 3.16.
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CAPITAL
EXPENDITURES
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SECTION 3.17.
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RESTRICTED
PAYMENTS
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SECTION 3.18.
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NOTICE OF EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
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SECTION 3.19.
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FURTHER INSTRUMENTS AND
ACTS
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SECTION 3.20.
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COMPLIANCE WITH
LAWS
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SECTION 3.21.
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AMENDMENTS OF SALE AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT AND TRUST AGREEMENT
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30
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SECTION 3.22.
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REMOVAL OF
ADMINISTRATOR
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ARTICLE FOUR
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SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE
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30
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SECTION 4.01.
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF
INDENTURE
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30
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SECTION 4.02.
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APPLICATION OF TRUST
MONEY
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SECTION 4.03.
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REPAYMENT OF MONEYS HELD BY
PAYING AGENT
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SECTION 4.04.
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RELEASE OF
COLLATERAL
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ARTICLE FIVE
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REMEDIES
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SECTION 5.01.
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EVENTS OF
DEFAULT
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SECTION 5.02.
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RIGHTS UPON EVENT OF
DEFAULT
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SECTION 5.03.
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COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS
AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY INDENTURE TRUSTEE; AUTHORITY OF
INDENTURE TRUSTEE
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SECTION 5.04.
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REMEDIES
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SECTION 5.05.
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OPTIONAL PRESERVATION OF THE
CONTRACTS
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SECTION 5.06.
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PRIORITIES
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SECTION 5.07.
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LIMITATION OF
SUITS
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SECTION 5.08.
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UNCONDITIONAL RIGHTS OF
NOTEHOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST
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SECTION 5.09.
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RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES
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SECTION 5.10.
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RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
CUMULATIVE
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SECTION 5.11.
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DELAY
OR OMISSION NOT A WAIVER
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SECTION 5.12.
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CONTROL BY
NOTEHOLDERS
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SECTION 5.13.
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WAIVER OF PAST
DEFAULTS
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SECTION 5.14.
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UNDERTAKING FOR
COSTS
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SECTION 5.15.
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WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION
LAWS
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SECTION 5.16.
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ACTION ON
NOTES
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SECTION 5.17.
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PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT
OF CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS
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ARTICLE SIX
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THE INDENTURE
TRUSTEE
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SECTION 6.01.
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DUTIES OF INDENTURE
TRUSTEE
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SECTION 6.02.
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RIGHTS OF INDENTURE
TRUSTEE
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SECTION 6.03.
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INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF
INDENTURE TRUSTEE
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SECTION 6.04.
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INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S
DISCLAIMER
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SECTION 6.05.
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NOTICE OF
DEFAULTS
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SECTION 6.06.
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REPORTS BY INDENTURE TRUSTEE
TO HOLDERS
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42
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SECTION 6.07.
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COMPENSATION AND
INDEMNITY
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42
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SECTION 6.08.
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REPLACEMENT OF INDENTURE
TRUSTEE
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42
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SECTION 6.09.
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SUCCESSOR INDENTURE TRUSTEE
BY MERGER
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43
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SECTION 6.10.
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APPOINTMENT OF CO-INDENTURE
TRUSTEE OR SEPARATE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
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44
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SECTION 6.11.
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ELIGIBILITY
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45
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SECTION 6.12.
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PENNSYLVANIA MOTOR VEHICLE
SALES FINANCE ACT LICENSES
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46
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SECTION 6.13.
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PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF
CLAIMS AGAINST ISSUER
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SECTION 6.14.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE
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46
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ARTICLE
SEVEN
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NOTEHOLDERS’
LISTS AND REPORTS
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SECTION 7.01.
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ISSUER TO FURNISH INDENTURE
TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF NOTEHOLDERS
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47
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SECTION 7.02.
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PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION:
COMMUNICATION TO NOTEHOLDERS
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47
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SECTION 7.03.
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REPORTS BY
ISSUER
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47
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SECTION 7.04.
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REPORTS BY INDENTURE
TRUSTEE
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48
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ARTICLE
EIGHT
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ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS
AND RELEASES
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48
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SECTION 8.01.
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COLLECTION OF
MONEY
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48
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SECTION 8.02.
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TRUST
ACCOUNTS
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48
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SECTION 8.03.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING
ACCOUNTS
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49
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SECTION 8.04.
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RELEASE OF
COLLATERAL
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49
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SECTION 8.05.
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OPINION OF
COUNSEL
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50
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ARTICLE NINE
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SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
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SECTION 9.01.
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
WITHOUT CONSENT OF NOTEHOLDERS
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50
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SECTION 9.02.
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH
CONSENT OF NOTEHOLDERS AND THE SWAP COUNTERPARTY
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51
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SECTION 9.03.
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EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
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53
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SECTION 9.04.
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EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
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SECTION 9.05.
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CONFORMITY WITH TRUST
INDENTURE ACT
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SECTION 9.06.
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REFERENCE IN NOTES TO
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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53
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ARTICLE TEN
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REDEMPTION OF
NOTES
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SECTION 10.01.
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REDEMPTION
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SECTION 10.02.
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FORM OF REDEMPTION
NOTICE
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SECTION 10.03.
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NOTES
PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE
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ARTICLE
ELEVEN
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MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION 11.01.
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COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND
OPINIONS, ETC.
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SECTION 11.02.
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FORM OF DOCUMENTS
DELIVERED TO INDENTURE TRUSTEE
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SECTION 11.03.
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ACTS
OF NOTEHOLDERS AND THE SWAP COUNTERPARTY
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SECTION 11.04.
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NOTICES
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SECTION 11.05.
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NOTICES TO NOTEHOLDERS;
WAIVER
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SECTION 11.06.
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ALTERNATE PAYMENT AND NOTICE
PROVISIONS
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SECTION 11.07.
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EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 11.08.
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SUCCESSORS AND
ASSIGNS
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SECTION 11.09.
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SEPARABILITY
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SECTION 11.10.
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BENEFITS OF
INDENTURE
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SECTION 11.11.
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LEGAL
HOLIDAYS
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SECTION 11.12.
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GOVERNING LAW
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SECTION 11.13.
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COUNTERPARTS
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SECTION 11.14.
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RECORDING OF
INDENTURE
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SECTION 11.15.
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TRUST
OBLIGATION
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SECTION 11.16.
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NO
PETITION
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SECTION 11.17.
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INSPECTION
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SECTION 11.18.
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CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE
ACT
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SECTION 11.19.
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DISCLAIMER AND
SUBORDINATION
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60
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SECTION 11.20.
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LIMITATION OF
RIGHTS
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A-1
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Form of
Class A-1 Note
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A-1-1
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Exhibit A-2
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Form of
Class A-2 Note
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A-2-1
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Exhibit A-3a
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Form of
Class A-3a Note
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A-3a-1
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Exhibit A-3b
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Form of
Class A-3b Note
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A-3b-1
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Exhibit A-4
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Form of
Class A-4 Note
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A-4-1
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Exhibit A-5
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Form of
Class B Note
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A-5-1
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Exhibit A-6
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Form of
Class C Note
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A-6-1
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Exhibit B
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Form of
Assignment
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B-1
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Exhibit C
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Form of Note
Depository Agreement
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C-1
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Exhibit D -
Form of Regulation S Transfer Certificate
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D-1
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Exhibit E -
Form of Rule 144A Transfer Certificate
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E-1
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Exhibit F -
Form of Non-U.S. Certificate
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F-1
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Exhibit G -
Form of Regulation S Certificate
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G-1
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v
INDENTURE
Indenture, dated
as of February 15, 2008 (this “Indenture”),
between Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2008-1, a Delaware
statutory trust (the “Issuer”) and The Bank of New York
Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as indenture trustee (the
“Indenture Trustee”) and not in its individual
capacity.
Each party agrees
as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal
and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Issuer’s
Notes.
