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Exhibit 4.1
CHASE ISSUANCE
TRUST
as Issuing
Entity
CLASS B(2008-1) TERMS
DOCUMENT
dated as of June 16,
2008
to
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
CHASESERIES INDENTURE
SUPPLEMENT
dated as of
October 15, 2004
to
THIRD AMENDED AND
RESTATED
INDENTURE
dated as of
December 19, 2007
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
as Indenture Trustee and
Collateral Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I |
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| Definitions and Other Provisions of
General Application |
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| Section 1.01 |
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Definitions |
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| Section 1.02 |
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Governing
Law |
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| Section 1.03 |
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Counterparts |
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| Section 1.04 |
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Ratification of Indenture and Indenture Supplement |
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| ARTICLE II |
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| The Class B(2008-1) Notes |
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| Section 2.01 |
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Creation
and Designation |
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| Section 2.02 |
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Specification of Required Subordinated Amount and Other
Terms |
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| Section 2.03 |
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Interest
Payment |
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| Section 2.04 |
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Calculation Agent; Determination of LIBOR |
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| Section 2.05 |
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Payments
of Interest and Principal |
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| Section 2.06 |
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Form of
Delivery of Class B(2008-1) Notes; Depository;
Denominations |
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| Section 2.07 |
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Delivery
and Payment for the Class B(2008-1) Notes |
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| Section 2.08 |
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Supplemental Indenture |
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| ARTICLE III |
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| Restrictions on Transfer of the Class
B(2008-1) Notes |
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| Section 3.01 |
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Private
Placement of the Class B(2008-1) Notes |
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| Section 3.02 |
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Transfer
of the Class B(2008-1) Notes |
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| ARTICLE IV |
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| Miscellaneous Provision |
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| Section 4.01 |
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Amendments |
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THIS CLASS B(2008-1) TERMS
DOCUMENT (this “Terms Document”), by and between the
CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST, a statutory trust created under the laws of
the State of Delaware (the “Issuing Entity”), having
its principal office at c/o Wilmington Trust Company, 1100 North
Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1600, and WELLS FARGO
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as
indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) and
collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”), is made and
entered into as of June 16, 2008.
Pursuant to this Terms
Document, the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee shall create
a new Tranche of CHASEseries Class B Notes and shall specify the
principal terms thereof.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER
PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.01
Definitions . For all purposes of this Terms Document,
except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this
Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and
include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used
herein which are defined in the Indenture Supplement, the Indenture
or the Asset Pool Supplement, either directly or by reference
therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) as used in this Terms
Document and in any certificate or other document made or delivered
pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this
Terms Document or in any such certificate or other document, and
accounting terms partly defined in this Terms Document or in any
such certificate or other document to the extent not defined, shall
have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP. To the
extent that the definitions of accounting terms in this Terms
Document or in any such certificate or other document are
inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under GAAP, the
definitions contained in this Terms Document or in any such
certificate or other document shall control;
(4) the words
“hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder”
and words of similar import when used in this Terms Document shall
refer to this Terms Document as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this Terms Document; references to any subsection,
Section, clause, Schedule or Exhibit are references to subsections,
Sections, clauses, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Terms
Document unless otherwise specified; the term
“including” means “including without
limitation”; references to any law or regulation refer to
that law or regulation as amended from time to time and include any
successor law or regulation; references to any Person include that
Person’s successors and assigns; and references to any
agreement refer to such agreement, as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time;
(5) in the event that any
term or provision contained herein shall conflict with or be
inconsistent with any term or provision contained in the Indenture
Supplement, the
Indenture or the Asset Pool Supplement,
the terms and provisions of this Terms Document shall be
controlling; and
(6) each capitalized term
defined herein shall relate only to the Class B(2008-1) Notes and
no other Tranche of CHASEseries Notes issued by the Issuing
Entity.
“ Asset Pool
Supplement ” means the Second Amended and Restated Asset
Pool One Supplement to the Indenture, dated as of December 19,
2007, by and among the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee and
the Collateral Agent.
“ Bank ”
means Chase Bank USA, National Association, a national banking
association.
“ Beneficiary
” means Chase Bank USA, National Association, in its capacity
as beneficial owner of the Issuing Entity.
