HONDA AUTO RECEIVABLES 2009-3 OWNER
TRUST,
as Issuer,
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Indenture Trustee
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TIA
Section
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Indenture Section
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(a)(1)
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6.11
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(a)(2)
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6.11
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(a)(3)
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6.10; 6.11
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(a)(4)
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N.A. **
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(a)(5)
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6.11
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(b)
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6.08; 6.11
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(c)
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N.A.
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(a)
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6.12
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(b)
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6.12
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(c)
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N.A.
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(a)
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7.01
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(b)
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7.02
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(c)
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7.02
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(a)
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7.04
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(b)(1)
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7.04
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(b)(2)
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7.04
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(c)
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7.04; 11.05
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(d)
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7.04
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(a)
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7.03
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(b)
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11.15
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(c)(1)
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11.01
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(c)(2)
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11.01
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(c)(3)
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11.01
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(d)
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11.01
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(e)
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11.01
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(f)
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11.01
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(a)
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6.01
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(b)
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6.05; 11.01
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(c)
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6.01
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(d)
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6.01
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(e)
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5.13
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(a)
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1.01
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(a)(1)(A)
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5.11
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(a)(1)(B)
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5.12
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(a)(2)
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N.A.
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(b)
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5.07
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(c)
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N.A.
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(a)(1)
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5.03
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*
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This Cross
Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of
this Indenture.
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**
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N.A. means Not
Applicable.
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TIA
Section
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Indenture Section
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(a)(2)
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5.03
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(b)
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3.03
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(a)
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11.07
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Page
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
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2
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Section 1.01. Definitions
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2
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Section 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of
Trust Indenture Act
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9
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Section 1.03. Rules of
Construction
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9
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10
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10
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Section 2.02. Execution, Authentication and
Delivery
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10
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Section 2.03. Temporary Notes
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11
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Section 2.04. Note Register, Registration
of Transfer and Exchange
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11
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Section 2.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or
Stolen Notes
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12
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Section 2.06. Persons Deemed
Owner
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Section 2.07. Payment of Principal and
Interest, Defaulted Interest
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Section 2.08. Cancellation
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Section 2.09. Book-Entry Notes
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Section 2.10. Notices to Clearing
Agency
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Section 2.11. Definitive Notes
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Section 2.12. Release of
Collateral
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Section 2.13. Tax Treatment
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Section 2.14. Employee Benefit
Plans
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Section 3.01. Payment of Principal and
Interest
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Section 3.02. Maintenance of Office or
Agency
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Section 3.03. Money for Payments to be Held
in Trust
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Section 3.05. Protection of Owner Trust
Estate
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Section 3.06. Opinions as to Owner Trust
Estate
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Section 3.07. Performance of Obligations;
Servicing of Receivables
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Section 3.08. Negative Covenants
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Section 3.09. Annual Statement as to
Compliance
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Section 3.10. Issuer May Consolidate, etc.,
Only on Certain Terms
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Section 3.11. Successor or
Transferee
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Section 3.12. No Other Business
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Section 3.13. No Borrowing
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Section 3.14. Servicer’s
Obligations
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Section 3.15. Guarantees, Loans, Advances
and Other Liabilities
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Section 3.16. Capital
Expenditures
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Section 3.17. Removal of
Administrator
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Section 3.18. Restricted
Payments
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Section 3.19. Notice of Events of
Default
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Section 3.20. Further Instruments and
Acts
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Section 3.21. Compliance with
Laws
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Section 3.22. Amendments of Sale and
Servicing Agreement and Trust Agreement
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ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Section 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture
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Section 4.02. Application of Trust
Money
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Section 4.03. Repayment of Monies Held by
Paying Agent
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Section 5.01. Events of Default
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Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity,
Rescission and Annulment
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Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness
and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee
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Section 5.04. Remedies,
Priorities
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Section 5.05. Optional Preservation of the
Receivables
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Section 5.06. Limitation of
Suits
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Section 5.07. Unconditional Rights of
Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest
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Section 5.08. Restoration of Rights and
Remedies
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Section 5.09. Rights and Remedies
Cumulative
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Section 5.10. Delay or Omission Not a
Waiver
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Section 5.11. Control by
Noteholders
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Section 5.12. Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Section 5.13. Undertaking for
Costs
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Section 5.14. Waiver of Stay or Extension
Laws
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Section 5.15. Action on Notes
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Section 5.16. Performance and Enforcement
of Certain Obligations
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ARTICLE VI THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
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Section 6.01. Duties of Indenture
Trustee
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Section 6.02. Rights of Indenture
Trustee
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Section 6.03. Individual Rights of
Indenture Trustee
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Section 6.04. Indenture Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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Section 6.05. Notice of Defaults
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Section 6.06. Reports by Indenture Trustee
to Holders
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Section 6.07. Compensation and
Indemnity
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Section 6.08. Replacement of Indenture
Trustee
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Section 6.09. Successor Indenture Trustee
by Merger
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Section 6.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or
Separate Trustee
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Section 6.11. Eligibility,
Disqualification
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Section 6.12. Preferential Collection of
Claims Against Issuer
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Section 6.13. Representations and
Warranties of Indenture Trustee
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ARTICLE VII NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND
REPORTS
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Section 7.01. Issuer to Furnish Indenture
Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders
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Section 7.02. Preservation of Information;
Communications, Reports and Certain Documents to
Noteholders
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Section 7.03. Reports by Issuer
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Section 7.04. Reports by Indenture
Trustee
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ARTICLE VIII ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND
RELEASES
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Section 8.01. Collection of
Money
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Section 8.03. General Provisions Regarding
Accounts
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Section 8.04. Release of Owner Trust
Estate
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Section 8.05. Opinion of Counsel
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ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 9.01. Supplemental Indentures
Without Consent of Noteholders
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Section 9.02. Supplemental Indentures With
Consent of Noteholders
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51
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Section 9.03. Execution of Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 9.04. Effect of Supplemental
Indenture
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52
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Section 9.05. Conformity with Trust
Indenture Act
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Section 9.06. Reference in Notes to
Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE X REDEMPTION OF NOTES
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Section 10.01. Redemption
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Section 10.02. Form of Redemption
Notice
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Section 10.03. Notes Payable on Redemption
Date
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Section 11.01. Compliance Certificates and
Opinions, etc.