GRANTING
CLAUSE
The Issuer hereby
grants, transfers, assigns and otherwise conveys to the Indenture
Trustee on the Closing Date, on behalf of and for the benefit of
the Holders of the Notes, without recourse, all of the
Issuer’s right, title and interest (exclusive of the amount,
if any, allocable to any rebatable insurance premium financed by
any Contract) in, to and under: (i) the Contracts secured by
the Motorcycles (which Contracts shall be listed in the List of
Contracts); (ii) certain monies due under the Contracts after
the Cutoff Date, including, without limitation, all payments of
principal and interest with respect to any Motorcycles to which a
Contract relates received after the Cutoff Date and all other
proceeds received on or in respect of such Contracts (other than
payments of principal and interest due on or prior to the Cutoff
Date); (iii) security interests in the Motorcycles;
(iv) amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, the Note
Distribution Account and the Reserve Fund, including all Eligible
Investments therein and all income from the investment of funds
therein and all proceeds therefrom; (v) proceeds from claims
under certain insurance policies, debt insurance policies or debt
cancellation agreements in respect of individual Motorcycles or
obligors under the Contracts; (vi) its rights under the Sale
and Servicing Agreement; (vii) the protective security
interest in certain of the above-described property granted by the
Trust Depositor in favor of the Issuer; (viii) all present and
future claims, demands, causes of and choses in action in respect
of any or all of the foregoing; (ix) all rights to certain
rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance
policies, debt cancellation agreements, extended service contracts
or other repair agreements and other items financed under such
Contracts, (x) all rights of the Issuer under the Interest
Rate Swap Agreement, and (xi) 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,
voluntary or involuntary, into cash of 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 (as each such
defined term is defined in Section 1.01) (collectively, the
“Collateral”).
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 amounts payable by the Issuer to the Swap Counterparty under
the Interest Rate Swap Agreement, equally and ratably without
prejudice, priority or distinction, except for the subordination of
the Class B Notes and Class C Notes provided herein and
all other sums owing by the Issuer hereunder or under any other
Transaction Document, 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 Holders of the Notes
and the Swap Counterparty, acknowledges such Grant, accepts the
trust under this Indenture in accordance
with the provisions of
this Indenture and agrees to perform its duties required in this
Indenture in accordance with its terms and the terms of the other
Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
Section 1.01.
Definitions.
Except as otherwise specified herein or as the
context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto
in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the following terms have
the respective meanings set forth below for all purposes of this
Indenture.
“ Act ” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 11.03(a).
“Administration
Agreement” means the Administration Agreement, dated as of
the date hereof, among the Administrator, the Issuer, the Trust
Depositor and the Indenture Trustee.
“Administrator”
means Harley-Davidson
Credit Corp. or any successor Administrator under the
Administration Agreement.
“Affiliate”
means, with respect to any
specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled by or
under common control with such specified Person. For the
purposes of this definition, “control” when used
with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management
and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“Authorized
Officer” means, with respect to the Issuer, any officer
of the Owner Trustee who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee
in matters relating to the Issuer and who is identified on the list
of Authorized Officers delivered by the Owner Trustee to the
Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified
or supplemented from time to time thereafter) and, so long as the
Administration Agreement is in effect, any Vice President or more
senior officer of the Administrator who is authorized to act for
the Administrator in matters relating to the Issuer and to be acted
upon by the Administrator pursuant to the Administration Agreement
and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered
by the Administrator to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date
(as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time
thereafter).
“Book Entry
Notes” means a beneficial interest in the Notes,
ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book entries
by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.09.
“Business
Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which banking institutions in the city of
Chicago, Illinois, Wilmington, Delaware or New York, New York are
authorized or obligated by law, executive order or governmental
decree to be closed.
“Certificate of
Trust” means the Certificate of Trust of the Issuer
substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Trust
Agreement.
“Class”
means all Notes whose form
is identical except for variation in denomination, principal amount
or owner.
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“Class A-1 Final
Distribution Date” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
“Class A-1
Notes” means the Class A-1 Notes, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A-1 .
“Class A-1
Rate” has
the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Class A-2 Final
Distribution Date” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
“Class A-2
Notes” means the Class A-2 Notes, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A-2 .
“Class A-2
Rate” has
the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Class A-3 Final
Distribution Date” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
“Class A-3
Notes” means the Class A-3a Notes and the
Class A-3b Notes.
“Class A-3a
Notes” means the Class A-3a Notes, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A-3a .
“Class A-3a
Rate” has
the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Class A-3b
Notes” means the Class A-3b Notes, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A-3b .
“Class A-3b
Rate” has
the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Class A-4
Final Distribution Date” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
“Class A-4
Notes” means the Class A-4 Notes, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A-4 .
“Class A-4
Rate” has
the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Class B Final
Distribution Date” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
“Class B
Notes” means the Class B Notes, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A-5 .
“Class B
Rate” has
the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Class C Final
Distribution Date” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
“Class C
Notes” means the Class C Notes, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A-6 .
“Class C
Rate” has
the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“Clearing
Agency” means an organization registered as a
“clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the
Exchange Act.
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“Clearing Agency
Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial
institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing
Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities
deposited with the Clearing Agency.
“Clearstream”
means Clearstream Banking,
société anonyme , and its successors in
interest.
“ Closing Date ” has the
meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
“ Code ” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“ Collateral ” means the
Collateral Granted to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture,
including all proceeds thereof.
“Commission”
means the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
“Controlling
Class” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
“Corporate Trust
Office” means the office of the Indenture Trustee at
which at any particular time its corporate trusts business shall be
administered which office at date of the execution of this
Indenture is located at 2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020,
Chicago, Illinois 60602, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration;
or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate
from time to time by notice to the Noteholders, the Swap
Counterparty and the Issuer, or the principal corporate trust
office of any successor Indenture Trustee (the address of which the
successor Indenture Trustee will notify the Noteholders, the Swap
Counterparty and the Issuer).
“Default”
means any occurrence that
is, or with notice or the lapse of time or both would become, an
Event of Default.
“Definitive
Notes” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.09.
“Distribution
Date” has
the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
“DTC”
means The Depository Trust
Company, and its successors and assigns.
“ERISA”
means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“Euroclear”
means Euroclear Bank
S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System, or any successor
thereto in such capacity.
“Event of
Default” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 5.01.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“Exchange
Date” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.09.
“Executive
Officer” means, with respect to any corporation, the
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial
Officer, President, Executive Vice President, any Vice President,
the Secretary or the Treasurer of such corporation; and with
respect to any partnership, any general partner thereof.
“Floating Rate
Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
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“Global
Note” means either a Rule 144A Global Note or a
Regulation S Global Note, as the case may be.
“Grant”
means mortgage, pledge,
bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, release, convey, assign,
transfer, create and grant a lien upon and a security interest in
and right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm
pursuant to this Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of
any other agreement or instrument shall include all rights, powers
and options (but none of the obligations) of the granting party
thereunder, including the immediate and continuing right to claim
for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal and interest
payments in respect of the Collateral and all other moneys payable
thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications,
to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and
options, to bring Proceedings in the name of the granting party or
otherwise and generally to do and receive anything that the
granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or
with respect thereto.
“Harley-Davidson
Credit” means Harley-Davidson Credit Corp., and its
successors and assigns.
“Holder”
or
“Noteholder” or “Note Owner ”
means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the
owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the
Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account
with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency
participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in
accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency) and with
respect to a Definitive Note the Person in whose name a Note is
registered on the Note Register.
“Indebtedness”
means, with respect to any
Person at any time, (i) indebtedness or liability of such
Person for borrowed money whether or not evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other instruments, or for the deferred
purchase price of property or services (including trade
obligations); (ii) obligations of such Person as lessee under
leases which should have been or should be, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, recorded as capital
leases; (iii) current liabilities of such Person in respect of
unfunded vested benefits under plans covered by Title IV of ERISA;
(iv) obligations issued for or liabilities incurred on the
account of such Person; (v) obligations or liabilities of such
Person arising under acceptance facilities; (vi) obligations
of such Person under any guaranties, endorsements (other than for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business) and other
contingent obligations to purchase, to provide funds for payment,
to supply funds to invest in any Person or otherwise to assure a
creditor against loss; (vii) obligations of such Person
secured by any lien on property or assets of such Person, whether
or not the obligations have been assumed by such Person; or
(viii) obligations of such Person under any interest rate or
currency exchange agreement.