“ Calculation
Agent ” is defined in Section 2.04(a).
“ Class
B(200 8-1 ) Adverse Event ” means
the occurrence of any of the following: (a) an Early
Amortization Event with respect to the Class B(2008-1) Notes,
(b) an Event of Default and acceleration of the Class
B(2008-1) Notes, (c) the Class B Usage of the Class C Required
Subordinated Amount for the Class B(2008-1) Notes becomes greater
than zero.
“ Class
B(200 8-1 ) Note ” means any
Note, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to the
Indenture Supplement, designated therein as a Class B(2008-1) Note
and duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the
Indenture.
“ Class
B(200 8-1 ) Noteholder ” means a
Person in whose name a Class B(2008-1) Note is registered in the
Note Register.
“ Class B(2008-1)
Tax Opinion ” means an Opinion of Counsel stating that
the Class B(2008-1) Notes will be characterized as debt for United
States federal income tax purposes.
“ Class
B(200 8-1 ) Termination Date ”
means the earliest to occur of (a) the Principal Payment Date
on which the Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the Class
B(2008-1) Notes is paid in full, (b) the Legal Maturity Date
and (c) the date on which the Indenture is discharged and
satisfied pursuant to Article V thereof.
“ Class B Required
Subordinated Amount of Class C Notes ” is defined in
Section 2.02(b).
“ Controlled
Accumulation Amount ” means $20,833,333.34;
provided , however , if the Accumulation Period
Length is determined to be less than twelve months pursuant to
Section 3.12(b)(ii) of the Indenture Supplement, the
Controlled Accumulation Amount for any Note Transfer Date with
respect to the Class B(2008-1) Notes will be the amount specified
in the definition of “Controlled Accumulation Amount”
in the Indenture Supplement.
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“ Eligible
Purchaser ” means a corporation, partnership or other
entity which can make the representations set forth in
Section 3.02(b) or (c) hereof, as applicable, and that is
either (x) a QIB, or in the case of an initial Transfer by the
Bank only, an “Accredited Investor” within the meaning
of Rule 501(a)(1)(2)(3) or (7) of Regulation D under the
Securities Act or (y) a Non-U.S. Person (as defined in
Regulation S under the Securities Act) in an offshore transaction
in compliance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S under the
Securities Act.
“ Exempt
Transaction ” means a Transfer to an Eligible Purchaser
in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and applicable state securities or “blue
sky” laws.
“ Indenture
” means the Third Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of
December 19, 2007, between the Issuing Entity and the
Indenture Trustee.
“ Indenture
Supplement ” means the Amended and Restated CHASEseries
Indenture Supplement, dated as of October 15, 2004, among the
Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee and the Collateral
Agent.
“ Initial Dollar
Principal Amount ” means $250,000,000.
“ Interest Payment
Date ” means July 15, 2008 and the 15th day of each
month thereafter, or if such 15th day is not a Business Day, the
next succeeding Business Day.
“ Interest
Period ” means, with respect to any Interest Payment
Date, the period from and including the previous Interest Payment
Date (or in the case of the initial Interest Payment Date, from and
including the Issuance Date) to but excluding such Interest Payment
Date.
“ Issuance Date
” means June 16, 2008.
“ Legal Maturity
Date ” means October 17, 2011.
“ LIBOR ”
means, for any Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate
for one-month United States dollar deposits determined by the
Calculation Agent on the LIBOR Determination Date for each Interest
Period in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.04.
“ LIBOR
Determination Date ” means (1) June 12, 2008
for the period from and including the Issuance Date through but
excluding July 15, 2008 and (2) for each interest period
thereafter, the second London Business Day prior to the
commencement of the second and each subsequent Interest
Period.
“ London
Business Day ” means any Business Day on which
dealings in deposits in United States Dollars are transacted in the
London interbank market.]
“ Note Interest
Rate ” means a rate per annum equal to 1.77% in excess of
LIBOR as determined by the Calculation Agent on the related LIBOR
Determination Date with respect to each Interest Period.
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“ Paying Agent
” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.
“ 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 3.06 of the Indenture 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.
