Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION
VERSION
CNH EQUIPMENT TRUST 2008-A
INDENTURE
between
CNH EQUIPMENT TRUST 2008-A
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY,
N.A.
as Indenture Trustee.
Dated as of April 1, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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Definitions and
Incorporation by Reference
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Section 1.1.
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Definitions
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Section 1.2.
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Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act
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Section 1.3.
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Other Definitional Provisions
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ARTICLE II
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The
Notes
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Section 2.1.
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Form
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Section 2.2.
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Execution, Authentication and
Delivery
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Section 2.3.
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Temporary Notes
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Section 2.4.
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Registration; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange
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Section 2.5.
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Notes
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Section 2.6.
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Persons Deemed Owner
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Section 2.7.
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Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted
Interest
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Section 2.8.
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Cancellation
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Section 2.9.
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Release of Collateral
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Section 2.10.
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Book-Entry Notes
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Section 2.11.
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Notices to Clearing Agency
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Section 2.12.
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Definitive Notes
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Section 2.13.
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Tax
Treatment
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ARTICLE III
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Covenants
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Section 3.1.
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Payment of Principal and Interest
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Section 3.2.
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Maintenance of Office or Agency
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Section 3.3.
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Money for Payments To Be Held in
Trust
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Section 3.4.
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Existence
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Section 3.5.
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Protection of the Trust Estate
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Section 3.6.
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Opinions as to the Trust Estate
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Section 3.7.
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Performance of Obligations; Servicing of
Receivables
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Section 3.8.
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Negative Covenants
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Section 3.9.
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Annual Statement as to Compliance
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Section 3.10.
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Issuing Entity May Consolidate, etc., Only
on Certain Terms
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Section 3.11.
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Successor or Transferee
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Section 3.12.
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No
Other Business
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Section 3.13.
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No
Borrowing
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Section 3.14.
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Servicer’s Obligations
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Section 3.15.
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Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other
Liabilities
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Section 3.16.
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Capital Expenditures
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Section 3.17.
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Removal of Administrator
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Section 3.18.
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Restricted Payments
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Section 3.19.
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Notice of Events of Default
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Section 3.20.
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Further Instruments and Acts
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Section 3.21.
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Perfection Representation
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ARTICLE IV
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Satisfaction and
Discharge
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Section 4.1.
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Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture
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Section 4.2.
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Application of Trust Money
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Section 4.3.
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Repayment of Monies Held by Paying
Agent
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ARTICLE V
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Remedies
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Section 5.1.
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Events of Default
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Section 5.2.
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Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and
Annulment
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Section 5.3.
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Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Indenture Trustee
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Section 5.4.
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Remedies; Priorities
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Section 5.5.
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Optional Preservation of the
Receivables
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Section 5.6.
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Limitation of Suits
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Section 5.7.
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Unconditional Rights of Noteholders To Receive
Principal and Interest
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Section 5.8.
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Restoration of Rights and Remedies
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Section 5.9.
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Rights and Remedies Cumulative
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Section 5.10.
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Delay or Omission Not a Waiver
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Section 5.11.
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Control by Noteholders
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Section 5.12.
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Waiver of Past Defaults
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Section 5.13.
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Undertaking for Costs
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Section 5.14.
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Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
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Section 5.15.
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Action on Notes
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Section 5.16.
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Performance and Enforcement of Certain
Obligations
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ARTICLE VI
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The Indenture
Trustee
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Section 6.1.
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Duties of the Indenture Trustee
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Section 6.2.
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Rights of Indenture Trustee
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Section 6.3.
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Individual Rights of the Indenture
Trustee
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Section 6.4.
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Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer
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Section 6.5.
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Notice of Defaults
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Section 6.6.
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Reports by Indenture Trustee to the
Holders
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Section 6.7.
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Compensation and Indemnity
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Section 6.8.
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Replacement of the Indenture Trustee
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Section 6.9.
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Successor Indenture Trustee by
Merger
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Section 6.10.
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Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate
Trustee
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Section 6.11.
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Eligibility; Disqualification
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Section 6.12.
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Preferential Collection of Claims Against the
Issuing Entity
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Section 6.13.
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Information to Be Provided by the Indenture
Trustee
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Section 6.14.
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Representations and Warranties
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ARTICLE VII
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Noteholders’
Lists and Reports
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Section 7.1.
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Issuing Entity To Furnish Indenture Trustee
Names and Addresses of Noteholders
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Section 7.2.
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Preservation of Information; Communications to
Noteholders
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Section 7.3.
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Reports by Issuing Entity
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Section 7.4.
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Required Filings
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ARTICLE VIII
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Accounts,
Disbursements and Releases
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Section 8.1.
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Collection of Money
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Section 8.2.
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Trust Accounts
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Section 8.3.
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General Provisions Regarding
Accounts
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Section 8.4.
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Release of Trust Estate
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Section 8.5.
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Opinion of Counsel
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ARTICLE IX
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Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 9.1.
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Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Noteholders
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Section 9.2.
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Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Noteholders
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Section 9.3.
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Execution of Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.4.
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Effect of Supplemental Indenture
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Section 9.5.
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Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
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Section 9.6.
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Reference in Notes to Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 9.7.
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Amendment without Consent
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ARTICLE X
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Redemption of
Notes
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Section 10.1.
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Redemption
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Section 10.2.
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Form of Redemption Notice
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Section 10.3.
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Notes Payable on Redemption Date
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ARTICLE XI
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Miscellaneous
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Section 11.1.
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Compliance Certificates and Opinions,
etc.
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Section 11.2.
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Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture
Trustee
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Section 11.3.
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Acts of Noteholders
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Section 11.4.
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Notices, etc., to the Indenture Trustee,
Issuing Entity, Counterparties and Rating Agencies
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Section 11.5.
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Notices to Noteholders; Waiver
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Section 11.6.
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Alternate Payment and Notice
Provisions
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Section 11.7.
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Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
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Section 11.8.
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Effect of Headings and Table of
Contents
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Section 11.9.
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Successors and Assigns
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Section 11.10.
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Severability
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Section 11.11.
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Benefits of Indenture
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Section 11.12.
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Legal Holidays
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Section 11.13.
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Governing Law
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Section 11.14.
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Counterparts
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Section 11.15.
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Recording of Indenture
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Section 11.16.
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Trust Obligation
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Section 11.17.
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No
Petition
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Section 11.18.
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Inspection
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Section 11.19.
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Subordination
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Section 11.20.
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Information Requests
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EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT A-1
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Form of A-1 Notes
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EXHIBIT A-2
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Form of A-2 Notes
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EXHIBIT A-3
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Form of A-3 Notes
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EXHIBIT A-4a
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Form of A-4a Notes
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EXHIBIT A-4b
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Form of A-4b Notes
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EXHIBIT A-5
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Form of Class B Notes
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EXHIBIT B
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Form of Section 3.9 Officer’s
Certificate
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EXHIBIT C
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Form of Rule 144A Letter
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SCHEDULES
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SCHEDULE P
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Perfection Representations &
Warranties
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v
INDENTURE dated as of
April 1, 2008 between CNH EQUIPMENT TRUST 2008-A, a Delaware
statutory trust (the “ Issuing Entity ”), and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking
association (“ BNYTC ”), as trustee and not in
its individual capacity (the “ Indenture Trustee
”).
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of
the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the
Holders of the Issuing Entity’s 2.75275% Class A-1 Asset
Backed Notes (each an “ A-1 Note ”), Floating
Rate Class A-2 Asset Backed Notes (each an “ A-2
Note ”), 4.12% Class A-3 Asset Backed Notes (each an
“ A-3 Note ”), 4.93% Class A-4a Asset
Backed Notes (each an “ A-4a Note ”), Floating
Rate Class A-4b Asset Backed Notes (each an “ A-4b
Note ”) and the 0.00% Class B Asset Backed Notes
(each a “ Class B Note ”; and together with
the A-1 Notes, the A-2 Notes, the A-3 Notes, the A-4a Notes and the
A-4b Notes, the “ Notes ”).
GRANTING CLAUSE
The
Issuing Entity hereby Grants to BNYTC at the Closing Date, as
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and
the Counterparties, all of the Issuing Entity’s right, title
and interest in, to and under the following, whether now existing
or hereafter arising or acquired (collectively, the “
Collateral ”):
(a)
the Receivables, including all documents constituting chattel paper
included therewith, and all obligations of the Obligors thereunder,
including all monies paid thereunder on or after the Initial Cutoff
Date or the applicable Subsequent Cutoff Date; `
(b)
the security interests in the Financed Equipment granted by
Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and any other interest of the
Issuing Entity in the Financed Equipment;
(c)
any proceeds with respect to the Receivables from claims on
insurance policies covering Financed Equipment or Obligors (to the
extent not used to purchase Substitute Equipment);
(d)
any proceeds from recourse to Dealers with respect to the
Receivables;
(e)
any Financed Equipment that shall have secured a Receivable and
that shall have been acquired by or on behalf of the Trust;
(f)
all funds on deposit from time to time in the Trust Accounts,
including the Spread Account Initial Deposit, any Principal
Supplement Account Deposit, the Negative Carry Account Initial
Deposit and the Pre-Funded Amount, and all investments and proceeds
thereof (including all income thereon);
(g)
the Sale and Servicing Agreement (including all rights of the
Seller under the Liquidity Receivables Purchase Agreement and the
Purchase Agreement assigned to the Issuing Entity pursuant to the
Sale and Servicing Agreement);
(h)
all rights of the Issuing Entity under the Interest Rate Swap
Agreements; and
(i)
all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action
in respect of any or all of the foregoing and all payments on or
under and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in
respect of any or all of the foregoing, including all proceeds of
the conversion, 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 (to the extent not used to purchase Substitute
Equipment), condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and every
kind and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments
and other property that at any time constitute all or part of or
are included in the proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.
The
foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure (x) first, the
payment of principal of and interest on, and any other amounts
owing in respect of (including the amounts owed in connection with
the Interest Rate Swap Agreements), the Class A Notes, equally
and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, and
(y) second, the payment of principal of and interest on, and
any other amounts owing in respect of, the Class B Notes,
equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, and
to secure compliance with this Indenture.
BNYTC, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the
Noteholders and the Counterparties, (1) acknowledges such
Grant, and (2) accepts the trusts under this Indenture in
accordance with this Indenture and agrees to perform its duties
required in this Indenture and the other Basic Documents to which
it is a party in accordance with their terms.
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
SECTION 1.1. Definitions . Capitalized terms used
but not otherwise defined herein are defined in Appendix A
hereto.
SECTION 1.2. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act
. Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA,
the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of
this Indenture. The following terms, where used in the TIA, shall
have the following meanings for the purposes hereof:
“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.
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“obligor” on the indenture
securities means the Issuing Entity 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 1.3. Other Definitional Provisions . (a) All
terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings
when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered
pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.
(b)
As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document
made or delivered pursuant hereto, accounting terms not defined in
this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document, and
accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement or in any such
certificate or other document to the extent not defined, shall have
the respective meanings given to them under generally accepted
accounting principles as in effect on the date hereof. To the
extent that the definitions of accounting terms in this Agreement
or in any such certificate or other document are inconsistent with
the meanings of such terms under generally accepted accounting
principles, the definitions contained in this Agreement or in any
such certificate or other document shall control.
