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Title: Irrevocable Trust Agreement
Date: 2/15/2005
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EXHIBIT 10.44

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Irrevocable Trust Agreement Number F/00098

 

 

 

between

 

 

 

Servicios Financieros Navistar, S.A. de C.V.,

Sociedad Financiera de Objeto Limitado

 

as the Trustor

 

 

 

and

 

 

 

Banco J.P. Morgan S.A., Institucion de Banca Multiple,

J.P. Morgan Grupo Financiero, Division Fiduciaria

 

as the Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 30, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT 10.44 (continued)

 

CONTENTS

BACKGROUND

DECLARATIONS

 

CLAUSES

 

 

 

FIRST. Defined Terms

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SECOND. Constitution

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THIRD. Parties and Beneficiaries of the Trust

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FOURTH. Purposes of the Trust

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FIFTH. Acceptance

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SIXTH. Trust Assets

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SEVENTH. Operation of the Trust

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EIGHTH. Transfers of Loans

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NINTH. Substitution, Repurchase or Acquisition of Loans

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TENTH. Issuance and Placement of Securities

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ELEVENTH. Proceeds from Securities Certificates Placements

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TWELFTH. Administration of Loans; Deposit of Loan Documents

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THIRTEENTH. Opening of Collection Accounts

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FOURTEENTH. Collection Accounts

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FIFTEENTH. Establishment of Common Funds

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SIXTEENTH. Opening of Operative Accounts

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SEVENTEENTH. Initial Funding of Operative Accounts

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EIGHTEENTH. General Account

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NINETEENTH. Administration of Operative Accounts

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TWENTIETH. Issue Maintenance Expense Account

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TWENTY-FIRST. Interest Payment Account

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TWENTY-SECOND. Principal Payment Account

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TWENTY-THIRD. Reserve Account "A"

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TWENTY-FOURTH. Reserve Account "B"

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TWENTY-FIFTH. Subordinate Payment Account

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TWENTY-SIXTH. Revolving Account

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TWENTY-SEVENTH. Deposit Account

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TWENTY-EIGHTH. Holders of Securities; Guarantor

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TWENTY-NINTH. Powers and Obligations of the Trustee; Defense of Trust Assets

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THIRTIETH. Trustee’s Obligations to Report; Access to Information

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THIRTY-FIRST. Loan Reviews

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THIRTY-SECOND. Powers and Obligations of the Common Representative

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THIRTY-THIRD. The Technical Committee

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THIRTY-FOURTH. Appraisal

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THIRTY-FIFTH. Fees

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THIRTY-SIXTH. Expenses

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THIRTY-SEVENTH. Indemnity

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THIRTY-EIGHTH. Amendments

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THIRTY-NINTH. Notices

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FORTIETH. Duration, Irrevocability and Termination

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FORTY-FIRST. Loan Repurchase and Reversion

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FORTY-SECOND. Assignment

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FORTY-THIRD. Dismissal and Resignation of the Trustee

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FORTY-FOURTH. Fiscal Responsibility

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FORTY-FIFTH. Nature of the Trust

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FORTY-SIXTH. Clause Titles

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FORTY-SEVENTH. Applicable Law; Jurisdiction

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ANNEXES

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EXHIBIT 10.44 (continued)

 

IRREVOCABLE TRUST AGREEMENT NUMBER F/00098 EXECUTED BY AND BETWEEN SERVICIOS FINANCIEROS NAVISTAR, S.A. DE C.V., SOCIEDAD FINANCIERA DE OBJETO LIMITADO, AS THE TRUSTOR, (THE "TRUSTOR") REPRESENTED BY JANET LYNN FILIPIAK AND JOSÉ ALFREDO CHACON PEREZ, AND BANCO J.P. MORGAN S.A., INSTITUCION DE BANCA MULTIPLE, J.P. MORGAN GRUPO FINANCIERO, DIVISION FIDUCIARIA, AS THE TRUSTEE (THE "TRUSTEE"), REPRESENTED BY HECTOR LOYO URRETA, PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND, DECLARATIONS AND CLAUSES.

 

BACKGROUND

 

I.