“ QIB ”
means a “qualified institutional buyer,” as defined in
Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
“ Record Date
” means, for any Note Transfer Date, the last Business Day of
the preceding Monthly Period.
“ Reference
Banks ” means four major banks in the London interbank
market selected by the Beneficiary.
“ Reuters Screen
LIBOR01 Page ” means the display page so designated on
the Reuters Monitor Money Rates (or such other page as may replace
that page on that service, or such other service as may be
nominated as the information vendor, for the purposes of displaying
rates comparable to LIBOR).
“ Scheduled
Principal Payment Date ” means October 15,
2009.
“ Stated Principal
Amount ” means $250,000,000.
“ Targeted
Holders ” means each holder of a right to receive
interest or principal with respect to any interest in the Issuing
Entity with respect to which a Class B(2008-1) Tax Opinion has not
been rendered; provided, however, that any Person holding more than
one right or interest each of which would cause such Person to be a
Targeted Holder shall be treated as a single Targeted
Holder.
“ Transfer
” means a sale, conveyance, assignment, hypothecation,
pledge, participation, or other form of transfer of any Class
B(2008-1) Note.
Section 1.02
Governing Law . THIS TERMS DOCUMENT WILL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE
DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 1.03
Counterparts . This Terms Document may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which so executed will be deemed to
be an original, but all such counterparts will together constitute
but one and the same instrument.
Section 1.04
Ratification of Indenture and Indenture Supplement . As
supplemented by this Terms Document, each of the Indenture, the
Asset Pool Supplement and
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the Indenture Supplement is in all
respects ratified and confirmed and the Indenture as so
supplemented by the Asset Pool Supplement and the Indenture
Supplement as so supplemented by this Terms Document shall be read,
taken and construed as one and the same instrument.
[END OF ARTICLE I]
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ARTICLE II
THE CLASS B(2008-1)
NOTES
Section 2.01 Creation
and Designation . There is hereby created a Tranche of
CHASEseries Class B Notes to be issued pursuant to the Indenture
and the Indenture Supplement to be known as the “CHASEseries
Class B(2008-1) Notes.”
Section 2.02
Specification of Required Subordinated Amount and Other
Terms . For the Class B(2008-1) Notes, for any date of
determination, the Class B Required Subordinated Amount of Class C
Notes will be an amount equal to:
(a) for any date of
determination prior to the occurrence of a Class B(2008-1) Adverse
Event, the product of
(i) the sum of
(1) a fraction (x) the
numerator of which is equal to the sum of the Class A Required
Subordinated Amount of Class C Notes on such date of determination
for all outstanding Tranches of CHASEseries Class A Notes for
which the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B
Notes on such date of determination is greater than zero and
(y) the denominator of which is equal to the Adjusted
Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount on such date of determination
of all outstanding CHASEseries Class B Notes (including the Class
B(2008-1) Notes), and
(2) the product of
(x) 6.10080% and (y) a fraction (A) the numerator of
which is equal to (1) the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar
Principal Amount on such date of determination of all outstanding
CHASEseries Class B Notes (including the Class B(2008-1) Notes)
minus (2) the Class A Required Subordinated Amount of
Class B Notes on such date of determination for all outstanding
Tranches of CHASEseries Class A Notes for which the
Class A Required Subordinated Amount of Class B Notes is
greater than zero; provided , however , that such
numerator shall not be less than zero and (B) the denominator
of which is equal to the Adjusted Outstanding Dollar Principal
Amount on such date of determination of all outstanding CHASEseries
Class B Notes (including the Class B(2008-1) Notes), and
(ii) the Adjusted Outstanding
Dollar Principal Amount on such date of determination of the Class
B(2008-1) Notes; and
(b) for any date of
determination on and after the date on which a Class B(2008-1)
Adverse Event shall have occurred, the greater of (1) the
amount determined in subsection 2.02(a) for such date of
determination and (2) the amount determined in subsection
2.02(a) for the date immediately prior to the date on which such
Class B(2008-1) Adverse Event shall have occurred.