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Section 11.02. Form of Documents Delivered
to Indenture Trustee
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Section 11.03. Acts of
Noteholders
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Section 11.04. Notices, etc., to Indenture
Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies
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Section 11.05. Notices to Noteholders;
Waiver
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Section 11.06. Alternate Payment and Notice
Provisions
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Section 11.07. Conflict with Trust
Indenture Act
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Section 11.08. Effect of Headings and Table
of Contents
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Section 11.09. Successors and
Assigns
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Section 11.10. Separability
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Section 11.11. Benefits of
Indenture
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Section 11.12. Legal Holidays
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Section 11.13. Governing Law; Submission to
Jurisdiction
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Section 11.14. Counterparts
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Section 11.15. Recording of
Indenture
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Section 11.16. Trust Obligation
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Section 11.17. No Petition
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Section 11.18. Inspection
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Section 11.19. [Reserved]
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Section 11.20. Tax Treatment
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Section 11.21. Intent of the Parties;
Reasonableness
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Schedule A
— Schedule of Receivables
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S-A-1
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Exhibit A
— Form of Class [A-1],[ A-2],[ A-3] and [A-4] Note
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A-1
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Exhibit B
— Form of Note Depository Agreement
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B-1
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Exhibit C
— Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment of
Compliance
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C-1
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vii
This Indenture,
dated as of July 1, 2009, is between Honda Auto Receivables
2009-3 Owner Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the
“Issuer”), and Citibank, N.A., as indenture trustee
(the “Indenture Trustee”).
Each party agrees
as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and
ratable benefit of the holders of the Issuer’s Class A-1
0.75435% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class
A-1 Notes”), Class A-2 1.50% Asset Backed Notes
(the “Class A-2 Notes”), Class A-3 2.31%
Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-3 Notes”) and
Class A-4 3.30% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-4
Notes” and, together with the Class A-1 Notes, the
Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes, the
“Notes”):
The Issuer hereby
Grants to the Indenture Trustee at the Closing Date, on behalf of
and for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, without recourse,
all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in, to and
under (i) the Receivables and all monies due thereon and
received thereon on and after July 1, 2009; (ii) the
security interests in the Financed Vehicles; (iii) any
proceeds of any physical damage insurance policies covering the
Financed Vehicles and in any proceeds of any credit life or credit
disability insurance policies relating to the Receivables or the
Obligors; (iv) any proceeds of Dealer Recourse; (v) the
right to realize upon any property (including the right to receive
future Liquidation Proceeds) that shall have secured a Receivable
and have been repossessed by or on behalf of the Issuer;
(vi) all funds, and all investment property, from time to time
carried in or credited to the Accounts, including the Reserve Fund
Initial Deposit and the Yield Supplement Account Deposit and in all
investment income and proceeds thereof; (vii) the rights of
the Seller under the Receivables Purchase Agreement including, but
not limited to, the representations and warranties set forth in
Sections 2.02 and 2.03 therein and the rights of the Issuer
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, including, but not limited
to, the representations and warranties set forth in
Sections 2.03 and 5.01 therein; (viii) any Servicer
Letter of Credit; (ix) any Cap Agreement entered into with one
or more Cap Counterparties pursuant to Section 1.02(xxxiii) of the
Administration Agreement and any related collateral and collateral
accounts (including, but not limited to, the Cap Collateral and the
Cap Agreement Collateral Account described in Section 8.02(c)
hereof) and (x) all payments on or under and all proceeds of
every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the
foregoing, including all proceeds of the conversion thereof,
voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all
cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts,
acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance
proceeds, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and every
kind and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments
and other property which at any time constitute all or part of or
are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing as each such
term is defined in Section 1.01 (collectively, the
“Collateral”).
The foregoing
Grant is made in trust to secure (i) 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, except as expressly provided in this Indenture and the
Sale and Servicing Agreement and (ii) to secure compliance
with the provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this
Indenture.
The Indenture
Trustee, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the
Notes, acknowledges such Grant, accepts the trusts under this
Indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and
agrees to perform its duties as required in this Indenture to the
end that the interests of the Holders of the Notes may be
adequately and effectively protected.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
Section 1.01.
Definitions .
(a) Except as
otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise require,
the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below
for all purposes of this Indenture.
“ Act
” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 11.03(a).
“
Administration Agreement ” means the Administration
Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2009, among the Administrator,
the Issuer, the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee.
“
Administrator ” means AHFC or any successor
Administrator under the Administration Agreement.
“
AHFC ” means American Honda Finance Corporation, and
its successors.
“
Authorized Officer ” means, with respect to the
Issuer, any officer of the Owner Trustee or person appointed
pursuant to a power of attorney who is authorized to act for the
Owner Trustee in matters relating to the Issuer and who is
identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the
Owner Trustee to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such
list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter)
and, so long as the Administration Agreement is in effect, any
Assistant Vice President or more senior officer of the
Administrator who is authorized to act for the Administrator in
matters relating to the Issuer and to be acted upon by the
Administrator pursuant to the Administration Agreement and who is
identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the
Administrator to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such
list may be modified or supplemented from time to time
thereafter).
“ Benefit
Plan ” means (a) an employee benefit plan (as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I
of ERISA, (b) a plan (as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of
the Code) that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, and
(c) an entity whose underlying assets include assets of a plan
described in (a) or (b) by reason of such plan’s
investment in the entity.
“
Book-Entry Notes ” means a beneficial interest in the
Notes, ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book
entries by a Clearing Agency as described in
Section 2.09.
“
Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a
Sunday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in
Los Angeles, California, Wilmington, Delaware or New York, New York
are authorized or obligated by law, regulation, executive order or
governmental decree to remain closed.
2
“ Cap
Agreement ” means any interest rate derivative agreement
entered into under Section 1.02(xxxiii) of the Administration
Agreement with one or more Cap Counterparties to hedge some or all
of the interest rate risk of the Notes.
“ Cap
Agreement Collateral Account ” means the account
designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to
Section 8.02(c) hereof.
