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Exhibit 4.1 EXECUTION COPY HONDA AUTO RECEIVABLES 2008-2
OWNER TRUST,
as Issuer, and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Indenture Trustee INDENTURE Dated as of December 1,
2008
CROSS REFERENCE TABLE*
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TIA Section
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Indenture Section
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310
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(a)(1)
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6.11
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(a)(2)
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6.11
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(a)(3)
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6.10; 6.11
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(a)(4)
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N.A.**
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(a)(5)
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6.11
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(b)
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6.08; 6.11
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(c)
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N.A.
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311
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(a)
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6.12
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(b)
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6.12
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(c)
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N.A.
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312
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(a)
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7.01
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(b)
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7.02
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(c)
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7.02
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313
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(a)
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7.04
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(b)(1)
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7.04
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(b)(2)
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7.04
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(c)
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7.04; 11.05
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(d)
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7.04
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314
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(a)
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7.03
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(b)
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11.15
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(c)(1)
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11.01
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(c)(2)
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11.01
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(c)(3)
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11.01
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(d)
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11.01
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(e)
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11.01
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(f)
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11.01
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315
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(a)
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6.01
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(b)
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6.05; 11.01
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(c)
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6.01
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(d)
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6.01
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(e)
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5.13
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316
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(a)
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1.01
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(a)(1)(A)
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5.11
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(a)(1)(B)
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5.12
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(a)(2)
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N.A.
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(b)
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5.07
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(c)
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N.A.
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*
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This Cross Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed
to be part of this Indenture.
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**
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N.A. means Not Applicable.
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TIA Section
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Indenture Section
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317
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(a)(1)
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5.03
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(a)(2)
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5.03
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(b)
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3.03
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318
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(a)
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11.07
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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3
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Section 1.01. Definitions
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3
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Section 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act
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10
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Section 1.03. Rules of Construction
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11
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ARTICLE II
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THE NOTES
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11
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Section 2.01. Form
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11
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Section 2.02. Execution, Authentication and Delivery
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11
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Section 2.03. Temporary Notes
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12
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Section 2.04. Note Register, Registration of Transfer and
Exchange
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12
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Section 2.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Notes
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14
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Section 2.06. Persons Deemed Owner
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14
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Section 2.07. Payment of Principal and Interest, Defaulted
Interest
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15
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Section 2.08. Cancellation
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15
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Section 2.09. Book-Entry Notes
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16
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Section 2.10. Notices to Clearing Agency
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16
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Section 2.11. Definitive Notes
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17
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Section 2.12. Release of Collateral
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Section 2.13. Tax Treatment
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17
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Section 2.14. Employee Benefit Plans
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ARTICLE III
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COVENANTS
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Section 3.01. Payment of Principal and Interest
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Section 3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency
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Section 3.03. Money for Payments to be Held in Trust
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18
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Section 3.04. Existence
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20
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Section 3.05. Protection of Owner Trust Estate
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Section 3.06. Opinions as to Owner Trust Estate
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Section 3.07. Performance of Obligations; Servicing of
Receivables
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Section 3.08. Negative Covenants
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Section 3.09. Annual Statement as to Compliance
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Section 3.10. Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain
Terms
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Section 3.11. Successor or Transferee
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Section 3.12. No Other Business
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Section 3.13. No Borrowing
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Section 3.14. Servicer’s Obligations
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Section 3.15. Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other
Liabilities
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Section 3.16. Capital Expenditures
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Section 3.17. Removal of Administrator
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Section 3.18. Restricted Payments
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Section 3.19. Notice of Events of Default
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Section 3.20. Further Instruments and Acts
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Section 3.21. Compliance with Laws
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Section 3.22. Amendments of Sale and Servicing Agreement
and Trust Agreement
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ARTICLE IV
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Section 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
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Section 4.02. Application of Trust Money
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Section 4.03. Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent
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ARTICLE V
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REMEDIES
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Section 5.01. Events of Default
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Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity, Rescission and
Annulment
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Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Indenture Trustee
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Section 5.04. Remedies, Priorities
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Section 5.05. Optional Preservation of the Receivables
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Section 5.06. Limitation of Suits
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Section 5.07. Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to
Receive Principal and Interest
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Section 5.08. Restoration of Rights and Remedies
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Section 5.09. Rights and Remedies Cumulative
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Section 5.10. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver
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Section 5.11. Control by Noteholders
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Section 5.12. Waiver of Past Defaults
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36
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Section 5.13. Undertaking for Costs
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Section 5.14. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
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Section 5.15. Action on Notes
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Section 5.16. Performance and Enforcement of Certain
Obligations
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ARTICLE VI
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THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
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Section 6.01. Duties of Indenture Trustee
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Section 6.02. Rights of Indenture Trustee
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Section 6.03. Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee
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Section 6.04. Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer
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Section 6.05. Notice of Defaults
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Section 6.06. Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders
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Section 6.07. Compensation and Indemnity
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Section 6.08. Replacement of Indenture Trustee
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Section 6.09. Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger
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Section 6.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate
Trustee
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Section 6.11. Eligibility, Disqualification
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45
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Section 6.12. Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Issuer
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45
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Section 6.13. Representations and Warranties of Indenture
Trustee
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45
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Section 6.14. Interest Rate Swap Provisions
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ARTICLE VII
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NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS
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Section 7.01. Issuer to Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and
Addresses of Noteholders
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47
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Section 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communications,
Reports and Certain Documents to Noteholders
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48
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Section 7.03. Reports by Issuer
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48
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Section 7.04. Reports by Indenture Trustee
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ARTICLE VIII
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ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
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Section 8.01. Collection of Money
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Section 8.02. Accounts
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Section 8.03. General Provisions Regarding Accounts
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50
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Section 8.04. Release of Owner Trust Estate
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Section 8.05. Opinion of Counsel
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ARTICLE IX
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Noteholders
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Section 9.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Noteholders
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53
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Section 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indenture
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55
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Section 9.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
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55
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Section 9.06. Reference in Notes to Supplemental
Indentures
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55
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ARTICLE X
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REDEMPTION OF NOTES
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Section 10.01. Redemption
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Section 10.02. Form of Redemption Notice
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Section 10.03. Notes Payable on Redemption Date
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ARTICLE XI
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 11.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions,
etc
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Section 11.02. Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture
Trustee
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Section 11.03. Acts of Noteholders
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Section 11.04. Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer
and Rating Agencies
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Section 11.05. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver
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60
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Section 11.06. Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions
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60
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Section 11.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
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60
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Section 11.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
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Section 11.09. Successors and Assigns
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Section 11.10. Separability
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Section 11.11. Benefits of Indenture
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Section 11.12. Legal Holidays
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Section 11.13. Governing Law; Submission to
Jurisdiction
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Section 11.14. Counterparts
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Section 11.15. Recording of Indenture
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Section 11.16. Trust Obligation
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Section 11.17. No Petition
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Section 11.18. Inspection
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Section 11.19. Limitation of Rights
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Section 11.20. Tax Treatment
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Section 11.21. Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule A – Schedule of Receivables
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S-A-1
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A-1 — Form of Class A-1 Note
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A-1
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Exhibit A-2 — Form of Class A-2 Note
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A-2
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Exhibit B — Form of Note Depository Agreement
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B-1
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Exhibit C — Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in
Assessment of Compliance
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C-1
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This Indenture, dated as of
December 1, 2008, is between Honda Auto Receivables 2008-2
Owner Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Issuer"), and U.S.