“Indenture”
means this Indenture, as
amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Indenture
Securities” means the Notes.
“Indenture Security
Holder” means a Noteholder.
“Indenture
Trustee” means The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.,
as Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, or any successor
Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.
“Independent”
means, when used with
respect to any specified Person, that the Person (i) is in
fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes,
the Trust Depositor, the Seller and any of their respective
Affiliates, (ii) does not have any direct financial interest
or any material
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indirect financial interest in the Issuer, any
such other obligor, the Seller or any of their respective
Affiliates, and (iii) is not connected with the Issuer, any
such other obligor, the Seller or any Affiliate of any of the
foregoing Persons as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter,
trustee, partner, director or person performing similar
functions.
“Independent
Certificate” means a certificate or opinion to be delivered
to the Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and
otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of
Section 11.01, made by an Independent appraiser or other
expert appointed by an Issuer Order and approved by the Indenture
Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care, and such opinion or
certificate shall state that the signer has read the definition of
“Independent” in this Indenture and that the
signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.
“Interest
Rate” means the Class A-1 Rate, the
Class A-2 Rate, the Class A-3a Rate, the Class A-3b
Rate, the Class A-4 Rate, the Class B Rate and/or the
Class C Rate, as applicable.
“Issuer”
means Harley-Davidson
Motorcycle Trust 2008-1 until a successor replaces it and,
thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision
contained herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on the
Notes.
“Issuer
Order” and “Issuer Request” means a
written order or request signed in the name of the Issuer by any
one of its Authorized Officers and delivered to the Indenture
Trustee.
“ Non-Offered Note ” means,
as the context requires, a Class B Note or a Class C
Note.
“Note”
means, as the context
requires, a Class A-1 Note, a Class A-2 Note, a
Class A-3a Note, a Class A-3b Note, a Class A-4
Note, a Class B Note or a Class C Note.
“Note Depository
Agreement” means one or more agreements dated as of the
Closing Date, between the Issuer and DTC, as the initial Clearing
Agency, relating to the Notes, substantially in the form of
Exhibit C hereto.
“Note
Register” and “Note Registrar” have
the respective meanings specified in Section 2.04.
“Officer’s
Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Authorized
Officer of the Issuer, under the circumstances described in, and
otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of
Section 11.01, and delivered to, the Indenture Trustee.
Unless otherwise specified, any reference in this Indenture to an
Officer’s Certificate shall be to an Officer’s
Certificate of any Authorized Officer of the Issuer.
“Opinion of
Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel
who may, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture,
be employees of or counsel to the Issuer and who shall be
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and which shall comply with
any applicable requirements of Section 11.01, and shall be in
form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee.
“Outstanding”
means, as of the date of
determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture except:
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(i)
Notes theretofore cancelled by the Note Registrar or delivered to
the Note Registrar for cancellation;
(ii)
Notes or portions thereof the payment for which money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture
Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Notes
( provided, however , that if such Notes are to be redeemed,
notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this
Indenture or provision for such notice has been made, satisfactory
to the Indenture Trustee, has been made); and
(iii)
Notes in exchange for or in lieu of other Notes which have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such
Notes are held by a protected purchaser, within the meaning of
§ 8-303 of the UCC;
provided, however
, that in determining
whether the Holders of the requisite Outstanding Amount have given
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver hereunder or under any other Transaction Document, Notes
owned by the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Trust
Depositor, Harley-Davidson Credit or any of their respective
Affiliates shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding,
except that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes that the Indenture
Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes
so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect
to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, any other
obligor upon the Notes, the Trust Depositor, Harley-Davidson Credit
or any of their respective Affiliates.
“Outstanding
Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of all
Notes of one Class or of all Classes, as the case may be,
Outstanding at the date of determination.
“Owner
Trustee” means Wilmington Trust Company, not in its
individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust
Agreement, or any successor trustee under the Trust
Agreement.
“Paying
Agent” means the Indenture Trustee or any other Person
that meets the eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee
specified in Section 6.11 and is authorized by the Issuer to
make the distributions from the Note Distribution Account,
including payment of principal of or interest on the Notes on
behalf of the Issuer.
“Person”
means any individual,
corporation, estate, partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, association, joint stock company, trust (including any
beneficiary thereof), unincorporated organization or government or
any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Plan”
means an employee benefit
plan, as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, that is
subject to Title I of ERISA or a plan, as defined in
Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code.
“Predecessor
Note” means, with respect to any particular Note,
every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as
that evidenced by such particular Note; and for the purpose of this
definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under
Section 2.05 in lieu of a
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mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall
be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost,
destroyed or stolen Note.
“Proceeding”
means any suit in equity,
action at law or other judicial or administrative
proceeding.
“QIB”
means a “qualified
institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
“Rating
Agency” means each of Moody’s and
Standard & Poor’s.
“Rating
Event” means the qualification, reduction or
withdrawal by either Rating Agency of its then-current rating of
any Class of Notes.
“Record
Date” means, with respect to a Redemption Date, the
close of business on the last Business Day of the immediately
preceding month and, with respect to a Distribution Date, the close
of business on the day immediately preceding such date.
“Redemption
Date” means, in the case of a redemption of the Notes
pursuant to Section 10.01(a) or a payment to Noteholders
pursuant to Section 10.01(b), the Distribution Date specified
by the Servicer or the Issuer pursuant to
Section 10.01(a) or 10.01(b), as the case may
be.
“Redemption Date
Amount” means (i) in the case of a redemption of
the Notes pursuant to Section 10.01(a), an amount equal to the
unpaid principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon at the weighted average of the Interest
Rate for each Class of Notes being so redeemed to but
excluding the Redemption Date, or (ii) in the case of a
payment made to Noteholders pursuant to Section 10.01(b), the
amount on deposit in the Note Distribution Account, but not in
excess of the amount specified in clause (i) above.
“Registered
Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is
registered on the Note Register on the applicable Record
Date.
“Regulation
S” means
Regulation S under the Securities Act.
“Regulation S Global
Legend” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.15(b).
“Regulation S Global
Note” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.09.
“Regulation S
Legend” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.15(b).
“Regulation S Transfer
Certificate” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.04.
“Responsible
Officer” means, with respect to the Indenture Trustee,
any officer within the Corporate Trust Office (or any successor
group of the Indenture Trustee), including any Vice President,
assistant secretary or other officer or assistant officer of the
Indenture Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by the people who at such time shall be officers,
respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred at
the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee because of his
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
“Restrictive
Legend” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.15(a).
“Rule 144A”
means Rule 144A under
the Securities Act.
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“Rule 144A Global
Note” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.09.
“Rule 144A
Transfer Certificate” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.04.
“Sale and Servicing
Agreement” means the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated
as of the date hereof, among the Issuer, the Trust Depositor, the
Indenture Trustee and the Servicer.
“Seller”
means Harley-Davidson
Credit, in its capacity as Seller under the Transfer and Sale
Agreement, and any successors and assigns.
“Servicer”
means Harley-Davidson
Credit, in its capacity as Servicer under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, and any Successor Servicer thereunder.
“Similar
Law” means any foreign, federal, state or local law
with provisions substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code.
“State”
means any one of the 50
states of the United States or any of its territories, or the
District of Columbia.
“Termination
Date” means the date on which the Indenture Trustee
shall have received payment and performance of all amounts and
obligations which the Issuer may owe to or on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders under this
Indenture or the Notes.
“Transfer
Certificate” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.04.
“Trust
Depositor” shall mean Harley-Davidson Customer Funding
Corp., in its capacity as trust depositor under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
“Trust Indenture
Act” or
“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended.
“UCC”
means the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof and from time to
time in the State of Illinois, provided, that if by reason of
mandatory provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of
perfection or non-perfection or priority of the security interests
in any collateral or the availability of any remedy hereunder is
governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on or after
the date hereof in any other jurisdiction, “UCC”
means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other
jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such
perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority or
availability of such remedy.
“United
States” means the United States of America.
“US
Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Regulation
S.
Section 1.02.
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture
have the following meanings:
“Commission”
means the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
“indenture
securities” means the Notes.
“indenture security
holder” means a Noteholder.