The parties wish to implement a securitization mechanism for Loans (as said item is defined below), by a fiduciary assignment by the Trustor in favor of the Trustee of the rights and obligations under the corresponding Loan Agreements and, if applicable, Insurance Policies (as defined below) and the endorsement of the respective Notes (as defined below) subject to the terms and conditions established in this Agreement and in the respective Trust Transfer Agreements (as defined below).

 

 

II.

The principal purpose of the Trust (as defined below) will be, following an acquisition by the Trustee of Loan Packages (as defined below), (i) to issue Securities (as defined below) with the characteristics indicated in this Agreement, and which will be indicated in the respective Characteristics Letters (as defined below) in one or various issues (as defined below), (ii) to deliver to the Trustor all or part of the proceeds from the placement of the Securities and/or any other consideration agreed on in exchange for the Loan Package assigned by the Trustor to the Trustee, (iii) in the event that the respective Characteristics Letter so stipulates, the acquisition of Additional Loans (as defined below) during the respective Revolving Period (as defined below), and (iv) to pay with any funds that form part of the Trust Assets (as defined below) and that correspond to the Securitization Transaction (as defined below) the interest and principal and any other amounts payable under the Securities issued.

 

 

III.

This Trust may carry out one or more Securitization Transactions, that is, it may acquire one or more Loan Packages and on the basis of each one of said Loan Packages, may issue Securities in one or several issues. For this purpose the Trust Assets will be divided in as many Common Funds (as defined below) as Loan Packages are pledged in Trust. With respect to the foregoing, a Common Fund as specified below will correspond to each Issue.

 

 

DECLARATIONS

 

I.

The Trustor, through its representative, declares that:

 

 

(a)

It is a variable capital stock company legally incorporated under the laws of the United Mexican States ("Mexico") and empowered to enter into this Agreement. Copies of the official document containing the articles of incorporation of the Trustor and its current by-laws are attached to this Agreement as Annex "A";

 

 

(b)

It has been authorized by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit to incorporate and operate as a limited purpose financial company. A copy of the official action, which evidences said authorization is attached to this Agreement as Annex "B",

 

 

(c)

It wishes to constitute this Trust in order to implement a securitization mechanism for Loans;

 

 

(d)

In addition to executing this Trust Agreement, and in order to implement the above-mentioned securitization mechanism, to carry out each Securitization Transaction under this Trust it will execute with the Trustee, (i) one or more Trust Transfer Agreements, according to which it will pledge a Loan Package to the Trust and (ii) in the event that in accordance with the terms of said Securitization Transaction it will take on the administration of the corresponding Loans, an Administration Agreement, (as defined below) according to the terms of which it will assume the Administration of the Loans corresponding to said Securitization Transaction. Said agreements will be executed substantially in the same terms and with the

 

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EXHIBIT 10.44 (continued)

 

 

same background data, declarations and clauses as contained in the samples of a Trust Transfer Agreement and Administration Agreement which are attached hereto as Annex "C" and Annex "D" respectively.

 

 

(e)

Each Securitization Transaction and the respective Issue of Securities effected under this Trust will have the characteristics established in this Trust, as well as those described in a Characteristics Letter in which the Trustor, with the support of an Underwriter (as defined below) establish the respective terms and conditions. Said document will contain such information and will be drawn up in accordance with the sample which is attached hereto as Annex "E", without prejudice, in such case, to including additional information or omitting certain information required in said Annex when so required by the particular Securitization Transaction;

 

 

(f)

The signing of this Agreement and fulfillment of the obligations hereunder do not constitute a default on the part of the Trustor, nor do they contravene the terms of (i) its by-laws, (ii) any agreement, contract, instrument, security or certificate executed or subscribed by the Trustor, including obligations to forbear contained in credit agreements to which it is a party, (iii) any law, regulation, circular or rule applicable to the Trustor or to its assets; or (iv) any judicial, arbitration or administrative resolution applicable to the Trustor.

 

 

(g)

It has obtained and they continue in force, all the consents, permits and authorizations, both from the government and of any other type, that are required according to applicable laws, in order to execute this Agreement and comply with the obligations hereunder, and it agrees to participate as the Trustor and Beneficiary under the terms of this Agreement;

 

 

(h)

This Agreement constitutes a valid and demandable obligation against the Trustor, in accordance with its terms; and

 

 

(i)

Its representative has sufficient powers to execute this Agreement on its behalf and in its representation, and said powers have not been modified, revoked or limited in any manner, and he is fully qualified in accordance with the laws to undertake it under the terms of this Agreement. A copy of the official document that contains the powers granted to its representative is attached hereto as Annex "F".