(c)
The words “hereof”, “herein”,
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement; Section, Schedule and
Exhibit references contained in this Agreement are references
to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless
otherwise specified; and the term “including” shall
mean “including, without limitation,”.
(d)
The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the
singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the
masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such
terms.
(e)
References to any law or regulation refer to that law or regulation
as amended from time to time and include any successor law or
regulation.
(f)
References to any agreement refer to that agreement as from time to
time amended or supplemented or as the terms of such agreement are
waived or modified in accordance with its terms.
(g)
References to any Person include that Person’s successors and
assigns.
ARTICLE II
The Notes
SECTION 2.1. Form
. The A-1 Notes, A-2 Notes, A-3 Notes, A-4a Notes, A-4b Notes
and Class B Notes, together with the Indenture Trustee’s
certificate of authentication, shall be in substantially the forms
set forth in Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4a, A-4b and A-5
respectively, with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by
this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of
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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.
The
Definitive Notes shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods (with or
without steel engraved borders), all as determined by the officers
executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such
Notes.
Each Note shall be dated the date of its
authentication. The terms of the Notes set forth in
Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4a, A-4b and A-5 are part
of the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.2. Execution, Authentication and Delivery
. The
Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuing Entity 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 the time of signature Authorized
Officers of the Issuing Entity shall bind the Issuing Entity,
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 Issuing Entity Order authenticate and
deliver A-1 Notes, A-2 Notes, A-3 Notes, A-4a Notes, A-4b Notes and
Class B Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal
amount of $133,000,000, $133,000,000, $125,000,000, $69,000,000,
$25,508,000, and $12,449,000, respectively. The Outstanding
Amount of A-1 Notes, A-2 Notes, A-3 Notes, A-4a Notes, A-4b Notes
and Class B Notes at any time may not exceed such respective
amounts except as provided in Section 2.5 .
Each Note shall be dated the date of its
authentication. The Notes shall be issuable as registered
Notes in the minimum denomination of $1,000 and in greater
whole-dollar denominations 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 of authentication shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder.
SECTION 2.3. Temporary Notes . Pending the preparation of
Definitive Notes, the Issuing Entity may execute, and upon receipt
of an Issuing Entity 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 this Indenture as
the Authorized Officers executing such Notes may determine, as
evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
If
temporary Notes are issued, the Issuing Entity will cause
Definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay.
After the preparation of Definitive Notes, the temporary
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Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive
Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency
of the Issuing Entity to be maintained as provided in
Section 3.2, without charge to the Holder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the
Issuing Entity shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal
amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until
so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture as if they were
Definitive Notes.
SECTION 2.4. Registration; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange . The Issuing
Entity shall cause to be kept a register (the “ Note
Register ”) in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuing Entity shall provide
for the registration of Notes and the registration of transfers of
Notes. The Indenture Trustee 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 Issuing Entity shall promptly appoint a
successor or, if it elects not to make such an appointment, assume
the duties of the Note Registrar.
If
a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the
Issuing Entity as the Note Registrar, the Issuing Entity 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, to obtain copies thereof and 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 Issuing Entity to be
maintained as provided in Section 3.2, if the requirements of
Section 8-401(a) of the UCC are met (provided, this
requirement will only apply to transfers of Class B Notes
following (i) the transfer of the Class B Notes to an
entity unaffiliated with the Originator and (ii) the exchange
of the Class B Notes for Class B Notes registered in the
name of a Clearing Agency (or its nominee)), the Issuing Entity
shall execute, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the
Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in the name of
the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes in
any authorized denominations of a like aggregate principal
amount.
At
the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other new
Notes of the same Class in any authorized denominations of a
like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be
exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so
surrendered for exchange, if the requirements of
Section 8-401(a) of the UCC are met (provided, this
requirement will only apply to exchanges of Class B Notes
following (i) the transfer of the Class B Notes to an
entity unaffiliated with the Originator and (ii) the exchange
of the Class B Notes for Class B Notes registered in the
name of a Clearing Agency (or its nominee)), the Issuing Entity
shall execute, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the
Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Notes that
the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
By
its acquisition of a Note or any interest therein, each purchaser
or transferee shall be deemed to represent and warrant that either
(a) it is not an “employee benefit plan” within
the
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meaning of Section 3(3) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ ERISA ”), that is subject to Title I of
ERISA, a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code
”), an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any
of the foregoing or a “governmental plan” as defined in
Section 3(32) of ERISA that is subject to any law
substantially similar to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or
(b) the acquisition and holding of the Note or any interest
therein will not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction
under Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or
any substantially similar applicable law.
All
Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes
shall be the valid obligations of the Issuing Entity, evidencing
the same debt and entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of
transfer or exchange.
No
transfer of a Class B Note shall be made unless such transfer
is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and any
applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the registration
requirements under said Securities Act and such state securities
laws. In the event that a transfer is to be made in reliance upon
an exemption from the Securities Act and such laws, in order to
assure compliance with the Securities Act and such laws, there
shall be delivered to the Issuing Entity and to the Indenture
Trustee a letter in substantially the form of Exhibit C (the
“Rule 144A Letter”). Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence or anything else herein, any transfer of the
Class B Notes to the Depositor, the Originator or any of their
Affiliates on the Closing Date, and any transfer from any of such
entities to its Affiliate, and any transfer from any such entity to
an initial purchaser(s) pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements, will not require the delivery of a
Rule 144A Letter and may be made regardless of whether such
entity is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined
in the Securities Act. The Issuing Entity shall provide to
any Holder of a Class B Note and any prospective transferee
designated by any such Holder, information regarding the
Class B Notes and the Receivables and such other information
as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set
forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for transfer of any such
Class B Note without registration thereof under the Securities
Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by
Rule 144A. The Indenture Trustee and the Servicer shall
cooperate with the Issuing Entity in providing the Rule 144A
information referenced in the preceding sentence, including
providing to the Issuing Entity such information regarding the
Class B Notes, the Receivables and other matters regarding the
Trust Estate as the Issuing Entity shall reasonably request to meet
its obligation under the preceding sentence. Each Holder of a
Class B Note desiring to effect such transfer shall, and does
hereby agree to, indemnify the Indenture Trustee, the Issuing
Entity, the Seller and the Servicer against any liability that may
result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in
accordance with such federal and state laws.
Every Class A Note, and every Class B
Note (but, with respect to Class B Notes only, only with
respect to transfers following (i) the transfer of the
Class B Notes to an entity unaffiliated with the Originator
and (ii) the exchange of the Class B Notes for
Class B Notes registered in the name of a Clearing Agency (or
its nominee)), 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
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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 Issuing Entity 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
Sections 2.3 or 9.6 not involving any transfer.
SECTION 2.5. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes
.
If: (i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the
Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee receives evidence to
its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and
(ii) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee such security
or indemnity as may be required by the Indenture Trustee and the
Issuing Entity to hold the Indenture Trustee and the Issuing
Entity, respectively, harmless, then, in the absence of notice to
the Issuing Entity, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee
that such Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, and
provided that the requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are
met, the Issuing Entity shall execute, and upon its request the
Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for
or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a
replacement Note of the same Class; provided ,
however , that if any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note,
but not a mutilated Note, shall have become, or within seven days
shall be, due and payable, or shall have been called for
redemption, instead of issuing a replacement Note, the Issuing
Entity 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 bona fide purchaser of the original
Note in lieu of which such replacement Note was issued presents for
payment such original Note, the Issuing Entity 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 payment made) or any assignee of
such Person, except a bona fide 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 Issuing
Entity or the Indenture Trustee in connection therewith.
Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under
this Section, the Issuing Entity 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) 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 Issuing Entity, 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.
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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 2.6.
Persons Deemed Owner . Prior to due
presentment for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuing
Entity, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuing Entity
or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any
Note is registered (as of the day of determination) as the owner of
such Note for the purpose of receiving payments of principal and
interest, if any, on such Note and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and neither the
Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee nor any agent of the Issuing
Entity or the Indenture Trustee shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
SECTION 2.7.
Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest
.
(a) The A-1 Notes, A-2 Notes, A-3 Notes, A-4a Notes, A-4b
Notes and Class B Notes shall accrue interest at the A-1 Note
Rate, the A-2 Note Rate, the A-3 Note Rate, the A-4a Note Rate, the
A-4b Note Rate and the Class B Note Rate, respectively, and
such interest shall be payable on each Payment Date, subject to
Section 3.1. Any installment of interest or principal,
if any, payable on any Note that is punctually paid or duly
provided for by the Issuing Entity 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. However,
unless Definitive Notes have been issued, with respect to Notes
registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of the
Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede &
Co.), payment will be made by wire transfer in immediately
available funds to the account designated by such nominee. In
addition, so long as Definitive Notes have been issued with respect
to the Class B Notes and the Originator or its Affiliate is
the entity in whose name such Class B Notes are registered on
the Record Date, payment will be made by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account designated by the
Originator or such Affiliate. Notwithstanding the above, the
final installment of principal payable with respect to such Note
(and except for the Redemption Price for any Note called for
redemption pursuant to Section 10.1(a)) shall be payable as
provided in clause (b)(ii) . The funds represented by
any such checks returned undelivered shall be held in accordance
with Section 3.3.
(b)
(i) The principal of each Note shall be payable in
installments on each Payment Date as provided in this Indenture,
and except as provided below each such installment shall be due and
payable only to the extent that there are funds available to make
the payment in accordance with the Basic Documents.
Notwithstanding the foregoing: (A) the entire
Outstanding Amount of each Class of Notes shall be due and
payable on the related Class Final Scheduled Maturity Date,
and (B) the entire Outstanding Amount of all Classes of Notes
shall be due and payable, ratably to all Noteholders, on any date
on which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
if the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes representing not
less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes have
declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner
provided in Section 5.2. All principal payments on the
Class A-1 Notes shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders of
the Class A-1 Notes. All principal payments on the
Class A-2 Notes shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders of
the Class A-2 Notes. All principal payments on the
Class A-3 Notes shall be made pro rata to the
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Noteholders of the Class A-3 Notes.
All principal payments on the Class A-4 Notes shall be made
pro rata to the Noteholders of the Class A-4 Notes. All
principal payments on the Class B Notes shall be made pro rata
to the Noteholders of the Class B Notes.
(ii)
The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Person in whose name a Note
is registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding
the Payment Date on which the Issuing Entity expects that the final
installment of principal of and interest on such Note will be paid.
Such notice shall be mailed no later than five Business Days 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 10.2.
(c)
If the Issuing Entity defaults in a payment of interest on the
Notes, the Issuing Entity shall pay, in any lawful manner,
defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the
extent lawful) at the applicable interest rate from the Payment
Date for which such payment is in default. The Issuing Entity
may pay such defaulted interest to the Persons who are Noteholders
on a subsequent special record date, which date shall be at least
five Business Days prior to the special payment date. The
Issuing Entity shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special
record date and special payment date, and, at least 15 days before
any such special record date, shall mail to each Noteholder a
notice that states the special record date, the special payment
date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.
SECTION 2.8.
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 canceled by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuing
Entity may at any time deliver to the Indenture Trustee for
cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder that the Issuing Entity may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly canceled
by the Indenture Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in
lieu of or in exchange for any Notes canceled as provided in this
Section except as expressly permitted by this Indenture.