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“indenture to be
qualified” means this Indenture.
“indenture
trustee” or “ institutional trustee ”
means the Indenture Trustee.
“obligor”
on the indenture
securities means the Issuer and any other obligor on the indenture
securities.
All
other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by
Commission rule have the meaning assigned to them by such
definitions.
Section 1.03.
Rules of Construction . Unless the context
otherwise requires:
(i)
a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(ii)
an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned
to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
as in effect from time to time;
(iii)
“or” is not exclusive;
(iv)
“including” means including without
limitation;
(v)
words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural
include the singular;
(vi)
any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein
or in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection
herewith means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time
to time amended, modified or supplemented and includes (in the case
of agreements or instruments) references to all attachments thereto
and instruments incorporated therein; references to a Person are
also to its permitted successors and assigns; and
(vii)
the words “hereof,” “herein”
and “hereunder” and words of similar import when
used in this Indenture shall refer to this Indenture as a whole and
not to any particular provision of this Indenture; Section and
subsection references contained in this Indenture are references to
Sections and subsections in or to this Indenture unless otherwise
specified.
ARTICLE TWO
THE NOTES
Section 2.01.
Form . The Notes, in each
case together with the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of
authentication, shall be in substantially the forms set forth as
Exhibits to this Indenture with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or
other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements
placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of
the Notes. Any portion of the text of any Note may be set
forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto
on the face of the Note.
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Each Note shall be dated the date of its
authentication. The terms of the Notes set forth in Exhibits
hereto are part of the terms of this Indenture.
Section 2.02.
Execution, Authentication and Delivery . The Notes shall
be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its Authorized
Officers. The signature of any such Authorized Officer on the
Notes may be manual or facsimile. Notes bearing the manual or
facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time Authorized
Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that
such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices
prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Notes.
The
Indenture Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Issuer Order,
authenticate and deliver the Notes for original issue in the
Classes and aggregate principal amounts as set forth
below:
|
Class
|
|
Aggregate Principal
Amount
|
|
|
Class A-1
|
|
$
|
93,000,000
|
|
|
Class A-2
|
|
$
|
197,000,000
|
|
|
Class A-3a
|
|
$
|
55,000,000
|
|
|
Class A-3b
|
|
$
|
70,000,000
|
|
|
Class A-4
|
|
$
|
71,000,000
|
|
|
Class B
|
|
$
|
37,800,000
|
|
|
Class C
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aggregate principal amount of such Classes of Notes Outstanding at
any time may not exceed such respective amounts, except as
otherwise provided in Section 2.05.
Each Note shall be dated the date of its
authentication. The Notes shall be issuable as registered
Notes in the minimum denomination of $100,000 and in integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
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 by the Indenture Trustee by the manual
signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such
certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder.
Section 2.03.
Temporary Notes . Pending the
preparation of Book-Entry Notes or Definitive Notes, the Issuer may
execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the Indenture Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes that are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, of
the tenor of the definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued
and with such variations not inconsistent with the terms of this
Indenture as the officers executing such Notes may determine, as
evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
If
temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer will cause Book-Entry Notes
or Definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of Book-Entry Notes or
Definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for
Book-Entry Notes or Definitive Notes upon surrender of the
temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Issuer to be
maintained as provided in Section 3.02, without charge to the
Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Notes, the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like tenor
and 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 Book-Entry Notes or Definitive Notes.
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Section 2.04.
Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange
.
The Issuer shall cause to be kept a register (the “Note
Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations
as it may prescribe, the Note Registrar shall provide for the
registration of Notes and the registration of transfers of
Notes. The Indenture Trustee shall be “Note
Registrar” for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers
of Notes as herein provided. Upon any resignation of any Note
Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor or, if it
elects not to make such an appointment, assume the duties of Note
Registrar.
If
a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the
Issuer as Note Registrar, the Issuer will give the Indenture
Trustee prompt written notice of the appointment of such Note
Registrar and of the location, and any change in the location, of
the Note Register, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right
to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and to obtain
copies thereof, and the Indenture Trustee 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
Holders of the Notes and the principal amounts and the amounts and
number of such Notes.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of
any Note at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as
provided in Section 3.02, the Issuer shall execute, and the
Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall
obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of the same
Class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate
principal amount.
At
the option of the Holder, 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, the Issuer shall execute, and the
Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall
obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Notes which the Noteholder
making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All
Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes
shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as
the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Every Note presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed by, or
be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder
thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing,
with such signature guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust
company located, or having a correspondent located in the city in
which the Corporate Trust Office is located, or by a member firm of
a national securities exchange, and such other documents as the
Indenture Trustee may require.
No
service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee 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 2.03 not involving any
transfer.
Each Person that acquires a Note shall be
required to represent, or in the case of a Book Entry Note, will be
deemed to represent by its acceptance of the Note, that (i) it
is not, and is not acquiring the Note on behalf of or with
“plan assets” (as determined under Department of Labor
Regulation Section 2510.3-101 or otherwise) of a Plan, or any
employee benefit plan subject to Similar Law, or (ii) its
acquisition and holding of the Note do not give rise to a nonexempt
prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, or any Similar Law.
Any
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transfer with respect to which the
representation in clause (i) or (ii) above is not true
shall be void ab initio .
Each purchaser (including any transferee) of a
Non-Offered Note (other than the Trust Depositor or an Affiliate
thereof) must satisfy the transfer restrictions as set forth herein
and in the applicable transfer certificate attached hereto as
Exhibit D (the “Regulation S Transfer
Certificate”) and Exhibit E (the “Rule 144A
Transfer Certificate” and, together with the Regulation S
Transfer Certificate, the “Transfer Certificates”) and,
in the case of such a purchaser taking delivery in the form of an
interest in a Rule 144A Global Note or a Regulation S Global
Note, as the case may be, by its acceptance of a beneficial
interest in the Notes, shall be deemed to have made the
representations and warranties set forth in the applicable Transfer
Certificate.
The
Notes may not be purchased with the assets of a Plan if the Issuer,
the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Servicer or the
Underwriters or any of their affiliates has investment or
administrative discretion with respect to those Plan assets; has
authority or responsibility to give, or regularly gives, investment
advice with respect to those Plan assets for a fee and pursuant to
an agreement or understanding that the advice will serve as a
primary basis for investment decisions with respect to those Plan
assets and will be based on the particular investment needs for the
Plan; or is an employer maintaining or contributing to the
Plan.
The
preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the
Issuer shall not be required to make and the Note Registrar need
not register transfers or exchanges of Notes selected for
redemption or of any Note for a period of 15 days preceding the due
date for any payment with respect to the Note.
(i)
the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee will be entitled to
deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Indenture
(including the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes
and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole
holder of the Notes, and shall have no obligation to the
Noteholders;
(ii)
the rights of Noteholders will be exercised only through the
Clearing Agency and will be limited to those established by law and
agreements between such Noteholders and the Clearing Agency and/or
the Clearing Agency Participants pursuant to the Depository
Agreement;
(iii)
whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken
based upon instructions or directions of Holders of Notes
evidencing a specified percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the
Notes, the Clearing Agency will be deemed to represent such
percentage only to the extent that it has received instructions to
such effect from Noteholders and/or Clearing Agency Participants
owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage of
the beneficial interest in the Notes and has delivered such
instructions to the Indenture Trustee; and
(iv)
without the consent of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, no
such Note may be transferred by the Depository except to a
successor Depository that agrees to hold such Note for the account
of the Owners or except upon the election of the Owner thereof or a
subsequent transferee to hold such Note in physical
form.
Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Registrar
shall have any responsibility to monitor or restrict the transfer
of beneficial ownership in any Note an interest in which is
transferable through the facilities of the Depository.