“ Cap
Agreement Credit Support Agreement ” has the meaning
specified in Section 8.02(c) hereof.
“ Cap
Collateral ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.02(c) hereof.
“ Cap
Counterparty ” means the interest rate derivative
agreement counterparty to a Cap Agreement.
“
Class ” means all Notes whose form is identical except
for variation in denomination, principal amount or
owner.
“
Class A-1 Interest Rate ” means 0.75435% per
annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the
related Interest Accrual Period divided by 360).
“
Class A-1 Notes ” means the Class A-1
0.75435% Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A.
“
Class A-2 Interest Rate ” means 1.50% per annum
(computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months).
“
Class A-2 Notes ” means the Class A-2 1.50%
Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A.
“
Class A-3 Interest Rate ” means 2.31% per annum
(computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months).
“
Class A-3 Notes ” means the Class A-3 2.31%
Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A.
“
Class A-4 Interest Rate ” means 3.30% per annum
(computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months).
“
Class A-4 Notes ” means the Class A-4 3.30%
Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A.
“
Clearing Agency ” means an organization registered as
a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the
Exchange Act, which initially shall be The Depository Trust
Company.
“
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.
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“ Closing
Date ” means July 14, 2009.
“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time, and Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“
Collateral ” has the meaning specified in the Granting
Clause of this Indenture.
“
Corporate Trust Office ” means an 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 Indenture is located (i) solely for purposes
of the transfer, surrender or exchanges of Notes, at 111 Wall
Street, 15 th Floor Window, New York, New York 10005,
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Honda Auto Receivables
2009-3 or (ii) for all other purposes, at 388 Greenwich
Street, 14 th Floor, New York, New York 10013, Attention:
Structured Finance Agency and Trust — Honda Auto Receivables
2009-3 Owner Trust or at such other address as the Indenture
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the
Noteholders and the Issuer, or the principal corporate trust office
of any successor Indenture Trustee at the address designated by
such successor Indenture Trustee by notice to the Noteholders and
the Issuer.
“
Default ” means any occurrence that is, or with notice
or the lapse of time or both would become, an Event of
Default.
“
Definitive Notes ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.11.
“
Delaware Trustee ” means U.S. Bank Trust National
Association, as Delaware Trustee under the Trust
Agreement.
“
ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended.
“ Event
of Default ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 5.01.
“
Executive Officer ” means, with respect to any
corporation or depository institution, 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 or depository institution; and with
respect to any partnership, any general partner thereof.
“ Final
Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement.
“
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 a 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 monies 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
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anything that
the granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive
thereunder or with respect thereto.
“
Holder ” means the Person in whose name a Note is
registered on the Note Register.
“
Indenture ” means this Indenture, as amended or
supplemented from time to time.
“
Indenture Trustee ” means Citibank, N.A., a national
banking association organized under the laws of the United States
of America, as Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, or any
successor Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.
“
Independent ” means, when used with respect to any
specified Person, that the Person (i) is in fact independent
of the Issuer, any other obligor on the Notes, the Seller and any
of their respective Affiliates, (ii) does not have any direct
financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in
the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Seller or any of their
respective Affiliates and (iii) is not connected with the
Issuer, any such other obligor, the Seller or any of their
respective Affiliates as an officer, employee, promoter,
underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing
similar functions.
“
Independent Certificate ” means a certificate or
opinion to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee under the
circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the
applicable requirements of Section 11.01, made by an
Independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order
and approved by the Indenture Trustee, 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 Accrual Period ” means, subject to
Section 11.12 hereof, with respect to any Payment Date and
(i) the Class A-1 Notes, the period from and including
the immediately preceding Payment Date (or, in the case of the
first Payment Date, the Closing Date) to but excluding such Payment
Date and (ii) the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3
Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, the period from and including
the 15 th
day of the prior month (or, in the
case of the first Payment Date, the Closing Date) to but excluding
the 15 th
day of the month of such Payment
Date.
“
Interest Rate ” means the Class A-1 Interest
Rate, the Class A-2 Interest Rate, the Class A-3 Interest
Rate or the Class A-4 Interest Rate, as applicable.
“
Issuer ” means Honda Auto Receivables 2009-3 Owner
Trust 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 ” or “ Issuer Request ” means a
written order or request signed in the name of the Issuer by any
Authorized Officer and delivered to the Indenture
Trustee.
“ Note
Depository Agreement ” means the agreement dated
July 14, 2009, among the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and The
Depository Trust Company, as the initial Clearing Agency, relating
to the Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit B
hereto.
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“
Noteholder ” or “ Holder ” means
the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note
Register.
“ Note
Owner ” means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, the
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 ” and “ Note Registrar ”
shall have the respective meanings specified in
Section 2.04.
“
Notes ” means the Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2
Notes, Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4
Notes.
“
Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate
signed by any Authorized Officer of the Issuer, under the
circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the
applicable requirements of Section 11.01, and delivered to the
Indenture Trustee. Unless otherwise specified, any reference in
this Indenture to an Officer’s Certificate shall be to an
Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer.
“ 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 and who shall
be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, and which opinion or
opinions shall be addressed to the Indenture Trustee as Indenture
Trustee, shall comply with any applicable requirements of
Section 11.01 and shall be in form and substance satisfactory
to the Indenture Trustee.
“
Outstanding ” means, as of the date of determination,
all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture except:
(i) Notes
theretofore cancelled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the
Note Registrar for cancellation;
(ii) Notes or
portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary
amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee or
any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Notes (provided,
however, that if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such
redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or
provision for such notice has been made, satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee); and
(iii) Notes
cancelled or paid pursuant to Section 2.05 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
bona fide Protected Purchaser;
provided, that
in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Outstanding
Amount have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder or under any other Basic
Document, Notes owned by the Issuer, any other obligor upon the
Notes, the
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Seller or any
of their respective Affiliates shall be disregarded and deemed not
to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the
Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver, only Notes that the Indenture Trustee knows to be so owned
shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in
good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee the
pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that
the pledgee is not the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes,
the Seller or any Affiliate of any of their respective
Affiliates.
