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Exhibit 4.2 INDENTURE NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES 2008-C
OWNER TRUST as Issuer and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS as
Indenture Trustee Dated as of December 11, 2008 (Nissan 2008-C
Indenture)
INDENTURE dated as of
December 11, 2008 (this "Indenture"), between NISSAN AUTO
RECEIVABLES 2008-C OWNER TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (the
"Issuer"), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York
banking corporation, as trustee and not in its individual capacity
(the "Indenture Trustee"). Each party
agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the
equal and ratable benefit of (i) the Holders of the
Issuer’s 3.03725% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1 (the
"Class A-1 Notes"), LIBOR + 3.50% Asset Backed Notes,
Class A-2 (the "Class A-2 Notes"), 5.93% Asset Backed
Notes, Class A-3a (the "Class A-3a Notes"), LIBOR + 4.00%
Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3b (the "Class A-3b Notes",
and together with the Class A-3a Notes, the "Class A-3
Notes"), 6.65% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4 (the
"Class A-4 Notes", and together with the Class A-1 Notes,
the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes, the "Notes"),
(ii) for the purposes of the Granting Clause below, the
Certificateholders and (iii) the Swap Counterparty: GRANTING
CLAUSE The Issuer hereby Grants to
the Indenture Trustee at the Closing Date, as Indenture Trustee for
the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and Certificates and the
Swap Counterparty the following:
(i) all right, title and
interest of the Issuer in and to the Receivables (including all
related Receivable Files) and all monies due thereon or paid
thereunder or in respect thereof (including proceeds of the
repurchase of Receivables by the Seller pursuant to
Section 3.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the
purchase of Receivables by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.06 or
9.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement) after the Cut-off Date;
(ii) the Collection Account and
amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and the Yield
Supplement Account; (iii) the
right of the Issuer in the security interests in the Financed
Vehicles granted by the Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and
any related property; (iv) the
right of the Issuer in any proceeds from claims on any physical
damage, credit life, credit disability or other insurance policies
covering the Financed Vehicles or the Obligors;
(v) the right of the Issuer
(through the Seller and NMAC) to receive payments in respect of any
Dealer Recourse with respect to the Receivables;
(vi) the rights of the Issuer
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and, through the Seller,
under the Purchase Agreement and the Assignment;
(vii) the rights of the Issuer
under the Yield Supplement Agreement;
(viii) the right of the Issuer
to realize upon any property (including the right to receive future
Net Liquidation Proceeds) that shall have secured a Receivable;
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(ix) the right of the Issuer
in rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance
policies and other items financed under the Receivables in effect
as of the Cut-off Date; (x) the
rights of the Issuer under the Interest Rate Swap Agreement(s);
(xi) all other assets comprising
the Owner Trust Estate; and
(xii) all proceeds of the
foregoing. 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, equally
and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, to secure
the payment of amounts payable by the Issuer to the Swap
Counterparty under the Interest Rate Swap Agreement(s), and to
secure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, and
subject to the subordinate claims thereon of the Holder of the
Certificates, all as provided in this Indenture.
The Indenture Trustee, as Indenture
Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Notes and the Swap
Counterparty and for the benefit of the Certificateholders,
acknowledges such Grant, accepts the trusts under this Indenture in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and agrees to
perform its duties required in this Indenture to the best of its
ability to the end that the interests of the Holders of the Notes
and the Swap Counterparty may be adequately and effectively
protected and the rights of the Certificateholders secured.
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
SECTION 1.01 Definitions .
Except as otherwise specified herein or if the context may
otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined
herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Trust Agreement,
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and the Securities Account
Control Agreement as the case may be, for all purposes of this
Indenture. Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, whenever
used herein the following words and phrases, unless the context
otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
" Action " has the meaning
specified in Section 11.03(a). "
Administration Agreement " means the Administration
Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Administrator,
the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee.
" Administrator " means NMAC
or any successor Administrator under the Administration Agreement.
" Applicant " has the meaning
specified in Section 7.01. "
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 identified as such on any
list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Owner Trustee to the
Indenture Trustee. (Nissan 2008-C Indenture)
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" Benefit Plan " means an
"employee benefit plan" as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA,
which is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, a "plan"
described in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code, an
entity whose underlying assets include "plan assets" by reason of
an employee benefit plan’s or plan’s investment in the
entity, or any other employee benefit plan that is subject to a law
that is similar to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code. " 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 2.10.
" Business Day " means any day
except a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks in the
principal place of business of the Swap Counterparty, New York, New
York, Nashville, Tennessee, Irving, Texas or Wilmington, Delaware
are authorized or obligated by law, regulation, executive order or
governmental decree to be closed. "
Calculation Agent " has the meaning specified in
Section 2.14(c). "
Certificates " means the Certificates of the Issuer issued
under the Trust Agreement. "
Class " means any one of the classes of the Notes.
" Class A-1 Notes " means
the "3.03725% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1," substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
" Class A-1 Rate " means
3.03725% per annum (computed on the basis of actual number of days
in the related Interest Period and a 360-day year).
" Class A-2 Notes " means
the LIBOR + 3.50% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2, substantially
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
" Class A-2 Rate " means
LIBOR + 3.50% per annum (computed on the basis of actual number of
days in the related Interest Period and a 360-day year).
" Class A-3 Notes "
means, collectively, the Class A-3a Notes and the
Class A-3b Notes. "
Class A-3a Notes " means the 5.93% Asset Backed Notes,
Class A-3a, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A. " Class A-3a
Rate " means 5.93% per annum (computed on the basis of a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months).
" Class A-3b Notes "
means the LIBOR + 4.00% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3b,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
" Class A-3b Rate " means
LIBOR + 4.00% per annum (computed on the basis of actual number of
days in the related Interest Period and a 360-day year).
" Class A-4 Notes " means
the 6.65% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4, substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A. (Nissan 2008-C
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" Class A-4 Rate "
means 6.65% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months).
" Clearing Agency " means an
organization registered as a "clearing agency" pursuant to
Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
" Clearing Agency Participant
" means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or
other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Clearing Agency. " Closing
Date " means December 11, 2008.
" Code " means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations
promulgated thereunder. "
Collateral " means the property of the Issuer subject to the
Granting Clause hereof, the Reserve Account, all amounts held from
time to time in the Reserve Account and all investments therein.
" Corporate Trust Office "
means the principal office of the Indenture Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered,
which office at the date of execution of this Agreement is located
at 60 Wall Street, 26th Floor, New York, New York 10005, Attention:
Structured Finance Services – Nissan Auto Receivables 2008-C
Owner Trust, or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee may
designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders, the Swap
Counterparty, the Issuer and the Administrator, or the principal
corporate trust office of any successor Indenture Trustee at the
address designated by such successor Indenture Trustee by notice to
the Noteholders, the Swap Counterparty, the Issuer and the
Administrator. " Currency Swap
Agreement " shall mean any currency swap agreement, including
all schedules or confirmations thereto, entered into by the Issuer
and the Currency Swap Counterparty, as the same may be amended,
supplemented, renewed, extended or replaced from time to time.
" Currency Swap Counterparty "
shall mean an unaffiliated third party, as swap counterparty, under
the Currency Swap Agreement, or any success or replacement Currency
Swap Counterparty from time to time.
" Default " means any
occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time or both
would become, an Event of Default. "
Definitive Notes " has the meaning specified in
Section 2.10. " Designated
LIBOR Page " means the display on Reuters Screen, LIBOR01 Page
or any successor service or any page as may replace the designated
page on that service or any successor service that displays the
London interbank rates of major banks for U.S. Dollars.
" Event of Default " has the
meaning specified in Section 5.01. (Nissan 2008-C
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" Exchange Act " means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
" 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. "
Fitch " means Fitch Ratings. "
Fixed Rate Note " means any Class A-1 Note,
Class A-3a Note or Class A-4 Note.
" Floating Rate Note " means
any Class A-2 Note or Class A-3b Note.