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(c) The Issuing Entity may
change the percentage set forth in subsection 2.02(a)(i)(2)(x),
above, or the formula set forth in clause (a) above, without
the consent of any Noteholder so long as the Issuing Entity has
(i) received written confirmation from each Note Rating Agency
that has rated any Outstanding Notes that the change in either of
such percentages or formulas, as applicable, will not result in a
Ratings Effect with respect to any Outstanding Notes and
(ii) delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Note Rating
Agencies a Master Trust Tax Opinion and an Issuing Entity Tax
Opinion.
Section 2.03 Interest
Payment . (a) For each Interest Payment Date, the amount
of interest due with respect to the Class B(2008-1) Notes shall be
an amount equal to the product of (i) (A) a fraction, the
numerator of which is the actual number of days in the related
Interest Period and the denominator of which is 360, times
(B) the Note Interest Rate in effect with respect to the
related Interest Period, times (ii) the Outstanding
Dollar Principal Amount of the Class B(2008-1) Notes determined as
of the close of business on the Interest Payment Date preceding the
related Note Transfer Date for the Class B(2008-1) Notes;
provided , however , that for the first Interest
Payment Date, the amount of interest due with respect to the Class
B(2008-1) Notes shall be an amount equal to the product of
(x) the Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the Class
B(2008-1) Notes on the Issuance Date, (y) 29 divided by 360
and (z) the Note Interest Rate in effect with respect to the
Class B(2008-1) Notes determined on June 12, 2008. Interest on
the Class B(2008-1) Notes will be calculated on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed and a 360-day year.
(b) Pursuant to
Section 3.03 of the Indenture Supplement, on each Note
Transfer Date with respect to the Class B(2008-1) Notes, the
Indenture Trustee shall deposit into the Class B(2008-1) Interest
Funding Sub-Account the portion of CHASEseries Available Finance
Charge Collections allocable to the Class B(2008-1)
Notes.
Section 2.04
Calculation Agent; Determination of LIBOR .
(a) The Issuing Entity hereby
agrees that for so long as any Class B(2008-1) Notes are
Outstanding, there shall at all times be an agent appointed to
calculate LIBOR for each Interest Period (the “Calculation
Agent”). The Issuing Entity hereby initially appoints the
Indenture Trustee as the Calculation Agent for purposes of
determining LIBOR for each Interest Period. The Calculation Agent
may be removed by the Issuing Entity at any time. If the
Calculation Agent is unable or unwilling to act as such or is
removed by the Issuing Entity, or if the Calculation Agent fails to
determine LIBOR for an Interest Period, the Issuing Entity shall
promptly appoint a replacement Calculation Agent that does not
control or is not controlled by or under common control with the
Issuing Entity or its Affiliates. The Calculation Agent may not
resign its duties, and the Issuing Entity may not remove the
Calculation Agent, without a successor having been duly
appointed.
(b) On each LIBOR
Determination Date, the Calculation Agent shall determine LIBOR on
the basis of the rate for deposits in United States dollars for a
one-month period which appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page or on
such comparable system as is customarily used to quote LIBOR as of
11:00 a.m., London time, on such date. If such rate does not appear
on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page or on a comparable system as is
customarily used to quote LIBOR the rate for that LIBOR
Determination Date shall be determined on the basis of
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the rates at which deposits in United
States dollars are offered by the Reference Banks at approximately
11:00 a.m., London time, on that day to prime banks in the London
interbank market for a one-month period. The Calculation Agent
shall request the principal London office of each of the Reference
Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such
quotations are provided, the rate for that LIBOR Determination Date
shall be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two
quotations are provided as requested, the rate for that LIBOR
Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted
by major banks in New York City, selected by the Beneficiary, at
approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on that day for loans
in United States dollars to leading European banks for a one-month
period.
(c) The Note Interest Rate
applicable to the then current and the immediately preceding
Interest Periods may be obtained by telephoning the Indenture
Trustee at its corporate trust office at (612) 667-8058 or
such other telephone number as shall be designated by the Indenture
Trustee for such purpose by prior written notice by the Indenture
Trustee to each Noteholder from time to time.
(d) On each LIBOR
Determination Date, the Calculation Agent shall send to the
Indenture Trustee and the Beneficiary, via email or by facsimile
transmission, notification of LIBOR for the following Interest
Period.
Section 2.05 Payments
of Interest and Principal .