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Section 2.05.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes . If
(i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture
Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and
(ii) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee such security
or indemnity as may be required by them to hold the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee that such Note
has been acquired by a protected purchaser, within the meaning of
§ 8-303 of the UCC, the Issuer shall execute and upon its
request the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Note, a replacement Note of the same Class and
denomination; provided , however , that if any such destroyed,
lost or stolen Note, but not a mutilated Note, shall have become or
within seven days shall be due and payable, or shall have been
called for redemption, instead of issuing a replacement Note, the
Issuer may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so due or
payable or upon the Redemption Date without surrender
thereof. If, after the delivery of such replacement Note or
payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to the proviso
to the preceding sentence, a protected purchaser, within the
meaning of § 8-303 of the UCC, of the original Note in
lieu of which such replacement Note was issued presents for payment
such original Note, the Issuer, and the Indenture Trustee shall be
entitled to recover such replacement Note (or such payment) from
the Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking such
replacement Note from such Person to whom such replacement Note was
delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a protected
purchaser, within the meaning of § 8-303 of the UCC, and
shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity
provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or
expense incurred by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in
connection therewith.
Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under
this Section, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may require the
payment by the Holder 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 or the Note Registrar) connected
therewith.
Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this
Section in replacement of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual
obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and
shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued
hereunder.
The
provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude
(to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect
to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Notes.
Section 2.06.
Persons Deemed Owner . Prior to due
presentment for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer,
the Indenture Trustee, and any of their respective agents 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 nor
any of their respective agents shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
Section 2.07.
Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted
Interest.
(a)
Each Class of Notes shall accrue interest at the related
Interest Rate, and such interest shall be payable on each
Distribution Date as specified therein, subject to
Section 3.01. Any installment of interest or principal,
if any, payable on any Note which is punctually paid or
duly
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provided for by the Issuer on the applicable
Distribution Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such
Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the Record
Date, by 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
Distribution Date or on the related Final Distribution Date, as the
case may be (and except for the Redemption Price for any Note
called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.01(a)), which
shall be payable as provided below. The funds represented by
any such checks returned undelivered shall be held in accordance
with Section 3.03.
(b)
The principal of each Note shall be payable on each Distribution
Date to the extent provided in the form of the related Note set
forth as an Exhibit hereto. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall be
due and payable, if not previously paid, on the date on which the
maturity of the Notes has been accelerated in the manner provided
in Section 5.02. All principal payments on each
Class of Notes shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders of
such Class entitled thereto. The Indenture Trustee shall
notify the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close
of business on the Record Date preceding the Distribution Date on
which the Issuer expects that the final installment of principal of
and interest on such Note will be paid. Such notice shall be
mailed within five Business Days of receipt of notice of
termination of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of
the Trust Agreement and shall specify that such final installment
will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of such Note
and shall specify the place where such Note may be presented and
surrendered for payment of such installment. Notices in
connection with redemptions of Notes shall be mailed to Noteholders
as provided in Section 10.02.
(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 Interest
Rate in any lawful manner. The Issuer may pay such defaulted
interest to the Persons who are Noteholders on a subsequent special
record date, which date shall be at least five Business Days prior
to the related payment date. The Issuer shall fix or cause to
be fixed any such special record date and payment date and, at
least 15 days before any such special record date, the Issuer shall
mail to the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder a notice that
states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of
defaulted interest to be paid.
Section 2.08.
Cancellation . All Notes surrendered
for payment, registration of transfer, exchange or redemption
shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Indenture
Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall be
promptly cancelled by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may
at any time deliver to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation any
Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the
Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so
delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Indenture
Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in
exchange for any Notes cancelled as provided in this Section,
except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All
cancelled Notes may be held or disposed of by the Indenture Trustee
in accordance with its standard retention or disposal policy as in
effect at the time unless the Issuer shall direct by an Issuer
Order that they be destroyed or returned to it; provided that such
Issuer Order is timely and the Notes have not been previously
disposed of by the Indenture Trustee.
Section 2.09.
Book-Entry Notes .
(a)
The Notes, upon original issuance, will be issued in the form of a
typewritten Note or Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes, to be
delivered to DTC, the initial Depository, by, or on behalf of, the
Issuer. Such Notes shall initially be registered on the Note
Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the
initial Clearing Agency, and no Noteholder will receive a
Definitive
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Note representing such Noteholder’s
interest in such Note, except as provided in
Section 2.11. Unless and until definitive, fully
registered Notes (the “Definitive Notes”) have been
issued to Noteholders pursuant to Section 2.11:
(i)
the provisions of this Section shall be in full force and
effect;
(ii)
the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to
deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Indenture
(including the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes
and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole
holder of the Notes, and shall have no obligation to the
Noteholders;
(iii)
to the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict
with any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this
Section shall control;
(iv)
the rights of Noteholders shall be exercised only through the
Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law
and agreements between such Noteholders and the Clearing Agency
and/or the Clearing Agency Participants. Pursuant to the Note
Depository Agreement, unless and until Definitive Notes are issued
pursuant to Section 2.11, the Clearing Agency will make
book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and
receive and transmit payments of principal of and interest on the
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 evidencing a
specified percentage of the Outstanding Amount, the Clearing Agency
shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent
that it has received instructions to such effect from Noteholders
and/or Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing,
respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest
in the Notes and has delivered such instructions to the Indenture
Trustee.
(b)
The Non-Offered Notes issued to the Trust Depositor will be
represented by one or more permanent global notes in definitive,
fully registered form without interest coupons (each, a
“Rule 144A Global Note”). Each
Rule 144A Global Note shall be deposited with the Indenture
Trustee, as custodian for DTC, and shall be registered in the name
of DTC or its nominee. The aggregate principal amount of a
Rule 144A Global Note may from time to time be increased or
decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Indenture
Trustee (as custodian for DTC), DTC, or its nominee, as herein
provided, which adjustments shall be conclusive as to the
Outstanding Amount of such Rule 144A Global Note.
Section 2.10.
Notices to Clearing Agency . Whenever a notice or
other communication to the Noteholders is required under this
Indenture, unless and until Definitive Notes shall have been issued
to Noteholders pursuant to Section 2.11, the Indenture Trustee
shall give all such notices and communications specified herein to
be given to Noteholders of the Notes to the Clearing Agency, and
shall have no obligation to the Noteholders.
Section 2.11.
Definitive Notes . If (i)(A) the
Administrator advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that the
Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge
its responsibilities as described in the applicable Note Depository
Agreement, and (B) Indenture Trustee or the Administrator is
unable to locate a qualified successor, (ii) the Administrator
or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, notifies the Clearing Agency
of its intent to terminate the book-entry system through the
Clearing Agency and requests a withdrawal of the Book-Entry Notes
held by the Clearing Agency, and after receipt by the Clearing
Agency Participants of an important notice issued
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by the Clearing Agency
notifying the Clearing Agency Participants of such withdrawal
request, the Clearing Agency Participants holding beneficial
interests in the Book-Entry Notes agree to initiate such
termination, or (iii) after the occurrence of an Event of
Default, the Modified Required Holders advise the Indenture Trustee
and the Clearing Agency through the Clearing Agency Participants in
writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the
Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interests of the related
Noteholders, then the Indenture Trustee shall notify all
Noteholders of the related Class or Classes of Notes, through
the Clearing Agency, of the occurrence of any such event and of the
availability of Definitive Notes of the related Class of Notes
to Noteholders requesting the same. Upon surrender to the
Indenture Trustee of the Note or Notes representing the Book-Entry
Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration
instructions, the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee
shall authenticate the Definitive Notes in accordance with the
instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of the Issuer, the
Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee shall be liable for any
delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely
on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.
Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes of a Class, the Indenture
Trustee shall recognize the Noteholders of the Definitive Notes as
Noteholders hereunder.
The
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable if the Indenture Trustee or
the Administrator is unable to locate a qualified successor
Clearing Agency. The Definitive Notes shall be typewritten,
printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of
these methods (with or without steel engraved borders), all as
determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by
their execution of such Notes.
Section 2.12.
Release of Collateral . Subject to Sections
4.04, 8.04 and 11.01 and the terms of the Transaction 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.
Section 2.13.
Tax Treatment . The Issuer and the
purchasers of the Notes intend, and will take all actions
consistent with the intention, that the Notes be treated as
indebtedness for all federal, state, local, and foreign income and
franchise tax purposes and that, pursuant to Treasury Regulations
Section 301.7701-3(b)(1)(ii) as in effect for periods
after January 1, 1997, the Trust be disregarded as a separate
entity from the Trust Depositor for federal income tax
purposes. The Issuer, by entering into this Indenture, and
each Noteholder, by its acceptance of its Note agree to treat the
Notes for federal, state and local income, single business and
franchise tax purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.