“
Outstanding Amount ” means, except as otherwise
indicated by the context, the aggregate principal amount of all
Notes of all Classes Outstanding at the date of
determination.
“ Owner
Trust Estate ” means the Grant of the Collateral to the
Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, including all proceeds
thereof.
“ Owner
Trustee ” means Union Bank, N.A., 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 and is authorized by the Issuer to
make payments to and distributions from the Collection Account and
the Note Distribution Account, including payments of principal of
or interest on the Notes on behalf of the Issuer.
“ Payment
Date ” means the 15th calendar day of each month,
commencing August 17, 2009, or if such day is not a Business
Day, then the next succeeding Business Day.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
“
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.
“
Protected Purchaser ” shall have the meaning set forth
in Article 8 of the UCC.
“ Rating
Agency Condition ” means, with respect to any action,
that each Rating Agency shall have been given ten days (or such
shorter period as is acceptable to each Rating Agency) prior notice
thereof and that each Rating Agency (other than Fitch) shall have
notified the Seller, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the
Owner Trustee in writing that such action will not result in a
qualification, reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating
of the Notes.
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“ Record
Date ” means, with respect to a Payment Date or
Redemption Date, the day immediately preceding such Payment Date or
Redemption Date or, if Definitive Notes have been issued, the close
of business on the last day of the month immediately preceding the
month in which such Payment Date or Redemption Date
occurs.
“
Redemption Date ” means, in the case of a redemption
of the Notes pursuant to Section 10.01, the Payment Date specified
by the Servicer or the Issuer pursuant to
Section 10.01.
“
Redemption Price ” means, in the case of a redemption
of the Notes pursuant to Section 10.01, an amount equal to the
unpaid principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon at the weighted average of the Interest
Rates for each Class of Notes being so redeemed to but excluding
the Redemption Date.
“
Registered Holder ” means the Person in whose name a
Note is registered on the Note Register on the applicable Record
Date.
“
Regulation AB ” means Subpart 229.1100 –
Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R.
§§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to
time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have
been provided by the Commission in the adopting release
(Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518,
70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the
Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff
from time to time.
“ Sale
and Servicing Agreement ” means the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2009, between the Issuer, the
Seller and the Servicer.
“
Schedule of Receivables ” means the list of the
Receivables set forth in Schedule A hereto.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“
Servicer ” means American Honda Finance Corporation,
in its capacity as servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
and any Successor Servicer thereunder.
“
Servicing Criteria ” means the “servicing
criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, as
such may be amended from time to time.
“
Sponsor ” means American Honda Finance Corporation, in
its capacity as sponsor under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and
any Successor Sponsor thereunder.
“
State ” means any one of the 50 states of the United
States or the District of Columbia.
“
Seller ” means American Honda Receivables Corp., in
its capacity as seller under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and
its successors.
“
Subcontractor ” means any vendor, subcontractor or
other Person that is not responsible for the overall servicing (as
“servicing” is commonly understood by participants in
the asset-backed securities market) of the Receivables but performs
one or more material discrete
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functions
identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to
the Receivables under the direction or authority of the Servicer or
a Subservicer.
“
Subservicer ” means any Person that services
Receivables on behalf of the Servicer or any Subservicer and is
responsible for the performance (whether directly or through
Subservicers or Subcontractors) of a substantial portion of the
material servicing functions required to be performed by the
Servicer under this Agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d)
of Regulation AB.
“ 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, as
amended from time to time.
“ United
States ” means the United States of America.
(a) Except as
otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise require,
capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
Section 1.02.
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The
following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
“Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“indenture
securities” means the Notes.
“indenture
security holder” means a Noteholder.
“indenture
to be qualified” means this Indenture.
“indenture
trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the
Indenture Trustee.
“obligor”
on the indenture securities means the Issuer and any other obligor
on the indenture securities.
All other TIA
terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined
by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule
have the meaning assigned to them by such definitions.
Section 1.03.
Rules of Construction . Unless the context otherwise
requires: (i) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles as in effect from time to time; (iii) “or”
is not exclusive; (iv) “including” means including
without limitation; (v) words in the singular include the plural
and words in the plural include the singular; (vi) any
agreement,
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instrument or
statute defined or referred to herein or in any instrument or
certificate delivered in connection herewith means such agreement,
instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or
supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements or
instruments) references to all attachments thereto and instruments
incorporated therein; (vii) references to a Person are also to
its permitted successors and assigns; (viii) the words
“hereof’, “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Indenture shall refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Indenture; (ix) the term
“proceeds” shall have the meaning set forth in the
applicable UCC; and (x) Section, subsection and Schedule
references contained in this Indenture are references to Sections,
subsections and Schedules in or to this Indenture unless otherwise
specified.
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 in
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 of the Notes.
Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse
thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the
Note.
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 are
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 for
original issue the following aggregate principal amount of Notes:
(i) $495,000,000 of Class A-1 Notes, (ii) $414,000,000 of
Class A-2 Notes, (iii) $725,000,000 of Class A-3 Notes
and (iv) $193,000,000 of Class A-4 Notes. The aggregate
principal amount of Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes,
Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4 Notes outstanding at any
time may not exceed such respective amounts except as provided in
Section 2.05.
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Each Note shall be
dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be issuable
as registered Notes in minimum denominations of $1,000 and in
integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
No Note shall be
entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided
for herein executed by the Indenture Trustee by the manual
signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such
certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder.
Section 2.03.
Temporary Notes . Pending the preparation of Definitive
Notes pursuant to Section 2.11, 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 shall cause Definitive Notes to be prepared
without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive
Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive
Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency
of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02,
without charge to the related Holder. Upon surrender for
cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuer shall
execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
in exchange therefor, a like tenor and principal amount of
Definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged,
the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes.
Section 2.04.
Note Register, Registration of Transfer and Exchange . The
Issuer shall cause to be kept a register (the “Note
Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations
as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for the registration
of Notes and the registration of transfers of Notes. The Indenture
Trustee initially shall be the “Note Registrar” for the
purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein
provided. Upon any resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuer
shall promptly appoint a successor or, if it elects not to make
such an appointment, assume the duties of Note
Registrar.