" 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. " Holder
" or " Noteholder " means the Person in whose name a Note is
registered on the Note Register. "
Hybrid Chattel Paper " has the meaning specified in
Section 3.21(b). " Indenture
Trustee " means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New
York banking corporation, 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 is in
fact independent of the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator,
the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes or any Affiliate of
any of the foregoing Persons because, among other things, such
Person (a) is not an employee, officer or director or
otherwise controlled thereby or under common control therewith,
(b) does not have any direct financial interest or any
material indirect financial interest therein (whether as holder of
securities thereof or party to contract therewith or otherwise),
and (c) is not and has not within the preceding twelve months
been a promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person
performing similar functions therefor or otherwise had legal,
contractual or fiduciary or other duties to act on behalf of or for
the benefit thereof. " Independent
Certificate " means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to
the Indenture Trustee, 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
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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.
" Initial Interest Rate Swap
Agreement " means the interest rate swap agreement for a Class
of Floating Rate Notes, dated as of the Closing Date, executed
between the Issuer and the Initial Swap Counterparty, consisting of
an ISDA Master Agreement, the schedule thereto, the credit support
annex thereto, if applicable, and the relevant confirmation for
such Class of Floating Rate Notes, as the same may be amended or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof. " Initial Swap
Counterparty " means HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as
the Swap Counterparty under each Initial Interest Rate Swap
Agreement. " Interest
Determination Date " means, with respect to any Interest Period
with respect to the Floating Rate Notes, the day that is two London
Business Days prior to the related Interest Reset Date.
" Interest Period " means,
with respect to any Distribution Date and the Class A-1 Notes
and the Floating Rate Notes, the period from (and including) the
preceding Distribution Date to (but excluding) such Distribution
Date, except that the initial Interest Period will be from (and
including) the Closing Date to (but excluding) January 15,
2009, and, with respect to any Distribution Date and the Fixed Rate
Notes, other than the Class A-1 Notes, the period from (and
including) the 15th day of the preceding calendar month to (but
excluding) the 15th day of the month in which such Distribution
Date occurs, except that the initial Interest Period will be from
(and including) the Closing Date to (but excluding)
January 15, 2009 " Interest
Rate " means the Class A-1 Rate, the Class A-2 Rate,
the Class A-3a Rate, the Class A-3b Rate, or the
Class A-4, as indicated by the context.
" Interest Rate Swap Agreement
" means each Initial Interest Rate Swap Agreement and Replacement
Interest Rate Swap Agreement, if any.
" Interest Reset Date " means,
with respect to any Interest Period with respect to the Floating
Rate Notes, the first day of such Interest Period.
" Issuer " means Nissan Auto
Receivables 2008-C Owner Trust unless and 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 " mean 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.
" LIBOR " means, for any
Interest Period, the rate for deposits in U.S. Dollars having a
maturity of one month (commencing on the related Interest Reset
Date) that appears on the Designated LIBOR Page as of
11:00 a.m. London time, on the applicable Interest
Determination Date. With respect to an Interest Determination Date
on which no rate appears on the Designated LIBOR Page, LIBOR for
the applicable Interest Determination Date will be the rate
calculated by the Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of at
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the Calculation Agent after requesting the principal London
offices of each of four major reference banks in the London
interbank market, which may include the Calculation Agent and its
affiliates, as selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide the
Calculation Agent with its offered quotations for deposits in U.S.
Dollars for the period of one month, commencing on the second
London Business Day immediately following the applicable Interest
Determination Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market
at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Interest
Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative
of a single transaction in U.S. Dollars in that market at that
time. If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR
determined on the applicable Interest Determination Date will be
the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations
referred to in this paragraph are provided, LIBOR determined on the
applicable Interest Determination Date will be the rate calculated
by the Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted
at approximately 11:00 a.m., in New York, New York, on the
applicable Interest Determination Date by three major banks, which
may include the Calculation Agent and its affiliates, in New York,
New York selected by the Calculation Agent for loans in U.S.
Dollars to leading European banks in a principal amount that is
representative of a single transaction in U.S. Dollars in that
market at that time. If the banks so selected by the Calculation
Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this paragraph, LIBOR for the
applicable Interest Determination Date will be LIBOR in effect on
the applicable Interest Determination Date.
" London Business Day " means
any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. Dollars are
transacted in the London interbank market.
" Moody’s " means
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
" NMAC " means Nissan Motor
Acceptance Corporation, in its individual capacity and not as
Servicer. " Note " means a
Class A-1 Note, a Class A-2 Note, a Class A-3 Note
or a Class A-4 Note, as the context may require.
" Note Depository Agreement "
means the agreement entitled "Letter of Representations" dated on
or before the Closing Date among the Clearing Agency, the Issuer
and the Indenture Trustee with respect to certain matters relating
to the duties thereof with respect to the Book-Entry Notes.
" Note Owner " means, with
respect to a Book-Entry Note, any Person who is the beneficial
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).
" Note Register " means the
Register of Noteholders’ information maintained by the Note
Registrar pursuant to Section 2.04.
" Note Registrar " means the
Indenture Trustee unless and until a successor Note Registrar shall
have been appointed pursuant to Section 2.04. (Nissan 2008-C
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" Notes " has the meaning
set forth in the preamble to this Indenture.
" 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.
" Opinion of Counsel " means
one or more written opinions of counsel who may, except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, be an employee of
or counsel to the Issuer, the Seller or the Servicer and which
counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Owner Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee or the Rating Agencies, as the case may be.
" Outstanding " means, as of
the date of determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture except:
(a) Notes theretofore canceled
by the Note Registrar or delivered to the Note Registrar for
cancellation; (b) 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; and
(c) Notes in exchange for or in
lieu of which other Notes 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; provided , that in determining whether
the Holders of the requisite percentage of the Outstanding Amount
of the Notes, or any Class of Notes, have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, or waiver
hereunder or under any Basic Document, Notes owned by the Issuer,
any other obligor upon the Notes, the Seller or any Affiliate of
any of the foregoing Persons 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 Seller or any
Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons.
" Outstanding Amount " means
the aggregate principal amount of all Notes, or, if indicated by
the context, all Notes of any Class, 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 Owner 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
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Issuer to make payments to and distributions from the Collection
Account, including payment of principal of or interest on the Notes
on behalf of the Issuer. "
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 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. " Rating Agency
Condition " means, with respect to any event or circumstance
and each Rating Agency, either (a) written confirmation by
such Rating Agency that the occurrence of such event or
circumstance will not cause it to downgrade, qualify or withdraw
its rating assigned to any of the Notes or (b) that such
Rating Agency shall have been given notice of such event or
circumstance at least ten days prior to the occurrence of such
event or circumstance (or, if ten days’ advance notice is
impracticable, as much advance notice as is practicable) and such
Rating Agency shall not have issued any written notice that the
occurrence of such event or circumstance will cause it to
downgrade, qualify or withdraw its rating assigned to the Notes.
" Rating Event " means the
qualification, reduction, or withdrawal by a Rating Agency of its
then-current rating of any Class of Notes.
" Registered Holder " means
the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note Register
on the applicable Record Date. "
Responsible Officer " means, with respect to the Indenture
Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the
Indenture Trustee, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice
President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary or any other
officer of the Indenture Trustee customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers
and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to
whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
" Retained Notes " means any
Notes retained in the initial offering thereof by the Seller or
NMAC or conveyed to an Affiliate, including the Class A-4
Notes, until such time as such Notes are the subject of an opinion
pursuant to Section 2.04(g) of the Indenture with respect to
their classification as debt for federal income tax purposes.
" Sale and Servicing Agreement
" means the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Closing
Date, among the Issuer, Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, as
Seller, and Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, as Servicer, and
as to which the Indenture Trustee is a third party beneficiary of
certain provisions. " Securities
Act " means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
" Securities Account Control
Agreement " shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
Sale and Servicing Agreement. (Nissan 2008-C Indenture)
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" Seller " shall mean
Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, in its capacity as seller
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and its successor in
interest. " Servicer " shall
mean Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, in its capacity as
servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and any Successor
Servicer thereunder. " Standard
& Poor’s " means Standard & Poor’s, a
division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
" Successor Servicer " has the
meaning specified in Section 3.07.