Section 2.14.
Transfer Provisions;
Enforcement of Transfer Restrictions .
(a)
Until the Issuer (or the Administrator on behalf of the Issuer) and
the Indenture Trustee determine that other procedures are
appropriate and consistent with applicable law, the Non-Offered Notes may be
sold, pledged, or otherwise transferred subject to compliance with
the applicable legends set forth on the Non-Offered Notes as
follows:
(i)
Rule 144A Global Note to
Rule 144A Global Note . All or a portion of an interest in a
Rule 144A Global Note may be transferred to an Affiliate of
the Trust Depositor or to a Person taking delivery in the form of
an interest in a Rule 144A Global Note that is a QIB,
purchasing for its own account or for the account of one or more
Persons each of which is a QIB, in accordance with the applicable
procedures of DTC (in addition to those under this Indenture), and
only in a denomination greater than or equal to the required
minimum denomination for each account; provided that any
remaining principal amount of the transferor’s interest in
the Rule 144A Global Note will either equal zero or meet the
required minimum denomination, provided, further , that the
transferee by purchase of such interest shall be deemed to have
made all acknowledgements,
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representations and
warranties applicable to such transfer or purchase of an interest
in a Rule 144A Global Note as set forth in the Rule 144A
Transfer Certificate.
(ii)
Rule 144A Global Note to
Regulation S Global Note . All or a portion of an interest in a
Rule 144A Global Note may be transferred to non-U.S. Persons in offshore
transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act
represented by one or more global notes in definitive, fully
registered form without interest coupons (each, a “Regulation
S Global Note”) or exchanged for an interest in a Regulation
S Global Note only in accordance with the applicable procedures of
the Depository and, as applicable, Clearstream or Euroclear (in
addition to those under this Indenture) and subject to the receipt
by the Indenture Trustee of a Regulation S Transfer Certificate
from the transferee (in the case of a transfer) or the holder (in
the case of an exchange) to the effect that, among other things,
the transfer or exchange is being made to a Person that is not a
U.S. Person, purchasing for its own account or one or more accounts
with respect to which it exercises complete investment discretion,
each of which is not a U.S. Person, in an offshore transaction in
accordance with Regulation S and only in a denomination greater
than or equal to the required minimum denomination for each
account; provided that any remaining principal amount of the
interest of the transferor or the holder making the exchange in the
Rule 144A Global Note will either equal zero or meet the
required minimum denomination. Any interest in a Rule 144A
Global Note that is transferred to a Person taking delivery in the
form of an interest in a Regulation S Global Note shall, upon
transfer, cease to be an interest in such Rule 144A Global
Note and become an interest in the Regulation S Global Note and,
accordingly, will thereafter be subject to all transfer
restrictions and other procedures applicable to interests in a
Regulation S Global Note for as long as it remains such an
interest.
Each Regulation S
Global Note initially shall be issued, and until the Exchange Date
(as defined below) shall remain, in the form of a temporary
Regulation S Global Note, which shall be deposited with the
Indenture Trustee, as custodian for DTC, and registered in the name
of DTC or its nominee for the respective accounts of Euroclear or
Clearstream, as the case may be. On and after the first
Business Day following the 40 th
day after the later
of the Closing Date and the commencement of the offering of the
Notes (the “Exchange Date”), beneficial interests in a
temporary Regulation S Global Note will be exchangeable for
interests in one or more permanent Regulation S Global Notes upon
written certification from DTC, together with copies of
certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit F from
Euroclear and Clearstream, certifying that they have received
written certification substantially in the form of Exhibit G
that the beneficial interests in 100% of the Outstanding Amount of
such temporary Regulation S Global Note (except to the extent of
any Noteholders who will take delivery of beneficial interests in a
Rule 144A Global Note, as contemplated by
Section 2.14(a)(iv)) are owned by Persons who are not U.S.
Persons. Each permanent Regulation S Global Note
shall be deposited with
the Indenture Trustee, as custodian for DTC, and registered in the
name of DTC or its nominee for the respective accounts of Euroclear
and Clearstream, as the case may be. Simultaneously with the
authentication of the permanent Regulation S Global Notes, the
Indenture Trustee shall cancel the temporary Regulation S Global
Notes. The Outstanding Amount of a temporary or permanent
Regulation S Global Note may from time to time be increased or
decreased by adjustments made on the Note Register and the records
of the Indenture Trustee (as custodian for DTC) and DTC, or its
nominee, as herein provided, which adjustments shall be conclusive
as to the Outstanding Amount of such Regulation S Global
Note.
(iii)
Regulation S Global Note to
Regulation S Global Note . All or a portion of an interest in a
Regulation S Global Note may be transferred to a Person that is not
a U.S. Person taking delivery in the form of an interest in a
Regulation S Global Note in accordance with the applicable
procedures of the Depository and, as applicable, Clearstream or
Euroclear (in addition to those under this Indenture) in an
offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S, and only in
a
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denomination greater
than or equal to the required minimum denomination for each
account; provided that any remaining principal amount
of the transferor’s interest in the Regulation S Global Note
will either equal zero or meet the required minimum denomination.
Interests in a Regulation S Global Note may be held only through
Euroclear or Clearstream and may not be held by a U.S. Person at
any time, provided, further , that the transferee or
purchaser of such interest shall be deemed to have made all
acknowledgements, representations and warranties applicable to such
transfer or purchase of an interest in a Regulation S Global Note
as set forth in the Regulation S Transfer Certificate.
(iv)
Regulation S Global Note to
Rule 144A Global Note . All or a portion of an interest in a
Regulation S Global Note may be transferred to a Person taking
delivery in the form of an interest in a Rule 144A Global Note
or exchanged for an interest in a Rule 144A Global Note only
in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depository and,
as applicable, Clearstream or Euroclear (in addition to those under
this Indenture) and subject to the receipt by the Indenture Trustee
of a Rule 144A Transfer Certificate from the transferee (in
the case of a transfer) or the holder (in the case of an exchange)
to the effect that, among other things, the transfer or exchange is
to a Person that is a QIB, purchasing for its own account or one or
more accounts with respect to which it exercises complete
investment discretion, each of which is a QIB, and only in a
denomination greater than or equal to the required minimum
denomination for each account; provided that any remaining
principal amount of the interest of the transferor or the holder
making the exchange in the Regulation S Global Note will either
equal zero or meet the required minimum denomination. Any
interest in a Regulation S Global Note that is transferred to a
Person taking delivery in the form of an interest in a
Rule 144A Global Note shall, upon transfer, cease to be an
interest in such Regulation S Global Note and become an interest in
the Rule 144A Global Note and, accordingly, will thereafter be
subject to all transfer restrictions and other procedures
applicable to interests in a Rule 144A Global Note for as long
as it remains such an interest.
In connection with
any transfers under this Section 2.14(a), transferee and
transferor of such notes shall furnish such other information as
the Indenture Trustee shall reasonably request.
If the conditions
to transfer set forth in Section 2.14(a) are not fully
satisfied or if the Note Registrar receives written notice or a
Responsible Officer of the Note Registrar otherwise obtains actual
knowledge that (i) a transfer or attempted or purported
transfer of any interest in any Non-Offered Note was consummated on
the basis of an incorrect form or certification from the transferor
regarding the transfer or purported transferee or (ii) the
holder of any interest in a Note is in breach of any deemed
representation or agreement of such holder, the Note Registrar will
not register such attempted or purported transfer and if a transfer
has been registered, such transfer shall be absolutely null and
void ab initio and shall vest no rights in the purported
transferee (such purported transferee, a “Disqualified
Transferee”) and the last preceding Noteholder of such
Non-Offered Note that was not a Disqualified Transferee shall be
restored to all rights as a Noteholder thereof retroactively to the
date of transfer of such Non-Offered Note by such Noteholder.