If a Person other
than the 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.
Upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the
Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, provided
that the requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met, the
Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate
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and the
Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in the name of
the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of
the same Class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate
principal amount.
At the option of
the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of the same
Class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate
principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at
such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for
exchange, provided that the requirements of Section 8-401 of
the UCC are met (as determined by the Issuer), the Issuer shall
execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the
Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Notes which
the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
All Notes issued
upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the
valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Every Note
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s
attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed
by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include
membership or participation in the Securities Transfer
Agent’s Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other
“signature guarantee program” as may be determined by
the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP,
all in accordance with the Exchange Act.
No service charge
shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Notes, but the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, other than exchanges
pursuant to Section 2.03 or 9.06 not involving any
transfer.
The preceding
provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Issuer shall not be
required to make and the Note Registrar need not register transfers
or exchanges of Notes selected for redemption or of any Note for a
period of 15 days preceding the due date for any payment with
respect to the Note.
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, (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 and (iii) the requirements of Section 8-405 of
the UCC are met, 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 written 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; provided, however, that if any such destroyed, lost or
stolen Note, but not a mutilated Note, shall have become or within
seven days shall be due and payable, or shall have been called for
redemption, instead of issuing a
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replacement
Note, the Issuer may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when
so due or payable or upon the Redemption Date without surrender
thereof. If, after the delivery of such replacement Note or payment
of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to the proviso to the
preceding sentence, a Protected Purchaser 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.
Upon the issuance
of any replacement Note under this Section, the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee may require the payment by the Holder of such
Note of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of the
Indenture Trustee or the Note Registrar) connected
therewith.
Every replacement
Note issued pursuant to this Section in replacement of any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an
original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether
or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at
any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the
benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and
all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of
this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Notes.
Section 2.06.
Persons Deemed Owner . Prior to due presentment for
registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and any of their respective agents may treat the Person in
whose name any Note is registered (as of the day of determination)
as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payments of
principal of and interest, if any, on such Note and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and none
of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective
agents shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 2.07.
Payment of Principal and Interest, Defaulted Interest
.
(a) Each
Class of Notes shall accrue interest at the related Interest Rate,
and such interest shall be due and payable on each Payment Date as
specified therein, subject to Sections 3.01 and 11.12 hereof.
Any installment of interest or principal, if any, payable on any
Note that is punctually paid or duly provided for by the Issuer on
the applicable Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose
name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on
the Record Date by check mailed first-class postage prepaid to such
Person’s address as it appears on the Note Register on such
Record Date, except that, unless Definitive Notes have been issued
pursuant to Section 2.11, with respect to Notes registered on
the Record Date in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency
(initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.),
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payment will be
made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account
designated by such nominee and except for the final installment of
principal payable with respect to such Note on a Payment Date, a
Redemption Date or on the related Final Scheduled Payment Date, as
the case may be (and except for the Redemption Price for any Note
called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.01), which shall be
payable as provided below. The funds represented by any such checks
returned undelivered shall be held in accordance with
Section 3.03.
(b) The
principal of each Note shall be payable as provided in
Section 8.02(d) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall be due and
payable, if not previously paid, on the related Final Payment Date
or the date on which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, if the Indenture Trustee or Holders of the Notes
representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount
have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the
manner provided in Section 5.02. All principal payments on
each Class of Notes shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders of
such Class entitled thereto. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the
Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business
5 Business Days preceding the Payment Date on which the Issuer
expects that the final installment of principal of and interest on
such Note will be paid. Such notice shall be mailed or transmitted
by facsimile prior to such final Payment Date and shall specify
that such final installment will be payable only upon presentation
and surrender of such Note and shall specify the place where such
Note may be presented and surrendered for payment of such
installment. Notices in connection with redemptions of Notes shall
be mailed to Noteholders as provided in Section 10.02. In
addition, the Administrator shall notify each Rating Agency upon
the final payment of interest and principal of each Class of Notes,
and upon the termination of the Trust, in each case pursuant to
Section 1.02(a)(iii) of the Administration
Agreement.
(c) If the
Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the Issuer
shall pay defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted
interest to the extent lawful) at the applicable Interest Rate in
any lawful manner. The Issuer may pay such defaulted interest to
the Persons who are Noteholders on a subsequent special record
date, which date shall be at least 5 Business Days prior to the
next payment date. The Issuer shall fix or cause to be fixed any
such special record date and related payment date, and, at least
15 days before any such special record date, the Issuer shall
mail to each Noteholder a notice that states the special record
date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be
paid.
Section 2.08.
Cancellation . All Notes surrendered for payment,
registration of transfer, exchange or redemption shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee, be
delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled
by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the
Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall
be promptly cancelled by the Indenture Trustee. No Notes shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes cancelled as
provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. All cancelled Notes may be held or disposed of by the
Indenture Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or
disposal policy as in effect at the time unless the Issuer shall
direct by an Issuer Order that they be destroyed or returned to it;
provided, that such Issuer Order is timely and the Notes have not
been previously disposed of by the Indenture Trustee.
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Section 2.09.
Book-Entry Notes . The Notes, upon original issuance, will
be issued in the form of a typewritten Note or Notes representing
the Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee, as
agent for The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing
Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Issuer. The Book-Entry Notes shall
be registered initially on the Note Register in the name of Cede
& Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no Note
Owner will receive a definitive Note representing such Note
Owner’s interest in such Note, except as provided in
Section 2.11. Unless and until definitive, fully registered
Notes (the “Definitive Notes”) have been issued to such
Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.11:
(i) the
provisions of this Section shall be in full force and
effect;
(ii) the Note
Registrar and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to deal with
the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Indenture (including
the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and the
giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole holder
of the Notes, and shall have no obligation to the Note
Owners;
(iii) to the
extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with any other
provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section shall
control;
(iv) the
rights of 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 2.11, the Clearing Agency will make book-entry
transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and
transmit payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to such
Clearing Agency Participants; and
(v) whenever
this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon
instructions or directions of Holders of Notes evidencing a
specified percentage of the Outstanding Amount, the Clearing Agency
shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent
that it has received instructions to such effect from 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 2.10.