" Swap Counterparty " means an
unaffiliated third party, as swap counterparty under each Initial
Interest Rate Swap Agreement, or any successor or replacement swap
counterparty (including any Replacement Swap Counterparty) from
time to time. " Swap Event of
Default " means, with respect to any Interest Rate Swap
Agreement, any event defined as an "Event of Default" under each
Interest Rate Swap Agreement. "
Swap Replacement Proceeds " means any amounts received from
a Replacement Swap Counterparty in consideration for entering into
a Replacement Interest Rate Swap Agreement for a terminated
Interest Rate Swap Agreement. "
Swap Termination Event " means any event defined as a
"Termination Event" in an Interest Rate Swap Agreement.
" Swap Termination Payment
Account " means the account designated as such, established and
maintained pursuant to Section 2.14.
" Swap Termination Payments "
means any payments due to the Swap Counterparty by the Issuer or to
the Issuer by the Swap Counterparty, including interest that may
accrue thereon, under each Interest Rate Swap Agreement due to a
termination of such Interest Rate Swap Agreement due to a Swap
Event of Default or a Swap Termination Event under such Interest
Rate Swap Agreement. " Trust
Estate " means all money, instruments, rights and other
property that are subject or intended to be subject to the lien and
security interest of this Indenture for the benefit of the
Noteholders and the Swap Counterparty (including, without
limitation, all property and interests Granted to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to the Granting Clause), including all proceeds
thereof. " Trust Indenture Act
" or " TIA " means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in
force on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.
" UCC " means, unless the
context otherwise requires, the Uniform Commercial Code, as in
effect in the relevant jurisdiction at the relevant time.
SECTION 1.02 Usage of Terms .
With respect to all terms in this Indenture, the singular includes
the plural and the plural the singular; words importing any gender
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genders; references to "writing" include printing, typing,
lithography and other means of reproducing words in a visible form;
references to agreements and other contractual instruments include
all subsequent amendments, amendments and restatements and
supplements thereto or changes therein entered into in accordance
with their respective terms and not prohibited by this Indenture;
references to Persons include their permitted successors and
assigns; references to laws include their amendments and
supplements, the rules and regulations thereunder and any
successors thereto; and the term "including" means "including
without limitation." SECTION 1.03
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The
following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings: " Commission " means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
" indenture securities " means
the Notes. " indenture security
holder " means a Noteholder. "
indenture to be qualified " means this Indenture.
" indenture trustee " or "
institutional trustee " means the Indenture Trustee.
" obligor " on the indenture
securities means the Issuer and any other obligor on the indenture
securities. All other TIA terms used
in this Indenture that are defined in the TIA, defined in the TIA
by reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have
the meanings so assigned to them. ARTICLE II
The Notes SECTION 2.01
Form . The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes,
the Class A-3 Notes, and the Class A-4 Notes, in each
case, together with the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of
authentication, shall be in substantially the form set forth as
Exhibit A , with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or
other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements
placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution
thereof. Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on
the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the
face of the Note. 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. (Nissan
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Each Note shall be dated the date
of its authentication. The terms of the Notes set forth in
Exhibit A 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
Issuer Order authenticate and deliver the Class A-1 Notes for
original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $124,000,000,
the Class A-2 Notes for original issue in an aggregate
principal amount of $185,000,000, the Class A-3a Notes for
original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $77,000,000, the
Class A-3b Notes for the original issue in an aggregate
principal amount of $80,000,000 and the Class A-4 Notes for
original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $134,000,000.
The aggregate principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes, the
Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the
Class A-4 Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed such
respective amounts except as provided in Section 2.05. The
Notes shall be issuable as registered Notes in minimum
denominations of $25,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in
excess thereof; provided that any Retained Notes retained by NARC
II or NMAC or conveyed to an Affiliate shall be issued as
Definitive Notes and the holder of such Retained Notes shall be a
Note Owner and a Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.
Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.
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 included in
Exhibit A , as the case may be, executed by the
Indenture Trustee by the manual or facsimile 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 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 Definitive Notes to be prepared
without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive
Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive
Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency
of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02,
without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of
any one or more temporary Notes of any Class, the Issuer shall
execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
in exchange therefor, a like principal amount of Definitive Notes
of such Class of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the
temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes. (Nissan 2008-C
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SECTION 2.04 Registration;
Registration of Transfer and Exchange .
(a) The Note Registrar shall
maintain a Note Register in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, the Note Registrar shall provide
for the registration of Notes and transfers and exchanges of Notes
as provided in this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee is hereby
initially appointed Note Registrar for the purpose of registering
Notes and transfers and exchanges of Notes as provided in this
Indenture. In the event that, subsequent to the Closing Date, the
Indenture Trustee notifies the Issuer that it is unable to act as
Note Registrar, the Issuer shall appoint another bank or trust
company, having an office or agency located in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, agreeing to act in accordance with
the provisions of this Indenture applicable to it, and otherwise
acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, to act as successor Note
Registrar under this Indenture. 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 number of such
Notes. (b) Upon the proper
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 in the name of the designated transferee
or transferees, one or more new Notes of the same Class in
authorized denominations of a like aggregate principal amount.
(c) 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. Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the
Note Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing.
(d) No service charge shall be
made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the
Indenture Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer or exchange of Notes.
(e) All Notes surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be canceled and
subsequently destroyed by the Indenture Trustee.
(f) By acquiring a Note, each
Noteholder will be deemed to represent, warrant and covenant that
either (i) it is not acquiring the Note (or any interest
therein) with the assets of a Benefit Plan; or (ii) the
acquisition, holding and disposition of the Note will not give rise
to a (Nissan 2008-C Indenture)
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nonexempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of
ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any similar applicable law.
(g) The Retained Notes will not
be transferred (other than to a Person specified in the definition
of Retained Notes that is a United States person for U.S. federal
income tax purposes) unless a written opinion of counsel, which
counsel and opinion shall be acceptable to the Indenture Trustee,
is delivered to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that, for
federal income tax purposes, such Notes after such transfer will be
treated as debt. 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 it to hold the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee
harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note
Registrar or the Indenture Trustee that such Note has been acquired
by a protected purchaser, 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. In connection
with the issuance of any new Note under this Section 2.05, the
Issuer may require 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. If,
after the delivery of such replacement Note or payment of a
destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a protected purchaser of the
original Note in lieu of which such replacement Note was issued
presents for payment such original Note, the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover such replacement
Note (or such payment) from the Person to whom it was delivered or
any Person taking such replacement Note from such Person to whom
such replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person,
except a protected purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon
the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any
loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee in connection therewith.
Every replacement Note issued
pursuant to this Section 2.05 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 of the same Class duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this
Section 2.05 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
Owners . Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer
of any Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the
Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
any Note is registered (as of the day of determination) as the
owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payments of
principal of and interest, if any, on such Note and for all other
purposes whatsoever, and none of the Issuer, (Nissan 2008-C
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the Indenture Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 2.07 Payments of Principal
and Interest . (a) The
Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3a
Notes, the Class A-3b Notes and the Class A-4 Notes shall
accrue interest during each Interest Period at the Class A-1
Rate, the Class A-2 Rate, the Class A-3a Rate, the
Class A-3b Rate and the Class A-4 Rate, respectively, and
such interest shall be payable on each related Distribution Date as
specified in the applicable Note by applying amounts available
pursuant to Section 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement
and to Section 3.01 of this Indenture. Any installment of
interest or principal payable on any Note that is punctually paid
or duly 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, except for the final installment of principal
payable with respect to such Note on a Distribution Date or on the
applicable Final Scheduled Distribution Date, which shall be
payable as provided below.
(b) The principal of each Note
shall be payable in installments on each Distribution Date by
applying amounts available pursuant to Section 5.06 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall be due and
payable, if not previously paid, from and after the date on which
the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of a majority of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class
(excluding for such purpose the outstanding principal amount of any
Notes held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any
of their Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes are held
of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of their
Affiliates), have declared the Notes to be immediately due and
payable in the manner provided in Section 5.02 in connection
with an Event of Default. 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 final
installment of principal of and interest on such Note will be paid.