 

 

II.

The Trustee through its representative declares that:

 

 

(a)

It is a full-service banking institution legally incorporated under the laws of Mexico, empowered to execute this Agreement and assume obligations in accordance with Agreement terms. A copy of the official document that contains the articles of incorporation of the Trustee and its current by-laws are attached hereto as Annex "G"

 

 

(b)

It has been authorized by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit to incorporate and operate as a multiple banking institution and to execute trust transactions as Trustee;

 

 

(c)

It wishes to enter into this Agreement and accept its designation as trustee to carry out each and every one of the acts necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this Trust and fulfill its obligations under its terms; and

 

 

(d)

The signing of this Agreement and fulfillment of the obligations hereunder do not constitute a default on the part of the Trustee to comply with nor do they contravene the terms of (i) its by-laws, (ii) any agreement, contract, instrument, security or certificate executed or subscribed by the Trustee, (iii) any law, regulation, circular or rule applicable to the Trustee; or (iv) any judicial, arbitration or administrative resolution applicable to the Trustee.

 

 

(e)

It has obtained all the agreements, permits and authorizations, be they governmental or of any other kind, required by the terms of applicable laws to sign this Agreement and to fulfill its obligations hereunder;

 

 

(f)

This Agreement constitutes a valid and demandable obligation against the Trustee, in accordance with its terms;

 

 

 

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(g)

Without detriment to the provisions of the preceding declaration, it has obtained authorization from Banco de Mexico in the terms of Circular 2019/95 of said institution for the signing of this Agreement, as recorded in the official letter attached to this Agreement as Annex "H"; and

 

 

(h)

Its representative has sufficient powers to enter into this Agreement on its behalf and in its representation, and said powers have not been modified, revoked or limited in any way, and he has full legal capacity to undertake it under the terms of this Agreement. A copy of the official document containing the powers granted to its representative is attached to this Agreement as Annex "I".

 

 

III.

Through their representatives, the parties declare that pursuant to the provisions of Article 106, Section XIX, subparagraph b) of the LIC, (as defined below), the Trustee unequivocally explained to the Trustor, and the Trustor acknowledges that the value and legal consequences of said precept were explained; said Article reads as follows:

 

Article 106.- Credit Institutions shall be prohibited from.XIX.- In carrying out the transactions referred to in Section XV of Article 46 of this Law...

 

(b) Being responsible to trustors, mandate principals or commission principals for a default of debtors in relation to the loans granted, or of issuers in relation to the securities acquired, unless the credit institutions are at fault, as stipulated in the last part of Article 391 of the General Law of Negotiable Instruments and Credit Transactions, or they guarantee a yield from the funds which they have been requested to invest.

 

If at the conclusion of the Trust, mandate or commission constituted for the granting of loans, the loans have not been paid in full by the debtors, the institution shall transfer them to the Trustor or beneficiary, as the case may be, or to the principal, and shall refrain from paying them.

 

Trust, mandate or commission agreements shall include the provisions of this subparagraph, as well as a statement from the Trustee to the effect that it unequivocally informed the persons from whom it received assets or rights for contributions to the Trust of the content of said paragraphs.

 

 

 

On the basis of the above Background Data and Declarations, the parties hereto agree to be subject to the provisions to which they have mutually agreed, contained in the following:

 

 

CLAUSES

 

FIRST. Defined Terms.

As used herein, the terms set forth below will have the following meanings, (which will equally apply to the singular and plural of said terms):

 

"Administrator"

The company to which the administration of the Loans corresponding to a specific Securitization Transaction under the terms of an Administration Agreement is assigned, provided that unless something different is determined for a particular Securitization Transaction or so long as it is not substituted under the terms of an Administration Agreement, the Administrator of all the Securitization Transactions carried out under this Trust will be SFN.

 

 

"Substitute Administrator"

The company that assumes the administration of the Loans corresponding to a particular Securitization Transaction under the terms of the Administration Agreement corresponding to said Securitization Transaction, in the event that a Substitution Event has taken place (as defined below).