All canceled Notes may be held or disposed of by the Indenture
Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or disposal
policy as in effect at the time unless the Issuing Entity shall
direct by an Issuing Entity Order that they be returned to it;
provided, that such Issuing Entity Order is timely and the Notes
have not been previously disposed of by the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 2.9.
Release of Collateral . Subject to
Sections 8.4 and 11.1 and the Basic Documents, the Indenture
Trustee shall release property from the Lien of this Indenture only
upon receipt of an Issuing Entity Request accompanied by an
Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and Independent
Certificates in accordance with TIA §§314(c) and
314(d)(l), or an Opinion of Counsel in lieu of such Independent
Certificates to the effect that the TIA does not require any such
Independent Certificates.
SECTION 2.10.
Book-Entry Notes . The Class A
Notes, upon original issuance, and at any time after the Closing
Date at the Depositor’s request, the Class B Notes, will
be issued in the form of typewritten Notes representing the
Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to
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The
Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) (the initial
Clearing Agency), or its custodian, by, or on behalf of, the
Issuing Entity. Such Class A Notes shall initially (and such
Class B Notes shall, upon the Depositor’s request) be
registered on the Note Register in the name of Cede & Co.,
the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no Note Owner of
such Note will receive a Definitive Note representing such Note
Owner’s interest in such Note, except as provided in
Section 2.12, and except with respect to the Class B
Notes, which will initially be issued as Definitive Notes
registered in the name of CNH Capital America LLC. Unless and
until definitive, fully registered Notes (the “ Definitive
Notes ”) representing Class A Notes have been issued
to Note Owners, and with respect to Class B Notes, for the
period beginning when such Class B Notes are no longer held as
Definitive Notes until such Class B Notes are again held as
Definitive Notes:
(i)
this Section shall be in full force and effect;
(ii)
the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee may deal with the
Clearing Agency for all purposes (including the payment of
principal of and interest on the applicable Notes) as the
authorized representative of the Note Owners;
(iii)
to the extent that this Section conflicts with any other
provisions of this Indenture, 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 (and, with respect to the Class B Notes, for any period
during which no Definitive Notes are issued), 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 applicable 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 of the
Notes (or a Class of Notes), 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
(or Class of Notes) and has delivered such instructions to the
Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 2.11.
Notices to Clearing Agency . Whenever a
notice or other communication to the Noteholders is required under
this Indenture, unless and until Definitive Notes for the
Class A Notes have been issued (and, with respect to the
Class B Notes, for any period during which no Definitive Notes
are issued) to Note Owners, the Indenture Trustee shall give all
such notices and communications to the Clearing Agency.
SECTION 2.12.
Definitive Notes . Notes initially
or subsequently cleared through a clearing agency may be issued in
definitive, fully registered certificated form to Noteholders if
requested by the DTC participants to whom the Notes are credited
and in
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accordance with DTC’s rules and
procedures. Upon any surrender to the Indenture Trustee of
the typewritten Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes by the
Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the
Issuing Entity shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate, the Definitive Notes in accordance with the
instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of the Issuing
Entity, 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 fully protected in relying on, such
instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes, the
Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive
Notes as Noteholders. In addition, Notes issued as Definitive
Notes from time to time may be subsequently issued as Book-Entry
Notes and cleared through a Clearing Agency at the request of
applicable Holders of the Definitive Notes. The Class B
Notes are initially issued only as registered Definitive Notes
without coupons in denominations specified herein.
SECTION 2.13.
Tax Treatment . It is the intent of
the Seller, the Servicer, the Noteholders and the Note Owners that,
for purposes of federal and State income tax and any other tax
measured in whole or in part by income, until the Certificates are
held by other than the Seller, the Trust be disregarded as an
entity separate from the Seller and the Notes be treated as debt of
the Seller. At such time that the Certificates are held by
more than one Person, it is the intent of the Seller, the Servicer,
the Noteholders and the Note Owners that, for such tax purposes,
the Trust be treated as a partnership and the Notes be treated as
debt of the Trust. Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by
acceptance of a Note, or, in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial
interest in a Note, agrees to treat, and to take no action
inconsistent with the treatment of, the Notes for such tax purposes
as provided in this Section 2.13.
ARTICLE III
Covenants
SECTION 3.1.
Payment of Principal and Interest . The Issuing
Entity will duly and punctually pay the principal and interest, if
any, on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and
this Indenture. Without limiting the foregoing, subject to
Sections 8.2(c) and (e), the Issuing Entity will cause to be
distributed to Holders of the Notes all amounts on deposit in the
Note Distribution Account on a Payment Date deposited therein for
the benefit of the Notes pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code or any
applicable State law by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder
of interest and/or principal shall be considered as having been
paid by the Issuing Entity to such Noteholder for all purposes of
this Indenture.
SECTION 3.2.
Maintenance of Office or Agency . The Issuing
Entity 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 Issuing Entity in respect of the Notes and this
Indenture may be served. The Issuing Entity hereby initially
appoints the Indenture Trustee to serve as its agent for the
foregoing purposes. The Issuing Entity will give prompt
written notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Counterparties of
the location, and of any change in the location, of any such office
or agency. If at any time the Issuing Entity shall fail to
maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Indenture Trustee and the Counterparties with the address thereof,
such surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuing Entity
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hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as its
agent to receive all such surrenders, notices and
demands.
SECTION 3.3.
Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust . As provided
in Sections 8.2(a) and (b), 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 8.2(c) or
Section 8.2(e), as applicable, shall be made on behalf of the
Issuing Entity 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 Issuing Entity except as provided in this Section.
One
Business Day prior to each Payment Date and Redemption Date, the
Issuing Entity shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the Note
Distribution Account an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the amounts
then becoming due under the Notes, such sum to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto and (unless the Paying
Agent is the Indenture Trustee) shall promptly notify the Indenture
Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Any
Paying Agent shall be appointed by Issuing Entity Order with
written notice thereof to the Indenture Trustee. Any Paying
Agent appointed by the Issuing Entity shall be a Person who would
be eligible to be Indenture Trustee hereunder as provided in
Section 6.11.
The
Issuing Entity will cause each Paying Agent other than the
Indenture Trustee to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee
an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the
Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee acts as Paying
Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of this
Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(i)
hold in trust 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 and the Counterparties notice of any
default by the Issuing Entity (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; and
(v)
comply with all requirements of the Code and any applicable State
law 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.
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The
Issuing Entity may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other
purpose, by Issuing Entity 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 Issuing Entity on Issuing Entity
Order; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an
unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuing Entity for
payment thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so paid to
the Issuing Entity), 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 direction of the Issuing
Entity 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 the Issuing Entity. The Indenture Trustee shall also adopt
and employ, at the expense of the Issuing Entity, any other
reasonable means of notification of such repayment (including
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).
SECTION 3.4.
Existence
. The Issuing Entity will keep in full effect its existence,
rights and franchises as a statutory trust under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization and will obtain and preserve its
qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and
each other instrument or agreement included in the Trust
Estate.
SECTION 3.5.
Protection of the Trust Estate . The Issuing
Entity will from time to time execute and deliver all such
supplements and amendments hereto and all such financing
statements, continuation statements, instruments of further
assurance and other instruments, and will take such other action
necessary or advisable to:
(i)
maintain or preserve the Lien and security interest (and the
priority thereof) of this Indenture or carry out more effectively
the purposes hereof;
(ii)
perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant
made or to be made by this Indenture;
(iii)
enforce any of the Collateral; or
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(iv)
preserve and defend title to the Trust Estate and the rights of the
Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in such Trust Estate against
the claims of all Persons.
The
Issuing Entity hereby designates the Indenture Trustee as its agent
and attorney-in-fact to execute any financing statement,
continuation statement, instrument of further assurance or other
instrument required to be executed to accomplish the
foregoing.
SECTION 3.6.
Opinions as to the Trust Estate . (a)
On the Closing Date, the Issuing Entity shall furnish to the
Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken or will be
taken with respect to the recording and filing of this Indenture,
any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite
documents, and with respect to the execution and filing of any
financing statements and continuation statements, as are necessary
to perfect and make effective the Lien and security interest
created by this Indenture and reciting the details of such action,
or stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is
necessary to make such Lien and security interest effective.
(b)
On or before April 30 in each calendar year commencing in the
calendar year 2008 the Issuing Entity shall furnish to the
Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to
the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture,
any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite
documents, and with respect to the execution and filing of any
financing statements and continuation statements, as is necessary
to maintain the Lien and security interest of this Indenture and
reciting the details of such action, or stating that in the opinion
of such counsel no such action is necessary to maintain such Lien
and security interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also
describe the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this
Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other
requisite documents, and the execution and filing of any financing
statements, amendments to financing statements and continuation
statements, that will, in the opinion of such counsel, be required
to maintain the Lien and security interest of this Indenture until
April 30 in the following calendar year.
SECTION 3.7.
Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables
.
(a) The Issuing Entity 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 material covenants or
obligations under any instrument or agreement included in the Trust
Estate or that would result in the amendment, hypothecation,
subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity
or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as
expressly provided in this Indenture, the Sale and Servicing
Agreement or such other instrument or agreement.
(b)
The Issuing Entity 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 Issuing Entity shall be deemed
to be action taken by the Issuing Entity. Initially, the
Issuing Entity has contracted with the Servicer and the
Administrator to assist the Issuing Entity in performing its duties
under this Indenture.
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(c)
The Issuing Entity will 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 Trust Estate, including filing or causing to be filed all UCC
financing statements and continuation statements required to be
filed by this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement in
accordance with and within the time periods provided for herein and
therein. Except as otherwise expressly provided therein, the
Issuing Entity shall not waive, amend, modify, supplement or
terminate any Basic Document or any provision thereof without the
consent of the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of at least a
majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes.
(d)
If the Issuing Entity shall have knowledge of the occurrence of a
Servicer Default, the Issuing Entity shall promptly notify the
Indenture Trustee, the Counterparties and the Rating Agencies
thereof, and shall specify in such notice the action, if any, the
Issuing Entity is taking with respect to 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 Issuing
Entity shall take all reasonable steps available to it to remedy
such failure.
(e)
As promptly as possible after the giving of notice of termination
to the Servicer of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant
to Section 8.1 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Backup
Servicer shall become the successor servicer (the “
Successor Servicer ”) (or if there is no Backup
Servicer on such date, then the Issuing Entity shall appoint a
Successor Servicer acceptable to the Indenture Trustee), 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 previous Servicer
ceases to act as Servicer, the Indenture Trustee without further
action shall automatically be appointed as the Successor
Servicer. Notwithstanding the above, the Indenture Trustee
shall, if it is unable to so act, (i) notify the Issuing
Entity of its resignation as Successor Servicer and
(ii) appoint or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to
appoint any established institution, having a net worth of not less
than $50,000,000 and whose regular business shall include the
servicing of equipment receivables as the successor to the Servicer
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement. In accordance with
Section 8.2 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuing
Entity shall enter into an agreement with such Successor Servicer
for the servicing of the Receivables (such agreement to be in form
and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee). If the
Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the previous Servicer’s
duties as servicer of the Receivables as provided herein, it
shall do so in its individual capacity and not in its capacity as
Indenture Trustee and, accordingly, the provisions of
Article VI shall be inapplicable to the Indenture Trustee in
its duties as the Successor Servicer and the servicing of the
Receivables. In case the Indenture Trustee shall become the
Successor Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the
Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to act through or appoint as
Servicer any one of its Affiliates; provided, that it shall be
fully liable for the actions and omissions of such Affiliate in its
capacity as Successor Servicer. Notwithstanding anything else
herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Indenture Trustee be
liable for any servicing fee or for any differential in the amount
of the Servicing Fee paid hereunder and the amount necessary to
induce any successor Servicer to act as Successor Servicer under
this Indenture and the transactions set forth or provided for
herein, or be liable for or be required to make any servicer
advances.