Such notice shall be mailed or transmitted by facsimile not less
than 15 nor more than 30 days prior to such final Distribution
Date, 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. SECTION
2.08 Cancellation . All Notes surrendered for payment,
registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any
Person other than the Indenture Trustee, be delivered to the
Indenture Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by the Indenture
Trustee. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Indenture
Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and
delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any
manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly
canceled by the Indenture Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated
in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes canceled as provided in
this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All
canceled Notes may be held or disposed of by the Indenture Trustee
in accordance with its standard retention or disposal policy as in
effect at the time unless the Issuer shall direct by an Issuer
Order that they be destroyed or returned to it; (Nissan 2008-C
Indenture)
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provided , that such Issuer Order is timely and the Notes
have not been previously disposed of by the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 2.09 Release of
Collateral . Subject to Sections 8.05 and 11.01 and the
terms of the Basic Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall release
property from the lien of this Indenture only upon receipt of an
Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, an
Opinion of Counsel and Independent Certificates in accordance with
TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(l) or an Opinion of Counsel in lieu
of such Independent Certificates to the effect that the TIA does
not require any such Independent Certificates.
SECTION 2.10 Book-Entry Notes
. The Notes (other than Retained Notes), upon original issuance,
will be issued in the form of typewritten Notes representing the
Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to The Depository Trust Company,
the initial Clearing Agency, or a custodian therefor, by, or on
behalf of, the Issuer. The Book-Entry Notes shall be registered
initially on the Note Register in the name of Cede & Co., the
nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no Note Owner thereof
will receive a Definitive Note representing such Note Owner’s
interest in such Note, except as provided in Section 2.12.
Except for Retained Notes and, otherwise, unless and until
definitive, fully registered Notes (the "Definitive Notes") have
been issued to such Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12:
(a) the provisions of this
Section shall be in full force and effect;
(b) the Note Registrar and the
Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing
Agency for all purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of
principal of and interest on the Notes and the giving of
instructions or directions hereunder) as the authorized
representative of the Note Owners;
(c) to the extent that the
provisions of this Section conflict with any other provisions of
this Indenture, the provisions of this Section shall control;
(d) the rights of Note Owners
shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be
limited to those established by law and agreements between such
Note Owners 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 2.12,
the initial Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among
the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit payments
of principal of and interest on the Notes to such Clearing Agency
Participants; and (e) whenever
this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon
instructions or directions of Holders of Notes evidencing a
specified percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes or of
the Notes of any Class, the Clearing Agency shall be deemed to
represent such percentage only to the extent that it has received
instructions to such effect from Note Owners and/or Clearing Agency
Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required
percentage of the beneficial interest in the Notes and has
delivered such instructions to the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 2.11 Notices to Clearing
Agency . Whenever a notice or other communication to the
Noteholders is required under this Indenture, unless and until
Definitive Notes shall have (Nissan 2008-C Indenture)
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been issued to such Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12,
and except with respect to notices and communications to Holders of
Retained Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall give all such notices
and communications specified herein to be given to Holders of the
Notes to the Clearing Agency and shall be deemed to have been given
as of the date of delivery to the Clearing Agency.
SECTION 2.12 Definitive Notes
. Except for Retained Notes (which shall be originally issued as
Definitive Notes) if (i) the Seller, the Owner Trustee or the
Administrator advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that the
Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge
its responsibilities with respect to the Book-Entry Notes and the
Seller, the Owner Trustee or the Administrator are unable to locate
a qualified successor (and if the Administrator has made such
determination, the Administrator has given written notice thereof
to the Indenture Trustee), (ii) the Seller, the Indenture
Trustee or the Administrator, at its option and to the extent
permitted by law, advises each other such party in writing that it
elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing
Agency, or (iii) after the occurrence of an Event of Default
or a Servicer Default, Note Owners representing beneficial
interests aggregating a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the
Notes of all Classes advise the Indenture Trustee and the Clearing
Agency in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system
through the Clearing Agency or a successor thereto is no longer in
the best interests of the Note Owners acting together as a single
Class, then the Clearing Agency shall notify all Note Owners and
the Indenture Trustee of the occurrence of such event and of the
availability of Definitive Notes to Note Owners requesting the
same. Upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the typewritten
Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency,
accompanied by registration instructions, the Issuer shall execute
and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate the Definitive Notes
in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of
the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee shall be
liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may
conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such
instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes, the Indenture
Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Notes as
Noteholders. The Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Administrator shall
not be liable for any inability to locate a qualified successor
Clearing Agency. From and after the date of issuance of Definitive
Notes, all notices to be given to Noteholders will be mailed
thereto at their addresses of record in the Note Register as of the
relevant Record Date. Such notices will be deemed to have been
given as of the date of mailing. Interest and principal payments on
the Definitive Notes on each Distribution Date will be made to the
holders in whose names the related Definitive Notes, as applicable,
were registered at the close of business on the related Deposit
Date. Payments will be made by check mailed to the address of such
holders as they appear on the Note register, except that a
Noteholder having original denominations aggregating at least
$1 million may request payment by wire transfer of funds
pursuant to written instructions delivered to the Indenture Trustee
at least five Business Days prior to the Deposit Date. The final
payment on any Definitive Notes will be made only upon presentation
and surrender of the Definitive Notes at the office or agency
specified in the notice of final payment to Noteholders. From and
after the Closing Date, the Holder of a Definitive Note (other than
a Retained Note) and the Issuer may elect for such Note to be
issued in the form of a Book-Entry Note. In connection with such
election, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall upon Issuer
Order execute, authenticate and deliver the Book-Entry Note and
documents related thereto in accordance with the terms hereof and
the Issuer Order. (Nissan 2008-C Indenture)
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SECTION 2.13 Tax Treatment
. The Issuer has entered into this Indenture, and the Notes (other
than Retained Notes) will be issued, with the intention that, for
federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax
purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness of the Issuer
secured by the Trust Estate or, for periods during which there is a
single beneficial owner of the Certificates, indebtedness of the
Certificateholder issued by the Trust Estate. The Issuer, by
entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder, by its
acceptance of a Note (and each Note Owner by its acceptance of an
interest in the applicable Book-Entry Note), agree to treat the
Notes (other than Retained Notes) for federal, state and local
income, single business and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness
of the Issuer. SECTION 2.14 The
Interest Rate Swap Agreement(s) .
(a) On the Closing Date, the
Issuer shall execute and deliver each Initial Interest Rate Swap
Agreement. (b) Subject to
Section 11.18 hereof, the Indenture Trustee shall take all
steps necessary to enforce the Issuer’s rights under each
Interest Rate Swap Agreement, including receiving payments from the
Swap Counterparty when due and exercising the Issuer’s rights
under each Interest Rate Swap Agreement in accordance with the
terms of such Interest Rate Swap Agreement.
(c) Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas is hereby designated calculation agent with respect to
each Interest Rate Swap Agreement (including any successor or
replacement calculation agent designated from time to time by
agreement of the parties hereto, the "Calculation Agent"), and in
such capacity, on each Interest Determination Date, will calculate
the Interest Rate with respect to each Class of 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 of the Floating Rate Notes.
All percentages resulting from any calculation on the Floating Rate
Notes will be rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a
percentage point, with five millionths of a percentage point
rounded upwards (e.g., 9.8765445% (or .09876545) would be rounded
to 9.87655% or .0987655)), and all dollar amounts used in or
resulting from that calculation on the Floating Rate Note will be
rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded
upwards). 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.
(d) The Indenture Trustee shall
have no liability with respect to any act or failure to act by the
Issuer under any Interest Rate Swap Agreement (provided that this
sentence shall not limit or relieve the Indenture Trustee from any
responsibility it may have under this Indenture upon the occurrence
of and during the continuance of any Event of Default hereunder).
Additionally, the Indenture Trustee will be responsible for
collecting Net Swap Payments and any Swap Termination Payments
payable by the Swap Counterparty under each Interest Rate Swap
Agreement. (Nissan 2008-C Indenture)
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(e) In the event of any early
termination of an Interest Rate Swap Agreement, (i) upon
written direction of the Issuer and notification of such early
termination, the Indenture Trustee shall establish the Swap
Termination Payment Account, (ii) any Swap Termination
Payments received from the Swap Counterparty will be remitted to
the Swap Termination Payment Account and (iii) any Swap
Replacement Proceeds received from a Replacement Swap Counterparty
will be remitted directly to the Swap Counterparty; provided
, that any such remittance to the Swap Counterparty shall not
exceed the amounts, if any, owed to the Swap Counterparty under
such Interest Rate Swap Agreement; provided , further
that the Swap Counterparty shall only receive Swap Replacement
Proceeds if all Swap Termination Payments due from the Swap
Counterparty to the Issuer have been paid in full and if such
amounts have not been paid in full then the amount of Swap
Replacement Proceeds necessary to make up any deficiency shall be
remitted to the Swap Termination Payment Account.