(a) Any installment of
interest or principal payable on any Class B(2008-1) Note which is
punctually paid or duly provided for by the Issuing Entity and the
Indenture Trustee on the applicable Interest Payment Date or
Principal Payment Date shall be paid by the Paying Agent to the
Person in whose name such Class B(2008-1) Note (or one or more
Predecessor Notes) is registered on the Record Date, by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to such Person’s
account as has been designated by written instructions received by
the Paying Agent from such Person not later than the close of
business on the third Business Day preceding the date of payment
or, if no such account has been so designated, 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 with
respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of the
nominee of Cede & Co., payment shall be made by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated
by such nominee.
(b) The right of the Class
B(2008-1) Noteholders to receive payments from the Issuing Entity
will terminate on the first Business Day following the Class
B(2008-1) Termination Date.
Section 2.06 Form of
Delivery of Class B(2008-1) Notes; Depository; Denominations
.
(a) The Class B(2008-1)
Notes, together with the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of
authentication, shall be in substantially the form set forth in
Exhibit A. The terms of Class B(2008-1) Notes set forth in Exhibit
A are part of the terms of this Terms Document.
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(b) The Class B(2008-1) Notes
shall initially be issued in definitive, fully registered,
certificated form and shall initially be retained by and registered
in the name of the Bank. In the event any Class B(2008-1) Note is
Transferred in an Exempt Transaction, such Class B(2008-1) Note may
be issued either in the form of a global Registered Note as
provided in Sections 2.02 and 3.01(i) of the Indenture,
respectively, or in definitive, fully registered, certificated
form, as applicable, and shall initially be registered in the name
of the beneficial owner as listed in the Note Register. If,
however, any Class B(2008-1) Note is Transferred pursuant to an
effective registration under the Securities Act and applicable
state securities or “blue sky” laws, such Class
B(2008-1) Note shall be issued in the form of a global Registered
Note as provided in Sections 2.02 and 3.01(i) of the Indenture,
respectively. The Depository for any Class B(2008-1) Notes issued
as global Registered Notes shall be The Depository Trust Company,
with each such Class B(2008-1) Note being registered in the name of
Cede & Co., its nominee.
(c) The Class B(2008-1) Notes
(i) initially issued to and retained by the Bank and any Class
B(2008-1) Notes Transferred in an Exempt Transaction will be issued
in minimum denominations of $250,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess of that amount and (ii) Transferred pursuant
to an effective registration statement will be issued in minimum
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of that
amount.
Section 2.07 Delivery
and Payment for the Class B(2008-1) Notes . The Issuing Entity
shall execute and deliver the Class B(2008-1) Notes to the
Indenture Trustee for authentication, and the Indenture Trustee
shall deliver the Class B(2008-1) Notes when authenticated, each in
accordance with Section 3.03 of the Indenture.
Section 2.08
Supplemental Indenture . The Issuing Entity may enter into a
supplemental indenture with respect to the Class B(2008-1) Notes as
provided in Section 9.01 of the Indenture; provided, however,
that any supplemental indenture which provides for an additional or
alternative form of credit enhancement for the Class B(2008-1)
Notes shall, in addition to the requirements set forth in
Section 9.01 of the Indenture, require confirmation from the
Note Rating Agencies that have rated any Outstanding Notes of the
CHASEseries that such change in credit enhancement will not result
in a Ratings Effect with respect to any Outstanding Notes of the
CHASEseries.
[END OF ARTICLE
II]
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ARTICLE III
RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFER OF THE CLASS B(2008-1) NOTES
Section 3.01 Private
Placement of the Class B(2008-1) Notes .