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(f)
Upon any termination of the Servicer’s rights and powers
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuing Entity
shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee and the
Counterparties. As soon as a Successor Servicer is appointed,
the Issuing Entity shall notify the Indenture Trustee and the
Counterparties of such appointment, specifying in such notice the
name and address of such Successor Servicer.
SECTION 3.8.
Negative Covenants . So long as any
Notes are Outstanding, the Issuing Entity shall not:
(i)
except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, the Purchase
Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, sell, transfer,
exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets of
the Issuing Entity, including those included in the Trust Estate,
unless directed to do so by the Indenture Trustee;
(ii)
claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or
interest payable in respect of, the Notes (other than amounts
properly withheld from such payments under the Code or applicable
State law) or assert any claim against any present or former
Noteholder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed
upon any part of the Trust Estate; or
(iii)
(A) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to
be impaired, or permit the Lien of this Indenture to be amended,
hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any
Person to be released from any covenants or obligations with
respect to the Notes under this Indenture except as may be
expressly permitted hereby, (B) permit any Lien (other than
the Lien of this Indenture) to be created on or extend to or
otherwise arise upon or burden the Trust Estate or any part thereof
or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof or (C) permit
the Lien of this Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority
(other than with respect to any tax lien, mechanics’ lien or
other lien not considered a Lien) security interest in the Trust
Estate.
SECTION 3.9.
Annual Statement as to Compliance . The Issuing
Entity will deliver to the Indenture Trustee, within 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Issuing Entity, an
Officer’s Certificate, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B, stating that:
(i)
a review of the activities of the Issuing Entity during such year
and of 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 Issuing Entity has complied with all conditions
and covenants under this Indenture throughout such year or, if
there has been a default in the compliance of any such condition or
covenant, specifying each such default known to such Authorized
Officer and the nature and status thereof.
SECTION 3.10.
Issuing Entity May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain
Terms . (a)
The Issuing Entity shall not consolidate or merge with or into any
other Person, unless:
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(i)
the Person (if other than the Issuing Entity) formed by or
surviving such consolidation or merger shall be a Person organized
and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any
State and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental
hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, 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 on
the part of the Issuing Entity to be performed or observed, all as
provided herein;
(ii)
immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii)
the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect
to such transaction;
(iv)
the Issuing Entity 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 Issuing Entity, 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 Issuing Entity shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating
that such consolidation or merger and such supplemental indenture
comply with this Article III and that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied
with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act).
(b)
Except as permitted by the Basic Documents, the Issuing Entity
shall not convey or transfer any of its properties or assets,
substantially as an entirety, including those included in the Trust
Estate, to any Person, unless:
(i)
the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties
and assets of the Issuing Entity the conveyance or transfer of
which is hereby restricted shall: (A) be a United States
citizen or a Person organized and existing under the laws of the
United States of America or any State, (B) expressly assumes,
by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the
Indenture Trustee, 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 the other Basic Documents on the
part of the Issuing Entity to be performed or observed, all as
provided herein, (C) expressly agrees by means of such
supplemental indenture that all right, title and interest so
conveyed or transferred shall be subject and subordinate to the
rights of Holders of the Notes and the Counterparties,
(D) unless otherwise provided in such supplemental indenture,
expressly agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuing
Entity against and from any loss, liability or expense arising
under or related to this Indenture and the Notes and
(E) expressly agrees
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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;
(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 Issuing Entity 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 Issuing Entity, 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 Issuing Entity shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating
that such conveyance or transfer and such supplemental indenture
comply with this Article III and that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied
with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act).
SECTION 3.11.
Successor or Transferee . (a)
Upon any consolidation or merger of the Issuing Entity in
accordance with Section 3.10(a), the Person formed by or
surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuing
Entity) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise
every right and power of, the Issuing Entity under this Indenture
with the same effect as if such Person had been named as the
Issuing Entity herein.
(b)
Upon a conveyance or transfer of all the assets and properties of
the Issuing Entity pursuant to Section 3.10(b), the Issuing
Entity will be released from every covenant and agreement of this
Indenture to be observed or performed on the part of the Issuing
Entity with respect to the Notes immediately upon the delivery of
written notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Counterparties
stating that the Issuing Entity is to be so released.
SECTION 3.12.
No Other Business . The Issuing
Entity shall not engage in any business other than as permitted in
Section 2.3 of the Trust Agreement
SECTION 3.13.
No Borrowing . The Issuing Entity
shall not issue, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become
liable, directly or indirectly, for any indebtedness except for the
Notes.
SECTION 3.14.
Servicer’s Obligations . The Issuing
Entity shall cause the Servicer to comply with Sections 4.8,
4.9, 4.10, 4.11 and 5.11 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
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SECTION 3.15.
Guarantees, Loans, Advances and
Other Liabilities . Except as
contemplated by the Sale and Servicing Agreement or this Indenture,
the Issuing Entity shall not make any loan or advance or credit to,
or guarantee (directly or indirectly or by an instrument having the
effect of assuring another’s payment or performance on any
obligation or capability of so doing or otherwise), endorse or
otherwise become contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in
connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or own,
purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so)
any stock, obligations, assets or securities of, or any other
interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other
Person.
SECTION 3.16.
Capital Expenditures
. The
Issuing Entity 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 Issuing Entity 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
. The
Issuing Entity 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 Trustee or any owner of a beneficial
interest in the Issuing Entity or otherwise with respect to any
ownership or equity interest or security in or of the Issuing
Entity or to the Servicer or the Administrator, (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 Issuing Entity may make, or cause to be made, distributions to
the Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificateholders and the
Administrator as contemplated by, and to the extent funds are
available for such purpose under, the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. The Issuing Entity will not, directly or
indirectly, make payments to or distributions from the Collection
Account except in accordance with this Indenture and the other
Basic Documents.
SECTION 3.19.
Notice of Events of
Default . The Issuing
Entity shall give the Indenture Trustee, the Counterparties and the
Rating Agencies prompt written notice of each Event of Default
hereunder, each default on the part of the Servicer or the Seller
of its obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and each
default on the part of CNHCA of its obligations under the Purchase
Agreement.
SECTION 3.20.
Further Instruments and
Acts . Upon
request of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuing Entity 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.
Perfection Representation
. The
Issuing Entity further makes all the representations, warranties
and covenants set forth in Schedule P.
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ARTICLE IV
Satisfaction and Discharge
SECTION 4.1.
Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture . This
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the
Notes except as to: (i) rights of registration of
transfer and exchange, (ii) substitution of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (iii) rights of Noteholders
to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon,
(iv) rights of the Counterparties to receive Net Swap Payments
(including interest on any overdue Net Swap Payment) and any Swap
Termination Payment owing to such Counterparties, (v)
Sections 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.8, 3.10, 3.12 and 3.13 ,
(vi) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Indenture
Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee
under Section 6.7 and the obligations of the Indenture
Trustee under Section 4.2 ) and (vii) the rights
of Noteholders and the Counterparties as beneficiaries hereof with
respect to the property so deposited with the Indenture Trustee
payable to all or any of them, and the Indenture Trustee, on demand
of and at the expense of the Issuing Entity, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture with respect to the Notes, when:
(A)
either:
(1)
all Notes theretofore
authenticated and delivered (other than: (i) Notes that
have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or
paid as provided in Section 2.5 and (ii) Notes for
whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or
segregated and held in trust by the Issuing Entity and thereafter
repaid to the Issuing Entity or discharged from such trust, as
provided in Section 3.3 ) have been delivered to the
Indenture Trustee for cancellation; or
(2)
all Notes not theretofore
delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation:
(i)
have become due and
payable,
(ii)
will become due and
payable on the respective Class Final Scheduled Maturity Date
within one year, or
(iii)
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 Issuing
Entity, and the Issuing Entity, in the case of clause (2)(i)
, (ii) or (iii) , has irrevocably deposited or
caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Indenture Trustee cash
or direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United
States of America (which will mature prior to the date such amounts
are payable), in trust for such purpose, in an amount sufficient to
pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not
theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation
when due to the respective Class Final Scheduled Maturity Date
or Redemption Date
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(if Notes shall
have been called for redemption pursuant to
Section 10.1(a) ), as the case may be;
(B)
the Issuing Entity has
paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder
(including amounts due and payable under the Interest Rate Swap
Agreements) by the Issuing Entity; and
(C)
the Issuing Entity has
delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate,
an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA) an Independent
Certificate from a firm of certified public accountants, each
meeting the applicable requirements of
Section 11.1(a) and, subject to
Section 11.2 , each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
SECTION 4.2.
Application of Trust Money
. All
monies deposited with the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it,
in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture,
to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, as the
Indenture Trustee may determine, to the Holders of the particular
Notes for the payment or redemption of which such monies have been
deposited with the Indenture Trustee, of all sums due and to become
due thereon for principal and interest; but such monies need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein or
in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or as required by
law.
SECTION 4.3.
Repayment of Monies Held by Paying
Agent . In
connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
with respect to the Notes, all monies then held by any Paying Agent
other than the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture with respect
to such Notes shall, upon demand of the Issuing Entity, be paid to
the Indenture Trustee to be held and applied according to
Section 3.3 , and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such
monies.
ARTICLE V
Remedies
SECTION 5.1.
Events of Default . “Event of
Default”, wherever used herein, means any one of the
following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and
whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by
operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of
any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(i)
default in the payment of
any interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and
such default shall continue for a period of five days;
(ii)
default in the payment of
the principal of any Note when the same becomes due and
payable;
(iii)
default in the observance
or performance of any covenant or agreement of the Issuing Entity
made in this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement a
default in the observance or performance of which is elsewhere in
this Section specifically dealt
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with), or any
representation or warranty of the Issuing Entity made in this
Indenture or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant
hereto or in connection herewith proving to have been incorrect in
any material respect as of the time when the same shall have been
made, and such default shall continue or not be cured, or the
circumstance or condition in respect of which such
misrepresentation or warranty was incorrect shall not have been
eliminated or otherwise cured, for a period of 30 days after there
shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the
Issuing Entity by the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuing Entity
and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes, a written notice specifying such
default or incorrect representation or warranty and requiring it to
be remedied and stating that such notice is a notice of Default
hereunder;
(iv)
the filing of a decree or
order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in
respect of the Issuing Entity or any substantial part of the Trust
Estate in an involuntary case under any applicable federal or State
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuing Entity or
for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or ordering the
winding-up or liquidation of the Issuing Entity’s affairs,
and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a
period of 60 consecutive days; or
(v)
the commencement by the
Issuing Entity of a voluntary case under any applicable federal or
State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
in effect, or the consent by the Issuing Entity to the entry of an
order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the
consent by the Issuing Entity to the appointment or taking
possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official of the Issuing Entity or for any
substantial part of the Trust Estate, or the making by the Issuing
Entity of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or
the failure by the Issuing Entity generally to pay its debts as
such debts become due, or the taking of action by the Issuing
Entity in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
The
Issuing Entity shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the
Counterparties, within five days after the Issuing Entity or the
Administrator obtains actual knowledge thereof, written notice in
the form of an Officer’s Certificate of any event that, with
the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would become an
Event of Default under clause (iii) , its status and
what action the Issuing Entity is taking or proposes to take with
respect thereto.