(f) The Issuer shall promptly,
following the early termination of any Initial Interest Rate Swap
Agreement due to a Swap Event of Default or Swap Termination Event,
and in accordance with the terms of such Interest Rate Swap
Agreement, enter into a replacement Interest Rate Swap Agreement
(each, a "Replacement Interest Rate Swap Agreement") with a
replacement Swap Counterparty that satisfies the conditions set
forth in such Interest Rate Swap Agreement (a "Replacement Swap
Counterparty") to the extent possible and practicable through
application of funds available in the Swap Termination Payment
Account unless entering into such Replacement Interest Rate Swap
Agreement will cause the Rating Agency Condition not to be
satisfied. Other than a Replacement Interest Rate Swap Agreement
entered into pursuant to this clause, the Issuer may not enter into
any additional Interest Rate Swap Agreements.
(g) For any terminated Interest
Rate Swap Agreement as described in clause (f) of this
Section, to the extent that (i) the funds available in the
Swap Termination Payment Account exceed the costs of entering into
a Replacement Interest Rate Swap Agreement or (ii) the Issuer
determines not to replace a terminated Initial Interest Rate Swap
Agreement and the Rating Agency Condition is met with respect to
such determination, the amounts in the Swap Termination Payment
Account (other than funds used to pay the costs of entering into a
Replacement Interest Rate Swap Agreement, if applicable) shall be
allocated in accordance with the order of priority specified in
Section 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement on the
following Distribution Date. In any other situation, amounts on
deposit in the Swap Termination Payment Account at any time shall
be invested pursuant to Section 8.03(c), and on each
Distribution Date after the creation of the Swap Termination
Payment Account, the funds therein shall be used to cover any
shortfalls in the amounts payable under clauses (i) through
(vii) of Section 5.06(c) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, clauses (i) through (viii) of Section 5.06(d)
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and clauses (i) through
(ix) of Section 5.06(e) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
provided , that in no event will the amount withdrawn from
the Swap Termination Payment Account on such Distribution Date
exceed the amount of Net Swap Receipts that would have been
required to be paid on such Distribution Date under the terminated
Interest Rate Swap Agreement had there been no termination of such
agreement. Any amounts remaining in the Swap Termination Payment
Account after payment in full of the Class A-4 Notes shall be
included in Available Amounts and allocated in accordance with the
order of priority specified in Section 5.06 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement on the following Distribution Date. (Nissan
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(h) If the Swap Counterparty
is required to post collateral under the terms of an Interest Rate
Swap Agreement, upon written direction of the Issuer and
notification of such requirement, the Indenture Trustee shall
establish the Swap Collateral Account (the " Swap Collateral
Account ") over which the Indenture Trustee shall have
exclusive control and the sole right of withdrawal, and in which no
Person other than the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Counterparty and
the Noteholders shall have any legal or beneficial interest. The
Indenture Trustee shall deposit all collateral posted by the Swap
Counterparty pursuant to the related Interest Rate Swap Agreement
into the Swap Collateral Account. Any and all funds at any time on
deposit in, or otherwise to the credit of, the Swap Collateral
Account shall be held in trust by the Indenture Trustee for the
benefit of the Swap Counterparty and the Noteholders. The only
permitted withdrawal from or application of funds on deposit in, or
otherwise to the credit of, the Swap Collateral Account shall be
(i) for application to obligations of the Swap Counterparty to
the Issuer under the related Interest Rate Swap Agreement in
accordance with the terms of such Interest Rate Swap Agreement or
(ii) to return collateral to the Swap Counterparty when and as
required by the related Interest Rate Swap Agreement.
(i) If at any time an Interest
Rate Swap Agreement becomes subject to early termination due to the
occurrence of a Swap Event of Default or a Swap Termination Event,
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall use reasonable efforts
(following the expiration of any applicable grace period) to
enforce the rights of the Issuer thereunder as may be permitted by
the terms of such Interest Rate Swap Agreement and consistent with
the terms hereof. To the extent not fully paid from Swap
Replacement Proceeds, any Swap Termination Payment owed by the
Issuer to the Swap Counterparty under an Interest Rate Swap
Agreement shall be payable to the Swap Counterparty in installments
made on each following Distribution Date until paid in full in
accordance with the order of priority specified in
Section 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. To the
extent that the Swap Replacement Proceeds exceed any such Swap
Termination Payments (or if there are no Swap Termination Payments
due to the Swap Counterparty), the Swap Replacement Proceeds in
excess of such Swap Termination Payments, if any, shall be included
in Available Amounts and allocated and applied in accordance with
the order of priority specified in Section 5.06 of the Sale
and Servicing Agreement on the following Distribution Date.
ARTICLE III
Covenants, Representations and Warranties
SECTION 3.01 Payment of Principal
and Interest . In accordance with the terms of this Indenture,
the Issuer will duly and punctually (i) pay the principal of
and interest, if any, on the Notes in accordance with the terms of
the Notes and this Indenture and (ii) cause the Servicer to
direct the Indenture Trustee to release from the Collection Account
all other amounts distributable or payable from the Owner Trust
Estate under the Trust Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement
and the Administration Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing
and in order to fulfill such obligations, pursuant to
Sections 8.02 and 8.03 hereof, the Issuer will cause the
Servicer to direct the Indenture Trustee to apply all amounts on
deposit in the Collection Account, the Reserve Account and the
Yield Supplement Account on a Distribution Date deposited therein
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement (i) (a) for the
benefit of the Class A-1 Notes, to the Class A-1
Noteholders, (b) for the benefit of the Class A-2 Notes,
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A-2 Noteholders, (c) for the benefit of the Class A-3
Notes, to the Class A-3 Noteholders and (d) for the
benefit of the Class A-4 Notes, to the Class A-4
Noteholders, and (ii) for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, to or as directed by the Owner Trustee or the
Administrator, as set forth in Section 5.06, 5.07 and 5.08 of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under
the Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder of interest
and/or principal shall be considered as having been paid by the
Issuer to such Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.02 Maintenance of Office
or Agency . The Issuer will maintain in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where Notes
may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and
where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the
Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer hereby initially
appoints the Indenture Trustee to serve as its agent for the
foregoing purposes. The Issuer 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
Sections 8.02 and 8.03, all payments of amounts due and
payable with respect to any Notes or to the Swap Counterparty that
are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Collection Account,
the Reserve Account, the Yield Supplement Account or, as
applicable, the Swap Termination Payment Account, if any, pursuant
to Sections 8.02 and 8.03 shall be made on behalf of the
Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by the Paying Agent, and no
amounts so withdrawn from such accounts for payments of Notes or to
the Swap Counterparty, as the case may be shall be paid over to the
Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Administrator except as provided
in this Section. On or before each
Distribution Date, the Issuer shall deposit in the Collection
Account or, in accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
cause to be deposited (including the provision of instructions to
the Indenture Trustee to make any required withdrawals from the
Reserve Account, the Yield Supplement Account or the Swap
Termination Payment Account, if any, and to deposit such amounts in
the Collection Account) an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the
amounts then becoming due under the Notes, the Certificates and the
Interest Rate Swap Agreement(s), 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 Indenture Trustee, as Paying
Agent, hereby agrees with the Issuer that it will, and the Issuer
will cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee, as a
condition to its acceptance of its appointment as Paying Agent, to
execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which
such Paying Agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee, subject
to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(a) hold all sums held by it for
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payment on the Certificates 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 or
release such sums to such Persons as herein provided;
(b) give the Indenture Trustee
notice of any default by the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the
Notes) of which it has actual knowledge in the making of any
payment required to be made with respect to the Notes or under the
Interest Rate Swap Agreement(s) or the release of any amounts to
the Issuer to be paid to the Certificateholders;
(c) 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;
(d) 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 under the Interest
Rate Swap Agreement(s) (or for release to the Issuer) 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
(e) comply with all requirements
of the Code with respect to the withholding from any payments made
by it on any Notes or Certificates (or assisting the Issuer to
withhold from payment to the Certificateholders) or under the
Interest Rate Swap Agreement(s) 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 after such
amount has become due and payable and after the Indenture Trustee
has taken the steps described in this paragraph shall be discharged
from such trust and be paid to Second Harvest Food Bank of
Tennessee upon presentation thereto of an Issuer Request; and the
Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease. In the event
that any Noteholder shall not surrender its Notes for retirement
within six months after the date specified in the written notice of
final payment described in Section 2.07, the Indenture Trustee
will give a second written notice to the registered Noteholders
that have not surrendered their Notes for final payment and
retirement. If within one year after such second notice any Notes
have not been surrendered, the Indenture Trustee shall, at the
expense and direction of the Issuer, cause to be published once, in
a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The
City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than
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from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such
money then remaining will be paid to Second Harvest Food Bank of
Middle Tennessee. The Indenture Trustee shall also adopt and
employ, at the expense and direction of the Issuer, any other
reasonable means of notification of such repayment specified by the
Issuer or the Administrator. 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 of America, 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 in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary
to protect the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the
Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument or agreement
included in the Trust Estate or the Owner Trust Estate.