Notices to Clearing Agency . Whenever a notice or other
communication to the Noteholders is required under this Indenture,
unless and until Definitive Notes shall have been issued to such
Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.11, 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
have no obligation to such Note Owners.
Section 2.11.
Definitive Notes . If (i)(A) the Administrator advises the
Indenture Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer
willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with
respect to the Book-Entry Notes and (B) neither the Indenture
Trustee nor the Administrator is able to locate a qualified
successor, (ii) the Administrator at its option advises the
Indenture Trustee 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, Owners
of Book-Entry Notes representing beneficial interests aggregating
at least a majority of
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the Outstanding
Amount of such Notes advise the Indenture Trustee and the Clearing
Agency Participants through the Clearing Agency, in writing that
the continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency
is no longer in the best interests of such Note Owners, then, in
each case, the Indenture Trustee shall notify all Note Owners of
the related Class of Notes through the Clearing Agency of the
occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive
Notes of the related Class of Notes to Note Owners requesting the
same. Upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the Note or Notes
representing the Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency,
accompanied by registration instructions, the Issuer shall execute
and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate the Definitive Notes
in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of
the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee shall be
liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may
conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such
instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes of a Class, the
Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive
Notes as Noteholders hereunder.
Section 2.12.
Release of Collateral . Subject to Section 11.01 and
the terms of the other 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 (except in the case of a full redemption
under Section 10.01) Independent Certificates in accordance
with TIA §§ 314(c) and 314(d)(1) or an Opinion of Counsel
in lieu of such Independent Certificates to the effect that the TIA
does not require any such Independent Certificates.
Section 2.13.
Tax Treatment . The Issuer has entered into this Indenture,
and the Notes will be issued, with the intention that, for all
purposes including federal, state and local income, single business
and franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness
secured by the Owner 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 all
purposes including federal, state and local income, single business
and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness.
Section 2.14.
Employee Benefit Plans . The transfer of a Definitive Note
shall not be registered unless the prospective transferee has
represented in writing to the Indenture Trustee that either
(i) it is not a Benefit Plan or any other plan subject to a
law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code (“Similar Law”) and is
not acting on behalf of or investing the assets of a Benefit Plan
or any other plan subject to Similar Law or (ii) its
acquisition, holding and disposition of the Definitive Note will be
covered by a United States Department of Labor prohibited
transaction class exemption or some other applicable statutory or
administrative exemption and will not cause a nonexempt violation
of any Similar Law. Any Person that acquires a beneficial interest
in a Book-Entry Note with the assets of a Benefit Plan shall be
deemed to represent that its acquisition and holding of such
beneficial interest is covered by a United States Department of
Labor prohibited transaction class exemption or some other
applicable statutory or administration exemption.
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Section 3.01.
Payment of Principal and Interest . The Issuer will duly and
punctually pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Notes
in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture.
Without limiting the foregoing, subject to Section 8.02(d),
the Issuer will cause to be distributed all amounts on deposit in
the Note Distribution Account on a Payment Date deposited therein
in accordance with Section 8.02(e). 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, provided that the Indenture Trustee shall not
serve as an agent or office for the purpose of service of process
on behalf of the Issuer.
Section 3.03.
Money for Payments to be Held in Trust . As provided in
Sections 5.04 and 8.02, all payments of amounts due and
payable with respect to any Notes that are to be made from amounts
withdrawn from the Collection Account and the Note Distribution
Account pursuant to Section 8.02(d) shall be made on behalf of
the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by another Paying Agent, and
no amounts so withdrawn from the Collection Account and the Note
Distribution Account for payments of Notes shall be paid over to
the Issuer except as provided in this Section.
On or before the
Business Day immediately preceding each Payment Date and Redemption
Date, the Issuer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the
Collection Account (to be transferred to the Note Distribution
Account on the related Payment Date) an aggregate sum sufficient to
pay the amounts then becoming due under the Notes, such sum to be
held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and
(unless the Paying Agent is the Indenture Trustee) shall promptly
notify the Indenture Trustee in writing of its action or failure so
to act.
The Issuer will
cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee to execute
and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such
Paying Agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee (and if the
Indenture Trustee acts as Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees),
subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent
will:
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(i) hold all
sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the
Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto
until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed
of as herein provided and pay such sums to such Persons as herein
provided;
(ii) give the
Indenture Trustee 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;
(iii) at any
time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written
request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Indenture
Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent;
(iv) immediately
resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee
all sums held by it in trust for the payment of Notes if at any
time it ceases to meet the standards required to be met by a Paying
Agent at the time of its appointment; and
(v) comply
with all requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding
from any payments made by it on any Notes of any applicable
withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any
applicable reporting requirements in connection
therewith.
The Issuer may at
any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all
sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by
the Indenture Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which the
sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such payment by any
Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such
money.
Subject to
applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, any money held by
the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment
of any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed
for two years after such amount has become due and payable shall be
discharged from such trust and be paid to the Issuer on Issuer
Request; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an
unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment
thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so paid to the
Issuer), and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying
Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease;
provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent,
before being required to make any such repayment, shall at the
expense and written direction of the Issuer cause to be published
once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The
City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than
30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to or for the
account of the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall also adopt and
employ, at the expense and written direction of the Issuer, any
other reasonable means of notification of such repayment
(including, but not limited to, mailing notice of such repayment to
Holders whose Notes have been called but have not been surrendered
for redemption or whose right to or interest in monies due and
payable but not claimed is determinable from the records of the
Indenture Trustee or of any Paying Agent, at the last address of
record for each such Holder).
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Section 3.04.
Existence . The Issuer will keep in full effect its
existence, rights and franchises as a statutory trust under the
laws of the State of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor
Issuer hereunder is or becomes, organized under the laws of any
other State or of the United States, in which case the Issuer will
keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises under the
laws of such other jurisdiction) and will obtain and preserve its
qualification to do business 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 Owner Trust
Estate, including all licenses required under the Pennsylvania
Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act and MD. Fin. Inst. Code Ann., Title
11, Subtitle 4, as applicable, in connection with this Agreement
and the other Basic Documents and the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby until such time as the Issuer shall terminate in
accordance with the terms hereof.