SECTION 5.2.
Acceleration of Maturity;
Rescission and Annulment . If an Event
of Default should occur and be continuing, then and in every such
case the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes representing not
less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount may declare all the
Notes to be immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to
the Issuing Entity (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by
Noteholders), and upon any such declaration the Outstanding Amount,
together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date
of acceleration, shall become immediately due and
payable.
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At
any time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity has
been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money
due has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter in
this Article V provided, the Holders of Notes representing not
less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount, by written notice
to the Issuing Entity, the Counterparties and the Indenture
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if:
(i)
the Issuing Entity has
paid or deposited with the Indenture Trustee a sum sufficient to
pay:
(A)
all amounts owed to the
Counterparties under the Interest Rate Swap Agreements, payments of
principal of and interest on all Notes and all other amounts, in
each case, that would then be due hereunder if the Event of Default
giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred; and
(B)
all sums paid or advanced
by the Indenture Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and
its agents and counsel; and
(ii)
all Events of Default,
other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Notes that has
become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived
as provided in Section 5.12 .
No
such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any
right consequent to such default.
SECTION 5.3.
Collection of Indebtedness and
Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee . (a)
The Issuing Entity covenants that if an Event of Default described
in Section 5.1(i) or (ii) occurs,
the Issuing Entity will, upon demand of the Indenture Trustee, pay
to it, for the benefit of the Holders of Notes, the whole amount
then due and payable on such Notes for principal and interest, with
interest upon the overdue principal at the applicable interest
rate, and, to the extent payment at such rate of interest shall be
legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest, at the
applicable interest rate, and in addition thereto such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of
collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents
and counsel.
(b)
In case the Issuing Entity
shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the
Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express
trust, may institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so
due and unpaid, and may prosecute such Proceeding to judgment or
final decree, and may enforce the same against the Issuing Entity
or other obligor upon such Notes and collect in the manner provided
by law out of the property of the Issuing Entity or other obligor
upon such Notes, wherever situated, the monies adjudged or decreed
to be payable.
(c)
In case an Event of
Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, as
more particularly provided in Section 5.4 , in its
discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the
rights of the Noteholders and the Counterparties, by such
appropriate Proceedings as the Indenture Trustee shall deem most
effective to protect and enforce any such
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rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other
proper remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the Indenture
Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
(d)
In case there shall be
pending, relative to the Issuing Entity or any other obligor upon
the Notes or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in
the Trust Estate, Proceedings under Title 11 of the United States
Code or any other applicable federal or State bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee,
trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator
or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken
possession of the Issuing Entity or its property or such other
obligor or Person, or in case of any other comparable judicial
Proceedings relative to the Issuing Entity or other obligor upon
the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Issuing Entity or
such other obligor, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether
the principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein
expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of
whether the Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant
to this Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention
in such Proceedings or otherwise:
(i)
to file and prove a claim
or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and
unpaid in respect of the Notes and to file such other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the
claims of the Indenture Trustee (including any claim for reasonable
compensation to the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor
Indenture Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and
counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities
incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each
predecessor Indenture Trustee, except as a result of negligence or
bad faith) and of the Noteholders allowed in such
Proceedings;
(ii)
unless prohibited by
applicable law or regulations, to vote on behalf of the Holders of
the Notes in any election of a trustee, a standby trustee or any
Person performing similar functions in any such
Proceedings;
(iii)
to collect and receive any
monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims
and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims
of the Noteholders and of the Indenture Trustee on their behalf;
and
(iv)
to file such proofs of
claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee or
the Holders of Notes allowed in any judicial Proceedings relative
to the Issuing Entity, its creditors and its property;
and
any trustee, receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
sequestrator or other similar official in any such Proceeding is
hereby authorized by each of such Noteholders to make payments to
the Indenture Trustee, and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee
shall consent to the making of payments directly to such
Noteholders, to pay to the Indenture Trustee such amounts as shall
be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Indenture
Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective
agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other reasonable expenses
and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture
Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result
of negligence or bad faith.
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(e)
Nothing herein contained
shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to authorize or
consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof
or to authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the
claim of any Noteholder in any such proceeding except, as
aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or
similar Person.
(f)
All rights of action and
of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the
Notes, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the
possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any
trial or other Proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or
Proceedings instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in
its own name and as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery
of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements
and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor
Indenture Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall
be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
(g)
In any Proceedings brought
by the Indenture Trustee (and also any Proceedings involving the
interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the
Indenture Trustee shall be a party), the Indenture Trustee shall be
held to represent all the Holders of the Notes, and it shall not be
necessary to make any Noteholder a party to any such
Proceedings.
SECTION 5.4.
Remedies; Priorities
.
(a) If the Notes have been declared to be due and payable
under Section 5.2 following an Event of Default, the
Indenture Trustee may do one or more of the following (subject to
Section 5.5 ):
(i)
institute Proceedings in
its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the collection
of all amounts then payable on the Notes and to the Counterparties
or under this Indenture with respect thereto, whether by
declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and
collect from the Issuing Entity and any other obligor upon such
Notes monies adjudged due;
(ii)
institute Proceedings from
time to time for the complete or partial foreclosure of this
Indenture with respect to the Trust Estate;
(iii)
exercise any remedies of a
secured party under the UCC and take any other appropriate action
to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Indenture
Trustee, the Counterparties and the Holders of the
Notes;
(iv)
sell the Trust Estate, or
any portion thereof or rights or interest therein, at one or more
public or private sales called and conducted in any manner
permitted by law; and
(v)
make demand upon the
Servicer, by written notice, that the Servicer deliver to the
Indenture Trustee all Receivable Files;
provided
, however , that
the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate the Trust
Estate following an Event of Default, other than an Event of
Default described in Section 5.1(i) or
(ii) ,
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unless: (A) all the Noteholders
consent thereto, (B) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation
distributable to the Noteholders and the Counterparties are
sufficient to discharge in full all amounts then due and unpaid
upon such Notes for principal and interest and under the Interest
Rate Swap Agreements for any Net Swap Payments (including interest
on any overdue Net Swap Payments) and any Swap Termination Payments
or (C) the Indenture Trustee determines that the Trust Estate
will not continue to provide sufficient funds for the payment of
principal of and interest on the Notes as they would have become
due if the Notes had not been declared due and payable, and the
Indenture Trustee obtains the consent of Holders of 66 2/3% of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes. In determining such sufficiency or
insufficiency with respect to clauses (B) and
(C) , the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and
rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or
accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of
such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate
for such purpose. The Indenture Trustee shall incur no
liability as a result of the sale of the Trust Estate or any part
thereof at any sale pursuant to this Section 5.4
conducted in a commercially reasonable manner. Each of the
Issuing Entity and Holders hereby waives any claims against the
Indenture Trustee arising by reason of the fact that the price at
which the Trust Estate may have been sold at such sale was less
than the price that might have been obtained, even if the Indenture
Trustee accepts the first offer received and does not offer the
Trust Estate to more than one offeree, so long as such sale is
conducted in a commercially reasonable manner.
(b)
If the Indenture Trustee
collects any money or property pursuant to this Article V, it
shall pay out such money or property in the following
order:
FIRST
: to pay the Backup
Servicer its accrued and unpaid Backup Servicer Fees;
SECOND : to pay the Servicer its accrued and
unpaid Servicing Fee;
THIRD
: to the Indenture
Trustee for amounts due under Section 6.7 and to the
Trustee for amounts due under Section 8.1 of the Trust
Agreement;
FOURTH : to the Administrator its accrued and
unpaid Administration Fees;
FIFTH
: to the Note
Distribution Account for distribution pursuant to
Section 8.2(e) to the extent of all amounts
payable under such Section, other than any amounts that would be
deposited into the Certificate Distribution Account under such
Section;
SIXTH
: first, to the
Backup Servicer, to cover any accrued and unpaid reimbursable
expenses (including the Backup Servicer Expenses) to the extent
unreimbursed after application of Section 4.12 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement and second to the Servicer, to cover
any accrued and unpaid reimbursable expenses;
SEVENTH : to the Trustee for amounts due to the
Trustee under Article VIII of the Trust Agreement to
the extent not paid under clause THIRD above; and
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EIGHTH : to the Issuing Entity for
distribution to the Certificateholders.
The
Indenture Trustee may fix a special record date and special payment
date for any payment to Noteholders pursuant to this Section.
At least 15 days before such special record date, the Issuing
Entity shall mail to each Noteholder, the Counterparties and the
Indenture Trustee a notice that states the special record date, the
special payment date and the amount to be paid.
SECTION 5.5.
Optional Preservation of the
Receivables . If the
Notes have been declared to be due and payable under
Section 5.2 following an Event of Default, and such
declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and
annulled, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, elect to
maintain possession of the Trust Estate. It is the desire of
the parties hereto and the Noteholders that there be at all times
sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and interest on
the Notes, and the Indenture Trustee shall take such desire into
account when determining whether or not to maintain possession of
the Trust Estate. In determining whether to maintain
possession of the Trust Estate, the Indenture Trustee may, but need
not, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment
banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the
feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of
the Trust Estate for such purpose.
SECTION 5.6.
Limitation of Suits
. No
Holder of any Note shall have any right to institute any
Proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture,
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless:
(i)
such Holder has previously
given written notice to the Indenture Trustee of a continuing Event
of Default;
(ii)
the Holder(s) of not
less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes have made
written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute such
Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as
Indenture Trustee hereunder;
(iii)
such Holder(s) have
offered to the Indenture Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it
against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
complying with such request;
(iv)
the Indenture Trustee for
60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity has failed to institute such Proceeding; and
(v)
no direction inconsistent
with such written request has been given to the Indenture Trustee
during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes;
it
being understood and intended that no one or more Holder(s) of
Notes shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or
by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb
or prejudice the rights of any other Holder(s) of Notes or to
obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other
Holder(s) or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except
in the manner herein provided.
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In
the event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or
inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of
Noteholders, each representing less than a majority of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the Indenture Trustee in its sole
discretion may determine what action, if any, shall be taken,
notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture.
SECTION 5.7.
Unconditional Rights of
Noteholders To Receive Principal and Interest .
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the Holder
of any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest,
if any, on such Note on or after the respective due dates thereof
expressed in such Note or in this Indenture (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date) and to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not
be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 5.8.
Restoration of Rights and
Remedies . If the
Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding
to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such
Proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or has
been determined adversely to the Indenture Trustee or to such
Noteholder, then and in every such case the Issuing Entity, the
Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall, subject to any
determination in such Proceeding, be restored severally and
respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter
all rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the
Noteholders shall continue as though no such Proceeding had been
instituted.
SECTION 5.9.