SECTION 3.05 Protection of Trust
Estate . 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, and will take such other action
necessary or advisable to:
(a) maintain or preserve the
lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) of this
Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof;
(b) perfect, publish notice of
or protect the validity of any Grant made or to be made by this
Indenture; (c) enforce any of
the Collateral (including all rights under the Interest Rate Swap
Agreement(s); or (d) preserve
and defend title to the Trust Estate and the rights of the
Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Swap Counterparty in
such Trust Estate against the claims of all persons and parties.
The Issuer hereby designates the
Indenture Trustee its agent and attorney-in-fact to execute any
financing statement, continuation statement or other instrument
required to be executed pursuant to this Section 3.05.
SECTION 3.06 Opinions as to Trust
Estate . (a) On the Closing
Date, the Issuer shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to
the execution, recording and filing of this Indenture, any
indentures supplemental hereto, any requisite financing statements
and continuation statements and any other requisite documents
necessary to perfect and make effective the lien and security
interest of this Indenture or stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, no such action is necessary to make such lien and security
interest effective. (b) As and
when specified in Section 10.02(h) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the Issuer shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the
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either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action
has been taken with respect to the execution, recording, filing or
re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures
supplemental hereto, any financing statements and continuation
statements and any other requisite documents necessary to maintain
the lien and security interest created by this Indenture or stating
that in the opinion of such counsel no such action is necessary to
maintain such lien and security interest. Such Opinion of Counsel
shall also describe the execution, recording, filing or
re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures
supplemental hereto, any financing statements and continuation
statements and any other documents that will, in the opinion of
such counsel, be required to maintain the lien and security
interest of this Indenture until the date in the following calendar
year on which such Opinion of Counsel must again be delivered.
SECTION 3.07 Performance of
Obligations; Servicing of Receivables .
(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 of such
Person’s material covenants or obligations under any
instrument or agreement included in the Trust Estate or that would
result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination
or discharge of, or impair the validity or effectiveness of, any
such instrument or agreement, except as expressly provided in the
Basic Documents. (b) The Issuer
may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing its
duties under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties by
a Person identified to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer’s
Certificate of the Issuer shall be deemed to be action taken by the
Issuer. Initially, the Issuer has contracted with the 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 the Basic Documents and in the
instruments and agreements included in the Trust Estate, 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 the Trust Agreement, this Indenture and the Sale and
Servicing Agreement in accordance with and within the time periods
provided for herein and therein.
(d) If an Authorized Officer of
the Issuer shall have knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicer
Default under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall
promptly notify the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies
thereof, and shall specify in such notice the action, if any, the
Issuer is taking with respect of such default. If a Servicer
Default shall arise from the failure of the Servicer to perform any
of its duties or obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement
with respect to the Receivables, the Issuer shall take all
reasonable steps available to it to remedy such failure.
(e) As promptly as possible
after the giving of notice of termination to the Servicer of the
Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to Section 8.01 of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall
appoint a successor servicer (the "Successor Servicer"), and such
Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment by a written
assumption in a form acceptable to the Indenture Trustee. In the
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accepted its appointment as set forth in Section 8.02 of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee without
further action shall automatically be appointed the Successor
Servicer and shall thereafter be entitled to the Total Servicing
Fee. Notwithstanding the above, the Indenture Trustee shall, if it
shall be legally unable so to act, appoint or petition a court of
competent jurisdiction to appoint, and the predecessor Servicer, if
no successor Servicer has been appointed at the time the
predecessor Servicer has ceased to act, may petition a court of
competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established institution
having a net worth of not less than $100,000,000 and whose regular
business shall include the servicing of automobile and/or
light-duty truck receivables, as the successor to the Servicer
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Upon such appointment, the
Indenture Trustee will be released from the duties and obligations
of acting as Successor Servicer, such release effective upon the
effective date of the servicing agreement entered into between the
Successor Servicer and the Issuer. In
connection with any such appointment, the Indenture Trustee may
make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor as it
and such Successor Servicer shall agree, subject to the limitations
set forth below and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and in
accordance with Section 8.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
the Issuer shall enter into an agreement with such Successor
Servicer for the servicing of the Receivables (such agreement to be
in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee). If
the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the Servicer’s duties
as servicer of the Receivables as provided herein, it shall do so
in its individual capacity and not in its capacity as Indenture
Trustee and, accordingly, the provisions of Article VI hereof
shall be inapplicable to the Indenture Trustee in its duties as
Successor Servicer and the servicing of the Receivables. In case
the Indenture Trustee shall become the Successor Servicer, the
Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to appoint as a subservicer any
one of its Affiliates, provided that the Indenture Trustee,
in its capacity as Successor Servicer, shall remain fully liable
for the actions and omissions of such Affiliate.
(f) 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 of such appointment, specifying
in such notice the name and address of such Successor Servicer.
(g) Without derogating from the
absolute nature of the assignment granted to the Indenture Trustee
under this Indenture or the rights of the Indenture Trustee
hereunder, the Issuer agrees (i) that it will not, without the
prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of a
majority in Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single
class (excluding for such purposes the outstanding principal amount
of any Notes held of record or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II
or any of their Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes
are held of record or beneficially owned by NARC II, NMAC or any of
their Affiliates), amend, modify, waive, supplement, terminate or
surrender, or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver,
supplement, termination or surrender of, the terms of any
Collateral (except to the extent otherwise provided in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement) or the Basic Documents, or waive timely
performance or observance by the Servicer or the Seller under the
Sale and Servicing Agreement; and (ii) that any such amendment
shall not (A) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of,
or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on
the Receivables or distributions that are required to be made for
the benefit of the Noteholders or change the Interest Rate or the
Specified Reserve Account Balance (except as otherwise provided in
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Documents), in each case without the consent of each of the
"adversely affected" Noteholders or (B) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of the Notes that is required to consent to any such
amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all the
outstanding Notes. If any such amendment, modification, supplement
or waiver shall be so consented to by the Indenture Trustee or such
Holders, the Issuer agrees, promptly following a request by the
Indenture Trustee to agree to such amendment and to execute and
deliver, in its own name and at its own expense, such agreements,
instruments, consents and other documents as the Indenture Trustee
may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances to implement
such amendment and to cause the relevant Basic Documents, as
amended, to be enforceable against the Issuer. For the purposes of
clause (ii) above, an amendment will be deemed not to "adversely
affect" a Noteholder of any Class, only if each Rating Agency
confirms that such amendment will not result in a reduction or
withdrawal of its rating on such Class of Notes. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Issuer may not amend any Basic Document in any
way that would materially and adversely affect the rights of the
Swap Counterparty without notice to the Rating Agencies and the
consent of the Swap Counterparty; provided that the Swap
Counterparty’s consent to any such amendment shall not be
unreasonably withheld, and provided, further that the Swap
Counterparty’s consent will be deemed to have been given if
the Swap Counterparty does not object in writing within
10 days of receipt of a written request for such consent.