(a) The Class B(2008-1) Notes
have not been registered under the Securities Act, or any state
securities or blue sky law. No Transfer of any Class B(2008-1) Note
shall be made except either (i) pursuant to an effective
registration under the Securities Act and applicable state
securities or “blue sky” laws or (ii) in an Exempt
Transaction. The Class B(2008-1) Notes initially purchased by the
Bank and any Class B(2008-1) Notes Transferred in an Exempt
Transaction shall bear a legend to the effect set forth in
subsection (b) below. None of the Issuing Entity, the Transfer
Agent and Note Registrar, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture
Trustee is obligated to register the Class B(2008-1) Notes under
the Securities Act or any other securities or “blue
sky” law or to take any other action not otherwise required
under this Terms Document, the Indenture, the Indenture Supplement,
the Asset Pool Supplement or the Transfer and Servicing Agreement
to permit the Transfer of Class B(2008-1) Notes without
registration or as described above; provided however that in
connection with any Transfer of a Class B(2008-1) Note, the Bank
may, in its sole discretion, register the Class B(2008-1) Notes
under the Securities Act or any other securities or “blue
sky” law.
(b) Each Class B(2008-1) Note
(i) initially issued to the Bank or (ii) Transferred in
an Exempt Transaction shall bear a restrictive legend to the
following effect:
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN AND
WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW.
THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS NOTE, AGREES THAT THIS NOTE,
OR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN, MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD,
PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF ANY STATE BLUE
SKY OR SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM
SUCH PROVISIONS.
Section 3.02 Transfer
of the Class B(2008-1) Notes .
(a) Transfer of the Class
B(2008-1) Notes Pursuant to an Effective Registration under the
Securities Act with a Class B(2008-1) Tax Opinion . If, at the
time of any proposed Transfer of the Class B(2008-1) Notes by the
Bank, as initial holder of the Class B(2008-1) Notes, the Class
B(2008-1) Notes have been registered under the Securities Act and a
Class B(2008-1) Tax Opinion is rendered, then the proposed Transfer
will not be subject to any additional restrictions with respect to
such Transfer or its proposed transferee. With respect to any such
Transfer, the Class B(2008-1) Note shall be transferred for a
global Registered Note which shall bear a legend to the following
effect:
UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A
NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUING ENTITY OR
ITS AGENT FOR
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REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER
USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS
AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY
ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF COVENANTS AND AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT AT ANY
TIME INSTITUTE AGAINST THE CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST, THE FIRST USA
CREDIT CARD MASTER TRUST OR THE CHASE CREDIT CARD MASTER TRUST, OR
JOIN IN ANY INSTITUTION AGAINST THE CHASE ISSUANCE TRUST, THE FIRST
USA CREDIT CARD MASTER TRUST OR THE CHASE CREDIT CARD MASTER TRUST,
IN, ANY BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS UNDER ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR
STATE BANKRUPTCY OR SIMILAR LAW IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OBLIGATIONS
RELATING TO THE NOTES OR THE INDENTURE.
THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE, BY
ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOTE, AND EACH HOLDER OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST
IN THIS NOTE, BY THE ACQUISITION OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST THEREIN,
AGREE TO TREAT THE NOTES AS INDEBTEDNESS OF CHASE BANK USA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL
INCOME AND FRANCHISE TAX LAW AND FOR PURPOSES OF ANY OTHER TAX
IMPOSED ON OR MEASURED BY INCOME.
(b) Transfer of the Class
B(2008-1) Notes in an Exempt Transaction with a Class B(2008-1) Tax
Opinion . If, at the time of any proposed Transfer of the Class
B(2008-1) Notes in an Exempt Transaction, a Class B(2008-1) Tax
Opinion is rendered, then such Transfer shall be made in compliance
with the restrictions set forth in this subsection 3.02(b)
(including the applicable legends to be set forth on the face of
the Class B(2008-1) Note as provided in Exhibit A) (1) to a
Person (A)(x) who the Issuing Entity reasonably believes is a QIB
or (y) only in connection with an initial Transfer by the Bank
of Class B(2008-1) Notes, who is an “Accredited
Investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1)(2)(3) or (7) of
Regulation D (“Regulation D”) under the Securities Act,
and (B) that is aware that the resale or other transfer is
being made in reliance on Rule 144A or (2) in an offshore
transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S
(“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act. Each
Eligible Purchaser who becomes a Holder of a Class B(2008-1) Note
in connection with an Exempt Transaction, by its acceptance of such
Class B(2008-1) Note, will, in the case of a global Registered
Note, be deemed to have acknowledged, represented to and agreed
with the Issuing Entity and the Bank (and in the case of a
certificated Class B(2008-1) note will be required to provide a
certificate acknowledging, representing to and agreeing with the
Issuing Entity and the Bank) as follows:
(i) It understands and
acknowledges that the Class B(2008-1) Notes may only be Transferred
(A) in the United States to QIBs pursuant to Rule 144A, or
(B) outside the United States pursuant to Regulation
S.