Bank National Association, as indenture trustee (the "Indenture
Trustee"). Each party agrees as
follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and
ratable benefit of the holders of the Issuer’s Class A-1
3.13510% Asset Backed Notes (the "Class A-1 Notes") and
Class A-2 One-Month LIBOR plus 3.50% Floating Rate Asset
Backed Notes (the "Class A-2 Notes", and, together with the
Class A-1 Notes, the "Notes"): GRANTING CLAUSE
The Issuer hereby Grants to the
Indenture Trustee at the Closing Date, on behalf of and for the
benefit of the Holders of the Notes and the Swap Counterparty,
without recourse, all of the Issuer’s right, title and
interest in, to and under (i) the Receivables and all monies
due thereon and received thereon on and after December 1,
2008; (ii) the security interests in the Financed Vehicles;
(iii) any proceeds of any physical damage insurance policies
covering the Financed Vehicles and in any proceeds of any credit
life or credit disability insurance policies relating to the
Receivables or the Obligors; (iv) any proceeds of Dealer
Recourse; (v) the right to realize upon any property
(including the right to receive future Liquidation Proceeds) that
shall have secured a Receivable and have been repossessed by or on
behalf of the Issuer; (vi) all funds, and all investment
property, from time to time carried in or credited to the Accounts,
including the Reserve Fund Initial Deposit and the Yield Supplement
Account Deposit and in all investment income and proceeds thereof;
(vii) the rights of the Seller under the Receivables Purchase
Agreement including, but not limited to, the representations and
warranties set forth in Sections 2.02 and 2.03 therein and the
rights of the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
including, but not limited to, the representations and warranties
set forth in Sections 2.03 and 5.01 therein; (viii) all
rights, title and interest of the Issuer in and to the Swap
Agreement; (ix) any Servicer Letter of Credit; and
(x) all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind
and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the foregoing,
including all proceeds of the conversion thereof, voluntary or
involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all cash proceeds,
accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel
paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation
awards, rights to payment of any and every kind and other forms of
obligations and receivables, instruments and other property which
at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the
proceeds of any of the foregoing as each such term is defined in
Section 1.01 (collectively, the "Collateral").
The foregoing Grant is made in trust
to secure (i) the payment of principal of and interest on, and
any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes, equally and
ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, except as
expressly provided in this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, (ii) the payment of all amounts payable by the
Issuer to the Swap Counterparty under the Swap Agreement and
(iii) to secure compliance with the provisions of this
Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture.
The Indenture Trustee, as Indenture
Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Notes and the Swap
Counterparty, acknowledges such Grant, accepts the trusts under
this Indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture
and agrees to perform its duties as required in
this Indenture to the end that the interests of the Holders of
the Notes may be adequately and effectively protected.
2
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. Definitions
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specified herein or as the context may otherwise require, the
following terms have the respective meanings set forth below for
all purposes of this Indenture. "
1992 Master Agreement " means the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement
(multi Currency Cross-Border). "
Act " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 11.03(a). "
Administration Agreement " means the Administration
Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2008, among the
Administrator, the Issuer, the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee.
" Administrator " means AHFC
or any successor Administrator under the Administration Agreement.
" AHFC " means American Honda
Finance Corporation, and its successors.
" Authorized Officer " means,
with respect to the Issuer, any officer of the Owner Trustee or
person appointed pursuant to a power of attorney who is authorized
to act for the Owner Trustee in matters relating to the Issuer and
who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by
the Owner Trustee to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as
such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time
thereafter) and, so long as the Administration Agreement is in
effect, any Assistant Vice President or more senior officer of the
Administrator who is authorized to act for the Administrator in
matters relating to the Issuer and to be acted upon by the
Administrator pursuant to the Administration Agreement and who is
identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the
Administrator to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such
list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter).
" Benefit Plan " means
(a) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3)
of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a plan (as
defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) that is subject to
Section 4975 of the Code, and (c) an entity whose
underlying assets include assets of a plan described in (a) or
(b) by reason of such plan’s investment in the entity.
" Book-Entry Notes " means a
beneficial interest in the Notes, ownership and transfers of which
shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as
described in Section 2.09. "
Business Day " means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday
or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in Los
Angeles, California, Wilmington, Delaware or New York, New York are
authorized or obligated by law, regulation, executive order or
governmental decree to remain closed.
" Class " means all Notes
whose form is identical except for variation in denomination,
principal amount or owner.
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" Class A-1 Interest
Rate " means 3.13510% per annum (computed on the basis of the
actual number of days in the related Interest Accrual Period
divided by 360). " Class A-1
Notes " means the Class A-1 3.13510% Asset Backed Notes,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.
" Class A-2 Interest Rate
" means One-Month LIBOR plus 3.50% per annum (computed on the basis
of the actual # of days in the related Interest Accrual Period
divided by 360). " Class A-2
Notes " means the Class A-2 One-Month LIBOR plus 3.50%%
Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2.
" Clearing Agency " means an
organization registered as a "clearing agency" pursuant to
Section 17A of the Exchange Act, which initially shall be The
Depository Trust Company. "
Clearing Agency Participant " means a broker, dealer, bank,
other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to
time a Clearing Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of
securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.
" Closing Date " means
December 16, 2008. " Code
" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time, and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
" Collateral " has the meaning
specified in the Granting Clause of this Indenture.
" Corporate Trust Office "
means an office of the Indenture Trustee at which at any particular
time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which
office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located at 209
South LaSalle Street, Suite 300, Chicago, Illinois 60604,
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – Honda 2008-2, or at
such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate from time
to time by notice to the Noteholders and the Issuer, or the
principal corporate trust office of any successor Indenture Trustee
at the address designated by such successor Indenture Trustee by
notice to the Noteholders and the Issuer.
" Default " means any
occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time or both
would become, an Event of Default. "
Definitive Notes " shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.11. " ERISA "
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended. " Event of Default "
shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
" Executive Officer " means,
with respect to any corporation or depository institution, the
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial
Officer, President, Executive Vice President, any Vice President,
the Secretary or the Treasurer of such corporation or depository
institution; and with respect to any partnership, any general
partner thereof.
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" Final Payment Date " has
the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
" Grant " means mortgage,
pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, release, convey,
assign, transfer, create and grant a lien upon and a security
interest in and a right of set-off against, deposit, set over and
confirm pursuant to this Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of
any other agreement or instrument shall include all rights, powers
and options (but none of the obligations) of the granting party
thereunder, including the immediate and continuing right to claim
for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal and interest
payments in respect of the Collateral and all other monies payable
thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications,
to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and
options, to bring Proceedings in the name of the granting party or
otherwise, and generally to do and receive anything that the
granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or
with respect thereto. " Holder
" means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note
Register. " Indenture " means
this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
" Indenture Trustee " means
U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as
Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, or any successor Indenture
Trustee under this Indenture. "
Independent " means, when used with respect to any specified
Person, that the Person (i) is in fact independent of the
Issuer, any other obligor on the Notes, the Seller and any of their
respective Affiliates, (ii) does not have any direct financial
interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Issuer,
any such other obligor, the Seller or any of their respective
Affiliates and (iii) is not connected with the Issuer, any
such other obligor, the Seller or any of their respective
Affiliates as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee,
partner, director or person performing similar functions.
" Independent Certificate "
means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the Indenture
Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise
complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.01,
made by an Independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an
Issuer Order and approved by the Indenture Trustee, and such
opinion or certificate shall state that the signer has read the
definition of "Independent" in this Indenture and that the signer
is Independent within the meaning thereof.
" Interest Accrual Period "
means, subject to Section 11.12 hereof, with respect to any
Payment Date and the Class A-1 Notes and Class A-2 Notes,
the period from and including the immediately preceding Payment
Date (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, the Closing Date)
to but excluding such Payment Date. "
Interest Rate " means the Class A-1 Interest Rate and
the Class A-2 Interest Rate, as applicable.