SECTION 3.08 Negative
Covenants . So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer
shall not: (a) except as
expressly permitted by Basic Documents, sell, transfer, exchange or
otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets of the Issuer,
including those included in the Trust Estate, unless directed to do
so by the Indenture Trustee;
(b) claim any credit on, or make
any deduction from the principal or interest payable in respect of,
the Notes or the payments payable to the Swap Counterparty (other
than amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code)
or assert any claim against any present or former Noteholder or the
Swap Counterparty by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or
assessed upon any part of the Trust Estate;
(c) except as may be expressly
permitted hereby, (A) permit the validity or effectiveness of
this Indenture to be impaired, or permit the lien of this Indenture
to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or
discharged, or permit any Person to be released from any covenants
or obligations with respect to the Notes under this Indenture,
(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 arise upon or
burden the Trust Estate or any part thereof or any interest therein
or the proceeds thereof (other than tax liens, mechanics’
liens and other liens that arise by operation of law, in each case
on any of the Financed Vehicles and arising solely as a result of
an action or omission of the related Obligor), (C) permit the
lien of this Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority
(other than with respect to any such tax, mechanics’ or other
lien) security interest in the Trust Estate, or (D) dissolve
or liquidate in whole or in part; or
(d) assume or incur any
indebtedness other than the Notes or as expressly contemplated by
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the Trust Estate, or to pay expenses from the Trust Estate) or
by the Basic Documents as in effect on the date hereof.
SECTION 3.09 Annual Statement as
to Compliance . The Issuer will cause the Servicer to deliver
to the Indenture Trustee concurrently with its delivery thereof to
the Issuer the annual statement of compliance described in
Section 4.09 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. In addition,
on the same date annually upon which such annual statement of
compliance is to be delivered by the Servicer, the Issuer shall
deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate
stating, as to the Authorized Officer signing such Officer’s
Certificate, that: (a) a review
of the activities of the Issuer during such year and of its
performance under this Indenture has been made under such
Authorized Officer’s supervision; and
(b) to the best of such
Authorized Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the
Issuer has complied with all conditions and covenants under this
Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in
its compliance with any such condition or covenant, specifying each
such default known to such Authorized Officer and the nature and
status thereof. SECTION 3.10
Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms .
(a) The Issuer shall not
consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless:
(1) the Person (if other than the
Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger shall
be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America or any State or the District of Columbia and
shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto,
executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the duty to make due and
punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and
the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of
this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or
observed, all as provided herein; (2)
immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(3) no Rating Agency shall have
notified the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee that such
transaction might or would result in a Rating Event;
(4) the Issuer shall have received an
Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered copies thereof to the
Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such transaction will not
have any material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer, any
Noteholder or any Certificateholder;
(5) any action that is necessary to
maintain each lien and security interest created by the Trust
Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or this Indenture shall
have been taken; and (6) the Issuer
shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
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any related supplemental indenture complies with this
Article III and that all conditions precedent provided in this
Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with
(including any filing required by the Exchange Act).
(b) The Issuer shall not convey
or transfer any of its properties or assets, including those
included in the Trust Estate, to any Person, unless:
(1) the Person that acquires by
conveyance or transfer such properties and assets of the Issuer
shall (A) be a United States citizen or a Person organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America or any
state or the District of Columbia, (B) expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the
Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee,
the duty to make due and punctual payment of the principal of and
interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every
agreement and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer
to be performed or observed, all as provided herein,
(C) expressly agrees by means of such supplemental indenture
that all right, title and interest so conveyed or transferred shall
be subject and subordinate to the rights of Holders of the Notes,
(D) unless otherwise provided in such supplemental indenture,
expressly agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer,
the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee against and from any
loss, liability or expense arising under or related to this
Indenture and the Notes, and (E) expressly agrees by means of
such supplemental indenture that such Person (or if a group of
Persons, then one specified Person) shall make all filings that
counsel satisfactory to such purchaser or transferee and the
Indenture Trustee determines must be made with (1) the
Commission (and any other appropriate Person) required by the
Exchange Act or the appropriate authorities in any state in which
the Notes have been sold pursuant to any qualification or exemption
under the securities or "blue sky" laws of such state, in
connection with the Notes or (2) the Internal Revenue Service
or the relevant state or local taxing authorities of any
jurisdiction; (2) immediately after
giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing;
(3) no Rating Agency shall have
notified the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee that such
transaction might or would result in the removal or reduction of
the rating then assigned thereby to any Class of Notes;
(4) the Issuer shall have received an
Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered copies thereof to the
Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such transaction will not
have any material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer, any
Noteholder or any Certificateholder;
(5) any action that is necessary to
maintain each lien and security interest created by the Trust
Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or this Indenture shall
have been taken; and (6) the Issuer
shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
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such supplemental indenture comply with this Article III
and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to
such transaction have been complied with (including any filing
required by the Exchange Act).
SECTION 3.11 Successor or
Transferee . (a) Upon any
consolidation or merger of the Issuer in accordance with
Section 3.10(a), the Person formed by or surviving such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) shall succeed
to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power
of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
Person had been named as the Issuer herein.
(b) Upon a conveyance or
transfer of all the assets and properties of the Issuer pursuant to
Section 3.10(b), Nissan Auto Receivables 2008-C Owner Trust
will be released from every covenant and agreement of this
Indenture to be observed or performed on the part of the Issuer
with respect to the Notes and the Certificates immediately upon the
delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee stating that
Nissan Auto Receivables 2008-C Owner Trust is to be so released.
SECTION 3.12 No Other Business
. Unless and until the Issuer shall have been released from its
duties and obligations hereunder, the Issuer shall not engage in
any business other than financing, purchasing, owning, selling and
managing the Receivables in the manner contemplated by the Basic
Documents and activities incidental thereto.
SECTION 3.13 No Borrowing .
Unless and until the Issuer shall have been released from its
duties and obligations hereunder, the Issuer shall not issue,
incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or
indirectly, for any indebtedness except for the Notes or other
obligations permitted hereunder (including the obligation to
reimburse Advances or certain expenses of the Servicer) or under
another Basic Document (including indemnification expenses of the
Issuer and certain fees and expenses of the Administrator).
SECTION 3.14 Servicer’s
Notice Obligations . The Issuer shall cause the Servicer to
comply with all of its duties and obligations with respect to the
preparation of reports, the delivery of Officer’s
Certificates and Opinions of Counsel and the giving of instructions
and notices under the Sale and Servicing Agreement (including, but
not limited to, under Sections 4.08, 4.09, 4.11, 4.13, 5.09
and Article IX thereof). SECTION
3.15 Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities .
Unless and until the Issuer shall have been released from its
duties and obligations hereunder, except as contemplated by the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, this Indenture, or the other Basic
Documents, the Issuer shall not make any loan or advance or credit
to, or guarantee (directly or indirectly or by an instrument having
the effect of assuring another’s payment or performance on
any obligation or capability of so doing or otherwise), endorse or
otherwise become contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in
connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or own,
purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so)
any stock, obligations, assets or securities of, or any other
interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person.
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SECTION 3.16 Capital
Expenditures . Unless and until the Issuer shall have been
released from its duties and obligations hereunder, the Issuer
shall not make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or
otherwise) for capital assets (either realty or personalty).
SECTION 3.17 Removal of
Administrator . So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the
Issuer shall not remove the Administrator without cause unless so
instructed by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and unless
each Rating Agency shall have received prompt written notice
thereof and shall not have notified the Indenture Trustee, the
Administrator or the Owner Trustee that such removal might or would
result in the removal or reduction of the rating, if any, then
assigned thereby to any Class of Notes or the Certificates.