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Indenture Trustee shall be
entitled to force a transferee of Non-Offered Notes or any related
beneficial interest therein that acquired such Non-Offered Notes or
related beneficial interest therein in violation of the provisions
of this Indenture to sell such Non-Offered Notes or related
beneficial interest therein to a person that satisfies the
requirements of this Indenture at the then-current market price
therefor, and if the transferee does not comply with such demand
within 30 days thereof, the Indenture Trustee may sell or cause
such transferee to sell such Non-Offered Notes or related
beneficial interest therein to a permitted transferee under this
Indenture on such terms as the Indenture Trustee may choose.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to imply for the Indenture Trustee
and the Note Registrar any duty of investigation or monitoring
subsequent to the date of any transfer.
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No payments will
be made on the Notes from the date notice of the sale requirement
is sent to the date on which the interest is sold.
For the avoidance
of doubt, the Issuer (or the Administrator on its behalf) may
determine that the transfer restrictions in this Section 2.14
shall no longer be applicable with respect to the Non-Offered Notes
upon delivery of written notice to the Indenture
Trustee.
Section 2.15.
Legends on Notes
.
(a)
Restrictive Legend . Each Non-Offered Note shall,
unless the Issuer (or the Administrator on its behalf) determines
otherwise in compliance with applicable law, bear on its face a
legend (the “Restrictive Legend”) in substantially the
following form:
“THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED
STATES OR ANY OTHER RELEVANT JURISDICTION AND MAY BE RESOLD,
PLEDGED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED (A)(1) TO A PERSON WHO IS A
“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (A “QIB”)
WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
(“RULE 144A”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR ONE OR
MORE ACCOUNTS WITH RESPECT TO WHICH IT EXERCISES COMPLETE
INVESTMENT DISCRETION, EACH OF WHICH IS A PERSON THAT THE SELLER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QIB, (2) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO
CERTAIN PERSONS WHO ARE NOT U.S. PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION
S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“REGULATION S”)) PURCHASING
FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR ONE OR MORE ACCOUNTS WITH RESPECT TO WHICH
IT EXERCISES COMPLETE INVESTMENT DISCRETION, EACH OF WHICH IS NOT A
U.S. PERSON, IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903
OR RULE 904 (AS APPLICABLE) OF REGULATION S, IN EACH CASE IN A
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN U.S.$100,000 AND INTEGRAL
MULTIPLES OF U.S.$1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF FOR THE PURCHASER AND FOR
EACH ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING OR (3) PURSUANT TO
AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, (B) IN COMPLIANCE WITH
THE CERTIFICATION AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE
REFERRED TO HEREIN AND (C) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER
RELEVANT JURISDICTION. EACH PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE OF THIS
NOTE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS
SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.
NO
SALE OR TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE MAY BE MADE TO A PURCHASER WHO
IS (A) ACTING ON BEHALF, OR USING ANY “PLAN
ASSETS,” OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING
OF
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SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED
(“ERISA”), A PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF
SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986,
AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), AN ENTITY WHICH IS DEEMED TO
HOLD THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN PURSUANT TO 29 C.F.R.
SECTION 2510.3-101 OR OTHERWISE UNDER ERISA, WHICH PLAN OR
ENTITY IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE
CODE, OR A GOVERNMENTAL OR CHURCH PLAN WHICH IS SUBJECT TO ANY
FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAW (EACH, A “SIMILAR LAW’)
THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE
(COLLECTIVELY, A “PLAN”) AND (B) ACQUIRING OR
HOLDING SUCH NOTE IN A MANNER THAT IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR AN EXEMPTION
GRANTED BY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 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 A PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, THAT WOULD EITHER CONSTITUTE
OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION.
NO
TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) MAY BE MADE
(AND NEITHER THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE NOR THE NOTE REGISTRAR WILL
RECOGNIZE ANY SUCH TRANSFER) IF SUCH TRANSFER WOULD BE MADE TO A
PERSON THAT IS OTHERWISE UNABLE TO MAKE THE CERTIFICATIONS AND
REPRESENTATIONS DEEMED TO BE MADE BY SUCH PERSON IN THE INDENTURE
REFERRED TO HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE IS
RESTRICTED, AND AN INVESTOR IN THIS NOTE MUST BE PREPARED TO BEAR
THE ECONOMIC RISK OF THE INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF
TIME OR UNTIL MATURITY.
ANY
TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING WILL BE OF NO FORCE AND
EFFECT, WILL BE VOID AB INITIO , AND WILL NOT OPERATE TO
TRANSFER ANY RIGHTS TO THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE NOTWITHSTANDING
ANY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CONTRARY TO THE ISSUER, THE INDENTURE
TRUSTEE OR ANY INTERMEDIARY. EACH TRANSFEROR OF THIS NOTE
AGREES TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH
HEREIN AND IN THE INDENTURE TO THE TRANSFEREE. IN ADDITION TO
THE FOREGOING, THE ISSUER MAINTAINS THE RIGHT TO RESELL ANY
INTEREST IN THIS NOTE PREVIOUSLY TRANSFERRED TO AN IMPERMISSIBLE
HOLDER IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE
INDENTURE.”
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(b)
Regulation S Note Legends . Each Non-Offered Note sold
in accordance with Regulation S shall, in addition to the
Restrictive Legend and unless the Issuer (or the
Administrator on its behalf) determines otherwise in compliance
with applicable law, bear on its face a legend (the
“Regulation S Legend”) in substantially the following
form:
“AN INTEREST IN THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE
HELD BY A PERSON THAT IS A U.S. PERSON (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S)
AT ANY TIME.”
Each Regulation S
Global Note shall, in addition to the Restrictive Legend and the
Regulation S Legend and unless the Issuer (or the Administrator on
its behalf) determines otherwise in compliance with applicable law,
bear on its face a legend (the “Regulation S Global
Legend”) in substantially the following form:
“THIS REGULATION
S GLOBAL NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WHICH IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR INTERESTS
IN OTHER GLOBAL NOTES AND DEFINITIVE NOTES SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN AND IN THE INDENTURE. IN ADDITION, AN
INTEREST IN THIS REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE MAY ONLY BE HELD
THROUGH EUROCLEAR OR CLEARSTREAM AT ANY TIME.”
Section 2.16.
Calculation Agent.
(a)
The Issuer agrees that for so long as any of the Floating Rate
Notes are Outstanding there will at all times be an agent appointed
to calculate LIBOR in respect of each Interest Period (the “
Calculation Agent ”). The Issuer appoints The
Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as the initial Calculation
Agent for purposes of determining LIBOR for each Interest Period
and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. accepts such
appointment. On each Interest Determination Date, the
Calculation Agent will calculate the interest rate with respect to
the Floating Rate Notes. All determinations of interest by
the Calculation Agent shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
conclusive for all purposes and binding on the
Noteholders.
(b)
The Calculation Agent may be removed by the Issuer at any
time. If the Calculation Agent is unable or unwilling to act
as such or is removed by the Issuer, the Issuer will promptly
appoint as a replacement Calculation Agent a leading bank which is
engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international
Eurodollar market and which does not control or is not controlled
by or under common control with the Issuer or its Affiliates.
The Calculation Agent may not resign its duties without a successor
having been duly appointed; provided, however , that upon
the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to
Section 6.09, The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as
initial Calculation Agent, may immediately resign and such
successor Indenture Trustee shall automatically become the
Calculation Agent under this Indenture.
(c)
The Calculation Agent shall be entitled to the same rights,
protections, indemnities and immunities as the Indenture Trustee,
as set forth in Article VI of this Indenture.
ARTICLE THREE
COVENANTS
Section 3.01.
Payment of Principal and Interest . The Issuer will duly
and punctually pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the
Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and
this
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Indenture. Without
limiting the foregoing, subject to Section 8.02(c), the Issuer
and the Indenture Trustee will cause to be deposited into the Note
Distribution Account amounts allocated pursuant to
Section 7.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and cause to
be distributed all such amounts on a Distribution Date as deposited
therein (i) for the benefit of the Class A-1 Notes, to
the Class A-1 Noteholders, (ii) for the benefit of the
Class A-2 Notes, to the Class A-2 Noteholders,
(iii) for the benefit of the Class A-3 Notes, to the
Class A-3 Noteholders, (iv) for the benefit of the
Class A-4 Notes, to the Class A-4 Noteholders,
(v) for the benefit of the Class B Notes, to the
Class B Noteholders, (vi) for the benefit of the
Class C Notes, to the Class C Noteholders, in each case
as further specified herein and (vii) for the benefit of and
to the Swap Counterparty. 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 3.02.