" ISDA " means the
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
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" Issuer " means Honda Auto
Receivables 2008-2 Owner Trust until a successor replaces it and,
thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision
contained herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on the
Notes. " Issuer Order " or "
Issuer Request " means a written order or request signed in
the name of the Issuer by any Authorized Officer and delivered to
the Indenture Trustee. " LIBOR
Determination Date " means approximately 11:00 a.m. London
time, two London business days prior to the Payment Date
immediately preceding such Payment Date (or, in the case of the
initial Payment Date, for a period from the Closing Date to but
excluding the initial Payment Date, two London business days prior
to the Closing Date). " Note
Depository Agreement " means the agreement dated
December 16, 2008, among the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and
The Depository Trust Company, as the initial Clearing Agency,
relating to the Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit B
hereto. " Noteholder " or "
Holder " means the Person in whose name a Note is registered
on the Note Register. " Note
Owner " means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person
who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected
on the books of the Clearing Agency or on the books of a Person
maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a
Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in each
case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
" Note Register " and "
Note Registrar " shall have the respective meanings
specified in Section 2.04. "
Notes " means the Class A-1 Notes and Class A-2
Notes. " Officer’s
Certificate " means a certificate signed by any Authorized
Officer of the Issuer, under the circumstances described in, and
otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of
Section 11.01, and delivered to the Indenture Trustee. Unless
otherwise specified, any reference in this Indenture to an
Officer’s Certificate shall be to an Officer’s
Certificate of the Issuer. "
One-Month LIBOR " means the rate per annum of deposits in
United States dollars having a one-month maturity that appears on
Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page as of the LIBOR Determination Date. In
the event that no rate for one-month dollar deposits appears on
Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page on the applicable LIBOR Determination
Date, the One-Month LIBOR shall be the arithmetic mean (rounded
upwards to the nearest one-sixteenth of 1%) of the rates at which
one-month dollar deposits are offered to the prime banks in the
London interbank market by four major banks in that market selected
by the indenture trustee as of the LIBOR Determination Date and
time specified above. If fewer than two quotations are provided by
such banks, then One-Month LIBOR shall be the arithmetic mean
(rounded upwards as above) of the rates at which one-month loans in
United States dollars are offered to leading European banks by
three major banks in New York City selected by the indenture
trustee as of 11:00 a.m. New York City time on the applicable
LIBOR Determination Date. If no such quotation can be obtained,
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One-Month LIBOR for such payment date will be One-Month LIBOR
for the prior payment date. "
Opinion of Counsel " means one or more written opinions of
counsel who may, except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Indenture, be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer and who shall
be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, and which opinion or
opinions shall be addressed to the Indenture Trustee as Indenture
Trustee, shall comply with any applicable requirements of
Section 11.01 and shall be in form and substance satisfactory
to the Indenture Trustee. "
Outstanding " means, as of the date of determination, all
Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
except: (i) Notes theretofore
cancelled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the Note Registrar
for cancellation; (ii) Notes or
portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary
amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee or
any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Notes (provided,
however, that if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such
redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or
provision for such notice has been made, satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee); and
(iii) Notes cancelled or paid
pursuant to Section 2.05 in exchange for or in lieu of which
other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is
presented that any such Notes are held by a bona fide Protected
Purchaser; provided, that in determining whether the Holders of the
requisite Outstanding Amount have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or
under any other Basic Document, Notes owned by the Issuer, any
other obligor upon the Notes, the Seller or any of their respective
Affiliates shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding,
except that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes that the Indenture
Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so
owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect
to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, any other
obligor upon the Notes, the Seller or any Affiliate of any of their
respective Affiliates. "
Outstanding Amount " means, except as otherwise indicated by
the context, the aggregate principal amount of all Notes of all
Classes Outstanding at the date of determination.
" Owner Trust Estate " means
the Grant of the Collateral to the Indenture Trustee under this
Indenture, including all proceeds thereof.
" Owner Trustee " means
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, or
any successor Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement.
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" Paying Agent " means the
Indenture Trustee or any other Person that meets the eligibility
standards for the Indenture Trustee specified in Section 6.11
and is authorized by the Issuer to make payments to and
distributions from the Collection Account and the Note Distribution
Account, including payments of principal of or interest on the
Notes on behalf of the Issuer. "
Payment Date " means the 21st calendar day of each month,
commencing January 21, 2009, or if such day is not a Business
Day, then the next succeeding Business Day.
" Person " means any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
" Predecessor Note " means,
with respect to any particular Note, every previous Note evidencing
all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Note; and, for the purpose of this definition, any Note
authenticated and delivered under Section 2.05 in lieu of a
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen
Note. " Proceeding " means any
suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative
proceeding. " Protected
Purchaser " shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8
of the UCC. " Rating Agency
Condition " means, with respect to any action, that each Rating
Agency shall have been given ten days (or such shorter period as is
acceptable to each Rating Agency) prior notice thereof and that
each Rating Agency shall have notified the Seller, the Servicer,
the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee in writing that such
action will not result in a qualification, reduction or withdrawal
of the then current rating of the Notes.
" Record Date " means, with
respect to a Payment Date or Redemption Date, the day immediately
preceding such Payment Date or Redemption Date or, if Definitive
Notes have been issued, the close of business on the last day of
the month immediately preceding the month in which such Payment
Date or Redemption Date occurs. "
Redemption Date " means, in the case of a redemption of the
Notes pursuant to Section 10.01, the Payment Date specified by the
Servicer or the Issuer pursuant to Section 10.01.
" Redemption Price " means, in
the case of a redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section 10.01, an
amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the Notes redeemed
plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the weighted average of
the Interest Rates for each Class of Notes being so redeemed to but
excluding the Redemption Date. "
Registered Holder " means the Person in whose name a Note is
registered on the Note Register on the applicable Record Date.
" Regulation AB " means
Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities
(Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as
such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such
clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the
Commission in the adopting release
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(Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release
No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by
the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the
Commission or its staff from time to time.
" Sale and Servicing Agreement
" means the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
December 1, 2008, between the Issuer, the Seller and the
Servicer. " Schedule of
Receivables " means the list of the Receivables set forth in
Schedule A hereto. "
Securities Act " means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. " Senior Swap Termination
Payment " means any Swap Termination Payment other than a
Subordinate Swap Termination Payment.
" Servicer " means American
Honda Finance Corporation, in its capacity as servicer under the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, and any Successor Servicer
thereunder. " Servicing
Criteria " means the "servicing criteria" set forth in Item
1122(d) of Regulation AB, as such may be amended from time to
time. " Sponsor " means
American Honda Finance Corporation, in its capacity as sponsor
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and any Successor Sponsor
thereunder. " State " means
any one of the 50 states of the United States or the District of
Columbia. " Seller " means
American Honda Receivables Corp., in its capacity as seller under
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and its successors.
" Subcontractor " means any
vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for
the overall servicing (as "servicing" is commonly understood by
participants in the asset-backed securities market) of the
Receivables but performs one or more material discrete functions
identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to
the Receivables under the direction or authority of the Servicer or
a Subservicer. " Subordinate Swap
Termination Payment " means any Swap Termination Payment
resulting from a Swap Termination where the Swap Counterparty is
the Defaulting Party or sole Affected Party (as defined in the Swap
Agreement) other than Swap Terminations arising from a Tax Event or
Illegality (each as defined in the Swap Agreement).
" Subservicer " means any
Person that services Receivables on behalf of the Servicer or any
Subservicer and is responsible for the performance (whether
directly or through Subservicers or Subcontractors) of a
substantial portion of the material servicing functions required to
be performed by the Servicer under this Agreement that are
identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.
" Swap Agreement " means 1992
ISDA Master Agreement dated as of December 16, 2008, including
all schedules and confirmations thereto, between the Issuer and the
Swap
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Counterparty, as modified, amended, supplemented, renewed,
extended or replaced from time to time.
" Swap Counterparty " means
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association.
" Swap Event of Default "
means the occurrence of an "Event of Default" under the Swap
Agreement, as defined in the Swap Agreement.