 

 

"Rating Agencies"

Standard & Poor’s S. A. de C. V. and/or Fitch Mexico S. A. de C. V. and/or Moody’s de Mexico, S. A. de C. V., their affiliates, successors or assigns, or any others that substitute for them.

 

 

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EXHIBIT 10.44 (continued)

 

"Advances"

Amounts in cash that SFN may, but is not required, to pay on account of any Borrower under the respective Loan Agreement, which will be credited with respect to amounts owed by said Borrower (only for purposes of the respective Securitization Transaction and without affecting or redicomg the Borrower’s obligations), and which SFN may recover once the respective Borrower makes the payment previously paid in advance by SFN.

 

 

"Attorney-in-Fact"

Any third party to whom the Trustee grants a power of attorney to represent it, under the terms of clause 29 of this Agreement.

 

 

"External Credit Backing"

Regarding any Securitization Transaction, any real or personal guarantee, insurance policy, letter of credit or any similar obligation indicated in the Characteristics Letter and in the corresponding Issue Documents, contracted for the purpose of guaranteeing, assuring or increasing the probabilities of payment of interest, principal and any other amounts payable under the Securities Certificates.

 

 

"Internal Credit Support"

With regard to any Securitization Transaction, any characteristic of said Securitization Transaction intended to increase the probabilities of payment of interest, principal and any other amounts payable under the Securities Certificates, including the establishment of reserves, maintenance of income and subordinate series of Securities Certificates.

 

 

"Insurance Companies"

The insurance institutions with which the Borrower or the Trustor, as applicable, has contracted Insurance for a Loan.

 

 

"Auditor"

Galaz, Yamazaki, Ruiz Urquiza, S.C. (Deloitte & Touche), their successors, assignees or grantees, or any other firm of independent accountants that replaces them.

 

 

"Notice of Placement"

The notice of placement (or other similar notice) published in connection with the Securities Certificates issued under the Program.

 

 

"BMV"

La Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A. de C.V. [The Mexican Stock Exchange]

 

 

"Characteristics Letter"

The document that contains, with respect to a Securitization Transaction, the terms and conditions of the Securitization Transaction and the issue of Securities Certificates effected thereunder in accordance with the provisions contained in the Seventh and Tenth Clauses, among others, hereof .

 

 

"Certification of Loans"

The certification that must accompany each notice of a transaction and which will contain the information mentioned in the Eighth Clause of this Agreement.

 

 

"Securities Certificates"

The Credit Instruments called Securities Certificates contemplated by the LMV which the Trustee will issue singly or in series as the case may be, according to each Issue, for Placement in compliance with the purposes of this Agreement.

 

 

"Ordinary Securities Certificates"

In the event that an issue contemplates an ordinary series or class and a subordinate series of Securities Certificates (irrespective of the denomination given to said series), the Securities Certificates pertaining to the ordinary series of said Issue, which shall have preference as regards payment of interest, principal and any other amount payable under same over the Securities Certificates that compose the subordinate series.

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT 10.44 (continued)

 

"Subordinate Securities Certificates"

In the event that an Issue contemplates an ordinary series of Securities Certificates (regardless of the denomination that is given to said series) and a subordinate series of title deeds or Certificates (whether or not they qualify as Securities Certificates and irrespective of the denomination that is given to said series), the title deeds or Certificates that make up the subordinate series of said Issue, which shall be subordinate as regards payment of interest, principal and any other amount payable under same to the Ordinary Securities Certificates.

 

 

"CNBV"

The National Banking and Securities Commission or any competent authority or authorities that may replace it.

 

 

"Underwriting"

The placement among public investors of the Securities Certificates issued by the Trustee under each Securitization Transaction .

 

 

"Technical Committee"

The technical committee that shall be established for each Securitization Transaction under the terms and conditions contained in the Thirty-Third Clause of this Agreement.

 

 

"Voucher"

The non-negotiable instrument which the Trustee will issue if so requested in writing by the Trustor, in favor of the Trustor, and which represents of Trustor’s rights (as the beneficiary) under the respective Securitazation Transaction.

 

 

"Administration Agreement"

With respect to a Securitization Transaction, the Collection and Administration Services Agreement whereby the Trustee will request the Administrator to administer the Loans corresponding to the respective Securitization Transaction

 

 

"Underwriting Agreement"