Rights and Remedies
Cumulative . No right or
remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee
or to the Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other
right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other
right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at
law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of
any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right
or remedy.
SECTION 5.10.
Delay or Omission Not a
Waiver . No delay or
omission of the Indenture Trustee or any Holder of Notes to
exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Default or Event of
Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or an acquiescence
therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or
by law to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed
expedient, by the Indenture Trustee or by the Noteholders, as the
case may be.
SECTION 5.11.
Control by Noteholders
. The
Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of
the Notes shall have the right to direct the time, method and place
of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the
Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes or exercising any trust
or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee; provided ,
that:
(i)
such direction shall not
be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture;
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(ii)
subject to the express
terms of Section 5.4 , any direction
to the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate
shall be by all the Noteholders;
(iii)
if the conditions set
forth in Section 5.5 have been
satisfied and the Indenture Trustee elects to retain the Trust
Estate pursuant to such Section, then any direction to the
Indenture Trustee by Holders of Notes representing less than 100%
of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes to sell or liquidate the
Trust Estate shall be of no force and effect; and
(iv)
the Indenture Trustee may
take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture Trustee that
is not inconsistent with such direction;
provided
further ,
however , that, subject to Section 6.1 , the Indenture
Trustee need not take any action that it determines might involve
it in liability or might materially adversely affect the rights of
any Noteholder(s) not consenting to such action.
SECTION 5.12.
Waiver of Past Defaults
.
Prior to the time a judgment or decree for payment of money due has
been obtained as described in Section 5.3 , the Holders
of Notes of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of
the Notes may waive any past Default or Event of Default and its
consequences except a Default: (a) in payment of
principal of or interest on any of the Notes or (b) in respect
of a covenant or provision hereof that cannot be modified or
amended without the consent of the Holder of each Note. In
the case of any such waiver, the Issuing Entity, the Indenture
Trustee and the Holders of the Notes shall be restored to their
former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of
Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease
to exist and be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred,
and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have
been cured and not to have occurred, for every purpose of this
Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 5.13.
Undertaking for Costs
. All
parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by
such Holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have
agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit
for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or
in any suit against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it as Indenture Trustee, the filing by any
party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of
such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess
reasonable costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the
merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party
litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply
to: (a) any suit instituted by the Indenture Trustee,
(b) any suit instituted by any Noteholder(s) holding in
the aggregate more than 10% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes
or (c) any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the
enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Note
on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note and in
this Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date).
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SECTION 5.14.
Waiver of Stay or Extension
Laws . The Issuing
Entity covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it
will not at any time insist upon, or plead or in any manner
whatsoever, claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or
extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in
force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and the Issuing Entity (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of
any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or
impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Indenture
Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 5.15.
Action on Notes . The Indenture
Trustee’s right to seek and recover judgment on the Notes or
under this Indenture shall not be affected by the seeking,
obtaining or application of any other relief under or with respect
to this Indenture. Neither the Lien of this Indenture nor any
rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders
shall be impaired by the recovery of any judgment by the Indenture
Trustee against the Issuing Entity or by the levy of any execution
under such judgment upon any portion of the Trust Estate or upon
any of the assets of the Issuing Entity. Any money or property
collected by the Indenture Trustee shall be applied in accordance
with Section 5.4(b) .
SECTION 5.16.
Performance and Enforcement of
Certain Obligations . (a)
Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so
and at the Administrator’s expense, the Issuing Entity shall
take all such lawful action as the Indenture Trustee may request to
compel or secure the performance and observance by the Seller and
the Servicer, as applicable, of each of their obligations to the
Issuing Entity under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing
Agreement or to the Seller under or in connection with the Purchase
Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof, and to exercise any
and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available
to the Issuing Entity under or in connection with the Sale and
Servicing Agreement (or the Seller under or in connection with the
Purchase Agreement) to the extent and in the manner directed by the
Indenture Trustee, including the transmission of notices of default
on the part of the Seller or the Servicer thereunder and the
institution of legal or administrative actions or proceedings to
compel or secure performance by the Seller or the Servicer of each
of their obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the
Purchase Agreement.
(b)
If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Indenture Trustee may, and at the direction (which direction shall
be in writing) of the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes shall, exercise all rights,
remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuing Entity
against the Seller or the Servicer under or in connection with the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, including the right or power to take
any action to compel or secure performance or observance by the
Seller or the Servicer of each of their obligations to the Issuing
Entity thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice,
direction, approval, extension or waiver under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, and any right of the Issuing Entity to take
such action shall be suspended.
(c)
If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Indenture Trustee may, and at the direction (which direction shall
be in writing) of the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes shall, exercise all rights,
remedies,
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powers, privileges and claims of the Seller
against CNHCA under or in connection with the Purchase Agreement,
including the right or power to take any action to compel or secure
performance or observance by CNHCA, of each of its obligations to
the Seller thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice,
direction, approval, extension or waiver under the Purchase
Agreement, and any right of the Seller to take such action shall be
suspended.
ARTICLE VI
The Indenture Trustee
SECTION 6.1.
Duties of the Indenture
Trustee . (a)
If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Indenture Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it
by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in
their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own
affairs.
(b)
Except during the continuance of an Event of Default actually known
to a Responsible Officer:
(i)
the Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only
such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture
against the Indenture Trustee; and
(ii)
in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Indenture Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture; provided , however ,
in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any
provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the
Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall examine the
certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform
to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c)
The Indenture Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its
own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own
willful misconduct, except that:
(i)
this clause (c) does not limit the effect of clause
(b) of this Section;
(ii)
the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is
conclusively determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that
the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts;
(iii)
the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
direction received by it pursuant to the Indenture;
(iv)
the Indenture Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of an
Event of Default or Servicer Default unless a Responsible Officer
obtains actual knowledge of such event or the Indenture Trustee
receives written notice of such event from the Seller,
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Servicer or Note Owners
owning Notes aggregating not less than 10% of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes; and
(v)
the Indenture Trustee shall have no duty to monitor the performance
of the Issuing Entity, the Trustee, the Seller or the Servicer, nor
shall it have any liability in connection with malfeasance or
nonfeasance by the Issuing Entity, the Trustee, the Seller or the
Servicer. The Indenture Trustee shall have no liability in
connection with compliance of the Issuing Entity, the Trustee, the
Seller or the Servicer with statutory or regulatory requirements
related to the Receivables. The Indenture Trustee shall not
make or be deemed to have made any representations or warranties
with respect to the Receivables or the validity or sufficiency of
any assignment of the Receivables to the Trust Estate or the
Indenture Trustee.
(d)
Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the
Indenture Trustee is subject to clauses (a), (b), (c)
and (g) .
(e)
The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money
received by it except as the Indenture Trustee may agree in writing
with the Issuing Entity.
(f)
Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law, this
Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
(g)
No provision of this Indenture shall require the Indenture Trustee
to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in
the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have
reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability
or expense is not reasonably assured to it.
(h)
Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or
affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Indenture
Trustee shall be subject to this Section and the TIA.
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SECTION 6.2.
Rights of Indenture
Trustee . (a)
The Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully
protected in acting on any document reasonably believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
Person. The Indenture Trustee need not investigate any fact
or matter stated in any such document.
(b)
Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of
Counsel. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the
Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c)
The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents, attorneys, a custodian or a nominee, and the
Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of, any such
agent, attorney, custodian or nominee appointed with due care by
it.
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(d)
The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes
or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or
within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Indenture
Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct,
negligence or bad faith.
(e)
The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or
opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this
Indenture and the Notes shall be full and complete authorization
and protection from liability in respect to any action taken,
omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance
with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(f)
The Indenture Trustee shall not be required to make any initial or
periodic examination of any files or records related to the
Receivables for the purpose of establishing the presence or absence
of defects, the compliance by the Issuing Entity with its
representations and warranties or for any other purpose.
(g)
In the event that the Indenture Trustee is also acting as Paying
Agent or Note Registrar hereunder, the rights and protections
afforded to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Article VI shall also be afforded to the Indenture
Trustee in its capacity as such Paying Agent or Note
Registrar.
SECTION 6.3.
Individual Rights of the Indenture
Trustee . The
Indenture Trustee shall not, in its individual capacity, but may in
a fiduciary capacity, become the owner of Notes or otherwise extend
credit to the Issuing Entity. The Indenture Trustee may
otherwise deal with the Issuing Entity or its Affiliates with the
same rights it would have if it were not the Indenture
Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Note Registrar, co-registrar or
co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, the
Indenture Trustee must comply with Sections 6.11 and
6.12 .
SECTION 6.4.
Indenture Trustee’s
Disclaimer . The
Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for, and makes no
representation as to the validity or adequacy of, this Indenture or
the Notes; shall not be accountable for the Issuing Entity’s
use of the proceeds from the Notes; and shall not be responsible
for any statement of the Issuing Entity in this Indenture or in any
document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the
Notes other than the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of
authentication.
SECTION 6.5.
Notice of Defaults
. If a
Default occurs and is continuing and is known to a Responsible
Officer, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to the Counterparties and
each Noteholder notice of the Default within 90 days after it
occurs. Except in the case of a Default in payment of
principal of or interest on any Note (including payments pursuant
to the mandatory redemption provisions of such Note), the Indenture
Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of
its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding
the notice is in the interests of Noteholders and the
Counterparties.
SECTION 6.6.
Reports by Indenture Trustee to
the Holders . The
Indenture Trustee shall deliver to each Noteholder such information
as may be required to enable such Holder to prepare its federal,
State and other income tax returns. Within 60 days after
each
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December 31, starting with
December 31, 2008, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each
Noteholder a brief report as of such December 31 that complies
with TIA § 313(a) (if required by said
section).
SECTION 6.7.
Compensation and Indemnity
. The
Issuing Entity shall, or shall cause the Servicer to, pay to the
Indenture Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its
services as agreed to between the Issuing Entity and the Indenture
Trustee in writing. The Indenture Trustee’s
compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a
trustee of an express trust. The Issuing Entity shall, or
shall cause the Servicer to, reimburse the Indenture Trustee for
all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it,
including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for
its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable
compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Indenture Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and
experts. The Issuing Entity shall or shall cause the Servicer
to indemnify the Indenture Trustee and its officers, directors,
employees and agents against any and all loss, liability or expense
(including attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by them in
connection with the administration of this trust and the
performance of its duties hereunder. The Indenture Trustee
shall notify the Issuing Entity and the Servicer promptly of any
claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the
Indenture Trustee to so notify the Issuing Entity and the Servicer
shall not relieve the Issuing Entity or the Servicer of its
respective obligations hereunder. The Issuing Entity shall,
or shall cause the Servicer to, defend the claim and the Indenture
Trustee may have separate counsel and the Issuing Entity shall, or
shall cause the Servicer to, pay the reasonable fees and expenses
of such counsel. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, neither the Issuing Entity nor the Servicer need
reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or
expense incurred by the Indenture Trustee through the Indenture
Trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad
faith.
The
Issuing Entity’s payment obligations to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to this Section shall survive the discharge of this
Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Indenture
Trustee. When the Indenture Trustee incurs expenses after the
occurrence of a Default specified in
Section 5.1(iv) or (v) , the expenses are
intended to constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of
the United States Code or any other applicable federal or State
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
SECTION 6.8.