Maintenance of Office or Agency . The Issuer will
maintain in Wilmington, Delaware, an office or agency where Notes
may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and
where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the
Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer hereby
initially appoints the Indenture Trustee to serve as its agent for
the foregoing purposes. The Issuer will give prompt written
notice to the Indenture Trustee of the location, and of any change
in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time
the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Indenture Trustee with the address
thereof, such surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served
at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer hereby appoints the
Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders,
notices and demands.
Section 3.03.
Money for Payments to be Held in Trust . As provided in
Section 8.02, all payments of amounts due and payable with
respect to any Notes or the Interest Rate Swap Agreement that are
to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Collection Account, the
Note Distribution Account or the Swap Collateral Account
pursuant to Section 8.02(b) and 8.03 shall be made on
behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by another Paying
Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from such accounts for payments
of Notes or to the Swap Counterparty shall be paid over to the
Issuer except as provided in this Section.
On
or before the Business Day immediately preceding each Distribution
Date and Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit or cause to be
deposited in the Note Distribution Account an aggregate sum
sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due under the Notes and
the Interest Rate Swap Agreement, such sum to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto and (unless the Paying
Agent is the Indenture Trustee) shall promptly notify the Indenture
Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The
Issuer will cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture
Trustee to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an
instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the
Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee acts as Paying
Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of this
Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(i)
hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with
respect to the Notes or under the Interest Rate Swap Agreement 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;
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(ii)
give the Indenture Trustee notice of any default by the Issuer (or
any other obligor upon the Notes) in the making of any payment
required to be made with respect to the Notes or under the Interest
Rate Swap Agreement;
(iii)
at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the
Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying
Agent;
(iv)
immediately resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the
Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of
Notes or in respect of the Interest Rate Swap Agreement if at any
time it ceases to meet the standards required to be met by a Paying
Agent at the time of its appointment; and
(v)
comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to the
withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes or under the
Interest Rate Swap Agreement of any applicable withholding taxes
imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting
requirements in connection therewith.
The
Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other
purpose, by Issuer Order direct any Paying Agent to pay to the
Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such
sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon the same trusts as
those upon which the sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon
such payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such
Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such money.
Subject to applicable laws with respect to
escheat of funds, any money held by the Indenture Trustee or any
Paying Agent in trust for the payment of any amount due with
respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after
such amount has become due and payable shall be discharged from
such trust and upon receipt of an Issuer Request shall be deposited
by the Indenture Trustee in the Collection Account; and the Holder
of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor,
look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of
the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such
trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however , that
if such money or any portion thereof had been previously deposited
by the Issuer with the Indenture Trustee for the payment of
principal or interest on the Notes; and provided, further,
that the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being
required to make any such repayment, may at the expense 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 will be repaid
to or for the account of the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee
may also adopt and employ, at the expense of the Issuer, any other
reasonable means of notification of such repayment (including, but
not limited to, mailing notice of such repayment to Holders whose
Notes have been called but not have not been surrendered for
redemption or whose right to or interest in moneys due and payable
but not claimed is determinable from the records of the Indenture
Trustee or of any Paying Agent, at the last address of record for
each such Holder).
Section 3.04.
Existence . The Issuer will keep
in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a statutory
trust under the laws of the State of Delaware (unless it becomes,
or any successor Issuer hereunder is or becomes, organized under
the laws of any other state or of the United States, in which case
the Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction) and will
obtain and preserve its qualification to do business
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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
Collateral.
Section 3.05.
Protection of Collateral . The Issuer intends
the security interest Granted pursuant to this Indenture in favor
of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders and the Swap
Counterparty to be prior to all other liens in respect of the
Collateral, and the Issuer shall take all actions necessary to
obtain and maintain, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee on
behalf of the Noteholders and the Swap Counterparty, a first lien
on and a first priority, perfected security interest in the
Collateral. The Issuer will 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, all as prepared by the
Servicer and delivered to the Issuer, and will take such other
action necessary or advisable to:
(i)
Grant more effectively all or any portion of the
Collateral;
(ii)
maintain or preserve the lien and security interest (and the
priority thereof) created by this Indenture or carry out more
effectively the purposes hereof;
(iii)
perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant
made or to be made by this Indenture;
(iv)
enforce any of the Collateral;
(v)
preserve and defend title to the Collateral and the rights of the
Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Swap Counterparty in
such Collateral against the claims of all persons and parties;
and
(vi)
pay all taxes or assessments levied or assessed upon the Collateral
when due.
The
Issuer shall file the financing statements on Form UCC1.
All financing statements filed or to be filed against the Issuer in
favor of the Indenture Trustee in connection herewith describing
the Collateral shall contain a statement to the following
effect: “A purchase of or security interest in any
collateral described in this financing statement, except as
permitted in the Indenture, will violate the rights of the Secured
Party.” The Issuer hereby authorizes the Indenture
Trustee to file all continuation statements or other instruments
required to be executed pursuant to this Section and hereby
designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and attorney-in-fact for
such purpose; provided , however , that the Indenture
Trustee shall have no obligation to monitor or file any financing
statements, continuation statements, financing statement amendments
or any other instrument.
Section 3.06.
Opinions as to Collateral. On the Closing Date, the
Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, either
(i) all financing statements and continuation statements have
been executed and filed that are necessary to create and continue
the Indenture Trustee’s first priority perfected security
interest in the Collateral for the benefit of the Noteholders, and
reciting the details of such filings or (ii) no such action
shall be necessary to perfect such security interest.
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Section 3.07.
Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Contracts.
(a)
The Issuer will not take any action and will use its best efforts
not to permit any action to be taken by others that would release
any Person from any such Person’s material covenants or
obligations under any instrument or agreement included in the
Collateral or that would result in the amendment, hypothecation,
subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity
or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as
expressly provided in the Transaction Documents or such other
instrument or agreement.
(b)
The Issuer may contract with other Persons to assist it in
performing its duties and obligations under this Indenture, and any
performance of such duties by a Person identified to the Indenture
Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate shall be deemed to be
action taken by the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall not
be responsible for the action or inaction of the Servicer or the
Administrator. Initially, the Issuer has contracted with the
Servicer and the Administrator to assist the Issuer in performing
its duties under this Indenture.
(c)
The Issuer will punctually perform and observe all of its
obligations and agreements contained in this Indenture, the other
Transaction Documents and in the instruments and agreements
included in the Collateral, including but not limited to filing or
causing to be filed all UCC financing statements and continuation
statements required to be filed by the terms of this Indenture and
the 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 Transaction Document or
any provision thereof without the consent of the Indenture Trustee
or the Required Holders.
(d)
If the Issuer shall have knowledge of the occurrence of an Event of
Termination, the Issuer shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee
and each Rating Agency thereof. Upon any termination of the
Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly notify the Indenture
Trustee. As soon as a Successor Servicer is appointed, the
Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies
of such appointment, specifying in such notice the name and address
of such Successor Servicer.
(e)
The Issuer agrees that it will not waive timely performance or
observance by the Servicer or the Seller of their respective duties
under the Transaction Documents if the effect thereof would
adversely affect the Holders of the Notes.
Section 3.08.
Negative Covenants . Until the Termination
Date, the Issuer shall not:
(i)
except as expressly permitted by the Transaction Documents, sell,
transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or
assets of the Issuer, including those included in the Collateral,
unless directed to do so by the Indenture Trustee;
(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 applicable
state law) or assert any claim against any present or former
Noteholder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed
upon any part of the Collateral;
(iii)
except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (A) permit the
validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be impaired, or
permit the lien created by this Indenture to be amended,
hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any
Person to be released from any covenant; or obligations with
respect to the Notes under this Indenture except as may be
expressly permitted hereby, (B) permit any lien, charge,
excise, claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance
(other than the lien of this Indenture) to be created on or extend
to or otherwise
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