Section 3.05.
Protection of Owner Trust Estate . The Issuer intends the
security interest Granted pursuant to this Indenture in favor of
the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders to be prior to
all other liens in respect of the Owner Trust Estate, and the
Issuer shall take all actions necessary to obtain and maintain, for
the benefit of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders,
a first lien on and a first priority, perfected security interest
in the Owner 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, all as prepared by the
Administrator and delivered to the Issuer, and will take such other
action necessary or advisable to:
(i) grant
more effectively any portion of the Owner Trust Estate;
(ii) maintain
or preserve the lien and security interest (and the priority
thereof) created by this Indenture or carry out more effectively
the purposes hereof;
(iii) perfect,
publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made or to
be made by this Indenture;
(iv) enforce
any of the Collateral;
(v) preserve
and defend title to the Owner Trust Estate and the rights of the
Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in such Owner Trust Estate
against the claims of all persons and parties; or
(vi) pay all
taxes or assessments levied or assessed upon the Owner Trust Estate
when due.
Section 3.06.
Opinions as to Owner Trust Estate .
(a) Promptly
after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer
shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (i) all
financing statements and continuation statements have been executed
and filed that are necessary to create and continue the Indenture
Trustee’s first priority perfected security interest in the
collateral for the benefit of the Noteholders, and reciting the
details of
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such filings or
referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are
given, or (ii) no such action shall be necessary to perfect
such security interest.
(b) Within
90 days after the beginning of each fiscal year of the Issuer
beginning with the first fiscal year beginning more than three
months after the Cutoff Date, the Issuer shall furnish to the
Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of a date during
such 90-day period, to the effect that, in the opinion of such
counsel, either (i) all financing statements and continuation
statements have been executed and filed that are necessary to
create and continue the Indenture Trustee’s first priority
perfected security interest in the collateral for the benefit of
the Noteholders, and reciting the details of such filings or
referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are
given, or (ii) no such action shall be necessary to perfect
such security interest.
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 Owner
Trust Estate or that would result in the amendment, hypothecation,
subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity
or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as
expressly provided in this Indenture, the other Basic Documents or
such other instrument or agreement.
(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 and will cause the Administrator to, punctually perform
and observe all of its obligations and agreements contained in this
Indenture, the other Basic Documents and in the instruments and
agreements included in the Owner 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 this Indenture and the other Basic Documents in accordance
with and within the time periods provided for herein and therein.
Except as otherwise expressly provided therein, the Issuer shall
not waive, amend, modify, supplement or terminate any Basic
Document or any provision thereof without the written consent of
the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of at least a majority of the
Outstanding Amount or such greater percentage as may be specified
in the particular provision.
(d) If the
Issuer shall have knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicer
Default, the Issuer shall promptly provide written notice to a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee and to each Rating
Agency 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.
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(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 7.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the
Indenture Trustee shall appoint a 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 at the time when the Servicer ceases to act as
Servicer, the Indenture Trustee without further action shall
automatically be appointed the Successor Servicer. The Indenture
Trustee may resign as the Servicer by giving written notice of such
resignation to the Issuer and in such event will be released from
such duties and obligations, such release not to be effective until
the date a new servicer enters into a servicing agreement as
provided below. Upon delivery of any such notice to the Issuer, the
Issuer shall obtain a new servicer as the Successor Servicer under
the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Any Successor Servicer other than
the Indenture Trustee shall (i) be an established financial
institution having a net worth of not less than $50,000,000 and
whose regular business includes the servicing of motor vehicle
receivables and (ii) enter into a servicing agreement with the
Issuer and the Seller having substantially the same provisions as
the provisions of the Sale and Servicing Agreement applicable to
the Servicer. If within 30 days after the delivery of the
notice referred to above, the Issuer shall not have obtained such a
new servicer, the Indenture Trustee may appoint, or may petition a
court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, a Successor Servicer.
In connection with any such appointment, the Issuer may make such
arrangements for the compensation of such successor as it and such
successor shall agree, subject to the limitations set forth below
and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and in accordance with
Section 7.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer and
the Seller shall enter into an agreement with such successor 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 Six shall be
inapplicable (except as set forth in the proviso contained in
Section 6.01(a)) to the Indenture Trustee in its duties as the
successor to the Servicer and the servicing of the Receivables. In
case the Indenture Trustee shall become successor to the Servicer
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall
be entitled to appoint as Servicer any one of its Affiliates or
agents, provided that it shall be fully liable for the actions and
omissions of such Affiliate or agent in such capacity as Successor
Servicer.
(f) Upon any
termination of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly notify
a Responsible Officer of 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.
Section 3.08.
Negative Covenants . So long as any Notes are Outstanding,
the Issuer shall not:
(i) except as
expressly permitted by Section 3.10(b) and the Basic
Documents, sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of
the properties or assets of the Issuer, including those included in
the Owner Trust Estate, unless directed to do so by the Indenture
Trustee;
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(ii) claim
any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or interest
payable in respect of, the Notes (other than amounts properly
withheld from such payments under the Code or applicable state law)
or assert any claim against any present or former Noteholder by
reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part
of the Owner Trust Estate;
(iii) (A) permit
the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be impaired, or
permit the lien created by this Indenture to be amended,
hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any
Person to be released from any covenants or obligations with
respect to the Notes under this Indenture except as may be
expressly permitted hereby, (B) permit any lien, charge,
excise, claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance
(other than the lien of this Indenture) to be created on or extend
to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Owner Trust Estate or any
part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof (other
than tax liens, mechanics’ liens and other liens that arise
by operation of law, in each case on any of the Financed Vehicles
and arising solely as a result of an action or omission of the
related Obligor) or (C) permit the lien created by 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 Owner Trust Estate; or
(iv) dissolve or
liquidate in whole or in part.
Section 3.09.
Annual Statement as to Compliance.