Replacement of the Indenture
Trustee . No
resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and no appointment
of a successor Indenture Trustee shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Indenture Trustee
pursuant to this Section 6.8 . The Indenture
Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Issuing Entity
in writing. The Holders of not less than a majority of the
Outstanding Amount of the Notes may remove the Indenture Trustee by
so notifying the Indenture Trustee in writing and may appoint a
successor Indenture Trustee. The Issuing Entity shall remove
the Indenture Trustee if:
(i)
the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11
;
(ii)
the Indenture Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or
insolvent;
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(iii)
a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Indenture
Trustee or its property; or
(iv)
the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of
acting.
If
the Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists
in the office of Indenture Trustee for any reason (the Indenture
Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring
Indenture Trustee), the Issuing Entity shall promptly appoint a
successor Indenture Trustee.
A
successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of
its appointment to the retiring Indenture Trustee and to the
Issuing Entity. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the
retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective, and the
successor Indenture Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and
duties of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture. The
successor Indenture Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession
to the Counterparties and the Noteholders. The retiring Indenture
Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as
Indenture Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee.
If
a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 60 days
after the retiring Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed, the
retiring Indenture Trustee, the Issuing Entity or the Holders of
not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor Indenture Trustee.
If
the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11
, any Noteholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a
successor Indenture Trustee.
Notwithstanding the replacement of the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Issuing
Entity’s and the Administrator’s obligations under
Section 6.7 shall continue for the benefit of the
retiring Indenture Trustee. The retiring Indenture Trustee
shall have no liability for any act or omission by any successor
Indenture Trustee other than itself, serving again as Indenture
Trustee.
SECTION 6.9.
Successor Indenture Trustee by
Merger . If the
Indenture Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or
assets to, another corporation or banking association, the
resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further
act shall be the successor Indenture Trustee. The Indenture
Trustee shall provide the Rating Agencies, the Counterparties and
the Issuing Entity prompt written notice of any such transaction
following the consummation thereof; provided, that such corporation
or banking association shall be otherwise qualified and eligible
under Section 6.11 .
In
case at the time such successor(s) by merger, conversion or
consolidation to the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the trusts
created by this Indenture any of the Notes shall have been
authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the
Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of
any predecessor Indenture Trustee, and deliver such Notes so
authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not
have been authenticated, any successor to the Indenture Trustee may
authenticate such Notes either in the name of any
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predecessor Indenture Trustee hereunder or in
the name of the successor to the Indenture Trustee; and in all such
cases such certificates of authentication shall have the full force
and effect to the same extent given to the certificate of
authentication of the Indenture Trustee anywhere in the Notes or in
this Indenture.
SECTION 6.10.
Appointment of Co-Trustee or
Separate Trustee . (a)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any
time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any
jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Estate may at the time
be located, the Indenture Trustee shall have the power and may
execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more
Person(s) to act as co-trustee(s), or separate trustee(s), of
all or any part of the Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person(s),
in such capacity and for the benefit of the Noteholders, such title
to the Trust Estate, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other
provisions of this Section, such powers, duties, obligations,
rights and trusts as the Indenture Trustee may consider necessary
or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder
shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor
trustee under Section 6.11 and no notice to Noteholders
of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be
required under Section 6.8 .
(b)
Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following
provisions and conditions:
(i)
all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed
upon the Indenture Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and
exercised or performed by the Indenture Trustee and such separate
trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such
separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately
without the Indenture Trustee joining in such act), except to the
extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any
particular act(s) are to be performed, the Indenture Trustee
shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act(s), in
which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including
the holding of title to the Trust Estate or any portion thereof in
any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by
such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of
the Indenture Trustee;
(ii)
no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any
act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and
(iii)
the Indenture Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or
remove, in its sole discretion, any separate trustee or
co-trustee.
(c)
Any notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee
shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate
trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of
them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or
co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions of this
Article VI . Each separate trustee and
co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be
vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of
appointment, either jointly with the Indenture Trustee or
separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the
provisions of this Indenture, specifically including every
provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting
the liability of, or affording
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protection to, the Indenture Trustee.
Every such instrument shall be filed with the Indenture
Trustee.
(d)
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the
Indenture Trustee as its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power
and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any
lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and
in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die,
become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its
estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and
be exercised by the Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by
law, without the appointment of a new or successor
trustee.
(e)
The Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation to determine whether
a co-trustee or separate trustee is legally required in any
jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Estate may be
located.
SECTION 6.11.
Eligibility;
Disqualification . The
Indenture Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of
TIA § 310(a) and, upon Issuing Entity Order,
Section 26(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended. The Indenture Trustee shall have a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its
most recent published annual report of condition and it shall have
a long term senior, unsecured debt rating of “Baa3” or
better by Moody’s (or, if not rated by Moody’s, a
comparable rating by another statistical rating agency). The
Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b), including
the optional provision permitted by the second sentence of TIA
§ 310(b)(9); provided , however , that there
shall be excluded from the operation of TIA §
310(b)(1) any indenture(s) under which other securities
of the Issuing Entity are outstanding if the requirements for such
exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are
met.
If
a default occurs under this Indenture, and the Indenture Trustee is
deemed to have a conflicting interest as a result of acting as
trustee for both (1) the Class A Notes and (2) the
Class B Notes, a successor Indenture Trustee shall be
appointed for one or more of such Classes, so that there will be
separate Indenture Trustees for the Class A Notes and the
Class B Notes, respectively. No such event shall alter
the voting rights of the Class A Noteholders or the
Class B Noteholders under this Indenture or any other Basic
Document. However, so long as any amounts remain unpaid with
respect to the Class A Notes, only the Indenture Trustee for
the Class A Noteholders will have the right to exercise
remedies under this Indenture (but subject to the express
provisions of Section 5.4 and to the right of the
Class B Noteholders to receive their respective shares of any
proceeds of enforcement, subject to the subordination of the
Class B Notes to the Class A Notes as described
herein). Upon repayment of the Class A Notes in full,
but so long as any amounts remain unpaid with respect to the
Class B Notes, only the Indenture Trustee for the Class B
Noteholders will have the right to exercise remedies under this
Indenture (but subject to the express provisions of
Section 5.4 ).
In
the case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Indenture
Trustee with respect to any Class of Notes, the Issuing
Entity, the retiring Indenture Trustee and the successor Indenture
Trustee with respect to such Class of Notes shall execute and
deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein the each successor
Indenture Trustee shall accept such appointment and which
(i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or
desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to
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vest in, the successor Indenture Trustee all
the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Indenture
Trustee with respect to the Notes of the Class to which the
appointment of such successor Indenture Trustee relates,
(ii) if the retiring Indenture Trustee is not retiring with
respect to all Classes of Notes, shall contain such provisions as
shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Indenture Trustee
with respect to the Notes of each Class as to which the
retiring Indenture Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be
vested in the retiring Indenture Trustee, and (iii) shall add
to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the
trusts hereunder by more than one Indenture Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture
shall constitute such Indenture Trustees co-trustees of the same
trust and that each such Indenture Trustee shall be trustee of a
trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or
trusts hereunder administered by any other such Indenture Trustee;
and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture
the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall
become effective to the extent provided therein.
SECTION 6.12.
Preferential Collection of Claims
Against the Issuing Entity . The
Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA § 311(a), excluding
any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). An
Indenture Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject
to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated.
SECTION 6.13.
Information to Be Provided by the
Indenture Trustee . At any time
when the Issuing Entity’s reporting obligations under
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act are not
suspended, the Indenture Trustee shall notify the Servicer promptly
after the Indenture Trustee becomes aware of (a) the
initiation of any legal proceedings against the Indenture Trustee,
or of which any property of the Indenture Trustee is subject, that
are material to the Noteholders, (b) any developments in any
such proceedings that are material to the Noteholders and
(c) any such material proceedings that are contemplated by any
governmental authority against the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION 6.14.
Representations and
Warranties . The
Indenture Trustee hereby represents that:
(a)
the Indenture Trustee is duly organized and validly existing as a
national banking corporation in good standing under the laws of the
United States with power and authority to own its properties and to
conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and
such business is presently conducted;
(b)
the Indenture Trustee has the power and authority to execute and
deliver this Indenture and to carry out its terms; and the
execution, delivery and performance of this Indenture have been
duly authorized by the Indenture Trustee by all necessary corporate
action;
(c)
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Indenture
and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with,
result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default
under the articles of association or bylaws of the Indenture
Trustee or any material agreement or other instrument to which the
Indenture Trustee is a party or by which it is bound;
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(d)
to best of the Indenture Trustee’s knowledge, there are no
proceedings or investigations pending or threatened before any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Indenture Trustee or
its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this
Indenture, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of
the transactions contemplated by this Indenture or
(iii) seeking any determination or ruling that might
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Indenture
Trustee of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability
of, this Indenture; and
(e)
as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement, the Preliminary
Prospectus Date, the Prospectus Date and the Closing Date, there
are no legal proceedings pending against the Indenture Trustee, or
of which any property of the Indenture Trustee is subject, that are
material to the Noteholders, and no such legal proceedings are
known to the Indenture Trustee to be contemplated by any
governmental authority against the Indenture Trustee that are
material to the Noteholders.
ARTICLE VII
Noteholders’ Lists and Reports
SECTION 7.1.
Issuing Entity To Furnish
Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders . The
Issuing Entity will furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Indenture Trustee: (a) not more than five days after the
earlier of: (i) each Record Date and (ii) three
months after the last Record Date, a list, in such form as the
Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and
addresses of the Holders of Notes as of such Record Date, and
(b) at such other times as the Indenture Trustee may request
in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Issuing Entity of
any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date
not more than 10 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
provided, however, that so long as the Indenture Trustee is the
Note Registrar, no such list shall be required to be
furnished.
SECTION 7.2.
Preservation of Information;
Communications to Noteholders . (a)
The Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of the Holders of
Notes contained in the most recent list furnished to the Indenture
Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 and the names and
addresses of Holders of Notes received by the Indenture Trustee in
its capacity as Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may destroy
any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.1
upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b)
Three or more Noteholders, or one or more Holder(s) of Notes
evidencing at least 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, may
communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other
Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or
under the Notes.
(c)
The Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar
shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).
SECTION 7.3.
Reports by Issuing Entity
.
(a) The Issuing Entity shall:
(i)
file with the Indenture Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuing
Entity is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of
the annual reports and of the information, documents and other
reports (or copies of such portions of any of the
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foregoing as the
Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations
prescribe) that the Issuing Entity may be required to file with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act;
(ii)
file with the Commission, in accordance with the rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to
compliance by the Issuing Entity with the conditions and covenants
of this Indenture (with a copy of any such filings being delivered
promptly to the Indenture Trustee); and
(iii)
supply to the Indenture Trustee (and the Indenture Trustee shall
transmit by mail to all Noteholders described in TIA § 313(c))
such summaries of any information, documents and reports required
to be filed by the Issuing Entity pursuant to clauses
(i) and (ii) as may be required by the
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission.
(b)
Unless the Issuing Entity otherwise determines, the fiscal year of
the Issuing Entity shall end on December 31 of each
year.
SECTION 7.4.
Required Filings . In no event shall
the Indenture Trustee or any agent of the Indenture Trustee be
obligated or responsible for preparing, executing, filing or
delivering in respect of the Trust Estate or on behalf of another
person, either (A) any report or filing required or permitted
by the SEC to be prepared, executed, filed or delivered by or in
respect of the Trust Estate or another person, or (B) any
certification in respect of any such report or filing; in either
case, other than as required expressly herein or in the other Basic
Documents.