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(ii) It understands that the
Class B(2008-1) Notes have not been and will not be registered
under the Securities Act or any state or other applicable
securities law and that the Class B(2008-1) Notes, or any interest
or participation therein, may not be Transferred unless registered
pursuant to, or exempt from registration under, the Securities Act
and any other applicable securities law.
(iii) It has had access to
such financial and other information concerning the Issuing Entity,
the Bank and the Class B(2008-1) Notes as it has deemed necessary
in connection with its decision to purchase the Class B(2008-1)
Notes.
(iv) It acknowledges that the
Class B(2008-1) Notes will bear legends to the following effect
unless the Issuing Entity determines otherwise, consistent with
applicable law:
“THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN
AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS NOTE, AGREES THAT THIS
NOTE, OR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN, MAY BE REOFFERED,
RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH
THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF ANY STATE
BLUE SKY OR SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION
FROM SUCH PROVISIONS AND ONLY (1) TO THE ISSUING ENTITY,
(2) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT TO A PERSON
THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (A
“QIB”) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR A QIB
PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED,
IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS
BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) IN THE CASE OF
INITIAL TRANSFERS ONLY, PURSUANT TO SECTION 4(2) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS
AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1)(2)(3)
or (7) OF REGULATION D (“REGULATION D”) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR”) PURCHASING
FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR PURCHASING FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN
EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS
BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 501(a)(1)(2)(3) or (7) OF
REGULATION D OR (4) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE
WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
EACH NOTE OWNER BY ACCEPTING A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THIS NOTE
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (2) ABOVE, IS DEEMED TO REPRESENT THAT IT
IS EITHER A QIB PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR A QIB PURCHASING
FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QIB.
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THIS NOTE IS SUBJECT TO
ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON RESALE OR TRANSFER SET FORTH IN THE
CLASS B(2008-1) TERMS DOCUMENT (AS HEREINAFTER DEFINED).
PRIOR TO PURCHASING ANY
NOTES, PURCHASERS SHOULD CONSULT COUNSEL WITH RESPECT TO THE
AVAILABILITY AND CONDITIONS OF EXEMPTION FROM THE RESTRICTION ON
RESALE OR TRANSFER. THE ISSUING ENTITY HAS NOT AGREED TO REGISTER
THE NOTES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO QUALIFY THE NOTES UNDER THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR TO PROVIDE REGISTRATION RIGHTS TO
ANY PURCHASER.
AS SET FORTH HEREIN, THE
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS
THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.”
(v) If it is acquiring any
Class B(2008-1) Note, or any interest or participation therein, as
a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, it
represents that it has sole investment discretion with respect to
such account and that it has full power to make the
acknowledgements, representations and agreements contained herein
on behalf of each such account.
(vi) It (A)(x) is a QIB,
(y) is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on
Rule 144A and if it is acquiring such Class B(2008-1) Notes or any
interest or participation therein for the account of another QIB,
such QIB is aware that the sale is being made in reliance on Rule
144A and (z) is acquiring such Class B(2008-1) Notes or any
interest or participation therein for its own account or for the
account of a QIB, (B) in the case of initial Transfers only
(x) is an Accredited Investor, (y) is aware that the sale
to it is being made in reliance on Section 4(2) under the
Securities Act and if it is acquiring such Class B(2008-1) Notes or
any interest or participation therein for the account of another
Accredited Investor, such Accredited Investor is aware that the
sale is being made in reliance on Section 4(2) under the
Securities Act and (z) is acquiring such Class B(2008-1) Notes
or any interest or participation therein for its own account or for
the account of an Accredited Investor, or (C) is not a U.S.
Person (as defined in Regulation S) and is purchasing such Class
B(2008-1) Notes or any interest or participation therein in an
offshore transaction pursuant to Regulation S.
(vii) It is purchasing the
Class B(2008-
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