NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES 2009-1 OWNER
TRUST
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
Dated as of February 27,
2009
(Nissan 2009-1
Indenture)
INDENTURE dated as
of February 27, 2009 (this “Indenture”), between
NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES 2009-1 OWNER TRUST, a Delaware statutory
trust (the “Issuer”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, 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
1.99905% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1 (the
“Class A-1 Notes”), 3.92% Asset Backed Notes,
Class A-2 (the “Class A-2 Notes”) and 5.00%
Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3 (the “Class A-3
Notes”, and together with the Class A-1 Notes and the
Class A-2 Notes, the “Notes”) and (ii) for
the purposes of the Granting Clause below, the
Certificateholders:
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 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;
(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) all other
assets comprising the Owner Trust Estate; and
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(xi) 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, 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 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 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.
“ 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.
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“
Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, a
Sunday or a day on which banks in the city and state where the
Corporate Trust Office is located, 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.
“
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 “1.99905% Asset
Backed Notes, Class A-1,” substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“
Class A-1 Rate ” means 1.99905% 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 3.92% Asset Backed
Notes, Class A-2, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A.
“
Class A-2 Rate ” means 3.92% per annum (computed
on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months).
“
Class A-3 Notes ” means the 5.00% Asset Backed
Notes, Class A-3, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A.
“
Class A-3 Rate ” means 5.00% 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 February 27, 2009.
“
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 Wells Fargo Center, Sixth
and Marquette Avenue, MAC N9311-161, Minneapolis, MN 55479,
Attention: Asset Backed Securities Department, or at such other
address as the Indenture Trustee may designate from time to time by
notice to the
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Noteholders,
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 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.
“ Event
of Default ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.01.
“
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.
“ Fixed
Rate Note ” means any Class A-1 Note, Class A-2
Note or Class A-3 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(c).
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“
Indenture Trustee ” means Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, a national banking association, 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 certificate shall state that the signer
has read the definition of “Independent” in this
Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the meaning
thereof.
“
Interest Period ” means, with respect to any
Distribution Date and the Class A-1 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)
March 16, 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)
March 15, 2009.
“
Interest Rate ” means the Class A-1 Rate, the
Class A-2 Rate or the Class A-3 Rate, as indicated by the
context.
“
Issuer ” means Nissan Auto Receivables 2009-1 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.
“
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 or a Class A-3 Note, as the context may
require.
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“ 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.
“
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,
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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 that has been authorized by the
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
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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.
“ Sale
and Servicing Agreement ” means the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, as the same may be
amended, amended and restated, supplemented or modified, 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.
“
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.
“ 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 (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 include the other 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
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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.
SECTION 2.01
Form . The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes
and the Class A-3 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.
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
$344,000,000, the Class A-2 Notes for original issue in an
aggregate principal amount of $260,000,000 and the Class A-3
Notes for
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original issue
in an aggregate principal amount of $468,600,000. The aggregate
principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2
Notes and the Class A-3 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. 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.
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
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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 Note Owner 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 nonexempt prohibited transaction under
Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any
similar applicable law.
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
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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,
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 and the
Class A-3 Notes shall accrue interest during each Interest
Period at the Class A-1 Rate, the Class A-2 Rate and the
Class A-3 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
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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; 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, 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. 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;
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(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 been issued to such
Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12, 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 . 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
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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. After the Closing Date, if the Notes
have been issued as Definitive Notes pursuant to this Section then
the Holder of a Definitive Note and the Issuer may elect for such
Note to be issued in the form of a Book-Entry Note (provided the
Clearing Agency is then willing and able to discharge its
responsibilities with respect to the Book-Entry Notes). 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.
SECTION 2.13
Tax Treatment . The Issuer has entered into this Indenture,
and the 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 for federal, state and local income, single business and
franchise tax purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.
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, to the Class A-2 Noteholders and
(c) for the benefit of the Class A-3 Notes, to the
Class A-3 Noteholders, and (ii) for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, to or as directed by the Owner Trustee or
the
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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 that are to be made from amounts
withdrawn from the Collection Account, the Reserve Account or the
Yield Supplement Account, 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 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 or the Yield Supplement Account, and to deposit
such amounts in the Collection Account) an aggregate sum sufficient
to pay the amounts then becoming due under the Notes and the
Certificates, 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 the payment of amounts due with respect to the
Notes or the Certificates or for release to the Issuer for 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
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made with
respect to the Notes 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 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) 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 30 days 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
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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; or
(d) preserve
and defend title to the Trust Estate and the rights of the
Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders 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
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, 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
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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 event that a Successor
Servicer has not been appointed and 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.
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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 the Basic
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
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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.
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 (other than amounts properly
withheld from such payments under the Code) or assert any claim
against any present or former Noteholder by reason of the payment
of the taxes levied or assessed upon 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 this Indenture (in connection with the obligation
to reimburse Advances from 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.
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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
consolidation or merger and 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
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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
conveyance or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with
this Article III and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with
(including any filing required by the Exchange Act).
SECTION 3.11
Successor or Transferee .
(a) Upon any
consolidation or merger of the Issuer in accordance with
Section 3.10(a), the Person formed by or surviving such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) shall succeed
to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power
of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
Person had been named as the Issuer herein.
(b) Upon a
conveyance or transfer of all the assets and properties of the
Issuer pursuant to Section 3.10(b), Nissan Auto Receivables
2009-1 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 2009-1 Owner Trust is
to be so released.
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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.
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 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 and the Certificateholders as contemplated by, and to the
extent
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funds are
available for such purpose under, the Sale and Servicing Agreement
or the Trust 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 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) and each
default on the part of NMAC of its obligations under the Purchase
Agreement.
The Indenture
Trustee shall notify each Noteholder of record 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.
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.
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(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 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 covenants
and agreements 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:
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(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-3 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; and
(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 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.
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
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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;
(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 as of the time when the same shall have been made,
and such default shall continue or not be cured, or the
circumstance or condition in respect of which such
misrepresentation or warranty was incorrect shall not have been
eliminated or otherwise cured, for a period of 30 days 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;
(e) the
filing of a petition seeking entry of a decree or order for relief
by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the
Issuer or any substantial part of the Trust Estate in an
involuntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in eff
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