(a) The
Issuer will deliver to the Indenture Trustee, within 120 days
after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer (commencing with
the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010), an Officer’s
Certificate stating, as to the Authorized Officer signing such
Officer’s Certificate, that:
(i) a review
of the activities of the Issuer during such year and of its
performance under this Indenture has been made under such
Authorized Officer’s supervision; and
(ii) to the
best of such Authorized Officer’s knowledge, based on such
review, the Issuer has complied 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.
(b) On or
before June 1 st of
each calendar year in which a Form 10-K is required to be filed on
behalf of the Issuer, commencing in 2010, the Indenture Trustee
shall deliver to the Issuer and the Administrator a report
regarding the Indenture Trustee’s assessment of compliance
with each of the Servicing Criteria specified on Exhibit C
hereto during the immediately preceding reporting year accompanied
by an attestation report by a registered public accounting firm, in
each case as required under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the
Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report
shall be signed by an authorized officer of the Indenture Trustee,
and shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on
Exhibit C hereto.
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:
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(i) the
Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving such
consolidation or merger shall be a Person organized and existing
under the laws of the United States or any State and shall
expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of
and interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of
every agreement and covenant of this Indenture, and each other
Basic Document, on the part of the Issuer to be performed or
observed;
(ii) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the
Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to
such transaction;
(iv) the
Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have
delivered copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect
that such transaction will not have any material adverse tax
consequence to the Issuer, any Noteholder or any
Certificateholder;
(v) any
action that is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest
created by this Indenture shall have been taken; and
(vi) the
Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which shall
describe the actions taken as required by clause (v) above or
that no actions will be taken) each stating that such consolidation
or merger comply with this Article and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have
been complied with (including any filing required by the Exchange
Act).
(b) The
Issuer shall not convey or transfer all or substantially all of its
properties or assets, including those included in the Owner Trust
Estate, to any Person (except as expressly permitted by the Basic
Documents), unless:
(i) the
Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties or
assets of the Issuer shall (A) be a United States citizen or a
Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States
or any State, (B) expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture
Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and
the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of
this Indenture and each other Basic Document on the part of the
Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein,
(C) expressly agree by means of such supplemental indenture
that all right, title and interest so conveyed or transferred shall
be subject and subordinate to the rights of Holders of the Notes,
(D) unless otherwise provided in such supplemental indenture,
expressly agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer
against and from any loss, liability or expense arising under or
related to this Indenture and the Notes and (E) expressly
agree by means of such supplemental indenture that such Person (or
if a group of Persons, then one specified Person) shall make all
filings with the Commission (and any other appropriate Person)
required by the Exchange Act in connection with the
Notes;
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(ii) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the
Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to
such transaction;
(iv) the
Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have
delivered copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect
that such transaction will not have any material adverse federal
tax consequence to the Issuer, any Noteholder or any
Certificateholder;
(v) any
action that is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest
created by this Indenture shall have been taken; and
(vi) the
Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which shall
describe the actions taken as required by clause (v) above or
that no actions will be taken) each stating that such conveyance or
transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article
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 of the properties or assets of the
Issuer pursuant to Section 3.10(b), the Issuer will be
released from every covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be
observed or performed on the part of the Issuer with respect to the
Notes immediately upon the delivery of written notice to the
Indenture Trustee stating that the Issuer is to be so
released.
Section 3.12.
No Other Business . The Issuer shall not engage in any
business other than financing, purchasing, owning, selling and
managing the Receivables in the manner contemplated by this
Indenture and the other Basic Documents and activities incidental
thereto.
Section 3.13.
No Borrowing . The Issuer shall not issue, incur, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for
any indebtedness except for (i) the Notes and (ii) any
other indebtedness permitted by or arising under the other Basic
Documents.
Section 3.14.
Servicer’s Obligations . The Issuer shall cause the
Servicer to comply with Sections 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 4.10 and
Article Eight of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Section 3.15.
Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities . Except
as contemplated by the 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
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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 . 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 the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied
in connection with such removal.
Section 3.18.
Restricted Payments . Except as expressly permitted by the
Basic Documents, 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 Owner Trustee or any owner of a
beneficial interest in the Issuer or otherwise with respect to any
ownership or equity interest or security in or of the Issuer or to
the Servicer, (ii) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise
acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or security
or (iii) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any
such purpose; provided, however, that the Issuer may make, or cause
to be made, (a) distributions as contemplated by, and to the
extent funds are available for such purpose under, the Sale and
Servicing Agreement or the Trust Agreement, (b) payments to
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 1.02(b)(ii) of the
Administration Agreement and (c) payments pursuant to the
Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Issuer will not,
directly or indirectly, make payments to or distributions from the
Collection Account except in accordance with this Indenture and the
Basic Documents.
Section 3.19.
Notice of Events of Default . The Issuer shall give a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency
prompt written notice of each Event of Default hereunder and each
default on the part of the Servicer or the Seller of its
obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Section 3.20.
Further Instruments and Acts . Upon request of the Indenture
Trustee, the Issuer will execute and deliver such further
instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary
or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this
Indenture.
Section 3.21.
Compliance with Laws . The Issuer shall comply with the
requirements of all applicable laws, the non-compliance with which
would, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely
affect the ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations under
the Notes, this Indenture or any Basic Document.
Section 3.22.
Amendments of Sale and Servicing Agreement and Trust
Agreement . The Issuer shall not agree to any amendment to
Section 9.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or
Section 11.01 of the Trust Agreement to eliminate the
requirements thereunder that the Indenture Trustee or the Holders
of the Notes consent to amendments thereto as provided
therein.
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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, 3.13,
3.20 and 3.22, (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 Section 4.02) and (vi) the
rights of Noteholders 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 written 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) all Notes
theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes
that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.05 and
(ii) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer
and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust,
as provided in Section 3.03) have been delivered to the
Indenture Trustee for cancellation or
(B) all Notes not
theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for
cancellation
(1) have become
due and payable,
(2) will become
due and payable at the Class A-4 Final Payment Date within one
year, or
(3) are to be
called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption by the Indenture Trustee in the name, and at the
expense, of the Issuer,
and the Issuer,
in the case of clauses (1), (2) or (3) above, 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 (which will mature prior to the
date such amounts are payable), in trust for such purpose, in an
amount sufficient to pay and
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