" Swap Payments Incoming "
means on any Payment Date the net amount, if any, then payable by a
Swap Counterparty to the Issuer, excluding any Swap Termination
Payments. " Swap Payments
Outgoing " means on any Payment Date the net amount, if any,
then payable by the Issuer to a Swap Counterparty, excluding any
Swap Termination Payments. " Swap
Termination " means the occurrence of an "Early Termination
Date" under the Swap Agreement, as defined in the Swap Agreement.
" Swap Termination Event "
means the occurrence of a "Termination Event" under the Swap
Agreement, as defined in the Swap Agreement.
" Swap Termination Payment "
means, the termination payment that the trust or the Swap
Counterparty may be liable to make to the other upon the occurrence
of a Swap Termination, in some cases regardless of which of such
parties may have caused such termination.
" Trust Indenture Act " or "
TIA " means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force on
the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.
" UCC " means, unless the
context otherwise requires, the Uniform Commercial Code, as in
effect in the relevant jurisdiction, as amended from time to time.
" United States " means the
United States of America.
(a) Except as otherwise
specified herein or as the context may otherwise require,
capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. Section 1.02.
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The
following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings: "Commission" means the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
"indenture securities" means the
Notes. "indenture security holder"
means a Noteholder. "indenture to be
qualified" means this Indenture.
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"indenture trustee" or
"institutional trustee" means the Indenture Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities
means the Issuer and any other obligor on the indenture securities.
All other TIA terms used in this
Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to
another statute or defined by Commission rule have the meaning
assigned to them by such definitions.
Section 1.03. Rules of
Construction . Unless the context otherwise requires:
(i) a term has the meaning assigned to it; (ii) an
accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to
it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as
in effect from time to time; (iii) "or" is not exclusive; (iv)
"including" means including without limitation; (v) words in the
singular include the plural and words in the plural include the
singular; (vi) any agreement, instrument or statute defined or
referred to herein or in any instrument or certificate delivered in
connection herewith means such agreement, instrument or statute as
from time to time amended, modified or supplemented and includes
(in the case of agreements or instruments) references to all
attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein;
(vii) references to a Person are also to its permitted
successors and assigns; (viii) the words "hereof’,
"herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in
this Indenture shall refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Indenture; (ix) the term
"proceeds" shall have the meaning set forth in the applicable UCC;
and (x) Section, subsection and Schedule references contained
in this Indenture are references to Sections, subsections and
Schedules in or to this Indenture unless otherwise specified.
ARTICLE II THE NOTES
Section 2.01. Form . The
Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes, in each case
together with the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of
authentication, shall be in substantially the form set forth in
Exhibit A, with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by
this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon
as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers
executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Notes.
Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse
thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the
Note. Definitive Notes shall be
typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any
combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved
borders), all as determined by the officers executing such Notes,
as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
Each Note shall be dated the date of
its authentication. The terms of the Notes are the terms of this
Indenture. Section 2.02.
Execution, Authentication and Delivery . The Notes shall be
executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers.
The signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Notes may be
manual or facsimile. Notes bearing the manual or facsimile
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signature of individuals who were at any time Authorized
Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that
such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices
prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Notes.
The Indenture Trustee shall, upon
Issuer Order, authenticate and deliver for original issue the
following aggregate principal amount of Notes: (i) $97,000,000 of
Class A-1 Notes and (ii) $200,000,000 of Class A-2 Notes.
The aggregate principal amount of Class A-1 Notes and
Class A-2 Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed such
respective amounts except as provided in Section 2.05.
Each Note shall be dated the date of
its authentication. The Notes shall be issuable as registered Notes
in minimum denominations of $1,000 and in integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess thereof. No Note
shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid
or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided
for herein executed by the Indenture Trustee by the manual
signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such
certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder.
Section 2.03. Temporary
Notes . Pending the preparation of Definitive Notes pursuant to
Section 2.11, the Issuer may execute, and upon receipt of an
Issuer Order the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
temporary Notes that are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, of the tenor of the Definitive
Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such variations not
inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture as the officers
executing such Notes may determine, as evidenced by their execution
of such Notes. If temporary Notes are
issued, the Issuer shall cause Definitive Notes to be prepared
without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive
Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive
Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency
of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02,
without charge to the related Holder. Upon surrender for
cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuer shall
execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
in exchange therefor, a like tenor and principal amount of
Definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged,
the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes.
Section 2.04. Note Register,
Registration of Transfer and Exchange . The Issuer shall cause
to be kept a register (the "Note Register") in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall
provide for the registration of Notes and the registration of
transfers of Notes. The Indenture Trustee initially shall be the
"Note Registrar" for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers
of Notes as herein provided. Upon any resignation of any Note
Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor or, if it
elects not to make such an appointment, assume the duties of Note
Registrar.
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If a Person other than the
Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as Note Registrar, the
Issuer will give the Indenture Trustee prompt written notice of the
appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location, and any
change in the location, of the Note Register, and the Indenture
Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Note Register at all
reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof, and the Indenture
Trustee shall have the right to rely upon a certificate executed on
behalf of the Note Registrar by an Executive Officer thereof as to
the names and addresses of the Holders of the Notes and the
principal amounts and number of such Notes.
Upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Issuer to be
maintained as provided in Section 3.02, provided that the
requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall
execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the
Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in the name of
the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of
the same Class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate
principal amount. At the option of
the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of the same
Class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate
principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at
such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for
exchange, provided that the requirements of Section 8-401 of
the UCC are met (as determined by the Issuer), the Issuer shall
execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the
Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Notes which
the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Notes issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid
obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered
upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Note presented or surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed by,
or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder
thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing,
with such signature guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor
institution" meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which
requirements include membership or participation in the Securities
Transfer Agent’s Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such other
"signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Note
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Exchange Act. No
service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with
any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 2.03 or 9.06 not involving any
transfer. The preceding provisions of
this Section notwithstanding, the Issuer shall not be required to
make and the Note Registrar need not register transfers or
exchanges of Notes selected for redemption or of any Note for a
period of 15 days preceding the due date for any payment with
respect to the Note.
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Section 2.05. Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes . If (i) any mutilated
Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture
Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction,
loss or theft of any Note, (ii) there is delivered to the
Indenture Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by
it to hold the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee harmless and
(iii) the requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are
met, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note
Registrar or the Indenture Trustee that such Note has been acquired
by a Protected Purchaser, the Issuer shall execute, and upon its
written request the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note of the same
Class; provided, however, that if any such destroyed, lost or
stolen Note, but not a mutilated Note, shall have become or within
seven days shall be due and payable, or shall have been called for
redemption, instead of issuing a replacement Note, the Issuer may
pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so due or payable or
upon the Redemption Date without surrender thereof. If, after the
delivery of such replacement Note or payment of a destroyed, lost
or stolen Note pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, a
Protected Purchaser of the original Note in lieu of which such
replacement Note was issued presents for payment such original
Note, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to
recover such replacement Note (or such payment) from the Person to
whom it was delivered or any Person taking such replacement Note
from such Person to whom such replacement Note was delivered or any
assignee of such Person, except a protected purchaser, and shall be
entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided
therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense
incurred by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection
therewith. Upon the issuance of any
replacement Note under this Section, the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee may require the payment by the Holder of such Note of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may
be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses
(including the fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee or the
Note Registrar) connected therewith.
Every replacement Note issued
pursuant to this Section in replacement of any mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time
enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of
this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Notes duly issued hereunder. The
provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Notes. Section 2.06. Persons
Deemed Owner . Prior to due presentment for registration of
transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any of
their respective agents may treat the Person in whose name any Note
is registered (as of the day of determination) as the owner of such
Note for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and
interest, if any, on such Note and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and none of the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective agents
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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Section 2.07. Payment of
Principal and Interest, Defaulted Interest .