ARTICLE VIII
Accounts, Disbursements and Releases
SECTION 8.1.
Collection of Money
. Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee may
demand payment or delivery of, and shall receive and collect,
directly and without intervention or assistance of any fiscal agent
or other intermediary, all money and other property payable to or
receivable by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Indenture. The Indenture Trustee shall apply all such money
received by it as provided in this Indenture. Except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Indenture, if any default occurs in the
making of any payment or performance under any agreement or
instrument that is part of the Collateral and the Trust Estate, the
Indenture Trustee may take such action as may be appropriate to
enforce such payment or performance, including the institution and
prosecution of appropriate Proceedings. Any such action shall
be without prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of
Default under this Indenture and any right to proceed thereafter as
provided in Article V .
SECTION 8.2.
Trust Accounts . (a) On or
prior to the Closing Date, the Issuing Entity shall cause the
Servicer to establish and maintain, in the name of the Indenture
Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders, the Certificateholders
and the Counterparties, the Trust Accounts as provided in
Section 5.1 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
(b)
On or before each Payment Date, the Total Distribution Amount with
respect to the preceding Collection Period will be deposited in the
Collection Account as
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provided in Section 5.2 of the Sale
and Servicing Agreement. On or before each Payment Date, the
First Principal Payment Amount and Noteholders’ Distributable
Amount with respect to the preceding Collection Period will be
transferred to the Note Distribution Account as provided in
Sections 5.5 and 5.6 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.
(c)
On each Payment Date and Redemption Date prior to an Event of
Default and acceleration of the Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall
deposit or distribute all amounts on deposit in the Note
Distribution Account to the Noteholders and the Counterparties in
the following amounts and in the following order of
priority:
(i)
to the Counterparties for any due and unpaid Net Swap Payments due
to them under the Interest Rate Swap Agreements (including interest
on any overdue Net Swap Payments), if any, ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, according to the amount due
under each Interest Rate Swap Agreement as Net Swap Payments
(including interest on any overdue Net Swap Payments);
(ii)
with the same priority and ratably in proportion to the Outstanding
Amount of the Class A Notes and the amounts due under
clause (y) of this Section 8.2(c)(ii) , to
(x) the Class A Noteholders, the Class Interest
Amount for each Class of Class A Notes; provided, that if
there are not sufficient funds in the Note Distribution Account to
pay the entire amount of accrued and unpaid interest then due on
such Notes, the amount in the Note Distribution Account shall be
applied to the payment of such interest on such Notes pro rata on
the basis of the total such interest due on such Notes, and
(y) the Counterparties, any Priority Swap Termination Payments
due to them under the Class A Swap Agreements, ratably,
without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due to each as Priority Swap Termination Payments under the
Class A Swap Agreements; provided, that if any money or
property remains after making the payments required by the
immediately preceding clause (x) or (y) , such
money or property shall be used to pay any remaining amounts due
and payable under this Section 8.2(c)(ii) before
any such money or property shall be distributed pursuant to
Sections 8.2(c)(iii) through (viii)
;
(iii)
to the Class A Noteholders, an amount equal to the First
Principal Payment Amount in the following order of
priority:
(A)
to the A-1 Noteholders,
until the Outstanding principal balance of the A-1 Notes is reduced
to zero;
(B)
to the A-2 Noteholders,
until the Outstanding principal balance of the A-2 Notes is reduced
to zero;
(C)
to the A-3 Noteholders,
until the Outstanding principal balance of the A-3 Notes is reduced
to zero;
(D)
to the A-4a Noteholders
and the A-4b Noteholders, pro rata based upon the Outstanding
principal balance of the A-4a Notes and the A-4b Notes, until the
Outstanding principal balance of the A-4a Notes and the A-4b Notes
are reduced to zero;
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(iv)
to the Class B Noteholders, the Class Interest Amount for
the Class B Notes;
(v)
to the Class A Noteholders, for payment of principal, in the
following order of priority:
(A)
to the A-1 Noteholders, until the Outstanding principal balance of
the A-1 Notes is reduced to zero;
(B)
to the A-2 Noteholders, until the Outstanding principal balance of
the A-2 Notes is reduced to zero;
(C)
to the A-3 Noteholders, until the Outstanding principal balance of
the A-3 Notes is reduced to zero;
(D)
to the A-4a Noteholders and the A-4b Noteholders, pro rata based on
the Outstanding principal balance of the A-4a Notes and the A-4b
Notes, until the Outstanding principal balance of the A-4a Notes
and the A-4b Notes are reduced to zero;
(vi)
to the Class B Noteholders, for payment of principal, until
the Outstanding principal balance of the Class B Notes is
reduced to zero;
(vii)
to the Counterparties, any Swap Termination Payments due to them
under the Class A Swap Agreements to the extent not paid
pursuant to clause (ii) above, ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due to
each as Class A Swap Termination Payments under the
Class A Swap Agreements; and
(viii)
thereafter, any excess shall be deposited in the Certificate
Distribution Account.
(d)
On the A-1 Note Final Scheduled Maturity Date, the Indenture
Trustee shall distribute to the Class A-1 Noteholders, from
the amount available in the Note Distribution Account, an amount
equal to the sum of (i) the aggregate accrued and unpaid
interest on the Class A-1 Notes as of the A-1 Note Final
Scheduled Maturity Date, and (ii) the amount necessary to
reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes
to zero.
(e)
On each Payment Date and Redemption Date, after an Event of Default
and acceleration of the Notes (and, if any Notes remain outstanding
after the Final Scheduled Maturity Date), the Indenture Trustee
shall distribute all amounts on deposit in the Note Distribution
Account to the Noteholders and the Counterparties in the following
amounts and in the following order of priority:
(i)
to the Counterparties for any due and unpaid Net Swap Payments due
to them under the Interest Rate Swap Agreements (including interest
on any overdue Net Swap Payments), if any, ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, according to the amount due
under each Interest Rate Swap Agreement as Net Swap Payments
(including interest on any overdue Net Swap Payments);
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(ii)
with the same priority and ratably in proportion to the Outstanding
Amount of the Class A Notes and the amounts due under
clause (y) of this Section 8.2(e)(ii) , to
(x) Class A Noteholders, the Class Interest Amount
for each Class of Class A Notes; provided , that if
there are not sufficient funds in the Note Distribution Account to
pay the entire amount of accrued and unpaid interest then due on
such Notes, the amount in the Note Distribution Account shall be
applied to the payment of such interest on such Notes pro rata on
the basis of the total such interest due on such Notes and
(y) the Counterparties, any Priority Swap Termination Payments
due to them under the Class A Swap Agreements, ratably,
without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due to each as Priority Swap Termination Payments under the
Class A Swap Agreements; provided, that if any money or
property remains after making the payments required by the
immediately preceding clause (x) , such money or property
shall be used to pay any remaining Priority Swap Termination
Payments due and payable under the Class A Swap Agreements
before any such money or property shall be distributed pursuant to
Sections 8.2(e)(iii) through (vii) ;
(iii)
to the Class A Noteholders, for payment of principal, ratably,
according to the amounts due and payable on each Class of
Class A Notes for principal, without preference or priority of
any kind, until the Outstanding principal balance of each
Class of Class A Notes has been reduced to
zero;
(iv)
to the Class B Noteholders, the Class Interest Amount for
the Class B Notes;
(v)
to the Class B Noteholders, for payment of principal, until
the Outstanding principal balance of the Class B Notes is
reduced to zero;
(vi)
to the Counterparties, any Swap Termination Payments due to them
under the Class A Swap Agreements to the extent not paid
pursuant to clause (ii) above, ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due to
each as Class A Swap Termination Payments under the
Class A Swap Agreements; and
(vii)
thereafter, any excess shall be deposited in the Certificate
Distribution Account.
SECTION 8.3.
General Provisions Regarding
Accounts . (a) So long as no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all or a portion
of the funds in the Trust Accounts shall be invested in Eligible
Investments and reinvested by the Indenture Trustee upon Issuing
Entity Order, subject to the provisions of
Section 5.1(b) of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. All income or other gain from investments of
monies deposited in the Trust Accounts shall be deposited by the
Indenture Trustee in the Collection Account, and any loss or
expenses resulting from such investments shall be charged to such
account. The Issuing Entity will not direct the Indenture
Trustee to make any investment of any funds or to sell any
investment held in any of the Trust Accounts unless the security
interest granted and perfected in such account will continue to be
perfected in such investment or the proceeds of such sale, in
either case without any further action by any Person, and, in
connection with any direction to the
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Indenture Trustee to make any such investment
or sale, if requested by the Indenture Trustee, the Issuing Entity
shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
such effect.
(b)
Subject to Section 6.1(c) , the Indenture Trustee shall
not in any way be held liable for the selection of Eligible
Investments or by reason of any insufficiency in any of the Trust
Accounts resulting from any loss on any Eligible Investment
included therein, except for losses attributable to the Indenture
Trustee’s failure to make payments on such Eligible
Investments issued by the Indenture Trustee, in its commercial
capacity as principal obligor and not as trustee, in accordance
with their terms; provided, however, that the limitation to the
Indenture Trustee’s liability does not extend to any actions
constituting willful misconduct, negligence or bad
faith.
(c)
If (i) the Issuing Entity shall have failed to give investment
directions for any funds on deposit in the Trust Accounts to the
Indenture Trustee by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) (or such
other time as may be agreed by the Issuing Entity and the Indenture
Trustee) on any Business Day; or (ii) a Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the
Notes but the Notes shall not have been declared due and payable
pursuant to Section 5.2 , or, if such Notes shall have
been declared due and payable following an Event of Default, but
amounts collected or receivable from the Trust Estate are being
applied in accordance with Section 5.4(b) as if
there had not been such a declaration; then the Indenture Trustee
shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and reinvest funds
in the Trust Accounts in the Eligible Investments identified in
clause (d) of the definition of Eligible
Investments.
SECTION 8.4.
Release of Trust Estate
. (a) Subject to the payment of its fees and expenses
pursuant to Section 6.7 , the Indenture Trustee may,
and when required by this Indenture shall, execute instruments to
release property from the Lien of this Indenture, or convey the
Indenture Trustee’s interest in the same, in a manner and
under circumstances that are not inconsistent with this
Indenture. No party relying upon an instrument executed by
the Indenture Trustee as provided in this Article shall be
bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee’s authority, inquire
into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the
application of any monies.
(b)
The Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes
Outstanding and all sums due to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
Section 6.7 and the Counterparties under the Interest
Rate Swap Agreements have been paid, release any remaining portion
of the Trust Estate that secured the Notes from the Lien of this
Indenture and release to the Issuing Entity or any other Person
entitled thereto any funds then on deposit in the Trust
Accounts. The Indenture Trustee shall release property from
the Lien of this Indenture pursuant to this paragraph only upon
receipt of an Issuing Entity Request accompanied by an
Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel, and (if
required by the TIA) Independent Certificates in accordance with
TIA §§ 314(c) and 314(d)(1) meeting the
applicable requirements of Section 11.1 or an Opinion
of Counsel in lieu of such Independent Certificates to the effect
that the TIA does not require an
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