SECTION 3.18 Restricted
Payments . The Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly,
(i) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of
capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a
combination thereof, to the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Swap
Counterparty, or any Certificateholder or otherwise with respect to
any ownership or equity interest or security in or of the Issuer,
(ii) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value
any such ownership or equity interest or security or (iii) set
aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose;
provided , however , that the Issuer may make, or
cause to be made, (x) distributions to the Servicer, the Owner
Trustee, the Swap Counterparty, and the Certificateholders as
contemplated by, and to the extent funds are available for such
purpose under, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Trust
Agreement or an Interest Rate Swap Agreement, and (y) payments
to the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Administration Agreement. The Issuer will not, directly or
indirectly, make payments to or distributions from the Collection
Account except in accordance with the Basic Documents.
SECTION 3.19 Notice of Events of
Default . The Issuer shall give the Indenture Trustee, the Swap
Counterparty, and each Rating Agency prompt written notice of each
Event of Default hereunder, each default on the part of the
Servicer or the Seller of its obligations under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement (including any Servicer Defaults), each default
on the part of NMAC of its obligations under the Purchase Agreement
and each Swap Event of Default under the Interest Rate Swap
Agreement(s). In addition, on (i) any Distribution Date on
which the Issuer has not received from the Swap Counterparty any
amount due from the Swap Counterparty on such Distribution Date,
(ii) the Business Day following any such Distribution Date if
the Issuer has not yet received such amount due from the Swap
Counterparty or (iii) the Business Day on which such failure
to pay by the Swap Counterparty becomes a Swap Event of Default
under any Interest Rate Swap Agreement, the Issuer shall give
prompt notice thereof to the Swap Counterparty, the Indenture
Trustee and each Rating Agency. The
Indenture Trustee shall notify each Noteholder of record and the
Swap Counterparty in writing of any Event of Default promptly upon
a Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge thereof. Such
notices will be provided in accordance with Section 2.11.
SECTION 3.20 Further Instruments
and Actions . Upon request of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer
will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such
further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out
more effectively the purpose of this Indenture. (Nissan 2008-C
Indenture)
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SECTION 3.21 Representations
and Warranties . The Issuer makes the following representations
and warranties. Such representations and warranties speak as of the
execution and delivery of this Indenture and as of the Closing
Date, but shall survive the Closing Date. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary, the Indenture Trustee shall not waive any breach
of representations or warranties in this Section 3.21 without
the written consent of at least a majority of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class (excluding for such
purposes the outstanding principal amount of any Notes held of
record or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their
Affiliates, unless at such time all of the Notes are held of record
or beneficially owned by NMAC, NARC II or any of their Affiliates).
(a) This Indenture creates a
valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the
applicable UCC) in the Collateral in favor of the Indenture
Trustee, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and
is enforceable as such as against creditors of any purchasers from
the Issuer. (b) The Issuer has
taken all steps necessary to perfect its security interest against
the Obligor in the property securing the Receivables.
(c) The Collateral constitutes
"tangible chattel paper" or "electronic chattel paper" within the
meaning of the applicable UCC, or, in the case of Receivables
originally originated as "electronic chattel paper" and modified
via "tangible records," as such term is used in the UCC,
constitutes a combination of "electronic records" and "tangible
records," as such terms are used in the UCC (such Receivables
consisting of a combination of "electronic records" and "tangible
records" are herein called "Hybrid Chattel Paper").
(d) The Issuer owns and has good
and marketable title to the Collateral free and clear of any Lien,
claim or encumbrance of any Person.
(e) The Issuer has caused or
will have caused, within ten days, the filing of all appropriate
financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate
jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security
interest in the Collateral granted to the Indenture Trustee
hereunder. (f) Other than the
security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Indenture, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a
security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Collateral.
The Issuer has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any
financing statements against the Issuer that includes a description
of collateral covering the Collateral other than any financing
statement relating to the security interest granted to the
Indenture Trustee hereunder or a financing statement as to which
the security interest covering the Receivables has been released.
The Issuer is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against
the Issuer. (g) The Servicer, as
an agent of the Issuer, and to the extent allowed by law, has in
its possession all originals or authoritative copies of the
tangible records constituting or forming a part of the Collateral.
The Servicer shall at all times maintain control, as defined in
Section 9-105 of the UCC, of all electronic chattel paper and all
electronic records included in the Hybrid Chattel Paper. The
Receivable Files that constitute or evidence the Collateral do not
have any (Nissan 2008-C Indenture)
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marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged,
assigned or otherwise conveyed by the Issuer to any Person other
than the Indenture Trustee. All financing statements filed or to be
filed against the Issuer in favor of the Indenture Trustee in
connection herewith describing the Collateral 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
Indenture Trustee." SECTION 3.22
Regulation AB Representations, Warranties and Covenants
. The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee each agree to perform all
duties and obligations applicable to or required of the Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, set forth in Appendix A
to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and each makes the
representations and warranties therein applicable to it. ARTICLE
IV
Satisfaction and Discharge
SECTION 4.01 Satisfaction and
Discharge of Indenture . This Indenture shall cease to be of
further effect with respect to the Notes except as to
(i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange,
(ii) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Notes, (iii) rights of Noteholders to receive payments of
principal thereof and interest thereon,
(iv) Sections 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.08, 3.10, 3.12 and
3.13, (v) the rights, obligations and immunities of the
Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture
Trustee under Section 6.07 and the obligations of the
Indenture Trustee under Sections 3.03 and 4.02), and
(vi) the rights of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders
as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited
with the Indenture Trustee payable to all or any of them, and the
Indenture Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer,
shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, when:
(a) either (1) all Notes
theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Notes that have
been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 2.05 and Notes for whose payment money
has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in
trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or
discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 3.03) have
been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation or
(2) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture
Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable or will become
due and payable within one year (either because the Final Scheduled
Distribution Date for the Class A-4 Notes is within one year
or because the Indenture Trustee has received notice of the
exercise of the option granted pursuant to Section 9.01 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement) and the Issuer has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Indenture
Trustee cash or direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed by
the United States of America (which will mature prior to the date
such amounts are payable), in trust for such purpose, in an amount
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for
cancellation when due; (b) the
Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Issuer, including, without limitation, all amounts
owed to the Swap Counterparty, including all Swap Termination
Payments; and (Nissan 2008-C Indenture)
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(c) the Issuer has delivered
to the Indenture Trustee, an Officer’s Certificate, (if
required by the TIA or the Indenture Trustee) an Opinion of Counsel
and (if required by the TIA or the Indenture Trustee) an
Independent Certificate from a firm of certified public
accountants, each meeting the applicable requirements of
Section 11.01 and, subject to Section 11.02, each stating
that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied
with. SECTION 4.02 Application of
Trust Money . All moneys deposited with the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof shall be held in trust and
(a) applied by it in accordance with the provisions of the
Notes and this Indenture to the payment, either directly or through
any Paying Agent, as the Indenture Trustee may determine, to the
Swap Counterparty and to the Holders of the particular Notes for
the payment of which such moneys have been deposited with the
Indenture Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for
principal and interest or (b) released to the Owner Trustee
for application pursuant to the Trust Agreement or the Sale and
Servicing Agreement; but such moneys need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required herein or in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement or required by law.
SECTION 4.03 Repayment of Moneys
Held by Paying Agent . In connection with the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, all moneys
then held by any Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee
under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such Notes
shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Indenture Trustee
to be held and applied according to Section 3.03 or 4.02 and
thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such moneys. ARTICLE V
Remedies SECTION 5.01
Events of Default . "Event of Default," wherever used
herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason
for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any
judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or
regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(a) default in the payment of
any interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and
such default shall continue for a period of five days;
(b) default in the payment of
the principal on the Note Final Scheduled Distribution Date or the
Distribution Date on which the Servicer exercises the Optional
Purchase; (c) default in the
observance or performance of any covenant or agreement of the
Issuer made in this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement,
a default in the observance or performance of which is elsewhere in
this Section specifically dealt with) which shall continue or not
be cured for a period of 90 days after there shall have been
given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the
Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by the
Holders of at least 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes,
acting together as a single class, a written notice specifying such
default or incorrect representation or warranty and requiring it to
be remedied and stating that such notice is a notice of Default
hereunder; (Nissan 2008-C Indenture)
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(d) any representation or
warranty of the Issuer made in this Indenture or in any certificate
or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection
herewith shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect
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