(a) Each Class of Notes shall
accrue interest at the related Interest Rate, and such interest
shall be due and payable on each Payment Date as specified therein,
subject to Sections 3.01 and 11.12 hereof. Any installment of
interest or principal, if any, payable on any Note that is
punctually paid or duly provided for by the Issuer on the
applicable Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name
such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the
Record Date by check mailed first-class postage prepaid to such
Person’s address as it appears on the Note Register on such
Record Date, except that, unless Definitive Notes have been issued
pursuant to Section 2.11, with respect to Notes registered on
the Record Date in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency
(initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payment will be
made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account
designated by such nominee and except for the final installment of
principal payable with respect to such Note on a Payment Date, a
Redemption Date or on the related Final Scheduled Payment Date, as
the case may be (and except for the Redemption Price for any Note
called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.01), which shall
be payable as provided below. The funds represented by any such
checks returned undelivered shall be held in accordance with
Section 3.03. (b) The
principal of each Note shall be payable as provided in
Section 8.02(d) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall be due and
payable, if not previously paid, on the related Final Payment Date
or the date on which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, if the Indenture Trustee or Holders of the Notes
representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount
have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the
manner provided in Section 5.02. All principal payments on
each Class of Notes shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders of
such Class entitled thereto. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the
Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business
5 Business Days preceding the Payment Date on which the Issuer
expects that the final installment of principal of and interest on
such Note will be paid. Such notice shall be mailed or transmitted
by facsimile prior to such final Payment Date and shall specify
that such final installment will be payable only upon presentation
and surrender of such Note and shall specify the place where such
Note may be presented and surrendered for payment of such
installment. Notices in connection with redemptions of Notes shall
be mailed to Noteholders as provided in Section 10.02. In
addition, the Administrator shall notify each Rating Agency upon
the final payment of interest and principal of each Class of Notes,
and upon the termination of the Trust, in each case pursuant to
Section 1.02(a)(iii) of the Administration Agreement.
(c) If the Issuer defaults in a
payment of interest on the Notes, the Issuer shall pay defaulted
interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent
lawful) at the applicable Interest Rate in any lawful manner. The
Issuer may pay such defaulted interest to the Persons who are
Noteholders on a subsequent special record date, which date shall
be at least 5 Business Days prior to the next payment date. The
Issuer shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date
and related payment date, and, at least 15 days before any
such special record date, the Issuer shall mail to each Noteholder
a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and
the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.
Section 2.08.
Cancellation . All Notes surrendered for payment,
registration of transfer, exchange or redemption shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Indenture
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Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall be
promptly cancelled by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may at any
time deliver to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer
may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so
delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Indenture Trustee. No
Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any
Notes cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Notes may be held or
disposed of by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with its
standard retention or disposal policy as in effect at the time
unless the Issuer shall direct by an Issuer Order that they be
destroyed or returned to it; provided, that such Issuer Order is
timely and the Notes have not been previously disposed of by the
Indenture Trustee. Section 2.09.
Book-Entry Notes . The Notes, upon original issuance, will
be issued in the form of a typewritten Note or Notes representing
the Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee, as
agent for The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing
Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Issuer. The Book-Entry Notes shall
be registered initially on the Note Register in the name of Cede
& Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no Note
Owner will receive a definitive Note representing such Note
Owner’s interest in such Note, except as provided in
Section 2.11. Unless and until definitive, fully registered
Notes (the "Definitive Notes") have been issued to such Note Owners
pursuant to Section 2.11:
(i) the provisions of this
Section shall be in full force and effect;
(ii) the Note Registrar and the
Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing
Agency for all purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of
principal of and interest on the Notes and the giving of
instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole holder of the
Notes, and shall have no obligation to the Note Owners;
(iii) to the extent that the
provisions of this Section conflict with any other provisions of
this Indenture, the provisions of this Section shall control;
(iv) the rights of Note Owners
shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be
limited to those established by law and agreements between such
Note Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency
Participants. Pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement, unless and
until Definitive Notes are issued pursuant to Section 2.11,
the Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among the
Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit payments of
principal of and interest on the Notes to such Clearing Agency
Participants; and (v) whenever
this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon
instructions or directions of Holders of Notes evidencing a
specified percentage of the Outstanding Amount, the Clearing Agency
shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent
that it has received instructions to such effect from Note Owners
and/or Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing,
respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest
in the Notes and has delivered such instructions to the Indenture
Trustee. Section 2.10.
Notices to Clearing Agency . Whenever a notice or other
communication to the Noteholders is required under this Indenture,
unless and until Definitive Notes shall have
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been issued to such Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.11,
the Indenture Trustee shall give all such notices and
communications specified herein to be given to Holders of the Notes
to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligation to such Note
Owners. Section 2.11.
Definitive Notes . If (i)(A) the Administrator advises the
Indenture Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer
willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with
respect to the Book-Entry Notes and (B) neither the Indenture
Trustee nor the Administrator is able to locate a qualified
successor, (ii) the Administrator at its option advises the
Indenture Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the
book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or (iii) after
the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Servicer Default, Owners
of Book-Entry Notes representing beneficial interests aggregating
at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of such Notes advise
the Indenture Trustee and the Clearing Agency Participants through
the Clearing Agency, in writing that the continuation of a
book-entry system through the Clearing Agency is no longer in the
best interests of such Note Owners, then, in each case, the
Indenture Trustee shall notify all Note Owners of the related Class
of Notes through the Clearing Agency of the occurrence of any such
event and of the availability of Definitive Notes of the related
Class of Notes to Note Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender
to the Indenture Trustee of the Note or Notes representing the
Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by
registration instructions, the Issuer shall execute and the
Indenture Trustee shall authenticate the Definitive Notes in
accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of
the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee shall be
liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may
conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such
instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes of a Class, the
Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive
Notes as Noteholders hereunder.
Section 2.12. Release of
Collateral . Subject to Section 11.01 and the terms of the
other Basic Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall release property
from the lien of this Indenture only upon receipt of an Issuer
Request accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion
of Counsel and Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA
§§ 314(c) and 314(d)(1) or an Opinion of Counsel in lieu
of such Independent Certificates to the effect that the TIA does
not require any such Independent Certificates.
Section 2.13. Tax
Treatment . The Issuer has entered into this Indenture, and the
Notes will be issued, with the intention that, for all purposes
including federal, state and local income, single business and
franchise tax purposes, the Notes (other than Notes owned by the
Certificateholder if there is a single Certificateholder) will
qualify as indebtedness of the Issuer secured by the Owner Trust
Estate. The Issuer, by entering into this Indenture, and each
Noteholder, by its acceptance of a Note (and each Note Owner by its
acceptance of an interest in the applicable Book-Entry Note), agree
to treat the Notes for all purposes including federal, state and
local income, single business and franchise tax purposes as
indebtedness of the Issuer (or the Certificateholder if there is a
single Certificateholder).
Section 2.14. Employee
Benefit Plans . The transfer of a Definitive Note shall not be
registered unless the prospective transferee has represented in
writing to the Indenture Trustee that either (i) it is not a
Benefit Plan or any other plan subject to a law that is
substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of
the Code ("Similar Law") and is not acting on behalf of or
investing the assets of a Benefit Plan or any other plan subject to
Similar Law or (ii) its
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acquisition, holding and disposition of the Definitive Note will
be covered by a United States Department of Labor prohibited
transaction class exemption or some other applicable statutory or
administrative exemption and will not cause a nonexempt violation
of any Similar Law. Any Person that acquires a beneficial interest
in a Book-Entry Note with the assets of a Benefit Plan shall be
deemed to represent that its acquisition and holding of such
beneficial interest is covered by a United States Department of
Labor prohibited transaction class exemption or some other
applicable statutory or administration exemption. ARTICLE III
COVENANTS Section 3.01.
Payment of Principal and Interest . The Issuer will duly and
punctually pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Notes
in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture.
Without limiting the foregoing, subject to Section 8.02(c),
the Issuer will cause to be distributed all amounts on deposit in
the Note Distribution Account on a Payment Date deposited therein
in accordance with Section 8.02(d). Amounts properly withheld
under the Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder of
interest and/or principal shall be considered as having been paid
by the Issuer to such Noteholder for all purposes of this
Indenture. Section 3.02.
Maintenance of Office or Agency . The Issuer will maintain
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or
agency where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in
respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer
hereby initially appoints the Indenture Trustee to serve as its
agent for the foregoing purposes. The Issuer will give prompt
written notice to the Indenture Trustee of the location, and of any
change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any
time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Indenture Trustee with the address
thereof, such surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served
at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer hereby appoints the
Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders,
notices and demands, provided that the Indenture Trustee shall not
serve as an agent or office for the purpose of service of process
on behalf of the Issuer.
Section 3.03. Money for
Payments to be Held in Trust . As provided in
Sections 5.04 and 8.02, all payments of amounts due and
payable with respect to any Notes that are to be made from amounts
withdrawn from the Collection Account and the Note Distribution
Account pursuant to Section 8.02(c) shall be made on behalf of
the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by another Paying Agent, and
no amounts so withdrawn from the Collection Account and the Note
Distribution Account for payments of Notes shall be paid over to
the Issuer except as provided in this Section.
On or before the Business Day
immediately preceding each Payment Date and Redemption Date, the
Issuer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the Collection
Account (to be transferred to the Note Distribution Account on the
related Payment Date) an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the
amounts then becoming due under the Notes, such sum to be held in
trust for
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the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless the
Paying Agent is the Indenture Trustee) shall promptly notify the
Indenture Trustee in writing of its action or failure so to act.
The Issuer will cause each Paying
Agent other than the Indenture Trustee to execute and deliver to
the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
shall agree with the Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture
Trustee acts as Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject to the
provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(i) hold all sums held by it for
the payment of amounts due with respect to the Notes in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall
be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided
and pay such sums to such Persons as herein provided;
(ii) give the Indenture Trustee
notice of any default by the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the
Notes) of which it has actual knowledge in the making of any
payment required to be made with respect to the Notes;
(iii) at any time during the
continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the
Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums
so held in trust by such Paying Agent;
(iv) immediately resign as a
Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums
held by it in trust for the payment of Notes if at any time it
ceases to meet the standards required to be met by a Paying Agent
at the time of its appointment; and
(v) comply with all requirements
of the Code with respect to the withholding from any payments made
by it on any Notes of any applicable withholding taxes imposed
thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements
in connection therewith. The Issuer
may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all
sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by
the Indenture Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which the
sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such payment by any
Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Subject to applicable laws with
respect to escheat of funds, any money held by the Indenture
Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of any amount
due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such amount has become due and payable shall be discharged
from such trust and be paid to the Issuer on Issuer Request; and
the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof (but only to
the extent of the amounts so paid to the Issuer), and all liability
of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such
trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the
Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to
make any such repayment, shall at the expense and written direction
of the Issuer cause to be published once, in a newspaper published
in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day
and of general circulation in The City of New York, notice that
such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified
therein, which shall not be less than 30 days
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from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such
money then remaining will be repaid to or for the account of the
Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall also adopt and employ, at the
expense and written direction of the Issuer, any other reasonable
means of notification of such repayment (including, but not limited
to, mailing notice of such repayment to Holders whose Notes have
been called but have not been surrendered for redemption or whose
right to or interest in monies due and payable but not claimed is
determinable from the records of the Indenture Trustee or of any
Paying Agent, at the last address of record for each such Holder).
Section 3.04. Existence .
The Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of
Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is
or becomes, organized under the laws of any other State or of the
United States, in which case the Issuer will keep in full effect
its existence, rights and franchises under the laws of such other
jurisdiction) and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do
business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or
shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of
this Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument
or agreement included in the Owner Trust Estate, including all
licenses required under the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Sales
Finance Act and MD. Fin. Inst. Code Ann., Title 11, Subtitle 4, as
applicable, in connection with this Agreement and the other Basic
Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
until such time as the Issuer shall terminate in accordance with
the terms hereof. Section 3.05.
Protection of Owner Trust Estate . The Issuer intends the
security interest Granted pursuant to this Indenture in favor of
the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders and the Swap
Counterparty to be prior to all other liens in respect of the Owner
Trust Estate, and the Issuer shall take all actions necessary to
obtain and maintain, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee on
behalf of the Noteholders and the Swap Counterparty, a first lien
on and a first priority, perfected security interest in the Owner
Trust Estate. The Issuer will from time to time execute and deliver
all such supplements and amendments hereto and all such financing
statements, continuation statements, instruments of further
assurance and other instruments, all as prepared by the
Administrator and delivered to the Issuer, and will take such other
action necessary or advisable to:
(i) grant more effectively any
portion of the Owner Trust Estate;
(ii) maintain or preserve the
lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) created by
this Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof;
(iii) perfect, publish notice of
or protect the validity of any Grant made or to be made by this
Indenture; (iv) enforce any of
the Collateral; (v) preserve and
defend title to the Owner Trust Estate and the rights of the
Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in such Owner Trust Estate
against the claims of all persons and parties; or
(vi) pay all taxes or
assessments levied or assessed upon the Owner Trust Estate when
due.
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Section 3.06. Opinions as
to Owner Trust Estate .
(a) Promptly after the execution
and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the
Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, in the
opinion of such counsel, either (i) all financing statements
and continuation statements have been executed and filed that are
necessary to create and continue the Indenture Trustee’s
first priority perfected security interest in the collateral for
the benefit of the Noteholders, and reciting the details of such
filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such
details are given, or (ii) no such action shall be necessary
to perfect such security interest.
(b) Within 90 days after
the beginning of each fiscal year of the Issuer beginning with the
first fiscal year beginning more than three months after the Cutoff
Date, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel, dated as of a date during such 90-day period, to the
effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (i) all
financing statements and continuation statements have been executed
and filed that are necessary to create and continue the Indenture
Trustee’s first priority perfected security interest in the
collateral for the benefit of the Noteholders, and reciting the
details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel
in which such details are given, or (ii) no such action shall
be necessary to perfect such security interest.
Section 3.07. Performance of
Obligations; Servicing of Receivables .
(a) The Issuer will not take any
action and will use its best efforts not to permit any action to be
taken by others that would release any Person from any of such
Person’s material covenants or obligations under any
instrument or agreement included in the Owner Trust Estate or that
would result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination,
termination or discharge of, or impair the validity or
effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as
expressly provided in this Indenture, the other Basic Documents or
such other instrument or agreement.
(b) The Issuer may contract with
other Persons to assist it in performing its duties under this
Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person
identified to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer’s
Certificate of the Issuer shall be deemed to be action taken by the
Issuer. Initially, the Issuer has contracted with the Servicer and
the Administrator to assist the Issuer in performing its duties
under this Indenture. (c) The
Issuer will and will cause the Administrator to, punctually perform
and observe all of its obligations and agreements contained in this
Indenture, the other Basic Documents and in the instruments and
agreements included in the Owner Trust Estate, including but not
limited to filing or causing to be filed all UCC financing
statements and continuation statements required to be filed by the
terms of this Indenture and the other Basic Documents in accordance
with and within the time periods provided for herein and therein.
Except as otherwise expressly provided therein, the Issuer shall
not waive, amend, modify, supplement or terminate any Basic
Document or any provision thereof without the written consent of
the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of at least a majority of the
Outstanding Amount or such greater percentage as may be specified
in the particular provision.
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(d) If the Issuer shall have
knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicer Default, the Issuer shall
promptly provide written notice to a Responsible Officer of the
Indenture Trustee and to each Rating Agency thereof, and shall
specify in such notice the action, if any, the Issuer is taking
with respect of such default. If a Servicer Default shall arise
from the failure of the Servicer to perform any of its duties or
obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to
the Receivables, the Issuer shall take all reasonable steps
available to it to remedy such failure.
(e) As promptly as possible
after the giving of notice of termination to the Servicer of the
Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to Section 7.01 of
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall
appoint a Successor Servicer, and such Successor Servicer shall
accept its appointment by a written assumption in a form acceptable
to the Indenture Trustee. In the event that a Successor Servicer
has not been appointed and accepted its appointment at the time
when the Servicer ceases to act as Servicer, the Indenture Trustee
without further action shall automatically be appointed the
Successor Servicer. The Indenture Trustee may resign as the
Servicer by giving written notice of such resignation to the Issuer
and in such event will be released from such duties and
obligations, such release not to be effective until the date a new
servicer enters into a servicing agreement as provided below. Upon
delivery of any such notice to the Issuer, the Issuer shall obtain
a new servicer as the Successor Servicer under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement. Any Successor Servicer other than the
Indenture Trustee shall (i) be an established financial
institution having a net worth of not less than $50,000,000 and
whose regular business includes the servicing of motor vehicle
receivables and (ii) enter into a servicing agreement with the
Issuer and the Seller having substantially the same provisions as
the provisions of the Sale and Servicing Agreement applicable to
the Servicer. If within 30 days after the delivery of the
notice referred to above, the Issuer shall not have obtained such a
new servicer, the Indenture Trustee may appoint, or may petition a
court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, a Successor Servicer.
In connection with any such appointment, the Issuer may make such
arrangements for the compensation of such successor as it and such
successor shall agree, subject to the limitations set forth below
and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and in accordance with
Section 7.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer and
the Seller shall enter into an agreement with such successor for
the servicing of the Receivables (such agreement to be in form and
substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee). If the Indenture
Trustee shall succeed to the Servicer’s duties as servicer of
the Receivables as provided herein, it shall do so in its
individual capacity and not in its capacity as Indenture Trustee
and, accordingly, the provisions of Article Six shall be
inapplicable (except as set forth in the proviso contained in
Section 6.01(a)) to the Indenture Trustee in its duties as the
successor to the Servicer and the servicing of the Receivables. In
case the Indenture Trustee shall become successor to the Servicer
under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall
be entitled to appoint as Servicer any one of its Affiliates or
agents, provided that it shall be fully liable for the actions and
omissions of such Affiliate or agent in such capacity as Successor
Servicer. (f) Upon any
termination of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly notify
a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee. As soon as a
Successor Servicer is appointed, the Issuer shall notify the
Indenture Trustee of such appointment, specifying in such notice
the name and address of such Successor Servicer.
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Section 3.08. Negative
Covenants . So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer
shall not: (i) except as
expressly permitted by Section 3.10(b) and the Basic
Documents, sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of
the properties or assets of the Issuer, including those included in
the Owner Trust Estate, unless directed to do so by the Indenture
Trustee; (ii) claim any credit
on, or make any deduction from the principal or interest payable in
respect of, the Notes (other than amounts properly withheld from
such payments under the Code or applicable state law) or assert any
claim against any present or former Noteholder by reason of the
payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Owner
Trust Estate;
(iii) (A) permit the
validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be impaired, or
permit the lien created by this Indenture to be amended,
hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any
Person to be released from any covenants or obligations with
respect to the Notes under this Indenture except as may be
expressly permitted hereby, (B) permit any lien, charge,
excise, claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance
(other than the lien of this Indenture) to be created on or extend
to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Owner Trust Estate or any
part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof (other
than tax liens, mechanics’ liens and other liens that arise
by operation of law, in each case on any of the Financed Vehicles
and arising solely as a result of an action or omission of the
related Obligor) or (C) permit the lien created by this
Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority (other than with
respect to any such tax, mechanics’ or other lien) security
interest in the Owner Trust Estate; or
(iv) dissolve or liquidate in
whole or in part. Section 3.09.
Annual Statement as to Compliance.
(a) The Issuer will deliver to
the Indenture Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Issuer (commencing with the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2009), an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to
the Authorized Officer signing such Officer’s Certificate,
that: (i) a review of the
activities of the Issuer during such year and of its performance
under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized
Officer’s supervision; and
(ii) to the best of such
Authorized Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the
Issuer has complied with all conditions and covenants under this
Indenture throughout such year or, if there has been a default in
its compliance with any such condition or covenant, specifying each
such default known to such Authorized Officer and the nature and
status thereof. (b) On or before
June 1st of each calendar year in which a Form 10-K is required to
be filed on behalf of the Issuer, commencing in 2009, the Indenture
Trustee shall deliver to the Issuer and the Administrator a report
regarding the Indenture Trustee’s assessment of compliance
with each of the Servicing Criteria specified on Exhibit C
hereto during the immediately preceding reporting year accompanied
by an attestation report by a registered public accounting firm, in
each case as required under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the
Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report
shall be signed by an authorized officer of the Indenture
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Trustee, and shall address each of the Servicing Criteria
specified on Exhibit C hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any failure of the Indenture Trustee to deliver such report and
attestation on or before June 1st (but not later than
June 15th) shall not constitute a breach of the Indenture
Trustee’s agreements pursuant to this Section.
Section 3.10. Issuer May
Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms .
(a) The Issuer shall not
consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless:
(i) the Person (if other than
the Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger
shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the
United States or any State and shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the
Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee,
the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on
all Notes and the performance or observance of every agreement and
covenant of this Indenture, and each other Basic Document, on the
part of the Issuer to be performed or observed;
(ii) immediately after giving
effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the Rating Agency
Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such
transaction; (iv) the Issuer
shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered
copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such
transaction will not have any material adverse tax consequence to
the Issuer, any Noteholder or any Certificateholder;
(v) any action that is necessary
to maintain the lien and security interest created by this
Indenture shall have been taken; and
(vi) the Issuer shall have
delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel (which shall describe the actions taken
as required by clause (v) above or that no actions will be
taken) each stating that such consolidation or merger comply with
this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to such transaction have been complied with (including any
filing required by the Exchange Act).
(b) The Issuer shall not convey
or transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets,
including those included in the Owner Trust Estate, to any Person
(except as expressly permitted by the Basic Documents), unless:
(i) the Person that acquires by
conveyance or transfer the properties or assets of the Issuer shall
(A) be a United States citizen or a Person organized and
existing under the laws of the United States or any State,
(B) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto,
executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the due and punctual payment
of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the performance
or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture and
each other Basic Document on the part of the Issuer to be performed
or observed, all as provided herein, (C) expressly agree by
means of such supplemental indenture that all right, title and
interest so conveyed or
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transferred shall be subject and subordinate to the rights of
Holders of the Notes, (D) unless otherwise provided in such
supplemental indenture, expressly agree to indemnify, defend and
hold harmless the Issuer against and from any loss, liability or
expense arising under or related to this Indenture and the Notes
and (E) expressly agree by means of such supplemental
indenture that such Person (or if a group of Persons, then one
specified Person) shall make all filings with the Commission (and
any other appropriate Person) required by the Exchange Act in
connection with the Notes;
(ii) immediately after giving
effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the Rating Agency
Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such
transaction; (iv) the Issuer
shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered
copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such
transaction will not have any material adverse federal tax
consequence to the Issuer, any Noteholder or any Certificateholder;
(v) any action that is necessary
to maintain the lien and security interest created by this
Indenture shall have been taken; and
(vi) the Issuer shall have
delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel (which shall describe the actions taken
as required by clause (v) above or that no actions will be
taken) each stating that such conveyance or transfer and such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such
transaction have been complied with (including any filing required
by the Exchange Act).
Section 3.11. Successor or
Transferee . (a) Upon any
consolidation or merger of the Issuer in accordance with
Section 3.10(a), the Person formed by or surviving such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) shall succeed
to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power
of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
Person had been named as the Issuer herein.
(b) Upon a conveyance or
transfer of all of the properties or assets of the Issuer pursuant
to Section 3.10(b), the Issuer will be released from every
covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be observed or
performed on the part of the Issuer with respect to the Notes
immediately upon the delivery of written notice to the Indenture
Trustee stating that the Issuer is to be so released.
Section 3.12. No Other
Business . The Issuer shall not engage in any business other
than financing, purchasing, owning, selling and managing the
Receivables in the manner contemplated by this Indenture and the
other Basic Documents and activities incidental thereto.
Section 3.13. No
Borrowing . The Issuer shall not issue, incur, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for
any indebtedness except for (i) the Notes and (ii) any
other indebtedness permitted by or arising under the other Basic
Documents.
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Section 3.14.
Servicer’s Obligations . The Issuer shall cause the
Servicer to comply with Sections 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 4.10 and
Article Eight of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
Section 3.15. Guarantees,
Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities . Except as contemplated
by the Basic Documents, the Issuer shall not make any loan or
advance or credit to, or guarantee (directly or indirectly or by an
instrument having the effect of assuring another’s payment or
performance on any obligation or capability of so doing or
otherwise), endorse or otherwise become contingently liable,
directly or indirectly, in connection with the obligations, stocks
or dividends of, or own, purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree
contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets or securities
of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to,
any other Person. Section 3.16.
Capital Expenditures . The Issuer shall not make any
expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for
capital assets (either realty or personalty).
Section 3.17. Removal of
Administrator . So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the
Issuer shall not remove the Administrator without cause unless the
Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied in connection
with such removal. Section 3.18.
Restricted Payments . Except as expressly permitted by the
Basic Documents, the Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly,
(i) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of
capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a
combination thereof, to the Owner Trustee or any owner of a
beneficial interest in the Issuer or otherwise with respect to any
ownership or equity interest or security in or of the Issuer or to
the Servicer, (ii) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise
acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or security
or (iii) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any
such purpose; provided, however, that the Issuer may make, or cause
to be made, (a) distributions as contemplated by, and to the
extent funds are available for such purpose under, the Sale and
Servicing Agreement or the Trust Agreement, (b) payments to
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 1.02(b)(ii) of the
Administration Agreement and (c) payments to the Swap
Counterparty pursuant to the Swap Agreement, the Indenture or the
Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Issuer will not, directly or
indirectly, make payments to or distributions from the Collection
Account except in accordance with this Indenture and the Basic
Documents. Section 3.19.
Notice of Events of Default . The Issuer shall give a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, the Swap Counterparty
and each Rating Agency prompt written notice of each Event of
Default hereunder and each default on the part of the Servicer or
the Seller of its obligations under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement. Section 3.20.
Further Instruments and Acts . Upon request of the Indenture
Trustee, the Issuer will execute and deliver such further
instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary
or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this
Indenture. Section 3.21.
Compliance with Laws . The Issuer shall comply with the
requirements of all applicable laws, the non-compliance with which
would, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely
affect the ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations under
the Notes, this Indenture or any Basic Document.
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Section 3.22. Amendments
of Sale and Servicing Agreement and Trust Agreement . The
Issuer shall not agree to any amendment to Section 9.01 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement or Section 11.01 of the Trust
Agreement to eliminate the requirements thereunder that the
Indenture Trustee or the Holders of the Notes consent to amendments
thereto as provided therein. ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 4.01. Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture . This Indenture shall cease to be
of further effect with respect to the Notes except as to
(i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange,
(ii) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Notes, (iii) rights of Noteholders to receive payments of
principal thereof and interest thereon,
(iv) Sections 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.08, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13,
3.20 and 3.22, (v) the rights, obligations and immunities of
the Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the
Indenture Trustee under Section 6.07 and the obligations of
the Indenture Trustee under Section 4.02) and (vi) the
rights of Noteholders and Swap Counterparty as beneficiaries hereof
with respect to the property so deposited with the Indenture
Trustee payable to all or any of them, and the Indenture Trustee,
on written demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, when
(i) either
(A) all Notes theretofore
authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes that have
been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 2.05 and (ii) Notes for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated
and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer
or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 3.03)
have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation and
the Swap Agreement has been terminated and all Swap Payments
Outgoing and, if applicable, any Swap Termination Payments owed by
the Issuer to the Swap Counterparty have been paid, each as
notified in writing by the Administrator to the Indenture Trustee;
or (B) all Notes not theretofore
delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation
(1) have become due and payable,
(2) will become due and payable at
the Class A-2 Final Payment Date within one year, or
(3) are to be called for redemption
within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Indenture
Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer,
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and the Issuer, in the case of clauses (1), (2) or
(3) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be
irrevocably deposited with the Indenture Trustee cash or direct
obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United States
(which will mature prior to the date such amounts are payable), in
trust for such purpose, in an amount sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore
delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation when due to the
related Final Payment Date or Redemption Date (if Notes shall have
been called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.01), as the
case may be, and all amounts due to the Swap Counterparty, as
determined by the Administrator;
(ii) the Issuer has paid or
performed or caused to be paid or performed all amounts and
obligations which the Issuer may owe to or on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders and Swap
Counterparty, including Swap Termination Payments (as determined by
the Administrator), under this Indenture or the Notes; and
(iii) the Issuer has delivered
to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion
of Counsel and (if required by the TIA or the Indenture Trustee) an
Independent Certificate from a firm of certified public
accountants, each meeting the applicable requirements of
Section 11.01 (a) and, subject to Section 11.02, each
stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been
complied with. Section 4.02.
Application of Trust Money . All monies deposited with the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in
trust in a segregated non-interest bearing account and applied by
it, (a) in accordance with the provisions of the Notes, the
Sale and Servicing Agreement 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 of the Issuer except to the extent
required herein or in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or required
by law and (b) applied by it in accordance with instructions
from the Administrator, on which instructions the Indenture Trustee
may conclusively rely, which instructions shall provide for Swap
Payments Outgoing or Swap Termination Payment due to the Swap
Counterparty. Section 4.03.
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 the provisions of this Indenture with
respect to such Notes shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be paid to
the Indenture Trustee to be held and applied according to
Section 3.03 and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released
from all further liability with respect to such monies.
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ARTICLE V REMEDIES
Section 5.01. Events of
Default . "Event of Default", wherever used herein, means any
one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of
Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or
order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(i) default by the Issuer 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 by the Issuer in
the payment of the principal of or any installment of the principal
of any Note at the Final Payment Date for such Class of Notes;
(iii) default in the observance
or performance of any covenant or agreement of the Issuer made in
this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement, a default in
the observance or performance of which is elsewhere in this Section
specifically dealt with), or any representation or warranty of the
Issuer made in this Indenture or in any certificate or other
writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith 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 Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% of the Outstanding
Amount, 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 Issuer or any substantial part of the Owner 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 Issuer or for any
substantial part of the Owner Trust Estate, or ordering the
winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer’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 Issuer 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 Issuer to the entry of
an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or
the consent by the Issuer to the appointment or taking possession
by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or for any
substantial part of the Owner Trust Estate, or the making by the
Issuer of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or
the failure by the Issuer generally to pay its debts as such debts
become due, or the taking of any action by the Issuer in
furtherance of any of the foregoing.
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The Issuer shall deliver to a
Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee and the Swap
Counterparty, within five days after the occurrence thereof,
written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of any
event which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would
become an Event of Default under clause (iii) above, its
status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take
with respect thereto.
Section 5.02. Acceleration of
Maturity, Rescission and Annulment .
(a) 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
Issuer (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by Noteholders), and
upon any such declaration the unpaid principal amount of such
Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through
the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and payable.
(b) At any time after such
declaration of acceleration of maturity has been made and before a
judgment or decree
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